![]() They’re some of the most challenging elements of computer graphics to execute and you can wait days and days for some frames to render. That’s a very difficult thing to do with computer graphics because it’s in the realm of fluid dynamics which are very hard to calculate. “The question was ‘well, would it be water, or would it be something else?’ to give the ‘burbling’ effect. “There was a desire in shooting this title reveal to have a wash of water come through, which I thought was a very beautiful idea,” Trumbull explained. The title was carved into a sustainably sourced slab of redwood, with several different types of molten metal poured over it to get the ring-forging effect as well as the wash of “water” at the end. ![]() Yes, that beautifully layered landscape that transformed into The Rings of Power title was all done with practical effects. “I always try to find an organic - or analog - solution instead of the knee-jerk reaction to use computer graphics,” special effects advisor Douglas Trumbull told IGN. “The reason for this is: every time I try this, I get some delightful result that is, in some respects, unexpected. There are magical things that happen in nature - gravity, fluids, lighting - that one couldn’t really design using computer graphics.” The Rings of Power title reveal was created using practical effects As it turns out, a lot of it was made with practical effects, which is pretty cool in today’s digital age. A lot happened in the Second Age, and while we don’t yet know what the show will cover, there’s no shortage of possible plot points for Amazon Studios to explore.įor now though, we’re still ogling the beautiful title reveal video. The Rings of Power is set during the Second Age of Middle-Earth, when Elves dwelt peacefully on the distant continent of Valinor, humanity’s great island kingdom of Númenor rose and fell, and Sauron was fleecing everyone with the fine print for his new Etsy jewelry shop. ![]() This week, Amazon unveiled the title of its hugely anticipated Lord of the Ringsprequel series with a spiffy new title video: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which we shall henceforth just refer to as The Rings of Power, because that whole title is too cumbersome for my fingers to bear writing out over and over. ![]()
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