Chapter 340

The preparatory work lasted for two years. The Lord of the Rings studio and the entire crew have devoted great efforts to this. The greatest benefit of careful preparation is the smoothness of the shooting. Ten days before the start, the shooting was still bumping. After passing through, when Duke adjusted the state of the crew, the shooting became smooth immediately.

Fighting scenes, protagonists and stunt doubles have all gone through a long period of rigorous training, even Orlando Bloom's fancy, archery posture is beautiful and standard.

For the stand-in show, the crew found four dwarf stand-ins for the Hobbit, and specially made silicone headgear by Frodo and others. As long as it is not a frontal close-up, the four stand-ins can be easily completed by wearing the headgear.

The silicone headgear is extremely lifelike. If you are seen at night, the timid will definitely be scared to death.

After ten days of shooting in the studio and open-air studio, the crew left downtown Wellington and started shooting on location. This crew is too large, not only has dozens of large trailers and hundreds of actors, but also nearly a hundred horses. Every place is the focus of being watched.

The first stop of the film crew's location was near Mount Ruapehu in the south-central North Island of New Zealand. This intermittent volcano is the prototype of the Doomsday volcano selected by Duke. In addition to shooting the volcano, the crew will be on the wilderness near the volcano. Stationed∽, for a period of time, filming scenes of some actors riding horses.

However, when I got here, Duke had decided to split the crew.

Standing outside the crew's resident, Duke looked at Mount Ruapehu in the distance. This black volcano that exudes evil and death in the film is now extraordinarily majestic against the blue sky of New Zealand. , Especially the white snow on the top of the mountain, looks very charming.

"Zac..."

Looking back from a distance, Duke looked at Zach Schneider on his left. "You are still working with Ben Watts. You are best at using light and color to photograph the most beautiful New Zealand."

Zach Schneider nodded, but then said, "Duke, I need a helicopter."

"The helicopter will be there in the afternoon." Duke checked the time. "You go get ready."

Zach Schneider will take away a considerable part of the crew, including Ben Watts, an important member of the film crew. In fact, this is also Duke's future director of photography. The two cooperated as early as the filming of The Matrix. Completed all the exterior shots.

As the first deputy director, Zach Schneider's temporary task is to shoot the original ecological scenery of New Zealand with the people of Weta Studios, and collect materials for special effects synthesis scenes.

"Anna, you go to the North Island Zoo with sound designer David Farmer."

Turned around. Duke said to Anna Prinz, "The crew has been in touch. You go there to record the sounds of animals, such as kangaroos, tigers, sea lions, cows, horses and lions, and wolves. I need them to be different at night and during the day. Scream. You have a whole week to record more."

"I know."

Anna Prinz walked to her trailer, ready to go to the zoo.

The crew has just camped here. Filming is temporarily unavailable due to a large number of horses accompanying. The crew inevitably attracted New Zealand's animal protectors organization. Although these people are not as difficult as their counterparts in North America, they are not easy to deal with.

Standing here, looking at the wilderness in the distance, Duke thought about the animal protector organization he hated the most. The crew must send someone to deal with them. Such people can't be too heavy, otherwise those guys must think they are great.

But people must be smart enough and not afraid of the pressure they exert.

Thinking of this, Duke had a suitable candidate, turned around and beckoned to the back. Tina Fei and Ivanka Trump came over at the same time.

Duke made a face that Tina Fei could understand and said to Ivanka Trump, "Evie, what is your biggest purpose in coming to New Zealand?"

"The flowers in the greenhouse will wither in wind and rain..."

First said something inexplicably, Ivanka Trump answered Duke's words, "Hone and exercise my abilities."

"Now there is a very good opportunity."

Turning his head, Duke looked into the distance again, "I need someone to communicate with the animal protector organization. Those people are more difficult to deal with."

"I am willing to do it." Ivanka responded without hesitation.

"Tina."

Raising his hand, Duke made a gesture to the back, Tina Fei took Ivanka and left here, explaining some basic precautions to her.

According to the requirements of the animal protection organization, the horses of the crew should not work more than three hours a day, and the horses will have a rest every half an hour, and a long rest in an hour and a half...

If the crew shoots at this rhythm, it will be delayed for at least half a year if there are horses alone.

These guys who love animals more than humans have never considered problems from the standpoint of humans.

The requirements of the crew are not high. It is only five to six hours of horse work a day. Everyone on the crew, including Duke, has never thought about cruelty to animals in the past.

Fortunately, there are no real half-orcs or ogres in this world, otherwise it would be trouble to jump out of the half-orcs and ogres to protest.

Shaking his head and dispelling these unreliable thoughts, Duke turned to thinking about the shooting of tomorrow. The scenes here are scattered, and the scenes are mainly composed of people and horses.

One afternoon and one night, the crew set up a camp here, and initially organized the shooting venues, where they did not meet Duke's requirements, or added scenery or green screens, and added appropriate backgrounds during post-production.

The sun just rose the next day, and the entire crew began to operate at high speed. The cranes, cameras, set props, and war horse weapons were all transported to the first shooting location. The set crew relied on the crane's boom and moved at the main camera at the fastest speed. Green screens were arranged at the opposite and 45-degree angles.

Duke walked past the camera positions, checked the layout of the cameras, and walked to a horse trainer.

"How is Bill's condition?"

The horse trainer is holding a snow-white horse. The horse has a gentle temperament and stands quietly next to the horse trainer.

"Very good condition." The trainer gently rubbed the horse's neck.

Walking to the horse trainer, Duke stood side by side with him, pointing to the main camera position and said, "After I call the start, let Bill maintain a forty-five degree angle with the green screen and run towards that side."

With the assurance of the horse trainer, Duke left here, went back to the director's monitor, briefly asked the assistant director, and asked Chang Ji to start.

This is just a shot with Gandalf. It is not difficult. The specially tamed horse ran three times in front of the green screen, and Duke announced the completion.

Then Ian McLean, a white-haired robe and white-haired man, appeared on the stage. First, he staged a period of Summoning the Horse King, and then made friends with Bill. Whether for the old drama Ian McLean or the filming of the crew, the difficulty is not considered Big.

The work had just lasted for an hour, and the representatives of the animal protection organization wanted to come over to protest to Duke, protesting that the continuous work of horses was too long.

Bill's master and horse trainer were all standing there. They had no objection to the intensity of the work. Duke didn't bother to pay attention to these people, and threw it to an assistant director and Ivanka Trump to deal with it. Continue shooting since.

"Transition!" Duke shouted.

"I protest..."

Although the sound reached his ears, Duke didn't even look at it. He and the crew quickly moved to the 'Plain Plain' not far from here to film Gandalf and Pipin riding to Minas Tirith.

In addition to cranes, green screens, etc., a new piece of equipment-the prop horse is added during the shooting!

A prop horse driven by a shaft, of course, can't run. It can only make bumps on the spot, and only has a horseback and a half-horse head. This is specially prepared for Ian McLean and Billy Boyd's stand-ins. Horse.

"Duke, ride it."

Billy Boyd is not short. He patted the horse and said to this side, "Gandalf will never want to get to Minas Tirith."

"I'm old, Billy."

Ian McLean took the wizard's rod and walked over, "If I ride a real horse, the bones will be scattered. If I had the riding skills of Vigo, I would choose a real horse."

Duke lifted his head from the director's chair and shouted over there, "Billy, we're going to start filming."

Billy Boyd, although he likes to joke, is a person who can tell the occasion. He immediately left the shooting location. His dwarf stand-in was wearing a silicone headgear. With the assistance of the staff, he rode the white prop horse. .

Duke gave an order, and the shooting started. The picture on the monitor was a close-up of Ian McLean, and the horse certainly wouldn't show the whole picture.

The props were bumped down immediately. The close-up shot of Ian McLean was very sporty. It lasted for about a minute. Duke called to stop. The prop horse was dragged aside. The crew moved a little forward and continued filming the scene. .

However, Ian McLean's stunt stand-in will be on the field again. The shot here is a panoramic shot. The galloping horse is just a trivial matter to the stuntman. Duke's two ngs are actually due to the fact that the camera track is a little bit laid. The problem was that after the main camera of John Schwarzman moved, the lens shifted a bit.

This is the most typical method of filming in Hollywood. Not every actor is a master rider like Vigo Mortensen. Most actors need to use a stunt stand-in for their circus. In fact, it is very simple to distinguish whether a circus is the person or the stunt stand-in. In the panoramic shot, most of the horses galloping are stunt actors, and the horses in the close shots are basically the actors themselves when only one back is exposed.

Movie is a visual art, but also an art of deception.

As the shooting gradually deepened, more and more horses were added to the shooting, and the circus of the big scene followed. (To be continued...)