<P> In November, Alan Lee and John Howe became the film trilogy's primary conceptual designers, having had previous experience as illustrators for the book and various other tie - ins . Lee worked for the Art Department creating places such as Rivendell, Isengard, Moria and Lothlórien, giving Art Nouveau and geometry influences to the Elves and Dwarves respectively . Though Howe contributed with Bag End and the Argonath, he focused working on armour having studied it all his life . Weta and the Art Department continued to design, with Grant Major turning the Art Department's designs into architecture, and Dan Hennah scouting locations . On 1 April 1999, Ngila Dickson joined the crew as costume designer . She and 40 seamstresses would create 19,000 costumes, 40 per version for the actor and their doubles, ageing and wearing them out for impression of age . </P> <P> Filming took place in various locations across New Zealand . A list of filming locations, sorted by appearance order in the film: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Fictional location </Th> <Th> Specific location in New Zealand </Th> <Th> General area in New Zealand . </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mordor (Prologue) </Td> <Td> Whakapapa skifield </Td> <Td> Tongariro National Park </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hobbiton </Td> <Td> Matamata </Td> <Td> Waikato </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gardens of Isengard </Td> <Td> Harcourt Park </Td> <Td> Upper Hutt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Shire woods </Td> <Td> Otaki Gorge Road </Td> <Td> Kapiti Coast District </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bucklebury Ferry </Td> <Td> Keeling Farm, Manakau </Td> <Td> Horowhenua </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Forest near Bree </Td> <Td> Takaka Hill </Td> <Td> Nelson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Trollshaws </Td> <Td> Waitarere Forest </Td> <Td> Horowhenua </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Flight to the Ford </Td> <Td> Tarras </Td> <Td> Central Otago </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ford of Bruinen </Td> <Td> Arrow River, Skippers Canyon </Td> <Td> Queenstown and Arrowtown </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rivendell </Td> <Td> Kaitoke Regional Park </Td> <Td> Upper Hutt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Eregion </Td> <Td> Mount Olympus </Td> <Td> Nelson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dead Marshes </Td> <Td> Kepler Mire </Td> <Td> Southland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dimrill Dale </Td> <Td> Lake Alta </Td> <Td> The Remarkables </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dimrill Dale </Td> <Td> Mount Owen </Td> <Td> Nelson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lothlórien </Td> <Td> Paradise </Td> <Td> Glenorchy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> River Anduin </Td> <Td> Upper Waiau River </Td> <Td> Fiordland National Park </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> River Anduin </Td> <Td> Rangitikei River </Td> <Td> Rangitikei District </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> River Anduin </Td> <Td> Poets' Corner </Td> <Td> Upper Hutt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Parth Galen </Td> <Td> Paradise </Td> <Td> Glenorchy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Amon Hen </Td> <Td> Mavora Lakes, Paradise and Closeburn </Td> <Td> Southern Lakes </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Fictional location </Th> <Th> Specific location in New Zealand </Th> <Th> General area in New Zealand . </Th> </Tr>

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