v2 Chapter 377： Full of love

Beginning in mid-February, Duke and Anna Prinz finished their location shooting. In the studio of Wellington, they worked with the technicians of Weta Studio to shoot a large number of CGI composite shots, even Duke. Once the shooting was temporarily handed over to Anna Prinz, he concentrated on participating in some scenes of "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring Expedition" purely synthesized with cgi.

Of course, this situation will only last for just a few days, and Duke will not leave the crew for too long.

With the passage of time and the depth of filming, the actual operation of the entire crew is far ahead of the plan made by Duke. At this point, Duke can be said to have completely understood himself, and he can easily capture and use the commercial elements of the film. The fast-paced and big-scene film production is far more cumbersome than independent films, but for him, he can easily control the overall situation.

On the contrary, the slow-paced dramas are purely emotionally driven, and they always describe the characters on the opposite spiritual level, which is extremely difficult for him to grasp.

In other words, Duke's inner character is biased towards reality, but the movies he is good at are biased towards naivety.

The benefits of this situation far outweigh the drawbacks. He has a more realistic understanding of the real world and can avoid those unrealistic fantasy. If he is naive to regard Hollywood as a delta, it will become a pure and white place, what will I'm afraid I don't know if I was played to death.

The innocent theme of the movie means that the largest audience, a niche film that can blow up the reputation of the audience and the media, no matter how it is operated, the commercial performance is not as good as a successful commercial masterpiece.

The original "Lord of the Rings" has a wide audience in the West. As long as the film does not create too many inexplicable literary and artistic atmosphere, it must be a popular film. Although the film will touch the dark side of people's hearts, it will come to a certain extent. More like a fairy tale.

The literary and artistic atmosphere made by fairy tales is full, and it is natural to rush to the street to death. Therefore, Duke repeatedly asked to strengthen special effects and fighting scenes in the communication with Weta Studio.

Although the post-production of "The Fellowship of the Fellowship" will not start until the second half of the year, according to Duke's plan, the film will set a world record using about 1,600 special effects shots!

As for whether certain professionals will jump out. Attacking him for making such a giant movie into a cgi cartoon, Duke doesn't care. According to the development of the film industry, a pure gci live action movie will inevitably appear in the future.

The development and progress of technology cannot be stopped by some people who stand up and shout, and those who follow the old fashioned way will eventually be eliminated.

For the rest of February, the crew stayed in the studio, just like Cate Blanchett, with some actors who didn't play much but heavier. With the end of the role shot, it's time to leave the crew.

After more than a year of getting along, the final parting is inevitable.

In front of the blue screen of the studio, Boromir played by Gerald Butler lay in a pile of leaves with three black orc arrows stuck in him, and the whole person seemed to be dead.

Standing behind the director's monitor, Duke slowly nodded his head unconsciously, obviously satisfied with the state of the two actors.

Vigo Mortensen's acting skills are not top-notch. But quite outstanding, and his grasp of Aragon is extremely good. In the filming that has been completed, he almost completely becomes the King of Eliza.

In contrast, Gerald Butler is undoubtedly inferior. This sturdy actor is not good at acting, but his efforts are obvious to all. At this time, it is basically playing at a super level.

Every movie must have a climax, even the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is no exception. The split battle of the Fellowship Expedition is undoubtedly the climax of the first part. The death of Porromir is the finishing touch in the climax play.

After being invited to Rivendell, Boromir has always been the backbone of the ring team in the early stage, saving several hobbits from the Orcs several times, but Gondor is at the top of the battle against Mordor. At the forefront, protecting the country and the white city has always been the obsession of Polomir. In addition to Tolkien’s human nature, he did not resist the temptation of the Lord of the Rings. He wanted to take it as his own to fight against the powerful demons many.

His greed is hateful, but his dreams and regrets are moving. He once told Aragorn that he wanted to return to Gondor with him, listen to the sound of the silver horn, and watch the holy white tree flag flying over the white city.

Bramier's wish was finally not fulfilled, but the film is different from the original, and will give him a heroic affirmation.

Gerald Butler held the hilt in his chest, and seemed to have used all the remaining strength and faith, and said to Vigo Mortensen, who was leaning over in front of him, "I am willing to follow you, my Brother, my leader, my king..."

"Rest in peace, son of Gondor."

Aragon’s lines are undoubtedly the best comment on Porromir. Vigo Mortensen closed Gerard Butler’s eyes, lowered his head and printed the king’s kiss on his forehead...

Orlando Bloom, who was carrying a short bow behind him, looked at the two of them squintingly. If he was someone who didn't understand the inside story, he would feel full of love at first glance.

"Cut!" Duke called to a halt, and said again, "Vigo, Jerry, well done, but you have to do it again."

This is one of the most sensational scenes in "The Fellowship of the Fellowship". Although the two perform extremely well, Duke's request is definitely to keep improving.

It took three more shots before Duke called for approval. The end of this scene also means that Paramir has completed the journey of Middle-earth, and Gerald Butler will also bid farewell to the crew.

In front of the camera, Vigo Mortensen pulled up Gerald Butler lying in the leaves. Gerald Butler nodded at him and strode towards Duke's position. John? One of Schwarzman's photographic assistants immediately set up Steadicam, and the camera closely followed Butler's tall and strong figure.

Since there was no need to shoot in the next step, Gerald Butler directly pulled out the three long arrows inserted in the costume and threw it aside, walked to Duke who had already stood up, and gave him a strong hug.

"Thank you, Duke."

He has changed from an unfamiliar actor to a newcomer who is now more watched. Duke can be said to have played a vital role. Gerald Butler is still very grateful, "Thank you for giving me the opportunity to let me Take part in this magical journey."

"You have made great progress, Jerry."

He patted his back hard, and Duke separated from Gerald Butler, "Keep working hard, we will have opportunities to cooperate in the future."

The copyright of the illustrated novel is in the hands of Warner, and the director is his deputy for many years. Of course Duke will not let it go.

Taking another step back, Duke turned his head and gestured. Someone immediately took a silver horn from Gondor and handed it to Gerard Butler, just as it was when he sent off Queen Galadriel. This was from the crew. Convention-Whenever the main actors leave, Duke will give them a prop to play the role as a souvenir.

The one given to Gerald Butler is the horn of Promir.

Gerald Butler took it, temporarily handed it over to his assistant, and began to hug and bid farewell to the rest of the crew one by one, and staged a hard-to-separate show. It seems that the whole crew exudes sibling feelings. , But always following the camera lens of Gerald Butler, reminding everyone that this is just a drama often performed in Hollywood.

These filmed things will play a certain role in the pre-publication of the film and the promotion of the later CD.

The parting is short-lived. Gerald Butler bid farewell to the crew, which does not bring much feeling of parting. The crew is still operating normally, but as the concentrated scenes are basically filmed, the remaining shots are getting more and more fragmented, entering March. Later, in this shot, Duke was still shooting Isinger's strong orcs, and the next shot needed to enter the Doomsday Volcano to see how Andy Serkins bite off Elijah Wood's finger.

Correspondingly, the shooting speed of the crew is also slowing down.

Duke originally made a 15-month shooting plan, but even if the speed slows down now, he is confident that he will end all shots in about 14 months.

This has something to do with his absorption of the experience of his predecessors, and it is also inseparable from the adequate preparation of the crew.

During the filming, Duke also went to Australia twice. "Reloading" and "Matrix Revolution" are under intense preparations. After all, this is a two-part filming together. Although the workload is not comparable to "Lord of the Rings", it is It's huge and complicated enough that you don't even want to start shooting in the first half of the year.

Zach Schneider has been by Duke's side for nearly ten years. He has been his first deputy and has received enough training. At present, there are not many problems in the preliminary preparations.

He also knows very well that now he is no longer a senior assistant director, but a new director. Some powers are impossible to obtain, and he also knows the truth in moderation.

Like most directors and producers, Zach Schneider has conflicts with the producers who represent Warner Bros., but they are limited to the controllable scope of their work.

At the same time, Duke also received a sample of "Mission Impossible 2" from Tom Cruise. He even took time to visit Wellington to watch the sample with Duke.

Obviously, in the process of the continuous evolution of the relationship between the two, Tom Cruise has already trusted Duke's vision of film.

Even Tom Cruise said, "If you feel unsatisfied, I can veto the samples edited by John Wu, and then give it to you or Mike Dawson to edit it again!"

Duke did not do this. The reputation of "Mission Impossible 2" may be worse than that of "Mission Impossible 1", but Baige? Wu did quite well. As long as there is no problem with the announcement, the box office of the film should be Higher than the first part.

Of course, this is a sequel to a big-selling film. If the box office is not as good as the previous one, Baige Wu will not have to wait a few more years. After the film is released this year, it can be rolled back.

Sending away Tom Cruise, Tina Fei brings the latest developments on the stock market from North America! (To be continued...)

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