To recreate the magical scale and beauty of Middle Earth we travelled out to the mountains of Snowdonia in North Wales. We have a team of more than 70 contributors and volunteer cast/crew working on the project. Also we've formed a special effects team headed by a young sculptor called Luke McNally which is creating the Orcs and nasties for both productions. We also have strong links with the other big UK LOTR fan film, Born of Hope, and they've kindly let us use many costumes and props from their art department.

This wouldn't be possible without a large number of dedicated volunteers who are collaborating on the movie. It's kindof a dream for me to make this kind of epic scale movie (even though just a short, it's got some spectacular sequences including a large scale choreographed Orc battle.) The idea is to showcase what we can do in terms of film-making on a low budget (read microbudget!), but also to pay tribute to Peter Jackson's trilogy, and we're all big LOTR fans of course.

Now 3 years later I'm deep into making The Hunt For Gollum. Fan films are a great platform for reaching an audience. This was publicised quite heavily around the internet, and it got me thinking about what I could do myself as a director. My first experience of fan films was as composer on Star Wars Revelations. The story itself relates to Aragorn as he sets off on a journey to track down the creature Gollum. Similar to Born of Hope, it's a serious adaptation of the books and take place just before The Fellowship of the Ring. It will be a 30 minute adventure set for release free to the internet at Christmas 2008. The Hunt For Gollum is another ambitious Lord of the Rings fan film currently in production in the UK. Fan Films Lord of the Rings 'The Hunt For Gollum'

Lord of the Rings- Hunt for Gollum