Chapter Eighty-Six: The Corpse
It's the weekend, it's time for a day of crazy codewords, don't go out today, hide at home and type on the keyboard, everyone give some encouragement.
Although the new crew has only tripled, the things that need to be dealt with are far from being comparable to the simple projects of "Hard Candy", and it took a full three weeks for all kinds of preparations to be completed, which has exceeded Murphy's expectations.
He remembers very well that he once read the information on the Internet, the preliminary preparation of this film took less than a week, and the shooting was completed within 20 days, although it is impossible to determine whether it is true or false, but it can also see the gap between a relatively mature film company like Lionsgate and a shell film company like Stanton Studios.
The crew has entered the final stage of preparation.
For Murphy, final preparation meant everything was in place, and the first day of shooting was just a few days away.
Is there anything else that hasn't been done? Of course, most importantly, Murphy needs to recharge his batteries.
Now that he's pressed the start button and ready, it's time to focus on what's ahead, try to forget all the pressures and burdens, and don't get so tired that he doesn't have time to think.
Also make sure that his film crew β DP, art director, gaffer and prop master β get a good rest before the film starts.
As a director and producer, most of the decisions Murphy makes are absolutely irreversible at this moment, so he must focus on how to use the resources at hand to get the job done.
From now on, his physical and mental powers will be put to the test.
Unfortunately, during this busy work, Murphy's headache flared up again, and it was worse than the previous times, and Cheng DΓΉ was even close to when he had just come to this world.
"Murphy, your head hurts again?"
In the studio's study, Carey Mulligan knocked on the door and came in, saw Murphy sitting on the office chair with a hot towel on his forehead, and hurriedly walked over, "Does it hurt?" Shall I accompany you to the doctor's appointment? β
"No, you don't." Murphy ripped off the towel and was about to throw it on the table, when Carey Mulligan reached out and took it, put it on the shelf next to him, turned to look at it, and furrowed a pair of curved golden eyebrows, "You must go." β
"I went to the University of California School of Medicine yesterday." Murphy waved his hand at her, feeling another tearing pain in his head, and quickly reached out to rub his forehead.
Kerry Mulligan immediately turned to the back of the chair, stretched out two small hands, placed them on Murphy's temples, and gently massaged them.
She rubbed it and asked with concern, "Are there any test results?" β
Murphy withdrew his hand, "One qiΔ is normal." β
In order not to affect his work, he went to check it yesterday, and the results showed that they were all normal.
For the time being, this can only be the case, after all, Murphy himself knows the cause of the headache, but he can't tell the doctor about it at all.
"Carey ......"
The pain eased slightly, and Murphy shook his head slightly, getting rid of Kerry Mulligan's two small hands, "I'll do it myself." β
"It's okay, I'm not tired," Carey Mulligan put his hand on Murphy's temple again, and his voice grew lower, "I'm happiest to be able to help you." β
The eyes hiding behind Murphy were exceptionally bright.
Murphy was about to say something when there was another knock on the door, and after he said please come in, Seth Rogan pushed the door open.
When he opened the door, he saw Carey Mulligan's hand on Murphy's head, his fat face was a little embarrassed, and he touched the back of his head embarrassedly, "I...... I ......"
He stiffened his voice and simply said, "I'm sorry, you continue. β
After saying that, he wanted to go back and close the study door, but was stopped by Murphy, "Seth, is there something wrong?" β
Kerry Mulligan, who lacked social experience but was quite smart, immediately withdrew his hand, turned to Murphy's side, took his cup, and took a cup of coffee from the coffee machine.
Seth Rogen had no choice but to go into the study and say, "Baker's dummy is almost done, I want you to go over and see it." β
In addition to his own role, Seth Rogan is also assisting other departments of the crew, this fat man is very diligent and knows that opportunities do not come easily.
"Let's go," Murphy took a sip from his coffee cup and stood up, "Let's take a look." β
Seeing that he was ready to go to work again, Carey Mulligan reminded, "Murphy ......"
Murphy nodded to her, "Don't worry, I'm fine." β
Downstairs, Murphy followed Seth Rogen, out of the living room, and into the small courtyard in front of the house, where prop master Baker Klebert and his assistant were crouching on the ground, busy in front of a charred "corpse".
Carey Mulligan followed, just one look at the "corpse" before covering his mouth and hiding behind Murphy's back.
"Hi, Baker." Murphy said hello to the prop master, his eyes on the "corpse".
The "corpse" was charred black, with uneven surfaces and dark red in some places, as if a person had been charred.
"I remodeled it with a polyester mannequin." Baker Klebert said to Murphy, "On our terms, that's all we can do." β
Murphy circled the corpse, almost as if it were real, "Great job." β
In the plan, most of the corpses will be played by the actors themselves, and the person who was burned to death in the lockbox game is not among them, and this fake corpse is more than capable of doing the job.
Many times, you get what you pay for, and the Baker Klebert he hired with a high salary is quite capable, and in the past period of time, he has built a large number of killing traps in the rented warehouse according to Murphy's ideas.
"It's disgusting." Carey Mulligan poked out half of his little head from behind Murphy, "Sort of like James Franco was burned." β
Seth Rogan turned his head to look at her, smart when he didn't hear anything, he had heard some terrible deeds of Carey Mulligan from James Franco when he drank too much the other day, plus the girl was obviously very close to the director, and she had already been listed as a person not to be provoked casually.
He also secretly sighed that James Franco's temper was good enough, and he would have quit long ago.
But thinking about the conflict that night, coupled with getting along these days, Seth Rogan also knows that this is a guy with a freak of behavior and a relatively cowardly personality.
But it's also easier for such people to get along with.
Murphy glared back at Carey Mulligan, curled his fingers and made a popping gesture, Kerry Mulligan quickly closed his mouth, covered his head, and obediently ducked to the side.
While not targeting James Franco as it used to be, it's inevitable that Kyrie Mulligan won't like it.
Shaking his head slightly, Murphy felt a little better in his head and asked Seth Rogan, "What about James?" Didn't you come here today? β
"He's on set." Seth Rogan said, "Isn't there going to be a rehearsal of some sadistic scenes in the afternoon? He went to see the excitement. β
This was Murphy's plan for the afternoon, and he looked at the time and said, "Let's go too." β
After a period of preparation, those brutal scenes and killing mechanisms were built, but what the actual effect was, the actors had to rehearse with makeup, so that they could find the shortcomings.