After David Ellison's loan was secured, Stanton Studios injected capital into the Ice and Fire Studios established with Twentieth Century Fox, and the first funding of Twentieth Century Fox was also in place, and "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" was officially established, and preparations for the fantasy series were announced. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, the preparations have been underway long ago, and Murphy and George Martin have been polishing the script since more than a year ago.

At the same time, Murphy also issued a call order to his team, and although he didn't understand that he suddenly changed to directing a TV series instead of making movies, everyone responded positively.

After a long period of cooperation, they also discovered that following Murphy, whether it is fame or fortune, is at your fingertips.

Working with people you know well will undoubtedly reduce a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Because of the investment, "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" is mainly divided into two parts, with Stanton Studios led by Murphy and Twentieth Century Fox led by Carla Firth.

This can also ensure that the crew's work can be carried out in the predetermined direction to the greatest extent.

Murphy and Kara Firth will also have some friction at work, but they will not let these affect the personal relationship between the two, and the two most powerful people in the crew can work together sincerely, and the conflicts between the people below will be correspondingly reduced.

And Twentieth Century Fox is more involved in production and distribution, and it is Murphy's team that really uses the actual preparation and shooting.

There are no changes to the heads of the various departments on the team, but people such as Philip Raschel and Helena Espora know that they must keep up with Murphy or they will be eliminated, so they have made some adjustments to the personnel in charge of their respective departments.

For example, Filie Raschel's film crew fired a cinematographer who had worked on the filming of "Gone Girl" and "Deadpool", and openly recruited three new cinematographers, bringing the total number of lead cinematographers to five in order to meet the filming needs of "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones".

Helena Espora's art and set team was no exception, Murphy hadn't shot anything like the fantasy genre before, and many of her team didn't have much experience working in the area, so hiring new people was a must.

There is also David Robbie's makeup, costume and styling department, who not only needs to recruit new people, but also studies some of the characteristics of European medieval clothing, and then combines the depictions in George Martin's books to design clothing and character styling that meet Murphy's requirements, and so on.

In the process, many of the old employees who had worked with Murphy a few times left the big team, and more new people joined it, and spitting out the old and accepting the new is one of the most effective ways to stay competitive.

Hollywood is so competitive that even outsiders have heard of it, and it's a natural succession, and Murphy has to have a good competitive atmosphere within the team while competing with other people and projects.

Everyone is in harmony and works smoothly, which is just an ideal state, and it is not suitable for the fierce competition in Hollywood.

A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones is a series, a fantasy work, the culmination of a collaborative effort, and a blockbuster that relies heavily on location, design, and cinematography to make illusions come true.

Murphy was always aware of this, and a close-knit team was essential to produce such an epic TV series.

Before the decision was made to shoot digitally, preparations for the first season were already in full swing, and after testing with Murphy and Filip Raschel, the crew opted for the Sony F35 as the camera.

The reason why I chose this digital HD camera is that in addition to the fact that the Alexa digital camera made in Germany has not yet appeared in this era, it is also because the Sony F35 can present clothing and materials in front of the camera.

Frankly, Murphy was very impressed with the Alexa HD digital film camera from the German company ARRI, but unfortunately it would be a few more years before the camera was available.

Since Twentieth Century Fox obtained a tax rebate of up to $6 million from Northern Ireland, Murphy did not hesitate to set the main filming base of the series in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, after visiting Carla Feige, and at the same time basically confirmed that the scenes of Westeros would be filmed in Belfast.

In addition, several location investigation teams led by Paul Wilson also went out in advance to find suitable location shooting locations in Europe and the United States.

The crew is not only one filming team, Paul Wilson and Seth Rogen, who have been confirmed to join the crew, will also be responsible for a shooting team to shoot some side plots, which can also effectively improve the work efficiency of the crew.

After several collaborations and long hours of working together, Murphy still has plenty of confidence in Seth Rogen and Paul Wilson.

Of course, he also solemnly warned Seth Rogen that the crew doesn't need too many humorous shots.

It's also a good opportunity to practice Seth Rogen, who needs more practical experience in filmmaking, no matter what kind of theoretical learning.

"In recent years, a large number of popular series have been born in North America, but fantasy series have never appeared on the primetime TV drama schedule."

A huge conference room in the Fox Building was packed with people, all looking to the front, and Murphy stood in front of them, talking, "Our A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones can fill that gap, and it's going to be a work of swords, dragons, and magic." ”

It was a preparatory meeting for the crew, and all the heads of departments, except for the actors who had not yet been decided, came to Twentieth Century Fox to participate in this meeting.

Since there really hasn't been any successful fantasy TV series in the past, these guys who have followed Murphy for a long time, although they choose to continue to work with him, are inevitably drumming in their hearts.

Murphy convened the meeting to articulate some philosophical ideas and strengthen the confidence of his team.

If the team doesn't believe that the fantasy series they shoot can be successful, it will definitely affect the actual work effect.

As a producer representing Twentieth Century Fox, Carla Firth sat on the left-hand side of the conference table without saying much, completely handing over the stage to Murphy.

She knows exactly what she needs to do when and when she does.

"In terms of the incredible popularity of fantasy genres like the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Harry Potter series, fantasy franchises are the most successful film and television genres."

Standing at the front of the conference table, Murphy propped up the table with both hands, looking confident and full of momentum, "But there has never been a fantasy series of TV series in the past, if anyone dares to try, it must be us!" We are a team capable of shooting any noir subject! ”

"A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" has a typical dark style, both in terms of the color of the picture and the direction of the plot.

That's why Murphy chose this collection, and it's the style he's best at.

"But fantasy themes often mean high production costs."

Murphy never wanted to shoot some messy content to fool the audience, it would be easy to lose the appeal he had accumulated over the years, but the production cost is also a practical problem for him, and he must come up with a practical solution, "The high production cost is often a big reason why fantasy series can't come out, and we will focus more on the characters, characters and plot development when filming Game of Thrones, and avoid those large-scale war scenes." ”

Large-scale war scenes cost a lot, after all, this is not a summer commercial film, but a TV series that pays more attention to the plot, plus it is still the first season, rather than spending money on war scenes, it is better to further polish the plot.

In fact, the full-scale outbreak of war in the original book did not begin to appear until after the first volume.

Murphy straightened up, walked back and forth twice, and said, "This is not a story of tens of thousands of orcs crossing the savannah like The Lord of the Rings, because the most expensive thing to make [The Lord of the Rings] is the creation of non-human creatures. And in the filming of the first season of Game of Thrones, there were not many such creatures. ”

Without those fantasy creatures, the money spent on costly CG production can undoubtedly be saved.

If it were just an ordinary director, Murphy would definitely ask the producer to continue to invest more, but he is not, in addition to the director and producer, he is also one of the main investors in the series, and the return on investment must be considered.

The investment of tens of millions of dollars is definitely not a small amount for Murphy, and once the investment fails miserably, even if he is now, he will be broken.

After all these years of struggle, he has just accumulated a net worth of tens of millions of dollars.

"We're not shooting teen-oriented films like the Lord of the Rings trilogy!"

Even as an avid fan of the series himself, Murphy can't deny that the Lord of the Rings franchise has a somewhat infantilized style that definitely doesn't fit Game of Thrones: "We were shooting what an adult audience watched, my ideal finished series, luxurious, bloody, dark, quirky, and sometimes surprisingly luscious." Malice and kindness are intertwined, as unpredictable as life. ”

His voice became louder and louder, "I want the audience to watch this series for various reasons, such as: plot tension, death and hope, the icewolf of fate, fantasy elements and fantasy space, family strife, the temptation of power, the deviant ****, and the cruel violence." ”

Murphy's eyes swept over everyone in the room and he added, "And the most important thing! You need to keep in mind the core idea and ultimate definition of the set. (To be continued.) )