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mechtild (mechtild) wrote,
@ 2008-03-23 13:15:00

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fellowship of the ring, frodo screencaps

Departure from Lórien, Pt. 1: Galadriel’s Gift.
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I made these screencaps last week because I was looking for images to illustrate the mood of a poem of jan-u-wine’s, which she is graciously allowing me to post next week on March 25, in commemoration of the fall of Barad-dûr and the Dark Lord.

Jan’s poem is set long after the War of the Ring, in Tol Eressëa, so there are no film scenes that correspond to it literally. Still, I thought, I ought to be able to find a scene in which Frodo displays a similar mood, some scene I haven’t yet capped.

The caps I made of Frodo on the Anduin (see below), from the departure from Lórien to the arrival at Parth Galen, weren’t quite good enough of a match for the poem, but they still turned out as very nice caps. I will present them in two parts; even pared down, there are quite a few.

The first set of caps show Frodo just after the Fellowship has got into the boats and begun their journey down the river. Frodo is shown remembering the gift-giving, when Galadriel gave him the crystal phial containing the light of Eärendil, along with her blessing.

I love the way the giving of the phial was filmed: the camera focussing on their hands as they make the exchange, Frodo’s reaction shots, and Galadriel’s beautiful kiss of benediction. It beautifully conveys Tolkien's magic. I love Frodo's evocative face, back in the boat. His expressions are subtle, yet his mix of emotions comes through. I love the divine score (especially in the EE version), and the exquisite lighting.

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Screenplay for the scene in the theatrical version:

After a cut to Saruman instructing Lurtz in Isengard, the scene opens in pre-dawn Lórien. A pensive Frodo sits in an Elven boat, and the group pulls away from the banks. In a flash back, Frodo remembers Galadriel.

Galadriel: Farewell, Frodo Baggins. I give you the light of Eärendil, our most beloved star.

In a close-up of their hands, she gives Frodo the Phial.

Galadriel: Namárië.

Stooping, she kisses the top of Frodo’s head. The scene shifts back to Frodo in the boat, holding the Phial and gazing at it. In another flashback he sees Galadriel, standing on the shore, her hand raised in a gesture of benediction and farewell.

Galadriel: May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.

The scene returns to Frodo, his face thoughtful.

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The screencaps for this set (and the following two sets) have been made from the theatrical version because I wanted to use the fullscreen format. Since I made the caps to go with the poem, my primary goal was to show Frodo, not his setting. The fullscreen format, which is larger from top to bottom, even if it cuts off the sides, is best for that.

Also, I want to note that Blossom has made gorgeous, big screencaps from the widescreen version of the Anduin scenes, which can be seen at her lovely Frodo-devoted website, In Dreams. Go to "Slideshows", "The Argonath", then, "click here for more screencaps".

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Related entry:

~ Departure from Lórien Pt. 2: Down the Anduin.

Tables of Links:

~ Entries with jan-u-wine's poems.

~ Main table for all screencap entries

~ Mechtild

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	mariole 2008-03-23 06:48 pm UTC (link)
	Hey, I didn't realize you were on IJ! So many lovely pictures. :) It's great to see you here. (Reply to this) (Thread)

mechtild
2008-03-23 07:20 pm UTC (link)

Hi, Mariole, I registered half an hour ago. I have company today so I am just poppin in and out of the "office" here at home (the bedroom with the computer in it, lol).

I did it because another f-lister on LJ made posted this in her LJ today. She is another person who had not planned to open an LJ at Insane Journal:

What got me thinking that maybe I ought to have a bolthole, just in case, was lady_branwyn saying that she had read something in Business Week magazine, about SUP, that had her somewhat concerned. Now, lady_branwyn is one of the very smartest people that I know, and when she says she's worried, that's a pretty good signal for me to think about being worried, too. So when she told me this morning that she had gone over and claimed her names at IJ, just in case, it didn't seem so much like being a sheep as following a smart, subtle tip.

That is what inspired me to open an IJ. I don't plan to post anything here unless LJ does fall apart--either the site or my network of e-friends--but I thought I would go ahead and make sure my name made the transfer as is.

These two posts are just copies of the ones I put up on LJ yesterday. I wanted to see how posts looked here. Pretty much the same, really, except after I became a paid member and could select a custom format in which my comments pages would display.

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mariole
2008-03-23 07:55 pm UTC (link)

It sounds like we're all doing the same thing: claim our names, and prepare to flee.

To me, the biggest problem is one of security. The new owners do not seem to understand internet security; witness their idiotic request for users to send their vital documents to them, over unsecured email, to prove they were over 13. Hello, identify theft!

Then they are based in Russia. I'm sorry, but I don't trust a close friend of Putin's to be particularly careful of my credit card info. This is not paranoia, it's simple sense. So in any case, my paid account will revert to an unpaid one at LJ. I don't use most of the extra features anyway, but I will be sad to lose the mariole@livejournal.com email. I'll have to set up an alternate account. Other than that, I'd rather be safe than sorry.

Welcome to IJ! Have a happy Easter!

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mechtild
2008-03-23 09:17 pm UTC (link)

If you reverted to an unpaid account you lose the email option? I was going to check back into the business area today, just to take my paid account off "automatic payment". I've never had a problem having a paid membership at messageboards with secure info. leakage, but you're right; this is worrisome.

P.S. I asked my friend if what *her* friend was implying was the fall of LJ in toto ("Toto, too?"), but, no, it was just the stuff about having to leave after enough censorship had driven everyone she knows on LJ away.

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	mariole 2008-03-23 10:52 pm UTC (link)
	I have a basic and basic plus account, and none of them support email. You still get notifications, but you don't get the USERNAME@livejournal.com option. You can only show your own email (if you choose to show it, like IJ does). (Reply to this) (Parent)