How Does Peter Jackson Use Ethos In The Hobbit

“Three very large persons sitting round a very large fire of beech-logs… But they were trolls. Obviously trolls. Even Bilbo, in spite of his sheltered life, could see that: from the great heavy faces of them, and their size, and the shape of their legs, not to mention their language, which was not drawing-room fashion at all, at all” (Tolkien 34). This certain excerpt recounts the first time Bilbo saw trolls and it also describes the trolls and their character. This passage comes from the novel The Hobbit written by J.R.R Tolkien, which is made into a movie by the director Peter Jackson. Peter Jackson made many alterations to the movie in hope of making the story more appealing but he was not regarding the intentions of the author. This story

In the movie Bilbo is trying to get a knife from the troll's belt to cut the rope that was tieing down the cattle he is there to save. He makes many attempts to get a hold of the knife, until the troll reaches behind his back to get a tissue and accidentally grabs Bilbo by the neck. (Jackson) Peter Jackson uses several visual techniques in this scene to display and exemplify his idea of this segment. He uses lighting to show the mood and tone of the scene. For example, it was really dark and the woods were only lit up by the fire light. This shows that the mood and tone is frightening because it is dark and gloomy and it makes one feel afraid or nervous. The director also uses angles to describe the characters, for example, he uses a low angle looking up at the trolls to make them seem tough, rigid, and menacing. The director also uses sound to describe the mood and tone of the scene. For example, he uses tense and edgy music when Bilbo is trying to get the knife from the trolls. By replacing the talking wallet with a knife the director excludes a huge amount of enchantment and fantasy from the movie. He makes that scene plain and tedious by altering the talking wallet with a knife. The novel is more effective than the movie because the novel is more magical and amusing than the movie, which is more simple and

Directors, like Peter Jackson, take creative licence to entertain audience, they might make the movie shorter or more interesting or appealing to a certain age so that people actually go and see the movie and so it is appropriate for all ages but, they do not realize that they are changing the meaning of the story and are ruining the intentions of the actual novel. These were some of the most crucial alterations that Peter Jackson made to the movie that changed many people’s perspectives about the meaning of the