Chapter 475

On May 1, 2009, the wolf of Wall Street officially started shooting. However, for the sake of publicity, before shooting, the crew held a short press conference in the open space in front of the warehouse set. As Robert Downey Jr. needed to make up in advance, Murphy was the only heavyweight who really attended the press conference.

Inevitably, Murphy became the focus of the media siege.

After Kara Firth, the producer, gave a brief introduction to the film, the question session began, and all kinds of questions from media reporters were thrown at Murphy.

The reporter from the Wall Street Journal was the first to stand up and ask in a loud voice, "Murphy, do you know why your new work will choose a film related to Wall Street? Or such a notorious character as Jordan Belfort? "

"Because I love this story so much, I got the right to adapt Jordan Belfort's autobiography Wall Street wolf in 2007."

Murphy couldn't help asking such a question. He thought about it and said, "I also collected a lot of first-hand raw materials related to Jordan Belfort. This is because I have come across books or stories that I am very interested in before. I think the story of Jordan Belfort is very alarming

Some words, Murphy said on purpose, pause a little, and then said, "another point is the global financial crisis around 2008. Although the culprits of Wall Street are hateful, greed, as an eternal virtue, is rooted in the hearts of all people in the United States and the world. On the topic of greed, it is impossible to blame the specific historical period, civilization stage or even some people at a certain time in the past. This is the most basic feature of survival. Nowadays, the world is changing dramatically, and human beings seem to be omnipotent. Unfortunately, human beings and human hearts have not evolved much. "

"Director Stanton," another reporter asked, "will you reflect a real Wall Street?"

Murphy shrugged. "I can only say that, after all, the film is based on the original story

After that, Murphy answered a few more routine questions and went back to the studio, ready to shoot.

In front of the two cameras that have been set up, there is a large office set. After Murphy came in, he first walked around the set, then went to Philip Raschel to see the trial shooting of the camera, and picked up the light meter to see the light distribution.

"David!" He waved to the light crew, and when David Robbie came, he said, "the light is too hard, softer."

David Robbie nodded and went back to rearrange.

Soon, the makeup of Robert Downey and a group of extras came to the big office, little Robert Downey suit, looks very handsome, like a successful person.

Murphy put down the light meter, walked over and asked, "Donny, how are you getting ready?"

"Very good!" Robert Downey, Jr. is confident, "great! Just wait and see. "

"You don't want to make this part Tony Stark." Murphy added.

In the early rehearsal, Robert Downey Jr. unconsciously brought Jordan Belfort into Tony Stark many times. These two roles have some similarities, but there are essential differences.

All departments are ready, Murphy finally told Robert Downey, "body language, expression, gesture, intonation should be in place, to show a kind of confidence from the bone."

Robert Downey, Jr. nodded his head hard.

In addition to worrying about Robert Downey Jr. bringing in too much of Tony Stark's qualities, Murphy is very relieved of him.

Robert Downey Jr. sits in front of a group of extras in the background, and Murphy announces the start of filming.

The main camera lens moves from far to near along the paved slide. First, it gives a panoramic view of the office, and then it switches to a close-up. The focus of the lens turns to the little Robert Downey who is making a phone call.

That's why Murphy finally said that.

The cast has done a full investigation before. In a speech, the audience's memory of what the protagonist said may not exceed 30% except the beginning and the end. However, the audience will have a deep memory of the expression, gesture and intonation that the protagonist "plays".

And in the telephone communication, even if the other party can't see you, you should also keep passion, use all the gestures and expressions, which will be naturally reflected in your language and give the other party a sense of trust.

"A few weeks ago, you sent a postcard to my company to inquire about the stocks with very broad prospects but low risks. Do you remember?"

With the experience and lessons of rehearsal, Robert Downey Jr. showed the confidence that the character needs now with his confident expression and sufficient body movements. "I just saw a stock, which is the best one I've seen in half a year. This is a high-end technology company, right in the Midwest. The approval will be passed soon. This is a new generation of radar detector, which will be widely used in military and civil fields. Your profit is that as long as you invest 6000 dollars, you can get 6！ Ten thousand! Beautiful! GoldMurphy looks at little Robert Downey on the monitor. His face is a little dark.

Little Robert Downey himself is not white, now the shot picture, looks much darker than me, which is not in line with the requirements of Murphy and the film.

“cut！” Murphy immediately stopped the crew and said, "there's something wrong with the light!"

He raised his voice and yelled, "David, the light is still hard! A little softer! "

As a director, we must consider the skin tone according to the actual situation.

In shooting, if the actor's skin color is dark, a large area of soft light must be used to shine on the actor's face, because the dark skin absorbs light. Hard light source will produce a very hard highlight, it is easy to appear dead black.

In this face watching world, it is undoubtedly a challenge to shoot characters with dark skin. The skin color problem of actors can be solved by makeup, and the skin exposure can be well controlled during live shooting, so as to make actors look whiter in the lens.

When it comes to skin color, in addition to the actor's own skin color, we should also consider the character's image. He may be pale, or full of vitality, or suffering, or optimistic and healthy, or as well-dressed as Jordan Belfort in Wall Street wolf.

Partial white skin color, is in line with Jordan Belfort's overall image.

After the adjustment of the lighting, the shooting started again. Now Robert Downey Jr. is full of passion, which is the best time to shoot these speech plays. So after this, Murphy immediately led the crew to transfer to the other side of the set with the interior of Stratton Oakman company.

More extras joined the filming, and Robert Downey Jr. continued his crazy speech.

"See these little boxes? They're called phones. Now I want to tell you a secret about phones. They don't know how to dial. Without you, they are just a useless piece of plastic, just like the M-16 without trained Marines. "

Standing on the front platform of the company, Robert Downey, Jr. faced hundreds of extras including crew members, holding the microphone and yelling, "it's up to each and every one of you, my well-trained Strattons, my uncompromising killers, my fighters, to buy our stocks from your customers, or You will never hang up the phone before the death of the victim

Three cameras shoot at the same time, one always takes a panoramic view, one takes Robert Downey Jr. in the speech, and the other mainly captures Jonah hill, who is also full of passion below.

These people don't behave like normal people.

Robert Downey Jr.'s excellent performance led to the play. After only one shooting, Murphy announced that it was approved, and then the venue and the actors, and then another inspiring speech by Jordan Belfort.

The lines of these speeches are not written at will, but the result of collective labor by many writers in combination with the social reality of the United States.

This speech is always related to the audience. Lack of money leads to being driven away by the landlord. Lack of money leads to being looked down upon by the girlfriend. Lack of money leads to These are the most common problems in real society.

Jordan Belfort puts forward the solution, which can naturally stimulate the maximum potential of employees.

Today's in addition to a little light problems, other aspects are very smooth, especially little Robert Downey, the state is incredible.

Perhaps, like Tony Stark, this role can give full play to Robert Downey's eloquence.

As Murphy said, characters make actors, but characters also need the right actors to make a difference.

"In this world, it's disgraceful to be poor. I've been rich and poor. I always choose to be rich, because at least when I'm rich, even if I'm in trouble, I'm still sitting in the back of a luxury car, wearing a $2000 suit and a $14000 gold watch!"

Seeing that Robert Downey Jr. is in excellent condition, Murphy simply leaves the shooting to Philip Raschel. He also stands among the extras and acts as an employee of Jordan Belfort. When he stands down and looks at it, the speech of Robert Downey Jr. has more impact.

"If someone thinks I'm superficial or materialistic, go to McDonald's and get a job, because that's where you belong. Before you leave this room full of winners, I want you to have a good look at the people around you, because in the near future, when you drive a tattered Santana and stop at a red light intersection, that person will drive a brand new Porsche and stop next to you with a big breasted wife, and the one next to you will be a disgusting old cow who hasn't washed her hair for three days and wears a sleeveless shirt... " (to be continued). )