Hollywood Road

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Although we encountered difficulties in props, sets and other aspects during the filming, the operation of the crew was much smoother compared to the first two weeks of filming. .

Most importantly, Murphy, an inexperienced director, is progressing at a very rapid rate.

During the third week of filming in the San Fernando Valley Basin, another teenage actress joined the cast, an extra named Emily, who was paid just $100 a day, the current Screen Actors Guild bottom line.

The actor has only one scene, and the film begins by being brutally murdered by photographer Jeff, played by James Franco.

The crew also left for the first time to shoot indoors. Murphy put the set on the small lake not far in front of the house, and chose a lawn surrounded by bushes as the shooting location.

The crew was too rudimentary to even think about equipment like a special makeup trailer, and the actors had to do their makeup on the other side of the house and then come back here.

Also, Murphy wanted to use an overhead shot in the opening scene, and the boom shot was undoubtedly the best, but renting a boom car would cost a lot of money, so he simply had someone drive a Ford sedan and planned to climb into the car himself Manual shooting.

The shooting in the past two weeks has cost a lot of money. While achieving the shooting effect, Murphy must consider more practical expenses.

The weather is very good today. The sky is blue and the light is abundant. From time to time, a moist breeze will blow from the nearby small lake, bringing a bit of coolness to the dry air.

Under the command of Murphy, nearly ten members of the crew were busy with their work. Three interns, led by Paul Wilson, acted as porters, transporting film, equipment and other equipment from the house to the studio. .

The black Ford sedan was simply modified by prop engineer Mia Sucre, and a wooden and plastic shooting platform was added to the roof. Murphy stood on the platform and directed the work of the crew.

Since the actor was still wearing makeup over the house, he focused more on the construction of the temporary studio.

There were two additional audience members for the shoot. Carey Mulligan's agent, Bill Rossis, brought a friend over, who was also the temporary actress' agent, and Murphy just had a chat with them. , allowing the other party to watch the shooting, anyway, a small crew and small project like him are not afraid of troubles such as spoilers.

In contrast, it is worse to have no attention.

"How about it?"

Standing at the edge of the bushes on the set, Bill Rossis looked at Murphy and asked the middle-aged man next to him, "Mike, I was talking to you about him some time ago."

The man named Mike slowly shook his head, "How can I tell now? But..."

He thought about it and said, "You're young, and young often means inexperience."

"He's very inexperienced." Bill Rossis, who had been with Carey Mulligan on set initially, could see the troubles he encountered during filming, "He's a complete novice, just starting out. At the same time, I made a lot of fundamental mistakes.”

Mike raised his mouth and shook his head again, as if he was not very interested in people like Murphy.

"But his progress is amazing!" Bill Rossis still looked at Murphy, "He always finds the problem at the first time, finds the solution as quickly as possible, sums up the lessons learned, and then almost I won't make the same mistake again."

"Let's take a look." Mike wouldn't jump to conclusions, "Let's take a look."

After the set was set up, after a short wait, makeup artist Jack Watson carried a bag and accompanied James Franco and extra Emily over. James Franco was still dressed in gray clothes and glasses. Millie looked extremely miserable, with scars all over her face, her mouth crooked, and bloodstains dotted in several places.

Emily's makeup is very good. Among the several behind-the-scenes jobs hired, Murphy is most satisfied with Jack Watson, who, unlike other people with mediocre abilities, belongs to the type who has not encountered the right opportunity.

Called James Franco and Emily to give a few simple words, and asked about the preparations of each department. Murphy started the trial shooting. Due to the limited number of rehearsals between the two actors, the trial shooting was not smooth, and the Fei also had to adjust the appropriate angle of the overhead shot. Finally, the Ford car stopped in front of the left front of the location of Jeff's violence. From here, the miserable condition of Emily lying on the grass could be fully captured.

Different from before, Murphy used black and white film for shooting. After all, the abuser is a minor, and some are too sensitive. Black and white pictures can better control the scale of shooting.

Conditions like scars, blood, etc., appear completely different on black and white film and color film.

This Emily is younger than Carey Mulligan, and Murphy also wants to avoid the film becoming NC-17.

"Jack, touch up Emily's makeup."

After a trial shoot, Murphy called the extras over and explained, "Amy, what you're asking for is more miserable."

"Yeah!" She just snorted because it was inconvenient to touch up makeup.

James Franco has only one frontal shot in this scene, and his form is guaranteed after so long on film.

After Jack Watson touched up Emily's makeup, Murphy lifted the camera and shouted, "Attention all departments! Filming in five minutes."

When the actors were in place and the staff in various departments were ready, Murphy adjusted the camera and called the start directly.

Standing on the platform on top of the Ford sedan, the camera is tilted down at forty-five angles, first giving a close-up of Emily's pig-headed face.

She has blood on her face and injuries everywhere. Even so, she can still vaguely see her original beautiful and lovely appearance. I have to say that Jack Watson is really good at makeup. Such a shot can also convey a sense of beauty. This kind of information, who made such a cute girl like this? How could you bear to make her look like this?

"Help...help..." The girl's voice was weak and weak, as if she was about to die at any time, only those bright eyes looked forward pleadingly, "Please...please...please let me go. …”

A huge fist broke into the camera and "hit" the girl's face fiercely, followed by a man's figure, he turned his head, facing the camera side, Sven's face had a strange ferocity on it, "This is Do not accept the punishment I pursue!"

After speaking, he took out a wallpaper knife and stared at the girl's throat...

"Cut!" Murphy stopped, snapped his fingers at the driver's seat of the Ford, and said to Jessica Chastain, who was driving, "Change to the front right to shoot, I'll take a few more shots."

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