Helm’s Deep: How to Film an Epic Battle Scene

For his latest video essay, Los Angeles-based writer and film enthusiast Evan Puschak, aka “The Nerdwriter,” takes a closer look at the art behind the epic 39-minute Helm’s Deep battle scene in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the second installment in director Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film series.

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