Chapter 368

The roar of the strong orcs continued to sound. Duke stood above the horn fort, looking at the causeway in front of the city gate on the left front. A group of brawny men dressed as strong orcs carried the city tree and rushed out of the queue. In front of the city gate, against the foam stones falling from above, it launched an impact towards the city gate.

Although this wood hitting the city is not comparable to a real war tool, it is a real guy produced by the crew, and was transported to the location by truck the day before yesterday.

Nearly fifty sturdy orcs carried the city wood, and slammed into the wooden city gate of the horn fort, making a dull noise. The city gate seemed very strong and undamaged.

The strong orc slammed again, once, twice, three times... the gate stood still.

After hitting a dozen times in a row, the strong orcs obviously had no strength. After all, these stuntmen were not Saruman's war machines, and Duke also called for a break at the right time.

However, after resting for half an hour and starting filming again, the strong orcs were still unable to break through the gate of the horn fort. The thin wooden gate seemed to be insurmountable.

"Cut!"

Calling to stop again, Duke left the wall of the horn fort, walked down the stairs, and came to the gate. The gate had been opened, and Bill from the props team rushed over and was asking the opinions of the stuntmen.

"It's too strong! ♀," said the strong orc actor at the beginning, "we can't hit it at all."

Sean Davis, who plays Jinli, leaned on his big axe and joked next to him, "Cohen, it's not that the door is too strong, but that you are too unprofessional. You hit the door with the strength of an elf."

"Sean!"

The stuntman was obviously familiar with Sean Davis, so he directly gestured to him with a middle finger, "You can come over and try it."

Duke raised his hand, motioned for these guys to be quiet, walked to the door and knocked, the door is really not thick...

"Ten minutes off. Do it again," he said.

Ten minutes passed quickly, and Duke did not return to the horn fort. He stood beside the camera behind the city gate. This expensive camera was protected by a dense metal frame to prevent it from being scattered when the city gate was knocked open. The sawdust hurts.

but. The gate is not broken, and these protections can't play a role.

The filming started again. Standing behind the city gate, Duke could hear the thunderous impact. The stuntman was obviously not working without effort, but the thin city gate was standing still in the fierce impact.

"stop!"

This is not the way. Duke called to stop shooting again and turned to ask the person in charge of Weta Studio. "Richard, where are the gates made?"

Richard Taylor smiled awkwardly.

The atmosphere of the crew was a little nervous, and Duke casually joked, "I just want to find these people to make doors for me. The doors they make can definitely block the impact of reporters and paparazzi."

Everyone around laughed.

Duke walked over and patted Richard Taylor on the shoulder, "Make a new gate, I don't want such a good quality."

He turned his head. Shouted to the crew, "This scene is suspended. We switched to filming the fighting scene on the city wall."

A large number of strong orcs and Lohan soldiers were moved to the walls of Hornbill for shooting. The shots here are very scattered. Most of them are scenes of strong orcs slaughtering Lohan's militia. The war is here, if it were not for the foreign aid brought by Gandalf, humans and The elves' reinforcements will undoubtedly be defeated.

These plays are not difficult. The shooting time is far less than the time to put on makeup and make up for the strong orcs, and the whole shooting is intermittent.

Duke's director's camera is set up on the highest podium, allowing a clear overview of the whole situation. In addition to Ivanka Trump, there is another crew assistant here to assist him in his work.

Compared to that assistant is busy with various shooting-related affairs. Most of the time, Ivanka dealt with Duke's personal issues. She was much more relaxed. She sat in the corner and quietly looked at the concept artwork of the crew and some sub-shot artwork.

Although serving as Duke's assistant, Ivanka is still not a true movie lover. Take this series of filming as an example. She has neither seen the original nor has any interest in the original.

However, after reading too much conceptual artwork and actual shooting, she is really hard to understand some places, and sometimes she will ask a few words while Duke is free to rest.

She flipped through a few conceptual drawings of the city of Lohan, Edoras, and had been looking at it for a long time. Seeing that Duke had stopped working, she couldn't help holding up the coffee cup and sending it over.

"Thank you." Duke took the coffee and took a sip, watching Ivanka standing behind, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Well, there are some things that I don't quite understand." Ivanka put the conceptual artwork in front of Duke, "Edoras is the seat of the Royal Palace of the Kingdom of Lohan. How is it designed so... dilapidated, just simple Mucheng?"

Duke knew that she had never read the original work, and had asked similar questions before, so she briefly explained a few sentences, "Luohan is a country dominated by nomads, and their lifestyle is mainly nomadic. Idola Although Si is the seat of the palace, it is actually just a winter town for the Luohan people.

He used to have seen countless people ask this on the Internet. They obviously overlooked one point, what do nomads want in a luxurious city?

It is said that the most majestic building horn fort in Luohan country, it was not built by Luohan people, but by the hands of Gondor.

Ivanka nodded, but did not leave. He looked at the Orcs and Lohan soldiers who were applying makeup, and then asked, "Also, as King Rohan, Hiurdon has too few soldiers, right? When people attack, they can only summon civilian husbands..."

Upon hearing this, Duke put down the coffee cup and explained patiently for Ivanka Trump.

This is also related to the fact that the Luohan people are nomads. Most of Luohan's army are usually herdsmen and are called up only during the war. In addition to the army gathered only during the war, the commanders of the domestic army only control one. The squad consisted of approximately one hundred and twenty members of his family. The personnel in it were mainly from his territory, and they were all heavily armed knights trained in combat.

For example, when Iomo was expelled by Hidden, the knight that slaughtered the orcs was his guard.

There is also the Battle of Saint Helm Valley. The wars described by Tolkien in the original work are almost always Spring and Autumn, before the Battle of Saint Helm Valley. Rohan has already had two large-scale battles with Saruman's army, but the length of the movie is limited, and it is impossible to show them all. The Battle of the Helm Valley, which was almost understated by Tolkien, became the Twin Towers. The focus of the Rockets.

The book can briefly describe war, but the movie cannot. Every movie must have a climax at the end, otherwise, what will attract the audience? Plain and soothing narrative?

Therefore, Duke will make the battle of Fort Helm even more heroic.

After explaining it for Ivanka Trump, Duke finally said simply, "Evie, you just need to look at the original, and all doubts will disappear."

The film will not completely follow the original filming. In fact, Hollywood has not really followed the original filmed film, but Duke still upholds the main line and theme of the original.

In the afternoon. The crew moved to the wall of Deep Creek, and the elves of the brigade began to appear.

Since the crew is stationed here, the model who starred in the genie has been the focus of the crew, similar to the situation in Hollywood. Duke's crew is also not lacking in gays and bisexuals, as well as Hannah Serena's preferences. Male female high-level men, these men of good shape inevitably become the target of sex.

However, these people all know where Duke's tolerance lies. It will not be too foolish and delay the filming progress of the crew.

Hollywood is such a circle. Even if Bill Gates came, he couldn't change the personal life state in this circle. Duke had no intention of making changes. If one wants to fight against a huge industry, it is tantamount to hitting a rock with a pebble.

Most of the problems in this circle can't be solved by a director after making a film.

Be realistic. Movies are nothing more than a tool for directors to embody their values. If you want to change Hollywood and the world through movies, isn't it just a dream or something?

The dawn of the new millennium passed quietly, and the end of the world did not break out, except for Duke looking at the dawn of the new millennium. There is no special feeling either. It is still like a clockworked clock, busy and orderly advancing his shooting work. Two thousand years have come, and he does not have much time to waste.

At least before the completion of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, he has not wasted time capital.

After nearly half a month of busy work, the scene in the Valley of the Helm is gradually coming to an end, and the new gate made by Weta Studio for the Horn Fort has finally been transported over, and it is possible to film the scene of this important strong orc breaking the city.

Compared with the gate that was not broken the previous time, the gate this time is a standard tofu. After Duke called the start, the stuntman only hit three times, and a hole broke through the gate...

"This door is a little worse."

After calling to stop, Duke sighed, but it doesn't matter. The appearance of the old and new doors is the same. He can completely edit the previous shots into this shot. This is just a trivial matter in post-production.

The strong orcs broke in, and Aragorn led the crowd to fight back, undoubtedly extremely inspiring on the big screen.

This was also the last scene of the crew in Helm Valley, but Duke made a lot of changes. First, he confessed that the horses were hidden in the horn fort, and secondly, he increased the number of cavalry.

Although this is a magical movie, a dozen cavalry rushed out of the horn fort, and it was easier than harvesting wheat. It would be too fake to bring down countless strong orcs.

Duke expanded the indoor area of ​​the horn fort, added elven troops among the survivors, increased the number of cavalry to dozens, and most people would die after rushing out, and the protagonists did not die, there are reasons why these people desperately protected .

It's relatively troublesome to film the cavalry charge. Fortunately, you can rely on the addition of cgi in the later stage. When shooting, only about 20 rides are enough. Until mid-January, the crew ended the shooting of the Battle of Helm Valley and returned to Wellington. .

Duke will also leave New Zealand temporarily. He is also the producer of the last two films of The Matrix, and must go to Sydney. (To be continued...)