Made in Hollywood

The fifty-mile wasteland of Mount Ruapehu has become a battlefield for the crew to fight back and forth. A large number of horse warfare scenes have also been filmed. The horses are tamed by the Lord of the Rings studio and the three wellington racecourses. As long as the contract does not end, the crew I have to pay every day to shoot a lot of circus scenes first, but also for economic considerations.

The former Peter Jackson had no capital himself, and the support given to him by New Line Pictures was relatively limited. The cost of each episode could only be controlled within 100 million US dollars. During the filming of the entire "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, He can be said to be a model of thrift.

The treatment of Duke and Peter Jackson is now far different, but compared with the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and his usual shooting style, the total investment of 350 million US dollars must also be carefully calculated.

Horses are a big support. After shooting a lot of horse-related scenes, the subsequent war horses can be controlled within a certain number, and the crew can save a lot of money.

Of course, it is completely different from the effect shown in the movie. The scenes that used the most horses, such as the Battle of Perrin Plains and the assembly of the Lohan Army, actually only used about a hundred horses, and the rest will be added in the later stage using cgi.

Moreover, the running of the horse will bring up a lot of dust, and the clear features of using fog or dust to cover the production target 4, is the only way to save the cost of cgi production.

Compared with a few easy shots of Gandalf's scenes, these two large numbers of circuses took nearly ten days to complete. Animals are indeed an extremely difficult factor to control in the shooting. Even if the horses have received a lot of relevant training before, they are nearly When a hundred horses came together, the horse dung and horse urine almost broke the crew.

The smell of horse dung and horse urine blowing in the wind is absolutely uncomfortable.

Then there is the cavalry formation. No matter how neatly arranged in advance, as long as the horse team is activated, the chaotic formation will always look horrible through the camera lens.

In the end, Duke gave up the shot altogether, planning to make it in cgi later.

This magnificent war scene. On-the-spot shooting is only a part of it, and there are scenes in the studio later, and cgi is used for synthesis in post-production.

Almost all large-scale war scenes will be produced using remote shooting, multi-scene collection and post-compositing methods.

The battle between the Rohan Knights and Isengard’s wolf cavalry had just ended. The wounded and dead horses lay on the ground. The Rohan soldiers made up for the unbroken half-orcs. Some of them held prop swords and aimed them at the green screen. The wrapped wolf-shaped props stabbed.

Two assistants of John Schwarzman set up Steadicam. Using the set routes, he was afraid of each scene in the field. Duke looked at the pictures transmitted to the monitor and automatically added the scenes conceived in his mind.

All the scenes of the wolf cavalry in action were actually not taken. These require the use of motion capture in the studio, and the objects of motion capture are of course people.

From the actor action version to the live action capture version to the animation version and then to the CGI synthesis version, these four complex processes are required. To complete this war scene.

"Cut!"

After Duke called to stop, the actor who played the Orc immediately went to the side to touch up his makeup. The wild does not have the conditions for the implementation of motion capture for the time being. All half-orcs can only rely on makeup to complete. They have specially made silicone headgear on their heads. Each makeup time takes more than eight hours, and the shooting often only has a few shots. .

The filming of this scene has ended, and the crew is about to transition. A large number of staff members are busy cleaning up the dead horses on the battlefield.

Of course, the staff are not moving the real dead horses, otherwise the people of the animal protection organization must jump out and fight Duke desperately, and the crew will not injure any horses, those horses that "sacrifice heroically" on the battlefield. They. In fact, it is carved out of wood, enough to be fake.

The crew moved five hundred feet westward, preparing to shoot Legolas's cool and handsome shots.

"Orlando's wig!"

As soon as he walked to the middle of the shooting location, Duke saw that Orlando Bloom's wig was a little crooked, "make him up again!"

Several makeup artists ran over immediately to help Orlando Bloom remove the wig and re-organize it, while Duke stood by and confessed some precautions to Bloom who had shaved his head.

"Standing on the highest point of the rock, the wolf cavalry is on the opposite side of the fantasy, using what you think is the coolest, most handsome and most confident pose, bow and arrow!"

Sean Davis, who had already put on makeup, stood nearby, leaning on his dwarf battle axe. After hearing Duke’s words, he deliberately teased, "Orlando, your role in the original book is not very prominent, in order to highlight your Image, Duke specially added Legolas's role, don't let the director down."

Taking advantage of the free time after wearing the wig, Orlando Bloom turned his head and gestured to Sean Davis to shut up.

The makeup of costume dramas is much more troublesome than modern films. It took nearly an hour and a half for Orlando Bloom to change from a bald head to the charming fairy prince Legolas Greenleaf.

"The forty-second scene, the first act."

After Duke signaled, the field recorder placed the field recorder in front of the main camera lens, "Now!"

In front of the three cameras, Orlando Bloom stood long on the protruding rock, looking ahead. John Schwarzman gave his Elf Eye a close-up. Bloom then drew his arrow and bent his bow. Taking the arrow, from the standpoint of his posture alone, he is impeccable in appearance. It's just that the camera will never catch it. The arrow fell more than 20 feet out and fell on the ground.

Ivanka Trump stood on the outskirts of the set, and several security personnel hiding in the dark with the crew, staring at the representatives of the two animal protector organizations. In the past, she felt that these people who love animals are still very Yes, very caring, but after more than a week of contact, the horror of these paranoias came back.

Yesterday, when the Rohan Cavalry team was preparing to face Isengard’s Wolf Cavalry, Jinli’s stand-in and Legolas’ stand-in suddenly fell. The actor didn’t even look at it, just thinking about taking care of the horses. One of them passed by the place where the stuntman dropped the horse, and because there was only a horse in his eyes, he stepped on Legolas’ stunt double...

After this happened, Ivanka then realized that this seemingly humble job is actually extremely important to the crew, and these guys are definitely the number one enemy of the crew.

Even the most annoying and craziest paparazzi, sniffing for clues and chasing down to the current location, all tacitly do not disturb the filming of the crew, and these guys have no human existence except animals.

Since yesterday, Ivanka has also changed his way of working, no longer passively communicate with each other, and simply applied to Duke for a few strong security guards to deal with those two guys.

"Orlando is so handsome!"

The whisper that sounded nearby interrupted Ivanka’s thoughts. It was Ilya Wood and Billy Boyd. These days I was working on the crew and Ivanka became acquainted with the main cast and crew. The individual is the most active actor in the crew.

"Yeah, so handsome!" Billy Boyd was still shaking his head, "I can't be more handsome."

"I'm jealous!"

"Why don't we have such a handsome scene?"

Billy Boyd seemed to notice Ivanka's gaze, and turned to ask this way, "Evie, what do you think?"

"It's okay." Ivanka replied casually.

Elijah Wood suddenly winked her eyes, "Do you think Duke is handsome? Or Orlando is handsome?"

"Aren't they the same type?" Ivanka shrugged, but didn't answer directly, "I can't compare."

Billy Boyd and Ilya Wood got together and murmured a few words. Billy Boyd, who had the age of an uncle, said, "I think Duke should go to a guest role, preferably by Lego. The orc that Russ shot to death."

Ivanka did not speak, obviously not wanting to get in.

"I think it's okay to have Duke appear as an elf." Elijah Wood said, "For example, Harda, isn't he still not sure about the actors, he can be more handsome than Orlando."

"Such a role is too common." Billy Boyd disagreed. "I think the cave troll is the best. The one that stabbed you in the mine of Moria is the most suitable."

"That's a good idea!"

Elijah Wood echoed, and at the same time Billy Boyd looked at Ivanka Trump.

"It's none of my business." Ivanka first set himself apart.

"Hey, Evie, don't do this please?"

Billy Boyd pulled Elijah Wood to her side and said in a low voice, "I'm going to film the snow mountain soon. We invite you to ski."

"Have you seen the concept map of the cave troll?"

Seeing Ivanka nodding, Ilya Wood quickly said, "Don't you think Duke's role as a cave troll is interesting? You can come with us to make suggestions. He still values ​​your opinion very much..."

Hearing these words, Ivanka couldn't help rolling her eyes, as if she had no right to comment in front of him, right?

However, it seems really interesting.

Shooting on the wasteland for another three days, the scenes that belonged to this place began to end, and the three newly leased helicopters by the crew were also in place. Duke personally boarded the plane, and together with John Schwarzman, filming some needs from the air Overhead shots, then the crew left near Mount Ruapehu and returned to Wellington, taking advantage of New Zealand's winter, preparing to shoot snow-related scenes.

At this time, members of the Fellowship Expedition and his temporary assistant Ivanka Trump came over.

"Do you think it's interesting for me to act as a cave troll?" Duke looked at the group of guys who were afraid of the world.

Except for these people, I don't know what reasons they used to persuade Tina Fei and Charles Rowan. Even these two people agree with this suggestion. (To be continued...)

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