Lord of the rings sound editing

Last lesson we watched the sounding editing and foley artists of the lord of the rings twin towers 

Follow these links for;

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5cOgj4RsWg&feature=relmfu

Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMNwotOm27g

Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW7lC6CTmbY&feature=fvwrel

By watching these short episodes I learnt how foley artists use different bits of equipment for different characters throughout the film and each get their own specific sound depending on which movement they're doing.

I also learnt how accidental mistakes whilst recording sounds can lead to sounds you can use in a film. For example the recorders put some cardboard on the end of an arrow and fired it this cause a sound which they used during a battle scene where numerous arrows where fired at once.

Another technique the editors use is to get a cricket stadium to stomp and chant the orachi language. I always thought they would just use maybe 10-20 people in a studio and then duplicate the sound however after listening to an example of that and the cricket stadium it makes alot more of a believeable sound the other way.