The Hobbit: An Unexpectd Journey

The first installment of the Hobbit trilogy will be in theaters on December 14^th, 2012. Peter Jackson, Writer, Director and Producer of the Hobbit films, has already become a huge success with the well-known Trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. The Hobbit Trilogy is the prequel to the Lord of the Rings and follows the tale of Bilbo Baggins and his journey through Middle Earth.

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who is caught up in a quest to help thirteen dwarfs reclaim their lost kingdom. The big problem with this is this kingdom is guarded by a notorious dragon named Smaug. Gandalf the wizard helps this small team of adventurers on their journey. They come across Orcs, Goblins, Trolls and many other creatures that try to stop them along the way. Bilbo discovers the ring of power in Gollum’s cave and steals it from him and barely escapes with his life.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy grossed over 3 billion dollars and was wildly successful. New Line Cinema had no problem investing in Peter Jackson again and expect to make an even greater profit. New Line, along with MGM and WingNut Films, have given the Hobbit Films a 270,000,000 dollar budget. At first, the Hobbit was going to be made into two films, but not too long ago it was decided that the story was too long and it would be better to make it into a trilogy. I think that this is a smart business decision for a couple of reasons. First of all, by making the Hobbit into three films, the studios will be releasing one more film that will most likely be a huge blockbuster and be more than worth while. The second reason why I think that the Hobbit should be released in three parts is the story itself if very long and has lots of details. If the studios had decided to make two films instead of three, they would have had to choose what parts of the story to leave out of the two films. I look forward to seeing the three Hobbit films over the next few years starting with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Sources:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903624/

http://the-hobbit-movie.com/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167260/

Here is a quick look at my latest project.

Helicopter ride at D-Day

This was my first time in a helicopter and it was awesome! I can't wait to get in another one. This was shot on a GoPro HD Hero at Oklahoma D-Day 2012.

48 Hour Film Project

I have been researching local organizations and businesses that are involved in the film industry and I found one that stood out to me. The 48 Film Project is a unique competition that has been going on all around the world since 2001. Filmmakers get together for one crazy, fast-paced weekend. Each team of filmmakers have just 48 hours to write, shoot and edit a short film. Each group will be given a list of things that they need to have in their film; a character, a prop, one line of dialogue and a genre. Besides these guidelines, the rest of the short film is up to the team to decide what to do.

The 48 Hour Film Project’s mission is “to advance filmmaking and promote filmmakers.” This event is a great way for filmmakers everywhere to come together, share their ideas and make some great movies in a short period of time. Having such a short period of time to make a film is a great way to encourage creativity and teamwork.

Eleven years ago Mark Ruppert came up with the idea to make a short film in 48 hours. Ruppert was able to get other filmmakers to take part in this experiment and their projects were successful. Now this competition has taken place in over 400 cities around the world. There have been 278,000 filmmakers who have participated in these competitions over the years.

Events like the 48 Hour Film Project are very beneficial to filmmakers everywhere. They are forced to think outside the box and use their creativity and communication skills to create something that normally is not done in just 48 hours time. Many filmmakers spend do much time talking and arguing about making films and very little time actually making films. I have never taken part in the 48 Hour Film Project which just took place last month but if I am not working during the next 48 Hour Film Project, I want to get my crew together and give it a shot.

CEO Story

This is a short video about me that I made for a class project.