Chapter 198

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"Hello, Mr. Stanton."

In the director's office of Studio 2, a middle-aged man first showed Murphy his identity materials, then nodded to bill rosis and Erica Steinberg, and introduced himself, "I'm Harry Pierce, from the directors' Union."

Murphy looked at each other's identification, passed it to bill rosis and Erica Steinberg, and asked, "Mr. Pierce, are you here on behalf of the directors' Union, or are you alone?"

"Director Union."

An assistant brought coffee, Harry pierce nodded his thanks, and then indicated his intention. "The directors' Union has learned that there are two full-time directors in the project book of crime city, is that right?"

"Our situation is quite special," Erica Steinberg took the initiative and said preemptively. "The director union may not know much about it."

Harry pierce shook his hand. "Before I came, the directors' Union had done enough investigation."

He opened his briefcase, took out a document and looked down. "The Union's investigation shows that there are two full-time directors on the cast of sin city."

Looking at Murphy, Harry Pierce said, "one is you, Mr. Stanton, and the other is Frank Miller, the original author of the cartoon."

Closing the papers, he said to Murphy, "if we're not mistaken, Mr. Stanton is a member of the directors' Union."

Murphy, Bill rosis and Erica Steinberg looked at each other, and their faces were calm. They had communicated for a long time, and they also speculated that this situation might happen. Now it appears, and there is no panic.

Harry pierce spoke very fast and didn't seem to want to give Murphy any chance to distinguish. "Director Stanton, as a member of the directors' Union, you have violated the rules of the union. Your crew must suspend shooting and accept the investigation of the directors' Union."

"Pause?" Murphy frowned.

This is the last thing he can accept.

"Yes Harry Pearson said calmly, "you are a member of the directors' Union. You and the projects you direct must comply with the rules of the union!"

With that, he stood up and looked at the three Murphys. "I hope the crew can implement the Union's decision."

Harry Pearson announced the rules of the directors' Union and left the Disney studio, leaving Murphy, Bill Rossi and Erica Steinberg in the office.

"Is the crew really going to pause?" Murphy asked, looking at the other two.

"Pause for a moment." Erica Steinberg knows more about this than Murphy. "Although the directors' Union is just a union, we'd better not confront it openly."

Bill rosis nodded in agreement. "It won't be a few days. Didn't we have plans before?"

"Well," Murphy stood up, "bill, you can deal with the reason why I quit the directors' Union temporarily. I'll go to the crew and explain it."

It's very troublesome for the director's Union to ask the crew to stop, but it's not that there is no way to deal with it.

At the beginning, Murphy and bill rosis assumed that they would also communicate with Miramax. If the director union didn't pay attention, it would be OK. In case of being targeted, there must be corresponding countermeasures.

It's true that today's directors' Union pays little attention to whether someone violates these lonely rules, but Hollywood has never been a pure land, and the fight for fame and profit has been magnified several times in this circle. No one can be sure whether someone will stab the directors' Union.

Once that happens, the directors' union can't turn a blind eye to it.

To deal with the current situation, it's not only troublesome, but also simple.

Since Frank Miller's position as a director is the premise of this cooperation, and it is clearly written into the contract, he can't break the contract. If he accepts the investigation of the director's Union, even if he can pass it smoothly, how long will the crew be suspended?

This solution is certainly not clear.

The best way is for Murphy to quit the directors' Union. Frank Miller is not a member of the directors' Union. After he quits, just like George Lucas quit because the title of the Star Wars movie does not meet the requirements of the directors' Union, the directors' Union has no reason and position to continue to force the crew to stop.

Of course, this may bring some negative effects to Murphy himself, but he doesn't care. Moreover, Bill rosis has also communicated with CAA's senior management. As the director that CAA is now focusing on cultivating, CAA's public relations department will also start to eliminate these effects.

After Murphy went out to announce the director's Union's decision and made an explanation, the crew suspended filming.

"Sorry, Murphy." Frank Miller took the initiative to come over, "I don't understand that the director's Union still has such regulations. I didn't expect to bring these troubles to the crew. Do Miramax and CAA have a solution?"After seeing Murphy, he said tentatively, "if it doesn't work, I'll go back to being a deputy director."

"It's OK," Murphy shook his head. "We have a solution."

He couldn't hear it. What Frank Miller said was the last resort. He didn't want to give up the power of director at all.

It can also be understood that his position in the crew was somewhat embarrassing. If he threw away the power stipulated in the contract, he would not be able to intervene once the future film shooting did not follow the style of comics.

It's not once or twice that Hollywood adaptations appear, that contracts are signed and the original author is thrown away.

Murphy made a promise to him, but Frank Miller didn't have social experience. How could he just believe in the promise.

Bill - rossis for Murphy to deal with the matter of quitting the director Union, the crew suspended filming, but this does not mean that all work will stop.

During the two days when bill rossis went through the formalities for the director's Union, Murphy, Felipe Raschel and Helena espora got together to watch a small number of special effects backgrounds submitted for review. With the background as a reference, they continued to improve their future imaging effects and performances Picture style.

Just like what Murphy asked and the cartoon showed, the background of several special effects that have been completed is completely black and white.

But Murphy is not very satisfied, because the color contrast is not particularly strong.

"Helen, these need to be redone!" In Miramax's film studio, Murphy said to Helena espora, who is in charge of these, "I need to make the audience feel the strong visual impact, and the pictures should be good enough! Let a person see one eye and never forget! "

"I'll communicate with the special effects studio." Helena espora nodded.

But Murphy said, "I'll stress again that the color of the special effects background should be bright enough. In the black and white color processing, there must be a strong contrast between light and dark, so that the picture looks clear and bright. White should be white, and black should be black thoroughly!"

Helena espora wrote down Murphy's request one by one in her notebook.

These close-up background pictures were originally experimental objects. The special effects working group submitted them to Murphy in advance. Murphy also pointed out that they did not meet the requirements.

"The scene with color is not in place," Murphy said, pointing to a section with a bright red bed. "Red is independent of black and white, but it should complement black and white. Now the red is bright enough, but it is completely separated from black and white."

"Don't forget, color is a tool to reflect the feelings of characters and plots!" He never stops, "different feelings need different colors to express, red is conducive to the ignition and expression of passion; black and white reflect the sinister and dark of the city!"

After finishing the special effects background, Murphy turned to the shooting related to the background. The shooting was not completely separated from the background and only depended on the green screen, especially the other directors and Philip Raschel's photography guide. Even when they were facing the green screen, what they had in mind was the complete scene construction.

"Felix, pay attention to lens transition when shooting." although this has more to do with editing, lens control during shooting is equally important. When shooting, reserve ingenious editing points for lens transition, so that the lens can be connected naturally and coherently, rather than abruptly broken. "In the eye guidance transition, language transition, similar object transition and action transition, you can review it again "It's a photographic project."

Careful people can easily find that these transition ways are commonly used in Hollywood movies. Through these ingenious transition ways, the narrative of the film will appear smooth and natural.

Three days after the crew's suspension, Bill rosis settled matters related to Murphy's withdrawal from the directors' Union, and the crew was able to start filming again.

Now he and Frank Miller are not members of the directors' Union, and the directors' Union has no reason to interfere illegally.

In Disney Studio 2, a lot of staff are preparing for the shooting. Bill rosis stands behind the director's monitor with Murphy, watching the pictures of Philip Raschel's trial shooting continuously transmit.

"The company has also asked someone to investigate," bill rosis whispered. "The director's Union suddenly interfered with us because someone reported it."

Murphy turned to look at him. "Who's the informant?"

"It's not clear yet." Bill rosis shook his head. "Brian Lauder speculated that it might be a competitor of the company."

He sighed, "what I thought at the beginning was too simple. It's not hard, let alone risky. Just making a report call to the directors' union may attract attention."

Murphy shook his head, too.

And bill rossis said, "you're comfortable shooting now, and I'll take care of the rest."

He understands Murphy's character. This is not a man who has suffered a lot. He specially tells him, "Murphy, don't think about it and don't do much! What you need most now is to do your directing work well. With CAA and Miramax in, general problems will not affect you. As long as you keep going forward, go to a certain position, and have enough strength, these problems are no longer problems. " (to be continued). ）For mobile phone users, please browse and read for better reading experience.