Made in Hollywood

The sun was already hanging in the air, but the bedroom windows were blocked by thick curtains. In the dim light, Duke was completely transformed into a powerful knight galloping, driving the beautiful wild horse from Brazil. , With proficient skills and fluctuating rhythm, breaking through layers of difficulties and obstacles, and constantly launching a charge toward the peak.

The long brown hair wafting on Duke’s chest swayed back and forth like the long mane of a horse. The tall nose covered by the mane was full of heavy breathing, as if this brazilian horse had already Exhausted all the strength.

Suddenly, Duke stretched out his hand to grab the horse's long mane and manipulated it as a rein. The horse underneath reacted fiercely, but he couldn't get out of his control.

This is a long journey as well as a wonderful journey. Although the location has not changed, it allows the participants to enjoy the particularly beautiful scenery and even forget their own existence.

Any journey has an end. Duke and Ambrosio end in the bathroom.

Lying side by side in the large foaming bathtub, Ambrosio’s eyes have been shrouded in hazy mist, and she seems lazy and doesn’t even want to move a finger. She stayed until the end last night and never thought of leaving. .

"Duke." She turned her head and lay down on her thick shoulders. Du7, Ke lowered her head and kissed the corner of her lips. "Something?"

"No." Ambrosio shook his head slightly, "I just think it feels good to be with you."

Duke smiled and pinched her tall nose, "Then enjoy this moment."

Lifting his chin, Ambrosio's two red lips kissed, and Duke was lingering with her again.

A long time later, when the two men walked out of the bedroom and went to the dining room for breakfast, Duke sighed again behind the devilish figures of these female models. It is an unbearable hellish torment for ordinary people. Even if the madness of last night and this morning consumes a lot of physical energy, the staple food of Ambrosio is still vegetables, and not to mention salad dressing, even salt and vinegar sauce.

"Anorexia is a common phenomenon in our industry."

Walking in the sunny garden, Ambrosio took Duke's arm. "Just like male models are mostly gay, if you don't have anorexia, it's hard for you to tell people that you are a model."

It was a bit cold, and Wellington was another famous windy city. Feeling the chill brought by the cold wind, Duke turned around, helped Ambrosio wrap the scarf tighter, and walked toward the direct sunlight.

"It's not easy for every industry to get to the top," Duke said. Ambrosio was deeply moved, "Yes, I can go to this day, my toes have been deformed because of high heels."

She grabbed one of Duke’s hands and pressed it on her hip hip wearing shaping pants. “To make this place more upright, since I was fourteen, I’ve been wearing a five-inch high heel every night. I drag it in the apartment. Two hours on the floor."

"Go hard, Colleen."

Embracing her slender waist. Duke stood on the sunny yellow grass, "You will be more successful."

He turned around and smiled at Ambrosio. Maybe she, like other models, has an extremely chaotic private life, and she uses various methods for her superiors. However, he was very restrained in front of him, and at least the two of them got along well.

After Natalie Portman's affairs, Duke became more wary of women in the circle. Originally, he thought Ambrosio might make some demands. For example, adding drama to Arwen, or improving the treatment and status in Victoria's Secret, these are not difficult for him to do, but she said nothing, as if two people are only attracted by hormones, just like all young men and women. It is only for the enjoyment and indulgence of the body that this relationship is bound to be impossible to last for a long time.

Thinking of the complicated-minded girl far away in New York, Duke's brows can't help but frown slightly. Perhaps he has seen too many and too many these years, and he has become a little tired of the current state of life.

Even the craziest playboy, after constant chasing and fucking, will feel a little tired.

People are not static. As the experience deepens and the age is approaching 30, Duke's mood also changes slightly.

"What do you think?" Ambrosio asked curiously.

"Nothing." Duke shook his head, enjoying the thoughts in front of him and taking over again. "It just suddenly felt like I was a little old."

"old?"

Ambrosio stretched out a hand, got in from the hem of his jacket, grabbed a few **** his strong chest, "Why didn't I feel it? Old people have your body like you?" Have the energy and physical strength like yours?"

"Are you seducing me, Colleen?"

Duke could feel it, and Ambrosio's other hand grabbed his belt buckle.

Ambrosio did not answer, raised his chin slightly, and stared at Duke with those misty eyes.

With a finger outstretched, Duke raised her chin, took a closer look at her face, then leaned over and put Ambrosio on his shoulder, and walked towards the woods in the garden.

After a crazy weekend, Duke returned to filming as if he was fully charged.

This week, the crew is still divided into three. Anna Prinz and Zach Schneider are active on New Zealand’s north and south islands respectively. While Duke is busy with his own shooting, he also has to examine the shots taken by the two associate directors. The two have worked with him for many years, except for a few shots, they basically met Duke's requirements.

What's more, only the material is shot, and most of the shots have to be reprocessed by the later cgi.

Anna Prinz took the lead in completing this stage of the task, and the Victoria's Secret angels had also arrived at the time to leave Wellington, including Alexandra Ambrosio, who had not yet completed the Arwen scene. During the huge publicity, Duke's fairy angels took the Victoria's Secret & Lord of the Rings special plane and flew away from Wellington International Airport.

Some left the crew, others returned to the crew, and others reported recently.

Soon after the Victoria's Secret Angels left, Ian McLean temporarily ended his Magneto career and returned to the crew. At the same time he came to the Wellington set and Andy Serkins who played Gollum.

After the brigade was assembled, Duke began filming the scene of the Fellowship Team again.

First of all, he had a conversation with Andy Serkis. This alternative actor who just appeared in Peter Jackson’s "King Kong" is indeed very experienced in motion capture. After some trial shots about Gollum, Duke simply asked the crew to sign an associate director contract with him.

In the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, motion capture is used to shoot not only the character of Gollum, but also various other monsters. The crew also needs the guidance of a professional.

Dedicating professional work to professionals is a principle that Duke has always pursued. He never believes that one person can solve all problems.

And Andy Serkis soon came into play. In the scene of the Moria Mine that Duke was about to shoot, the Balrog and the cave troll were both shot using motion capture.

Especially the cave trolls, in order to increase the boo head of publicity and hype, Duke is going to act in person.

This was also the first role he played after bidding farewell to the California Academy of Arts. Although he was sure that his acting skills were bad enough, Duke was full of confidence in himself when he thought that Ang Lee could use motion capture to play the Hulk.

In any case, he has been an actor, although he has never spoken.

Duke walked in awkwardly in the shooting site set up as a mine in Moria. Except for his face, his whole body was wrapped in a blue screen, and his body was densely covered with nearly a hundred motion sensors. As soon as the shooting started, All his actions will be captured and recorded, directly substituted into the 3D model of the cave troll that Weta Studio has built.

"Anna, you are in charge of the director's position."

Looking at his strange attire, Duke gave the final confession to the crew before shooting, "John, pay attention to the camera position."

Both men nodded to Duke and sat in their respective positions.

Andy Serkins walked over. Although the two sides had had sufficient exchanges before, he was sure that Duke's talent in acting was very ordinary, so he came over and exclaimed a few words.

"Duke, motion capture is more than just a technical skill. I always think that performance capture is the same as performing real-life characters. The key lies in figuring out the character's psychology, followed by acting and expression."

Hearing him say so, Duke couldn't help but subconsciously asked, "What is the psychological state of this character I'm in."

He is going to play a cave troll, also known as a troll.

Nearby are Orlando Bloom, Sean Davis and Ian McLean who are familiar with their positions. They suppressed their laughter and continued to work pretending to be serious, but Billy Boyd couldn’t help but rushed to Ann. De Serkins said before, "Of course you want to rush in and kill us, and then eat us!"

The others laughed, and Andy Serkins said to Duke again, "Billy makes sense. Duke, we all look at your performance."

A prop artist ran over and handed Duke a plastic hammer wrapped in a blue screen. Duke shook it lightly, basically not much weight.

But the shooting is not yet possible. Weta Studio’s technicians have to make the final technical preparations for Duke, adding a head-mounted camera to his blue hat and applying fluorescent paint dots on his face. To solve the problem of facial recognition.

In the entire motion capture shooting, the most difficult thing is the facial expression capture technology of the actor. Hollywood first used the form of attaching a reflective film to capture facial expressions, but the stickers are always large and small. Affect the performance of actors.

Therefore, for the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and Peter Jackson's "King Kong", Weta Studios carried out a series of innovations in motion capture technology. (To be continued...)

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