Hollywood Road

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The rehearsal went on at about eleven o'clock. Because Kerry Mulligan was going to school in the afternoon, it could only be temporarily ended. Murphy had other work to do. After saying hello to the three people, he hurriedly left the warehouse, but When the warehouse door was opened, the peripheral vision of the eyes keenly caught James Franco approaching Carey Mulligan...

By now, Murphy can naturally understand James Franco’s purpose. Bill Rossis is staring at him, and there is no need for him to interfere. He shook his head and walked out of the warehouse to meet Jessica at the Milton Café. -Chastain, drove to a company specializing in selling film and television equipment in the Hollywood area.

While driving, he was still thinking about James Franco. Has this guy done the same thing before?

The U.S. law protects minors very harshly. In places like California, it would be extremely troublesome if there is a relationship and a minor bites.

However, it is not a fool to come to James Franco.

The car turned to Sunset Boulevard, a road known for many accidents, Murphy shook his head quickly, dispelled all these messy thoughts, and drove intently.

This time I came to the Hollywood area, mainly for the delivery of film deposits. Jessica Chastain on the co-pilot looked through the list of goods and found that there was one more item than before. He couldn’t help asking, “Why are there ten more Kodaks? 5222 film? Are you going to shoot black and white movies?"

"I used to shoot the opening scene."

This was added by Murphy only yesterday. The planned film begins with a minor girl being tortured and killed. After a period of consideration and understanding of the MPAA classification system, he is worried that because this section is too sensitive, he will distract the entire film. The movie was dragged into the quagmire of NC-17, so I decided to shoot with black and white film.

Ten minutes later, Murphy's second-hand Ford parked near a large film and television equipment store next to Sunset Boulevard. He and Jessica Chastain had been there before, and the camera would also be rented from here. Buying film can be said to be familiar.

They were received by a middle-aged man, and Murphy was not nonsense, and directly asked Jessica Chastain to give him the film list. As long as the deposit was paid, the other party could deliver the goods to the door in the afternoon.

In addition to ten Kodak 5222 films, Murphy also has a large number of Kodak color motion picture films.

This kind of 35MM Kodak color film is the same as Kodak 5222 film. Each disc is 122 meters long. According to the current film shooting and projection specifications, under normal circumstances, it takes about 27 meters of negative to shoot one minute, and one film can shoot. About 4.5 minutes.

Counting this down, it seems that 20 discs of color film are enough.

But the number Murphy wants is 240 discs, and this is still a conservative number, and the number of films consumed in the future will only be greater.

In Hollywood, almost all directors’ material will be ten times or even dozens of times the length of the film, and people like James Cameron may even reach hundreds of times.

The money spent by a crew on film is often a very expensive expense.

Fortunately, in this era, Kodak has not killed itself. The price of 35MM film film produced by Kodak is not as outrageous as it was later. After some bargaining, Murphy finally cut the price of each film to 150 US dollars.

"A total of 250 Kodak films."

In the car back, Jessica Chastain reminded Murphy to prepare money, "It needs 37,500 US dollars."

This number also made Murphy's heart twitch, including today's film expenses, "Fruit Hard Candy" has been prepared to the present, staff salary, rental equipment and venues, production props, purchase of cosmetics and clothes, and many other items that need to be prepared. , And together they have thrown out more than $150,000.

He really doubted that his $300,000 could complete the film.

Preliminary preparation is the most expensive stage. The subsequent shooting seems to cost less, but Murphy will not forget that there is post-production. He also needs to hire professional and experienced editors and rent a post-production room...

As long as he thinks of this, he feels that his head has become two.

Now Murphy can’t help but rejoice. Fortunately, he kept up with Kobe Bryant and made a hundred thousand dollars back from there. Otherwise, if the Bill Road incident alone cost two hundred and thirty thousand dollars, the film would not be completed at all.

Even so, Murphy felt that $300,000 might not be enough. After all, he is a complete novice and will inevitably encounter some unexpected problems.

Time finally entered October 2000. After long-term preparations, after Kerry Mulligan and James Franco went through all the scenes, the "Fruit Hard Candy" crew was in the Milton Café in Old China Town, Los Angeles. The filming was opened.

Early that morning, Lynch, the owner of the Milton Café, placed the closed sign in front of the shop. The two large decks in the left corner of the cafe were also airtight wrapped by screens and curtains, temporarily serving as Dressing room for men and women.

From the moment he entered the cafe, Murphy stood on the opposite side of the counter, instructed the lighting engineer to arrange the lighting according to the plan, the set designer adjusted the store decorations according to the shot-by-shot artwork, and the props engineer went to check the prepared chocolate cake and other props, Jessica- Chastain leads three interns to manage chores...

Because there is only one makeup artist, all the actors can only do their makeup work one by one. Fortunately, there are only two main actors. Old Lynch and his staff only serve as background boards, and no delicate makeup is needed.

All actors appear in the camera without real makeup. People like Murphy know that all so-called makeup is just makeup.

"When can I get to me?"

Looking at the café with similar layout, Murphy just took a breath, planning to have a cup of coffee to refresh his mind, Kerry Mulligan came over, "I was a little anxious waiting for makeup."

She pressed her lips tightly, visibly nervous.

This is the first time Kerry Mulligan has played a formal role. She is not even sixteen years old. It is impossible to say that she is not nervous.

"Kerry, you're nervous." Murphy took a step back, leaning on a coffee table, "and dark circles."

Kerry Mulligan immediately touched under his eyes, barely squeezing out a smile, "I had insomnia last night."

This is not a good sign. Murphy frowned slightly, thought about it, and suddenly changed the subject, "How are you getting along with James?"

It’s hard to reverse the first impression of a girl in the youth rebellious period. Kerry Mulligan’s mouth is almost on her ears. "He has been trying to please me, but I think his purpose is impure and he is making bad ideas. I Still don't like him."

Murphy couldn't help shook his head, but Kerry Mulligan reached out and pulled the corner of his clothes, "Don't worry, Murphy. I won't embarrass him on purpose."

After finishing speaking, she added another bitterly, "Why do I still hate him so much?"

Just about to say something, Murphy saw Jessica Chastain walking towards him with a person, and hurriedly greeted him.

"Hi, Carla."

When he got there, Murphy opened his arms and hugged Carla Faith lightly. "It's so unexpected. I didn't expect you to come."

Taking a step back and taking off the sunglasses from his face, Carla Faith still said sharply, "I just want to come over and see how you failed."

"You're going to be disappointed." Murphy shrugged and pointed to a deck next to him. "Sit down."

Carla Faith put down his handbag and sunglasses first, then pulled out the chair, sat on it, and waved to Murphy, "Go ahead, don't worry about me, I'm just watching the show."

Murphy wanted to reward her with a pair of white eyeballs, but he endured it, and exhorted Jessica Chastain to ask for coffee for Carla Faith, not to care about her, and keep busy with her work.

The others continued to arrange the venue. Murphy walked to the right side of the counter. A 35MM camera was already set up in the corner, and another shoulder-mounted camera was placed nearby so that he could switch between different scenes.

Compared with the cameras Murphy used on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, these can be classified as old and antique. The film industry is a fast-developing industry, and the speed of updating is amazing.

Murphy has carefully studied these two cameras before, but now they have just simply adjusted them.

As time passed, the preparations were gradually ready, and when Kerry Mulligan came out of the make-up room, the shooting could begin.

In the first scene, Kerry Mulligan and James Franco have rehearsed several times, Murphy still called the two over, and simply reminded them that one should act hypocritical and the other should act innocent... …

At the same time, Murphy also reviewed the clothing of the two.

As in the makeup photos, Kerry Mulligan's costume is a red sweater with a hat, and James Franco is a gray jacket with a pair of glasses on his face.

This pair of glasses comes from the suggestion of makeup artist Jack Watson, and the effect is also very good, successfully concealing James Franco's own a little ruffian temperament, making the whole person look more gentle and elegant.

From the clothes of the two, it is not difficult to see Murphy's mind. Carrie Mulligan played Hailey is a modern Little Red Riding Hood, and James Franco played Jeff is naturally a big bad wolf.

However, contrary to the fairy tales, in this version of Little Red Riding Hood and Big Bad Wolf, the real danger and control of the situation will be Little Red Riding Hood, who seems harmless to humans and animals.

The shooting did not proceed immediately. Murphy asked Kerry Mulligan and James Franco to go to the cafe counter and practiced walking a few times. He also picked up the shoulder-mounted camera and changed the two protagonists according to the predetermined idea. Location, looking for a suitable photography route.

With these alone, it took nearly an hour.

It wasn't until ten o'clock in the morning that Murphy officially announced the start of trial shooting.

He carried the camera set up on the Steadicam, and first aimed at the counter to shoot, capturing Kerry Mulligan's slender and beautiful back, and quickly adjusted the lens, waiting for the cafe door to be pushed open, Kerry Mulligan When she turned her head and looked over, she gave her a close-up of her face.

"Cut!"

Seeing the close-up picture, Murphy directly called to stop, the effect of the shooting did not meet the requirements at all.