On the open-air set in Wellington, the Minastiristista Tower Square, which was built for three months, looks particularly noble and holy against the background of the blue screen around. Hundreds of male and female actors who put on makeup, walked up one after another, lined up in an orderly queue, ready to welcome the return of the king...

Duke stood on a lift, holding a loudspeaker in his hand, and orderly directed the entire crew to operate.

"Amanda, debug the boom and recording equipment again!"

The shooting was made of live recording, with a crane arm that would always follow Vigo Motson, who played Aragon.

Then Duke turned to John Schwartzman's side, "John, you control the main camera, your target is Aragon! Ben, the second on your boom, capture the panoramic shots according to our plan! Terry, your third camera captures the actors in the front row! Gwell, the fourth camera shoots the Hobbit."

The director's monitor was also set up on the lifting platform. Duke checked the shots of each camera one by one, made several slight adjustments, and made an "ok" gesture to John Schwartzman, and the speaker was aimed at the prop set.

"Bill, how are the petals ready?"

Bill, who had the final inspection of the Holy White Tree, replied loudly, "Everything is ready."

Essidor's bloodline returns to Gondor, and the king arrives at the Holy White City. The withered Holy White Tree is about to bloom again and fall all over the ground.

Although this scene is huge and requires a large number of actors, Duke is the least worried about this aspect. First, except for the people in the first few rows, the people behind will use gi to add them in post-production. Second, before today's shooting, the crew has practiced several times without makeup.

"The prop set is ready..."

"The lights are ready..."

"The set is ready..."

"Photography is ready..."

"The actor is ready..."

After departments after departments finished giving back, Duke waved his arm down. The field recorder took the field recorder and went to the main camera.

"The Lord of the Rings, the final shot, start shooting now!"

The long crane arm was quickly activated, and the No. 1 hanging below captured every scene from far to near, transmitted to the director's monitor, gradually narrowing from the panoramic view. Finally, it was frozen in Aragon in front of the palace.

Vigo Motson finally took off his ragged costume, put on his quaint and gorgeous armor, and stood with his back to the camera.

Because the combat style is completely close to the body, Aragon was always sloppy during the filming process. In order to make his costumes meet the characteristics of long-distance travel and close combat, Vigo Motson's costumes were rarely washed, and they were soaked in sweat again and again, and often emitting a strange smell.

Compared to Orlando Bloom Vigo Motson, who always acts cool and handsome, he has indeed suffered a lot.

However, the king will eventually return, and Aragon also ushered in a day to get rid of poverty and turn into a tall, rich and handsome man, and marry a rich and beautiful woman.

Bright lights fell on Vigo Motson and Ian McLean, and Middle-earth dispelled haze and darkness and ushered in light and peace.

The tall Ian McLean put a crown on Vigo Motson's head according to the way he practiced yesterday.

The King is back!

Vigo Motson walked to the top of the steps. He held the Anduril Sword recast from the fragments of Nasir's Holy Sword, and said a few simple words. He sang out the glory of his ancestors in Kunya.

"Across the ocean, I come to Middle Earth..."

While Vigo Motson was humming, a large number of white petals were scattered from the lifting platform in the air by props, as if we were welcoming the return of the king.

"My descendants and I will live here forever..."

This performance will definitely be resounding and dubbing later. Duke shot this way, so that Vigo Motson could better enter Aragon's state. He walked down the steps and walked forward from the passage of the queue. The No. 3 controlled by Terry captured important roles one by one.

The main characters who participated in the Lord of the Rings and survived appeared in the monitor in front of Duke.

Gandalf, Jinli, Faramir, Iowwen, Iowme, King Alon, and Arwen.

The crew performed several times without makeup, which clearly played a role. The long shot was almost perfect. Duke didn't shout until Aragon took Arwen to the four hobbits.

"Rearrange the venue!" he shouted to the loudspeaker.

In previous shots, the Hobbit only acted as a background painting, and Duke used four dwarf stand-ins. Next, he had to take a close-up of the front of the four people, and he would definitely replace Elijah Wood and Billy Boyd.

But the height of the four people will be a problem, so the places where other actors stand around need to be raised to highlight the Hobbit's trait that is only about four feet tall.

More than a dozen platforms that had been prepared long ago were pushed into the venue by the prop group, and the installation was quickly completed, and the shooting began again.

Vigo Motson led Alessandra Ambrose to Elijah Wood and others. Four Hobbits bent down to salute, but were stopped by Aragon.

"My friends, you don't have to salute anyone..."

As he said, Vigo Motson knelt on one knee, Alessandra Ambroshe followed, followed by all the actors…

The eyes left the monitor and their eyes slowly fell down. Duke let out a light breath. After 14 months, the long journey finally reached an important node.

The end point? The post-production is far from being completed, and the road to making money has not yet begun. Now it is just the end point of shooting!

“ut!”

The thoughts in my mind were turning, but they didn't prevent Duke from calling for a stop to the entire crew. Everyone in the Saint White City slowly stood up, some were relaxed, some were confused, some were sighing, and some were moved that the shooting road was too long.

Although "Titanic" took four years, it was not long for actors to shoot. Like the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, it took 14 months to shoot movies. Not to mention Hollywood, there are very few in the whole world.

Duke let out a long sigh and raised the loudspeaker, "No matter how magical the journey is, there is an end. I announce that the Lord of the Rings is officially closed!"

The lifting platform slowly lowered. As soon as Duke walked down, he was surrounded by more than a dozen major actors who came over.

Activity Billy Boyd first hugged Duke and joked, "Although I'm not sure whether the video will succeed in the end, these are my best memories. Duke, I really don't want to say this final separation."

"We'll see you again, Billy." Duke patted his shoulder hard, "Don't forget, you're going to record a theme song for me."

After several changes by Billy Boyd, Duke has decided to use his "The Last Farewell" as the promotional and theme song at the end of the trilogy!

As long as the series can trigger a strong response, when "Return of the King" is promoted, this song will surely evoke the feelings of many people.

In such a sad and farewell occasion, I also think of these commercial elements. God will forgive Duke. As a director who bears the production cost of $350 million, the total investment in the last trilogy will inevitably exceed $500 million. If I don’t think about these, I am really not a qualified commercial director.

For example, while the actors hugged and said goodbye to him one by one, the camera under the arm controlled by Ben Watts has been faithfully recording every shot.

These are also good publicity materials.

No matter what the internal relationship of the crew is, a crew full of friendship and love can meet the public's imagination and needs.

Then more people began to come over to hug Duke, and Duke also said goodbye to these people one by one.

"Vigo, you are the most dedicated actor I have ever met."

After a affectionate hug with Vigo Motson, Duke sent someone a souvenir, the King's Sword Andurel!

"Orlando, you will be the handsomest archer in the world!"

Duke gave Orlando Bloom a short bow used by Legolas. According to the description in the original work, its bow strings have been blessed by Queen Gellartriel's hair.

What Ilia Wood got was a ring tied to a golden chain, which was different from the one he had brought. It had the scored Supreme Lord Ring in Ancient Mordor, which ruled the rings!

"Yili, you can take it to sleep every night and you will definitely have a good dream."

Duke made a rare joke. In fact, the souvenirs given to these people, especially the Supreme Lord of the Rings given by Elijah Wood, will be important film peripheral products in the future.

"I didn't expect my elf journey to end so soon!"

With a flowing and agile look, Alessandra Ambroshe walked across from Duke, looked down at the gorgeous elf robe on his body, "I really don't want to take it off."

"You can keep them."

Duke pointed to her head-to-toe outfits and accessories, "They are all yours now."

While speaking, someone next to him handed Arwen's velvet robe to Alessandra Ambroshe's assistant.

"Colin, kiss him!"

I don't know who shouted behind me, and Ambroshe hung his hands on Duke's neck and took the initiative to kiss Duke's lips.

Perhaps this was the most interesting scene at the farewell ceremony, and there was warm applause at the scene, which was no less than the reunion scene of King Ilisa holding hands with Arwen.

"I saw the sky fading away and the dusk gradually rise,

I heard the sound of the wind like sighing,

When the snow feathers fall to cover my old friend's body,

I whispered this last parting…”

The applause dispersed, and Billy Boyd's a cappella began to sing.

"Walking through the mountains and rivers,

All kinds of pains have been experienced,

No regrets or regrets, never forget them,

Who and I will overcome the hardships...

Even though you and I are following you all the way, there will be a time when the song ends and people are dispersed."

Although after the simple farewell ceremony, the members of the Ring Guardian Team went to the tattoo shop and tattooed the elf number "Nine" on their wrists to commemorate this special journey, the crew has reached the moment of disbandment.

Most people, including Duke, will start a holiday and continue their normal Hollywood life.

Duke is preparing to go on vacation to Fiji with Alessandra Ambrosho, and then return to Los Angeles with the computer special effects group of Vita Studios to officially start the post-production of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!