There is no doubt that the stark family in lindongcheng is a very important family in the whole series. It is the Lord of the Northern Territory. The clan emblem is a silver gray ice wolf on the white snow plain. The clan language is "winter is coming". Sometimes the word "running wolf's blood" is used to express the wild and unrestrained character of some stark family members.
Therefore, the ice wolf is a very important supporting role in the role of stark family members.
Animal actors often appear in Hollywood movies, and there are also special companies and institutions to provide relevant services. Some star level animal actors are paid quite high.
Ice wolf is an important symbol of ned Stark's children. It will appear frequently in game of thrones, and the crew has contacted a special animal actor company for a long time.
It's not realistic to play with wolves. Dogs that look like wolves are the best choice.
Six huskies, accompanied by professionals, crossed the Atlantic Ocean to Belfast, but what Murphy didn't expect was that with huskies on the set, there were some people who liked to make trouble.
"At present, there are three private organizations in the UK targeting our cast."
In an office on the set, Kara Firth, who came to Belfast with husky, frowned a little tight. She obviously encountered some things that even she was worried about, "they are the British environmental protection organization, the animal protection organization, and the dog lovers Association."
Murphy sat back in her swivel chair, her brow locked more tightly than Carla Firth. "It's a good thing for environmental protection organizations to say that we have hired a special service company, and the cleaning of the location shooting site will not be a problem, the latter two..."
He shook his head. "Animal protection organizations and dog lovers' associations are the trouble."
Hollywood has a perfect system, which is not only reflected in the clear rules and regulations and strong trade union organizations to protect the rights and interests of workers, but also the concern of some people about animal actors.
Many troupes using animal actors have to work under the supervision of relevant protection organizations if they don't want to cause too much trouble and welcome some people's protest.
Just as the actors who join the actors' Union sign contracts with the crew under the supervision of the union, the agreements on the use of animal actors are often signed under the supervision of relevant organizations.
Of course, this is not a compulsory measure, but if it is not done, there will be more trouble.
"No way." Carla Firth shook her head. "It's the usual practice in the industry. Let's get there quickly."
"Don't worry." Murphy sat quite quietly. "Let them wait a little longer."
The crew has long signed a formal agreement with the owners of the animal actors, but the agreement has to be filed with the animal protection organization and the dog lovers Association, and the director Murphy and the producer Kara Firth need to sign on the record.
"You..." Instead of persuading, Carla Firth picked up a budget and looked at it patiently.
On the other hand, Murphy closed his eyes and had been busy all morning. He was also a little tired. He took this rare free time to rest.
It took half an hour before Murphy opened her eyes, motioned to Carla Firth, walked out of the office, walked through a small open-air set, and came to the seemingly shabby theater conference room.
Two middle-aged men are waiting here. The crew who is in charge of receiving them are just sitting near the door. They don't seem willing to take care of them.
Seeing Murphy and Carla Firth enter the conference room, the two listless middle-aged men, as if seeing class enemies, immediately perk up and look over.
The staff member stood up and introduced Murphy and Kara Firth, "this is Richard Dennis from the British animal conservationists, and this is James Morse from the dog lovers Association."
Murphy nodded to the two men and sat across from their conference table with Carla Firth.
"We will use animal actors according to relevant regulations." Murphy didn't want to waste time on these unrelated people. He said very directly, "they will have the same rights as all actors in the crew."
"No!" The middle-aged man named Richard Dennis shook his head. "Director Stanton, you are wrong. Animal actors, that is six huskies, should be given more protection and more effective care."
On hearing this, Murphy's lips quivered a little, but said nothing.
"Although you have animal actor contracts with Husky's owners." The speaker became James Morse of the dog people's Association. "But your production is based in the UK, and you have to abide by the provisions of animal protection organizations and dog people's Association, as well as the relevant laws in the UK."
"Go ahead, please." Murphy made a please sign.
"According to the regulations," James Morse is extremely serious, and seems to be afraid that Murphy, the director, will abuse his sweetheart. "Animal actors should not work more than 45 minutes at a time, and their daily action time should not exceed three and a half hours. It is forbidden to abuse, beat and abuse animal actors..."In just a few minutes, the other side said a long string.
To exaggerate, it's more detailed than the agents of Hollywood a-coffee and super a-coffee fighting for special treatment for their big clients.
Finally, James Morse, who is crazy about dogs, said, "we will supervise the use of animal actors by the crew, and effectively protect their rights. If the crew violates the rules, we will immediately report to the association and relevant government departments, and strictly stop the relevant actions."
According to Murphy's understanding, the crew did not find six huskies at all, but invited six parents to come.
Compared with Murphy, Kara Firth was a little impatient. "What about the people who take care of husky? Are there relevant regulations on their working hours and working environment? "
It seems that he didn't understand Carla Firth's implied taunt. James Morse naturally said, "what we care about and protect is dogs, not humans!"
There was a flash of disdain in Carla Firth's eyes.
This kind of words, let Cara - Feisi quite speechless, even if she also has a pet dog, still can't understand this mentality.
Murphy is too lazy to talk to these people, "can I sign the memo now?"
"And Husky's accommodation..."
James Morse wanted to speak again, but Murphy raised his hand and interrupted, "there are clear terms in this aspect. If you don't understand, you can go to see the relevant actor agreement. We'll continue when you're finished."
"Ah No more James Morse and Richard Dennis respectively pushed the two memos in front of them.
These had been examined by lawyers before. Murphy opened them, signed their names with Kara Firth, nodded to the two men, stood up and walked out of the meeting room.
Carla Firth followed, "Why are you so happy? It's not your style. "
Murphy walked toward the studio and said, "Rosa Rodriguez and two security guards will accompany them all the way instead of me!"
"So it is." Put it down, carlas.
In any way, Murphy doesn't like those two guys. He really can't understand the mentality of those guys who love dogs more than humans. What James Morse just said is that the six huskies are much more important than the people who take care of them.
If it's a movie or TV play with animals as the main characters, Murphy will definitely kick those two people away and will not sign the memorandum at all. However, the appearance time of ice wolf in "game of Thrones" is limited, and there are not many scenes to shoot, which basically will not exceed those harsh requirements.
At the door of the studio, Murphy suddenly stops. Now it's just the beginning of the series. In the future, ice wolf will continue to appear. If these guys keep haunting the crew, even if the director behind is not him, it's really annoying.
"Kara, write it down for me." Murphy reminds Kara Firth, "from season 2, all the ice wolves will use G as much as possible."
Even if husky continues to be used as an ice wolf, we need to use GI technology to make some modifications. It's better to use G directly.
Entering the studio, Murphy threw these behind her head and began to prepare for the afternoon shooting.
What is about to be shot is the part related to the ice wolf. Husky, who will appear, is also brought into the studio by professional trainers. A makeup artist under Jack Watson will decorate it.
As we all know, children's actors and animal actors are recognized as the two most uncontrollable factors in Hollywood.
These two factors are full of in the "game of Thrones" crew. Compared with the scenes that have been shot by several small actors, the shooting of ice wolf is more difficult.
Little actors have their own professional teachers or parents for guidance, and their performances are at most good and bad. After husky appeared, Murphy fully understood why he was called one of the three fools of sledge.
In fact, it's really hard to shoot wolves with husky. If the animal actors don't have professional training, they will shout again and again. It takes a short time for Murphy to shoot, but the film ratio is very high. He shot a lot of materials, but few of them have the right light, shape and action. He tried his best to integrate the appropriate materials with the atmosphere lens, Create a relatively "wolf" husky.
As for the rule of no more than 45 minutes at a time, Murphy completely threw it aside when all parties acquiesced and the two dog lovers were entangled.
As a direct result, when the scene was almost finished, husky was really tired. He put out his tongue, tilted his head, looked at the camera, quickly closed his eyes and put on a dead pose. The cute whole group couldn't bear to wake him up. (to be continued). )