Details on The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power Intro

The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power, which Amazon released this year, made its season finale on Friday, October 14. A lot of constructive and destructive things have been written, drawn and said about the series, which Amazon has prepared with a big budget and raised expectations since the day it was published. One of the most constructive criticisms of the series is visual quality and intro it was about.

The intro was prepared with CGI technology and by moving the sands to the rhythm of the music. In the intro, he has works in the movie series before. Howard Shore includes the composition. in a period of 7 months Plains of Yonder and tells the story of the creation of the Middle-earth universe. Ainur’s music meaning “Ainulindale”In this visual feast inspired by; There are some details about the series. Let’s take a look at these details together.

Intro “What if Ainur’s music could be visualized?” came up with the idea

As well as Ainulindale for the intro that represents the music in this universe that we haven’t seen until the Lord of the Rings movie series and are only familiar from the drawings of the story told. Chladni plate Assistance was also obtained from a device called chladni plate, A device used to visualize the vibrational points of a sound wave as a representation. The images in the intro consisting of grains of sand were prepared both manually and with sound vibrations.

“First there was Eru” and it all started with a song…

At the entrance of the intro, there is a large ring in the middle and 8 rings with smaller ratios placed around it. The middle of these rings the creator Eru and the circles around him are also the Ainur. It symbolizes the holy spirits called Everything in the universe is created by their songs.

When we saw these two trees, we all thought it was the White Tree of Gondor.

While creating the universe in Middle-earth Telperion and Laurelin Two sacred trees were created. The seedling of one of these trees, which was gifted to Numenor in time, was the ancestor of the White Tree of Gondor. It represented Numenor and beyond.

We see the Silmarils, the work of the Noldor elves famous for their dexterity

Finwe’s son Feanor He created three powerful jewels by blending the light and essences of two sacred trees, Telperion and Laurelin. To these Silmaril was named. They were so valuable that they later led to jewel wars, leading to disagreements among the elves. In the show, we won’t see it unless it’s told through a flashback scene. Because they have already been used in the making of the rings of power, which were given to the “3 of them to the elves” in the season finale.

The sands turn into the star of Feanor, representing the house of Feanor and her descendants

also in the series Galadriel’s armorWe see this star in different places and points, especially the doors at the entrance of Moira.

Charcoal sand seeps into golden sands

Harmonious in a universe that begins with a musical symphony disrupting the flow of musicwho wants to change the song according to himself the rebel Melkor These charcoal sands represent the idea at the beginning of it all. When Melkor wanted to change things according to himself, he would break the harmony of everything, dislike the light and whisper his own thoughts into the ears to cloud the minds.

This ring actually represents Sauron, a servant serving only darkness.

Sauron, Melkor’s servant, “the one ring to rule over all” or Sauron’s “all seeing eye” or it may represent both at the same time.

Which detail impressed you the most? If you notice any other details, do not forget to mention them in the comments.

Source: Collider, Plains of Yonder, Intro behind the scenes