Special effects of The Lord of the Rings film series Later on, the scenes were merged using digital effects. Besides Weathertop, many of the other scenes in the Lord of the Rings trilogy were shot in this way, first by filming the scenery or set miniatures, then the actors on a studio set, and merging the two together. An example of this is in the Mines of Moria, when the Fellowship was fighting the Cave-troll in Balin's Tomb, and again when the Fellowship is on the Khazad-Dum stairs and bridge. Gandalf has his own particular scene with computer graphics as he grapples with the Balrog as they fall to their
The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy: The Exhibition a special suit had to be worn, covered in sensors. This allowed for a much more accurate and precise motion capture result than the suit-less camera-based demonstration in the Exhibit, but the basic idea remained the same. The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy: The Exhibition The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy: The Exhibition was a traveling exhibit, created for the Te Papa Tongarewa museum of New Zealand by Wellington exhibition design company Story Inc, featuring actual props and costumes used in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" movies, as well as special effects demonstrations and