Rings Digital Dailies Circled Globe via iPod

KD writes "During the making of the 'Rings' trilogy, Jackson and his crew upped the ante on Apple's innovative iPod storage technology, using it for filmmaking sessions during production on The Two Towers and The Return of the King. Media was transferred from Weta to Pinewood Studios in London. There Jackson then viewed the QuickTime files on an Apple Cinema Display, tied to his G4 laptop, which drew directly from his iPod. The director's setup was mirrored in New Zealand, and crew could step through shots with the help of their iPods, with Jackson's guidance piped in over a videoconferencing system. During the course of two movies and four months, 'Rings' iPods stored and served up nearly one-half terabyte of digitized footage from 'Towers' and 'King.'"

Odd irony

[donscarletti]

This could have well been the first time that scores of nerds would have wanted to copy something _off_ an ipod and onto the internet for their own entertainment.

And that is supposed to be impressive?

[smchris]

During the course of two movies and four months, 'Rings' iPods stored and served up nearly one-half terabyte of digitized footage from 'Towers' and 'King.'"

What's a half terabyte? 500 gig. 75 days. Sounds like a college student with a heavy download habit.

funny quote during the article...

[derekb]

After spending time frustrated at the battery life of my ipod, I read this bit of sentence...

Just as Frodo exists basically to transport that precious ring to where it needs to go, ..

and thought about how many times I've wanted to send my ipod to the same firey doom..

ahh but I couldn't do that to the little guy..

Re:Apple's next ad campaign?

[kinnell]

I wonder why Apple hasn't made more of this in their advertising

You mean like having the guy who plays Frodo appear in the iLife '04 video [apple.com.au], for example? Or were you thinking of golum dancing in silhouette with an ipod?

Re:Not exactly exciting news.

[shockbeton]

In other "news," the mighty Peter Jackson reportedly uses a telephone to transmit voice data in real-time to his mom. Rumors also suggest that he and other key players in the production of the widely acclaimed LotR trilogy purge their bodily waste into a toilet.

Never Underestimate...

[erpbridge]

the bandwidth of a station wagon filled with iPods.

ha-ha

[Anonymous Coward]

I guess someone just finished watching 4th DVD of the set :>

Re:One big advertisement

[Hast]

I think they forgot to mention that Mr Jackson was using a Apple(tm) Wireless Keyboard and Apple(tm) Wireless Mouse both using Bluetooth(tm) technology to enhance the editing experience. Naturally all mobile devices used Duracell(tm) bateries to go the extra mile. Mr Jackson transported the iPod (tm) in his Lee (tm) jeans.

News for Nerds

[kinnell]

My tips for cooling:

you forgot:

• Put a cup of liquid nitrogen on it
• Modify the case to incorporate an overly expensive liquid cooling rig
• Drill a hole for a firewire cable into your USB mini refrigerator

Only for LOTR...

[Anonymous Coward]

It's not like many other films can do this. Who else could get a budget big enough to buy that many Apple products!

Re:Seems to me pretty stupid too

[davechen]

And, if you put that 200 gig drive in your pocket, it's much more impressive to the ladies.

Re:Also

[danila]

I never said she got too much screen time or that she played Arwen poorly. What I said is that the subplot with her going away was contrived, stupid and contradicted the book.

I didn't mind her appearance at all and the expansion of her role didn't bother me per se, only the direction in which it was expanded.

As for the (-1, Homosexual), I believe that stupid movie deserves it! :) The scene with Sam in nightgown was so gay (as in fag) a lot of people in the theatre bursted out laughting. Sam positively looked like Frodo just made him his bitch. :)))

Re:Not exactly exciting news.

[Gumber]

Ah, but seing as how this was an iPod hooked to a mac, this was surely a FireWire disk , so it is news
!