Chapter 535

In the small conference room of Waldorf hotel in Manhattan, Murphy, Gail gado, filie Raschel and Helena espora frown and look at the people from the New York City Hall sitting opposite. There are only two people coming to the New York City Hall, led by a gray haired middle-aged man. They seem to come just for a routine notice, and they don't talk to Murphy at all The two sides continued to discuss the meaning of cooperation with the shooting.

"Why?" Murphy looked at the middle-aged man and asked, "Mr. Blumberg, we have reached an agreement on shooting before. Why do you want to overthrow it temporarily?"

As an important location for Hollywood movies, I don't know how many crew members are shooting in New York every week, and the New York City Hall is also quite cooperative. As long as they don't disturb the normal social order, they usually give the green light.

Before Gail - gado came, the other side agreed very happily, both sides also initialed a shooting agreement.

"It's not that I don't agree with you shooting in New York." "Small scale shooting is OK, but large scale shooting is OK..."

And he shook his head.

"Small scale shooting?" Murphy's brows are getting tighter.

It's a crime action movie. Almost all the location scenes in New York are large-scale action scenes.

Gail gado took a look at Murphy and said, "Mr. Blumberg, I've talked to you before and signed a draft."

"I'm sorry, miss gado." "We are unable to carry out that agreement. We deeply regret the inconvenience to you," he said

New York City Hall has a very good reputation in this respect. Murphy and Gail gado look at each other and have no idea why the other party is doing this.

"You have a reason, don't you?" Asked Gail gado.

He nodded and explained, "because Stanton is so influential."

"Me?" Murphy, more puzzled, pointed to himself and asked, "does this have anything to do with me?"

"Maybe you didn't pay attention to it," he said after thinking for a while. "Director Stanton, you and your works have great influence. Last year's" Wall Street wolf "caused many people to intensify their dissatisfaction with Wall Street..."

Murphy and Gail gado nodded gently. They knew that after the release of Wall Street wolf, especially after a series of publicity and marketing operations, the voice of dissatisfaction with Wall Street on the Internet became louder and louder.

"At present, a lot of people and organizations are preparing to brew a protest against Wall Street in New York and Manhattan. According to the information we have learned, the scale of the protest may be very large, and many of them are affected by" the wolf of Wall Street. "

Hearing this, Murphy showed her hand and said it had nothing to do with her.

Occupy Wall Street has existed. Maybe "wolf of Wall Street" and a series of related hype have accelerated the process of this protest.

"The city hall made a great effort."

In his eyes, Murphy is a vested interest and certainly has nothing to do with the people who occupy Wall Street, he continued, "but it doesn't work. If they do rally, we don't have a good way."

At this point, the meaning of disclosure is very obvious. Blumberg said bluntly, "many of them are fans of you and the wolf of Wall Street. The city hall is worried that if you shoot in New York, it will further stimulate their emotions. Especially in the shooting plan you submitted, there are many location plays on Wall Street, which will give those people a sense of freedom The wrong signal makes the situation more uncontrollable. "

For most government departments, stability is paramount.

But Blumberg said, "and this kind of thing may involve you, director Stanton. I believe you don't want to see this kind of situation, do you?"

That's for sure. Of course, Murphy doesn't want to get involved in occupy Wall Street too much. Movies are one thing, and it's quite another to coerce him into them.

"So we hope that director Stanton will think carefully about his location plans in New York." "Although we can't cooperate this time, the unilateral cancellation of the shooting plan of" Black New York "by the city hall will also bring a lot of unnecessary trouble to your crew, but the city hall can promise that when director Stanton comes back to New York to shoot in the future, you will be welcome in New York."

Gail gado takes another look at Murphy. It's up to him to decide.

Indeed, if the crew insists on shooting in New York, according to relevant laws and regulations, the city hall does not have the right to cancel the shooting, but without the support of the city hall, the shooting will be subject to various restrictions and become extremely inconvenient.

In particular, it is almost impossible to achieve the necessary road closure shooting.

Murphy also understands this. He has absolute power in the crew, and it's up to him to shoot in New York.

After weighing the pros and cons, Murphy stood up and held out his right hand to Blumberg. "I accept the advice of New York City Hall and hope that we can continue to cooperate in the future.""Of course, New York also needs Stanton's great works," he said

Murphy laughed, and so did bronberg.

To reach a consensus in this respect, it's easy to talk about other things. For example, when Murphy said that the crew would shoot some background shots in New York, Blumberg immediately expressed his strong support.

After seeing him off, several people returned to Murphy's suite and immediately discussed the unexpected situation. It has become an established fact that it is impossible to take live action in New York.

"We have to adjust the shooting plan."

Gail gado went to the coffee machine and received a cup of coffee for each of Murphy's three, "and told 20th century fox as soon as possible."

"Well." Murphy nodded. Although he has such power, it is necessary to maintain communication. He said to Gail gado, "you are responsible for communicating with 20th century fox."

Then he looked at Felix Raschel, "the shooting plan has also made a big adjustment."

Felipe Raschel took the coffee from Gail gado and said to Murphy, "we don't have to use film if we don't shoot live."

Murphy stood up for a few steps and made a quick decision. "In this way, except for IMAX shots, all the other scenes were changed from film to digital camera shooting. All the scenes about New York scenes were set up and shot with green screen in Venice, and then replaced with real scenes of New York in post production."

"Yes." Philip Raschel is experienced. "This is the best alternative."

"Helen." Murphy said to his art director, "when you go back, make sure of the setting plan as soon as possible."

"Well." Helena espora doesn't speak much, but she does things reliably. "I'll make plans as fast as I can."

Murphy also told Philip Raschel, "replace all the film cameras in the crew with digital cameras, and do a good job in the transfer between IMAX shooting and ordinary shooting."

His brain is running at a high speed. "Gail, make a separate list of all the cost changes caused by the plan change, and communicate with the third-party guarantee company in time."

Finally, Murphy said, "except for the background shot, all New York related shooting plans have been cancelled."

The crew's preparation will encounter all kinds of accidents. This is not the first time in Murphy's project, and it is not difficult for him to deal with it.

Since the New York shooting plan is cancelled, Murphy and others have no need to stay in the big apple for investigation. As he and Philip Raschel said, all the location scenes about New York are shot in the studio and set up green screens.

Murphy has never been the kind of stubborn director who doesn't like flexibility. Since he can't shoot through film, it's also OK to use digital technology and CG synthesis.

Film has never been a technology.

In addition to IMAX cameras, which must use 70mm film, after Murphy returned to Los Angeles, the crew withdrew all 35mm film cameras and rented some of Sony's latest digital cameras.

In the 20th century, Fox also quickly returned to Murphy's plan to use digital technology for shooting and production, which is actually very beneficial to the publisher.

In the following time, although the preparation of the crew also encountered some other problems, they were basically solved smoothly under the leadership of Murphy. The actors, scenery, lighting, recording, props, equipment and special effects departments were all fully cooperating with Murphy's work. By the middle of September, the preparation of the film was coming to an end.

At the same time, Murphy has also officially determined the title of the project. Black New York, a film with obvious regional logo, has been replaced by city of chaos. In the 20th century, fox has also started the appropriate early publicity and promotion work.

In this regard, Murphy doesn't have to worry. It's entirely the professional team of 20th century fox.

In addition, before the film was shot, Murphy met with Hans Zimmer and negotiated a series of issues about the soundtrack, which is very suitable for Hans Zimmer's soundtrack style.

It's not the first time for the two sides to cooperate, and communication is relatively smooth.

After Hans Zimmer is finished, the preparatory work of the crew is basically over. Some scenes that have not been built can be built while shooting. There is no conflict between these two aspects of work.

On September 30, 2010, the crew of "city of chaos" officially started shooting in the warehouse set outside Venice. The crew did not hold any announcement activities, and Murphy was ready to start shooting directly.

But at 10 a.m., the filming of the crew hasn't started yet. Murphy is also looking at his watch frequently. His director of photography, Philip Raschel, hasn't come to the crew and can't get through the phone (to be continued). )