"Stop! Pay attention to the care! ”

On the open-air set, the mammoth's massive trunk falls from a crane and is quickly assembled by a dozen workers onto a model of the mammoth lying on the ground, a giant monster built in a one-to-one scale, more than a person's height just by lying down.

Duke stood not far away and asked the camera assistant to shoot the whole scene, which would be a good publicity and tidbit material for later production.

"Hi, Duke."

The voice of greeting sounded from the side behind, Alessandra? Ambrosio walked over in a trench coat, jeans, and leather boots, and Duke nodded to her, "Hello, Coleen." ”

After finalizing her as Arwen from the crew, Alexandra? In addition to being familiar with the character script, Ambrosio often appears on the set, especially when Duke shoots elf-related scenes, she is basically present to observe the races that do not exist in this world.

For her, who is relatively little famous among Victoria's Secret Angels, she is bound to seize every opportunity to expand her popularity.

"This mammoth looks like the real thing." She stood behind Duke and said in an unbelievable tone, "I couldn't have imagined this scene before this film. ”

"It's a pity that we can't move." Duke just sighed.

In addition to CGI compositing, the crew also produced a large number of mammoth models of different scales, and one of the largest models on the open-air set was hand-carved from polystyrene in the Wellington factory by the props crew, and its interior was supported by a lightweight steel frame and transported to the set in 11 parts by trailer.

After assembling the mammoth, the crew inserted spears and arrows into the mammoth's corpse, and so much heavy work was just to shoot a few scenes after the mammoth died.

I want to make a good video. There's never been a time saver.

The rear of the model is arranged as a hedgehog-like mammoth shot by Lohan's cavalry, and the position of the head is another scene - the mammoth that Legolas shoots and falls.

In terms of what can be saved, Duke will not waste it indiscriminately.

The assembly work was busy for half an afternoon, but the shooting took only 20 minutes, leaving the others to continue filming the tidbits. Duke vs. John? Schwartzman returns to the studio, Alessandra? Ambrosio saw that Duke had no objection, with Tina? Fei walked together and followed.

Into the studio, Orlando? Bloom has turned into Legolas and is standing in front of a green screen, with action director Jimmy? Carter communicates, and the next thing to shoot is the scene where Legolas takes on the mammoth alone.

In the past, this special reshoot shot was spat on by countless film critics in North America, believing that there was no need to save zài. It's all about selling face for the sake of selling face, but in Duke's hands, not only does he have no intention of canceling it, but he even wants to make Zuò more sophisticated, so that Orlando? Bloom sold as many skills and faces as he could.

After walking over, Duke asked directly, "Do you need to use a stand-in?" ”

"No, you don't." Orlando? Bloom was confident, "I can do it myself!" I'm trained too! ”

In the eyes of everyone in the crew. Orlando? Bloom is definitely one of the lucky ones, having just graduated from school. I received such an important role.

Orlando? Bloom is not the future, now he does not have any capital and fame, the only thing he can rely on is to work hard in front of Duke.

With art director Hannah? Serena and action director Jimmy? After a brief exchange with Carter, Duke walked across the set surrounded by blue screens and sat behind the director's monitors that had already been set up. And ask the assistant to notify the crew to immediately do the final preparations before filming.

Although it was filmed in a scene where Legolas takes on Mammoth alone, it is impossible to make Orlando? Bloom was really standing on the mammoth model to shoot, and the huge model was too uncontrollable to shake.

Therefore, the simplest and most labor-saving method is used here - blue screen shooting.

Standing behind Duke, Alessandra? Ambrosio seemed to have a question to ask. But just want to open your mouth, and see Tina? Fei raised her fingers and made a silent finger, so she had to swallow the words back.

Even though it's just an assistant, Alexandra? Ambrosio, who had been on the set for all these days, knew that if the director was not there, the other party had considerable decision-making power.

The people who can get out of the highly competitive modeling circle are basically human spirits.

After the crew is ready, the shooting kicks off, and there aren't many performances here that require acting skills, Orlando? While coordinating the balance, Bloom can pay attention to bringing out the most handsome and chic side.

The background of the shoot is still a large blue screen, Orlando hanging a balance wire? Bloom, jumping on a pile of static blue sandbags, trying to sway left and right, and constantly fighting enemies played by stuntmen......

As with all action shots, the shots here are very short, averaging a dozen seconds, and Duke will shout once to stop, and then Jimmy? Will Carter take Orlando? Bloom and the stuntman call together to explain the action routine for the next scene.

During the break, Duke beckoned to the back, Tina? Faye immediately let Alexandra? Ambrosio walked over.

"Legolas is the representative of the male elves in the film."

Pointing to the chair next to him, in Alexandra? After Ambrosio sat down, Duke asked, "Arwen is the representative of the female elves. Colin, you've been watching it for a few days, do you have any thoughts? ”

Alexandra? Ambrosio thought about it and looked at the handsome and scummy Orlando on the blue screen? Bloom, softly, "Show off the spirit's elegant, agile and handsome side." ”

Speaking of this, she put on a confident smile, "Give full play to the advantages of the actor in terms of appearance." ”

"Not bad." Duke nodded approvingly, reminding her, "Arwen's father is King Elon and her grandmother is Queen Galadriel, and she was born with an innocent and noble side. ”

"I understand." Ambrosio squeezed out what he thought was the prettiest smile at Duke.

Unfortunately, Duke had already turned his head at this time, looked at the set, and shouted, "All departments are ready to start shooting the next shot." ”

These scenes that need to be synthesized with CGI, the footage shot now is only the most basic material, and a lot of processing is required in the later stage, perhaps it is nearly half a year of hard training that has played a role, Orlando? Bloom has been in excellent condition since the start of filming, and his scenes do not have too many difficulties in acting, so the filming is relatively smooth.

After finishing the scene on the back of the mammoth, the crew moved to the adjacent filming location, which had just been set up in the blue screen area, and there was actually only one shot - Legolas sliding off the mammoth's trunk.

Of course, it is still replaced by various props wrapped in the blue screen.

After just a few simple exercises, Orlando? Bloom signaled that Duke could officially shoot, and his physical condition was very well adjusted, and when he slid down the blue gangplank with a short bow, he didn't forget to put on a handsome pose......

Shooting back and forth three times, Duke shouted tongguò, and the afternoon's work was over.

Handing over the monitor and film to the assistant director to pack up, Duke walked to the set and filmed Orlando? Bloom's shoulder, "Well done, even better than I expected." ”

Orlando? Bloom scratched his face and smiled a little shyly.

"Keep your groove in shape."

Duke admonished, to Tina? Fei waved his hand and walked towards the outside of the studio.

"Can I be together?"

Meet Tina? Faye put away the phone that she made a short call and then hung up, Alexandra? Ambrosio asked tentatively, "Can I go and ask Duke a few questions?" ”

Tina? Faye glanced at her, nodded slightly, and then quickened her pace to catch up with Duke.

"I just spoke to Warner Bros. on the phone." As she walked up to Duke, she said, "The global box office of '100,000 Urgent' exceeded $200 million yesterday. ”

"Rare good news."

Although he said so, Duke still shook his head gently, just like many media said, if the director of "100,000 Urgent" was not him, it would be impossible to get such a high box office result.

However, Duke will not be presumptuous, fame and appeal are originally part of the director's strength.

Despite Alessandra? Ambrosio followed, but there was nothing to keep secret, Duke motioned to Tina? Faye continued.

"Warner's DVDs and videotapes for the film have sold $6.75 million in North America to date."

These numbers seem to be engraved in my mind, Tina? Philippines doesn't have to think about it at all, "Warner Bros. also signed a first-round TV broadcast deal with NBC TV, with licensing revenue of $1 million. ”

She added, "The film is currently being released in several overseas markets, and overseas merchandise will not be available until later. ”

"100,000 Urgent" is not high at the box office and peripheral revenue, and even set a variety of lows since Duke's filming, but compared to the production cost of only $10 million, the investment return ratio of this film is also extremely high.

"Tina, remember to remind me to give Jeff the right time slot? Robinoff and Doug? Walter called. ”

New Zealand and North America have a time difference, and even though Warner is a majority shareholder, Duke would be duly grateful to Warner Bros. executives for their full support.

There is always a lot of going on in the network.

The kind of situation where one person can blow up the sky in Hollywood, let alone Duke, is it to add James? Cameron can't do it either.

Staying in the office, Duke and Alexandra again? Ambrosio exchanged some questions about the role, this girl who stood out from the modeling circle at a young age is indeed a smart person, and basically grasps what it takes to play Arco.

However, when Duke prepares to shoot the scene between Arwen and Aragon the next day, he has to change his plans due to an accident. (To be continued......)

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