How Does Peter Jackson Use Film Techniques In The Hobbit

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Peter Jackson’s way of expressing his skills in this movie, and to show what is like to be in a battle with the characters of the movie is a unique way to direct. Peter Jackson’s way of portraying the trolls is an amazing way of directing. Using camera angles to express how glorious the battle is, or to even show comparisons between a large creature to a little person. The trolls are represented as the reader would think of them in the book, but better dialog in the movie in which it feels the viewer would get better information as to how the trolls act. In The Hobbit, written by J.R.R. Tolkien, and directed by Peter Jackson. The novel is about a peaceful hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who’s all about peace and staying in the comfort of his home, a …show more content…
Tolkien's intent of this scene is to cause suspense and show how helpless tiny Bilbo is compared to the monstrous troll. The whole point of this scene is to show the power of the enemy compared to the hero, which would cause the mentor or helper to come and save him. Tolkien shows how brave Bilbo can be even if he is facing big, scary, and sloppy trolls, this is not intended to be humorous even if the trolls talk and act funny. It was a way for Tolkien to express the changes in Bilbo, by showing what he would do to help the his friends. Furthermore, the movie expressed this scene in a better way and a more humorous way. In Jackson’s movie, Bilbo did not get grabbed by the neck nor was he trying to get away from the trolls by ducking behind the trees. Bilbo instead was caught next to the napkin that William was blowing his nose in. The trolls, at first sight of Bilbo, just thought it was a very big booger, by using a CU at the troll’s nose, showing tons of snot and slimy stuff on Bilbo this showed that the trolls, indeed, thought that Bilbo a booger that was moving around with arms and legs. they , of course, figured out that that wasn’t the case and they had just found something for dinner. Jackson made this scene more humorous by showing the …show more content…
Then Bilbo understood. It was the wizard’s voice that had kept the trolls bickering and quarrelling”(Tolkien41). This shows that Bilbo did not take part in the rescue of the dwarves. This also makes it far more boring without any real detail this section of the book, though Tolkien’s intent was to show mystery and have the reader guess who is actually talking, throughout the scene. Also, Bilbo took a bigger part in the movie scene. Bilbo stalled the trolls until Gandalf got there, to break a rock and reveal the sun to the trolls. Bilbo made jokes in this scene making the viewer more interested. Not only was this against Tolkien’s intent but it was also a whole scene made over again. Instead of the mystery, of who is talking, the viewer may be laughing and feeling that this scene is amusing and interesting to watch. Overall, Steven Jackson made the movie far more humorous and interesting, in this scene, that J.R.R. Tolkien

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