Made in Hollywood

"Stop! Be careful!"

In the open-air studio, the mammoth's huge nose fell from the crane and was quickly assembled by a dozen workers onto the mammoth model lying on the ground. This is a huge monster built according to a one-to-one ratio. It is more than one person tall.

Duke stood not far away and asked the camera assistant to film all of this scene, which would be a good publicity and tidbit material in the later stage.

"Hi, Duke."

The voice of hello sounded from the back, and Alessandra Ambrosio came over in a trench coat, jeans and long leather boots. Duke nodded to her, "Hello, Colleen."

After the crew finalized her role as Arwen, Alessandra Ambrosio often appeared on the set in addition to being familiar with the character's script, especially when Duke was shooting scenes related to elves, she was basically there. Observe races that do not exist in this world.

For her relatively small reputation among Victoria's Secret Angels, she is bound to seize every opportunity to expand her popularity.

"This mammoth looks like the real thing," she said in an incredible tone, standing behind Duke's side. "Before shooting this movie, I couldn't imagine this scene."

"It's a pity I can't move." Duke just sighed.

In addition to synthesizing with CGI technology, the crew also produced a large number of mammoth models in different scales. The one in the open-air studio is one of the largest models. These are hand-carved from polystyrene by the staff of the props team in the factory in Wellington. It came out, its interior was supported by a lightweight steel frame, and it was transported to the studio in eleven parts by a trailer.

After assembling the mammoth, the staff inserted spears and arrows into the mammoth's corpse, and so much hard work was just to shoot a few scenes after the death of the mammoth.

I want to make a great movie. There has never been a time saving effort.

The rear of the model is arranged as a giant mammoth that the Lohan cavalry shot into a hedgehog, and the position of the head becomes another scene - the mammoth that fell down after Legolas shot.

In the links that can be saved, Duke will not waste indiscriminately.

The assembly work was busy for half an afternoon, but the shooting took only 20 minutes, leaving others to continue to shoot the tidbits. Duke and John Schwartzman returned to the studio, and Alessandra Ambrosio, seeing that Duke had no objection, walked with Tina Fey and followed.

Entering the studio, Orlando Bloom has become Legolas, standing in front of the green screen, communicating with action director Jimmy Carter. Next up is the scene where Legolas singles out the mammoth.

Once this special reshoot shot was spit out by countless film critics in North America, thinking that there was no need for it to exist, and it was purely to sell face, but in Duke's hands, not only did he have no plans to cancel it. I even want to make it even more sophisticated, so that Orlando Bloom can sell as much skill and face as possible.

After walking over, Duke asked directly, "Do I need to use a stand-in?"

"No." Orlando Bloom was confident. "I can do it myself! I'm also trained!"

In the eyes of all the crew, Orlando Bloom is definitely a lucky one. Just graduated from school and received such an important role.

Orlando Bloom is not the future, now he has no capital and fame, the only one he can rely on. It's just trying to perform in front of Duke.

After a brief exchange with art director Hannah Serena and action director Jimmy Carter, Duke crossed the set surrounded by blue screens, sat behind the director's monitor that had been set up, and asked the assistant to notify the crew to do it immediately. Final preparations before shooting.

Although it was a scene where Legolas singled out a mammoth, it was impossible for Orlando Bloom to actually stand on top of a mammoth model. Such a huge model was too uncontrollable to shake.

Therefore, the simplest and most labor-saving method is used here - blue screen shooting.

Standing behind Duke, Alessandra Ambrosio seemed to have a question to ask, but just as she was about to open her mouth, she saw Tina Fey raised her finger and made a silent finger, so she had to swallow the words. go back.

Even though it was just an assistant, Alessandra Ambrosio knew, after all those days on the set, that if the director wasn't there, the other party had considerable discretion.

The people who can make their way out of the fiercely competitive model circle are basically people.

After the crew was ready, the filming kicked off. There are not many performances that require acting skills. Orlando Bloom should pay attention to showing the most handsome and unrestrained side while coordinating the balance.

The background of the shooting is still the blue screen of the blockbuster. Orlando Bloom, who is hanging from a balance wire, jumps on a pile of static blue sandbags, struggles to make a swaying posture, and constantly fights with the enemy played by the stuntman. ...

Like all action shots, the shots here are very short. On average, for ten seconds, Duke will call a stop, and then Jimmy Carter will call Orlando Bloom and the stuntman together to explain the next scene. Action routine.

During the break, Duke waved at the back, and Tina Fey immediately let Alessandra Ambrosio come over.

"Legolas is the representative of the male elves in the film."

Pointing to the chair next to him, after Alessandra Ambrosio sat down, Duke asked, "Arwen is the representative of the female elves. Colin, you've been watching it for a few days, and you have experience. ?"

Alessandra Ambro pondered for a while, looked at Orlando Bloom, a handsome scumbag on the blue screen venue, and said softly, "To fully show the elegant, agile and handsome side of the elves."

Speaking of which, she put on a confident smile, "to give full play to the advantages of actors in terms of appearance."

"That's right." Duke nodded in approval, while reminding her, "Arwen's father is King Elrond, and her grandmother is Queen Galadriel. She was born with a pure and noble side."

"I understand." Ambrosio squeezed Duke what he thought was the prettiest smile.

Unfortunately, Duke had turned back at this time, looked at the studio, and shouted loudly, "All departments are ready to start shooting the next shot."

For these scenes that need to be synthesized with CGI, the footage shot now is only the most basic material, and a lot of processing needs to be done in the later stage. Perhaps the hard training in the past six months has played a role. Orlando Bloom has been in excellent condition since the start of shooting. In addition, his scenes did not have too many performance difficulties, and the shooting was relatively smooth.

After completing the scene on the back of the mammoth, the crew moved to the adjacent shooting location. This scene just built in the blue screen area actually has only one shot - Legolas sliding down the trunk of the mammoth.

Of course, it is still replaced by various props wrapped with blue curtains.

After just a few simple exercises, Orlando Bloom signaled that Duke could officially shoot. His physical condition was adjusted very well. Don't forget to put on a handsome look...

After shooting back and forth three times, Duke called it through, and the afternoon's work was over.

Handing over the monitors and film to the assistant director, Duke walked to the set and tapped Orlando Bloom on the shoulder, "Well done, better than I expected."

Orlando Bloom scratched his face and smiled shyly.

"Keep you in good shape."

Duke gave a warning, waved to Tina Fey, and walked out of the studio.

"Can I be together?"

Seeing Tina Fey put away the phone that she called briefly and then hung up, Alessandra Ambrosio asked tentatively, "Can I go and ask Duke a few questions?"

Tina Fey glanced at her, nodded slightly, then quickened her pace and caught up with Duke.

"I just got off the phone with Warner Bros.," she said as she followed Duke. "The worldwide box office of '100,000 Hurricane' surpassed $200 million yesterday."

"Rare good news."

Although he said so, Duke still shook his head gently, as many media said, if the director of "Hundred Thousand Fires" was not him, it would be impossible to get such high box office results.

However, Duke will not belittle himself, fame and appeal are part of the director's strength.

Although Alessandra Ambrosio was with him, there was nothing to keep secret about this data, Duke motioned to Tina Fey to continue.

"Warner's DVD and video releases for the film have so far sold $6.75 million in North America."

These numbers seem to be engraved in her mind, and Tina Fey doesn't have to think about it. "Warner Bros. also signed a first-round TV broadcast agreement with NBC, and the licensing revenue is $1 million."

She added, "The film is currently being released in many overseas markets, and overseas merchandise will not be available for sale until later."

The box office and peripheral income of "One Hundred Thousand Fires" are not high, and even hit the lowest since Duke's filming. However, compared with the production cost of only 10 million US dollars, the investment income ratio of this film is also extremely high.

"Tina, remember to remind me to call Jeff Robinoff and Doug Walter at the right time."

There is a time difference between New Zealand and North America. Even if it is Warner's major shareholder, Duke will express due gratitude to the full support of Warner Bros. executives.

There is always going to be a network of relationships.

The kind of situation where one person can blow the sky in Hollywood, let alone Duke, and James Cameron can't do it.

Staying in the office, Duke exchanged some questions about the role with Alessandra Ambrosio. This girl who stood out from the modeling circle at a young age is indeed a smart person, and she basically grasped the role of the role. What Arwen needs.

However, when Duke was preparing to shoot the scenes of Arwen and Aragorn the next day, he had to change his plans due to an accident. (To be continued ~^~)

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