Peter Jackson's Production Diaries (web 2004-2005)
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Peter Jackson's Production Diaries is a series of shorts documenting the filming of 2005's King Kong. They were published by the film's director Peter Jackson on the website kongisking.net, where he kept a record of the making of the film. On December 13, 2005, they were released on DVD, retailing at $39.98.[1] The shorts came in a collectible box with a certificate of authenticity, four exclusive production art prints, and a color booklet detailing the contents of each video entry. After the release of the DVD, only the Post-Production Diaries remained hosted on the website.
Content
The collection's content can be viewed either chronologically or by location where the episode was recorded. The first disc includes an introduction specially recorded by Peter Jackson, and the second includes a featurette on the filmography behind Kong's battle with the V-Rexes.
Episodes
| No. | Day | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
Production Diaries | |||
| 1 | 1 | "Peter's Welcome" | 09/06/2004 |
| 2 | 4 | "The Diner Set" | 09/09/2004 |
| 3 | 6 | "Rough Seas on Land" | 09/13/2004 |
| 4 | 7 | "Filming Inside the Venture" | 09/14/2004 |
| 5 | 8 | "Denham's Camera" | 09/15/2004 |
| 6 | 10 | "Plane Spotting" | 09/17/2004 |
| 7 | 12 | "Storms on the Venture" | 09/21/2004 |
| 8 | 14 | "Animal Droppings" | 09/23/2004 |
| 9 | 16 | "Dump Tanks" | 09/27/2004 |
| 10 | 18 | "Dump Tanks Part 2" | 09/29/2004 |
| 11 | 20 | "Skull Island Preview" | 10/01/2004 |
| 12 | 22 | "Lumpy's Galley Tour" | 10/05/2004 |
| 13 | 25 | "Clapper Boards" | 10/08/2004 |
| 14 | 27 | "Previsualization" | 10/12/2004 |
| 15 | 31 | "Skull Island Rocks" | 10/18/2004 |
| 16 | 33 | "Skull Island Shoot" | 10/20/2004 |
| 17 | 36 | "Gandalf the Spy" | 10/26/2004 |
| 18 | 40 | "The Swamp Set" | 11/01/2004 |
| 19 | 42 | "Peter's Kong Collection" | 11/03/2004 |
| 20 | 46 | "Is Jack Black 5'4"?" | 11/09/2004 |
| 21 | 48 | "Creating Skull Island" | 11/11/2004 |
| 22 | 51 | "Location Logistics" | 11/16/2004 |
| 23 | 53 | "International Press Junket" | 11/18/2004 |
| 24 | 58 | "The On-Set Art Department" | 11/26/2004 |
| 25 | 62 | "Cameras" | 12/02/2004 |
| 26 | 66 | "Journey of a Roll of Film" | 12/07/2004 |
| 27 | 68 | "Creating New York in New Zealand" | 12/09/2004 |
| 28 | 70 | "Shooting at the Civic Theatre" | 12/14/2004 |
| 29 | 73 | "Concept Art" | 12/17/2004 |
| 30 | 76 | "Happy Holidays!" | 12/22/2004 |
| 31 | Hiatus | "New Year's Message from Peter" | 01/19/2005 |
| 32 | 77 | "Shooting Begins in New York" | 01/24/2005 |
| 33 | 82 | "New York Extras" | 01/31/2005 |
| 34 | 85 | "Vintage Vehicles" | 02/03/2005 |
| 35 | 87 | "New York Set Dressing" | 02/07/2005 |
| 36 | 90 | "Sewers and Steam" | 02/10/2005 |
| 37 | 92 | "Lighting Continuity" | 02/14/2005 |
| 38 | 95 | "Times Square becomes Herald Square" | 02/14/2005 |
| 39 | 97 | "Adrien the Stunt Driver" | 02/21/2005 |
| 40 | 100 | "A Day in the Life of Peter" | 02/24/2005 |
| 41 | 103 | "Skull Island Miniatures" | 03/01/2005 |
| 42 | 105 | "Naomi in Kong's Hand" | 03/03/2005 |
| 43 | 108 | "Hair and Makeup" | 03/07/2005 |
| 44 | 110 | "Global Partner Summit" | 03/09/2005 |
| 45 | 113 | "Second Unit" | 03/14/2005 |
| 46 | 115 | "Sound Recording" | 03/16/2005 |
| 47 | 118 | "Helldiver Airplanes" | 03/21/2005 |
| 48 | 120 | "Filming Winds Down" | 03/25/2005 |
| 49 | 123 | "The Kong Sequels" | 04/01/2005 |
| 50 | 125 | "Costume Design" | 04/03/2005 |
| 51 | 127 | "Unit Photography" | 04/05/2005 |
| 52 | 129 | "Andy's Revenge on the DVD Team" | 04/06/2005 |
| 53 | 130 | "Peter Calls in Help" | 04/07/2005 |
| 54 | 131 | "The Last Day" | 04/08/2005 |
Post-Production Diaries | |||
| 1 | 134 | "33 Weeks to Go!" | 04/29/2005 |
| 2 | 135 | "32 Weeks to Go!" | 05/06/2005 |
| 3 | 136 | "31 Weeks to Go" | 05/12/2005 |
| 4 | 137 | "30 Weeks to Go" | 05/20/2005 |
| 5 | 138 | "29 Weeks to Go" | 05/27/2005 |
| 6 | 139 | "28 Weeks to Go" | 06/03/2005 |
| 7 | 140 | "27 Weeks to Go" | 06/10/2005 |
| 8 | 141 | "26 Weeks to Go" | 06/17/2005 |
| 9 | 142 | "25 Weeks to Go" | 06/24/2005 |
| 10 | 143 | "24 Weeks to Go" | 07/02/2005 |
| 11 | 144 | "23 Weeks to Go" | 07/08/2005 |
| 12 | 145 | "22 Weeks to Go" | 07/15/2005 |
| 13 | 146 | "21 Weeks to Go" | 07/22/2005 |
| 14 | 147 | "20 Weeks to Go (Pick Ups Day 1)" | 07/29/2005 |
| 15 | 147 | "Pick Ups Day 4" | 08/02/2005 |
| 16 | 148 | "19 Weeks to Go" | 08/05/2005 |
| 17 | 149 | "Last Day of Pick Ups!" | 08/09/2005 |
| 18 | 149 | "18 Weeks to Go" | 08/12/2005 |
| 19 | 150 | "17 Weeks to Go" | 08/21/2005 |
| 20 | 151 | "16 Weeks to Go" | 08/26/2005 |
| 21 | 152 | "15 Weeks to Go" | 09/02/2005 |
| 22 | 153 | "14 Weeks to Go" | 09/09/2005 |
| 23 | 154 | "13 Weeks to Go" | 09/16/2005 |
| 24 | 155 | "12 Weeks to Go" | 09/23/2005 |
| 25 | 156 | "11 Weeks to Go" | 09/30/2005 |
| 26 | 157 | "10 Weeks to Go" | 10/07/2005 |
| 27 | 158 | "9 Weeks to Go" | 10/14/2005 |
| 28 | 159 | "8 Weeks to Go" | 11/02/2005 |
| 29 | 160 | "7 Weeks to Go" | 10/29/2005 |
| 30 | 161 | "6 Weeks to Go" | 11/04/2005 |
| 31 | 162 | "5 Weeks to Go" | 11/11/2005 |
| 32 | 163 | "4 Weeks to Go" | 11/19/2005 |
| 33 | 164 | "3 Weeks to Go" | 11/26/2005 |
| 34 | 165 | "2 Weeks to Go" | 12/03/2005 |
| 35 | 166 | "1 Week to Go - The Penultimate PPD!" | 12/11/2005 |
| 36 | 167 | "The Last Production Diary!" | 12/17/2005 |
Gallery
An advert for the set
The external box
The internal box
The front of the clipboard case
The back of the clipboard case
The guidebook
Trivia
- Peter Jackson later published production diaries during the filming of his The Hobbit trilogy on his YouTube channel.
References
This is a list of references for Peter Jackson's Production Diaries. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]
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