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"Hello, Mr. Stanton."

In the director's office on Studio 2, a middle-aged man first showed Murphy his identity materials, then nodded to Bill Rothes and Erica Steinberg, and introduced himself, "I'm Harry Pierce, from the directors' guild. ”

Murphy glanced at the other party's identification materials, then turned them to Bill Rothes and Erica Steinberg, and asked, "Mr. Pierce, are you here on behalf of the Directors Guild, or are you personal?" ”

"Director's Guild."

An assistant brought coffee, Harry Pierce nodded in thanks, and then expressed his intention, "The directors' guild has learned that there are two full-time directors on the project book of the crew of "Sin City", is that so?" ”

"We're in a special situation," Erica Steinberg took the initiative to pick up, preemptively saying, "The directors' union probably doesn't know much about it. ”

Harry Pearce shook his hand, "Before I came, the directors' guild had done enough research. ”

He opened his briefcase, took out a copy of the paper, and glanced down, "The union's investigation shows that there are two full-time directors on the crew of Sin City. ”

Glancing at Murphy, Harry Pierce said, "One is you, Mr. Stanton, and the other is Frank Miller, the original author of the comics. ”

Closing the sentence, he said to Murphy, "If we are not mistaken, Mr. Stanton is a member of the Directors Guild. ”

Murphy, Bill Rothes, and Erica Steinberg looked at each other, each with a calm look on their faces, they had communicated for a long time and also guessed that this could happen, and now that it appeared, there was no panic.

Harry Pearce spoke extremely fast and didn't seem to want to give Murphy any chance to tell, "Director Stanton, as a member of the Directors Guild, you have violated the rules of the Guild, and your crew must suspend filming and be investigated by the Directors Guild. ”

"Pause shooting?" Murphy frowned.

This is the last thing he can accept.

"Yes!" Harry Pearson said calmly, "You are a member of the directors' union, and you and the projects you direct, you must fulfill the rules of the union!" ”

After speaking, he stood up and looked at the three of Murphy, "I hope the crew can implement the union's decision." ”

Harry Pearson left Disney Studios straight away after announcing the directors' guild rules, leaving Murphy, Bill Rothes, and Erica Steinberg in the office.

"Is the crew really going to pause?" Murphy asked, looking at the other two.

"Take a pause." Erica Steinberg knows this better than Murphy, "The Directors Guild is just a union, but there are some decisions that we should not fight overtly. ”

Bill Rothes nodded in agreement, "It can't be suspended for a few days, didn't we have a plan before?" ”

"Alright," Murphy stood up, "Bill, it's up to you to take care of my temporary withdrawal from the directors' union, and I'll go to the crew and explain." ”

The director's union asked the crew to shut down, which is a very troublesome thing, but it is not without a way to deal with it.

Murphy and Bill Rothes assumed it at the beginning, and later communicated with Miramax, and the director's guild didn't pay attention, even if they were targeted, there must be corresponding countermeasures.

Indeed, nowadays, the directors' union rarely pays attention to whether anyone violates these cold rules, but Hollywood has never been a pure land, and the competition for fame and fortune has been magnified several times in this circle, and no one can guarantee whether someone will stab the director's union.

Once this happens, it is impossible for the directors' union to turn a blind eye.

Dealing with the current situation is troublesome and troublesome, and it is simple and simple.

Since Frank Miller holds a directorial position, which is a prerequisite for this cooperation, and it is clearly written into the contract, it must not be executed in breach of contract, if it is investigated by the director's union, even if it can be smoothed, how long will the crew have to be suspended?

The solution is certainly not clear.

The best way is for Murphy to quit the directors' union, Frank Miller was not a member of the directors' union in the first place, and after he quit, just like George Lucas quit because the Star Wars title did not meet the directors' union regulations, the directors' union will have no reason and position to continue to force the crew to stop.

Of course, this may have some negative effects on Murphy personally, but he doesn't care, and Bill Rothes also communicates with CAA's top management, and as a director that CAA is now focusing on, CAA's PR department will also set out to eliminate these effects.

After Murphy went out to announce the directors' guild's decision and gave some explanations, the crew suspended filming.

"I'm sorry, Murphy." Frank Miller took the initiative to find it, "I don't know that the directors' union still has such regulations, I didn't expect to bring these troubles to the crew, do Miramax and CAA have a solution?" ”

Glancing at Murphy, he said tentatively, "If it really doesn't work, I'll go back to being the assistant director." ”

"It's okay," Murphy shook his head, "we have a solution." ”

He couldn't hear anywhere, what Frank Miller said was the last resort, and he didn't want to give up the power of directing at all.

This is also understandable, his position in the crew is a little embarrassing, if he throws away the power stipulated in the contract, once the future film shooting does not follow the style of the comics, he will not be able to intervene at all.

It is by no means once or twice that a Hollywood film adaptation has signed a contract and then thrown away the original author.

Murphy made promises to him, but Frank Miller is not without social experience, how can he simply believe in promises.

Bill Rothes handled Murphy's withdrawal from the directors' union, and the crew suspended filming, but that doesn't mean all work stops.

During the two days when filming on the bright side stopped, the special effects production continued, and the crew paused filming to wait for Bill Rothes to go through the formalities for him to launch the director's guild, Murphy got together with Filip Raschel and Helena Espola to watch a small number of special effects backgrounds submitted for review, using the background as a reference to continue to refine future imaging effects and looks.

As Murphy requested and embodied in the comics, several of the special effects backgrounds that have been completed are entirely in black and white.

But Murphy was not very satisfied, because the contrast of colors was not particularly strong.

"Helen, these need to be redone!" In Miramax's film room, Murphy said to Helena Espora, who was in charge of this, "I need to make the audience feel super visually impactful, and the picture needs to be good enough!" It's unforgettable! ”

"I'll talk to the VFX studio." Helena Espora nodded.

Murphy admonished again, "I emphasize again, the tone of the special effects background must be bright enough, and in the processing of black and white, there must be a strong chiaroscuro to make the picture look clear and distinct, white should be flawless, and black should be black completely!" ”

Helena Espora writes down Murphy's requests one more time.

These close-up background pictures were originally real products, and the special effects working group submitted them for Murphy to see in advance, and Murphy also unceremoniously pointed out the places that did not meet the requirements.

"The colored scene is not in place," Murphy said, pointing to the section with the bright red bed, "Red is independent of black and white, but it also has to be complementary to black and white, and the red that is made now is indeed bright enough, but it is completely detached from the relationship with black and white." ”

"Don't forget, color is a tool to reflect the emotions of the characters and the plot!" He has not stopped, "Different feelings need different colors to express xiàn, red is conducive to the ignition and expression of passion; The black and white colors reflect the sinister and gloomy city! ”

After talking about the special effects background, Murphy turned to these background-related shooting, the shooting is not completely out of the background and only relies on the green screen to complete, especially he, the director and Philip Raschel, the director of photography, even in front of the green screen, what appears in his mind is the complete scene construction.

"Filip, pay attention to the camera transitions when shooting," although this has more to do with editing, but the camera control during shooting is equally important, and the editing points reserved for clever camera transitions during shooting can make the lens assembly natural and coherent, rather than abruptly broken, "In terms of eye-gaze transitions, language transitions, similar object transitions, and action transitions, you re-examine the side of the photography plan." ”

It is not difficult for careful people to find that these transitions are commonly used in Hollywood movies, and through these clever transitions, the narrative of the film will appear smooth and natural.

After a three-day shutdown, Bill Rothes settled Murphy's exit from the directors' union, and the crew was able to start filming again.

Now neither he nor Frank Miller are members of the Directors Guild, and there is no reason for the Directors Guild to interfere in violation of the rules.

In Disney's second studio, many crew members were doing pre-shooting preparations, and Bill Rothes accompanied Murphy to stand behind the director's monitor, watching the footage of Filip Raschel's test shoot continue to transmit.

"The company has also looked into it," Bill Rothes whispered, "and the directors' union suddenly intervened in us because someone reported it." ”

Murphy turned his head to look at him, "Who's the whistleblower?" ”

"It's not clear yet." Bill Rothes shook his head, "Brian Lauder speculates that there could be a competitor to the company. ”

He sighed, "What I thought was too simple, these don't need to be effortless, let alone risky, just a report call to the directors' union may attract attention." ”

Murphy shook his head, too.

Bill Rothes added, "You can shoot now in peace, and I'll take care of the rest." ”

He understands Murphy's character, this is not a person who has suffered a loss and swallowed it in his stomach, and specially advised, "Murphy, don't think too much, don't do more!" What you need most now is to do your job as a director, with CAA and Miramax, the general problems will not affect you, as long as you keep moving forward, get to a certain position, and have enough strength, these problems are no longer a problem. (To be continued.) )