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This inexplicable sound sounds a bit like the neighing of a horse with a lung problem, but it is dozens of times more unpleasant than the most unpleasant horse call Duke has ever heard, especially the frequency of the sound, which seems to reach the human ear. The limit of tolerance, people can't help raising a feeling of nausea and vomiting, as if a strange monster suddenly appeared on the earth, howling hoarsely.

Duke was better, but frowned tightly. Ivanka Trump, who was next to him, couldn't stand it at all, and her hands were tightly covering her ears.

"God," she was still complaining, "what's that sound, it's driving me crazy!"

Ivanka Trump looked at Duke, hoping to get away from this farm quickly.

Unlike Ivanka Trump, however, Duke, despite his frown, took interest in the voice.

Yes, this sound is extremely unpleasant, and even Duke can't think of a suitable word to describe it. It simply doesn't sound like the human world should have. It seems to come from hell...

However, anything that is scarce to a certain extent has its value.

Just when the voice sounded again, Duke had considered its value, to be exact, its value to the "Lord of the Rings" crew!

"Evie, call sound engineer David Farmer." Duke immediately made a decision, "let him come here as soon as possible."

After speaking, he stopped looking at Ivanka who took out his mobile phone, turned around, and looked at the farm with interest.

This sound is simply the best choice!

The reason why Duke called the sound engineer in such a hurry was because the sound was very consistent with the roar of the flying beast that the Nazgul rides.

Middle-earth is full of all kinds of strange creatures, and they make very different sounds, which is why Duke asked Anna Prinz and David Farmer to go to the North Island Zoo to record the sound. After post-processing, Many Middle-earth creatures have found their own voices.

For example, the cry of a Morian orc is actually the cry of a kangaroo at night. The repeated low-pitched echoes in the mine were made by recording the echoes of walruses, tigers and horses while they were played in underground waterways.

And Pippin accidentally bumped into a skeleton, and the sound of the skeleton's head falling was made by David Farmer touching a broken iron bucket in the underground tunnel...

The flying beast that the Ringwraith rides has not yet found a suitable sound source. Now hearing this voice, Duke thinks there is a certain feasibility.

He and Ivanka stood there, enduring the occasional noise, and about ten minutes later, David Farmer and a production assistant on the crew hurried over in a car.

David Farmer just jumped out of the off-road vehicle, and before he had time to say hello to Duke, the unpleasant voice sounded again, frowning against the tight brows of Duke and Ivanka. As a professional, David Farmer instead showed an expression of listening carefully, and the joy in his expression became stronger and stronger.

"Duke, that's it!" David Farmer rushed over in a few steps. "This is the sound we need!"

"That's why I came to you," Duke nodded to him and said. "You find the source of the sound and get it done as soon as possible."

The rest of the things were naturally done by David Farmer and the production assistant, and Duke walked at the speed of walking towards the way he came.

The moon climbed up the sky. Except for a small number of bonfires, the crew was stationed in a trailer. Quiet gradually returned, and Duke sat in his trailer, listening to Ivanka Trump talk about the evening.

"David has negotiated with the owner of the farm." Ivanka held a glass of water. "The other party agreed to lease the sound source to the crew for a week."

Another year of Christmas is coming. Duke flipped through the shooting plan, made appropriate adjustments, looked up at Ivanka, she deliberately changed the tone of a little girl, "Do you know what animal sounded?"

"What animal?" Duke wasn't too curious.

Ivanka didn't give an answer immediately, "You can guess."

"It's not going to be the three-headed hellhound, right?" Duke casually threw an answer.

"If so..." Ivanka looked at Duke, "Do you still use it?"

"As long as it's good for us." Duke didn't lift his head and continued his work, "Let's not say it's a three-headed dog of hell, even if Hades comes in person, I can discuss cooperation with him."

After taking a sip of water, Ivanka made a playful expression, "That's a donkey."

"A donkey?" Duke looked up.

Ivanka shrugged, "Yeah, a very ordinary donkey. The owner of the farm said that this is the worst donkey he has ever seen."

With his fingers lightly tapping on the table, Duke thought for a moment and said, "Evie, inform John and let him send a photographer to follow David Farmer to shoot. This is good tidbit material."

DVD sales of many movies are gradually surpassing that of video tapes. In the next ten years, CDs will become another major source of income for Hollywood movies, especially the launch of luxury packages, which are simply tools for making money. As well as filming and making tidbits, it is a major factor in attracting fans to buy CDs.

Now that he chose "The Lord of the Rings", Duke of course wanted to maximize his interests.

The publicity of the film is in charge of Warner Bros., Duke's most important task is to ensure the production of the film.

The time passed day by day, and the filming of the crew always proceeded according to the plan. Due to the sufficient preparations in the early stage, although the filming was not much faster than the plan, the overall situation was still quite smooth. Occasionally, there would be problems, and at the meeting convened by Duke, the team would work together Get rid of.

"Cut!"

After shouting to stop, Duke stood up and looked at the carriage that was being pulled by the machine, and said, "Ian, Ilya, you can rest now, and now change to the stunt double."

Although Gandalf's driving speed in the Shire is not fast, driving a car is also a technical job. Ian McLean can't do it at all. The crew used a method similar to that when shooting a circus. In all close-up close-ups, the carriage will only reveal The top layer, and the panoramic shot of the carriage, uses a groom with professional skills.

It's too simple to use a double in such a scene, as long as Gandalf's wizard hat is pulled down, even if the camera is zoomed in, it will not be worn.

The crew switched and returned to the place where the carriage first appeared. Elijah Wood's dwarf stand-in also appeared again, sitting next to Ian McLean, riding the carriage forward together, because the special effects and lines had just been filmed. For the scene, the lens needs to capture only the panoramic picture.

Even so, this short shot was asked by Duke to shoot back and forth twice.

"Just here in the morning."

After the scene was completed, Duke announced that the work was temporarily over, "to continue shooting after lunch."

He left the director's monitor and just took a sip from the water glass when Ian McLean suddenly came over.

"Duke, I'd like to ask when the Christmas break begins." He held his pointy wizard hat as if he were asking Gandalf. "I haven't been home for a long time."

Elijah Wood also followed, "I also want to ask, does the crew organize Christmas activities? If not, I'll find a place to go on vacation."

"There are five days off at Christmas."

With the recent weekend of filming, Duke and Charles Rowan have decided to take a long vacation for the crew. "There will be a celebration before Shire's part ends."

The crew will be able to wrap up all of Shire's scenes before the Christmas break.

In fact, there is only one real highlight left, a carnival feast, Bilbo Baggins' birthday party.

While chatting with Elijah Wood and Ian McLean, Duke walked in the direction of the dining car, and when he passed the grass not far from Bag End, he went in to take a look. Near the end, just wait for the various Hobbit delicacies and actors to be in place before filming can begin.

After a simple check, Duke walked unhurriedly to the dining car, where countless parasols were erected, he found his place, and Ivanka Trump, who had arrived ahead of time, had already been brought for him Lunch was his favorite food.

Sitting opposite Ivanka, Duke took a sip of the juice, took the plate and cutlery, and slowly enjoyed his lunch.

Ivanka, as in the past, only had fruit pudding and some vegetable salad for lunch. She put down her knife and fork after just a few bites, and started talking about the various calls she received in the morning, according to Duke's habit.

"Tina called, and your director's box office share of $16.5 million on "The Matrix" has been received." She took out her work log and said while reading, "The Matrix will be officially launched after the new year. , Warner Bros. would like you to take the time to visit..."

"They still don't have enough confidence in Zach," Duke muttered.

In fact, this is a normal phenomenon. Zach Snyder has his recommendation, but he has no independent successful experience. Warner Bros. naturally wants him, the nominal producer, to really supervise the last two films.

Suddenly, Duke thought of another question, "Is "One Hundred Thousand Fires" down globally?"

"Yes, after the film was offline from Saipan, all screenings have ended."

After working together for so long, Ivanka knew exactly what Duke cared about, saying immediately, "The final worldwide box office figure is $221.13 million."

"Not bad." Duke nodded.

Although I have also imagined that the film will be super-sold like "Independence Day" or "The Matrix", Duke's mind is kept clear enough. This kind of small production and realistic themes are too difficult to do.

"There is another important call." Ivanka added, "Mrs. Leah called. Before Christmas, she will bring Miss Johnson to visit the class. If the crew is off for Christmas, she will stay here to spend Christmas together. Festival." (To be continued~^~)

PS:  It rained last night, I thought it would be cooler, but today it turned from teppanyaki to boiled meat, I really can’t stand it when I go out! ! Please continue to rain, please continue the monthly pass, please continue to recommend the ticket!