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Kaitok is only a forty-five minute drive from central Wellington, and despite the size of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, there were more than a hundred drivers alone - because Peter's plan was to circle the whole of New Zealand. The last few back and forth for location shooting.

Studio work doesn't count.

This is indeed a big project.

Daniel arrived on the set at six in the morning, and the special effects makeup artist spent about an hour and a half to glue his two pointy ears. These two ears use a very special artificial elastic material, which looks lifelike. But getting them to stick to Daniel's ears was a little tricky.

Daniel sat there motionless and let the makeup artist toss for an hour and a half, then put on the supple golden high-end wig for another half hour. Beyond that, the makeup artist's real job—applying stuff to his face—has just begun.

So, by the time Daniel put on his gray cape and walked out of the dressing room into the studio, it was already half past nine.

"This is the first day, and he may be able to afford it a little earlier." Andrew Lesnie, the film's photographer, heard the staff say that the makeup was done over there, and Grant Magee was next to him. said.

They are old pals with Peter Jackson, and this time they were filming and art directing The Lord of the Rings.

Legolas, or elves, are the focus of Grant's work.

When Daniel strolled out in the morning light of Kaitoke Park, his long golden hair was flying, his eyes reflected two shining suns, and the stars shone in them, and the pointed ears symbolized This is an unusual race.

The clean air of New Zealand and the picturesque beauty of Kaitok made Daniel's first appearance with special effects, you know, like seeing it in a movie theater.

Even a veteran like Andrew was a little lost, and the camera didn't start working, but looking through the lens, Daniel was covered by a halo, as if he was really a elf who came out of the forest - a child of nature.

Compared with Orlando Bloom's, his appearance is a little more refined and refined, which is also an important reason why he was able to get this opportunity in the first place.

"He's really the darling of the camera." Andrew sighed.

"It's also the darling of art," Grant continued.

Peter Jackson was arranging the scene, with Boromir on a brown steed with a sword and a round shield on his back. And beside him, there is a white, more powerful horse grazing the grass on the ground with graceful gait.

This is Legolas' mount. It was carefully selected from the New Zealand horse farm. It is definitely a nobleman among horses.

The prop master gave Daniel the bow and quiver, and the assistant helped him carry them.

The Elf Prince in Tolkien's novels, and Legolas in Peter Jackson's and Francis' plays, just walked in front of everyone.

"Everyone, I'm Legolas from the Woodland Kingdom. I've been ordered by my father Thranduil to participate in this meeting." Daniel said to everyone who looked at him in the "elf-like" tone he had just mastered.

"Excellent."

Several hobbits rushed over eagerly.

"Daniel, it's exactly the same as Legolas in my head." Ilya looked him up and down several times, and everyone had read the script by heart, and even read the original book.

Tolkien's world is so vast that sometimes it is impossible to understand the vastness of the entire Middle-earth world just through the script. In fact, someone like Daniel, who was originally a loyal fan of the original book of The Lord of the Rings, has his own imagination for the characters in the book.

This is why fans of the original book are always complaining about the movie adaptation, because it is really difficult to make the actors in reality match the characters imagined in their minds.

Obviously, Daniel did it, at least with the help of props, makeup, lighting, styling, and more.

It was a huge success.

Peter Jackson and Francis are the people who know the movie the most, and the most important part of Legolas' character is the styling - that's over, and for him, the movie won't be a big problem .

"Hey, everyone is awake." Peter roared.

Everyone just got out of the shock brought by Daniel.

At this moment, hundreds of people in the "Lord of the Rings" crew all realized that the young man in front of them might give everyone a huge surprise.

The assistant director is on tour, and the scene notes and props are being confirmed.

With a part-by-part inspection.

The huge crew quickly created the shooting environment.

Boromir rode his brown horse in through the gate of the city wall, then tightened the reins and looked around, admiring the view of Rivendell.

This is a simple performance, and Sean Bin is also an excellent actor, so it's over.

Then came Legolas' first appearance.

Peter has higher requirements for him than Boromir. The appearance of Legolas is an important part of Peter's design. Even in the early stage, Peter felt that a few close-ups should be cut out in the director's version to use It expresses the elegance and beauty of the elves.

Daniel stepped on the horse vigorously, his legs were lightly clamped, and the main camera began to swing, capturing the heroic posture of Daniel, who was slightly bowed down on the horse.

Two cameras are facing Daniel at the same time.

One is responsible for the close-up, his flying blonde hair, charming eyes, and the quiver behind him and the raised cape, and the other is the main camera, shot by Andrew himself.

"How?"

Peter squinted his eyes, adding soft light and toning to Legolas in his mind, and a beautiful pointy-eared elf galloping on horseback, echoing Rivendell's fairyland-like beauty—it's really beautiful.

"good."

"Come on, UU reading www.uukanshu.com dude, stop pretending."

Andrew and Peter laughed behind the camera.

Two people always have some jokes, so this kind of scene is not uncommon on the scene.

Andrew suddenly asked the prop engineer to put some red maple leaves in front of the camera, and Legolas did it all over again. The main shot was shot in the gap between the leaves, and the structure of the picture changed wonderfully.

"Oh, it's a good idea."

Peter's eyes lit up, and he and Andrew looked at each other, both of them felt that this flash of inspiration was very wonderful.

Legolas' dismounting scene is more important.

Daniel's training results for more than half a month will basically be reflected in this dismounting. The dismounting must be easy and pleasing to the eyes, the degree to which the cape is raised, the angle of the quiver, the degree of the hair and the pointy ears leaking out. request.

This circus was filmed for three hours.

Daniel had to stop to rehydrate and touch up his makeup after taking a few shots. The makeup artist had to make sure that his ears and hair were not out of place and that he would not wear them. These maintenance work took more than half an hour.

When Peter finally nodded, Daniel felt that he was about to lose his strength.

In the monitor, Legolas got off his horse in a graceful manner, his cloak was thrown behind him, his face turned towards the camera, his face was full of curiosity and innocence about King Elon's territory, but under the sun, he was very naive. Flashing light again.

Today's shooting is indeed beautiful enough for Legolas.