In late May, Duke returned to New Zealand, and after two long years of preparation, the preliminary work on the Lord of the Rings trilogy was completely completed and filming was about to begin.

In the run-up to filming, Duke also had a detailed conversation with several important cast and crew, and he still had Howard for the soundtrack? Shaw, the other party just finished Peter? The soundtrack of Jackson's "King Kong" wanted to take a break for a while, but in the face of an adequate salary, the soundtrack work of the trilogy was not a problem at all.

Subsequently, Duke met Andy, who had come to New Zealand on a special trip. Serkis, who also recently finished working on "King Kong", but he seemed to be particularly interested in motion capture, and it didn't take much effort for the crew to sign him to Gollum's acting contract.

However, both of them needed to take a leave of absence, and after getting the relevant scripts, they left New Zealand.

This will be a trilogy with a total cost of $350 million, and with a huge investment, there will inevitably be corresponding publicity.

Before the filming of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was about to start, Duke reversed the news silence of the crew, and Warner Bros. and even Time Warner Group also invited a large number of media to New Zealand, ready to witness the opening ceremony of the trilogy with overwhelming reports.

What is not quite harmonious is that on the day of the press conference of the opening ceremony, a large number of "Lord of the Rings" fans from the United Kingdom and the United States gathered outside the Wellington studio, and they strongly protested the adaptation of the series into a movie.

Although there are some negative effects, it also adds a topic to the film.

In fact, movies are the same as stars, and what is worse than being talked about is that no one talks about them.

These protesters are okay to say that they can just ignore it, and deal with the large group of reporters, but it takes a lot of attention after a whole morning of press conferences. Duke felt that his head was about to become two big, and if it weren't for the fact that a considerable part of the questions were prepared in advance, the reporter's madness would really be difficult to handle.

It's not hard to understand the situation on the spot, no film project today would invest such horrific money, and it is also considered the most difficult "Lord of the Rings" trilogy to adapt.

As is the norm in Hollywood, even if it's a series of movies planned. will only shoot one to test the waters first, otherwise in a situation like "Cut Throat Island", the first part can bankrupt the second-tier film company, and the trilogy will be filmed at the same time, if there is a mistake, even Warner Bros. will not be able to afford it.

Regardless of the protests of book fans or the inevitable criticism of the media, the trilogy has been prepared so far, and filming is imperative.

End of press conference. After just symbolically shooting a pure prop scene, today's work came to an end, and the crew will be responsible for the subsequent reception and public relations, and there is no need for Duke, the director, to go back to the office on the set directly.

"There's a list of temporary assistants on set."

Seeing Duke walk into the office, Tina? Fei handed him a list of them, "You'd better see it for yourself." ”

These things. It's all Tina? Faye can make a decision, and Duke can't help but feel a little strange. "Something special?"

Taking the list and looking at it, Duke's brows furrowed slightly, "Not a duplicate name?" ”

"I've looked at temporary work contracts." Tina? Faye said with certainty, "Is it Erin's sister Jane?" Lauder and Donald? Trump's daughter Ivanka? Trump. ”

"What do they want to do?" Duke put down the list and asked, "Two people in Wellington now?" ”

"Need me to call them?"

Tina? Faye looked at this. After Duke nodded, he picked up the phone on his desk and dialed it.

About ten minutes later, two girls in the crew's blue overalls knocked on the door and walked into Duke's director's office. Trump is a little more reserved. Simple? Lauder greeted generously.

"Hi, Duke."

"Sit, Jane. Evie, sit casually. ”

Two girls sit on the bench opposite, Tina? Faye poured each of them a glass of water, and Duke thought for a moment and asked, "Why did you come to New Zealand?" ”

"We're on vacation." Simple? Lauder and Tina? Fei thanked him and smiled brightly, "I want to find a place to work to increase my work experience......

She looked at Duke, saw that Duke's expression had not changed, and gently stabbed Ivanka with her arm? Trump, seeing that she didn't mean to speak, had to continue, "A temporary job that can train yourself and get a good salary is not easy to find at all, and it just so happens that we know that your crew is looking for temporary workers, so we plan to come over and try our luck." ”

Duke nodded, these two girls were not ordinary people after all, and admonished, "If you have a problem, you can call Tina." And ......"

"Don't worry." Simple? Lauder preemptively said, "We will definitely work hard and definitely not be a problem for the crew." ”

"Tina, leave your phone number to them."

Waiting for Tina? Faye handed the business cards to the two girls, and Duke waved his hand at them, "You guys go back to work." ”

"Uh...... "Jane?" Lauder was stunned.

Duke looked at her and asked, "Still have questions?" ”

"Nope." Ivanka? Trump pulled up Jane? Lauder said, "We won't bother you, Duke, and invite you to dinner another day." ”

Simple? Lauder and Ivanka? Not long after Trump left, Duke hung up two separate calls to New York, and then to Tina? Fei said, "Reassign them to your assistant group." ”

Simple? Needless to say, Lauder is all Erin's sister, and Donald? Trump is working with his mother's Santa Fea, and Duke knows how to do it.

The crew of "The Lord of the Rings" is extremely large, Duke is a member of Tongguò's own team and controls the entire crew, and the Hollywood crew is extremely mixed, and he will not be surprised if these two girls encounter inexplicable harassment later.

It's just that Duke didn't expect that in just half an hour, Irene? Lauder called back, and Jane? Lauder came over to say goodbye to him, took an evening flight, and obediently returned to Los Angeles.

In contrast, Donald? Trump seems to be very relieved that his daughter is here, and he specially called at night to ask Duke to help him take care of Ivanka? Trump.

New York's wealthy are always inextricably linked, and even for the sake of Santa Fea's partners, Duke will not refuse.

As soon as the morning sun set, a large number of reporters gathered at the entrance of the set in Wellington, but they were treated very differently than yesterday, and they were completely stopped at the door.

These guys who are born to chase the news, as soon as they see Duke's car coming, they rush straight to it, if it weren't for the driver slowing down in time, maybe tomorrow's entertainment headlines will be there.

Regardless of the reporters outside the car, or the book lovers who pulled up banners in protest, Duke sat in the back seat and talked to Tina? Fei whispered about the work until the car squeezed into the set from the reporters, and then got out of the car and walked towards the studio.

The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy officially starts filming today!

The first scene Duke prepares is Gandalf vs. Saruman.

Walking into a small studio, which was mainly arranged as the interior of the Issinger and the Prancing Horse Hotel, Duke summoned the heads of the assistant director, director of photography, art knower, lighting director and other departments for a brief meeting, and everyone led his staff to start the tense arrangement in the venue according to the plan made in advance.

"Your coffee."

An assistant came over to bring coffee, and Duke turned his head to look, it was Tina? Faye adjusted to Ivanka in the assistant group? Trump, nodding at her, said, "Thank you." ”

He took the coffee and took a sip, frowned slightly, put it on the director's table, didn't say anything, and walked towards the place where the four actors gathered.

Although there are only two characters in this scene, Gandalf and Saruman, the crew has prepared four actors.

Ian? McLean and Christopher? Li is a hundred and fifty years old, and the action scenes let them play in person, which is simply the death of two people.

Needless to say, a stand-in is a must.

In fact, it is not difficult to use the stand-ins of the two, Saruman and Gandalf are both long-haired, and the long hair that shakes when they fight will naturally cover their faces, as long as the stunt doubles pay a little attention, it is not difficult to shoot.

This scene is the place that has been criticized the most by fans on the other side, thinking that wizards actually fight like warriors, which is simply ridiculous.

But they all overlook the important point, this is not an original movie, and the wizard must follow the setting of the original book.

In Tolkien's original book, wizards are not a profession, but a race, and they have strong melee abilities, and Gandalf and Saruman and even Sauron are all Maia, and they are not the so-called mages in those online games.

Therefore, every time an enemy is attacked, Gandalf's preferred combat method is to draw his sword, and melee combat is one of the wizards' most powerful combat abilities.

And the wizards in the Lord of the Rings need spells, and in the face of enemies with equally strong melee ability, two powerful wizards would be stupid enough to recite spells?

This is a movie, not an online game! Shooting a movie the way a game is called self-defeating.

Peter? Why did Jackson make such a scene? Are you really too poor to have money for magical special effects? Is that possible? He just follows the basic premise of the original book and the movie.

The idea of adding brilliant magical effects to the battle between Gandalf and Saruman at every turn can only be described as wishful thinking......

The film is aimed at the entire Western audience, and Duke is well aware of the composition of the audience that will pay for the film, so "The Lord of the Rings" must first conform to the Western point of view, as for the idea of what wizards don't use magic and why they don't hire kung fu instructors, they are all out of his consideration.

The crew has been preparing for this for two years, and Gandalf and Saruman's looks have been discussed and implemented countless times. McLean and Christopher? All Lee needs to do is to show off their wizard faces full of vicissitudes in front of the camera, and the fights are all done by stunt doubles.

Sudden battles between wizards, there is no time to recite spells, and they are still dominated by strong melee combat. (To be continued......)

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