Hollywood Road

"Don't worry, you can rest assured."

Sitting across from Murphy, James Franco still had that naughty smile on his face, "I'm fine now, do you think a movie role can drive me crazy?"

Murphy shrugged and simply stopped mentioning this aspect.

Obviously, James Franco's mental state is very good, and he completely got rid of the role of magician. Murphy can only say that character sometimes really determines a person's fate.

James Franco is optimistic by nature and likes to mess around. Compared with him, the former Heath Ledger can really be said to be a boring gourd, although drug addiction is what happened to Heath Ledger. The main reason, but his character also played a considerable role in it.

Frankly speaking, people like James Franco were also on drugs, but there was no accident.

Up to now, Murphy doesn't think that a crazy character will cause people like James Franco to have mental problems.

"By the way." James Franco asked suddenly, "You and Gadot have been engaged for so long, when do you plan to hold your wedding?"

Murphy spread his hands, "We haven't discussed it yet, we'll have to wait until the film is released soon."

Neither he nor Gal Gadot has the slightest intention of leaving each other. The wedding is a matter of time, but there is no need to rush.

"Are you in a hurry to give gifts?" Murphy deliberately joked, "The gifts are not expensive enough, so I won't accept them."

James Franco said arrogantly, "It must satisfy you."

The friendship between the few of them, whether it is a gift or not, is actually not important at all.

The two made some jokes, and James Franco talked about the business, "Seth and I are going to go to the other side of the Pacific Ocean after the New Year."

"Going there?" Murphy couldn't remember that Seth Rogen and James Franco had a new film to be released, "Going on a trip?"

"No." James Franco shook his head, "Going to investigate new projects."

"Going to investigate new projects?" A woman's voice came from the side of Murphy and James Franco, and then Kara Firth, wearing a professional suit, stepped on high heels, walked over and asked, "James , do you have any new ideas?"

Murphy glanced at Kara Firth. Of course, Kara Firth would not be polite to him. He pulled out a chair and sat next to him.

James Franco knew about the relationship between Murphy and Kara Firth, and he didn't hide it. He said directly, "A new comedy."

"Comedy?" Murphy frowned, "Poop comedy?"

"Yeah." James Franco nodded, "To be precise, it's really a shit comedy."

Murphy frowned even tighter, and said, "It's best not to release this comedy before next year's awards season."

James Franco smiled, "It's definitely not going to be released. The two of us just have preliminary ideas now, and Seth is not you. It will take at least two years for him to run a movie."

"But..." James Franco was puzzled, "Why not release it next year?"

Murphy said directly, "A role in a shitty comedy is not good for you to hit various performance awards during the awards season."

"Hey..." James Franco sighed deliberately, "So you have so much confidence in me."

"Okay, you two." Kara Firth simply interrupted Murphy and James Franco, and said, "James, let's talk about your and Seth's new ideas."

As Director of Production and Production at Twentieth Century Fox, she has a keen eye on potentially lucrative projects.

The likes of Seth Rogen and James Franco, especially Seth Rogen, have proven capable at comedy with The Hangover and The End of the World.

James Frank looked at Seth Rogen's appearance and scratched his head, "How should I say it?"

"Speak directly," Murphy said.

"Do you know the three fat classmates who just came to power in North Korea this year?" James Franco was afraid that Murphy and Kara Firth would not know who he was talking about.

He also explained, "It is the country known for its dictatorship and corruption."

Of course, Murphy knew who the fat man was.

Kara Firth seemed very interested, "Tell me."

"It's just a spoof of the one who just came on stage." James Franco said with a smile, "Aren't they making nuclear bombs? We assume that they have nuclear bombs and want to shoot them indiscriminately. For the stability and peace of the world, the protagonist goes there side, to assassinate the great dictator."

"You are really a typical American thinking." Murphy couldn't help shaking his head.

"Anyway, they are hostile countries." James Franco didn't care at all, "It doesn't matter if they are separated from the entire civilized world."

Regarding James Franco's remarks, Murphy was completely speechless, and he couldn't find any words to refute.

However, after thinking for a while, he still said, "James, let's be a little more cautious, the political risk is a bit high."

"There is not much risk." Kara Firth's thoughts are completely different from Murphy's. "I think this project is good, it has room for operation, and it can naturally attract audiences."

James Franco nodded again and again, "Well, well. I think so too."

He also said, "In the United States, such a story setting itself is extremely funny, because for the American public, San Fat is more like a joke in an Internet carnival than a real political figure."

Obviously, James Franco and Seth Rogen are not hotheaded, but have a clearer understanding of the market and audience.

Murphy didn't say much. If the profit prospect is clear, investment is not impossible. The same is true for Kara Firth. The original nature of the two people has not changed. And international political influence and the like, they don't care.

Of course, Kara Firth was far more enthusiastic than Murphy. After Murphy left here and continued to work, she was still discussing eagerly with James Franco.

During the recent period, Murphy and Jody Griffith have completed the precise editing of the film. In addition to continuing to improve the editing, they are still doing some other necessary post-processing work.

In terms of color tone, "Dark City" is dominated by dark tones. Needless to say, the scenes in the dark night, even the shots in the daytime will show a dark blue-black tone. Murphy deliberately created an old and heavy scene. The tone and color matching are relatively monotonous.

In terms of tone effects, the film as a whole is mostly low-key, and the characters are mostly treated with relatively large contrast. Murphy also uses the changes in tone to create the atmosphere of the environment and the inner psychological changes of the characters' emotions.

At the same time, for most of the panoramic shots, Murphy will use the lifting movement appropriately, and move the camera horizontally to show the atmosphere of the environment.

Similar to other noir crime movies, Murphy mostly uses rain, night, smoke, fog and other means to create an atmosphere in the handling of some crime scenes.

Murphy has always been aware of one thing. When the audience enters the theater, the film must present what he wants, or the style and means of the film that he has judged. This is a sense of satisfaction, and commercial films must satisfy audience.

But satisfaction alone is not enough. It is also necessary to give the audience a kind of surprise, which will surprise the audience and make them feel enjoyable, and then generate valuable psychological hints, so that the film will be well received and achieve ideal commercial results.

After Christmas, Murphy was interviewed by Fox Entertainment Channel specifically about the post-production of the film.

In front of the camera lens, a reporter from Fox TV station asked, "Murphy, I heard that the film "Dark City" has basically been edited. Has your editing work been so fast?"

"Generally speaking, it's faster. For a movie like "Diego Ross", I always pick out a few days to edit the shots. At the fastest time, I can probably cut out the finished film every day. Ten minutes."

Facing the reporter's microphone, Murphy still maintained a true and false interview style, "When editing "Dark City", for more than ten weeks of filming samples, Jody and I did not proceed quickly. Because it was exhausting just sitting there looking at all the dailies, and I had tons and tons of shots, and even though I was shooting as little as possible, the number of shots in the end was a headache.”

Having said that, Murphy smiled, "Nevertheless, I still have to shorten the editing time to better control the whole film. I have a very good editor-Jody Griffith. He participated in our The whole shoot. If you want to sit there and think about everything on the shoot and find the material you want in the first place, then you have to find time to do that.”

"It is said that you used two Imax cameras for most of the shooting." The reporter obviously has a certain professional quality, "Why do you like to use two cameras for shooting?"

Murphy thought for a moment before saying, "I use multiple cameras for action scenes, but for all dramatic scenes, I only use two cameras. I like to shoot with two cameras because I can see every shot." In the eyes, instead of constantly being distracted like with multiple cameras, thinking about what the other shots will look like. I watch the dailies every night, and if you always shoot with multiple cameras, you will have There are a lot of shots, which can be tricky and time-consuming to edit.”

"I have received definite news that you did not use storyboards and shot lists for the shooting of "Dark City." The reporter is also well informed, "How do you record all this?"

"Use my brain." Murphy nodded his head, "I have always used my brain to create scenes. Every night when I lie in bed, I edit every scene in my mind until the end of the film. When looking at the dailies, the director is supposed to keep every shot in his head, which is what every director has done before."

As time went by, the crew released more and more promotional materials, and Kara Firth was also looking for more powerful and effective promotional points according to Murphy's request. 8 For more exciting novels, welcome to visit our Reading Academy