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It evokes not only a huge sigh of anticipatory relief from Tolkien fans around the world, but also kicks off a boom in "Hobbit tourism" to Wellington, which has been renamed " The Middle of Middle-earth " for the three weeks around the premiere (November 28).
Following "LOTR: The Return of the King" in 2003, 63,200 visitors participated in Lord of the Rings activities (namely location tours). Since then an average of 47,000 visitors have visited film locations each year.
Warner Brothers is spending NZ$100 million (US$81.5 million) in marketing "The Hobbit," NZ$12 million of which is being offset by the New Zealand government. As part of the deal, tourism ads will appear in the front of DVD and theater screenings.
"Since the launch of our '100% Middle-earth, scottish golf travel package 100% Pure New Zealand' campaign, our research has showed scottish golf travel package that 79 percent of potential travelers who have seen it say it increases their desire to come here," says Catherine Bates, Tourism New Zealand's general manager.
The Hobbiton Movie Set, reconstructed for "The Hobbit" films and developed as a tourism park by Sir Peter Jackson and the Alexander Family (the original farm owners), is the most spectacular of all Middle-earth locations.
From the release of "LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring" in 2001, Lord of the Rings-themed movie location tours have sprung up in Wellington, Rotorua and Matamata, Queenstown and Glenorchy (numerous film locations), Christchurch (Rohan) and Tongariro National Park (Mordor).
New Zealand's movie-making industry, affectionately known as "Wellywood," is located on Miramar peninsula. It houses a collection of closely associated companies, including scottish golf travel package Weta Workshop (props and physical effects) and Weta Digital (computer animation and other digital effects), Stone Street Studios and Park Road Post Production.
While the studios are inconspicuous, they are not hidden, and during production it's possible to catch occasional glimpses of filming on outdoor sets, sets under construction, or actors coming in and out of the studios.
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"As well as the installations that have been revealed at Wellington Airport, NZ Post and Embassy Theatre, the city is decked out in celebratory street flags, hosting the Hobbit Artisan Market and i-SITE Visitor Centre staff will be fittingly dressed from this Friday (23 November)."
"Warner Bros has been extremely welcoming and accommodating, providing bunting, posters and t-shirts for the window dressing competition, along with a blockbuster prize of two tickets to the world premiere for the winning business."
Market crafts include everything from glassblowing and leatherwork to make-up and prosthetics. There will also be contests, Hobbit-themed food, and wares for sale from the Weta Cave. The market will run from noon to 6 p.m. daily.
The world premiere spectacle is expected to run from 3 p.m.-6:30 p.m. on November 28, with a red carpet spanning 500 meters along Courtenay Place, from the Reading Cinema to Embassy Theatre. Both theaters will screen the film for VIPs.
With a whole trilogy of movies to be released through 2014, additional filming planned, new movie locations to open as tourist destinations and national treasures like Sir Peter and Weta's Sir Richard Taylor to stoke New Zealand's creativity, New Zealand film tourism appears to be guaranteed.
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Originally planned as two films, toward the end of principal filming it was announced that The Hobbit would be split in three as: "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" (December 12, 2012), "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" (December 13, 2013) and "The Hobbit: There and Back Again" (July 18, 2014).
The new films break ground in both audio and video. Not only were they shot digitally in 3D, but "The Hobbit" is also the first major motion picture to be shot at 48 frames-per-second, which is double the normal frame rate; allowing for greater clarity and image depth. The film is the second to be mixed in Dolby's cutting-edge new Atmos sound format.
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