Chapter 387

The bright sunlight hit the streets of Burbank, making people dizzy. Maybe the weather this year is a bit unusual. The Greater Los Angeles area that has entered the late autumn season is drier and hotter than usual. It has not rained much since August. The air seemed to burn when it was sucked into the lungs, and it spread the feeling of heat all over the body, making people unstoppable.

Holding up a sign protesting against the movie version of "The Lord of the Rings", Brad Miller was exposed to the blazing sun and hoped that the media reporters on the opposite side could take more pictures of their group of people, so as to expand the protests to all " The Lord of the Rings is among the fans.

As a steadfast supporter of novels, Brad Miller has organized a large number of people together with like-minded book friends from the beginning of the filming to protest on the New Zealand set, but the film's director, Duke Rosenberg Except for a few random words that would please the fans of the Lord of the Rings in an interview, they have never responded to their protests.

This feeling of being ignored makes Brad Miller even more annoyed than worrying about the other party ruining the nearly perfect masterpiece in his heart. Duke Rosenberg obviously doesn't care about the opinions of their **** fans of novels!

He has made some successful films, but if he can make other films successfully, he may not be able to make "The Lord of the Rings" successfully!

In particular, ∞↓, "The Lord of the Rings" has been in the post-production for more than two months from the beginning of filming. How many farces did this crew produce? Angel Fairy Show? Actor farewell ceremony? What are the gifts given out? What do they think of "The Lord of the Rings"? A casual publicity show?

"The Lord of the Rings" should be deep, introverted, and low-key, not so ostentatious.

"Hurry up! Pull up our protest slogan!"

Under the bright sunlight, the fans who were protesting around seemed weak. Seeing a reporter on the opposite side, Brad Miller quickly reminded his companions.

Compared with the book fans standing in front of the Warner studio in direct sunlight, reporters hide in a cool place. Although the protest slogans and signs were extremely eye-catching, the camera in his hand did not move.

Protests are seen too much, and there is no new feeling. This is true for journalists and even more so for media audiences.

Watching the opposite side will pull a bunch of people to stand in protest at the door of the studio, even as a reporter for World News Weekly. Kevin has no interest in filming. Since he ran this line in August, the opponent will appear every other time. There is really no new feeling.

There is no news to capture this, Kevin thought boredly, if he really wants to protest, burning the Warner studio along with the director and film inside is a real protest.

That way he will also have the best news to write.

Thinking of the news, Kevin couldn't help but look inside the set. I look forward to the news officer of the Lord of the Rings studio, or other sources, can break some news.

Even Duke Rosenberg's lace news is good.

Since a paparazzi photographed him on vacation with Victoria's Secret Angels in August, the famous director seems to have turned into a workaholic like in the past, basically maintaining the two-point-one line from Duke Manor to Warner Studios every day. There is no news to hype.

In fact, Kevin knows very well that every successful director has a workaholic side. There is no success in this world that can be achieved without hard work. Let alone a director who needs a lot of hard work and energy. It is these entertainment reporters, if they are not actively searching. No big news will fall on the head.

A black Bentley turned around from the intersection. Kevin picked up the camera and swarmed up with other reporters. Although I can only shoot random shots at the front and rear of the car, I still refuse to fall behind. After all, Duke Rosenberg's value is. I don't know how many times more than those who protested.

Through the filmed car windows, you can faintly see the flashing lights that light up outside. Duke didn't intend to park, and drove into the parking lot, changing to a battery car. Soon I arrived at the Lord of the Rings studio located in the office area.

From mid-August to the present, the post-production of "The Lord of the Rings" has started for more than two months, but there are too many special effects shots in the film, and the post-production is quite cumbersome. Just "The Fellowship of the Ring", Duke A six-month timetable is listed, and it is impossible for Duke to wait for the first film to be released before starting post-production for the second film.

Although the later stages of the trilogy do have a sequence, the work of "The Fellowship of the Ring Expedition" should go ahead of "The Two Towers" and "The Return of the King", but the special effects production of the latter two parts began more or less. Some.

For example, the flying beasts of Tree Hu and Jie Ling, Weta Studio has already completed the modeling work, especially the former, and there is a team dedicated to rendering.

"Hi Mike, how is it going?"

Entering the editing room, Duke saw that Mike Dawson had just finished viewing a scene and walked over and asked, "Did you cut out the clip of Aragorn leading the Hobbit to the top of the storm?"

"It's finished."

Mike Dawson pressed the playback button to play a paragraph that was just cut out, "but it's a bit long."

Looking at the picture on the screen, Duke frowned slightly. Now he did not use the parallel montage. It was just the picture of Aragorn leading the four Hubbits to leave the Prancing Horse Hotel and enter the wilderness. This section seemed a bit lengthy.

"Mike, cut out this paragraph."

Duke pressed the pause button. This is a shot of Aragorn hunting and singing a certain elf married to a human after a group of people camped. "Cut all of them, and the shots of them on their way. Only the 45th and the 7th Two panoramic shots on the 11th, all the rest are cut out."

"Is it a bit shorter?"

As an editor, Mike Dawson must read the original, "This is a long journey in the book."

Hearing Mike Dawson's reminder, Duke thought for a while, and said, "Cut it off. We've spent enough time on the shots and movies on Hobbiton. The journey in the book is too long. It may be done, otherwise the tempo of the film will be too slow."

Even if it is to subtract some dispensable shots as much as possible, Duke still feels that the rhythm is slightly slower for the completed parts. Fortunately, the suspense of the Lord of the Rings and the chasing of the ring spirits has always existed, the most dull Hobbiton scene. , There are also poetic and picturesque scenery to enjoy, and it must be able to attract the audience to continue watching.

And Duke also prepared a big show at the beginning of the film, and the time saved later is for the beginning of the battle.

After busying for most of the day, finishing today's main editing plan, and handing over the remaining fragmentary footage to a few assistants, Duke and Mike Dawson left the editing room together and walked into the cgi special effects room opposite to the Weta Studio. Richard Taylor, the head of Weta Studio, nodded to the two of them, and continued to busy with his work.

Duke didn't bother him, and went straight to Mary Victoria, who was in charge of "The Fellowship of the Fellowship". She led a group, currently dedicated to rendering the scene of the alliance of humans and elves at the beginning of the trilogy and the battle against the Mordor army. .

Since this part is all shot on blue screen, the special effects artists need to cut out the background of each frame, and then replace it with the scene of Mordor, and at the same time modify the effect of the war to remove the live-action picture taken with the camera In addition, the scene of a long-range battlefield made by cgi is also added.

Richard Taylor didn't know when he came over, seeing the special effects work temporarily come to an end, watching the completed effect picture on the screen, he said confidently, "The opening battle of "Gladiator" released this year was Many people discussed it enthusiastically, but compared to this period, their war is simply a group of minors playing nonsense."

The people sitting around here nodded in agreement with Richard Taylor.

Although Duke didn't say anything, he agreed with his point of view. The difference between the two films is not to be mentioned. It is just a war scene. This period of the beginning of the war that he specially strengthened, and the end of any cold weapon movie in the history of the film. scene.

Of course, this is just the beginning and it won't be very long. The role is to attract the audience to watch it.

The real big-scene war drama must be included in the ending of the trilogy "The Return of the King". Although each of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy has a climax, it will not vent the climax all at once. The most sensational scenes, naturally, should be kept till the end.

"Mary." Duke asked the head of the group, "How long will it take to finish this part of the opening scene?"

"Three to four weeks." Mary Victoria gave a very conservative answer.

Duke thought about the Warner Bros. publicity schedule and said, "In early December, I want to see the opening scene."

"No problem." Mary Victoria responded directly, "I promise to finish."

According to Warner Bros' publicity plan, "The Fellowship of the Rings" will inevitably appear in the Super Bowl midfield advertising time. The advertisement is only 30 seconds. For any movie, especially the epic masterpiece of "The Lord of the Rings" Said, they are too short. To make the audience remember, they must be extremely impressed in a short time.

As always, Duke's choice is simple, using the most eye-stimulating things to arouse the audience's interest.

The commercials he prepared, except for a few shots of The Lord of the Rings and Frodo, all other time will be given to the epic battle at the beginning!

Soaking in mainstream commercial films for so many years, coupled with previous experience, Duke knows what most audiences like to see the most.

The post-production of the film is neither slow nor fast. Because cgi special effects can't save time, the actual progress is slightly slower than Duke's plan, but it's not too slow. "The Fellowship of the Ring" will definitely be available. Finished before the start of next year's summer vacation.

Throughout November, Duke was busy in the latter part of "The Fellowship of the Ring Expedition" until December, when he was going to New York to participate in Marvel's board of directors, while witnessing Ivanka's just-launched instant sharing website.

These are also his two important investments related to the future. (To be continued...)