Hollywood Road

The sun disappeared behind the only building nearby. Jessica Chastain stepped on the sand on the cracked asphalt road and walked towards the intersection where the crowd gathered ahead. The reporters and paparazzi hiding around saw her. Quickly turned the camera lens to shoot, Jessica - Chastain did not look at these, the focus was completely on the front location on the set, the set kept sounding, it should be gunshots, it seems to be filming the scene of the shootout.

"Hello, filming is taking place here."

Suddenly a security guard appeared and stood in front of her, "Please stop."

Jessica Chastain stopped and said, "I'm here to visit the class, and I called Miss Gal Gadot before."

The security officer pressed the intercom, said a few words, and then said, "Come in, Miss Chastain."

At the same time, he reminded, "The crew is filming."

"I know." Jessica Chastain said politely, "I won't disturb the filming."

She walked forward for a while, and saw some people standing outside watching, so she stopped and stood here.

As I heard before, the crew is indeed filming a shootout scene. Standing here, you can see Robert Downey Jr. with a scar on his face hiding in the back of a car under the cover of a bald black man Next, he was shooting at a group of people who were approaching on the opposite side, and at the same time beckoned his own people to leave quickly.

Jessica Chastain looked around, but she didn't see Murphy. After searching carefully, she found Murphy behind an old-fashioned 35MM film camera. He seemed to be shooting in person.

"Cut!" Murphy's loud voice sounded on the set, just like back then, "Donnie, you are fighting with other gangs, hide yourself, now you are not Iron Man!"

Then, Jessica Chastain saw Murphy calling Robert Downey Jr. and several other actors to her side, seeming to be talking about a play, but she was far away from here, so she couldn't hear what was being said.

Looking at Murphy who is fully committed to his work, Jessica Chastain can't help but think of the situation when he was his assistant. Now he is as focused and serious as before he failed, and he seems to have no status today Slack in work attitude due to failure and achievement.

Jessica Chastain admitted that she had misjudged Murphy and made a wrong choice back then, otherwise her career would not have been so bumpy.

Thinking about it now, when he first filmed "Hard Candy", Murphy showed some qualities necessary for success, didn't he? Thinking of this, Jessica Chastain shook her head, and could only sigh secretly, "Why did I turn a blind eye to what he showed?"

From then to now, the Murphy Stanton she has seen and watched is full of adventurous spirit, he will never say the words 'impossible' or 'impossible', no matter how big the problem is. , he will not waver. Although he is always under pressure and endures anger, he always keeps a calm head, and regards himself as an independent outsider in the crew, and can always give timely criticism and suggestions to the staff who make mistakes.

Even, when Murphy was filming and making the film, she gave her a strange feeling, as if he was the creator. He said that if there is light, there must be light, no matter what method is used.

But Jessica Chastain knows that Murphy has achieved what he is today, and he deserves all of this. Most people, including him, have this understanding that Murphy will always be the one who walked out of the set A director full of infinite enthusiasm and creativity, others live surrounded by his powerful aura.

Jessica Chastain vividly remembers Murphy saying to her when she first started working on Hard Candy, "Once we started this adventure and the filming started, there was nothing to stop me! The only way to stop me is to kill me!"

At that time, she only thought it was a joke and arrogant, but later she found out that he really thought so. He will not hand over his fate to anyone, but only hold it in his own hands!

filming paused,

A staff member came to inform her that she could enter the temporary set, and Jessica Chastain, led by an assistant director, came to a camera.

"Hi, Murphy."

From a distance away, Jessica Chastain raised her hand and said hello, "Is the shooting going well?"

Murphy raised his head, looked over, and then smiled, "Long time no see, Jesse."

Jessica Chastain walked over, opened her arms and hugged Murphy lightly, "It won't disturb your work."

"I have a five minute break."

Murphy was more polite to his former assistant, "No way, the shooting schedule is too tight. I will try my best to finish shooting all the shots before the 20th of next month, otherwise 20th Century Fox will kill me." Understand."

"You're always so hard on yourself," Jessica Chastain said with a laugh.

Murphy shrugged slightly, "If the requirements are not strict, I will lose motivation."

The rest time of the crew is limited, and Murphy still needs to check the layout of the venue. He really doesn't have much time, so he asked, "How is the cooperation with Meghan Ellison recently?"

Although he has rarely cooperated with the Ellison brothers and sisters, the two parties still maintain a relatively close relationship. Compared with her brother David Ellison, Megan Ellison has more brains. Except for Fei Fei's film, the remaining independent films invested in all of them have achieved profitability.

In this respect, Megan Ellison is at least a qualified independent film investor.

"Not bad." Jessica Chastain thought for a while and decided to tell the truth, "Megan Ellison recently got a new project, about SEAL Team Six and Osama bin Laden, and she intends to let me play the leading role , directed by Catherine Bigelow."

"Congratulations." Murphy smiled, "This subject matter has been filmed, and there is still a lot to do."

The two chatted for a while, Jessica Chastain looked at the time and took the initiative to leave, "I won't bother you."

"Yeah." The various departments of the crew started working again, and Murphy didn't hold back, and said politely, "You can call Bill if you need anything."

Watching Jessica Chastain turn and leave under the leadership of an assistant, Murphy continued his filming work. The shootout scene just now has been filmed. Although the crew did not change the location, the shooting was not at the outdoor set at the intersection. , but changed to a low building next to the intersection.

Murphy walked to the entrance of the building. Philip Raschel was leading people to set up cameras outside, and David Robbie was busy arranging lights inside the building with a few assistants.

"David!" Murphy reminded, "The light must be cold and dark!"

Behind the door of the building, David Robbie showed his head and made an "OK" gesture.

What needs to be shot here is a long shot with only Robert Downey Jr. in the shot. Murphy wanted to show the anxiety and anger of his starring Diego Rose, so this shot was specially designed for this purpose.

Diego Ross, who had just grown up, asked for help to collect the information of the Catholic priest. What he did not expect was that after the Catholic priest was called to the police by many parents of abused children, he was not punished as he should be, but was instead punished by the Catholic priest. News that the Holy See has been transferred back to the Vatican, and the position has been promoted.

Such news seriously affected Diego Rose's judgment on this world, and he finally decided that this is an evil world after all.

If he wanted to live in such a world, he could only be more vicious.

The next filming was the process when he got the relevant news and finally changed his mind.

At first, Murphy did not enter the building, but stood outside the door and looked inside, so that he could better observe the scene captured by the entire camera.

He looked at it for a while, then called Helena Espora, pointed to the wall at the door, and said, "I remember that there is a big picture of the fallen angel in the prop, hanging here."

After giving instructions to the art director, Murphy saw Robert Downey Jr. coming over after putting on his makeup, and called him into the building together.

This is the front hall of the small building. The entrance is the wall that Murphy just mentioned and the stairs leading to the upper floor. The stairs are a bit worn out, and there is a pillar with a decorative tower head at the bottom of the handrail.

Murphy stood next to the pillar and said to Robert Downey Jr., "When shooting, you will walk back and forth because of anxiety. No matter how you walk, you must be within the range of the painting on this wall."

"A picture of the fallen angel?" Robert Downey Jr. obviously heard what Murphy said just now, and said, "I see."

"Also," Murphy pointed to the tower head on the pillar at the bottom of the stair railing, "for any shots where you are still, you have to keep the tower head of the pillar pointing at your head."

Although he didn't quite understand why Murphy made such a request, Robert Downey Jr. nodded seriously, "No problem."

Murphy patted Robert Downey Jr. on the shoulder, "You are familiar with the next move, and you can master the stop and go by yourself."

After finishing speaking, he walked out of the building to check the situation of the camera that Philip Lascher was setting up at the door.

Everything is ready, and the shooting will start immediately.

According to Murphy's request, Robert Downey Jr. was just standing between the door frame and the door. There is also a complete guiding line in the shot taken by Philip Lascher. The guiding line will subconsciously guide the audience's gaze to a theme.

In cinematography, this is a tool that allows the audience to see what the director wants them to focus on.

In this shot, the painting of the fallen angel on the wall will lead people to look at the door frame, and in the open door, the wire will lead people to look at the main characters. In order to express more clearly, ink Fee even pointed the spire of that pillar directly at Robert Downey Jr.'s head.

Shooting on the streets of Los Angeles, Murphy had no trouble, the only problem being the light.