v2 Chapter 374： Ivanka's troubles

"First of all, the initial background is brighter when it arrives in Minas Tirith, and various creatures and items for siege are added."

In the wide tent, Duke stood behind Mary Victoria, the head of the Weta Studio’s animation team. While looking at the preliminarily designed model, he said his request, "The sky is densely covered with dark clouds, and the ring spirit is in the mist. Shuttle, let them pass through the narrow gaps like bats."

After watching for a while, Duke said again, "The Ring Spirit flew between the buildings and hit the pedestrians. The terror enveloped the entire Minas Tirith, and the ground was interspersed with scenes of humans fleeing in fright..."

Many scenes of the Battle of Minastiris need to be synthesized using cgi. Duke shoots the material based on the model, and then sends it to Mary Victoria's team to fit into the model.

Although according to Duke’s request, Weta Studio’s primary goal was to complete the special effects of "The Fellowship of the Ring Expedition", but after receiving the first two remunerations paid by the Lord of the Rings Studio, Weta also expanded its scale. More sufficient manpower to match the filming schedule of the crew.

In fact, the entire US$350 million budget was more than ever. Except for his director’s higher basic salary than Peter Jackson, the rest was basically thrown into special effects production by him.

6☆, if the market response is good enough after the release of "The Fellowship of the Ring", additional investment in post-production is inevitable.

After talking with Mary Victoria, Duke left the temporary special effects room and returned to the set to continue shooting the panoramic footage of Minas Tirith.

Placed in front of the crew are the nearly forty-foot-high Saint White City made of polystyrene by Weta Studios and the model of the mountain behind it. Different from the simple and crude of Saint Helm Valley, this human king made even more Fine-the blastholes on the city walls, the longitudinal ribs of the roof, and the patterns of the windowsills are vividly visible. Even the weathered grooves on the street stones and the missing corners of the roof bumps are exquisite.

Shooting panoramic shots suitable for ggi synthesis must meet the needs of the scene. Duke, John Schwarzman and Mary Victoria had already set up meticulous plans and shooting methods. When his director called for the start, a miniature camera was fixed on a hydraulic elevator at an extremely slow speed. Climbing upwards, hovering a circle above the Saint White City model, and then shooting along the outer circle of the model.

This kind of framing and shooting has very high technical requirements. In order not to make the miniature landscape out of scale, the lens should be maximized, so the shooting speed is not the usual 24 frames per second, but 15 seconds per frame. The effect of this shot is the white city. It is taller than the Eiffel Tower.

As for the composite scene that Duke just mentioned, where the Ring Spirit rides a flying beast among buildings, it is necessary to use a miniature camera to shoot back and forth between buildings less than 1 inch in the Baicheng model.

After several hours of shooting, Duke walked towards the temporary special effects room again. Ian McLean had no scenes today. I was walking on the set, and after seeing Duke, he followed.

"Didn't you go fishing with Billy?" Duke asked when he saw him approaching.

Ian McLean sighed helplessly, "He was too active, sitting by the lake and kept saying that his voice was loud enough that the fish were scared away by him."

Duke knew this was a joke. Ian McLean and Billy Boyd, who is also an Englishman, have a great friendship, except for the shooting of Gandalf and Pipin. Also like to mess around together.

"How about that lake?" Duke slowed down a bit, stopped in front of the special effects room, and waited for Ivanka? Trump to pass them into the special effects room.

"Very beautiful..." Ian McLean lowered his loud voice, "If you are interested, you can go there for the weekend."

Duke nodded, then walked into the special effects room first. Ian McLean followed afterwards.

The entire special effects team led by Mary Victoria was busy. Duke walked over and exchanged a few words with Mary before returning to the door. Ian McLean stood with his arms folded, looking at a ring spirit on the left side of the door. . He holds a sword in his left hand and a chain hammer in his right...

"Isn't that true?" The model is so realistic that Ian McLean asked.

Duke shrugged and joked with him, "I think it's true. Ian, we are lucky to find a real ring spirit."

"Impossible." Ian McLean immediately shook his head.

"How could it be impossible?" Duke also folded his arms. "To tell you the truth, New Zealand is the only country in the world that has true morality."

"Duke." Ian McLean knew this was a joke. "You still tell me if this is made of polystyrene or silicone."

"So you saw that this is a model." Duke laughed deliberately, walked to the side of the Witch King Angmar, and patted lightly, "I really want to bring a ring spirit home."

"Can it move?"

"Can't move, because it has no batteries." Duke turned around and pointed to a white city model about two feet high next to him, "This city does not have aa batteries... I searched every convenience store owner in Baicheng, but unfortunately The aa batteries are all out of stock."

As soon as his voice fell, a hidden corner in the special effects room, Ivanka Trump's crisp voice, "cut!"

Then, Ivanka walked out with a dv recorder, first gave a thumbs up, and then smiled playfully at Duke, "Your acting skills have improved!"

That's right, the scenes that seemed to be life-like just now were actually acting, and the purpose was to make the promotional footage that was filmed look more like a sneak shot!

Which is more attractive in the eyes of the audience, between the kind of tidbits shot with a camera, or a scene where some people deliberately shoot with a DVD?

Therefore, at the routine short meeting this morning, this filming was finalized, and Ivanka Trump, a complete layman, became the most suitable candidate.

In fact, all the films are similar. Many shots that seem to be taken accidentally have been designed in advance.

This is the same as media street shooting. How many of those beautiful and bubbling photos published in newspapers are real street shooting?

Duke took the DVD, walked to a table, and looked at it for a while. Said to Ivanka who came over, "The shots are very good, I feel like a sneak shot. Evie, you can do some selfies in your life..."

"Selfie?"

Ivanka? Trump pulled out his chair and sat across from Duke, "What do you do with a selfie?"

"Eh?" Of course Duke couldn't talk about topics like Teacher Chen. He casually pulled out an excuse, "You can post it on the Internet and share it with others."

"Share on the web?"

Duke just said something casually, completely fooling people, but Ivanka is active in thinking and is a young man who is often exposed to the Internet. His eyes suddenly lit up, and even an unclear concept appeared in his mind.

When it's time to get off work, Duke greets Mary Victoria and Ian McLean. Leaving the special effects room and walking towards his trailer, Ivanka Trump followed him as usual.

The crew is stationed in the wilderness in front of the mountain, the road is not too smooth, Duke walks in front, Ivanka slightly behind him by half a step, it seems to be distracted. As a result, I tripped over a small protruding stone and suddenly half of my body tilted to one side.

Duke quickly stretched out his hand to hold her. "What do you think?"

"Oh, nothing?" Ivanka regained her balance with Dukla's strength, and smiled embarrassedly, "I was a little lost just now."

"My feet are okay?" Duke looked down at the bottom of Ivanka's long legs, but was blocked by the two bulging balls. Had to retract his gaze.

Ivanka subconsciously pushed her chest down and threw the golden ponytail that was thrown on her shoulders back behind her back, "I'm fine, let's go."

Looking at Ivanka strangely, Duke walked towards the residential area first. Ivanka should have no problems with her feet and walked without problems.

"Are you homesick?"

Last time the crew was off, Duke heard from Ivanka that she did not go home, but went to school.

"What are you going to do?" Ivanka said with a little emotion in his words, "Go back and see the new model girlfriend my father is looking for?"

Seeing her mention Donald Trump, Duke asked curiously, "Isn't he dealing with the angels of Victoria's Secret?"

"I have broken up,"

Ivanka wiggled her long legs and kicked a small stone with sneakers. "Then he found a new model. When I called him the other day, he said he wanted to marry him."

Although the two have more of a working relationship, they have been together for several months, and they can be said to be very familiar. At this time, Ivanka Trump seems to be telling his friends about his troubles.

"Can you imagine?" She twisted her body and opened her hand to Duke. "I might have a stepmother!"

"Things won't be like you think." Duke comforted her.

For a rich man like Donald Trump, chasing beautiful female models is common, but if you really want to get married, you will definitely be cautious.

Ivanka Trump lowered his head and kicked another stone. "I only hope that his future marriage partner will be a few years older than me."

Duke patted her arm comfortingly. This is Ivanka Trump's family affairs. Listening to her pouring out that it's okay, it's fine to participate in opinions.

Walking to the crew’s residential area and in front of Duke’s trailer, Ivanka stopped and said, "Thank you for listening to me so much."

"Is it better?" Dukla opened the door and looked at her, Ivanka nodded, "I have been holding back these things for several days, and I feel much better when I say it."

She sighed, "I can communicate with her while Tina is here..."

"If you have any trouble, you can tell me." Duke pointed to his ear, "I will be a good listener."

"I'm going back first." Ivanka walked towards her trailer and turned around and said, "I won't have dinner anymore, don't wait for me, I have to think about something."

Duke nodded to her and saw that Ivanka still had some depression on his face, and he simply suggested, "Tomorrow is the weekend, we will go fishing with Ian and the others, so we should relax. They all said the scenery there. Very good." (To be continued...)

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