Made in Hollywood

The sun was already hanging in the sky, but the bedroom window was completely blocked by thick curtains. In the dim light, Duke was completely transformed into a powerful knight galloping, driving the beautiful wild horse from Brazil under him. , with proficient skills and fluctuating rhythm, breaking through layers of difficulties and obstacles, and constantly charging towards the peak.

The long brown hair floating on Duke's chest swayed back and forth like the long mane of a horse. The high nose covered by the mane was full of heavy breathing, as if the Brazilian fierce horse had already Use all your strength.

Suddenly, Duke stretched out his hand and grabbed the horse's long temples, and he was maneuvering it like a rein. The horse below reacted violently, but he couldn't get out of his control at all.

This is a long journey and a wonderful journey. Although the location has not changed, it allows the participants to enjoy the particularly beautiful scenery and even forget their own existence.

Every journey has an end, and Duke and Ambrosio end by entering the bathroom.

Lying side by side in the large foaming bathtub, Ambrosio's eyes were always covered with hazy mist, and she seemed lazy and didn't want to move a finger. She stayed until the end last night and never thought of leaving. .

"Duke." She turned her head and lay on her thick shoulders. Duke lowered his head and kissed the corner of her lips, "Is something wrong?"

"No." Ambrosio shook his head gently, "I just think it feels good to be with you."

Duke smiled and pinched her high nose, "Then enjoy this moment."

Raising his chin, Ambrosio's two red lips kissed, and Duke lingered with her again.

After a long time, when the two walked out of the bedroom and went to the dining room for breakfast, Duke once again sighed behind the devilish figures of these female models. It was an unbearable hell-like torment for ordinary people. Even though the madness last night and this morning consumed a lot of physical strength, Ambrosio's staple food was still vegetables, and not to mention salad dressing, not even salt or vinaigrette.

"Anorexia is a pervasive phenomenon in our industry."

Walking in the sunny garden, Ambrosio took Duke's arm. "Just like male models are mostly GAY, if you don't have anorexia, you can't tell people that you are a model."

It was a bit cold, and Wellington was also a famous Windy City. Feeling the chill brought by the cold wind, Duke turned around and helped Ambrosio wrap the scarf more tightly. Go to a place with direct sunlight.

"It's not easy for every industry to reach the top." Ambrosio was deeply touched by what Duke said. "Yeah, I can get to this day. My toes have been deformed by high heels."

She grabbed Duke's hand and pressed it on the hips in shapewear. "To make it even more uptight, start when I was fourteen. I would wear five-inch heels every night, dragging around the apartment. Two hours on the floor."

"Go on. Colleen."

Holding her slender waist, Duke stood on the sunny withered grass, "You will be more successful."

He turned and smiled at Ambrosio. Maybe she, like other models, has a very chaotic private life, and she can use all kinds of means for her superiors, but she is very restrained in front of him, at least the relationship between the two is relatively harmonious.

After the Natalie Portman affair, Duke became more wary of women in the circle. He originally thought that Ambrosio might make some requests, such as adding drama for Arwen, or improving his position in Victoria's Secret. The treatment and status are not difficult for him to achieve, but she didn't say anything, as if the two were only attracted by hormones, like all young men and women, only for the enjoyment and indulgence of the body. A relationship must not last long.

Thinking of the complicated-minded girl far away in New York, Duke's brows could not help but frown slightly. Maybe he has seen too much over the years, and he has seen too much, and he is a little tired of the current state of life.

Even the craziest playboy will feel a little tired after constant chasing and sex.

People are not static. As the experience deepens and the age gradually approaches 30, Duke's mood also changes slightly.

"What are you thinking?" Ambrosio asked curiously.

"It's nothing." Duke shook his head, enjoying the thoughts in front of him and gaining the upper hand, "It's just that I suddenly feel a little old."

"old?"

Ambrosio stretched out a hand, slid into the hem of his coat, and scratched hard on his sturdy chest, "Why didn't I feel it? Old people have a body like yours? Yes. Do you have the energy and physical strength?"

"Are you seducing me, Colleen?"

Duke could feel it, Ambrosio's other hand gripping his belt buckle.

Ambrosio didn't answer, raised his chin slightly, and stared at Duke with those misty eyes.

Extending a finger, Duke lifted her chin, took a close look at her face, then leaned over to put Ambrosio on his shoulders and walked towards the woods in the garden.

After a wild weekend, Duke returned to filming as recharged.

This week, the crew is still divided into three parts. Anna Prinz and Zach Snyder are on the north and south islands of New Zealand respectively. Duke is busy with his own shooting and also has to review the shots shot by the two assistant directors. The two have worked with him for many years, and with the exception of a very few shots, they have basically met Duke's requirements.

What’s more, it’s just footage, and most of the shots have to go through post-processing CGI.

Anna Prinz took the lead in completing this stage of the task, and the angels of Victoria's Secret also arrived at the time to leave Wellington, including Alexandra Ambrosio, who had not yet completed the Arwen show. In the huge publicity, Duke's elves and angels took the Victoria's Secret \u0026 Lord of the Rings special plane and flew out of Wellington International Airport.

Some have left the set, some have returned, and some have recently reported.

Shortly after the Victoria's Secret Angels left, Ian McLean temporarily ended Magneto's career and returned to the crew. He came to the Wellington studio at the same time as Andy Serkis who played Gollum.

After the group was assembled, Duke began filming the Fellowship of the Ring again.

First of all, he communicated with Andy Serkis. This alternative actor who just starred in Peter Jackson's "King Kong" really has a lot of experience with motion capture. After trying some scenes about Gollum, Duke simply asked the crew to sign an assistant director contract with him.

In the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, not only the character of Gollum, but also various other monsters were filmed using motion capture, and the crew also needed the guidance of a professional.

Giving professional work to professionals has always been a principle that Duke has always pursued. He never believed that one person could solve all problems.

And Andy Serkis will soon have a role to play. In the scene of the Moria mine that Duke is going to shoot, the Balrog and the cave troll are both filmed using motion capture.

The cave trolls, in particular, have Duke prepared to star in person in order to add to the booing of the hype.

This is also the first role he has played since he bid farewell to the California Institute of the Arts. Although he is sure that his acting skills are bad enough, Duke is full of confidence in himself when he thinks that Ang Lee can use motion capture to play the Hulk.

In any case, he has been an actor, although he never has a line.

In the shooting venue arranged as the Moria mine, Duke walked in crookedly. Except for his face, his whole body was wrapped in a blue screen, and there were nearly a hundred motion sensors on his body. As soon as the shooting started, All his movements will be captured and recorded directly into the 3D model of the cave troll already built by Weta Workshop.

"Anna, you are in charge of the director's position."

Looking at his strange attire, Duke made the final confession to the crew before shooting, "John, pay attention to the camera position."

Both men nodded to Duke and took their seats.

Andy Serkis came over. Although the two sides had had sufficient exchanges before, he was sure that Duke's talent in acting was very general, so he came over to warn him.

"Duke, motion capture is not just a technical job. I always believe that performance capture is the same as performing a real character. The key is to figure out the psychology of the character, and the second is to express it through actions and expressions."

Hearing what he said, Duke couldn't help but subconsciously ask, "What's the mental state of this character I'm playing."

He's about to play a cave troll, aka a troll.

Next to Orlando Bloom, Sean Davis and Ian McLean, who were familiar with their positions, held back their laughter and continued to work seriously, but Billy Boyd couldn't help it and grabbed the Dee Serkis said earlier, "Of course you want to rush in and kill us, and then eat us!"

The others laughed, and Andy Serkis said to Duke again, "Billy is right. Duke, we all watch you play."

A props master ran over and handed Duke a plastic hammer wrapped in a blue curtain. Duke waved it gently, but it didn't have much weight.

But the filming wasn't ready yet, and the Weta Workshop technicians had to make the final technical preparations for Duke, adding a head-mounted camera to his blue hat and applying fluorescent paint spots on his face. , to address facial recognition issues.

In the entire motion capture shooting, the most difficult thing is the actor's facial expression capture technology. Hollywood first used the form of reflective film to capture facial expressions. affect the performance of the actor.

Therefore, for the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and Peter Jackson's "King Kong", Weta Studio has carried out a series of innovations in motion capture technology. (To be continued ~^~)

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