Hollywood Road

(Recently, I have been very busy. After my daughter has finished drinking, she will gradually return to the third watch. Everyone should understand. When I was a father, my life and biological clock are all messed up.)

"Protest! I want to make a solemn protest against your overtime use of animal actors!"

During the break, Murphy walked to the outskirts of the set to communicate with the husky trainers. James Morse, who was stopped by security personnel led by Rosa Rodriguez, almost shouted hoarsely, "You must stop shooting immediately. , Otherwise the Dog Lovers Association will definitely intervene..."

These voices were really annoying, and Murphy couldn't rest assured to communicate with the trainer, frowned and glanced over there, and simply walked over with the husky trainer.

"Director Stanton," James Morse saw Murphy, as if he had killed his father, struggling to break through the blockade of two big-waisted security guards, but his body was so bad that he couldn't rush. Come, I had to continue shouting, "I want to make a solemn protest to the crew..."

"What are you protesting against?" Murphy waved his hands to the two security personnel.

The two let go of James Morse, but they also stared at him closely, who knows what these lunatics will do on impulse.

In their eyes, James Morse can be classified into the ranks of unreasonable people.

When James Morse saw Murphy, his voice was slightly reduced, "Protest that you use animal actors overtime!"

"Overtime use?" Murphy shook his head disdainfully, "The filming of the crew completely complies with the laws and regulations of this country."

"but……"

This annoying guy wanted to speak again, but Murphy was interrupted directly, "Mr. Morse, please show me the tangible evidence, and then talk to the legal counsel of the film crew."

James Morse was stunned. The most basic condition for him to enter the studio was to temporarily turn in any recording and video equipment.

There is no actual video material, and his mouth alone is not convincing at all. The others in the studio...

He looked around, and the eyes cast by those people were vaguely hostile.

However, when James Morse glanced over Murphy's side, he saw the trainer following him, as if he had discovered a new world, pointing to the trainer and exclaimed excitedly, "He! He can help me." testify!"

He looked at the trainer, as long as the other party was willing to testify, the Dog Lovers Association and the animal protection organization would soon be able to intervene.

Murphy didn't turn his head, and asked, "Gibbs, does the crew use your Husky actors overtime?"

"No! Absolutely not!" The trainer named Gibbs immediately swears, "I have been counting the time. The shooting lasted only forty-three minutes, and it definitely did not exceed the stipulated forty-five minutes."

James Morse didn't expect the trainer to talk nonsense with his eyes open, and he was stunned for a while.

Murphy didn't bother to look at his horrified expression, winked at Rosa Rodriguez, turned and walked towards the set, and the trainer Gibbs followed.

James Morse recovered, looking angrily at the back of Murphy and Gibbs, as if the two of them had killed his family.

Back on set, Murphy nodded to Gibbs, "Let's continue."

He has never worried about the trainer. Hollywood has its own set of operating rules. These companies that provide animal actors are also part of Hollywood. If they break the convention and stand on the opposite side of the crew, other crews in the industry will cooperate with them in the future. , There will definitely be a lot of worries.

For any crew, additional filming and delayed work are the norm.

Another point is that in the agreement signed by the crew and the Huskies owners, there is an award for completing the work on the date set by the crew, which is the same as the award for the actors, and the amount is also expensive.

In front of these, in fact, there is no need for Murphy and the crew to mention anything, and the trainer will not be stupid enough to stand with those guys whose brain circuits are different from ordinary people.

After getting this little trouble, Murphy continued to film the ice wolf scene.

The previous shooting has proved that it is not easy to shoot a silly and cute husky into a wolf. There are still many scenes behind. Murphy also thought of a lot of ways, although it is impossible to really put the husky in Become a wolf in the camera, but try to be as plausible as possible.

Moreover, there is no such strange creature as the ice wolves in the real world.

Murphy first made a fuss about the photography of the husky. Silhouette shooting is a universal concealer. He made people in the background of the far end of the husky, with a large backlight with a headlight, and the details of the face of the husky were well hidden. Only the form close to the wolf shape was retained; in the use of scenes, the film crew was also more cautious, shooting some dynamic partial close-ups, and the shadow effect also helped to shape the sense of mystery and deterrence.

The second is motion control. When shooting, Murphy will ask the owner of the husky to tease the dog with bait at an appropriate time, let the husky make tongue, jump, mouth and other movements, and use slow motion to capture these movements. Take many shots, there is always something useful; also let the actor and the husky in the same picture, the focus is on the actor and the husky alternately, using the performance of the actor and the tense atmosphere to make up for and create the illusion of a wolf;

There is also essential material processing. The shots taken will undergo preliminary processing on the set. For all wolf-related scenes, Murphy will use faster lens switching to keep the husky from showing up, and at the same time cut real wolves into the clips. The flashbacks, symbolic shots, the running horses, the actor's nervous eyes, and the tight dynamics form a more stressful conflict paragraph.

In the final post-production stage, the sound processing link is added, and the dull wolf howl is used throughout it. With the rhythm of the editing, the intense background music can effectively shape the image characteristics of the wolf.

The husky-related scenes were filmed until mid-December, and then the trainer left Belfast with the dog, rushed to Malta, and met with Paul Wilson and Seth Rogen, who led a team to film there. .

After getting the part about the ice wolf in his hand, Murphy began to let the main actors into the group on a large scale, preparing to shoot a few action scenes.

Although this is a fantasy series, magic, martial arts, duels and warfare all serve the plot, and limited to investment relations, Murphy will not shoot those super scenes, relatively speaking, there are still relatively few action dramas.

Westeros is a fictitious country. The whole series must have a feeling of being immersed in the Middle Ages. The magic color must be quite weak. At least in the first season, there can be no more magic elements.

Murphy's planned drama series, just like the original novel, seeing strange ghosts without end, and the legend of the Tangerian family dragon, will be the most magical part of the whole series.

"The exquisite presentation of the details and background will allow the whole show to maintain the utmost realism. The bodies, talents, and fighting skills of the characters of various ethnic groups are not set with exaggerated superpowers, which are not much different from real characters."

At the drama meeting before the action scene was filmed, Murphy said, "A fairly real fantasy that will give "Game of Thrones" the dual charm of reality and fantasy."

There is also the issue of scale. This is only the first season and will be broadcast on Fox Cable Network in the future. Not to mention novels, large-scale shots will make the whole series more attractive. Every episode of "Game of Thrones" There are bound to be several bold shots.

As long as novelists feel the need to take measures to maintain the reader’s declining interest, they will put the characters in bed. They can use the same reason to question the heavy taste scenes in the play, and they can use the background of the story to justify them. Similar to the civilization of the Middle Ages, it was not civilized enough. The untamed barbarism and the intemperate instinct all prompted Murphy to retain a large area of ​​the playful side as before.

However, Murphy will also make appropriate adjustments. All these shots can't affect the solemn tone of the entire series. When looking back at the civilization left by the Middle Ages, most modern people will feel strong, fresh and happy.

The carrier of the movie is the big screen, which can present epic pictures, and the carrier of the drama is the small screen. Compared with the movie, it has natural defects in presenting the magnificent scene.

During the whole process of filming "Game of Thrones", there were no scenes of large-scale war scenes. For the large-scale wars involved in the plot, Murphy would adopt the processing method of "Falling Dog", that is, only describe the cause and effect of the action scenes.

Although the production cost of the crew is expensive, it can't compare with the big Hollywood commercial films. It's better not to shoot than the stretched shooting.

Can not create scenes and wonders, but can give full play to the advantage of length, create an epic of the story, and finely present the details of the characters' personalities and events.

Murphy intends to portray "Game of Thrones" as a good example in this regard, and use the unpredictable narrative to make a truly epic work.

Then there is the specific action design. This is a typical western epic like the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. It must not use the advanced Hollywood-based action design based on kung fu. Murphy specially recruited several traditional movie swordsmanship. The master, used to train actors with action scenes, and personally manages most of the action scenes.

To put it simply, what Murphy wants is the kind of simple and rude fighting, not the fancy action design.

With the start of action scenes, more and more actors began to enter the crew. Jessica Alba also came to Belfast from Los Angeles. Hollywood's big-name actors are not essentially different from the other side of the Pacific. When traveling It is often worn by many people.

For example, Jessica Alba, she brought her new boyfriend to the studio in Belfast.

As long as it does not affect the normal shooting of the crew and is not in a confidential period, Murphy will not prohibit the actor's relatives and friends from visiting the crew.

But when Jessica Alba introduced her new boyfriend to him, Murphy always felt that this man seemed to have some impression, and this impression came from the other side of the Pacific Ocean.