On the open-air set of Wellington, the top square of Minas Tiris, which took three months to build, looked extraordinarily noble and holy against the backdrop of the surrounding blue screen, and hundreds of actors and actresses who had finished makeup, coordinated by several assistant directors, walked up one after another, lined up in a neat queue, ready to welcome the return of the king.

Duke stood on a lifting platform, holding a loudspeaker in his hand, and methodically directed the entire crew.

"Amanda, one more tuning of the boom and recording equipment!"

The shoot was recorded on location, with a boom arm always following Vigo as Aragon? Mortenson.

Then Duke turned to John? Schwartzman, on his side, "John, you control the main camera, and your target is Aragorn!" Ben, the number two machine on your boom, follow our plan to capture panoramic shots! Terry, your number three camera captures the actors in the front row! Gwill, the owner of the fourth machine, filmed the Hobbit. ”

The director's monitor was also set up on the lifting platform, and Duke checked the test shots of each camera one by one, and made a few minor adjustments. Schwartzman made an 'OK' gesture and the megaphone was aimed at the props again.

"Bill, how's the petals ready?"

Bill, who had done the final inspection of the Holy White Tree, replied loudly, "One qiē ready." ”

The blood of Essidor returns to Gondor, and the king arrives in the Holy White City, and the withered White Tree will bloom again, and the petals will fall all over the ground.

Although this scene is huge and requires a large number of actors, this aspect is the last thing Duke needs to worry about, firstly, except for the people in the first few rows, the people in the back will be added with CGI in the post-production, and secondly, before today's shooting, the crew has rehearsed several times without makeup.

"Props set ready ......"

"Lights ready ......"

"Set Ready......

"Ready ...... Photography"

"Actors ready ......"

After reporting back one department after another, Duke waved his arm downward. The reporter took the sign and went to the main camera.

"The Lord of the Rings, the final shots, shoot now!"

The long boom is quickly activated, and the No. 1 camera suspended below captures every scene from far and near, and transmits the picture to the director's monitor, gradually shrinking from the panorama. In the end, it was fixed on Aragorn in front of the royal palace.

Vigo? Mortensen finally took off his tattered costume, put on his simple and gorgeous armor, and stood with his back to the camera.

Due to the fact that his combat style is completely close to hand-to-hand combat, this Aragorn was always sloppy during the filming, and in order to make his costume fit the characteristics of long-distance travel and close combat, Vigo? Mortenson's costume was rarely washed, soaked in sweat again and again, and smelled a lot of the time.

Compared to Orlando, who is always cool and handsome? Bloom. Vigo? Mortenson did suffer a lot.

However, the day when the king will finally return, Aragon also ushered in the day when he got rid of poverty and frustration, turned into a rich and handsome man, and married Bai Fumei.

Bright lights sprinkled on Vigo? Morteson and Ian? In McLean's case, Middle-earth dispels gloom and darkness and ushers in light and peace.

Tall Ian? McLean wore a crown on Vigo in the same way he rehearsed yesterday? Mortenson's head.

The King is back!

Vigo? Mortensen walked to the top of the steps. Holding the Sword of Anduriel, which had been reforged from the fragments of Nasir's Holy Sword, he said a few words. The glory of the ancestors is sung in the Quenya language.

"Across the ocean, I came to Middle-earth......"

Right in Vigo? As Mortenson hummed, a large number of white petals were sprinkled from the lifting platform in the air by the prop team, as if to welcome the return of the king.

"Here I and my children will dwell forever......"

This singing will definitely have to be re-sounded in the later stage. Duke filmed like this, also to make Vigo? Mortenson got into Aragorn's better state, he walked down the steps and walked through the passage of the queue towards the front, Terry's number three. One by one, they capture important roles.

The main characters who participated in the Holy War of the Ring and survived appeared on the monitor in front of Duke.

Gandalf, Golden Bolt, Faramir, Eom, Eom, Elrond King, and Arwen.

The crew rehearsed several times without makeup, which obviously worked, and the long shot was almost perfect, until Aragorn walked up to the four hobbits with Arwen and Duke called a stop.

"Rearrange the venue!" He said loudly into the loudspeaker.

In the previous shoot, the hobbit was only used as a background painting, and Duke used four gnome doubles, and the next close-up of the four people was to be shot, and Ilya must be replaced? Wood and Billy? Boyd them.

But the height of the four people will be an issue, so the place where the other actors around them are standing needs to be heightened to highlight the hobbit's only about four feet tall.

More than a dozen platforms that had been prepared long ago were pushed into the venue by the props team, quickly installed, and filming began again.

Vigo? Mortenson holding Alessandra? Ambrosio went to Ilya? In front of Wood and the others, four hobbits bent down to salute, but were stopped by Aragorn.

"My friends, you don't have to salute anyone......"

Say, Vigo? Mortensen gets down on one knee, Alessandra? Ambrosio followed, followed by all the actors......

With his eyes off the monitor and his gaze slowly falling down, Duke exhaled softly, and after 14 months, this long journey finally reached an important point.

Terminal? The post-production is far from complete, and the road to making money has not yet begun, and now it is only the end of the shooting!

“Cut！”

The thoughts in his mind were turning, but it did not prevent Duke from shouting to stop the entire crew, and everyone in the Holy White City slowly stood up, some were relaxed, some were dazed, some sighed, and some sighed, this filming road was too long.

Although "Titanic" took four years, it was not long for the actors to shoot, and there are very few movies like the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy that took 14 months to shoot, let alone Hollywood, and the whole world.

Duke let out a sigh of relief and raised the megaphone, "No matter how magical the journey is, there is an end." I announce that "The Lord of the Rings" is officially closed! ”

The lifting platform was slowly lowered, and as soon as Duke stepped down, he was surrounded by more than a dozen main actors who came over.

Activist Billy? Boyd first hugged Duke and joked, "I'm not sure if the film will work out in the end, but these are my best memories." Duke, I really don't want to say this final parting. ”

"We'll see you again, Billy." Duke tapped him the shoulder, "Don't forget, you're going to record a theme song for me." ”

Passed by Billy? After several changes to Boyd, Duke has decided to adopt his "The Last Farewell" as the promotional song and theme song for the trilogy's finale!

As long as the series can cause a strong response, when "The Return of the King" is promoted, this song is bound to arouse the feelings of many people.

In such a sad and parting occasion, these commercial elements are also in mind. God will forgive Duke, as a director who shoulders the cost of $350 million and the total investment of the final trilogy is bound to exceed $500 million, if you don't want this, you really don't think about it, you really don't think about it as a qualified commercial film director.

For example, when the actors hugged him one by one and said goodbye, Ben? The camera under the boom of Watts has been faithfully recording every shot.

These are also great promotional materials.

Regardless of the internal relationship of the crew. A crew full of friendship and love is in line with the public's imagination and needs.

Then. More people began to come over and hug Duke, and Duke said goodbye to them one by one.

"Vigo, you're the most dedicated actor I've ever met."

With Vigo? After an affectionate hug from Mortenson, Duke asked people to send a souvenir, the sword of the king - Andurier!

"Orlando, you're going to be the most handsome archer in the world!"

Duke to Orlando? Bloom's. It is a short bow used by Legolas, and according to the original book, its bowstring has been blessed by the hair of Queen Galadriel.

Elias? What Wood received was a ring tied to a golden chain, different from the one he had carried. There is a mark of the Ancient Demon on it - the Supreme Ring, the Domination of the Rings!

"Erie, you can take it to sleep every night, you will definitely have a good dream."

Duke made a rare joke, in fact, a souvenir for these people, especially Elijah? The One Ring that Wood received will be an important movie peripheral product in the future.

"I didn't expect my elf journey to end so soon!"

With a piece of ethereal agility, Alexandra? Ambrosio walked across from Duke and looked down at the ornate elven robe on his body, "I really don't want to take it off. ”

"You can keep them."

Duke gestured to her head-to-toe outfits and accessories, "It's all yours now." ”

As he spoke, someone next to him handed Arwen's velvet robe to Alexandra? Ambrosio's assistant.

"Colleen, kiss him!"

I don't know who shouted from behind, Ambrosio put his hands on Duke's neck and took the initiative to kiss Duke's lips.

Perhaps the most interesting scene of the farewell ceremony, there was a round of applause, no less than the reunion of King Eliza holding hands with Arwen.

"I saw that the light was fading and the twilight was rising,

I listened to the wind like a sigh and sighed,

When the snow feathers cover the body of my deceased,

I whispered this last parting ......"

The applause is gone, Billy? Boyd's cappella song rang out.

"Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains have traveled,

Taste all kinds of pain,

No regrets, no regrets, no forgetting,

Who will be with me through trouble......

Although you and I have been with each other all the way, there are times when the song ends and people disperse. ”

Although after a simple farewell ceremony, the members of the Fellowship of the Ring went to a tattoo parlor and tattooed the elven number 'nine' on their wrists to commemorate this special journey, the crew had reached the moment of disbandment.

Most people, including Duke, go on a vacation and go on with their normal Hollywood life.

Duke ready with Alessandra? Ambrosio went on vacation to Fiji and then returned to Los Angeles with the computer effects team at Weta Studios to officially start the post-production of the Lord of the Rings trilogy! (To be continued......)

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