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"Kerry!"

In the temporary studio in the living room, Murphy called Kerry Mulligan over. The test shots just now worked well, but he felt that Kerry Mulligan could do better, "You are not yet in the transition. Make the naive side more natural."

After rejecting James Franco’s invitation that night, Kerry Mulligan gradually formed a plan in his heart to temporarily suppress his views on James Franco, whether it was rehearsal or on-site shooting, although the performance was far from perfect. , But it also allows people to see the side of her rapid progress.

James Franco on the other side got rid of his role and looked at Kerry Mulligan, who listened to Murphy's words. In the past week, he showed the so-called sincerity. The girl's attitude towards him has improved significantly. It seems that The rookie director's statement makes a lot of sense.

Although Kerry Mulligan wouldn't fight with him, he occasionally laughed and joked, which comforted James Francoche's very itchy heart, and everything is turning for the better...

He raised the corners of his mouth, as if seeing the desire in his heart come true.

"You did a great job, Kerry." Murphy continued to say to Kerry Mulligan, "but I know you can do better. Didn't you tell me that you are an acting genius? Take all your potential Take it out and let me have a look."

Carey Mulligan wrinkled his nose. "I will."

"Go get ready." Murphy waved to her.

The makeup artist next to him, Jack Watson, immediately followed Kerry Mulligan to make up for her and James Franco.

Next is the trial shooting. Murphy, the director and photographer, not only needs to adjust the actor's state and position, but also to find the most suitable shooting location and shooting technique.

Although many shooting methods have ideas when making plans, for a novice like him, there are really big differences between the idea and the shooting on the spot.

"Ready for the lights!" Murphy picked up the camera, "The actor is ready! Let's start!"

Since there was a trial shooting before, both the mediocre lighting engineer John Douglas, or the male and female protagonists James Franco and Carey Mulligan quickly entered the state, especially the latter two, according to the set. Bit, appeared in Murphy's camera lens.

James Franco's cup was handed in front of Carey Mulligan, Carey Mulligan retracted his gaze in the living room, looking at James Franco with bright eyes, but did not pick up the glass.

"What's the matter?" James Franco asked.

Carrie Mulligan said innocently, "The adults tell us that you can't just drink the drinks from other men."

After several rehearsals and test shootings, the two of them have improved their control of the scene, but Murphy did not use the shooting method of the test shooting just now, but changed the position and shooting method.

During the shooting, not only the actors and other behind-the-scenes staff need to adjust, but the director and photographer also need to adjust to find the most suitable way to achieve the best effect.

When filming the film, Murphy has always tried to control all the elements that appear in the screen, which is very helpful for narrative. He also used two shooting methods, open viewfinder and closed viewfinder, one after another.

In addition, when shooting with Steadicam, he also paid great attention to the spatial continuity of the framing.

Spatial continuity is very important. Murphy has long determined the shooting center point of the temporary studio in the living room, and then through the method of creating overlaps, the independent pictures have the same elements, so as to clarify the spatial relationship between the characters. .

In the shots being shot, whether it is a close-up of James Franco or a panoramic view of Carey Mulligan, there is that cup, which can express the peculiar relationship between the two and convey a message to the audience. , The cup will play an important role in the next episode.

Murphy also pays attention to avoiding too many close-ups. The same high-level close-ups are not the only way to clarify the spatial relationship of the characters. Otherwise, the continuous close-ups in the film will only make the picture appear rigid, without any. Spirituality.

Therefore, Murphy took Kerry Mulligan as the axis center and circled the shooting in a clockwise direction. This 360-degree axis circle shooting is also a shooting method often used in movies, especially the famous Michael Bay, who is showing The relationship and emotions of the characters are basically surrounded by a 360-degree axis.

The axis shooting was originally created for smooth editing. Many people think it is too rigid and should be broken. Murphy doesn’t see it that way. This technique is still widely used, which shows its value, especially for For novice directors, a thing must be applied proficiently before breaking it, or what is the difference between it and random shooting?

Of course, there are many directors who break the axis. For example, they can destroy psychological expectations, create a sense of confusion, change the position of the characters, etc., but they are all created after they are skilled.

After the trial shooting, Murphy did not start shooting immediately, but instead announced a temporary break, and then called the editor over.

The editor was in place a few days ago, from Channel 6 of the Fox Los Angeles TV station. It was the Griffith that Murphy had studied with. He only had a friendly price of $10,000.

Compared to a novice like Murphy, Griffith is not well-known, but is an experienced veteran in editing.

Experience can be used to share and learn. Griffith taught Murphy a lot of details on how to schedule the work of editors as a director, such as how the director arranges the editing staff on the shooting scene, how to communicate with them, and how to deal with the rhythm. Arrange materials, how to use music, sound effects, etc. in editing.

Murphy took some of the footage shot today, and Griffith entered a temporary studio on the right side of the living room to make preliminary on-site editing of these video materials.

As an editor, you also need to participate in the whole process of filming, but many directors do not perform live editing. Murphy is different. He needs live editing as an aid to make up for the lack of experience, such as whether the scenes he designed are reasonable To complete, or whether this form can present his ideas, so he needs the help of an experienced person like Griffith.

In the other part, Murphy needs to see if there are other shooting possibilities in the existing things.

In addition, such live editing can also help the rookie director find a sense of rhythm.

The sense of rhythm is rather vague. Movies have many elements, so it has many aspects. Murphy considers the rhythm of emotion the most.

For example, Hailey's attitude toward Jeff has changed.

After busying in the studio for a long time, Murphy came out to announce the official start of the shooting. So many adjustments and test shots directly caused the shooting speed to be extremely slow. In one day, only three passes were passed.

"Let's stop here today."

The sky outside the window gradually dimmed. Murphy announced the end of work. Tomorrow is the weekend. Although the shooting progress is not satisfactory, in order to maintain the morale of the crew, he said loudly, "Saturday is a day off.

He himself also needs a little time to summarize.

Jessica Chastain came over at this moment and whispered, "I need to go back to the city."

Murphy waved his hand directly. Jessica Chastain had just left, and Carrie Mulligan, who had taken off her makeup, came in front of him, "Murphy, are you going back this weekend?"

"No..." Murphy shook his head, tired, his head seemed to start to ache again, "I have work to be busy."

"It just so happened that I left Bill." Kerry Mulligan was very excited. "I just made an appointment with James. Tomorrow I will rehearse Hailey's subduing Jeff's scene."