Tiny snowflakes mixed in the cold wind, falling from the air, like a sharp knife cutting people's faces. The snow trucks of the crew are scattered in the vast snow, and each staff member is wrapped in thick down clothes, such as lights and cameras. Murphy even made people specially deal with the cold and antifreeze before coming.
Now the weather is not the coldest, but the crew from warm Los Angeles, suddenly appeared in the environment below freezing point, a little bit uncomfortable.
"Keep the three actors warm." "There should be at least three assistants for each of you. Down jackets and hot coffee are always available. If they have a cold, don't ask for any bonus for all of you," Murphy told an intern who was an assistant
The intern nodded busily.
The rest of the crew can be wrapped in thick down jackets, but Chris Evans in Superman's uniform and Gail gado in wonder woman's costume will face the ice and snow here after shooting. They are playing superhuman, but they are not.
Murphy regretted that galgado would wear the ancient Greek armor to shoot in this environment, so he should put these plays in front of the green screen of the studio
but when the crew came, he could not change his decision, otherwise he and galgado would become the biggest laughingstock of Hollywood.
His thick leather boots fell on the white snow, creaking. Murphy went to the temporary lifting platform, looked up and asked the camera's guide, "Philip, is it all right?"
"everything is OK" Philip Raschel made an OK gesture.
The progress of technology brings the convenience of film shooting. In this harsh environment, film and film cameras may face considerable challenges, but digital cameras can easily cope with it without worrying about whether low temperature will affect the quality of imaging.
This is not the first time that Murphy has worked in such a low temperature. When he filmed the song of ice and fire: the game of power, he also led the team to shoot in the snow of Iceland, which is also some experience.
After walking around the departments of photography, props, lighting and recording, Murphy went to see Chris Evans, Megan Fox and Gail gado. They had been psychologically prepared for this harsh working environment. Gail gado told Murphy that this cold was nothing.
As for Megan Fox, who looks pretty and has been tortured by Michael Bay, it's not a problem to deal with such an environment.
Out of the make-up trailer, Murphy goes back to his work position, stands on the elevated platform, and looks around. Except for the busy crew, there are no more people on the vast snowfield.
However, the original scenery looks quite charming.
At the end of his line of sight is a vast primeval land, which is covered by endless forests and interspersed with mottled snow mountains. Continuous magnificent glaciers, winding crystal streams and dazzling snow light are all in it. All kinds of natural and pure things created by the hand of God gather here.
After seeing the almost original scenery of Alaska, Murphy returned to work. After more than an hour's busy work, the crew's preparations were announced and the shooting could begin.
Based on the principle from simple to complex, Murphy first shot some personal scenes of Louise Lane played by Megan Fox. Compared with Chris Evans and Gail gado, the only thing she needs to do is to show off her figure and face as well as possible in front of the camera.
The down jacket prepared by the crew for Louise lane is a tight design, which can highlight Megan Fox's good figure even in the ice and snow.
These scenes are very simple, with the experience of shooting transformers, Megan Fox is also handy, and Murphy soon completed this part of the shooting.
After that, Chris Evans and Gail gado appeared in front of the camera, their hair was dyed black, and the action director took them to walk with the familiar movements, and the shooting began.
The shooting of these action plays is also divided into countless pieces. Murphy seldom takes long shots. The longest shot of a group of action scenes is only 20 seconds.
And it's really cold. He also needs to consider the endurance of the actors. Every shooting period, he will let the crew rest. Gail gado and Chris Evans can also put on down jackets and drink some hot coffee to get rid of the cold.
This will make the shooting more slow, but if the actor falls ill, it will be more troublesome. Besides, there is Gail gado in it.
Fortunately, not all the action plays will be done by them. Two people only need to show their faces. For the rest, Murphy will use stunt doubles.
"Scene 15, act 22, now start"
the voice of the episode starts, another scene starts shooting, camera 1 is suspended under the slowly lowered boom, and the close-up picture is sent to the director's monitor in front of Murphy. Gail gado is lying on the snow in his guchrian style armor, and the camera first takes the shield and Vulcan's sword The sword, then turned to galgado's face.
Just in the shooting, Gail gado's stunt double has been knocked down on the snow by Superman. Next, the female god of war will stand up and fight back.In the snow, Gail gado wiped the corners of her mouth. Maybe it was a flash of inspiration, and she suddenly laughed.
In the video transmitted by the monitor, Murphy can see that Gail gado is smiling with pride.
"cut" Murphy immediately stops and says in a loud voice, "all departments return to their seats and remake in ten minutes"
in the set, an assistant immediately drapes Gail gado's down coat, and another assistant delivers hot coffee.
Galgado first tightened his coat, then took a sip of coffee and turned to look at Murphy. The smile he just had wasn't what he had.
Murphy came over and said directly, "why laugh"
"this is just me." this is just the first official role of galgado. She can't seem to find the right adjective.
"Improvisation," Murphy asked.
Gail gado thought for a moment, nodded his head gently, "I just suddenly feel that in this case, wonder woman might laugh."
Just like the director will suddenly jump out of inspiration in shooting, the improvisation of actors is also a common situation in filming.
"Why do you laugh?" Murphy liked the effect, but wanted to know what galgado thought. This is often the dividing line between excellent actors and ordinary actors.
Gail gado pointed to Chris Evans, who was communicating with the movement director not far away. "Because that muscular man angered Diana, she would not give up the fight easily, and she knew she would win."
She looked at Murphy and saw the encouragement in his eyes. She continued, "although wonder woman is a pacifist, she is also a goddess of war. When she needs to fight, she will fight to the end. She is a soldier who enjoys adrenaline stimulation."
Murphy nodded, agreeing with galgado, "let's do it again."
He also warned, "this kind of performance can also be used for the scenes of the final war."
It's working time. Murphy didn't tell galgado. She went back to her work place and started shooting again soon.
Just like Superman, marvelous woman in the body of steel has changed a lot compared with the previous comics. The justice alliance "new 52" universe that C comics is preparing will also adopt Murphy's setting in the film.
In this film, Diana Prinz's external career is a successful antique dealer, who is very worldly and knows men. In the independent film of wonder woman, which C has begun to plan, Diana Prinz will tell her growth story and describe how she became wonder woman. At that time, she was very pure and even naive, idealizing the world, men and women I have no idea how complicated everything is.
And Diana Prinz's background will change accordingly.
In Murphy's setting, she abandoned the setting of "made of clay and then given life by God", and changed to be born by Hippolyte, the queen of Amazon, and Zeus, the God of heaven, which made her a demigod.
The marvelous woman in the cartoon has the strength not to lose to Superman. She is described as having the beauty of Venus, the wisdom of Athena, the agility of mercury, and even stronger than Hercules Hercules. She always wears a magic bracelet to resist physical attacks, a truth lasso to force people to tell the truth, a headdress and an Amazon sword.
The background of Diana Prinz has changed many times according to different versions of the cartoon. The old version assumes that all the female soldiers on Paradise Island will live forever, while the new version of Murphy does not. The longevity of wonder woman will come from the setting of demigod.
In the body of steel, wonder woman won't have any part in love. Murphy didn't pull this role into the film to get a vase to fall in love with the hero.
As Gail gado said in an interview, the film will interpret the independence of wonder woman. This role does not just appear for the sake of falling in love. She does not need to rely on men, but is still full of emotion and love.
To some extent, Murphy will emphasize the feminist significance of this role, and the independent and tough stance of wonder woman.
Compared with the previous comics, the wonder woman in this series will become stronger. Murphy knows that this feature will make her controversial, but it will also enable her to gain more recognition and indispensable status.
It should be said that the hardline wonder woman, the pacifist Superman and the cynical Batman form a complementary Trinity alliance.
After finishing the scene in Xueyuan, Murphy led the crew back to Los Angeles and began shooting in front of the green screen. Compared with the previous location scenes, the scenes in the studio were more dependent on special effects technology. It's not finished yet.