Made in Hollywood

"Stop! Take care!"

In the open-air studio, the mammoth’s huge nose fell from the crane and was quickly assembled by a dozen workers on the mammoth model lying on the ground. This is a huge monster built on a one-to-one ratio. It is more than one person tall.

Duke stood not far away and asked the camera assistant to shoot all of this scene. This will be a good publicity and tidbits material for the later stage.

"Hi, Duke."

A greeting sounded from the rear, and Alexandra Ambrosio walked over wearing trench coat pants and leather boots. Duke nodded to her, "Hello, Colleen."

After the crew finalized her role as Arwen, Alessandra Ambrosio, apart from familiar character scripts, often appeared on the set, especially when Duke was shooting elves-related shots, she would almost always be there. Observe races that do not exist in this world.

For her relatively small reputation among the Victoria's Secret Angels, she is bound to seize every opportunity to expand her popularity.

"This mammoth looks like the real thing." She stood behind Duke and said in an incredible tone. "Before shooting this movie, I couldn't imagine this scene."

"It's a pity that I can't move." Duke just sighed ∧⌒, angry.

In addition to synthesis with cgi technology, the crew also produced a large number of mammoth models in different scales. The one in the open-air studio is one of the largest models. These are all hand-carved with polystyrene by the props crew in the Wellington workshop. The one that came out was supported by a lightweight steel frame and was transported to the studio in eleven parts with a trailer.

After assembling the mammoth, the staff inserted spears and arrows into the corpse of the mammoth, and so much work was just to shoot a few scenes after the death of the mammoth that strives to be realistic.

Want to make a good movie. There has never been time and effort.

The rear part of the model is arranged as a giant mammoth shot by Rohan cavalry like a hedgehog, and the position of the head becomes another scene-the mammoth fell down after Legolas shot.

In terms of savings, Duke will not waste it.

The assembling work was busy for half an afternoon, but it only took 20 minutes to shoot, leaving the others to continue shooting. Duke and John Schwarzman returned to the studio. Seeing that Duke had no objection, Alessandra Ambrosio walked with Tina Fei and followed.

Entering the studio, Orlando Bloom has become Legolas, standing in front of the green screen, communicating with action director Jimmy Carter. The next thing to shoot is the scene where Legolas singles out the mammoth.

Once this special shot was slobbed by countless film critics in North America, it was deemed unnecessary. Selling faces is entirely for the sake of selling faces, but in the hands of Duke, he not only has no plans to cancel, he even wants to make more sophisticated, so that Orlando Bloom sells as much skill and face as possible.

After walking over, Duke asked directly, "Do I need a substitute?"

"No." Orlando Bloom was confident, "I can do it by myself! I also received training!"

In the eyes of the crew. Orlando Bloom is definitely a lucky one, just graduated from school. Just received such an important role.

Orlando Bloom is not the future, now he does not have any capital and reputation, the only thing he can rely on is to work hard in front of Duke.

After a brief exchange with art director Hannah Serena and action director Jimmy Carter, Duke walked through the studio surrounded by blue screens and sat behind the director's monitor already set up. And let the assistant inform the crew to immediately do the final preparations before shooting.

Although it was a scene where Legolas singled out a mammoth, it was impossible for Orlando Bloom to really stand on a mammoth model. The shaking of such a huge model was too difficult to control.

Therefore, here is the simplest and labor-saving method-blue screen shooting.

Standing behind Duke, Alexandra Ambrosio seemed to have questions. But just when she wanted to open her mouth, she saw Tina Fei put her fingers up and made a silent finger, and had to swallow the words back.

Although this is just an assistant, Alessandra Ambrosio has been on the crew for these days but knows that if the director is not there, the other party has considerable discretion.

The people who can get out of the highly competitive model scene are basically human beings.

After the crew was ready, the filming kicked off. There are not too many performances that require acting skills. Orlando Bloom should pay attention to the most handsome and cool side while coordinating the balance.

The background of the shooting is still a large blue screen. Orlando Bloom, who hangs a balance wire, jumps on a pile of still blue sandbags, tries to make a swaying posture, and constantly fights with the enemies played by the stuntman. ...

Like all action shots, the shots taken here are very short, an average of ten seconds, Duke will call a stop, and then Jimmy Carter will call Orlando Bloom and the stuntman together to explain the next scene. Action routines.

During the break, Duke beckoned to the back, and Tina Fei immediately asked Alessandra Ambrosio to come over.

"Legolas is the representative of the male elves in the film."

Pointing to the chair next to him, after Alexandra Ambrosio sat down, Duke asked, "Arwen is the representative of female elves. Colin, you have been watching it for a few days, and you have some experience. ?"

Alexandra Ambrose thought about it for a while, looked at the handsome Orlando Bloom on the blue screen, and said softly, "We must fully demonstrate the elegant, agile and beautiful side of the elves."

Having said that, she put on a confident smile, "to give full play to the actors' advantages in appearance."

"Not bad." Duke nodded in approval, and reminded her at the same time, "Arwen's father is King Elrond and her grandmother is Queen Galadriel. She is born with innocence and nobility."

"I understand." Ambrosio squeezed a smile that he thought was the most beautiful at Duke.

It is a pity that Duke has turned his head back, looked at the set, and shouted, "All departments are ready to start shooting the next shot."

These scenes that need to be synthesized with cgi, the shots taken now are only the most basic material, and a lot of processing is needed in the later stage. Perhaps the hard training of the past six months has played a role. Orlando Bloom has been in excellent condition since the shooting started. In addition, there are not too many performance difficulties in his scenes, and the shooting is relatively smooth.

After completing the scene on the back of the mammoth, the crew moved to the next shooting location. The scene that was just set up in the blue screen area actually only had one shot-Legolas sliding down the nose of the mammoth.

Of course, here is still replaced by various props wrapped around the blue screen.

After just a few simple practice sessions, Orlando Bloom signaled that Duke could officially shoot. His body condition was adjusted very well. When he slid crookedly from the blue springboard with a short bow, it still Don’t forget to put on a handsome look...

After shooting back and forth three times, Duke shouted through, and the work in the afternoon was over.

The monitor and film were handed over to the assistant director to clean up. Duke walked to the set and took a shot of Orlando Bloom on the shoulder, "It's done well, better than I expected."

Orlando Bloom scratched his face and smiled shyly.

"Keep your shape."

Duke exhorted, he placed his hand on Tina Fei and walked out of the studio.

"Can I be together?"

Seeing Tina Fei put away the phone that hung up after a short call, Alexandra Ambrosio asked tentatively, "Can I ask Duke some questions?"

Tina Fei glanced at her, nodded lightly, then speeded up and caught up with Duke.

"I just talked to Warner Bros.," she said while following Duke. "The global box office of "Hundred Thousand Rush" exceeded $200 million yesterday."

"The rare good news."

Although he said so, Duke shook his head slightly, as many media said, if the director of "Hundred Thousand Hurry" was not him, it would be impossible to get such high box office results.

However, Duke will not be presumptuous. Fame and appeal are part of the director's strength.

Although Alexandra Ambrosio was following, there was nothing to keep secret of this kind of data, and Duke motioned Tina Fei to continue.

"Warner's DVDs and videotapes for the film have so far sold 6.75 million US dollars in North America."

These numbers seem to be engraved in the mind, Tina Fei does not need to think at all, "Warner Bros. also signed the first round of TV broadcast agreement with nbc TV station, and authorized revenue of 1 million US dollars."

She added, "The film is currently being shown in many overseas markets, and sales around overseas will not start until later."

The box office and peripheral revenue of "One Hundred Thousand Rush" is not high, and even set the lowest since Duke was in the film. However, relative to the production cost of only 10 million US dollars, the investment income ratio of this film is also extremely high.

"Tina, remember to remind me to call Jeff Robinoff and Doug Walter at the right time."

There is a time difference between New Zealand and North America. Even if it is a major shareholder of Warner Bros., Duke will express appropriate thanks to the full support of Warner Bros. senior management.

There must always be interpersonal networks.

That kind of situation where one person can blow up the sky in Hollywood, let alone Duke, can't do it even with James Cameron.

While staying in the office, Duke exchanged some questions about the role with Alexandra Ambrosio. This girl who stood out from the modeling circle at a young age is indeed a smart person and has a good grasp of the role. What does Arwen need.

However, when Duke was preparing to film Arwen and Aragorn the next day, he had to change his plan due to an accident. (To be continued...)

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