Made in Hollywood

The roar of the strong orcs kept sounding, Duke stood on the top of the horn fort, looking at the causeway in front of the city gate on the left front, a group of strong men dressed as strong orcs rushed out of the queue carrying the Chongcheng wood, and came In front of the city gate, against the foam stone falling from above, it launched an impact towards the city gate.

Although this ramming wood is not comparable to the real war equipment, it is a real guy made by the crew, and it was transported to the location by truck the day before yesterday.

Nearly fifty sturdy orcs slammed into the wooden city gate with all their strength, making a dull sound. The city gate seemed to be strong and undamaged.

The strong orc slammed again, once, twice, three times...the city gate stood still.

After hitting them for more than a dozen times in a row, the strong orcs obviously lost their strength. After all, these stuntmen were not Saruman's war machines, and Duke also called to stop and rest at the right time.

However, after resting for half an hour and starting shooting again, the strong orcs were still unable to break through the city gate of the Horn Fort. The thin wooden gate seemed to be really insurmountable.

"Cut!"

Calling stop again, Duke left the Clarion Fort city wall, walked down the stairs, and came to the city gate. The city gate was opened, and Bill from the props team rushed over and was asking the stunt performers for their opinions.

"It's too strong!" said the strong orc actor at the head. "We can't bump it at all."

Sean Davis, who played Gimli, leaned on his big axe and joked beside him, "Cohen, it's not that the door is too strong, it's that you are too unprofessional. You hit the door with the strength of an elves."

"Sean!"

The stuntman was obviously familiar with Sean Davis, and gestured with his middle finger directly, "You can come and try it."

Duke raised his hand, motioned for these guys to be quiet, went to the door and knocked, the door was really not thick...

"Ten minutes of rest. One more time," he said.

Ten minutes passed quickly, and Duke did not return to the top of the Clarion Fort, but stood beside the camera behind the city gate. This expensive camera was protected by a dense metal frame to prevent the city gate from being knocked open. of sawdust.

but. The city gates are not broken, and these protections will not play any role.

Filming started again. Standing behind the city gate, Duke could hear the crashing sound like muffled thunder. It was obvious that the stuntman was not working hard, but the thin city gate just stood still amid the violent impact.

"stop!"

This is not the way. Duke called to stop filming again, turned around and asked the head of Weta Studio, "Richard, where is the gate made?"

Richard Taylor smiled awkwardly.

The atmosphere in the crew was a little tense, and Duke made a casual joke. "I just want to find this group of people to make a door for me. The door they made can definitely withstand the impact of reporters and paparazzi."

Everyone around laughed.

Duke walked over and patted Richard Taylor on the shoulder. "Make a new gate. I don't want such a good quality."

He turned his head and shouted to the crew. "The scene was suspended, and we switched to shooting the fight scene on the city wall."

A large number of strong orcs and Rohan soldiers were transferred to the city wall of the horn fort to shoot. The scenes here are very scattered, and most of them are scenes of strong orcs slaughtering the Rohan militia. At this point in the war, if it wasn't for the foreign aid brought by Gandalf, the reinforcements of humans and elves would have been defeated.

These scenes are not difficult, the shooting time is far less than the time for makeup and make-up for the strong orcs, and the whole shooting is intermittent.

Duke's director's camera was set up on the highest podium, giving him a clear overview of the whole situation. Except for Ivanka Trump, there was another crew assistant to assist him in his work.

Compared with the assistant who was busy with various shooting-related matters, Ivanka most of the time was dealing with Duke's personal problems, which was much more leisurely. She sat in the corner and quietly looked through the concept artwork of the crew. and some storyboard artwork.

Although serving as Duke's assistant, Ivanka has never been a true movie lover. Take this series being filmed as an example. She has neither read nor interested in reading the original.

However, after seeing too many concept drawings and actual shooting, she was really difficult to understand some places, and sometimes she would ask a few questions while Duke was resting.

She flipped through a few conceptual maps of Edoras, the city of Rohan, and had been looking at it for a long time. Seeing that Duke had stopped working, she couldn't help but pick up a coffee cup and send it over.

"Thank you." Duke took the coffee, took a sip, saw Ivanka still standing behind, and asked, "Is something wrong?"

"Well, there are some things that I don't quite understand." Ivanka put the concept drawing in front of Duke, "Idoras is the location of the palace of the Kingdom of Rohan, how is it designed so... Ruined, it's just simple Wooden City?"

Duke knew that she had not read the original book, and had asked similar questions before, so he briefly explained, "The Kingdom of Rohan is a country dominated by nomadic people, and their way of life is mainly nomadic. Although it is the seat of the royal palace, it is actually just a winter town for the Rohans."

The former him, he has seen countless people ask this question on the Internet. They obviously overlooked one point. What do nomads want a luxurious city?

It is said that the most majestic building in the entire Rohan Kingdom, the horn fort, was not built by the people of Rohan, but by the hands of Gondor.

Ivanka nodded, but didn't leave, looked at the half-orcs and the soldiers of Rohan who were applying makeup, and asked, "Also, as the king of Rohan, Theoden has too few soldiers, right? When people attacked, they could only summon the people..."

Hearing this, Duke put down his coffee cup and explained patiently for Ivanka Trump.

This is also related to the fact that the Rohan people are nomads. Most of the troops of the Rohan country are usually herdsmen, and they are only recruited during wartime. Except for the troops gathered during wartime, several domestic army commanders usually only control one The squad consists of about 120 members of his own family. The people in it are mainly from his territory, and they are all knights who have received combat training and are fully armed.

For example, when Eomer was expelled by Theoden, the knights who slaughtered the orcs he led were his guards.

There is also the battle of Helm's Deep. The wars described by Tolkien in the original book are almost all in the Spring and Autumn period, before the battle of Helm's Deep. Lohan has had two large-scale battles with Saruman's army, but the length of the movie is limited, and it is impossible to show them all. The Battle of Helm's Deep, which was almost understated by Tolkien, became the twin towers. The focus of the Raiders.

Wars can be sketched out in books, but not in movies. Every movie must have a climax at the end, otherwise what will attract the audience? A bland and soothing narrative?

Therefore, Duke will make the battle of Helm's Castle even more heroic.

After explaining for Ivanka Trump, Duke finally said simply, "Evie, you just need to read the original book, and all the doubts will disappear."

The film will not follow the original shooting completely. In fact, Hollywood did not really follow the original film, but Duke still adhered to the main line and theme of the original.

In the afternoon, the crew moved to the deep stream wall, and the elves of the brigade began to appear.

Since the crew was stationed here, the model who played the elves has been the focus of the entire crew. Similar to the situation in the whole of Hollywood, Duke's crew is not short of gays and bisexuals, as well as Hannah Serena, who likes male sex, and these well-built men will inevitably become the target of rape .

but. These people all know where Duke's bottom line is, and they won't be too rambunctious. Delay the filming progress of the crew.

Hollywood is such a circle, even if Bill Gates comes, he can't change the personal life in this circle, and Duke has no intention of making changes. If a person wants to fight against a huge industry, it is tantamount to hitting the stone with the egg.

Most of the problems in this circle cannot be solved by a director who has made a movie.

To be realistic, movies are just tools for directors to reflect their value. If you delusionally think that through movies, you can change Hollywood and even the world, isn’t that just a dream or something?

The dawn of the new millennium passed quietly, and the end of the world did not break out. Except for watching the dawn of the new millennium, Duke did not feel anything special. He was still busy and orderly like a clock that had been wound up. Two thousand years have come to advance his shooting work, and he doesn't have much time to waste.

At least until the completion of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, he has not lost the capital of time.

After nearly half a month of work, the Helm's Deep scene is gradually coming to an end. The new gate made by Weta Studio for the Horn Fort has finally been shipped, and this important scene of the powerful orcs breaking the city can be filmed.

Compared to the previous city gate that couldn't be broken no matter how hard it was hit, this time the city gate can be described as a standard tofu scum. After Duke called to start, the stuntman only hit it three times, and a hole was broken in the door...

"This door is a little worse."

After shouting to stop, Duke sighed, but it didn't matter. The appearance of the old and new doors was the same. He could completely edit the previous shot into this shot, which was just a trivial matter in post-production.

The strong orcs broke in, and Aragorn led the crowd to fight back, which was undoubtedly extremely inspiring on the big screen.

This is also the last scene of the crew in Helm's Deep, but Duke has made a lot of changes. First, he explained that the horses were hidden in the horn fort beforehand, and secondly, the number of cavalry was increased.

Although this is a fantasy movie, but a dozen cavalrymen rushed out of the horn fort, which was easier than harvesting wheat, and it was too false to bring down countless strong orcs.

Duke expanded the interior area of ​​the horn fort, increased the number of elf troops among the survivors, the number of cavalry increased to dozens, and most of them would be killed after rushing out, and several protagonists did not die, there are also reasons why these people desperately protected .

The cavalry charge scene was relatively troublesome to film, but fortunately it could rely on CGI additions in the later stages. It was enough to have about 20 cavalry during filming. Until mid-January, the crew ended the filming of the Battle of Helm's Deep and returned to Wellington. .

Duke is also leaving New Zealand temporarily. He is also the producer of the second two films of "The Matrix" and must go to Sydney. (To be continued ~^~)

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