Chapter 597: The Evil World

The sun disappeared behind the only building nearby, Jessica Chastain stepped on the sand on the cracked asphalt road, and walked to the place where the crowd gathered at the intersection ahead, the reporters and paparazzi who were hiding around saw her and quickly turned the camera lens to shoot, Jessica Chastain didn't look at these, and her attention was completely focused on the exterior set in front, and there were constant sounds on the set, which should have been gunshots, as if filming the shootout scene. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Hello, filming is going on here."

Suddenly, a security guard appeared and stood in front of her, "Please stop. ”

Jessica Chastain stopped and said, "I'm here to visit, and I've called Miss Gal Gadot before. ”

The security officer pressed the intercom, said a few words, and then said, "Please come in, Miss Chastain." ”

At the same time, he reminded, "The crew is filming. ”

"I know." Jessica Chastain said politely, "I'm not going to disturb the shooting." ”

She walked forward for a while, and saw some people standing on the periphery watching, and she stopped and stood here.

As heard before, the crew was indeed filming a shootout scene, and standing here you can see Robert Downey Jr., with a scar on his face, hiding behind a car, under the cover of a bald black man, shooting at a group of approaching people on the opposite side, while beckoning his own people to hurry away.

Jessica Chastain looked around, didn't see Murphy, looked carefully, and found Murphy behind an old-fashioned 35mm film camera, who seemed to have gone into battle to shoot himself.

“cut!” Murphy's loud voice sounded on the set, just like back then, "Donnie, you're fighting with other gangs, hide yourself, and now you're not Iron Man!" ”

Then, Jessica Chastain saw Murphy calling Robert Downey Jr. and several other actors to his side, as if he was talking about a play, but it was far away from here, and she couldn't hear what was being said.

Looking at Murphy who is fully engaged in his work, Jessica Chastain can't help but think of what it was like when he was his assistant, who is now as focused and serious as he was before he didn't succeed, and seems to have no status and accomplishments at all and has slackened in his work attitude.

Jessica Chastain admits that in Murphy, she looked away and made the wrong choice back then, otherwise her career would not have been so bumpy.

Now that I think about it, when I first filmed "Hard Candy", Murphy showed some qualities that are necessary for successful people, isn't it? Thinking of this, Jessica Chastain shook her head and could only sigh secretly, "Why did I just turn a blind eye to what he showed? ”

From then to now, the Murphy Stanton she sees and follows is full of adventure, he will never say words like 'impossible' or 'not feasible', and he will not waver even when confronted with the biggest problems. Although he is always under pressure and endures anger, he always keeps a cool head, and sees himself as an independent outsider in the crew, and can always make timely criticisms and suggestions to the staff who make mistakes.

Even, when Murphy was filming and making the film, he gave her a strange feeling, as if he was the Creator, and he said that if there is to be light, there must be light, no matter what method is used.

But Jessica Chastain knows that Murphy deserves what he is today, and most people, including him, have this realization - Murphy will always be the director who came out of the set with infinite enthusiasm and creativity, and everyone else lives surrounded by his powerful aura.

Jessica Chastain vividly remembers that when she was just starting to work on Hard Fruit Candy, Murphy once said to her, "Once we started this adventure and the film started shooting, nothing could stop me!" The only way to stop me is to kill me! ”

At that time, she only thought it was a joke and arrogance, only to find out later that he really thought this - he would not leave his fate to anyone, only his own hands!

When filming was suspended and a staff member came to inform her that she could enter the temporary set, Jessica Chastain was led by an assistant director to a camera.

"Hi, Murphy."

There was still some distance to go, and Jessica Chastain raised her hand to say hello, "Is the shooting going well?" ”

Murphy looked up, looked over, and then smiled, "It's been a long time, Jesse." ”

Jessica Chastain walked over and opened her hand to give Murphy a gentle hug, "It won't disturb your work." ”

"I have a five-minute break."

Murphy was still more polite to his former assistant, "No way, the shooting time is too tight, before the 20th of next month, I have to try to shoot all the shots, otherwise Twentieth Century Fox will kill me." ”

"You're always so yourself." Jessica Chastain said with a smile.

Murphy shrugged slightly, "If I'm not strict, I'll lose motivation." ”

The crew had limited rest time, and Murphy had to check the layout of the venue, so he really didn't have much time, so he asked instead, "How was the recent collaboration with Megan Ellison?" ”

Although he has worked with the Ellison siblings very little, the two sides still maintain a relatively close relationship, and Meghan Ellison is more intelligent than her brother David Ellison, and in addition to investing in Murphy's films, the rest of the independent films he has invested in have all been profitable.

In this respect, Meghan Ellison is at least a qualified independent film investor.

"Not bad, right?" Jessica Chastain thought about it and decided to tell the truth, "Megan Ellison recently got a new project about SEAL Six and Osama bin Laden, and she was interested in having me play the lead actress, directed by Kathryn Bigelow. ”

"Congratulations." Murphy smiled, "This theme is filmed well, and it is still very productive." ”

The two chatted for a while, and Jessica Chastain looked at the time and took the initiative to leave, "I won't bother you." ”

"Hmm." The various departments of the crew started working again, and Murphy did not hold back, and said politely, "If you have something, you can call Bill." ”

Watching Jessica Chastain turn around and leave under the leadership of an assistant, Murphy continued his filming work, the shootout scene just now has all been filmed, although the crew did not change the location, but the shooting was not on the outdoor set at the intersection, but changed to a low building next to the intersection.

Murphy walked to the entrance of the building, where Philip Raschel was leading people to set up cameras outside, and David Robbie was busy setting up the lights inside the building with a few assistants.

"David!" Murphy reminded, "The lights should be cold and dark!" ”

Behind the door of the building, David Robbie poked his head out and made an "OK" gesture.

What needed to be shot here was a long shot in which there was only one actor in Robert Downey Jr., and Murphy wanted to show the anxiety and anger of his character Diego Rose, so he deliberately designed this shot for this.

Diego Rose, who had just become an adult, asked people to help collect information about the Catholic priest back then, but what he didn't expect was that the Catholic priest was not punished by the parents of many children who were assaulted, but was transferred back to the Vatican by the Catholic Curia, and his position was promoted.

Such news seriously affected Diego Rose's judgment of the world, and finally decided that this is a bad world after all.

If he wants to live in such a world, he can only be more vicious.

The next shot is the process by which he gets the relevant news and finally changes his thoughts.

At first, Murphy didn't go inside the building, but stood outside the door and looked inside, so that he could better observe the whole scene captured by the camera.

He looked at it for a moment, called Helena Espora, pointed to the wall facing the doorway, and said, "I remember that there was a large picture of the fallen angel in the prop, hanging here. ”

After instructing the art director, Murphy saw Robert Downey Jr. come over after putting on his makeup, and called him into the building together.

This is the antechamber of the small building, and facing the entrance is the wall that Murphy just talked about and the staircase leading upstairs, the staircase is somewhat dilapidated, and at the very bottom of the handrail there is a column with a decorative tower head.

Standing next to the pillar, Murphy said to Robert Downey Jr., "When you're shooting, you're going to walk back and forth with anxiety, and whatever you do, you have to be within the boundaries of the paintings on this wall. ”

"Angel Fallen Figure?" Robert Downey Jr. apparently heard Murphy's words as well and said, "I see. ”

"Also," Murphy pointed to the head of the pillar at the lower end of the handrail of the staircase, "any shot you are stationary, you have to keep the head of the pillar pointing at your head." ”

Although he didn't quite understand why Murphy asked for this, Robert Downey Jr. nodded seriously, "No problem." ”

Murphy patted Robert Downey Jr. on the shoulder, "You're familiar with the lower moves, stop and walk and master it yourself." ”

With that, he walked out of the building to check on the camera that Philippe Raschel had set up in front of the door.

When everything is ready, the shooting begins.

At Murphy's request, Robert Downey Jr. is standing just between the door frame and the door, and Philip Raschel's shot also has a complete guide line that subconsciously guides the viewer's gaze to a subject.

In photography, it's a tool that allows the viewer to see what the director wants them to focus on.

In this shot, the depraved painting of an angel on the wall leads the eye to the door frame, and in the open door, the wire leads the person to the main figure, and for more clarity, Murphy even points the head of the pillar directly at the head of Robert Downey Jr.

Shooting on the streets of Los Angeles, Murphy didn't have any difficulties, the only trouble was the light. (To be continued.) )