Post by Huinesoron on Dec 15, 2013 16:19:48 GMT -5
Being a writer, I am always out looking for new ideas - yes, even when I'm in the middle of one. And since, to date, SilmFilm consists entirely of scripts - I have a few more I want to try.
I've called it The Galadriel Trilogy, and that's exactly what it is: a look at the history of Middle-earth through the eyes of the one person who was there for all of it. A tentative breakdown:
The First Age: Doriath
Doriath will follow Galadriel from the time of the Dagor Bragollach through to the death and return of Luthien. It will feature flashbacks on occasion to the earlier events (primarily the debate at Tirion, the Kinslaying at Alqualonde, and the Grinding Ice), but these will serve to assist in telling a character-based tale. Specifically, this is the story of a young woman (youngest of the grandchildren of Finwe - only Finduilas, Gil-Galad, Maeglin, and Idril are younger than her in that whole house) who has the potential to become the most powerful non-Ainu in the world.
It's about Galadriel's journey from a fledgling sorceress, hanging out with a demigod and her daughter who is named 'Sorceress' (all right, technically this is an older meaning - Tolkien eventually decided on Luth-ien, 'daughter of flowers' - but it could still be a homophone), into the woman who will lead an expedition into the eastern wilderness, risking everything to preserve something.
This is also the film which gets to draw on the work already done here. Melian's mirror from our Lay of Luthien will be a significant part of the plot, and I plan on flashback/Mirror-ing the Helkaraxe scenes from FotN(G).
The Second Age: Eregion
This is the Second Age film, and covers the forging of the Great Rings and the fall of Eregion. It's debatable whether Galadriel would have been there during that time, or over in Lorien - but with Moria still open, she can do both. In fact, the interaction of this - the greatest elven domain of the Second Age - with its neighbours, including Mithlond, Moria (or rather, Khazad-dum), and possible Numenorean visitors, is one of the themes I want to explore.
This movie will also centre on a choice. Where Doriath was about Galadriel growing into her power, this is where she will have to make a decision about relationships. She's married to Celeborn, and obviously that's unbreakable - but elves don't always live with their spouses, and the flip side of the coin is the Noldorin Celebrimbor, master-smith, right at the cutting edge of magical technology. Which path will Galadriel follow - to stay with the smiths and ring-makers, or to spend her time as Celeborn's lady among the Sindar and Nandor of sleepy Lothlorien? To stay in the city she founded and ruled - or to become subject to Amdir of Lorien?
The Third Age: Lothlorien
This is simultaneously the easiest and hardest film to write. It will cover the time from the commencement of the Quest of Erebor, to the stay of the Fellowship of the Ring in Lorien. There's a lot written about this period - but also a lot filmed, and that will make it more difficult to make an independent script.
The angle, though... we have had Galadriel's coming-of-age. We've had her acceptance of a lesser position, despite her own ambitions. Now we see the culmination of her story. Through the narrative of Sauron's rise, we get to watch Galadriel struggle with the question of eternity: whether she wants to fade away with Lorien, clinging to her beloved land - or sail West, forsaking everything, to return at last to the home she abandoned. Like Sauron, she rejected the chance to return after the War of Wrath. Now he is rising, looking set to rule all Middle-earth - but the Mirror hints that another power is moving. The One Ring is active in the world - and more than one hand can hold that power...
The climax of this film will be the Mirror scene, straight from FotR. If the film is written right, this will be a culmination of all her decisions, both in this film and the previous two - the moment when Galadriel of Lorien, of Eregion, of Doriath and of Tirion, finally realises who she wants to be.
Will I actually get these written? I highly doubt it. But the idea's been running through my mind for long enough that I wanted to write it down.
I've called it The Galadriel Trilogy, and that's exactly what it is: a look at the history of Middle-earth through the eyes of the one person who was there for all of it. A tentative breakdown:
The First Age: Doriath
Doriath will follow Galadriel from the time of the Dagor Bragollach through to the death and return of Luthien. It will feature flashbacks on occasion to the earlier events (primarily the debate at Tirion, the Kinslaying at Alqualonde, and the Grinding Ice), but these will serve to assist in telling a character-based tale. Specifically, this is the story of a young woman (youngest of the grandchildren of Finwe - only Finduilas, Gil-Galad, Maeglin, and Idril are younger than her in that whole house) who has the potential to become the most powerful non-Ainu in the world.
It's about Galadriel's journey from a fledgling sorceress, hanging out with a demigod and her daughter who is named 'Sorceress' (all right, technically this is an older meaning - Tolkien eventually decided on Luth-ien, 'daughter of flowers' - but it could still be a homophone), into the woman who will lead an expedition into the eastern wilderness, risking everything to preserve something.
This is also the film which gets to draw on the work already done here. Melian's mirror from our Lay of Luthien will be a significant part of the plot, and I plan on flashback/Mirror-ing the Helkaraxe scenes from FotN(G).
The Second Age: Eregion
This is the Second Age film, and covers the forging of the Great Rings and the fall of Eregion. It's debatable whether Galadriel would have been there during that time, or over in Lorien - but with Moria still open, she can do both. In fact, the interaction of this - the greatest elven domain of the Second Age - with its neighbours, including Mithlond, Moria (or rather, Khazad-dum), and possible Numenorean visitors, is one of the themes I want to explore.
This movie will also centre on a choice. Where Doriath was about Galadriel growing into her power, this is where she will have to make a decision about relationships. She's married to Celeborn, and obviously that's unbreakable - but elves don't always live with their spouses, and the flip side of the coin is the Noldorin Celebrimbor, master-smith, right at the cutting edge of magical technology. Which path will Galadriel follow - to stay with the smiths and ring-makers, or to spend her time as Celeborn's lady among the Sindar and Nandor of sleepy Lothlorien? To stay in the city she founded and ruled - or to become subject to Amdir of Lorien?
The Third Age: Lothlorien
This is simultaneously the easiest and hardest film to write. It will cover the time from the commencement of the Quest of Erebor, to the stay of the Fellowship of the Ring in Lorien. There's a lot written about this period - but also a lot filmed, and that will make it more difficult to make an independent script.
The angle, though... we have had Galadriel's coming-of-age. We've had her acceptance of a lesser position, despite her own ambitions. Now we see the culmination of her story. Through the narrative of Sauron's rise, we get to watch Galadriel struggle with the question of eternity: whether she wants to fade away with Lorien, clinging to her beloved land - or sail West, forsaking everything, to return at last to the home she abandoned. Like Sauron, she rejected the chance to return after the War of Wrath. Now he is rising, looking set to rule all Middle-earth - but the Mirror hints that another power is moving. The One Ring is active in the world - and more than one hand can hold that power...
The climax of this film will be the Mirror scene, straight from FotR. If the film is written right, this will be a culmination of all her decisions, both in this film and the previous two - the moment when Galadriel of Lorien, of Eregion, of Doriath and of Tirion, finally realises who she wants to be.
Will I actually get these written? I highly doubt it. But the idea's been running through my mind for long enough that I wanted to write it down.
Hope all is well and I also hope to climb back aboard the project train this coming year. Blessings - G.