Strange questions about the American film The Legend of Narnia.

1. The Legend of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

2. The Legend of Narnia 2: Prince Caspian

Before this film, the world of Narnia only existed in the reader's imagination. In order to make the scenes in the novel appear vividly in the film, director Adamsen has previewed most of the scenes through the computer before setting the scenes formally. With the help of production designer Roger Ford and photography director Donald McAlpine, Adamsen is full of confidence in building the Narnia world.

Although Roger Ford and Donald Alpin worked together on Peter Pan, the filming experience of this film was extraordinary. Mike Alpin said, "We have made a series of attempts, many of which are new to me. Ice has always been a difficult problem to solve in movies, and movies such as Vertical Limit are constantly exploring. I think our work is a step closer to reality. "

Part of the scenery designed by production designer Ford refers to the works drawn by illustrator Pauline Bye because of Lewis's novels. With the help of Ian Gracie, the artistic director of Moulin Rouge and Star Wars 3: Revenge of the Sith, Ford set up a 30-person art department and recruited more than 300 craftsmen, which was the largest in his 40-year film career.

At the former Hobsonville Air Force Base in New Zealand, Ford led the team to build a studio in the hangar, where he photographed the defeated stone table in Aslan, the luxurious courtyard where the white witch turned animals into stones, the bustling London Railway Station and the towering castle Cair Paravel in Narnia.

The design team also used Kelly Park, an ancient riding center in northern Auckland. In an open space the size of a football field, the crew will shoot Narnia frozen by ice and snow and present it in nine different areas of Narnia. To illuminate this magical scene, photography director Donald McAlpin used a grid of 250 shed lights.

In order to turn the studio into a snowy Narnia forest, Ford hired two New Zealand filmmakers, Russell Hoffman to build the forest and Peter Cleveland to guide the production of artificial snow. Hoffman planted 225 trees in his studio. Because he is a staunch environmentalist, all the trees in the film are experimental crops with commercial purposes and have nothing to do with the ecological environment of New Zealand. When Hoffman went to the northern island of New Zealand to buy trees, Cleveland also went to Britain and the United States to look for two different types of artificial snow. "We use air foam on trees, which is an insulating material in the construction industry," Cleverland said. "Another kind of artificial snow is made of crushed diapers. The advantage is that it can quickly remove footprints and restore the scenery quickly."

The street lamp that leads children into Narnia in the film originated from the original London street lamp. When designing the wardrobe, production designer Ford borrowed from C. S.Lewis's own wardrobe displayed in the museum, and found that the wardrobe was apple wood in the sixth part of The Legend of Narnia, so he tried to copy dark and expensive materials.

In the final battle scene, * * * appeared 20000 animal characters. Some are all generated by CG, and some are synthesized by computers and real people. Take Centaur as an example. Its upper body is human and its lower body is computer-generated. Beavers, on the other hand, are made of computers from head to toe. In short, everything is to form a harmonious and unified world and bring the audience 100% real feelings. During the production process, the producers also launched three biggest and strongest special effects companies in the world, namely Rhythm &: Hues, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Industrial Light and Magic Company.

Mark johnson, the producer, said, "At first, we found a number of special effects companies to make a role similar to an actor's audition. For example, we invited five companies to complete the animation effect of Mr. Beaver and make the best choice. "

Dean Wright is in charge of supervising the production of special effects. He participated in the filming of The Lord of the Rings: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. He produced 1000 to 1400 in cooperation with Bill Westenhofer of rhythm and color company, Jim Berney of Sony company and Scott Farrar of Industrial Light Magic. Director Adamsen once said that there is not a picture or scene in a movie without special effects. In the end, 1000 people devoted themselves to the special effects production of the film, and some huge images had to be stored in three special effects companies respectively.

The scene of the movie "The End of the World" was shot at yangshan Station. Only a few hundred actors and extras really took part in the filming. Later, in order to increase the number of participants to tens of thousands and make different moves, Rhythm and Color Company used an artificial intelligence program called "Massive" in The Lord of the Rings.

Trivia:

Two pen names were used in the filming process: "One Hundred Years of Winter" and "Paravel" (the castle in the film is called Kyle Paravel). In Auckland (a city in northern North Island, New Zealand), signs that guide extras and crew members all say "Paravel".

Andrew adamson, a director from West Auckland, and his production team were welcomed by traditional Maori customs in the Maori Hall near the West Auckland Studio. This shows respect for the indigenous people of West Auckland, whose land is used for filming.

The producer applied for permission to bring 12 reindeer into New Zealand to pull the sled of "Snow Queen". The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry rejected this request on the grounds that reindeer may be infected with deadly fever. However, there are still eight wolves allowed to be shot in Auckland.

Tilda Swinton, who plays "The White Witch", had not read this set of books before shooting.

Co-producer Douglas Gresham is the stepson of C.S. Louis, the author of The Legend of Narnia.

Except for the scene when Aslan just came out of the tent, none of the lions in the film were real.

Movies are basically made in chronological order. But at the end of the film, the children fell out of the closet before the location shooting, because then the children's skin would look as white as at the beginning.

Peter looked at a soldier while the children were at the railway station. This soldier was played by Jia Xintang. He auditioned for the role of Peter. Finally, he came in second, and the role was given to william moseley.

Georgie Henley's reaction to Lucy's first sight of Tumnus near the lamppost is true. The director blindfolded her, took her to the scene and started shooting. She was very surprised when she saw James McAvoy, who played Tomnas, dressed up.

The statue that Mrs. Macready told the children not to touch is a bust of Dante.

Brian Cox was originally designated as Aslan's voice.

In the final chase scene, Rachel Henry, who plays adult Lucy, and Georgie Henley, who plays Lucy, are actually sisters.

DVD Eggs: There is a director's chair on the left side of the menu "The Evolution of an Epic". A small red sign will appear after clicking. Click on it again, and a short film will appear, telling you how much Turkish fudge Edmund played by Skandar Keynes actually ate.

There are some nests on the set. The singing of birds caused several scenes to have to be recreated. One of the birds also became an actor, playing the beaver who took the children from Tumnus' house to the green screen.

The wolves that destroyed the beavers' house were real wolves, but their ill feelings were reduced because they kept wagging their tails during the filming. Finally, their tails were removed by digital technology and new tails were added.

Mr Thomas's only hoof is made by computer. His ears are remote-controlled, his nose is fake, and there are many fake hairs.

After Lucy met Tumnus, a half goat, he played music for her with that funny-looking Narnia instrument. In fact, this sound comes from an ancient Armenian wind instrument "duduk".

C the original author of this film, S.Lewis, and Tolkien, the father of The Lord of the Rings, are close friends.

In order to create the frozen world in the film, the crew used 7000 gallons of resin and 1500 meters of glass fiber.

In the film, all kinds of animals turned into stones in the white witch's yard are made of styrofoam. These 70 full-scale sculptures were hand-carved by 10 artists from Beijing, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, and it took * * * five months.