The Quintessential 'Lord of the Rings' Movie Shots
The Fellowship of the Ring
 Book One, Chapter XII
 Flight to the Ford
 Scene 1 - Orthanc Moth, Isengard Caverns
 
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Scene 1:  Orthanc Moth, Isengard Caverns
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Orthanc, in the center
of the walls of Isengard...
 		Orthanc, in the center of Isengard, with the Misty Mountains behind
 ...with the Misty Mountains
in the moonlight behind
Over the wall and into Isengard...
 <- Over the barrier and into Isengard...

...then down into the caverns beneath ->
 		...then down into the caverns beneath
...and up, to show a moth flying over
A moth flies over Isengard (concept art)
  		A moth flutters over Isengard...

Gandalf snatches it out of the air, ->
speaks to it, then releases it...

  		Gandalf snatches the moth out of the air
 
The moth in Gandalf's hand (Simen)
  		The moth in Gandalf's hand (Manwe)
  		Gandalf releases the moth
 
The camera zooms...
  		The camera zooms and swoops
down the side of Orthanc,
into the Saruman's caverns below...
  		...down the side of Orthanc
 
Metal is melted and poured...

 Metal is melted and poured...
  		...then it flows to the molds...

 ...then it flows to the molds, to make the armor and weapons
  		Beating the newly-forged, fiery sword on an anvil
 
Saruman witnessing...

 Saruman witnessing...
  		The breeding pit for the Uruk-hai
  		...the birth of Lurtz

 ...the birth of Lurtz
 
...and Saruman's minion
watching helplessly...

 		Saruman's minion watching his fellow orc strangled
  		...as Lurtz strangles
his fellow orc
Making Orc weapons
  		Lurtz, killing the Isengard Orc (note Saruman in behind - different shot than in movie)
  		Making Orc weapons
 
Birth of an orc
  		Mordor Orc? Note the 'eye' on the forehead

Mordor Orc above? Note the 'eye'... 		Newborn orc
 
Mordor Orcs lifting 'egg'
 
Two orcs huddle over a 'cocoon'
  		In the Caverns of Isengard

 ...in the Caverns of Isengard
  		Detail from image on left
 
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