Chapter 392

"In fact, there is only one truth..."

In a joking tone, Murphy cut her throat and said, "with the setting of wonder woman, how can we allow people like Lex Luther and the clown to be presumptuous and turn over and over and die?"

Gail gado and Nicholas Cage both laughed, and Chris Evans later realized, "they were all killed."

Although it can't be generalized, and it's also a joke of Murphy, to a certain extent, wonder woman is stronger than superman and Batman.

The wonder woman is a pacifist, but she has another status as the goddess of war.

When it's time to start and kill, she is far more decisive and ruthless than superman and Batman. Maybe in other words, wonder woman is not bound by many rules like those two.

However, wonder woman is a guest star after all, and the key content in the film is also a few action plays. The whole film is still around Superman.

Although this is a film about the origin of Superman, Murphy did not shoot any scenes about krypton. Before becoming Superman, Clark Kent was always so bearded and hairy.

In this way, Murphy is to integrate the story of Superman into the realistic environment. The specific way of integration is to emphasize the influence of the day after tomorrow from the story setting, and focus on depicting the story of an alien child who grew up on the earth, rather than the story of a god like existence coming to the earth.

The difference lies in the fact that the former adapts to extraterrestrial abilities with a human mind, while the latter is just the opposite.

To put it bluntly, this is a story about how Clark Kent changed from human to "Superman". It is Murphy's version of "Superman's initial cultivation". The key is to "be cultivated by human beings", and then become Superman, which is worshiped by some people and hated and feared by others.

This can also show that Superman has more humanity than divinity, and human is always complex.

After the crew spent the New Year holiday in 2007, Murphy's shooting entered the final stage. All the main shots have been shot, and the rest are scenes reflecting passers-by.

Although no protagonist will appear in these scenes, Murphy's demands are not relaxed. No matter how great a hero is, he needs the foil of ordinary people.

While filming, Murphy also had to take into account the equally important special effects production. The remaining few scenes were delayed until the middle of January.

"Yes, all the shooting of" body of steel "is over."

On the day when the crew finished all the shooting, Murphy cooperated with Warner Brothers' publicity plan and specially accepted the interview of media reporters. The main problem he faced was: why is it called "body of steel" instead of "Superman"?

To this point, Murphy said to a reporter of Empire magazine, "we decided not to call it Superman after careful consideration. I decided to call it" body of steel "because I wanted to draw a line between the old Superman and the new Superman. We always know that we can use Superman symbols and symbols when naming it, but we hope to use "body of steel" to represent the new image we create. First of all, because he is a person, but he is not a person made of blood and meat, so I use "body of steel" to describe him. That's why we name him like this. "

Murphy's words are very straightforward, and it is also the first time for the crew to admit that "body of steel" is a completely different movie from the old Superman Movie. The Superman image in it is also completely different from the old version. Although it has a similar "s" sign, it can also represent different meanings.

Shortly after the shooting, Murphy took Jodie Griffith's editing team, together with special effects, sound effects and color matching departments, to post production.

Due to the completion of some lens splicing at the same time of shooting, the rough cutting of the film is relatively easy. In addition to determining the main plot, Murphy also needs to determine the world outlook that belongs to this series.

Unlike ordinary films, "body of steel" is the opening work of the whole justice alliance series. Since Murphy has signed a contract, he is sure to pave the way for the following films. In addition to the amazing woman who appeared as a guest, there are also the signs of Wayne group in the close-up, especially the Wayne building in the metropolis that collapsed in the final war.

However, Murphy has done so much. Now, unlike in the past, Marvel's "Iron Man" will not be released until 2008, which is later than "body of steel". As long as the film can succeed, Warner Brothers and D comics will be able to lay out the whole series of films calmly.

As for whether Warner Brothers will continue to invite him to direct, that's not something Murphy can control. After all, his reward is really high, and it's hard to say whether the other party is willing to give up.

"Body of steel" Warner Brothers offered him $10 million plus 20% of the global box office and DVD sales share. According to Hollywood rules, if the contract is renewed, it can't be lower than that.

In the face of such a high salary, even the six major Hollywood companies should consider it carefully.Murphy will not put too much content in the film. The lesson of "Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of justice" is in his mind. Except for the justice big three, "body of steel" will not mention any other superheroes.

Therefore, in addition to the proper bedding, Murphy's rough scissors mostly show a brand new and different world with Superman.

In the old version of Superman movies, there is such a phenomenon: Superman comes, Superman appears, Superman saves people and the earth, and then people very consciously think that the appearance of Superman is natural, without the slightest doubt and fear.

But is that logical? Obviously not, because from the perspective of human history, human beings have a natural fear of strange things, they will not easily believe a powerful stranger with super power, and these are exactly the places where "body of steel" will be obviously different from the old version of Superman film, which is exactly the darkest part of "body of steel" film.

When human beings face Superman, just like people in Gotham face Batman, Superman is not a hero, but a monster that they can't control and understand. Therefore, ordinary people's cognition of Superman is very simple: I don't know you, you make me afraid, you don't belong here!

The world view of body of steel is first of all realistic. Murphy assumes that the real world of human life really appears. What will happen to a man who is invincible but himself is also a body of steel, and this man is an alien and originally does not belong to human beings.

It is obvious that Murphy is to let Superman spend the whole film in human doubt and fear in "body of steel".

After finishing the rough cut, the focus of the next work is to add various special effects to the corresponding lens, the most important of which is undoubtedly the action special effects.

It has to be said that Christopher Reeve's version of the Superman Quartet, after all, lived in the 1970s and 1980s, which is too long. Because of this, who can't blame the seemingly crude film technology and the seemingly poor fighting scenes of that era.

and the 2006 Brandon Ross version of superman returns uses ima3d technology, but it is because the awesome villain has caused the entire movie's combat effects to be suck. This is why superman returns are criticized by many fans.

IMA and 3D technology have existed for many years, but they haven't been popularized yet. Some people suggested that Murphy use ima technology, but he didn't use it. After all, there are too few ima cinemas now.

As for 3D, unless he has a brain problem, he will use 3D technology in a dark film.

3D has a very obvious damage to the brightness of the film, even ordinary films. However, Murphy's style is doomed not to be suitable for 3D. The color of "body of steel" is mainly dark cyan. However, Murphy also pays attention to that this is a commercial film. First of all, the audience's feelings should be taken into account. The theme of the film will be put in the daytime, not in the dark night .

Especially in action plays, it's all day.

As for the editing and special effects work of the action play, Murphy also added the digital doubles of Superman and wonder woman.

Action doubles are common in the film industry all over the world, that is, when dangerous scenes or back images are taken, famous stars usually use doubles, which is very common in traditional action movies. But in the digital era, all kinds of scenes that can't be shot in real time or in some specific scenes will use digital doubles.

In the fight scene of body of steel, almost all the medium and long-range action scenes, Murphy uses the addition of digital doubles, and even some close-up of superman or wonder woman in non fight scenes, whose back is not a real person.

Then there is the score. At Murphy's request, Warner Bros. invited Hans Zimmer. Although the score master's position in the circle is not as good as John Williams, he is more suitable for commercial production. His best hand is the electronic symphony. The melodious melody matches the rhythm of the drum, which is quite matched with "body of steel".

Murphy also specially asked Hans Zimmer to prepare a piece of background music for wonder woman. Whenever Diana Prinz appears as wonder woman, she will bring her own BGM.

All this work continued until February. Due to the unfinished special effects work, body of steel missed the advertising time of the new super bowl. However, all kinds of publicity work of the film continued. Warner Bros. paid as much as US $150 million for the promotion and marketing of the film.

At the end of February, the post production of the film came to an end temporarily. Murphy gave Jodie Griffith the job of fine cutting for the time being. He and Gail gado went to Universal Studios to participate in the shooting of the film directed by Seth Logan. (to be continued). )

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