Chapter 537: Shaping Character with Cameras

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Since Philip Raschel will be back soon, Murphy has no intention of continuing to hire a DP, but has adjusted the shooting plan appropriately, adjusting some of the action sequences to be manned by the action director team, so as to minimize the negative impact of Philip Raschel's absence. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

As for the other shots interspersed in the action scenes, such as some typical long shots, Murphy would personally operate the camera.

On the set, six people stood in front of the green screen, viciously confronting Henry Cavill in black, and Liam Neeson, who was wearing high boots, stayed on the periphery, constantly shouting loudly.

Murphy sat behind the director's monitor, just watching the transmitted footage, completely handing over the command of the scene to the action director.

If a person wants to have great power, he must go through rigorous hellish training, and the male protagonist played by Henry Cavill is certainly no exception.

The action scenes are intermittent, and the longest shot will not exceed twenty seconds, which is Murphy's request, and the short shot is conducive to the post-editing of the action scene, and can also speed up the pace of the final film, in this regard, Murphy believes that Michael Bay's shooting and editing methods are very worthy of reference.

Of course, Michael Bay's production of action scenes can't be copied directly, Murphy just uses this as a basis and makes appropriate modifications to fit the style of his own film.

In the morning, Murphy finished filming the footage of Henry Cavill's training, and this scene that is about to be demolished, only one shot remains, a conversation between Henry Cavill's apprentice and Liam Neeson's mentor.

Murphy made a point of calling Henry Cavill and Liam Neeson over before the afternoon shoot began.

"This scene is the beginning of your conflict of ideas."

Looking at the two actors in front of him, Murphy said seriously, "Henry, Chris was originally a lost child, and it was Reina who untied his knots and doubts and pointed out the way forward. ā€

He then said to Liam Neeson, "Liam, your goal is not to get Chris back on the right track, but to lead him to the path you believe in. ā€

Liam Neeson nodded, "I understand, I'm not evil per se. ā€

He paused and pointed to his head, "Evil is the ideology that has been instilled in it, the ideas that cannot be changed. ā€

Murphy gave him a thumbs up, "Exactly! ā€

The protagonists and villains, who were originally almost father and son, eventually turned against each other, and the only reason was the difference in ideology.

Chris Dane, played by Henry Cavill, was influenced by many people, and grew up with a complete family when he was a teenager, although he was hit halfway through, which made his behavior a little extreme, but he did not form a single ideology, even with the influence of a person like Liam Neeson, who is also a teacher and father, is still a very complex person in the depths of his heart.

Reina, played by Liam Neeson, wants Chris Dane to inherit the ideas he has been instilled since childhood, become an ideologically single individual, and lead the organization he inherited to achieve its goals, which will inevitably form a conceptual collision with Chris Dane, who partially agrees with Liam Neeson's views, but cannot recognize the exclusive and destructive side of his ideas.

Filming soon began, with Henry Cavill and Liam Neeson standing in the dark light in front of a green screen.

"The greatest fear in your heart comes from the darkness."

Looking at the uneasy Henry Cavill, Liam Neeson exclaimed, "But darkness has never been our enemy, darkness is our best friend, and he can cover for us......"

Murphy didn't need the two actors to be very good at the drama, as long as there was a normal level, he controlled the camera number one to slowly reverses through the slide.

"You're going to have to overcome fear," Liam Neeson's voice was captured unmistakably by the recording equipment, "and the best thing to do is to be fearful!" ā€

"Stop!" Murphy shouted to stop filming and reminded, "Liam, Henry, you two don't have the right expressions. ā€

The two actors were making adjustments, and he shouted to the rest of the department, "Everybody reset and start shooting again in five minutes." ā€

Everyone else was busy making adjustments, but Murphy's camera didn't move, and while he was shooting, he suddenly had the idea to use a long shot shot.

Murphy also made the necessary adjustments to the camera in this short five minutes, and the subsequent shooting was also very smooth, only one time later, he got the lens he wanted, but for better effects and different lens expressions, Murphy then changed two angles and shot four successively.

One of the best of them all, exactly what he was looking for.

Long shots have a wide field of view and are often used to show the time, environment, scale and atmosphere of events, such as showing open natural landscapes, mass scenes, war scenes, and so on.

But Murphy is used here not for any of this at all, but to show the character of the character and the series of changes that come with it.

Usually photographers don't use long shots to express the character of the character, but Murphy is willing to do so, and he has a complete plan in a short time, which is to present the figure from head to toe in the long shot.

Filming and production is never a matter of copying and pasting, and if you pay attention to and develop a lens like this, you can bring more variety to the film.

In Murphy's most satisfying long shot, Liam Neeson's character stands tall in the frame as a hero, while Henry Cavill's character is at a disadvantage in the environment and appears helpless, which is exactly what he faces in the plot.

This means that the long shot is not monolithic and can give a lot of new meanings, which is why Murphy is shooting with a long shot here, which makes Henry Cavill's character feel weak and in a subtle vulnerable situation, which in turn creates a clever sense of plot oppression.

Similarly, the two completely different characters in the lens are also conducive to creating contradictions.

Beauty comes from contradiction, and Murphy loves contradiction, no matter how ambiguous it may be.

In addition, such a long shot can also capture the dialogue between the two actors, Murphy's long shot is used in two medium shots and two close-ups, and he uses this lens language to put the audience in the camera position of the long shot, so that the audience has a sense of live, as if watching the people in the picture are having a conversation.

At the end of the day, Murphy didn't leave work immediately, but returned to the temporary pull-up room on the set to review all the shots taken today, so as to find the shortcomings and reshoot them as soon as possible, and the long shots were the focus of viewing.

After looking at it for a while, Gal Gadot, who was busy with the work at hand, came over.

Gal Gadot didn't speak, pulled a chair and sat in front of the monitor with Murphy, watching the footage together.

Of course, it's not so much that she's looking at the camera, it's that she's watching Murphy review the camera.

Looking at Murphy, who was extremely serious, Gal Gadot suddenly remembered what he said when the two discussed the film some time ago: "To make a movie is to discover things, it is about investigation, about discovery." Turn your gaze into the gaze of a child, draw inspiration from everything in life, observe everything in life, and when you become a visual storyteller, you will learn to see the motivations of people's actions and some of the things behind them. Or to put it simply, when driving through a field, whether it is natural light or man-made light, perceive and learn the light there. This will make you feel like you're making a movie 24 hours a day! ā€

There is no doubt that Murphy has put 120,000 points of energy into the treatment of movies.

There are even times when Gal Gadot feels that in Murphy's eyes, the movie is the first place, and she can only be ranked behind the movie.

But she's not angry about it, a career-minded man is more attractive, isn't it?

Secretly glancing at Murphy's face, Gal Gadot sighed softly in his heart, "The movie is what you should pay attention to the most, those messy things, or don't get involved." ā€

Although she knew that some things were difficult, she still had to persuade them, after all, the appearance of someone like Murphy on Rose's trial would definitely cause an uproar.

Gal Gadot didn't rush to speak, and waited until Murphy had seen all the shots and turned off the monitor before asking, "Today's plan is behind the scenes, and tomorrow Fili will be back, make up for the shots that were not taken yesterday and today?" ā€

"Tomorrow?" Murphy shook his head and said directly, "You will be in charge of the crew tomorrow......"

Gal Gadot frowned when he heard this.

Sure enough, Murphy added, "Tomorrow the shooting will be suspended and let Filip rest for a day." And tomorrow is Rose's last trial, and Robert said that it is very likely that the verdict will be pronounced in court, and I will go over. ā€

"Murphy!" Gal Gadot still didn't hold back, "Is it appropriate for you to go over?" Not only will you not be able to help in the past, but you will also be caught in a whirlpool of public opinion! ā€

She clasped her hands to her chest and looked at Murphy, "Have you thought about it carefully?" ā€

Looking up at Gal Gadot, Murphy could see that she was really angry, and raised his hand to gently squeeze her shoulder, "Honey, I know you're worried, but some things can't be measured with reason. ā€

Gal Gadot was rarely distracted, but then he turned away, no longer looking at Murphy, nor speaking.

"Ross is my friend." Murphy knew it was hard to understand this kind of brotherhood between men without the kind of experience he had at the beginning, but he said, "We held each other up in prison, and he helped me through the hardest time." ā€

"You ......," Gal Gadot let out a long sigh, biting her lip, and said, "I'm going to call Bill, always be prepared." ā€

Murphy took her hand and walked outside, "I'd better fight when I get home." (To be continued.) )