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Chapter 282 Protest cools down
As a fan of "The Lord of the Rings", Noel has been organizing fans to carry out various protests since Gilbert Jr. announced that he would put the story on the big screen.

The current focus of media discussion makes him very angry because it misses the point at all.

In the past, the media was discussing whether Little Gilbert could succeed, but now the media is discussing whether he should go to China to film. It is almost acquiesced that Little Gilbert will successfully complete the filming of "The Lord of the Rings".

It may be that the birth of "Chicago" gave the media full confidence in Gilbert Jr.'s movie myth and did not think that Gilbert Jr. would fail in "The Lord of the Rings."

Also, the total investment in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy has been increased to US$3.5 million.

If such a huge project fails, even little Gilbert will probably be injured for a while.

Therefore, unless there is sufficient certainty, little Gilbert will never take the risk of starting such a huge project.

Based on the above arguments, when "The Lord of the Rings" was actually put into filming, the media no longer doubted whether the project could be successful.

Of course, doubts are inevitable and inevitable.

But the focus has shifted, and with the guidance of thoughtful people, it has become involved in cultural and political issues.

But the change in the media trend made Noel, a die-hard book fan, quite angry. These media who follow the trend cannot be trusted.

Therefore, Noel actively contacted book fans from all over the country and carried out a massive protest.

But when he heard that Doug Walter, the president of Warner Pictures, had been beaten by radical "Lord of the Rings" fans, he immediately realized that such a protest was not feasible.

Although he protested, he did not agree with this radical method of protest, which could easily lead to counter-effects.

So Noel later held several meetings and decided to express his opposition to the adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings" through a moderate sit-in protest instead of a fierce demonstration.

On this day, after attending a "Lord of the Rings" reading group in Los Angeles and discussing the upcoming protests, Noel returned to a friend's house.

He is from New York and came to Los Angeles this time to organize protests.

Russell, the second-in-command of the "Lord of the Rings" book club and Noel's deputy, said that more intense protests should be taken, such as beating up Robert Iger, the current head of Disney.

Or, be more radical and give him a shot to taste its power.

But this radical plan was blocked by Noel. Because of the beating incident, the media of Warner and Disney were fully hyping it. Now the image of "Lord of the Rings" book fans is not good.

If a similar incident happens again, the protest of "Lord of the Rings" book friends will turn from reasonable to unreasonable and endanger public safety.

When the public took a look, it turned out that the "Lord of the Rings" book fans were actually such an organization, so who else would support their protests?

It was precisely because of their different ideas that they had a quarrel at the book club meeting just now.

The "Lord of the Rings" book club is also divided into two factions. One faction believes in continuing to maintain radical protest methods. Another faction supported Noel and agreed to a mild protest.

Differences arose, and today's book club broke up.

Noel's friend Thomas was also a member of the "Lord of the Rings" book club. After returning, Thomas said to Noel: "Noel, have you read the report?"

"What report?" Noel asked.

"I heard that the actors on the cast of 'The Lord of the Rings' are all proficient in using the Elvish language," Thomas said.

"Isn't it?" Noel didn't believe it: "This is a difficult language. Can anyone really speak it?"

"It's true, it was said in the newspapers." Thomas swore so confidently that Noel couldn't help but believe it.

If this is the case, it means that Gilbert Jr. really made this movie with a fan mentality, so maybe the quality will be good.

Noel shook his head and quickly got rid of this dangerous thought.

How can it be? How could anyone possibly adapt The Lord of the Rings into a movie?

Impossible, impossible at all.

But when Noel turned on the TV to watch the news that night, the screen suddenly switched to an interview with Anne Hathaway. Noel was shocked when Anne Hathaway spoke a beautiful language on TV.

He is a die-hard "Lord of the Rings" fan, and he also taught himself the language of elves by following the grammar written by Tolkien, so he knew as soon as he heard it that Anne Hathaway spoke the language of elves.

I heard that Anne Hathaway played the role of the elf princess Arwen. Noel was quite angry about this casting before, thinking that Anne Hathaway was not suitable at all.

But when the beautiful elven language came out of Anne Hathaway's mouth, Noel's view changed.

He automatically overlapped the image of Arwen with that of Anne Hathaway, and came up with the idea that Anne Hathaway was Arwen.

Noel felt ashamed of this idea. He actually thought Anne Hathaway was so beautiful. He should object to it. He couldn't fall for it.

However, Anne Hathaway is really beautiful!
This illustrates the importance of casting. If Gilbert had followed the later trend and chosen an ugly black girl with a fat face, thick lips, and dreadlocks to play Arwen, the effect would have been even more sensational.

But that's not a positive sensation. The angry "Lord of the Rings" fans may even be in the mood to tear him to pieces.

But Anne Hathaway does not have this problem. She is not the most suitable actor for Arwen, but in terms of beauty, she must be outstanding. Just the broadcast of this interview has made many "Lord of the Rings" fans look forward to what the movie adaptation will be like.

Because of this interview scene, some "Lord of the Rings" fans began to wonder whether their protests were a little too radical.

Those viewers who are not "Lord of the Rings" will find it amazing. Is it really true that in order to make a movie, the actors have to learn such an unfamiliar language?
Fans of Little Gilbert are even more excited. Fans feel that Little Gilbert has never failed, and it is the same this time. Anne Hathaway can prove it.

This interview had the expected effect and was considered to have achieved its purpose.

In the newly renovated president's office of Warner Pictures, Doug Walter was wrapped in gauze and working hard, meeting with the heads of several departments.

"President, your move is very effective. The voice of protest has really weakened a lot."

Doug Walter proudly said: "I used this method to weaken or even prevent protests, and it is very effective. This kind of radical protest will inevitably make the public dissatisfied and disgusted."

It turns out that the beating of Doug Walter was directed and acted by him.

For the sake of surprise and confidentiality, Doug Walter arranged all this without even telling little Gilbert.

Solomon, who succeeded Doug Walter as head of distribution, said: "When Director Gilbert knows these things, he will probably be very moved!"

Doug Walter said indifferently: "I did this entirely because I wanted the "Lord of the Rings" movie to be successful, not to please Director Gilbert Jr.

Do you understand? "

The executives looked at each other, then nodded in unison: "We understand..."

"Well," Doug Walter nodded and looked into the distance: "I don't know what the filming situation of "Lord of the Rings" is now."

The set of "Lord of the Rings" thousands of miles away was very busy and in full swing at this time.

In order for the core creators of the crew to have a clear concept of the Middle-earth world created by Gilbert Jr., Gilbert Jr. wrote a split-shot script very early on.

These sub-shots are basically sketches. Several painters recruited by the studio helped little Gilbert complete the production of these sub-shots.

However, these shot drawings are more of a conceptual thing, and there is no sign on them to indicate how the picture should be shot.

Therefore, in some situations, the crew needs to adapt accordingly.

For example, the scene in which Arwen, played by Anne Hathaway, carries the unconscious Frodo and is chased by the Nazgul is the result of adapting to circumstances.

Before the filming, one of Anne Hathaway's two action doubles accidentally broke his leg, and the other had diarrhea after eating Sichuan food and was unable to participate in the filming.

So the crew had to coordinate and temporarily find a Chinese martial arts stand-in with good equestrian skills and a figure similar to Anne Hathaway to complete the scene.

Maybe it’s because Chinese horses are more obedient to Chinese people, so the filming of this scene was uneventful and the filming was completed smoothly.

The frontal and close-up shots are all performed by Anne Hathaway herself, riding a horse in real life. Fortunately, Anne Hathaway has equestrian training, so there was no problem in shooting these scenes.

Later, the immobile horses that the little freshmen rode were already available at this time, but it was a technology that was disliked by Little Gilbert, and the crew did not use this plan for filming.

When little Gilbert held a meeting with the bosses of each group of the crew, he emphasized that he must strive for real effects in everything.

Unless the real thing can't be made or it's impossible to take a real shot, he will take a real shot.

For this reason, another scene, the fight scene between Gandalf and Saruman, was also shot through a large number of real shots combined with CGI technology.

Especially for the mage tower where Saruman lives, as early as the beginning of preparations, the crew went inland, selected a place in Lu Province, and built the tower one by one.

The entire tower adopts a steel frame structure and uses a large number of lightweight materials, which can support the filming of the crew without any problems.

However, according to local planning, after the crew completes filming, he will rebuild a new mage tower based on the drawings to attract tourists to come and watch.

Leaving aside these external details, the most surprising thing is that the duel between the two wizards, Saruman and Gandalf, actually used close combat.

Anne Hathaway was puzzled by this. She thought wizards all used spells, just like in some games today.

In this regard, little Gilbert explained: "In "The Lord of the Rings", wizards are not a profession, but a race. Melee combat is the most powerful fighting method for wizards, and they themselves are also masters of melee swordsmanship.

Therefore, when facing each other for the first time, the wizards' first choice is to draw their swords and fight in close combat, rather than spreading out to cast spells. "

Anne Hathaway was still puzzled: "If that's the case, what's the point of setting up the wizard race?"

Little Gilbert smiled and shook his head, saying that he didn't know either: "If you want to know, I'm afraid you have to ask Mr. Tolkien. He made all these settings."

Although it seems confusing, Little Gilbert just followed the basic settings of the original work.

In the original book, the wizard is not a native creature of Middle-earth. Like Sauron, he is a Maia. Their powers are severely limited and they may not be able to use powerful spells.

So Little Gilbert guessed that this was also the reason why wizards preferred to use melee combat. After all, spells can limit it, but fighting skills are difficult to limit.

(End of this chapter)