Chapter 85

Whether as a director or a part-time producer of Murphy, if he is not good at dealing with people, he is not suitable for this industry.

As a producer, Murphy needs to connect with all kinds of people; as a director, he needs to communicate and cooperate with the actors and the film crew.

Compared with the director's work itself, coordinating the crew and logistics work is equally important and difficult. He certainly lacks sufficient experience or skills in this aspect. What's more difficult is that interpersonal skills usually can't be immediately taught to someone who is trying to engage in film production through others.

This requires Murphy to rely on practice to change yourself, to enrich yourself, and to become mature.

In addition, Murphy also has some paperwork and financial work to deal with.

Paperwork needs to be sorted out and labeled for future use, including the production of resources, legal documents, checks and accounting books, authorization agreements, contracts, licenses, copyrights, photos, etc. For this purpose, most production companies have secretaries, accountants and office staff to handle these "back office" matters.

In large production companies, these employees belong to the production department. They study the expenses every day, analyze the customer information, and so on, so that the film crew can be prepared in advance when there is a problem.

For a low-cost production like Murphy, the producer must be either the top organizer or find a special person to perform the position. He must be diligent and professional.

The financial staff Murphy hired was definitely unqualified, so he went to the accountant who was in charge of the hard candy and was directly responsible for this part of the work.

In addition, some important clerical work, Murphy can only carry it on his own. Even in Los Angeles, the documents and all text procedures in the shooting process are also crucial for the film shooting and enjoying legal protection. If he ignores the importance of this aspect, the project is likely to encounter some unimaginable problems.

Then there's the rehearsal. Murphy knows the importance of rehearsal. He won't rush to shoot. He specially cleans up the side bedroom on the second floor and gives it to James Franco and Seth Logan to rehearse.

A lot of movies don't have rehearsals before shooting. Sometimes it's because the actors are very big, they think rehearsal is not good for them; sometimes the director thinks it's not a good way, the actors will lose their spontaneity.

However, such a plasma horror film does not need the explosive performance of the actors, and the investment also determines that the shooting should strive for a quick decision with patterned rehearsal. Murphy thinks it is more suitable for his own crew.

In addition to speaking to actors, Murphy also did a lot of communication and cooperation with other departments.

He went to the warehouse with photographer Philip Raschel and lighting engineer David Robbie several times, and designed the shooting techniques and lighting methods of some plays in advance. He asked Philip Raschel and David Robbie to provide the crew with the required list of photographic equipment and lighting equipment, and debug them immediately after the equipment rental is in place, so as to minimize the last shooting It's a situation we're in.

On the other hand, Murphy requires all departments of art, scenery, props, makeup and clothing to submit design plans according to his plan. All staff must reach a consensus on the aesthetic style of the film and unify their creative ideas.

Art director Helena espora is responsible for setting the scenes. Because the warehouse area is large enough, the crew can't use it completely. Murphy asks that the scenes should not be too many or too scattered, and the distance between each scene should not be too long, so as to facilitate centralized shooting.

Baker klebert, the props engineer, also submitted a list of props to Murphy, and Paul Wilson worked together to buy, rent and make props.

Jack Watson, who is in charge of the make-up department, has been designing actor's make-up according to Murphy's idea. Paul Wilson will also be responsible for buying the headgear and wig he needs.

It's no exaggeration to say that Murphy has a lot of thoughts on his own. The heavy work and pressure also make him feel the importance of a full-time producer and several professional Deputy Directors.

Paul Wilson is serious and responsible, but he is inexperienced. He still needs time to temper and train.

In the late stage of the preparation, Murphy found that he had been thinking about everything and neglected one thing. He forgot to find a professional live recording engineer.

All the simple shooting and almost all the sound effects in the later stage of "fruit hard candy" led to this neglect.

Fortunately, it's early enough to find a recording engineer in Hollywood. Now it's not too late to find one. Murphy makes a phone call to bill rosis. Only two days later, the agent helps the crew contact the right person. After a detailed discussion, the two sides sign a contract, and the recording engineer will officially join the crew a week before shooting.

After finishing the recording, Murphy, along with Bill Rossi and photographer Felix Raschel, went to a Hollywood company to see the photographic equipment. Compared with other companies, he paid more attention to this aspect.

Murphy is not an equipment admirer. He does not think that new technology is necessarily suitable for all films. The key to the shooting effect of photographic equipment is to meet his shooting requirements. Photographic equipment is an essential equipment for a film and a guarantee of film quality, but it is not decisive. Therefore, it is necessary to choose practical and effective equipment.He still chose Sony's 35mm camera. Unlike the previous one, this time Murphy rented three, one portable and two large cameras.

When negotiating the price, Bill rosis showed Murphy the advantage of having a full-time agent.

Companies leasing equipment are generally reluctant to lower the cost standard, but Bill rosis borrows the name of CAA and finds a discount on the rental time. At the same price, Murphy can only rent for half a month, but he has reached a one month rental contract with the other party, which directly reduces the rental expenses of photographic equipment by 50%.

In addition, Bill - Rossi also requires rental companies must be equipped with professional maintenance personnel.

"For the important and valuable equipment, the leasing company will generally provide a special attendant for the whole process maintenance, so as to ensure the safety of the equipment and supervise the correct use, cleaning and storage of the equipment." When walking out of the rental equipment company, Bill rosis said to Murphy, "the pilots are usually sent by the equipment company. You can also ask them to do some extra things, such as focusing and pushing the track. Generally, they won't refuse."

The salary of these people will be included in the rental fee, that is to say, the crew will at least have a highly professional labor force.

Think about the rental situation of the previous shooting, and then look at the rental contract reached by bill rosis. Murphy thinks that he and Jessica chastan are two idiots.

This also made Murphy understand that the water in this line is also deep, and he is really a young bird.