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The Tolkien Professor episodes
- 316: SilmFilm 2-06: Episode 2 – “Don’t Get in the Van, Elwë!”
In the second episode of Season 2, the Elvish ambassadors take a trip to Valinor.
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2 hr 12 min - 315: SilmFilm 2-05: Episode 1 – Crisis in Cuivienen
Discussion and outline of the first episode of Season 2, starting with Arwen’s frame story, which leads into the story of the awakening of the elves on the shores of Cuivienen.
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2 hr 2 min - 314: SilmFilm 2-04: Linguistics, etc.
Discussion about the linguistics of the Silmarillion, the continuing the Big Picture stuff for Season 2, and the sundering of races, as well as material culture and other markers.
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2 hr 16 min - 313: SilmFilm 2-03: The Elves
Today is the day we talk about the Elves – how they came to be and their divisions.
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1 hr 54 min - 312: SilmFilm 2-02: Episode Calendar
Deciding on general outline for season 2 – not in detail, as we will map out episode-by-episode plots later.
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2 hr 12 min - 311: SilmFilm 2-01: Brainstorming
Discussing the big-picture overview of the season, starting with the the awakening of the Elves at Cuivienen (from their point of view) and ending with the Darkening of Valinor.
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2 hr 4 min - SilmFilm 1-20: Script Outlines
We bring on some additional panelists this week to discuss script outlines and fill in the holes left in our episodic discussions. Guest panelists include Karita Alexander, Brian Fattorini, Nick Palazzo, and Marie Prosser.
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2 hr 6 min - SilmFilm 1-19: Music
Joining us for a discussion of the musical score is John DiBartolo of the Lonely Mountain Band. We also will listen to clips of proposed character themes from composer Philip Menzies.
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2 hr 4 min - SilmFilm 1-18: Casting Poll Results and Costuming
We review the results of our casting poll from Session 16 and discuss what we’d like to see our newly cast … uh, cast … wear.
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2 hr 30 min - SilmFilm 1-17: Envisioning Arda - Sets/Locations
Following up on our casting conversation, this time we’re talking about how we want things to look. What type of forests should fill Valinor? What architecture styles should we use for the Valar (and the elves who copy them)? What other visual considerations do we need to make?
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About The Tolkien Professor
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The Tolkien Professor podcast is a series of lectures, discussions, and seminars on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien by Corey Olsen, President of Signum University. All are welcome to enter – even those…
without any party business!