Hollywood Road

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The rehearsal went on at about eleven o’clock. Since Carey Mulligan had to go to school in the afternoon, it could only be temporarily ended. Murphy had other work to do. After greeting the three people, he hurriedly left the warehouse, but When the warehouse door was opened, the corner of his eyes keenly caught James Franco's approach to Carey Mulligan...

By now, Murphy can naturally understand a little bit of James Franco's purpose. With Bill Rossis watching, there is no need for him to interfere. He shook his head and walked out of the warehouse to meet Jessica at Milton Cafe. - Chastain, driving to a company that sells video equipment in the Hollywood area.

While driving, he was still thinking about James Franco, has this guy ever done the same thing before?

The protection of minors in the United States is quite strict. In a place like California, if you really have a relationship and are bitten by a minor, it will be extremely troublesome.

However, James Franco is not a fool to think about it.

The car turned onto Sunset Boulevard, a road known for its many accidents, and Murphy quickly shook his head, dispelling the messy thoughts, and driving intently.

This time I came to the Hollywood area, mainly to deliver the deposit for the film. Jessica Chastain in the co-pilot looked through the list of goods and found that there was one more item than before, and couldn't help asking, "Why are there ten more Kodak discs? 5222 film? Are you going to shoot black and white?"

"I used it to shoot the opening scene."

This was only added by Murphy yesterday. The planned film begins with an underage girl being tortured and killed. After a period of consideration and understanding of the MPAA grading system, he worries that because this section is too sensitive, the entire The film was dragged into the quagmire of the NC-17, so it was decided to shoot in black and white.

Ten minutes later, Murphy's second-hand Ford stopped near a large video equipment store on Sunset Boulevard. He and Jessica Chastain had been there before, and the camera would also be rented from here. Buying film can be said to be familiar.

The person who received them was a middle-aged man, and Murphy didn't talk nonsense. He directly asked Jessica Chastain to give him the film list. As long as the deposit was paid, the other party could deliver it to the door in the afternoon.

In addition to ten reels of Kodak 5222 film, Murphy also had a large amount of Kodak color motion picture film.

This 35MM Kodak color film is the same as Kodak 5222 film, and the length of each reel is 122 meters. According to the current film shooting and projection specifications, under normal circumstances, it takes about 27 meters of negative film to shoot one minute, and one reel of film can be shot. 4.5 minutes or so.

In this way, it seems that 20 reels of color film are enough.

But Murphy asked for 240 reels, and this is a conservative number, and the number of films consumed in the future will only be more or less.

In Hollywood, the material shot by almost all directors will be ten or even dozens of times the length of the film. For someone like James Cameron, it may even reach hundreds of times.

A film crew, just spending money on film, is often a lot of money.

Fortunately, Kodak has not killed itself in this era, and the price of Kodak's original 35MM film film is not as outrageous as it was later. After some bargaining, Murphy finally cut the price of each film to $150.

"A total of 250 reels of Kodak film."

On the way back in the car, Jessica Chastain reminded Murphy to prepare the money, "$37,500."

This figure also made Murphy's heart twitch. Counting the expenses of today's film, "Fruit Hard Candy" has been prepared so far, staff salaries, rental equipment and venues, production of props, purchase of cosmetics and clothes, and many other items that need to be prepared. , which together have thrown more than $150,000.

He really doubted that his $300,000 could finish the film.

The pre-production is the most expensive stage, and the subsequent shooting seems to be less expensive, but Murphy will not forget that there is post-production. He also has to hire a professional and experienced editor and lease a post-production studio...

As long as he thinks of these, he feels that his head has turned into two.

Now Murphy can't help but rejoice. Fortunately, he kept up with Kobe Bryant and earned $100,000 back from there. Otherwise, the film would not have been completed with the $230,000 from the Bill Road incident alone.

Even so, Murphy felt that $300,000 might not be enough. After all, he was a complete novice and would inevitably encounter some unexpected problems.

Time finally entered October 2000. After a long preparation, after Carey Mulligan and James Franco had gone through all the scenes, the crew of Hard Candy was at the Miton Cafe in Old Chinatown, Los Angeles. The filming was opened.

Early in the morning, Lynch, the owner of Milton Cafe, put the suspended sign in front of the store, and the two large booths in the left corner of the cafe were also airtight wrapped by screens and curtains, temporarily acting as Men's and women's powder room.

From the moment he entered the cafe, Murphy stood in the distance opposite the counter, instructing the lighting engineer to arrange the lights according to the plan, the set designer to adjust the interior of the store according to the shot drawing, and the props engineer to check the prepared chocolate cake and other props, Jessica- Chastain leads three interns in managing chores...

Because there is only one makeup artist, all the actors can only do their makeup work one by one. Fortunately, there are only two main actors. Old Lynch and his staff just act as background boards, and do not need much delicate makeup.

All the actors appear in the camera, and they never have true makeup. People like Murphy know that all the so-called makeup is just makeup.

"When can you get to me?"

Looking at the cafe that was almost set up, Murphy just took a breath and was about to ask for a cup of coffee to refresh himself. Carey Mulligan came over, "I'm in a hurry for my makeup."

She pursed her lips tightly, visibly nervous.

This is Carey - Mulligan's first official role, she is not even sixteen years old, it is impossible to say that she is not nervous.

"Kerry, you're nervous." Murphy stepped back, leaning on a coffee table. "And dark circles."

Carey Mulligan immediately touched under his eyes and forced a smile, "I lost sleep last night."

This is not a good phenomenon, Murphy frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and suddenly changed the subject, "How are you and James getting along?"

It's hard to reverse a girl's first impression of a person in the rebellious period of youth. Carey Mulligan's mouth was almost to his ear, "He has been trying to please me, but I think his purpose is not pure and he is playing bad ideas. Still don't like him."

Murphy couldn't help shaking his head, but Carey Mulligan reached out and tugged at the corner of his shirt, "Don't worry, Murphy. I won't embarrass him on purpose."

After speaking, she added angrily, "Why do I still hate him so much?"

Just as he was about to say something, Murphy saw Jessica Chastain walking towards him with a person, and hurriedly greeted him.

"Hi, Carla."

Going over there, Murphy opened his arms and hugged Carla Firth gently, "It was a surprise, I didn't expect you to come."

Taking a step back and taking off the sunglasses on his face, Carla Firth's words were still sharp, "I just wanted to come and see how you failed."

"You're going to be disappointed." Murphy shrugged and pointed to a booth next to him, "Sit whatever you want."

Carla Firth put down her handbag and sunglasses first, then pulled out the chair, sat on it, and waved to Murphy, "You can go and get busy, don't worry about me, I'm just here to watch the show."

Murphy wanted to give her a pair of eyeballs, but he held back and told Jessica Chastain to bring coffee for Carla Firth, leave her alone, and keep busy with her work.

The others continued to set up the venue, and Murphy walked to the right of the counter. A 35MM camera had been set up in the corner, and another shoulder-mounted camera was placed nearby for him to switch between different scenes.

Compared with the cameras that Murphy once used on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, these can be classified as old antiques. The film industry is an industry with rapid technological development, and the speed of replacement is amazing.

Murphy had carefully studied these two cameras before, and now it is just a simple debugging.

Minutes and seconds passed, and preparations were in place, and when Carey Mulligan came out of the makeshift dressing room, filming could begin.

The first scene, Carey Mulligan and James Franco, had been rehearsed a few times, but Murphy still called the two over and gave them a few simple words, reminding them that one should be hypocritical and the other should be naive... …

At the same time, Murphy also reviewed the clothes of the two.

As in the make-up photoshoot, Carey Mulligan was wearing a red sweatshirt with a hood, and James Franco was wearing a gray jacket and glasses.

This pair of glasses came from the suggestion of makeup artist Jack Watson, and the effect is also very good, successfully covering up James Franco's own a bit ruffian temperament, making the whole person look more gentle and elegant.

From the clothes of the two, it is not difficult to see Murphy's mind. Hayley played by Carey Mulligan is a modern Little Red Riding Hood, and Jeff played by James Franco is naturally a big bad wolf.

However, contrary to the fairy tale, in this version of Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf, the real danger and control of the situation will be the seemingly harmless Little Red Riding Hood.

Filming did not proceed immediately, Murphy sent Carey Mulligan and James Franco to the cafe counter and practiced their positions a few times. He also picked up the shoulder camera and followed the predetermined idea and the two protagonists changed. location to find a suitable photography route.

That alone took nearly an hour.

It was not until ten o'clock in the morning that Murphy officially announced the start of the trial shooting.

Carrying the camera mounted on the Steadicam, he first shot at the counter to capture Carey Mulligan's slender and beautiful back, and quickly adjusted the lens, waiting for the cafe door to be pushed open, Carey Mulligan When he turned his head to look over, he gave her a close-up of his face.

"Cut!"

Seeing the close-up picture, Murphy immediately called to stop, and the shooting effect did not meet the requirements at all.

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