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telain
Rohan
Dec 21 2014, 4:08pm
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World Hobbit Project film audience survey
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It has been an Age since I have posted to TheOneRing and I can say there is definitely something missing from my life, even amidst the new teaching position with 5 new classes and committees and research, and, well, you get the idea. So, given my previous work with LoTR and TORn, I was contacted by Martin Barker at the University of Aberystwyth to contribute to, potentially, the world's largest film audience project to date. A project you may very well be interested in: The World Hobbit Project. I have included a description from the project leaders below: thank you, all, for taking the time, and I hope to be back soon... telain A decade ago, the films of The Lord of the Rings presented Tolkien-lovers with a dilemma. What would Peter Jackson’s films do to these long-loved books? What would he cut, what would he change? How would he visualise things? Would he capture at least some of the spirit of the various characters, their fears and challenges? Films are so different from books – but maybe he might at least get a new generation reading them? And so on. Back in 2003, 25,000 of you told us your thoughts on the films, in your responses to our Lord of the Rings audience project. Now, a decade later, Jackson is back with his version of The Hobbit. And the final, climactic part is released this December. We’ve already seen how he has been working to expand one book into three films: new characters, situations … and more links to Tolkien’s “legendarium”, the world of stories about Sauron, Mordor, and the Ring. From this December, we are hoping to gather as many responses from audiences around the world, in the most ambitious research project of this kind ever undertaken. Research groups in 46 countries, working in over 30 languages, will be asking people to complete an online survey which can help us understand what different kinds of audiences make of films – and of stories – of this kind. We’ve asked the Tolkien Society to help us reach all of you who have an interest and investment in Tolkien’s world. Please, go to www.worldhobbitproject.org once you have seen the final film and register your responses and thoughts there. And tell others about this. We are entirely independent of Jackson and New Line Cinema, and we are doing this with minimal financial support (just enough to cover the technical costs of the website and multi-language questionnaire).
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macfalk
Valinor
Dec 21 2014, 5:45pm
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The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
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Brethil
Half-elven
Dec 21 2014, 6:03pm
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*waves* Hello there, Telain AvatarLost!
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Good to see you - by Eru you sound busy! Survey done.
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Otaku-sempai
Immortal
Dec 22 2014, 11:51am
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'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring
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telain
Rohan
Dec 22 2014, 11:23pm
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*waves back* Maybe this year...
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...I will find my Avatar. Great to see you, too!
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telain
Rohan
Dec 22 2014, 11:29pm
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I will keep the Boards updated as to how the survey is going, but it will be up for a while to make sure that people in countries where the movie premieres later will get ample time to contribute. cheers!
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Nira
Lorien
Dec 23 2014, 9:26am
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"Why, to think of it, we're in the same tale still! It's going on. Don't the great tales never end?" -Samwise
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Holly Hobbit
Bree
Dec 26 2014, 9:23pm
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From one researcher to another... :) (although technically I am a researcher-in-training...) Best of luck to you! Can't wait to see the results.
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Rembrethil
Tol Eressea
Dec 29 2014, 4:51pm
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I'm interested to see the results!
Call me Rem, and remember, not all who ramble are lost...Uh...where was I?
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telain
Rohan
Jan 23 2015, 6:37pm
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I am here to report that The World Hobbit Project has topped 27,500 responses! Thank you all at TORn who have participated. The survey is open until May, so don't feel as though you or your Hobbit-viewing friends have missed out!
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