If you want to make an excellent or even classic film, every aspect is crucial. The director is on the one hand, and the actor is on the other. Maybe she is busy with her work recently. Coupled with Ross''s distraction, Murphy really doesn''t notice the abnormality of Henry Carvel, and doesn''t communicate well in time.
There is no doubt about the importance of communication for a director and crew.
Many people think that the director is the best at self-expression, but the film can achieve today''s prominent position, not because it is an individualistic media, but because it is the product of collective cooperation. To make an excellent film requires the cooperation of writers, playwrights, actors and even computer painters and visual creators. It needs choreographers, special effects experts and art guidance In order to complete Noah''s Ark like career, it also needs the work of publishers, cinemas, financiers and investors. Only in this way can film become possible. The power and sense of film comes from mutual cooperation.
Murphy always knows that the most important ability a film director should possess is to gather the great talents of many colleagues like a lens, and then integrate them into a unified consciousness to present a film that is trying to do a good job of conscience.
The next morning, before shooting, Murphy went to Henry Carvel to talk about his role.
After closing the office, Murphy asked directly, "Henry, what do you think is the theme of the film?"
Henry Carvel thought for a moment and said, "fear, anger, determination and strength."
"That''s right." Murphy''s eyes moved out of the window, and the sun had risen. "Now Chris Dann is more angry and afraid."
At this point, he looked back at Henry Cavell and asked, "what do you think of fear?"
"From the physiological definition, fear is a kind of emotional experience that an organism tries to get rid of and escape from a certain situation, but it is helpless; it can also show the dramatic contraction of biological tissues; the rapid increase of tissue density and the rapid release of energy."
Hearing that Henry Carvel, a non academic actor, expressed his academic views, Murphy couldn''t help laughing and said, "I think fear is a very contradictory phenomenon - the more fear, the more fear, on the contrary, it can gain greater resistance, even the power of resistance."
Henry Carvel showed a curious look, Murphy continued, "in fact, to tell you the truth, I always do not agree that the opposite, incompatible things can exist at the same time, but this is a strange phenomenon. The only explanation is that fear itself can restrain anger, but when anger is aroused, "fear motivates power."
"This is the other side of the hero''s fear - anger! In fact, I think it''s fear that leads to anger, and anger inspires power. "
Murphy brings the topic back to the character itself. "Chris Dann''s fear of darkness comes from the deepest part of his heart. At this stage, he can''t feel the power caused by fear. However, after his father was killed, his fear was added to the color of anger. At this time, Chris Dann gained his own strong strength through learning and exercise. "
"He was different from his father. After he lost the chance of revenge, he began to have the courage to challenge the evil forces of New York City until he finally learned to control fear. He became fear itself. He Become the messenger of justice in the dark "
" Henry... " Murphy patted him on the arm. "What you need to do is to highlight Chris Dann''s fear and anger and determination in the right scene, in the right way of acting."
"I''ll do my best." Said Henry Carvel with a vow.
Frankly speaking, they didn''t communicate with each other enough, and Murphy didn''t blame Henry Carville for his bad state, so he couldn''t help saying a few more words.
Of course, as a director, most of the time, it''s Murphy talking and Henry Cavell listening.
He said to Henry Cavell, "as his foster father Rainer said, what Chris Dann has been looking for is not the fear of criminals, but his own fear. What he has always been afraid of is the power in his body, which he can''t control with anger. Therefore, he embarked on the road of becoming fear itself, attacking and punishing criminals. "
Hearing this, Henry Carvel thought about it for a while before he said, "I think what Chris really fears is the power inside him."
He said slowly, "in the script, there is a dialogue between father and him - the more terrible creatures, the more afraid they are. Chris Dann is afraid of the dark, but in the final analysis, what Chris Dann fears as an adult is the power that comes out of his fear. "
Seeing Murphy''s affirmative look, Henry Cavell said, "when talking to Reina about fear indirectly leading to his father''s death, Chris Dann is actually using anger to suppress power. Then, with the help of Reina, Chris found a primitive, safe and symbolic way to use this power correctly, and guided it to become fear itself to manipulate the power, to transfer the power, to transfer the fear, and to make the power of fear pay for the people it really needs to deal with. That''s the evil power against New York City. "Duke laughed and patted Henry Carver on the shoulder as he passed by. "I''m looking forward to your next performance."
In the final analysis, all this is reflected in how to deal with crime, which is the root of the conflict between the hero, the heroine and the villain. This conflict comes from different ideas and ideologies.
Jay Rachael, the heroine played by Margaret Robbie, is a legal worker. She thinks that we must fight crime through a proper way like law, which can fight crime in the long run, because it is the most reasonable and social.
The villain Liam Nissen plays is not the case. He combats crime by destroying and reconstructing, which is the most effective way. However, there are also some problems: first, there is considerable uncertainty, and whether the standard of destruction depends on the interests of the perpetrators, which is lack of recognition; second, it is a huge challenge to determine how to rebuild and the process of reconstruction The price process may be a little bit more than the transformation before the destruction.
The last one is the male protagonist, who attacks criminals through freer and more powerful lynching above the law.
But what Murphy expresses through the script is that these ways of fighting crime have private factors to a certain extent, and are not really beyond the social level to maintain order.
In fact, there is no way to maintain order beyond the social level.
People have thoughts and feelings, not only understand the implementation of the machine, these are destined to have selfish, those who ignore human selfishness of the so-called order way, destined to exist only in Utopia.
In the subsequent shooting, Henry Carville''s condition was getting better and better, and the shooting began to go smoothly. After shooting for another week on the set outside Venice, Murphy led the crew to leave the studio and start shooting on the streets of Los Angeles. Because the background of the film is New York, there will be no long-range and panoramic shots in Los Angeles, basically close-up shots.
Murphy also put the main location in the Century City, where there are many tall buildings, just need to appear a large range of lens, basically will not produce lens deviation.
Especially in post production, the crew can also make appropriate background decoration through CGI.
Stanton studio also moved to century city a few years ago. The rented office is not far away from the fox building. Murphy is also used as the location here. On the first floor of the building is a restaurant. There is no clear sign about Los Angeles at the door of the restaurant. Gail gado signed an agreement with the restaurant early on. The crew will shoot a scene here. There is a very close relationship between the hero and the heroine Important part.
The shooting was put in the evening by Murphy. Due to the attraction of paparazzi and reporters, Henry Carville and Margot Robbie were ready and the shooting started immediately.
"Jay, no This, all this... "
At the beginning of the shooting, facing Margot Robbie, who plays his good friend Jay Rachel, Henry Carvel seems to have no idea what to say. He hesitates, "this is not the real me. In fact, my heart is not so shallow..."
"Come on, Chris."
On the other side of the sports car, two hot blondes yelled, "come on, Chris, let''s buy some more restaurants."
Margot Robbie shook his head slightly, grinned and said, "Chris, you are still the honest child in your heart, but it doesn''t matter who you are on the low side. What you do matters."
She turned and walked away.
“Cut!”
Murphy called to stop, peeped out from behind the monitor, and first praised Henry Carvel, "well done, Henry, keep it up."
Then he waved to Margot Robbie, who immediately came over in high heels.
"Murphy," she asked tentatively with a smile, "do I have a problem?"
"Control your smile." Murphy didn''t beat around the Bush and said directly, "don''t laugh, it will damage the character''s image."
Margot Robbie thought for a moment and seemed to understand, "I know."
In fact, her problem is not serious, but as soon as Murphy sees Margot Robbie crack his mouth and laugh, he will unconsciously think of Harry Quinn, and the feeling of the character in the camera completely changes.
The assistant director said, "five minutes at a time, and then take a break with him."
The later shooting was very smooth. After one shot, it was announced that it was approved, and today''s work is over.
Instead of removing her make-up immediately, Margot Robbie came up to Murphy and said, "shall I buy you and Gail a drink?" (to be continued). )