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Kaitoke is only a 45-minute drive from the center of Wellington. Although the crew of "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy" is huge, there are more than 100 drivers alone-because according to Peter's plan, they will travel all over New Zealand. Do a few round trips for location shots.

Studio work doesn't count.

This is indeed a big project.

Daniel arrived at 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 it was a bit difficult to stick them to Daniel's ears.

Daniel sat there motionless and let the makeup artist toss for an hour and a half, and then put on the smooth golden wig for another half an hour. Besides, the real job of the makeup artist—smearing stuff on his face—has only just begun.

So, by the time Daniel put on the gray cloak and walked out of the dressing room to enter the set, it was already half past nine.

"This is the first day, and he may have to get up earlier in the future." Andrew Lesner, the photographer of the film, heard the staff say that the make-up had been put on there, and he talked to Grant Ma next to him. Ji said.

They are old buddies with Peter Jackson, and this time they are the photographer and art director of "The Lord of the Rings".

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

When Daniel walked out in the morning light of Kaitoke Park, his long golden hair flew up, and his eyes reflected two shining suns, shining in the eyes, and the pointed ears symbolized It shows that this is an unusual race.

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

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

His costume is a little more refined and refined than that of Orlando Bloom, which is also an important reason why he was able to get this opportunity in the first place.

"He is really the darling of the camera." Andrew sighed.

"It's also the darling of art." Grant followed up.

Peter Jackson was arranging the scene, and Boromir was riding a brown steed with sword and buckler. And beside him, there is a white, more handsome horse gnawing the grass on the ground with graceful gait.

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

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

The elf prince in Tolkien's novels, and Legolas in Peter Jackson and Francis' scripts, just walked in front of everyone.

"Everyone, I am Legolas from the Kingdom of the Woodlands, and I am here to attend this meeting by order of my father Thranduil." Daniel said to everyone who looked at him in the "elf-style" tone he had just mastered.

"Excellent."

Several hobbits came running eagerly.

"Daniel, just like the Legolas in my mind." Ilya looked him up and down several times,

Everyone has read the script by heart, and even read through the original book.

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

This is why fans of the original books are always full of complaints about film adaptations, because it is really difficult to make the actors in reality consistent with the characters imagined in their minds.

It's obvious that Daniel pulls this off, at least with the help of props, makeup, lighting, styling, and so on.

It was a huge success.

Peter Jackson and Francis are the ones who are most familiar with this movie. The most important hurdle for the role of Legolas is the styling-if this hurdle is passed, then for him, the movie will have no major problems up.

"Hey, you're all awake." Peter roared.

Everyone escaped from the shock brought by Daniel.

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

The assistant director is touring the set, and the scene notes and props are all being confirmed.

As part by part inspection.

The huge crew quickly created the shooting environment.

Boromir came in through the gate of the city wall on a big brown horse, then reined in, looked left and right, admiring the view of Rivendell.

This is a simple performance. Sean Bin is also an excellent actor, and one is enough.

And then there's 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 design, Peter felt that several close-ups should be cut in the director's version for It expresses the elegance, beauty and charm of the elves.

Daniel got 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 bent down on the horse.

Two cameras stared at Daniel at the same time.

One is in charge of close-ups, his flying blond hair, charming eyes, and the quiver behind him and the raised cloak, and the other is the main lens, which is shot by Andrew himself.

"How about it?"

Peter squinted his eyes, and added soft light and color to Legolas in his mind. A beautiful elf with pointed ears came galloping on horseback, echoing the fairyland-like beauty of Rivendell—it was truly beautiful.

"good."

"Come on, buddy, stop pretending."

Andrew and Peter burst out laughing behind the camera.

There are always some jokes between the two, so this kind of scene is not uncommon on the scene.

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

"Oh, that's a good idea."

Peter's eyes lit up, and he exchanged glances with Andrew, both of them felt that this flash of inspiration was very wonderful.

The dismounting of Legolas is more important.

Daniel’s more than half a month’s training results are basically reflected in this dismounting. It is easy and pleasing to dismount, the degree to which the cloak is raised, the angle of the quiver, and the degree to which the hair and pointed ears are leaking out. request.

This circus scene was filmed for three hours.

After taking a few shots of Daniel, he had to stop to add moisture and touch up makeup. The makeup artist also had to make sure that his ears and hair were not out of place and would not wear out. These maintenance tasks took more than half an hour.

When Peter finally nodded, Daniel felt like he was going to lose his strength.

In the monitor, Legolas got off his horse elegantly, with his cloak thrown behind him, his face turned towards the camera, with curiosity and innocence about King Elon's territory on his face, but under the sun, he was And flickering with flowing brilliance.

Today's shooting was indeed beautiful enough for Legolas.