Hollywood Road

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There was a cry of horror in the audition room, and the little girl with bright eyes and teeth shrank into a ball, looking at the bear toy on the opposite table, looking terrified, "Mommy... Mommy..."

There was water in her eyes, and then big tears rolled down her face.

Murphy nodded slightly and looked up from behind the camera, "OK, Miss Collins, come here."

The little girl still stood there in a daze, as if she didn't get rid of the state of panic just now, the middle-aged woman who was on the side hurried over and took her into her arms.

"Ms. Coron." Murphy walked to the two, lowering her voice slightly, "We will notify you of Miss Collins' audition results in the next three days."

"Thank you." Gil Coron nodded politely, and left the audition room with her daughter.

Murphy went back and turned off the camera, took out the strap inside, marked it, and handed it to Paul Wilson, who had always been his assistant.

In the audition just now, the performance of the little girl was pretty good. Among the girls of the same age that Murphy had met, they belonged to the more spiritual category, and the role itself did not have much difficulty in acting, and the role was limited.

In the bottom of my heart, Murphy has been listed as the first candidate, but it depends on the price.

Walking out of the audition room and just returning to the living room, James Franco leaned in, "How?"

Murphy knew what he was asking, and warned in a low voice, "Jim, this is not an ordinary girl, don't be foolish."

James Franco changed directly to Murphy's tone that night, "Am I that kind of person?"

He stretched out his finger and clicked on him. Murphy didn't bother to say anything. James Franco had a weird personality, and his behavior was often unpredictable, but he wasn't that kind of idiot.

Murphy went up to the second floor, Kerry Mulligan followed from behind, "James is making a bad idea again, it will affect the crew."

"It's okay." Murphy waved his hand casually. "Jim is someone who knows the importance."

By now, where he couldn't tell, James Franco was a guilty guy.

In the next few days, Murphy’s main job was auditioning. He interviewed more than fifty actors, and finally finalized all actor candidates in mid-April. The little girl named Lily Collins also became one of the actors on the list. member.

As for the needy passers-by audience, Murphy does not plan to spend any more money to hire extras. The crew has so many people behind the scenes, and guest appearances are enough.

And it has always been a Hollywood tradition for people behind the scenes to act as a background board.

The list of actors has been determined, and the crew has been formed, and it has entered the formal preparatory stage.

Murphy has become more busy. He is not only a director, but also a producer in charge of the overall situation. Every work in the preparation must be arranged in place and the final review must be carried out.

This project is not much more complicated than the previous one. Murphy knew that he was only shooting a low-cost film, and his ability was definitely insufficient. He estimated enough difficulties that he might encounter, and he was different from a mature director. The plan made is also more realistic.

In addition to the sub-shot artwork, he also specially prepared a storyboard for each of the main actors. Although the storyboard cannot be described as all-encompassing, it is also detailed enough, mainly based on handwritten personal shots.

In fact, many Hollywood directors also use storyboards, and the level of detail of storyboards mainly depends on two factors: the director’s confidence and the complexity of the shooting.

Some directors want a very accurate storyboard for every shot, while other directors only decide on the shooting method when they get to the shooting scene.

Only experience can tell a director what way is right for you. Murphy is obviously still in the groping stage.

The various departments coordinated a unified time, and Murphy led the assistant director, photography, lighting, props, art director and set designer to investigate suitable shooting venues.

This stage is mainly to find a practical solution to meet the needs of the script.

A good director and screenwriter will screen the script, and screen out those scenes that are not suitable for shooting, or those that are too expensive to shoot within the budget. From the perspective of funding, Murphy directly deleted a few paragraphs of expenses. Larger car chase scene.

In the crew, there are special people to search for scenes, props, costumes, pictures, information, etc., and submit them to Murphy for review.

This is the most difficult step in the preparation stage. Murphy will encounter many challenges. There are either too many choices or too few choices. He needs to come up with solutions so that the crew can make the most suitable choice.

This is also the most stressful part of the preparation phase. Murphy's daily work schedule is full.

There are only a handful of location shots in the whole film, and these are basically shot around Stanton Studios. From the perspective of cost saving, Murphy's first choice is Stanton Studios as well.

With a few adjustments, Stanton Studio is a qualified middle-class residence.

In addition, the main part of the film Murphy plans to find a large old warehouse for shooting. The rental cost of the studio is too high to be affordable. Among the five lists submitted by Paul Wilson, he and each After inspecting, the head of the department combined the opinions of all parties and finally finalized a scrap steel warehouse outside Venice.

This warehouse has been abandoned for a period of time. It looks relatively shabby. The rent is cheap enough, only 10,000 US dollars a month; and the space is large enough to build multiple scenes at the same time, and there are still small cranes on the ceiling that used to transport steel. According to the director of photography Philip Raschel, the boom can be used for overhead shots of some lenses.

After finalizing the shooting location, the crew immediately began to transform and set up the scene. Even for such a small crew, a large amount of data and information from various departments was gathered at the director of Murphy. The data needs to be sorted, screened and reviewed. Usually this is the deputy director. If this person is selected well, he will be very attentive to the project, and will mark any problems or make a record immediately before the problem occurs.

Paul Wilson's sense of responsibility does not say, he also has a certain ability, but the experience is worse than him, Murphy can only work with Paul Wilson, and sum up the experience in time.

All talents in this world need a process of growth.

In addition, Murphy has to coordinate the work of various departments. It is not wrong for the crew to be small, but there will be many collisions and stumblings in the work. There will be conflicts and conflicts where there are people. At this time, it depends on the director and production. People have the ability to coordinate and manage, and the work is in place, and the crew prepares smoothly. Otherwise, it will be a lot more troublesome.

Film production is a collaborative project, and personnel management is the cornerstone of this project.