In late May, Duke returned to New Zealand. After two years of preparation, the preparatory work of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy has been completely completed, and the filming will begin soon.

Taking advantage of the time before the filming started, Duke also had a detailed discussion with several important cast and crew members. For the soundtrack, he still found Howard Shaw, who had just completed the soundtrack of Peter Jackson's "King Kong" and wanted to rest For a while, but in front of enough salary, the soundtrack work of the trilogy is not a problem at all.

Afterwards, Duke met Andy Serkis who came to New Zealand on a special trip. He also finished working on "King Kong" not long ago, but he seemed to be particularly interested in motion capture. It didn't take much effort. He signed Gollum's acting contract.

However, both of them needed a vacation, and after getting the relevant scripts, they left New Zealand.

This will be a trilogy with a total production cost expected to reach 3 million US dollars. With the huge investment, there must be corresponding publicity.

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

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

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

In fact, movies are like stars, what is worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

Fortunately, these protesters can just ignore it, but it takes a lot of mental energy to deal with the brigade of reporters, after the whole morning press conference.Duke felt that his head was about to turn into two big ones. If a considerable part of the questions were not prepared in advance, the madness of the reporters would be really hard to resist.

The situation on the scene is not difficult to understand. Today, no film project will invest such a terrifying amount of money, and it is also recognized as the most difficult adaptation of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

According to Hollywood's usual practice, even if the plan is a series of movies.I will only shoot one to test the waters first, otherwise, in the case of "Cut Throat Island", the first film will bankrupt the second-tier film company, and the trilogy will be filmed at the same time. If something goes wrong, even Warner Bros. Can not afford.

Regardless of the protests of book fans, or the criticism that the media will inevitably have.The trilogy has been prepared so far, and shooting is imperative.

The press conference was over, and after a symbolic shooting of a purely prop scene, today's work came to an end, followed by the reception and public relations.There will be a special person in charge of the crew, and there is no need for the director, Duke, to do it himself. He went directly back to the office on the set.

"There is a list of temporary assistants on set."

Seeing Duke walk into the office, Tina Fey handed him a list. "You'd better see for yourself."

All these things can be decided by Tina Fei.Duke couldn't help being a little surprised, "Is there something special?"

After taking the list and looking at it, Duke frowned slightly, "Isn't it the same name?"

"I have read the temporary work contract." Tina Fei said with certainty. "Ivanka Trump, Erin's sister, Jane Lauder, and Donald Trump's daughter."

"What do they want to do?" Duke put down the list and asked again, "The two are in Wellington now?"

"Need me to call them?"

Tina Fey looked at this side, and after Duke nodded, she picked up the phone on the desk and made a call.

After about 10 minutes, two girls in blue overalls knocked on the door and walked into Duke's director's office. Ivanka Trump was a little reserved, and Jane Lauder greeted her generously. .

"Hi, Duke."

"Sit, Jane. Evie, sit where you want."

The two girls were sitting on the bench facing each other. Tina Fey poured them a glass of water each. Duke thought for a while and asked, "Why did you come to New Zealand?"

"We are on vacation." Jane Lauder thanked Tina Fey and showed a bright smile to this side, "I want to find a place to work to increase my work experience..."

She looked at Duke, saw that Duke's expression did not change, and gently poked Ivanka Trump with her arm. Seeing that she had no intention of opening her mouth, she continued, "One serving can exercise yourself, and you can also get It's hard to find a temporary job with a good salary, and we just know that your crew is recruiting temporary workers, so we plan to come and try our luck."

Duke nodded. After all, these two girls are not ordinary people. He reminded him, "If you encounter any difficulties, you can call Tina. And..."

"Don't worry." Jane Lauder said first, "We will definitely work hard, and we will definitely not become a trouble to the crew."

"Tina, leave them your phone number."

After Tina Fey handed over the business cards to the two girls respectively, Duke waved to them, "Go ahead and go to work."

"Uh..." Jane Lauder froze for a moment.

Duke looked at her and asked, "Any more questions?"

"No more." Ivanka Trump pulled Jane Lauder up and said, "We won't bother you, Duke, and treat you to dinner another day."

Not long after Jane Lauder and Ivanka Trump left, Duke hung up two calls to New York respectively, and then said to Tina Fey, "Adjust them to your assistant team."

Needless to say, Jane Lauder is Irene's younger sister, and Donald Trump is cooperating with his mother's Santa Fia, and Duke also knows how to do it.

The crew of "The Lord of the Rings" is extremely large. Duke controls the entire crew through members of his own team. Hollywood's crew is extremely diverse. If these two girls encounter inexplicable harassment later, he will not be surprised.

It's just that Duke didn't expect that in just half an hour, Irene Lauder called back, and then Jane Lauder came to bid him farewell, took the evening flight, and obediently returned to Los Angeles.

In contrast, Donald Trump seemed very relieved that his daughter was here, and he called specially at night to ask Duke to take care of Ivanka Trump for a while.

There are always inextricable connections among the rich in New York, even for the sake of Santa Fea's partners, Duke will not refuse.

As soon as the morning sun fell, a large number of reporters gathered at the entrance of Wellington's studio, but the treatment they enjoyed was completely different from yesterday, and they were completely stopped at the entrance.

These guys who were born chasing the news, when they saw Duke's car approaching, rushed forward. If the driver hadn't slowed down in time, there might be entertainment headlines tomorrow.

Regardless of the reporters outside the car or the book fans who protested with banners, Duke sat in the back seat, discussing work matters with Tina Fey in a low voice, and did not get out of the car until the car squeezed into the set from the reporters. Go to the studio.

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

The first scene Duke prepared was Gandalf vs. Saruman.

Walking into a small studio, which was mainly arranged as the interior scenes of Essinger and the Prancing Horse Hotel, Duke called the assistant director, director of photography, art knowledge, lighting director and other departments to have a brief meeting. After the meeting, according to the plan made in advance, everyone led their staff and began to arrange nervously in the venue.

"Your coffee."

An assistant came over to deliver coffee. Duke turned his head and looked at it. It was Ivanka Trump who was transferred to the assistant team by Tina Fey. He nodded to her and said, "Thank you."

He took a sip of the coffee, frowned slightly, put it on the director's desk, and walked towards the place where the four actors gathered without saying anything.

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

Ian McLean and Christopher Lee are both 150 years old together, and it would kill them both for an action scene.

Needless to say, doubles are a must.

In fact, the doubles of the two are not difficult to use. Saruman and Gandalf both have long hair, and the long hair will naturally cover their faces when they fight. As long as the stunt double pays attention to it, it is not difficult to shoot.

This scene was once criticized the most by movie fans on the other side. It was ridiculous to think that wizards would fight like warriors.

But they all ignore the important point, this is not an original movie, the wizard must follow the original setting.

In Tolkien's original work, wizards are not professions, but races, which have powerful melee abilities. Gandalf, Saruman and even Sauron are all Maya, so they are not the so-called mages in online games.

Therefore, whenever encountering an enemy attack, Gandalf's preferred fighting method is to draw his sword. Melee combat is one of the most powerful combat abilities of wizards.

Moreover, the wizards in the Lord of the Rings need spells. Facing an enemy with the same powerful melee ability, would two powerful wizards be stupid enough to chant spells?

This is a movie, not an online game!Shooting a movie in the way of the game is called suicide.

Why did Peter Jackson make such a scene?Really poor enough to have no money for magic special effects?Is that possible?He just followed the basic settings of the original book and the movie.

The idea of ​​adding gorgeous magic effects to the battle between Gandalf and Saruman at every turn can only be said to be wishful thinking...

This film is first aimed at the entire Western audience. Duke is very clear about the composition of the audience who will pay for the film. Therefore, "The Lord of the Rings" must first conform to the Western point of view. Everything is out of his consideration.

The crew prepared for this for two years, and the looks of Gandalf and Saruman have been discussed and implemented countless times. What Ian McKellen and Christopher Lee need to do is to show off their vicissitudes of life in front of the camera. The face and fighting are all done by stunt doubles.

In sudden battles between wizards, there is no time to chant spells, and the focus is still on powerful melee combat. (to be continued~^~)

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