Chapter 169

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No matter how busy the work is, it is also necessary to ensure a certain break time to complete all the shooting work. Murphy gave the crew a three-day leave, and most of the staff would withdraw from the crew after receiving part of the remuneration. Except for a few actors who need dubbing, there are not many people who are qualified to participate in the post production.

These three days, Murphy basically hid at home, one is to relax the nervous after busy work, the other is not want to be disturbed.

After months of noise, some things can't be turned back, and at this point, Murphy doesn't want to turn back.

After hiding for two days, Murphy felt a little better about her depression.

Then Bill rosis came to him.

"I just talked to Miramax and Harvey Weinstein yesterday."

by the swimming pool in the backyard, Bill rosis sat under the parasol and took a bottle of juice from Murphy. "The global Premiere of the film will be in Cannes."

He looked across the room. Murphy's face was hidden under a pair of oversized sunglasses. He couldn't see the mood change.

Although the shooting was successfully completed, bill rossis was very clear that something had affected Murphy's work.

It was nothing before. After thoroughly seeing the rebellious side of Kerry Mulligan, he really didn't want her to disturb Murphy and affect his future.

He looked at things first from the perspective of Murphy's agent, not Kerry Mulligan's agent.

Murphy grabbed the cold drink on the small table in front of him and took a big sip. "Are you sure about the itinerary and the people going to Cannes?"

"It's settled," bill rosis nodded to Murphy. "You and producer Erica Steinberg are going to Cannes to go through some screening procedures before the festival begins. Harvey and I will be there before the premiere. "

"What about the people?" Murphy asked again.

Now that the cast is making its world premiere in Cannes, the main cast members will definitely need to get there.

"The cost is limited, and there won't be too many people." Bill rossis thought about it and said, "it's mainly the front screen people. Donny, Jim, Seth, Jonah, and Jessica chastan

Murphy's eyes under his sunglasses close and open again. Then he takes off his sunglasses and looks at the pool next to his eyes. He shakes his head and seems to have thrown away a lot of things.

Bill rosis looked at Murphy and added, "this is the list given by Miramax."

From investment to production to distribution, the film comes from Miramax, and they have the real decision-making power of the film.

Murphy nodded. "You take care of it."

He stood up. "And, bill. In the last two months, I will devote myself to the post production. You can handle the complicated affairs for me. "

"No problem, leave it to me." Bill rosis also stood up. "I have to go back to the Death Star building. Call me if you have something to do."

Seeing off bill rosis, Murphy went back upstairs and sat in his study all afternoon. The three-day holiday ended and he began to work again.

Busy work can also make him forget some unhappy things.

With the full support of Miramax, this post production is quite different from the previous two. There is no need to rent the post production room. Miramax has a related studio in Burbank with complete equipment, which can fully meet the production needs of "planet of terror".

However, Murphy has no final editing rights.

This is also a natural thing. In the first two films, all the investment comes from Stanton studio. Murphy, the director and producer, has all the decision-making power. But this time, it's different. Even if the director's opinions and weight are heavier in the independent films, the producer is still the center.

To put it bluntly, Murphy can put forward various ideas and suggestions in the post production, and deeply participate in them, but Harvey Weinstein has the right to decide the final film.

Similarly, the editor is no longer Jodie Griffith, who Murphy worked with two times before, but Lars beinte, who Miramax hired.

"Be careful in the selection of editing points!"

In the studio, before the first cut, Murphy communicated with RASS beinte, "when I was shooting, I set aside enough editing points. I think editing according to these editing points will make the final effect smoother."

Before the two had seen all the shooting materials, Lars beinte also had a general impression, and nodded to Harvey Weinstein on the other side.

In fact, the editing point Murphy said is mainly used in the scene switching of different characters.

For example, James Franco's doctor opens the door, and the moment the door opens, the camera changes to Jonah hill in another scene.

For example, Seth Logan turns on the tap, and the water just flows out, just in time to switch to the scene of little Robert Downey washing his hands.This is also a very common way of editing in Hollywood, so neither RASS beinte nor Harvey Weinstein objected.

Especially Lars beinte, as an editor, participated in the whole shooting process and had enough communication with Murphy.

He was very clear that Murphy Stanton, a young director, did not speak freely. The shooting of the film really prepared for the editing.

Fundamentally speaking, the shooting process is for editing. The ultimate goal of shooting is not to shoot some good shots, but to serve the film narrative. Therefore, the director must shoot the shots needed for later editing, so that these shots can be spliced together to complete the whole scene and plot, complete a logical and touching product, and achieve the final goal The purpose of the project.

This is a very simple shooting principle, but not many directors do it, many directors like Hu Pai.

Lars beinte saw it very clearly. The director named Murphy Stanton had a clear idea and ordered shooting, and well implemented this principle.

This kind of director is the favorite director of the editor, and also the favorite director of the production company.

He looked at Harvey Weinstein and found that the other side could fully support Murphy Stanton, a young director. It was not blind trust, but the director's actual action to win for himself.

Harvey Weinstein and Erica Steinberg sat aside, never speaking, just watching Murphy lead the post editing.

Like Lars beinte, they've seen Murphy Stanton get ready for post production.

The film can only shoot one scene at a time, and each scene can only shoot one shot at a time. No matter how complex the production scale of the whole film is, it can only shoot one shot at a time. When shooting each shot, Murphy Stanton always keeps in mind the overall goal of shooting, so that this shot must be consistent with other shots, so that the whole scene can be stitched together.

Continuity is a big problem in film production, and it is a problem that the director must be alert at all times. The error of continuity can easily make several hours of shooting become reactive, or lead to many problems in editing.

Murphy Stanton managed to avoid these.

In addition to strict requirements in shooting, Murphy and RASS beinte also paid great attention to continuity in the initial cutting.

The first is the continuity of content, which is related to anything visible in the scene: clothes, hairstyles, props, actors, cars in the background, time on clocks and watches. Murphy and Las beinte must ensure that everything is continuous in different shots, and those shots that may make mistakes in shooting should be cut as much as possible.

This kind of problem is very obvious, such as Jessica chastan wearing a red tight T-shirt in the main shot, but changing to a golden red one in the close-up shot.

There are also some extremely small shots, such as a scene in which James Franco enters the camera with a cigarette that is almost finished, but the camera switches to a just lit cigarette.

In shooting, although the script supervisor, on-site costume and props technician and the director Murphy are all trying to prevent these mistakes, people are not accurate calculation machines. Just like other Hollywood movies, this situation can not be completely eliminated.

Therefore, Murphy and RASS beinte should try to avoid using these wrong lenses in editing. If there is a lens with continuity error during shooting, they must use it, and cut out the wrong pictures as much as possible. If they have no way, they can also use later technology to repair it.

There is also continuity of action, which is more important than continuity of content for films like planet of terror.

Any object moving in the lens must also move in the next lens. This is a seamless connection of motion. Whether it's opening a door, picking up a book or parking a car, there must be no gap between the two lenses. Murphy must be very clear about how to clip the two lenses together. This is very important.

During the shooting, Murphy made a well planned, safe and effective shooting of various types of motion shots, in order to avoid the situation that the later editing was stretched out, and the most important thing was to shoot all the movements overlapped.

For example, in Venice, when Jessica chastanla opens the door, the scenario described in the script ends before she completely opens the door, but Murphy still asks the camera to shoot a few more seconds until the whole action is completed.

Murphy is very clear, do not get stuck in the beginning of the action photography, give more advance and delay time, the complete action into the camera.

These are very important for the shooting and post editing of a film, and even affect the success or failure of a film. Everyone knows that shooting is only a part of the film, and post production is more important.

Good post production can sometimes turn bad shots into magic.

However, these principles of continuity are not the core ideas of Murphy's later studio, and his core ideas have never been publicized. (to be continued). )