Chapter 81

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After recruiting the right financial staff, Stanton studio's new project was officially established. Unlike other production groups, most of the behind the scenes jobs of this project are still vacant.

At present, only a few positions have been confirmed, including director and producer Murphy, deputy director Paul Wilson, assistant director Seth Logan, makeup artist Jack Watson, prop artist Baker klebert, editor Jodie Griffith, telephone operator Rosa Rodriguez

Actors have also temporarily identified a few, including Seth Logan, who passed the audition, James Franco, who ended the negotiation, Kerry Mulligan, who was temporarily controlled by the school, and Paul Wilson and Rosa Rodriguez, who can serve as backdrops.

In addition to these people, Murphy also met with a lot of CAA's contract signing staff with Bill rosis. Of course, they are all people with little qualifications and fame like him, but as Bill rosis said, the basic ability of those who can be signed by CAA is guaranteed.

Since bill Murphy is one of the most reliable clients, he has a lot of potential.

"Murphy, this is Philip Raschel..."

In a reception room of CAA, Bill rosis introduces Murphy to a middle-aged white man who is about 30 to 40 years old. "He has been involved in two TV dramas, and he has also been a second photographer on the set of the fourth season of Buffy the vampire hunter."

Turning around, he introduced a 30-year-old mixed race woman, "this is Helena espora. She has done three episodes of art guidance in the last days, and her ability is as good as her appearance."

Then, he introduced Murphy to the other person, "this is David Robbie, from Australia, who just worked as the lighting engineer of the coyote club last year."

Finally, he looked at Murphy and said, "Philip, Helen, David, this is Murphy Stanton, a great director."

"Hello, nice to meet you..."

Murphy shook hands with them one by one and said hello. At the sign of bill rosis, they sat on the sofa by the window.

"Director Stanton..." First of all, the director of photography, Philip Raschel, said, "bill has introduced your project to us, and we have also seen your" fruit candy ". I want to ask, what kind of film will your new film belong to?"

Most of the time, not only the director chooses the photographer, but also the photographer will choose his own project. If the style of a film is seriously inconsistent with his own shooting style, it will not help his career much, or even have a negative impact.

"Plasma horror." Murphy knew what they were asking and said, "black cut."

In the following sentence, Felipe Raschel, Helena espora and David Robbie nodded at the same time, which is the style they are good at.

Not only have they seen "fruit candy", but also Murphy has seen their works before he came here. Moreover, he has talked with Bill rosis about the style of the new project for a long time, and he is also looking for people who are suitable for this style.

Whether it's Buffy the vampire hunter, or doomsday and coyote club, they all have a typical black style.

If these three people enter the drama group, they don't need to change their ideas fundamentally. They just need relatively simple adjustment and adaptation.

From this aspect, it can be seen that Murphy's first filming experience was seriously insufficient. He didn't think so much about the hard candy project. Except for Jack Watson, all the recruiters had terrible abilities.

In other words, with Murphy's conditions at that time, he could not ask for more.

It's just the first time for the two sides to meet. Murphy has talked with the three people for some time, especially in the style and concept of the film, and exchanged many views. To be exact, there are similarities and differences between them, which are normal.

It's impossible to make a formal decision on cooperation when we meet for the first time. After all, it's about making a movie, not a child's play. Murphy has to make a comprehensive consideration, and the three people may not join his crew. It depends on the salary offered by Stanton studio.

These three people are not like the three people of the corresponding occupation in "fruit candy". They are not only themselves. Philip Raschel has a photography assistant. Helena espora works with two set masters. Only lighting Master David Robbie is alone.

According to Hollywood's rules, hiring them means hiring their teams. Apart from their individual salaries, the crew has to bear the expenses of the team.

Murphy doesn't have any opinions. The new project involves scenes, actors and scenery, which are several times as many as "fruit candy". It can't be completed as simply as the previous one. It must have a complete crew.

Moreover, Murphy has other considerations. As a director with lofty goals, he also needs to consider forming his own relatively fixed team.

Working together is not only the best way to see clearly, but also the best way to cultivate the tacit understanding of cooperation.Every behind the scenes career of the crew is very important. If there is a problem at one point, it is likely to lead to the suspension of the whole project. In addition to these key jobs, Murphy then met with seven or eight other positions recommended by bill rosis. These people are from CAA and have many potential to sign contracts. As mentioned before, fame and qualifications may not exist, but the ability that can be favored by CAA is always one There is no guarantee.

It took a whole week for Murphy to finalize all the positions in the production team one by one. Different from the last recruitment, Murphy's relatively excellent ability also means a relatively high salary. The high salary expenses also make Murphy continue to be stingy.

Apart from other things, photography, props, lighting and art guidance alone cost a lot.

There is no doubt that photography is important to a film. The salary of this department is generally higher, and in most cases it will surpass other behind the scenes positions.

Philip Raschel and his team are paid $5500 a week; Helena espora, the art director, is paid $4000 a week; the lighting engineer is less, only $3000 a week; plus the props group's $5000, the crew has to pay nearly $20000 a week.

If it takes more than half a year or even a year to prepare and shoot a new project, just like mainstream Hollywood films, Murphy's budget will be crushed and he will go bankrupt.

Murphy's own estimate of the production cost is $800000, so the shooting time must not be too long.

According to his plan, if everything goes smoothly, the film will take no more than two months from preparation to shooting.