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The soundstage has long been set up, there are no tall buildings here, except for the green screen that serves as the background, the rest of the place is laid out as a dark and gloomy alley, just like the theme that Murphy thinks this film should express, even if you don't use the camera, just look at it with the naked eye, it will bring a heavy sense of oppression, and people will be breathless. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In fact, what Murphy wants to express through the background is very simple, the protagonist and the person who helps the protagonist think that their actions are righteous, but they also know that none of this will see the light of day.

Therefore, like all creatures that cannot see the light, they can only hide in the darkest corners to meet each other.

This is the last scene of the film, and near the end, the crew will inevitably be relaxed, Murphy watched it next to each other, asked David Robbie and Helena Espola to adjust the lighting and background arrangement respectively, and walked over to Henry Cavill and Christopher Waltz to briefly explain a few words, and then notified the start of filming.

"City of Chaos, Scene 415, Act II, Start Now!"

As the sound of the scene notes fell, the crew turned into a high-speed operation state, and the shooting began immediately.

Philip Raschel personally controlled a camera and went across from the slide to Henry Cavill, filming Henry Cavill's leading role from a non-interfering angle with the camera assistant who captured Christopher Waltz on the other side.

"It's all over."

In the darkest corner, Henry Cavill stood like a stone sculpture, looked at Christopher Waltz across from him and said, "The city has returned to tranquility and I can disappear." ”

"Why?" Christopher Waltz asked, "Aren't you doing very well right now?" The criminals in New York City know you exist, they are afraid of you, and they are terrified because of you. ”

Henry Cavill's voice became muffled, "Because no one can restrain me, if I take one more step, it will be the abyss!" ”

Christopher Waltz was silent, as if to understand the pain and helplessness contained in this sentence.

But he hesitated for a moment, slowly took out a magic ball from his pocket, and without answering Henry Cavill's words, he said to himself, "In this chaos, there is a very dangerous guy who escaped from the madhouse, and he has a crazy desire to destroy. ”

Henry Cavill took a step forward, wrapped in darkness, took the colored magic ball from Christopher Waltz's hand and asked, "Who is he?" ”

"No one knows the exact name." Christopher Waltz looked up slightly and said, "He was a magician before he went crazy, and a lot of people called him a magician!" ”

Glancing at the unusually conspicuous color ** ball in the darkness, Henry Cavill solemnly put it away, turned around and walked out of the alley, leaving only a black back for the camera.

"Stop!"

Murphy's voice rang out for the first time, but everyone didn't relax, because they knew the shooting wasn't over yet.

Sure enough, Murphy said loudly again, "All departments are reset!" Fili, changed to an IMAX camera to shoot with a full long shot. ”

At the end of the film, he must leave enough speculation or interpretation to the audience in order to create more topics and prepare for the second part, and using the camera to make a fuss is undoubtedly a very suitable way.

Panoramic shots, which inevitably shoot the whole body of the person from head to toe, show the audience the content and space of the film. They can reveal a sense of scale, distance and space.

Once the bulky IMAX camera was set up and commissioned, shooting began immediately.

The footage captured by the IMAX camera was also transmitted to the director's monitor in front of Murphy for the first time, and in the dimly lit picture, the characters stood against the light, and it seemed that they could not see the specific image clearly, but they could express the character's character, which was exactly the effect Murphy wanted.

In post-production, he can blur the faces of the characters through the technique of silhouettes, so that the audience can focus more on the actions and dialogues of the characters, rather than focusing on the faces of the characters based on instinct, so as to highlight the tragic and complex side of the characters, and make sufficient foreshadowing for the second part.

Just like the first pass, the shooting was completed smoothly, but Murphy did not shout through as everyone expected, but sat behind the director's monitor, constantly looking back at the scene where Henry Cavill left at the end, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that it didn't seem too good to let the actor gradually disappear and end immediately, there were always some unspeakable flaws, and he couldn't help but press the pause button, and looked at the picture with his hands on his chest and thought.

Darkness is the temperament that spreads from the inside out of this film, why not give a close-up of darkness at the end?

"Fili! David! Helen! ”

Murphy immediately called his three most important assistants over and said directly, "I'm going to give the darkness a freeze-frame shot at the end!" ”

Philip Raschel thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll go and set it up." ”

Murphy then spoke to David Robbie and Helena Espora, who also rushed to set it up, and it wasn't until nearly an hour later that filming began again.

Perhaps because of the long interval between them, Henry Cavill's performance state had ups and downs, and after three NG in a row, Murphy got the freeze-frame shot he wanted, and the shooting ended.

After announcing the end of filming, Murphy ignored the rest of the crew, played it back again, and watched the footage just shot repeatedly, and the shot was finally frozen in the darkness with a faint amount of weird light.

Murphy's freeze-frame lens can freeze the moving picture in a moment, freeze the picture in a certain moment, and "condense" in the moment of action, showing the static beauty of a sculpture, to highlight or render a certain scene, a certain demeanor, a certain detail.

This technique is not uncommon in Hollywood film production, because the stop-motion shot is usually in a certain narrative context, and the stop-motion shot expresses the self-referential of a certain scene, which will invisibly increase the viewer's impression of a certain picture, and the transition from dynamic to static, so that the topic can bring the audience more space for reverie.

For example, this kind of freeze-frame shot can be achieved with post-editing software, but the effect is not as good as direct shooting, especially the IMAX camera that Murphy just used for shooting is still using film, and the best way to obtain the stop shot of film is to use shooting to present it.

Just like Murphy did, the freeze shot is usually used at the beginning or end of the film, and the reason why he thought of using the stop frame to complete the last shot was when he just thought of the "Flower of the End" he had seen, and the last stop frame of this film made a very deep impression on him.

The scene at the end of "Crazy Flowers at the End" can be described as a very classic freeze-frame shot, at the end of the film, the two female protagonists drive to the Grand Canyon to commit suicide, using this ending, the action shot of the car driving is still framed, so as to leave the audience with the final impression that the car is driving in the air, although it does not conform to the universal laws of physics, but it can avoid watching the terrible death ending, but leave the audience with romantic and reverie space, signaling their path to freedom, and using women's liberation to contend with a male-dominated world.

This kind of freeze-frame shot is used in many classic films, and another prime example that Murphy remembers is "Haw Par Overlord".

The film also ends with the two male protagonists deciding to escape from their predicament, fearlessly facing the bullets behind them and facing their fate, and in some ways this is also done to avoid the audience from watching the horrific death ending, hoping to leave only their fearless characters.

The shot here, Murphy will definitely be placed at the end of the film, the picture is condensed, and it can create an open-ended ending, allowing the audience to think and imagine what the actor is doing.

Since it is the first part of the series, it is naturally impossible to leave the audience with a completely closed ending.

Although this film may not be successful, Murphy will not neglect to pave the way for the second part, but this foreshadowing is also limited, the lesson of the fiasco of "Batman v Superman" is just around the corner, and he can't stuff too much foreshadowing into it, which is actually just a glimpse of the ending and James Franco, which is still revealed through the eyes of Margot Robbie.

I don't know when, Gal Gadot came over.

Murphy turned his head to look at her and said directly, "Gail, all the IMAX films are temporarily stored in the bank safe, and the digital lenses are kept by you except for the one kept by Twentieth Century Fox." ”

Leaks from Hollywood crews are uncommon, but Murphy is not to be taken lightly, and his crew's security measures in this regard have always been the strictest.

Gal Gadot turned away to deal with the preservation of the film and digital footage, and Murphy said to Michelle Williams next to him, "Michael, you go and contact Twentieth Century Fox and Carla Firth and have them get the post-production room ready, and I'll start post-production next week." ”

"I'll do it." Michelle Williams picked up the phone and went to contact Twentieth Century Fox.

Murphy picked up the cold coffee on the table, poured it into his stomach, and sat back in his chair, letting out a long sigh of relief as the heavy lifting of the shoot finally came to an end.

It took a whole year from the preparation at the beginning of the year to the completion of the shooting, and even if he is a very energetic person, he will inevitably feel tired.

But Murphy knew that now was not the time to relax, the film would be released on the first weekend of May at the beginning of the summer season, leaving him not too long for post-production, and he had to hurry, otherwise it would be a big trouble to change the schedule again.

From the next day, Murphy took a few days off for himself, and during these few days, he completely hid in the wave manor to rest, not caring about anything in the outside world at all, and when his energy recovered a little, he immediately threw himself into the post-production of the film. (To be continued.) )