Chapter 536

There is no doubt that the photography director is very important for a film crew. Murphy couldn't get through to Philip Raschel and contacted his agent. But the agent couldn't get in touch with Philip Raschel either. In desperation, Murphy had to send someone to drive to Philip Raschel's home.

Although his photography director likes to pick up girls and take drugs, since their cooperation, Murphy has rarely seen him late, especially when the whole crew is waiting for him alone.

Henry Carville and Margot Robbie, who are ready in the set, often look at Murphy. Murphy simply asks people to tell them to go back to rest and wait.

After another 20 minutes, just as Murphy was getting more and more anxious, Gail gado came over from the office area of the studio.

"Something happened to Philip." She went up to Murphy and said in a low voice, "on the way here this morning, Philip's car was hit."

"What?" Murphy immediately asked, "how is he?"

Gail gado shook his head. "Philip himself is OK, but in his car..."

Speaking of this, she approached Murphy with a lower voice. "He had big hemp and another kind of illegal drug in his car, which was found by the police dealing with the accident. Now he has been taken to the police station. After Philip's agent informed me, he has rushed there."

Murphy took off his baseball cap and threw it on his director's monitor

After complaining, he said, "you call Robert and ask him to come over and see if he can help. Get Philip out as soon as possible."

Gail gado nodded. "I'm going."

Sitting in the director's chair, Murphy scolded a dirty word, which made him feel like he couldn't make a fire.

No one can predict this unexpected situation.

Without Philip Raschel, it's OK to let his deputy be in charge of the photography team for the time being. But before shooting "the wolf of Wall Street", Philip Raschel's deputy was poached by other drama groups. The rest is some ability and experience. It's impossible to take charge of the photography assistant of the photography group. The investment in this film is so high, and Murphy's requirements are quite strict, so it's impossible to let these people come Palm mirror.

Now the scene, lighting, actors and so on are all ready, and the whole crew is waiting for the director's order to shoot.

Murphy hooks back, and an assistant director comes over.

"Let the crew rest for half an hour." He said.

With that, he stood up and went to the photography group. He called all the photography assistants together and prepared to control the photography group by himself.

Most directors have a certain in-depth study of photography, which is a necessary skill. Many lens directors will take part in shooting in person, and Murphy is no exception.

Although it's unrealistic for such a large production to direct the whole film as a director, it's still no problem for Murphy to direct the photography team for a short time.

Murphy said as lightly as possible, "there's something unexpected about Philip. I'll be the director of photography for the time being."

The photo assistants nodded, unable to say anything but cooperate.

However, in recent years, Murphy is less and less involved in the actual shooting work, and the shooting is more and more entrusted to Philip Raschel. Now he must make adjustments as soon as possible to adapt to the changes in his work and role.

Fortunately, before that, Philip Raschel had carried out necessary debugging and testing for all the digital cameras. Murphy only needed to check the shooting effect, and then he could make appropriate adjustments according to his own requirements.

In Murphy's crew, a film project needs to be filmed, and camera testing is a process that can only be carried out without the use of photography guidance as an application for special needs. He has long asked Philip Raschel to prepare for this process by himself in the early stage of preparation.

But even when the director of photography knows the equipment used and the effect of the image, the crew still has to test the camera. Every project needs to start from the beginning and carry out a machine test.

This is because the camera testing of the crew is not only to provide testing for a machine, but also to provide testing for three important elements of the project: the image presentation tools of photography, the shooting objects of photography, and the selection of the tone and color of photography.

The final picture of the film is the result of the interaction of these three elements. Regardless of the connection with other elements, the quality of the camera is only a very small part.

In the past, when using films, some films would go through different lenses, different filters, and a variety of different shooting and processing procedures to observe their final performance when presenting images for actors, hairstyles, and costumes. Sometimes, they would even test their performance when showing scenes.

Then the director of photography and the colorist will study these clips together, evaluate different lenses, filters and processing procedures, and find out which combination is closer to the effect required by the project. These are the procedures of the film era, but the test is not as important as the conversion from film to digital.On the contrary, testing becomes more important, because in the digital age, different elements are easier to get, so it is more necessary to pass the test to choose the best combination.

Because Philip Raschel had tested the digital camera system before, Murphy just carried out the field test according to the process of test field shooting before shooting.

After testing the effect, Murphy adjusted several cameras for shooting, and then told the crew to start shooting.

After the extras are in place and Margot Robbie and Henry Carvel get familiar with their positions for the last time, Chang Ji puts his Chang Ji card in front of Murphy's main camera and says, "city of chaos, scene one, act one, now!"

The light on the set is dim. An incandescent lamp shines on Margot Robbie's face. The heroine she plays looks beautiful and resolute, as if she has an unshakable faith in her heart.

Several men in black, who looked very strong, lay on the ground without any movement.

In the shadow created by the setting, a man in black who can't see clearly is sitting in the corner.

"It's a good thing to uphold justice," said the man in black. "But in this chaotic and sinful city, if you want to uphold justice, you must protect yourself first."

Margot Robbie turned to look at Henry Carville in the shadow, with the same fortitude in his voice as on his face, "I know what to do! Crimes should be punished by law, not by violence as you do! "

Henry Carville, dressed in black, suddenly stood up. "Only by making these people feel fear, can the city be saved and the law be implemented! Now this... "

“Cut！” Murphy stopped shooting, came out from behind the camera and said, "five minutes off!"

Then he said to Henry Carvel and Margot Robbie, "it's none of your business. It's my problem."

Just now, Murphy pointed to the camera and said, "I need to use a camera to adjust the shadow."

Next, he went back to the director's position, carefully looked at the pictures taken by camera 2 and camera 3, and made appropriate adjustments at the same time.

It's not an easy job for director and director to work together, especially for the first time.

The job of cinematographer is not as easy as it seems.

An excellent cinematographer and technician, a brick wall that usually looks ordinary, becomes the mysterious zone in the film that makes the audience feel full of fear after the skillful hand of the photographer and the visual expression means such as shadow, mist and lighting.

To achieve this, photographers need to have a lot of professional knowledge, lenses, filters and laboratories.

Because every conceivable possibility has to go through countless explorations and studies in the process of experiment. Whenever you are in the middle of these tools, an excellent photographer will sprout the interest of shooting and creating from the bottom of his heart. They want to create a lot of background atmosphere and emotional power for the film works.

For example, to make the heroine of the film look more noble and charming, and to set off the subtle psychological changes of the characters through the change of color. For example, Murphy just asked, when shooting some complex scenes, the selection of shooting angle is very important. At this time, it needs the precise cooperation of the director and the photographer, and how to make their own lens in the best shooting position, It's also a question that photographers often think about.

Adjust the camera. In the next shooting, because of the problems of Henry Carville and Margot Robbie, the camera was suspended again. This shot was not approved until the fifth time, when Murphy went back to the director's monitor to see the shots taken by the other two cameras.

The following films are basically the plays of Henry Cavell and Margaret Robbie. There is a strange personal relationship between their two protagonists Chris Dann and their heroine Jay Rachael. Murphy needs them to be able to resonate during the performance.

The shooting was not smooth. After a day's work, only one third of the planned shots were completed, but an extremely important position was missing, and Murphy didn't have a good way. After the shooting of that day, he immediately called Philip Raschel and Robert respectively to learn about the relevant situation, and then he was relieved.

Philip Raschel's car is not a drug like ice and cocaine. It's just marijuana and other less serious prescription drugs. It won't cause him too much trouble, but it's necessary to cooperate with the police to stay in the police station for 48 hours, which is also the lightest treatment.

This means that Murphy will be working as a photography director for a while. (to be continued). )