Chapter 676

"Don't worry. Don't worry."

Sitting opposite Murphy, James Franco was still wearing that ruffian smile. "I'm very good now. Do you think a movie character can make me crazy?"

Murphy shrugged and stopped talking about it.

Obviously, James - Franco's mental state is very good, completely get rid of the role of magician, Murphy can only say that character sometimes really determines a person's fate.

James Franco is optimistic in nature and likes to mess up. Compared with him, the former heath ledger is really a Muggle. Although drug addiction is the main reason why Heath Ledger met with misfortune, his character also played a significant role in it.

Frankly speaking, people like James Franco are also taking drugs, but there are no accidents.

Up to now, Murphy doesn't think that a crazy character will lead to mental problems for people like James Franco.

"That's right." James Franco suddenly asked, "you and gado have been engaged for so long. When are you going to have your wedding?"

Murphy opened his hand. "We haven't discussed it yet. We should wait for the film to be released as soon as possible."

He and Gail gado did not have the slightest idea of leaving each other, the wedding is sooner or later, but there is no hurry.

"Are you in a hurry to give gifts?" Murphy joked, "the gift is not valuable enough, but I don't accept it."

James Franco said bluntly, "I'm sure it's going to satisfy you."

The friendship between them is not as important as the gift.

After a few jokes, James Franco said, "Seth and I are going to the other side of the Pacific after the new year."

"Over there?" Murphy doesn't remember Seth Logan and James Franco having a new movie to show, "to travel?"

"No James Franco shook his head. "To explore new projects."

"To explore new projects?" A woman's voice came from Murphy's and James Franco's side, and then Carla Firth, in her business suit, clattered up in her high heels and asked, "James, what's your new idea?"

Murphy takes a look at Carla Firth. Of course, Carla Firth won't be polite to him. He opens a chair and sits next to him.

James Franco knew about Murphy's relationship with Carla Firth and said, "a new comedy."

"Comedy?" Murphy frowned. "Shit, pee, fart comedy?"

"Well." James Franco nodded. "To be exact, it's a shit comedy."

Murphy frowned tighter and said, "it's better not to show this comedy until next year's awards season."

James - Franco smile, "certainly can't show, we two now just have a preliminary idea, Seth is not you, he runs a film, at least two years."

"But..." James - Franco puzzled, "why not show next year?"

Murphy said directly, "the characters in the shit comedy are not good for you to compete in all kinds of performance awards in the award season."

"Ah..." James Franco sighed deliberately. "So you have so much faith in me."

"Well, you two." Carla Firth simply interrupted Murphy and James Franco and said, "James, let's talk about your new ideas with Seth."

As the director of 20th Century Fox's production and Distribution Department, she is very concerned about potential profitable projects.

Seth Logan and James Franco, especially Seth Logan, have proved their ability in comedy with hangover and doomsday.

James Fran scratched his head like Seth Logan. "What do you say?"

"Say it directly." Murphy said.

"Do you know the marshal of North Korea who just came to power this year?" James Franco, fearing that Murphy and Carla Firth did not know who he was talking about, explained, "the country famous for its dictatorship and autocracy."

Murphy certainly knows who marshal is.

Carla Firth seemed interested. "Tell me about it."

"Just make fun of the one who just came on stage." James Franco said with a smile, "don't they make nuclear bombs? We set that they have nuclear bombs and want to launch them randomly. For the sake of world stability and peace, the protagonist goes there to assassinate the dictator. "

"You're a typical American." Murphy shook his head.

"They are hostile countries anyway." James Franco doesn't care at all. "It doesn't matter if you're out of the whole civilized world and have a spoof."

For James - Franco's remarks, Murphy completely speechless, he can not find a refutation.However, after thinking about it for a while, he said, "James, I'd better be a little more careful. There are some political risks."

"There's not much risk." Carla Firth's idea is completely different from Murphy's, "I think this project is good, it has the space to operate, and it can naturally attract the audience."

James Franco nodded. "Well, well. I think so, too

"In the United States, this kind of story setting is extremely funny, because marshal is more like a joke in the Internet carnival for the American public than a real political figure," he added

Obviously, James Franco and Seth Logan are not in a hot spot, but have a clear understanding of the market and the audience.

Murphy didn't say much. If the profit prospects are clear, it's not impossible to invest. The same is true for Carla Firth. Their original nature has not changed. As long as they have enough interests, they don't care about the three Fates and international political influence.

Of course, Carla Firth is much more enthusiastic than Murphy. After Murphy left here and went on to work, she was still discussing with James Franco eagerly.

In recent years, Murphy and Jodie Griffith have finished the fine cutting of the film. In addition to continuing to improve the editing, they are also doing some other necessary post finishing work.

In terms of color tone, "city of darkness" is dominated by dark tone. Needless to say, in the night, even in the daytime, it will show dark cyan and black tone. Murphy specially creates an old and heavy tone, and the use of color matching is relatively monotonous.

In terms of film tone effect, the film as a whole is mainly low-key, and most of the characters adopt the way of big contrast. Murphy also uses the change of film tone to create the atmosphere of the environment and the inner psychological changes of the characters' emotions.

At the same time, most panoramic lenses, Murphy will use the appropriate lifting movement, and move the lens horizontally to show the atmosphere of the environment.

Similar to other black crime movies, Murphy used rain, night, smoke, fog and other means to create atmosphere in dealing with some crime scenes.

Murphy always knows one thing. When the audience enters the cinema, the film must show what he wants, or what he has judged the style and means of the film. This is a sense of satisfaction. Commercial films must satisfy the audience.

But only satisfaction is not enough, but also to give the audience an accident, this accident will make the audience surprise, feel enjoyable, and then produce value-added psychological hint, so that the film gets good reviews and ideal business results.

After Christmas, Murphy was interviewed by Fox entertainment channel about the post production of the film.

In front of the camera, a reporter from Fox asked, "Murphy, I heard that the film" dark city "has been basically edited. Have you ever been editing so fast?"

"Generally speaking, it's faster. For movies like" Diego Ross ", I always choose a few days to edit the shot. At the fastest time, I can cut about ten minutes of the film every day."

In the face of the reporter's microphone, Murphy still maintained the true and false interview style. "When editing" city of darkness ", Jody and I were not fast enough to shoot more than ten weeks of sample films, because just sitting there staring at all the sample films was tired enough, and I still had a large number of shots, even though I had reduced the shots as much as possible Yes, but the final number is still a headache. "

At this point, Murphy laughed. "Nevertheless, I still have to shorten the editing time to better control the film. I have a very good editor - Jody Griffith. He took part in our whole shooting. If you want to sit there, think back on the shooting and find the material you want in the first place, you have to make time for that. "

"It's said that you used two IMAX cameras most of the time." This reporter obviously has a certain degree of professionalism, "why do you like to shoot with two cameras?"

Murphy thought for a moment, and then said, "I use multiple cameras for action scenes, but for all dramatic scenes, I only use two cameras. I like to shoot with two cameras because I can see every shot in my eyes, instead of being distracted by what other shots look like when I use multiple cameras. I watch samples every night, and if you use multiple cameras all the time, you'll have a lot of shots, which makes editing very difficult and time-consuming

"I've heard for sure that you didn't use storyboards and lens lists for the filming of dark city." The reporter's message is also very well-informed, "how do you want to record all this?"

"With my brain." Murphy nodded his head. "I always use my brain to create scenes. Every night when I lie in bed, I edit every scene in my mind until the end of the film. When watching the sample film, the director should remember every shot in his mind, which was what every director would have done before. "

With the passage of time, the crew released more and more publicity materials, and Kara Firth, according to Murphy's requirements, is also looking for more powerful and effective publicity points.