Chapter 43 The work of the novice director
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"Carry!"
On the temporary set in the living room, Murphy called Carrey Mulligan over. The test shot just now was good, but he felt that Carrey Mulligan could do better. "You haven't reached the time to change yet, so you should show your innocent side more naturally."
After refusing James Franco's invitation that night, Carey Mulligan gradually formed a plan in his mind, temporarily suppressing his views on James Franco. Whether it was rehearsal or on-site shooting, although his performance was far from perfect, it could also allow people to see her rapid progress.
James Franco on the other side got rid of his role state and looked at Carrie Mulligan who listened to Murphy. In the past week, he showed his so-called sincerity. The girl's attitude towards him has improved significantly. It seems that the rookie director's statement makes sense.
Although Carey Mulligan would not play with him, he would occasionally joke, which comforted James Frankic's itchy heart, and everything was changing in a good direction...
He curled the corners of his mouth, as if he saw the desire in his heart come true.
"You did a great job, Carrey," Murphy continued to say to Carrey Mulligan. "But I know you can do better. Didn't you tell me you're a show genius? Take out all your potential and let me see it."
Carey Mulligan wrinkled his nose, "I will."
"Go and prepare." Murphy waved her hand.
The makeup artist Jack Watson next to him immediately followed Carrey Mulligan and put on makeup for her and James Franco.
Next, I will try shooting. Murphy, the director and photographer, not only needs to adjust the actor's status and movement, but also find the most suitable shooting position and shooting techniques.
Although many shooting methods have ideas when making plans, for novices like him, the difference between conception and on-site shooting is sometimes quite big.
"Lighting ready!" Murphy carried the camera, "Actor ready! Start!"
Due to a test shot before, both the average lighting maker John Douglas, the male and female protagonists James Franko and Carrey Mulligan quickly entered the state, especially the latter two, according to the set movement, appeared in Murphy's camera lens.
James Franco's cup was handed to Carrey Mulligan. Carrey Mulligan retracted his gaze when he looked at the living room, and looked at James Franco with bright eyes, but did not pick up the cup.
"What's wrong?" asked James Franko.
Carey Mulligan said naively, "Adults told us that we should not drink any drinks from other men."
After several rehearsals and trial shootings, the two of them improved their control of this scene, but Murphy did not use the shooting method he used when he was just trying to shoot, but changed his positioning and shooting techniques.
During the shooting, not only the actors and other behind-the-scenes staff need to be adjusted, but also the director and photographers need to adjust to find the most suitable way to achieve the best results.
During the filming, Murphy kept trying to control all the elements that appeared in the picture, which was very helpful for the narrative. He also used two shooting methods: open framing and closed framing.
In addition, when he was shooting with Stenickon, he also paid great attention to the spatial consistency of the framing.
Spatial coherence is very important. Murphy has long determined the shooting center point of the temporary set of the living room, and then through the method of creating overlap, the independent picture has the same elements, thereby clarifying the spatial relationship between the characters.
In the footage being filmed, whether it is a close-up of James Franco or a panoramic view of Carey Mulligan, there is that cup, which can not only express the strange relationship between the two, but also convey a message to the audience, and the cup will play an important role in the following plot.
Murphy also paid great attention to avoiding too many close-ups. The same-sized close-ups are not the only way to clarify the spatial relationship between the characters. Otherwise, the continuous close-ups in the film will only make the picture appear stiff and rigid without any spirituality.
Therefore, Murphy takes Carrey Mulligan as the center of the axis and shoots clockwise. This 360-degree axis surrounds shooting is also a commonly used shooting technique in movies. Especially the famous Michael Bay, when showing the relationship and emotions of the characters, he will basically give a 360-degree axis surround.
The axis shooting was originally created for smooth editing. Many people think it is too rigid and should break it. Murphy doesn't see it like this. This technique is still widely used, which shows its value. Especially for novice directors, something must be used first and then talked about breaking, otherwise what is the difference between it and random shooting?
Of course, there are also many directors who break the axis, such as destroying psychological expectations, creating a sense of chaos, changing the character's position, etc., but that is all created after being proficient in skills.
After the test shot, Murphy did not start shooting immediately, but instead announced a temporary rest and called the editor over.
The editor was in place a few days ago, from Fox Los Angeles TV Channel 6, the person Murphy had studied with, and he only had a friendship price of 10,000 US dollars.
Compared to a novice like Murphy, although Griffith is not famous, he is an experienced veteran in editing.
Experience can be used to share learning. Griffith taught Murphy many details of how a director should schedule the editor's work, such as how the director arranges the editors at the shooting site, how to communicate with them, how to handle rhythm arrangement materials, how to use music, sound effects in editing, etc.
Murphy brought a few pieces of material from today's shooting and went to a temporary studio on the right side of the living room with Griffith to conduct preliminary live editing of the video material.
As an editor, you also need to participate in the filming of the film throughout the filming, but many directors do not do live editing, while Murphy is different. He needs live editing as an auxiliary, which can make up for the shortcomings of inexperience, such as whether the scene he designed can be completed reasonably, or whether this form can present his ideas, so he needs the help of experienced people like Griffith.
In addition, Murphy needs to see if there is any possibility of other shooting in the existing stuff.
Also, such live editing can also help rookie directors find a sense of rhythm.
The sense of rhythm is relatively false, and the movie is composed of many elements, so it has many aspects. Murphy considers the most emotional rhythm.
For example, Haley's attitude towards Jeff has changed successively.
After busy 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 led to extremely slow shooting speed. After only three were passed in a day.
"Let's just be here today."
The sky outside the window gradually dimmed, and Murphy announced that the work was over and tomorrow was the weekend. Although the shooting progress was not ideal, in order to maintain the morale of the crew, he still shouted, "A day off on Saturday."
He also needs some time to summarize himself.
Jessica Chastain walked over and whispered, "I need to go back to the city."
Murphy waved his hand directly. Jessica Chastain had just left. Carrie Mulligan, who had taken off his makeup, came to him, "Murphy, are you going back on the weekend?"
"No..." Murphy shook his head, his face was exhausted, and his head seemed to start to ache again, "I have a job to be busy."
Chapter completed!