Perhaps influenced by his own experience, Murphy always believed that language without action is more persuasive, and language without action support is just a verbal trick.

I wanted to convince Frank Miller, but I just found him and said that he would be like that. It was useless. The other party was over fifty years old. He was not a person without knowledge, and it was far from being touched by simple words.

AA company has an analysis of Frank Miller, believing that in addition to his full comic creation talent, he is also a suspicious person.

In this world, nothing valuable is within reach. If you want to convince Frank Miller to obtain the basic conditions for starting the copyright negotiations with D, Murphy must prove to Frank Miller that he can turn the original soul, beauty and black and white Phantom into movies.

How can I prove it? Murphy chose to shoot a short movie-level video related to the comics first, and impress Frank Miller with real and persuasive images.

After Murphy talked with Bill Rossis, Bill Rossis called up Philip Raschel, Helena Espora, Jack Watson and David Robbie who had worked with him, and experienced the success of two films in succession. These people also like to continue to work with Murphy. Just as Hollywood companies are always chasing successful directors, they also tend to work with successful directors.

And the partner is still familiar.

After receiving a call from Bill Roses, these people quickly agreed.

In addition to them, Murphy also needs an actress. Since it is an experimental shooting, it is impossible to pay much. Bill Roses found an actress who took the two routes of model and actor from many contracted customers at the bottom of AA.

In addition, it was also contacted by a small studio in the digital field, responsible for creating special effects for the shots.

Because this is a self-funded experimental shooting, all funds can only be paid by Stanton Studio for the time being. With the current financial strength of Stanton Studio, there is no need to worry about the expenditure of up to tens of thousands of dollars.

After getting this done, Murphy summoned everyone to a conference room in AA and communicated before the shooting.

"Felix,"

In the conference room, Murphy stood at the front of the long conference table, "The shooting requires Sony's H-950s camera, you are responsible for renting it, and it will take one day."

"Okay." Filey Raschel nodded.

"Also," Murphy said, "this picture should be very stylized. Emotions and emotions are pointed out through bright colors in the black and white vision. The tone of black and white is also a binary division of morality and human nature, but it is also responsible through color, beyond the monotonous spectrum!"

The two had already communicated on the phone before, and Filey Raschel had also read the comics, but none of these were problems.

"Paul," Murphy continued, "contact a studio suitable for green screen shooting."

He ordered one by one, "Jack, the costumes and makeup of female characters should be bright enough red, and also prepare a nude dress. Helen, you should design a character background that suits the comic style as soon as possible..."

Finally, Murphy looked at the last position on the left side of the conference table. It was the actress Bill Roses, a British actress who was born and raised in the United States.

He looked at the other person's long blonde hair, "Rus, you need to cut it short! If you have any objections..."

For many actresses, long hair is their second life, and Murphy is not sure if the other person will cut his hair off to fit the image in the comics. If she is not happy, then change someone else.

Sienna Miller, who was sitting there, remained silent, knowing that she was not qualified to speak among these people.

Now the problem is on my head, Sienna Miller did not hesitate, "I can cut my hair anytime."

Although it is just an experimental project now, if it can be established, the female role she played is very likely to become an important role in the film.

This is a rare opportunity.

As for James Franco, who plays a male role, Murphy said nothing. With his current acting skills and the style of the film, dealing with such roles is just a little bit.

After the communication meeting, Murphy asked Stanton Studio's finances to allocate $100,000 to temporarily spend on the expenses of this experimental project. With enough money as support, the temporary crew also started running at high speed. Filey Raschel settled the camera rental in half a day. Paul Wilson negotiated with Disney Studios to shoot the studio. Sienna Miller, accompanied by Jack Watson, cut off his long hair...

The most important post-production background production, after Helena Espora took out the design drawings and modified them according to Murphy's request, the two of them went to the special effects production room in the small town of Venice and communicated with the special effects manager for a full day.

Murphy also prepared a continuous storyboard as a reference for shooting and actor performance moves.

Due to the original agreement, D wanted to transfer the copyright of "Sin City" movie or invest in the filming by himself. Frank Miller agreed that it was the most basic prerequisite. In order to impress this famous stubborn guy, Murphy completely used the requirement of shooting and producing formal feature films to complete this experimental short film.

After a week of preparation, all the work was ready, and this temporary crew of Murphy was also assembled at Disney Studios. Since it was only rented for one day, the shooting had to be completed as soon as possible.

In the morning, Helena Espora's team built a prop balcony, and a green screen was set up around the balcony. The shooting will be made with a green screen as the background.

After lunch, the crew entered the field shooting stage.

There are only two actors, James Franco and Sienna Miller, in the whole scene. Murphy completely left the filming to Filey Raschel, and he sat behind the director's monitor to watch the actual effect of the filming.

Before the filming began, Murphy walked to the venue and looked at Sienna Miller's makeup effect. As the only character in the film with strong color, the red she represents must be gorgeous enough in the black and white world.

Sienna Miller cut her hair short, probably because of her makeup, and her eyes looked particularly deep. Further down, her retro bright red lips seemed to be stained with blood, and her clothes were also blood-red.

"No...is it okay?" Sienna Miller was a little unconfident.

Murphy nodded at her, "Relax, you're very good now."

After saying that, he turned back to the director's monitor and shouted, "Shots will start in three minutes!"

Everyone in the temporary crew was doing the final check, and James Franco and Sienna Miller also walked to their respective positions.

The shooting began on time, Sienna Miller walked towards the edge of the balcony in a gorgeous red dress, and Filey Raschel gave a large panoramic close-up from behind.

Seeing this close-up, Murphy immediately raised his right hand and shouted loudly, "Stop!"

Sienna Miller turned his head and looked at Murphy, not understanding where he had made a mistake.

Murphy didn't care about the actors and shouted to the makeup and costume team that Jack Watson was responsible for, "Jack, come here!"

Jack Watson immediately trotted all the way, and Murphy said directly, "The clothes are still not bright enough."

"This is the most reddish skirt I've ever seen..." Jack Watson scratched his head a little, "I'll ask someone to look for it again."

Murphy looked at the red skirt on Sienna Miller again, shook his head, and said, "In this way, change the nude skirt, I will let the special effects studio solve it through the special effects."

Jack Watson was about to leave, but Murphy called him again, "Jack, and red lips, have also changed to nude color."

Since the effect of clothing and makeup cannot be achieved, it will be solved with digital effects. Murphy is not a stubborn person who does not know how to adapt, so he immediately made a decision.

The shooting was not too smooth. Filey Raschel made two mistakes when taking photography. After all, this is different from the previous photography style. After he found his state, James Franco and Sienna Miller also made mistakes in the performance. Fortunately, this was a green screen performance and they did not need to show their shocking acting skills. When the sun outside turned to the west, Murphy announced that the shooting of the shot, which only a few minutes was over.

After a busy week, just for these few minutes, the preparations for filming are far more time-consuming than shooting itself and the energy of a director.

The shooting that was completed in one day was just the most basic lens material. Murphy personally sent the lens to the special effects studio in Venice and told them to complete it as soon as possible.

To complete it as soon as possible, you must pay enough fees, which is the easiest business rule.

After Murphy paid half of the funds in advance, the studio specially selected two groups to produce and render the shot and background image at the same time.

It took me ten days to wait until mid-September that Murphy got the completed version of this shot. He reviewed it as soon as possible, and the effect was basically satisfactory, and the picture was very consistent with the style of the original comics.

Then, he ran to the Death Star Building where Aa was located and found Bill Roses.

"Bill, help me determine Frank Miller's itinerary as soon as possible," Murphy said directly as soon as he walked into Bill Rossis's office. "I need to know whether he is in New York or Los Angeles."

Bill Roses nodded, picked up the phone, dialed several numbers in a row, and waited patiently for a while. After about fifteen minutes, a phone call came back. He answered and said a few words, wrote down a place name in the notebook, and then broke it and looked at Murphy.

"Frank Miller has been in Los Angeles all the time," he looked down at his notebook. "He is on vacation and doesn't want to be disturbed."
Chapter completed!