Lord of the Rings: Hungry Eyes

I was inspired to make this video by two things. Firstly, seeing MorganCharles's fantastic video which introduced me to the subject matter - namely, a Legolas/Aragorn shipper vid, and also the information that there is, according to LOTR lore, a 'Hungry Eyes' video in existence that the crew on the films made and showed Orlando Bloom.  MorganCharles's video really inspired me, and I was bitten by the bug from the moment I saw it. I do confess to using a similar interpretation of the arrow nocking/sword drawing scene as Morgan does, as I couldn't find a better place in the video to put it than that, so all credit and acknowledgement for that moment of the vid goes to the original vidder.

The song itself has long been a favourite of mine, and with the amount of longing, wide eyed looks that abound in this film, from both actors, it was a natural choice. Orlando Bloom and Viggo Mortensen play off one another so well, and have a great onscreen chemistry, and Peter Jackson is, of course, the god of the camera in the films. The sweeping 180 degree shots of the actors that he's so well versed in were lovely to work with and manipulate, and there were so many lingering shots on the actors' faces, capturing their eyes and facial expressions that I was hard pressed to condense them all down into four minutes. For me, the whole trilogy is all about the eyes...from Orlando Bloom, Viggo Mortensen and Liv Tyler's long, stately gazes to the sheer warmth of Elijah Wood and Dominic Monaghan's chemistry. It works so well as a piece of film, and Jackson sure as hell got it right with his casting. I say that not because I'm an expert about LOTR, far from it in fact, but as someone who appreciates the sheer bloody hard work it takes to plan, execute and shoot a film, let alone nine-odd hours of it.

I hope you have as much fun watching this as I did making it - it's cheesy, it's slashy, it's a little bit tongue in cheek (I have been a but cheeky with some of the shots I've juxtaposed, to create a certain...suggestion of things unseen on camera ;)) but for me, it had to be done. I hope you enjoy it :)