From Book to Vision

Part One: From Book to Vision is the first of two Appendices to Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), featured exclusively as a disc of the Special Extended Edition.

Contents

It contains four documentaries, spanning 2.5 hours, directed by Michael Pellerin, purposed to cover J.R.R. Tolkien's creation of the story of The Lord of the Rings, and the earliest stages adapting the book to film.

• J.R.R. Tolkien - Creator of Middle-earth
• From Book to Script
• Visualizing the Story
• Designing and Building Middle-earth
• Middle-earth Atlas
• "New Zealand as Middle-earth", a guide to the filming locations

The Lord of the Rings film trilogy appendices

Part One: From Book to Vision   •   Part Two: From Vision to Reality
Part Three: The Journey Continues   •   Part Four: The Battle for Middle-earth Begins
Part Five: The War of the Ring   •   Part Six: The Passing of an Age