The 50-mile wasteland of Ruapehu Volcano has become a battlefield for the crew to go back and forth, and a large number of horse war scenes have also started filming one after another, and the horses are domesticated by the agreement between the Lord of the Rings Studios and three horse farms in Wellington, as long as the contract does not end, the crew needs to pay a fee every day, and a large number of horse war scenes are filmed first, also for economic considerations.

Once upon a time, Peter? Jackson himself has little capital, and the support given to him by New Line Pictures is relatively limited, and the cost of each part can only be controlled within $100 million, and he can be said to be a model of thrift throughout the filming of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

Now Duke and Peter? Jackson's treatment could not have been more different, but the total investment of $350 million had to be budgeted against the Lord of the Rings trilogy and his usual style of filming.

Horses are a big support, and after filming a large number of horse-related scenes, the follow-up horses can be controlled within a certain number, and the crew can save a lot of expenses.

Of course, it is completely different from the effect presented in the film, and the scenes that use the most horses, such as the battle of the Perrin Plains and the assembly of Lohan's army, are actually only about 100 war horses, and the rest will be added with CGI in the later stage.

Moreover, the running of the war horse will drive a lot of dust, and the clear characteristics of the target will be obscured with fog or dust, which is the only way to save the cost of CGI.

Compared to Gandalf's scenes, which were easily filmed, these two large number of circus scenes took nearly ten days to complete, and the animals were indeed extremely difficult to control in the filming, even if the horses had received a lot of relevant training before, when nearly 100 horses got together, horse manure and horse urine alone almost broke the crew.

The smell of horse manure and horse urine fluttering in the wind is definitely unpleasant.

And then there's the whole cavalry. No matter how neatly the platoon was in place, as soon as the horse team started, the chaotic formation was always miserable when viewed through the camera lens.

In the end, Duke simply abandoned the shot, intending to use CGI for the later production.

This magnificent scene of war. On-location shooting is only a part, and there are scenes in the studio later, and CGI is also used for compositing in post-production.

Almost all large-scale war scenes will be made by means of off-site shooting, multi-scene collection, and post-compositing.

The battle between the Rohan Knights and the Esinger Wolf Cavalry had just ended, and the wounded and killed horses lay on the ground, and the Lohan soldiers mended their swords at the undead orcs, some of whom were also holding prop swords and stabbing them at the wolf-shaped props wrapped in the green screen.

John? Schwartzman's two assistants, erected Steadicam. With a set route, he grabbed each scene in the field, and Duke looked at the images transmitted to the monitor, which automatically added to the scenes he had conceived in his mind.

All the footage of the moving wolf cavalry was not actually filmed, and these required motion capture in the studio, and the object of motion capture was, of course, people.

From the actor's action version to the live-action motion capture version to the animation version to the CGI synthesis version, there are four complex processes that need to be processed. in order to complete this war scene.

“Cut！”

After Duke shouted to stop, the actor who played the half-orc immediately went to the side to touch up his makeup. Motioncapture was not available in the field, and all orcs had to rely on make-up, all of which were made to wear custom-made silicone headgear, which took more than eight hours each time, and often only a few shots were taken.

The filming of this scene has ended, and the crew is about to switch. A large number of staff members were busy cleaning up the carcasses of war horses on the battlefield.

Of course, the crew is not moving real dead horses, otherwise those people from animal protection organizations have to jump out and fight with Duke, and the crew will not let any of the horses be injured, those horses who "died heroically" on the battlefield. In fact, it is carved from wood, which is enough to confuse the real thing.

The crew moved five hundred feet to the west, ready to shoot Legolas acting cool.

"Orlando's wig!"

Just walked to the middle of the filming set, Duke saw Orlando? Bloom's wig was a little crooked, "Re-make him!" ”

A couple of makeup artists immediately ran over to help Orlando? Bloom removed his wig and re-straightened it, while Duke stood by and explained some precautions to Bloom, who had shaved his head.

"Standing on the top of the rock, imagining that there are rushing wolf cavalry on the opposite side, bend your bow and arrow in the position that you think is the coolest, most handsome and most confident!"

Sean already with makeup? Davis stood nearby, holding his dwarven battle axe, and after hearing Duke's words, he deliberately teased, "Orlando, your role in the original book is inconspicuous, in order to highlight your image, Duke specially added Legolas's role, don't disappoint the director." ”

Take advantage of the free time after putting on your wig, Orlando? Bloom turned his head away, to Sean? Davis made a shut-up gesture.

The makeup of the costume drama is much more troublesome than its modern film, and it takes nearly an hour and a half, Orlando? Bloom went from bald to glamorous elven prince Legolas? Green leaves.

"Scene 42, Act I."

After Duke signaled, the reporter placed the sign in front of the main camera lens, "Let's go!" ”

Three cameras in front of Orlando? Bloom stood long on the protruding rock, looking ahead, John? Schwartzman deliberately gave him a close-up of the Elven Eye, and Bloom then drew the arrow, bent his bow and arrow, and in terms of posture alone, he was impeccable, but the camera would never go to catch it, and the arrow fell to the ground softly after more than twenty feet of fire.

Ivanka? Trump stood on the periphery of the set, and several security guards hiding in the shadows with the crew, staring firmly at the representatives of the two animal protection organizations.

Yesterday, when filming the entire team of Lohan cavalry preparing to face the wolf cavalry of Issinger, the stand-in of Jin Li and the stand-in of Legolas suddenly fell from their horses, and these guys broke through the crew's barrier like crazy and rushed into the set, and did not even look at the two actors who were injured after falling off the horse, only thinking about taking care of the horses, one of them passed by the place where the stuntman fell off the horse, and stepped on Legolas's stunt double because he only had horses in his eyes......

After this scene, Ivanka then understood that this seemingly inconspicuous job was actually extremely important to the crew, and these guys were definitely the number one enemy of the crew.

Even the most hated and crazy paparazzi, sniffing the clues and chasing the current location to the current location, tacitly did not disturb the filming of the crew, and these guys have no one in their eyes except for animals.

Since yesterday, Ivanka has also changed her way of working, no longer passively communicating with each other, and simply applied to Duke for a few strong security guards to deal with those two guys.

"Orlando is so handsome!"

A whisper sounded next to him, interrupting Ivanka's thoughts, is that Ilya? Wood and Billy? Boyd, who has been on the set for these days, has also gotten to know the main cast and crew, and these two are the most active actors on the crew.

"yes, that's handsome!" Billy? Boyd was still shaking his head, "It's just handsome, it can't be more handsome." ”

"I'm jealous!"

"Why don't we have such a handsome scene?"

Billy? Boyd seemed to notice Ivanka's glance and turned to ask, "Evie, what do you think?" ”

"It's okay." Ivanka replied casually.

Elias? Wood suddenly winked his eyes at her, "You think it's Duke Shuai?" Or Orlando handsome? ”

"They're not the same type, are they?" Ivanka shrugged, but didn't answer directly, "There's no comparison." ”

Billy? Boyd and Elijah? Wood got together and muttered a few words, Zhengtai Billy, who has the age of an uncle? "I think Duke should make a cameo role, preferably an orc shot by Legolas. ”

Ivanka didn't speak, obviously not wanting to get involved.

"I think it's okay to have Duke play the elf." Elias? Wood said, "For example, Halda, isn't there no actor yet, and he can compete with Orlando to see who is more handsome." ”

"Such a character is too ordinary." Billy? Boyd disagreed, "I think cave trolls are the best, and the one who stabbed you in the Moriah Mines is the best." ”

"That's a good idea!"

Elias? Wood chimed in, with Billy? Boyd looked at Ivanka at the same time? Trump.

"It's none of my business." Ivanka was the first to clear herself.

"Hey, Evie, don't do that, okay?"

Billy? Boyd tugging at Elijah? Wood walked up to her and said in a low voice, "I'm going to shoot the snow mountain scene soon, and we invite you to ski." ”

"Have you seen the concept art of the cave troll?"

See Ivanka nod, Ilya? Wood hurriedly said, "Don't you think it's funny for Duke to play a cave troll?" You can come with us to give advice, he still values your opinion......"

Hearing this, Ivanka couldn't help but roll her eyes, as if she didn't have the right to give an opinion in front of him, right?

However, it seems to be a lot of fun.

After another three days of filming in the wasteland, the scenes that belong here began to end, and the crew's newly leased three helicopters were also in place one after another. Schwartzman shot some aerial shots, and then the crew left the vicinity of Ruapehu and returned to Wellington, where New Zealand was in the middle of winter, preparing to shoot snow-related scenes.

It was at this time that the members of the Fellowship of the Ring, as well as his temporary assistant Ivanka? Trump came to him.

"You think it's fun for me to play the cave troll?" Duke looked at this group of guys who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic.

Except for these people, I wonder what reason they used to convince Tina? Faye and Charles? Luo Wen, even these two people agree with this Jianyì. (To be continued......)

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