Dragon, choose cultural victory to make money

A few days later, Figesin formed a team to figure out how the special teams could get into Loman.

The Supreme Ring may not be used in the end, but there must be a plan.

However, Drogo did not participate in the design of this plan, and he was not professional in this area. So asking him to do some publicity work was considered to be a suitable job for his profession.

Designing a strike plan may be okay on paper, but when it comes to implementing the specific details, it is completely impossible.

Besides, he still needs his job now.

Film out the magic of The Lord of the Rings.

This is the most important project currently underway at the Drogo Group’s film and television division.

All work that could be put on hold was put aside temporarily, and all available personnel were mobilized to participate in the preparations for the filming of The Lord of the Rings.

The reason why it is taken to this extent is that Drogo suddenly discovered something that surprised him, that is, more than 90% of the shots in the Lord of the Rings trilogy could be completed through real shooting.

There are hobbits, dwarves, elves, undead, castles and cities of various styles, even a wizard with a white beard and a long robe, and even a Balrog can be played by someone from hell. Mordor was filmed directly in hell, and even the most shocking capital in the original film, Minas Tirith, also known as the White City, the capital of Gondor, the Silver City-State can be perfectly replaced.

There are only a few places that could not be filmed in real time. One is the demon who replaced Oak. These mentally ill demons really cannot act, so they have to let the devil do it for them.

Let the devils carry some magic parts to play the role of devil.

Drogo originally thought that the devils would be reluctant to play their mortal enemies, but he was surprised that they were so enthusiastic that even without much pay, they still wanted to play the devil.

This made Drogo very confused, but he agreed.

The second was Gollum, a creature of that character, and Drogo had never seen one with his own eyes.

However, Gollum is still a very important character in the original plot. Many people have a deeper impression of Gollum than the main supporting characters in the Fellowship of the Ring.

Gollum lived up to everyone's expectations, holding on until the end and completing the slaying of the One Ring.

Achieve the achievement of causing great harm to the most important characters on both sides of the plot.

Gollum is the MVP!

Of course, people’s deep impression of him does not mean that he is suitable to be the protagonist of the game. Liking to see him on the screen and liking to play the game and control it are two different things.

In short, for this role which has a very important part, grotesque appearance and requires very high acting skills, the only thing Drogo can think of at the moment is to let a smaller actor play the role first and then let the illusionist recreate it.

Magical motion capture.

As for the several extremely important large-scale scenes in the story, they include the battle to steal the home of Isengard during the "First Industrial Revolution" in Middle-earth, in which the "environmentalist" tree men flooded the earth.

The Battle of Helm's Deep, where Gandalf came on a white horse to make an epic comeback. He was a wizard but only used one spell, Flash.

There is also the battle in which the Rohan cavalry rescued Gondor, whose charge formation was unreasonable but very handsome.

Drogo is planning to do a real shoot.

It was the grand scenes of these battlefields that made it enjoyable for Xiao Zhuo, who was initially confused about the complicated plot lines in the background stories of the Valar and Maia, and who had some understanding of the threshold setting, such as why throwing a ring into a volcano was considered a win.

The impact brought by these scenes is something I have never experienced again after watching many film and television works with similar world views, even the prequel trilogy of the same series.

In fact, he was also very confused. Was it because the original level was too high and difficult to learn, or was it that the entire industry was making more and more money but its capabilities were deteriorating, so that he couldn't even copy homework clearly.

Drogo himself was very confident that he could replicate the same scale or even an even grander scene in Fearing.

The decision to use real shots is because illusions cannot perfectly replace the special texture of real shots.

No matter how sophisticated the illusion is, it cannot restore reality 100%.

Every illusion has some minor flaws, more or less.

Such omissions accumulate in large scenes, and the audience may not be able to point them out directly, but compared to actual shooting, the audience can also feel the difference in viewing experience.

Details determine success or failure. These minor problems that non-professionals cannot pick out, and which are not even considered to be problems, are the key to distinguishing between masterpieces and historical works.

Drogo's goal is to make the phaerimm version of The Lord of the Rings forever recorded in the history of phaerimm magic.

In the future, whenever there is a team that wants to shoot a work with similar themes, it will be pulled out for comparison, becoming the pinnacle of the genre that cannot be surpassed or even reached for quite some time.

In order to achieve this effect, Drogo plans to use real troops to play the army.

It can be considered as using some of the privileges of the Duke of Protector of the Country, plus Figesin's emphasis on this main theme project.

Drogo was able to call upon Sutton's reserve army for several key scenes.

To put it simply, it is filmed at the level of "The Final Battle".

If later comers want to imitate, they probably won’t be able to get this condition.

The entire project has no intention of making a profit. Based on the current scale of investment, it is almost impossible to make money just by box office revenue.

However, this project was not originally intended to make money. All box office revenue will be donated for military expenses and the welfare of those returning from the battlefield.

Because the slogan of donating all box office revenue was put forward, the entire preparation process received a lot of special treatment.

Many actors who came for the audition said that they did not want any pay at all, and only wanted food and lodging.

In this way, all funds can be used to improve the quality of film shooting.

Drogo's idea is to take advantage of this rare opportunity to create a breakthrough work for the entire Lord of the Rings IP.

After all, the original novel is just words, and the population that words can cover is destined to be smaller than that of film and television. There are still too many people who don’t like to read “dry” words.

After the film and television industry breaks out of the circle, there are many follow-up projects that can make money from this IP.

Just like unpaid actors, there is no need to pay for the call-up of reserve troops, just their food and travel.

Countries that were in the anti-Roman Empire alliance also provided great support, allowing people who were called actors but were actually soldiers to enter their territories to film.

A considerable portion of the filming locations currently selected are not located in Sutton.

The Hobbits' hometown, Mordor, the White City, and the Elves' Valley are all in other countries.

Although they obtained filming permission, it is somewhat unreasonable for the military to conduct long-term filming within the territory of another country.

Therefore, the shooting of these parts needs to be as fast as possible.

The army also has their tasks, and they can't accompany Drogo here one after another.

The preliminary preparations must be complete to ensure that one line can be passed when the time comes.

Therefore, Drogo has been in a very busy state for quite some time recently.

I worked like crazy at first, writing the rest of the trilogy in just over ten days at a rate of 50,000 words a day. I sent it to the crew, and the serialized version was set up for scheduled release and updated slowly.

Then a screenwriter team was immediately formed to adapt this magnum opus into a script.

Drogo established the main parts, and the writing team completed a lot of details and dialogue filling.

This is also the main difference between a script and a novel. The script needs to include a brief description of the current scene, the emotional state of the characters in the scene, and far more dialogue than in a novel.

All of these fillings must be submitted to Drogo for review after they are written.

After the screenwriter team worked non-stop for more than ten days, the script for The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of War was officially released.

Then Drogo began to make storyboards. He drew stick figures to express the storyboards, and then the director team completed the details.

In order to catch up with the progress, the filming of The Lord of the Rings will involve multiple filming teams working on multiple fronts many times.

The storyboard must be clear and detailed enough to ensure that other teams do not deviate when shooting.

Just like the plot in the novel, it has multiple narrative lines.

Throughout the storyboard making process, it can be said that Drogo is a low-profile artist, and the others are Murata, who is totally incapable of writing his own plot on a whim. The cooperation was very pleasant.

Aside from Drogo replaying the original Lord of the Rings so many times in his head that he became a little nauseous by the end, it worked pretty well.

The final storyboard had extremely detailed shot planning. Even if half of the details were deleted, the comic would probably become a popular magazine hit immediately after it was published.

While Drogo was working hard on writing the script and drawing storyboards, the art and casting teams were also busy.

The screening of the first batch of candidates for the main characters was completed almost at the same time as the storyboard of Drogo.

After receiving the good news from Elsa, Drogo set aside a few days to check the final stage of casting.

Thanks to the reputation of Drogo Studios, this place is now a holy place for the film and television industry in Flynn. There is never a shortage of actors coming to audition for any project produced by Drogo Studios.

In addition, Drogo is the holy dragon in this "holy land" of film and television, and rumors of the unprecedented huge investment in The Lord of the Rings have also been released, and the number of actors who have submitted their resumes is truly countless.

Even the people who wanted to audition for the role of Denethor II, the regent of Gondor in the plot, a character who had very few scenes and whose few scenes were very hateful, had more than two thousand people.

It can be said that every character has been eliminated layer by layer, and only a few candidates are left before being sent to Drogo for the final decision.

Although there was no internal operation, I still met many old acquaintances at the interview site for the final role.

For example, Raoul, the leading male star of Drogo Studios, who had been away from the screen for a year and just returned to the screen for The Lord of the Rings.

He came to audition for the role of Aragorn, the Emperor of Men.

As a senior actor, there is no magic actor with more experience than him on this continent. He is experienced and always maintains an extremely dedicated attitude.

For example, when he came to the interview site, he had already prepared the costume of Aragorn and did not use the makeup of the crew.

Drogo took in his appearance.

The appearance of Aragorn was not very similar to the one I remembered. He was a little thinner and didn't have the look of a ranger leading the charge.

Although Aragorn appears as a ranger, he has never been the kind of ranger who roams around and attacks. In almost every battle, he is the one who rushes to the front and kills enemies.

Raul's physique doesn't look like that of a battle-hardened warrior, but more like a scholar, but his temperament is quite fitting.

And very handsome.

"Take one," Drogo said.

Because the complete script is currently only in the hands of the script staff and not the actors who come to audition, the interview process is also to randomly draw a clip of the corresponding role and prepare for the performance on the spot.

Raul said nothing and just took one.

"Five minutes to prepare..."

"No thanks, I can just start performing."

Raul said quite calmly.

"Okay, let's get started."

Raul held the sword in one hand, and his eyes instantly became sharp.

"Gondor, people of Rohan, my brothers! In your eyes, I can see the same fear that comes from my heart. Perhaps one day..."

He drew the last moment of the whole plot, when Aragorn led the remaining remnants of his army and rushed straight to the Black Gate in an almost suicidal battle.

And before the final charge, he gave an inspiring speech.

Raul gave a great performance, showing the spirit of someone who knows it's impossible but still goes ahead even if there are thousands of people against him.

"I command you to resist the enemy, warriors of the West!"

After saying the last sentence of his speech, Raul changed to holding the sword with both hands. His eyes suddenly softened. Although he was not looking at anyone, he seemed to be focusing on the audience through the camera.

"For Frodo," he whispered.

When the excerpt was over, he stood with his sword in hand.

"Not bad, very good."

After all, he is a veteran actor. Drogo was very satisfied with Raul's performance.

"But there is still a problem. You are too thin. I can find you a ..."

"I have consulted a nutritionist to help me gain weight." Raul anticipated Drogo's problem.

"Then your swordsmanship."

"I hired a professional swordsmanship coach and practiced eight hours a day. I have been taking lessons for a month now."

"One month of classes, when did you start preparing?"

"The Lord of the Rings novel had just been published for less than a week."

"Well, the role of Aragorn is yours." Drogo really couldn't find any fault with it.

Next, Drogo identified another human actor in the Fellowship of the Ring, an excellent traditional stage actor.

A duo of a dwarf and an elf prince.

The Lord of the Rings can be said to be the earliest work that describes the love and hatred between dwarves and elves.

However, the situation described by Tolkien is very common in Felling.

Because these two have so many scenes together, the two actors also auditioned together.

There were quite a few suitable actors, and in the end, Drogo chose a dwarf who was not that strong and whose appearance was slightly more in line with the public's aesthetic standards, as well as a half-elf.

Yes, half-elves, because the attitude of pure-blooded elves towards dwarves is a bit too malicious, lacking the feeling of close friends in the original work.

So in the end I chose the half-elf who wasn't so annoyed by the dwarves.

What surprised Drogo the most was the Hobbit team. Elsa actually found four halflings who loved adventure.

The look and temperament are very Hobbit.

The performance is quite talented, but he should be enrolled in an acting class to receive some professional training first.

"Next... Master Owlbear?" Drogo saw the person walking into the interview room.

"Oh, Mr. Drogo, I'm here to interview Saruman."

"Um, why are you interviewing Saruman? I think you look more like Gandalf."

Drogo really thought that Master Owlbear was very much like Gandalf, and he had originally wanted to go to the Mages Guild to find a real wizard, but he didn't expect that he would actually come without waiting for his invitation.

"I think Saruman fits my temperament very well. Against the whole world, how cool is that."

Master Owlbear said honestly.

Perhaps every wizard has a lawful evil desire hidden in his heart.

"Um, can you use a one-handed sword?"

"Saruman will use a one-handed sword? I took risks and learned a little from the warriors of the regiment when I was young."

"Can you ride a horse?"

"Yes, but not much. Mainly riding owlbear."

"Very good, now you are Gandalf!" (End of this chapter)