the hobbit post production

blog question: After watching yesterday's post production walk through with Peter Jackson on The Hobbit, write a reflection on what you learned from the video and the lecture. What are three major insights that you had after watching the video and listening to the lecture? What is interesting about the post production step in the process?

When watching the behind the scenes post production video on The Hobbit, I realized that there is a lot more that goes into it then I originally thought. The post production process takes a lot longer than the actual filming process and often times barely finishes before the premier. Sound also took me by surprise, because I knew that it was an important part but all the steps and layers they do to get it perfectly in is far more than I imagined.  Not only does makeup take a huge part in the film for accuracy, but so does digital effects. The fact that there was no item there and the actors had to imagine it there so when it is digitally added in, it would look as if it was there is mind boggling. I found the sound process to be most interesting because they recreated a lot of the noise while watching the shot scene to get a better take on how to make it sound.