The Stark family of Winterfell is undoubtedly an extremely important family in the entire series, the Lords of the Northlands, and the clan emblem is a silver-gray ice wolf on a white snowfield, the clan language is "winter is coming", and the term "Running Wolf's Blood" is sometimes used to describe the unrestrained and wild nature of some Stark family members. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Therefore, in the scenes where members of the Stark family appear, the Icewolf is a very important supporting role.

Animal actors often appear in Hollywood films, and there are also special companies and institutions that provide related services, and some star-level animal actors are paid quite highly.

Icewolves are an important marker for Ned Stark's children, appearing frequently in Game of Thrones, and the crew has long contacted a specialized animal actor company.

It's not realistic to want to use a wolf to cast a role, and a dog that looks a little like a wolf is the best choice.

Six huskies, accompanied by professionals, crossed the Atlantic to Belfast, but what Murphy didn't expect was that along with the huskies came some people who liked to cause trouble.

"At present, there are three British civil society organizations targeting our crew."

In an office on the set, Carla Fez, who came to Belfast with the husky, frowned a little, obviously encountering something that even she was bothered by, "They are environmental protection organizations in the United Kingdom, animal protection organizations, and dog lovers associations." ”

Murphy sat back in his swivel chair, his brow locked even tighter than Carla Firth, "It's okay for the environmental protection organization to say that we have hired a special service company, and the cleaning of the location will not be a problem, the latter two ......"

He shook his head, "Animal protection organizations and dog lovers associations are the trouble. ”

Hollywood has a well-established system, which is not only reflected in the clear rules and regulations and strong trade union organizations to protect the rights and interests of workers, but also the animal actors have attracted some people's attention.

Many crews that use animal actors must work under the supervision of relevant conservation organizations if they don't want to cause too much trouble and welcome some people's protests.

Just as the signing of an actor and crew who joins an actors' union is carried out under the supervision of the union, the agreement for the use of animal actors is often signed under the supervision of the relevant organization.

Of course, this is not a mandatory measure, but if you don't do it, you will be in more trouble.

"No way." Carla Firth shook her head, "It's a convention in the industry, let's hurry up." ”

"Don't worry." Murphy sat down fairly calmly, "Let them wait a little longer." ”

The crew had already signed a formal agreement with all parties to the animal actors, but the agreement had to be filed with animal protection organizations and the Dog Lovers Association, and it needed to be signed by Murphy, the director, and Kara Firth, the producer.

"You......" Kara Firth didn't continue to persuade, but picked up a budget and looked at it patiently.

On the other side, Murphy closed his eyes, he was also a little tired after a busy morning, and seized this rare free time to rest.

It took a full half hour for Murphy to open his eyes, gesture to Kara Firth, and walk out of the office, through a small open-air set, to the somewhat shabby-looking theater room.

Two middle-aged men were waiting here, and the crew in charge of receiving them was just sitting near the door, and they didn't seem to be very willing to deal with them.

Seeing Murphy and Carla Firth walk into the conference room, the two listless middle-aged men immediately looked over as if they had seen a class enemy.

The staff member stood up and introduced Murphy and Carla Firth, "This is Richard Dennis of Animal Defenders UK, and this is James Morse of the Dog Lovers Association. ”

Murphy nodded to the two men and sat across from Kara Firth at the conference table they were.

"We will use animal actors in accordance with the relevant regulations." Murphy didn't want to waste time on these unrelated people, and said very bluntly, "They will be in the same way as all actors in the crew, and their rights will be duly protected." ”

"That's not right!" The middle-aged man named Richard Dennis shook his head, "Director Stanton, your statement is wrong, the animal actors, that is, the six huskies, deserve more protection and more effective care." ”

Hearing this, Murphy's lips twitched slightly, but he didn't say anything.

"Although you have an animal actor contract with the owner of the husky." The person who spoke became James Morse of the Dog Lovers Association, "but your crew is based in the UK, and you have to comply with the Animal Defenders and Dog Lovers Association, as well as the relevant UK laws in this regard." ”

"Please." Murphy made a gesture of please.

According to the rules," James Morse was unusually serious, as if he was afraid that Murphy, the director, would abuse his sweetheart, "animal actors should not work more than forty-five minutes at a time, and no more than three and a half hours a day, and any abuse, assault and abuse of animal actors is prohibited......"

In just a few minutes, the other party said a long list.

To exaggerate it, it is even more detailed than Hollywood A coffee and super A coffee agents fighting for special treatment for their big-name customers.

Finally, the dog-loving James Morse said, "We will supervise the crew's use of animal actors, protect their rights, and if the crew violates the law, we will immediately report it to the association and the relevant government departments to strictly prevent the relevant behavior." ”

According to Murphy's understanding, the crew didn't look for six huskies at all, but completely invited six fathers to come over.

Compared to Murphy, Carla Firth was a little impatient, "What about the people who take care of the huskies?" Are there rules about their working hours and working environment? ”

As if he didn't understand Carla Firth's implied taunt, James Morse said as a matter of course, "We care and protect dogs, not humans!" ”

The disdain in Carla Firth's eyes flashed for a moment.

This kind of words made Carla Firth quite speechless, even if she also had a pet dog, she still couldn't understand this mentality.

Murphy didn't bother to talk to these people, "Can you sign the memo now?" ”

"And the husky accomodation ......"

James Morse wanted to speak again, but was interrupted by Murphy raising his hand, "The crew has clear terms in this regard, if you don't understand something, you can go to the relevant actor agreement, and when you finish reading it, we will continue." ”

"Ah...... Nope. James Morse and Richard Dennis each pushed the two memos in front of them.

These had been reviewed by a lawyer before, and Murphy flipped through them, looked for them, signed their respective names with Carla Firth, nodded to the two men, stood up and walked straight out of the conference room.

Carla Firth followed, "Why are you so happy?" It's not your style. ”

Murphy walked over to the studio, saying as he went, "Rosa Rodriguez and two security guards will accompany them the whole time in my place!" ”

"I see." Carla Firth was relieved.

Murphy didn't like those two in any way, he couldn't understand the mentality of those guys who loved dogs more than humans, and it was clear what James Morse had just said was that the six huskies were much more important than the people who took care of them.

If it was a movie or TV series with animals as the main characters, Murphy would definitely kick those two people away and not sign the memo at all, but Icewolf has limited appearance time in "Game of Thrones" and does not need to shoot many scenes, which basically does not exceed those demanding requirements.

Walking to the door of the studio, Murphy suddenly stopped, now is just the beginning of the series, the ice wolf will continue to appear in the future, if these guys keep haunting the crew, even if the director behind him is not him, it is really a little annoying.

"Kara, help me make a note." Murphy reminded Carla Firth, who was following up, "From season 2 onwards, all Icewolves will be made in CG as much as possible. ”

Even if the husky continues to be filmed as an ice wolf, it will need to be modified using CGI technology, and it is better to use CG to make it directly.

Entering the studio, Murphy threw it behind and began to prepare for the afternoon shoot.

The upcoming scene is about to be filmed in relation to the Icewolf, and the upcoming Husky is also brought into the studio by a professional trainer to be styled by a makeup artist under Jack Watson.

It's no secret that child actors and animal actors are recognized as the two most uncontrollable factors in Hollywood crews.

These two factors are pervasive in the "Game of Thrones" crew, and compared to the few scenes of young actors that have been filmed, the filming of Icewolf is more difficult.

The young actor has his own professional teacher or parents to tutor him, and his performance is sometimes good and sometimes bad, and after the husky appears, Murphy completely understands why it is called one of the three fools of sledding.

It's really difficult to shoot a wolf with its practical husky, if the animal actor is not professionally trained, it is really shouting over and over again, Murphy takes a short time to shoot, but the film ratio is very high, he shoots a lot of material, the right light, modeling, and action are very few, he tries his best to integrate the appropriate materials and atmospheric shots to create a relatively "wolf-like" husky.

As for the rule of no more than forty-five minutes at a time, with all parties tacitly and the two dog lovers being entangled, they were completely thrown aside by Murphy.

The direct result of this is that when the scene is about to be filmed, the husky who participated in the filming is really tired, it sticks out its tongue and tilts its head to look at the two eyes, quickly closes its eyes and sticks out its tongue to pretend to be dead, and the whole group of cute people can't bear to call it "wake up". (To be continued.) )