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"Actually, there is only one truth..."

Putting on a joking tone, Murphy cut his throat and said, "With Wonder Woman's setting, how could people like Lex Luthor and the Joker be allowed to be presumptuous and toss and turn to die."

Gal Gadot and Nicolas Cage both laughed, and Chris Evans realized it later, "It turned out that they were all killed."

Although it can't be generalized, and it's Murphy's joke, to a certain extent, Wonder Woman is tougher than Superman and Batman.

Wonder Woman is a pacifist, but she has another identity as a goddess of war.

When it's time to strike and kill, she is far more decisive and ruthless than Superman and Batman. Perhaps it can be said another way, Wonder Woman is not bound by many rules like those two.

However, Wonder Woman is a cameo after all, and the key content in the film is also a few action scenes, and the whole film still revolves around Superman.

Filming has come to an end, and although this is a film about the origin of Superman, Murphy didn't shoot any shots about Krypton, and Clark Kent before becoming Superman was always so unshaven and full of chest hair.

In this way, Murphy is trying to integrate the story of Superman into the real environment. The specific way of integration is to emphasize the acquired influence from the setting of the story, and focus on portraying that this is an alien child who grew up on the earth. Rather than a story of a god-like being descending on Earth.

The difference between them is that the former is adapting to alien abilities with a human mentality, while the latter is just the opposite.

To put it bluntly, this is a story of how Clark Kent changed from a human to a "Superman". It is Murphy's version of "Superman's Initial Development". Worshiped by some, hated and feared by others.

It would also show that Superman has more of a human side than a divine side, and people are always complicated.

After the crew spent the 2007 New Year's holiday, Murphy's filming entered the final finishing stage. All the main shots have been shot, and the rest are some scenes that reflect passers-by.

Although there will be no protagonists in these shots, Murphy's requirements have not been relaxed in any way. No matter how great a hero is, he also needs the foil of ordinary people.

Because Murphy had to take care of the equally important special effects production while shooting, the few remaining shots were delayed until mid-January.

"Yes, all filming of 'Man of Steel' is over."

On the day when the crew finished all the filming, Murphy specially accepted the media reporter's interview in cooperation with Warner Brothers' publicity plan. The main question he faced was: Why is it called "Man of Steel" instead of "Superman"?

Regarding this, Murphy said to the microphone of the "Empire" magazine reporter, "We decided not to call it Superman after deliberation. Draw a line. We always knew we could use Superman symbols and symbolism when we named it, but we wanted to use 'Man of Steel' to represent the new image we created, first of all because he is a human being, but he does not use blood and Man made of flesh, so I called him 'man of steel', which is why we named it that way."

Murphy's words are very straightforward, and it is also the first time that the crew has clearly admitted that "Man of Steel" is a movie that is completely different from the old Superman movie, and the image of Superman in it is also completely different from the old version. The similar "s" logo can also represent different meanings.

Shortly after filming ended, Murphy took Jody Griffith's editing team, plus special effects, sound effects, and color correction departments, into post-production.

Since the splicing of some shots has been completed while shooting, the rough cut of the film is relatively easy. In addition to determining the main plot, Murphy also needs to determine a clear world view unique to this series.

Unlike ordinary movies, "Man of Steel" is the opening chapter of the entire Justice League series. Now that Murphy has signed a contract, he must pave the way for the next movie, except for Wonder Woman who appeared as a cameo Heroes, and the Wayne Corporation logo in close-ups, especially the Wayne Tower in Metropolis that collapsed in the final battle.

However, Murphy has done so much. Now it is different from before. Marvel’s "Iron Man" will not be released until 2008, which is already later than "Man of Steel". As long as the film can be successful, Warner Bros. and d comics will be able to calmly lay out the entire series of films.

As for whether Warner Brothers will continue to invite him to direct, that is beyond Murphy's control. After all, his salary is really high, and it is hard to say whether the other party will not part with it.

"Man of Steel" Warner Bros. offered him a salary of 10 million US dollars plus 20% of the global box office and DVD sales. According to Hollywood rules, if the contract is renewed, it is impossible for him to be lower than this figure.

Faced with such a high salary, even the six major Hollywood companies have to think about it.

Murphy will not stuff too much content in the film. The lessons of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" are in his mind. Except for the justice triumvirate, "Man of Steel" will not mention any other superheroes .

Therefore, in addition to the proper foreshadowing, Murphy's rough cut is mostly to show a new, different world with Superman.

In the old version of Superman movies, there is such a phenomenon: Superman comes, Superman appears, Superman saves people and the earth, and then people very consciously think that the appearance of Superman is natural, without the slightest doubt or fear.

But is it logical? Obviously not, because from the perspective of human history, human beings have a natural sense of fear of strange things, they will not easily believe in a powerful stranger with super powers, and these are precisely the "Steel Man" Man of Steel will be clearly different from the old version of the Superman movie, and it is also the place where the "Man of Steel" movie is the darkest.

When humans face Superman, it is like the people of Gotham City face Batman. Superman is not a hero, but a monster, a monster they cannot control and understand. Therefore, ordinary people's perception of Superman is very simple: I Don't know you, you scare me, you don't belong here!

The world view of "Man of Steel" is first of all realistic. Murphy assumes that in the real world of human life, what will happen if there is an indestructible person who is a man of steel, and this person is an alien who originally did not belong to the world? Humanity.

Obviously, Murphy is going to let Superman spend the entire film in "Man of Steel" amidst the doubts and fears of humans.

After finishing the rough cut, the focus of the next work is to add various special effects to the corresponding shots, the most important of which is undoubtedly the action special effects.

I have to say that the Christopher Reeve version of the Superman tetralogy lived in the 1970s and 1980s, which is too long. Because of this, who can blame the rather crude film technology of that era and the crappy look battle scenes.

In 2006, Brandon Rose's version of "Superman Returns" used ima3d technology, but because of the lack of powerful villains, the combat effects of the entire movie were very weak. This is why "Superman Returns" was criticized by many fans. .

IMA and 3D technology have existed for many years, but they haven't been popularized yet. Some people suggested that Murphy use IMA technology, but he didn't adopt it. After all, there are too few IMA theaters now.

As for 3D, unless he has a brain problem, he will use 3D technology in a dark film.

3D has a very obvious damage to the brightness of the film, and ordinary films are fine, but Murphy's style is destined to be unsuitable for 3D. The color tone of "Man of Steel" is mainly dark cyan, but Murphy is also very careful. It is a commercial film, and the audience's feelings must be taken into consideration first. The main plot of the film will be placed during the day, rather than at night when it is too dark for people to see clearly.

Especially the action scenes, all during the day.

In the editing and special effects work on the action scenes, Murphy also added digital doubles of Superman and Wonder Woman to it.

Action doubles are common in the film industry all over the world. Big-name stars generally use doubles when there are dangerous shots or back views. This is very common in traditional action movies. Digital doubles will be used in certain shots or in some specific scenes.

In the fighting scenes of "Man of Steel", Murphy used digital doubles for almost all medium-range and long-range action shots, and even some close-ups of Superman or Wonder Woman in non-fighting scenes, the backs of which are not real people.

Then there is the soundtrack. At Murphy's request, Warner Bros. invited Hans Zimmer. Although the soundtrack master's status in the circle is not as high as that of John Williams, he is more suitable for commercial productions. What he is good at is the electronic symphony. The melodious and melodious melody is matched with the shocking drumbeat, which matches "Man of Steel".

Murphy also specifically asked Hans Zimmer to prepare a piece of background music for Wonder Woman. Whenever Diana Prinz appeared in the form of Wonder Woman, she would bring her own bgm.

These works continued until February. Due to the incomplete post-production special effects work, "Man of Steel" missed the new Super Bowl commercial time, but various promotional work for the film continued. Warner Bros. The film paid up to 150 million U.S. dollars in promotional and marketing expenses, which is not insignificant.

At the end of February, the post-production of the film came to an end temporarily. Murphy temporarily handed over the fine editing to Jody Griffith, who came to Universal Studios with Gal Gadot to participate in Seth Rowe Root directed the filming of the film.