Chapter 594

"This way!"

A staff member led the way and led Murphy and Philip Raschel to the open-air platform on the top floor of the Death Star building. A helicopter has already started, and the huge propeller is slowly accelerating. The roaring engine and the whirring wind make people's ears buzzing.

It was a bit overcast, and there was almost no sun. With a camera on his back, Murphy waved to Philip Raschel and a photo assistant behind him. The three men got into the helicopter, and immediately someone came to help them fix their seat belts and install equipment.

"We have three hours!"

The man yelled to Murphy and Felipe Raschel, "the air traffic control bureau only gave us three hours of authorization."

"Enough!" Murphy also raised his voice. "Take off now."

The helicopter took off slowly and quickly sped out of Beverly Hills, heading east to downtown Los Angeles.

Murphy's target is near old Chinatown in the city. He is going to shoot a part of the panorama for the beginning of the film.

The plane is getting closer to the city. It's not the first time that the pilot has provided services for the Hollywood crew. With rich experience in this field, he quickly adjusted to the height suitable for shooting. Murphy gestured to Philip Raschel, and the two men operated their own equipment to shoot the buildings in the city from the two side hatches of the helicopter.

Compared with the Century City, the houses here are low, showing a slightly dilapidated cyan gray and dark brown.

Of course, although the downtown area is far less prosperous than Beverly Hills, there is no lack of reinforced concrete buildings.

Murphy first used an ordinary film camera to shoot with a wide-angle lens. After the helicopter circled the old Chinatown, he replaced a Sony electronic digital camera.

This is the only place where Murphy can shoot with digital technology.

The reason is very simple. The function of Sony's electronic digital camera in shooting down buildings and cities is not comparable to that of film camera at all.

When shooting cities or buildings, the first choice of all directors or photographers is almost wide-angle lens, which has a natural advantage in this respect.

Just like Murphy's shooting in the first lap, wide angle is indeed a hardware device for architectural shooting.

But it's not the only way to record buildings or cities with wide-angle lens? If Murphy chooses, the answer is obviously No. the progress of technology has given the camera more powerful functions, capturing cities with its head in a more complete way.

For this area, Murphy is quite familiar with, but from the air is another feeling, a strange feeling.

It seems to be a quiet place. There are many crimes hidden, such as drug trafficking, arms, gangs

As long as you live in it for a period of time, you will surely see the other side of the so-called paradise that America shows.

In this film, or any film since entering Hollywood, Murphy has never shot the good side of America. The films he has studied, coupled with his deeply influenced thoughts, are more of the dark side of the country and society, even the Superman film of the son of heaven is no exception.

So, Murphy specially chose such a gloomy bad weather to shoot.

With the light conditions you want, you need to have enough excellent shooting equipment. The panoramic scanning function of Murphy's latest Sony digital technology camera can give us a wide field of vision that far exceeds that of ordinary wide-angle lens.

The helicopter soon completed the second turn.

Murphy pressed the phone and said to the pilot, "one more flight!"

Then he told Philip Raschel, "change black and white mode!"

This camera has its own black-and-white shooting function. Compared with the film camera that must be replaced with black-and-white film, it's really simpler and easier to use.

Frankly speaking, digital shooting technology has become the mainstream of Hollywood film industry instead of film, which has its inevitable development trend.

The helicopter flew around again. Murphy simply looked at the black-and-white shot and informed the pilot that he was ready to return.

Although the black-and-white lens does not convey as much information as the color lens, it can make the colorful picture simple and unified. At the same time, it can purify the complex background and make it harmonious. It looks more comfortable and tastes. Scenes full of nostalgia can often bring people more profound artistic conception.

According to Murphy's idea, the beginning of the film will use a black-and-white and color mixture of panoramic shots of buildings near downtown Los Angeles, especially old Chinatown.

As for whether black-and-white lens is used more or color lens is used more, it should be measured in later editing.

The day after shooting this part of the scene, the crew officially announced the start of shooting at the warehouse set in the suburb of Venice.

A lot of media reporters came to the scene, and fox in the 20th century also wanted to take advantage of it to promote the propaganda offensive. Moreover, this film naturally has a degree of topic and controversy."Director Stanton, why did you make such a film?"

Although most of the media reporters are from 20th century fox or News Corporation, there are other reporters. Even news corporation can't completely control the voice of the media. Just as Murphy was about to leave the scene of the news conference, a reporter suddenly flashed out and asked aloud, "such a movie is destined not to be liked by the audience Is it true that your film, shot by you, is related to drug trafficking

For the last question, Murphy is too lazy to answer. It's useless or unclear to explain it. He simply said, "I'm writing for myself. You can't decide the audience's aesthetics, and you know that you may not cater to the audience's aesthetics. You cater to the audience's aesthetics, and you may not do better than others. You can only wait for your aesthetics to coincide with the current audience; Of course, you can also lead the aesthetic through advanced consciousness. "

Leaving a pile of words behind, Murphy strode out into the studio, ready to start shooting the planned interior shots.

In the studio, before the official shooting, Murphy made a formal confirmation for the second time, in order to avoid negligence, resulting in problems in the follow-up work.

For example, confirm that all shooting scenes can be executed according to the time announced, confirm that each shooting prop meets his requirements, confirm that each actor's modeling design has met the requirements, and ask the stylist to take makeup photos and paste them in the shooting script, confirm that the photographer has understood the light effect he wants for each scene, and confirm that the recording knows he wants Special sound effect, make sure to have enough auxiliary equipment for shooting on that day

Making a movie is a process of constantly solving difficulties. The start of every movie is the beginning of a director's career and destiny, and every mistake may cause a devastating blow to a crew.

After that, Murphy picked up her work diary and looked at it again. The director's desk work decides everything. It's impossible to rely on temporary play on the spot. Moreover, time is limited. He's not the king of sunglasses. It takes several years to make a movie.

After that, Murphy went around the set of rooms and said to David Robbie, "the lights are so soft! Be hard! Be dark

At the same time, he pointed to a graffiti version of the sun and sunflowers on the set wall and said, "Helen, change this one, and don't have anything to do with the sun in the room."

"All right." Helena espora, without saying a word, quickly asked the person under her hand to check the background again.

As a deputy director, Seth Logan came to Murphy's side at this time, "is there any dissatisfaction?"

"The construction of the scene should not be careless." Murphy took a look at Seth Logan and said, "it depends on what happened in front of the camera, the shooting and post production."

Hearing Murphy's words, Seth Logan immediately cheered up. He knew that Murphy was talking about some experience, which was very rare for him.

"Lighting, color, music, and camera motion are the key factors to get the right atmosphere for the scene or the film as a whole." Murphy in the front, Seth Logan in the back, together came to the lighting group, he continued, "we need to enhance or change the tonality, there are some simple ways to help you achieve the desired effect, the most important is the lighting, through the late adjustment of the screen lighting, far less than the correct lighting on the scene."

He added, "music and ambient sound can change the tonality of a film in some cases."

Seth Logan nodded seriously.

"Because everyone's taste is different, when you choose a specific picture effect, there is no right or wrong, finding the right tonality and picture is your task as a director."

When two people come to a camera, Murphy looks at the busy photo assistant and says to Seth Logan, "when shooting a scene, check the monitor and make sure to shoot according to the expected effect, and then adjust the things that can't be controlled by the scene later. Filming is not only about a single aspect, but also a comprehensive treatment of different aspects to create the best experience through careful consideration. "

Compared with Jonah hill, who is always a bad friend, Seth Logan has been working very hard, especially in directing. When he finds that he still has a lot of things he can't understand, some basic technology and professional knowledge he can't understand, what he does is often very simple. He has the cheek to ask more questions, learn more after shooting, and sum up more experiences and lessons, so that he will get better next time one o'clock.

That's why he came to this troupe to continue his learning journey.

Seeing the well made up Robert Downey Jr. and Margot Robbie come to the shooting site, Murphy stops talking, calls the two actors over and tells them that they have not cooperated with each other once, and they are all friends, so their communication and understanding are very smooth.

When everything was ready, the crew began filming Robert Downey Jr. and Margaret Robbie. (to be continued). )