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The hobbit chronicles - creatures & characters
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Definitely going to be getting this.
FrodoEyes
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Yeah, it's great and i'll be getting it, but why multiple books? I was under the impression that the book i'll be getting for xmas had everything in it and was looking forward to that, now it'll feel incomplete, and......gasp....... stretched out just like the films are! 
FrodoEyes
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And here's the answer, from the author himself!
The books are each quite different and cover different subjects. Chronicle 1 is all about concept art, as you have seen, whereas Chronicle 2 picks up where that leaves off and covers the processes of turning concepts into a reality for the screen, so it is about make-up processes, making and animating digital creatures, talking with cast members about their roles, movement coaching, the scale issue, dialect coaching etc. Where Chronicle 1 is sketches and paintings, Chronicle 2 is photographic, with behind the scenes imagery and film stills. They two will be quite distinct and tell very different stories.
Other books in the series should cover other aspects of the films' production, with as little overlap or duplication as possible, and it is our aspiration that when viewed as a collection they can be considered comprehensive and definitive.
We're doing so many because we feel the subject matter demands and sustains it. It would be very difficult to cover the movies with any more brevity and still hope to be comprehensive.
Timing also plays a part. It would not have been possible to produce a book about the final digital creatures any sooner that Chronicle 2 (which went to print last week), because they weren't ready early enough. As I am sure you can imagine, Weta Digital were finishing shots right up till the final days before the premiere. Chronicle 1 was finished in August. On that note, as you may have seen, there are a handful of subjects not covered by the book. In each case these were things that had either not been designed when the book went to print or were intentional omissions on our part, held back to be covered more fully in a later book. Once the collection is done, everything should have hopefully found its place, but that story, just like the films, will take years to unfold.
We hope you enjoy coming on the journey with us.
So the first book will be The art of The Hobbit, and the second like 'The making of the movie'.
These really will be definitive!
The books are each quite different and cover different subjects. Chronicle 1 is all about concept art, as you have seen, whereas Chronicle 2 picks up where that leaves off and covers the processes of turning concepts into a reality for the screen, so it is about make-up processes, making and animating digital creatures, talking with cast members about their roles, movement coaching, the scale issue, dialect coaching etc. Where Chronicle 1 is sketches and paintings, Chronicle 2 is photographic, with behind the scenes imagery and film stills. They two will be quite distinct and tell very different stories.
Other books in the series should cover other aspects of the films' production, with as little overlap or duplication as possible, and it is our aspiration that when viewed as a collection they can be considered comprehensive and definitive.
We're doing so many because we feel the subject matter demands and sustains it. It would be very difficult to cover the movies with any more brevity and still hope to be comprehensive.
Timing also plays a part. It would not have been possible to produce a book about the final digital creatures any sooner that Chronicle 2 (which went to print last week), because they weren't ready early enough. As I am sure you can imagine, Weta Digital were finishing shots right up till the final days before the premiere. Chronicle 1 was finished in August. On that note, as you may have seen, there are a handful of subjects not covered by the book. In each case these were things that had either not been designed when the book went to print or were intentional omissions on our part, held back to be covered more fully in a later book. Once the collection is done, everything should have hopefully found its place, but that story, just like the films, will take years to unfold.
We hope you enjoy coming on the journey with us.
So the first book will be The art of The Hobbit, and the second like 'The making of the movie'.
These really will be definitive!
Fritz
My muse is a fickle b**ch
Dammit, why didn't any one tell me about the first book, I woulda bought the signed version. 
Matner77
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When I first heard about this release I thought it was a cop out to make more money with separate releases covering the films production. Which I thought should of been in one volume....then I received my copy of the chronicles today......and oh wow what a beautiful book. The work & design that goes into just the books layout is outstanding & that's even before you start looking at the artwork. Oh me of little faith! Roll on many other such books for each film : )
Fritz
My muse is a fickle b**ch
We've had a thread for a while Mr. lazy pants.
Yeah, I know, I even posted in it.
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Just a quick question for anybody who has this already, when you received the book, was it shrink-wrapped or sealed in any way?
Just curious because mine came today and it wasn't wrapped when they usually are.
Amazing book btw.
Just curious because mine came today and it wasn't wrapped when they usually are.
Amazing book btw.
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