{"id":5882,"date":"2024-12-28T07:44:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T07:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=5882"},"modified":"2024-12-28T07:44:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T07:44:39","slug":"can-be-clever-about-it-how-the-rings-of-power-season-2-balances-vfx-with-practical-sets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=5882","title":{"rendered":"Can Be Clever About It&#8217;: How The Rings of Power Season 2 Balances VFX With Practical Sets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5885\" src=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/download-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rings of Power Flames Sauron<\/p>\n<p>Prime Video\u2019s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power moved its shooting location from New Zealand to England for Season 2, but that wasn\u2019t the only change in production. 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They were great at sharing ideas for where they wanted the show to go, Milsted said. \u201cSeason 1 was more about Galadriel\u2019s (Moryfydd Clark) story and Season 2 was more about Sauron\u2019s (Charlie Vickers). He\u2019s the one who pulls all the levers. That allowed us to turn the whole world a lot darker and scarier. They were also keen on more technical things, trying to do more in camera. They built beautiful big sets in Season 1, but they still had extensions beyond those big sets, he continued.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Milsted said he enjoyed all of the in-camera work. There\u2019s nothing better than designing a set and building it, he said. Directors, actors, and cinematographers can say, Wow, we are feeling here that we\u2019re really in a place. That\u2019s always what you want to do as a production designer, he added. 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