The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Chronicles: Art & Design
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Chronicles: Art & Design is a sumptuous celebration of the creative vision of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The book is packed with more than 1,000 images of concept artwork, photographs and development...
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Chronicles: Art & Design is a sumptuous celebration of the creative vision of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The book is packed with more than 1,000 images of concept artwork, photographs and development paintings by the artists working behind the scenes to bring Middle-earth to life, who each provide detailed and entertaining commentary that reveals the story behind the vision. As a bonus feature unique to this book, there is a special fold-out map printed in glow-in-the-dark ink and a giant four-page fold-out of Bilbo's contract. Complied by Weta Workshop senior concept designer Daniel Falconer, this is the first in a series of lavish hardcover books written and designed by the award-winning team at Weta, who are working closely with the production team to guarantee that these books will be bursting with insider information and stunning visual imagery.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780062200907 (0062200909)
ASIN: 0062200909
Publish date: 2012-12-14
Publisher: Harper Design
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Nice look at the design that went into various central characters to the Hobbit movies. It includes quotes from the designers.
A beautiful book with pictures and comments from the graphic artists and a few actors. Each chapter covers a scene from the film, and contains concept art, modifications to an actors head shot, and stills or photos from the end results. Very interesting reading about the clothing styles and weaponry...