By Norman Chan on Feb. 16, 2016

New Zealand-based filmmaker Costa Botes has had the privilege of working with Peter Jackson and his production team to document the behind-the-scenes stories of Jackson's films, including Lord of the Rings. Botes recently shared this short piece that profiles effects studio WETA he made in 1993. You get a sense of how small the effects team was back then and get a glimpse of their high ambitions (which they achieved over time). Jackson himself offers a bit of prescience in the piece, talking about the conversion from film to digital formats (albeit in the form of large CDs) and wearing a Tin Tin sweater (an animated film he and WETA would later produce).