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T H E R I N G S O F P O W E R | P E R S P E C T I V E 7 1 That is the Middle Earth of the Second Age, more than three thousand years before the Third Age world, featured in Peter Jackson's movies. The Third Age was a time of war and decay. The Second Age is a world at peace. After the destruction of a brutal war that sank a whole continent, the cultures of Middle Earth have rebuilt themselves into a Golden Age, alive and vibrant and filled with beauty. The series tells its story in an eight-hour movie, eight chapters filled with new locations and scenery, all of worlds at a time never seen on screen before. Essentially, it is the scope and scale of three Marvel movies, and the series is going to produce it on the schedule of two, with the budget of one. (And during a pandemic…) There were six cultures to fully flesh out and design, including four complete cities, and a couple of "working" ships. And, in keeping with the depth of Tolkien's world, there were other remnant or distant cultures to create and integrate. To make it even more interesting, I was brought in halfway through preproduction, with the Art Department facing significant budget and A. NÚMENÓREAN SHIPS SAILING IN THE GREAT HARBOR. PRODUCTION STILL FROM THE FINISHED FILM. FULLY DIGITAL SHOT USING SCANS OF THE ACTUAL BUILT SHIPS.