"Don't worry, you're relieved. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Sitting across from Murphy, James Franco still had that ruffian smile on his face, "I'm very good now, do you think a movie role can drive me crazy?" ”

Murphy shrugged his shoulders and simply stopped talking about it.

Obviously, James Franco is in a very good mental state, completely getting rid of the role of magician, and Murphy can only say that personality can really decide a person's fate sometimes.

James Franco is optimistic by nature and likes to mess around, compared to him, the former Heath Ledger can really be said to be a stuffy gourd, although drug addiction is the main reason for the misfortune that Heath Ledger later encountered, but his personality also played a considerable role in it.

Frankly, James Franco and the others were also on drugs, but there were no surprises.

Until now, Murphy doesn't think that a crazy character can cause mental problems for people like James Franco.

"That's right." James Franco suddenly asked, "You've been engaged to Gadot for so long, when are you going to get married?" ”

Murphy spread his hands, "We haven't discussed it yet, and we'll have to wait until after the release of this film at the earliest." ”

He and Gal Gadot did not have the slightest idea of leaving each other, and the wedding was a matter of time, but there was no need to rush it.

"Are you in a hurry to give gifts?" Murphy deliberately joked, "The gift is not expensive enough, but I don't accept it." ”

James Franco said in a smug voice, "Sure you're satisfied." ”

The friendship between them, whether the gift is or not actually doesn't matter at all.

The two exchanged a few jokes, and James Franco got down to business, "Seth and I are going to go on a trip to the other side of the Pacific after New Year." ”

"Over there?" Murphy doesn't remember Seth Rogen and James Franco having new films to be released, "Going on a trip? ”

"It's not." James Franco shook his head, "Go look at the new project." ”

"Going to look at a new project?" A woman's voice came from the side of Murphy and James Franco, and then Carla Firth, who was wearing a professional suit, stepped on high heels, clucked over, and asked, "James, what new ideas do you have again?" ”

Murphy glanced at Kara Firth, who of course wouldn't be polite to him, pulled out a chair and sat down next to him.

James Franco knew about the relationship between Murphy and Carla Firth, and he didn't hide it, and said directly, "A new comedy." ”

"Comedy?" Murphy frowned, ", pee, fart, comedy? ”

"Hmm." James Franco nodded, "To be exact, it's indeed a-pee-fart comedy." ”

Murphy's brow furrowed even tighter, and he said, "It's better not to release this comedy until next year's awards season." ”

James Franco smiled, "It's definitely not going to be released, the two of us just have a preliminary idea now, and Seth is not you, he runs a movie, and it will take at least two years." ”

"But......" James Franco wondered, "why not release it next year?" ”

Murphy said directly, "The role in the poop pee fart comedy is very bad for you to hit various acting awards during the awards season. ”

"Hey......" James Franco sighed deliberately, "so you have so much faith in me. ”

"Alright, you two." Carla Firth simply interrupted Murphy and James Franco and said, "James, let's talk about your and Seth's new ideas." ”

As director of production and distribution at Twentieth Century Fox, she has a strong focus on potentially profitable projects.

Seth Rogen and James Franco are the likes of Seth Rogen, especially Seth Rogen, who have proven their abilities in comedy with The Hangover and The End of the World.

James Fran looked at Seth Rogan's look and scratched his head, "What do you say?" ”

"Just say it." Murphy said.

"Do you know the three fat classmates of North Korea who just came to power this year?" Afraid that Murphy and Carla Firth didn't know who he was talking about, James Franco explained, "It's the country that's known for its dictatorship and autocracy." ”

Of course, Murphy knows who the three fat are.

Carla Firth seemed interested, "Tell me about it." ”

"It's just a spoof of the one who just came to power." James Franco laughed and said, "Didn't they make a nuclear bomb?" We assume that they have a nuclear bomb and want to launch it indiscriminately, and for the sake of the stability and peace of the world, the protagonist goes over there to assassinate the great dictator. ”

"You're really a typical American mentality." Murphy couldn't help but shake his head.

"Anyway, they are hostile countries." James Franco doesn't care at all, "It's okay to spoof outside of the whole civilized world." ”

Murphy was completely speechless for James Franco's remarks, and he couldn't find the words to refute them.

However, after thinking for a while, he still said, "James, let's be a little cautious, the political risks are a bit big." ”

"There's not much risk." Carla Firth thinks completely differently than Murphy, "I think it's a good project, it's completely there's room to work, and it's naturally appealing to the audience. ”

James Franco nodded repeatedly, "Uh-huh, uh-huh. That's what I thought, too. ”

He added, "In the United States, such a story setting is extremely funny in itself, because Sanfat is more like a joke in an Internet carnival to the American public than a real political figure." ”

Obviously, James Franco and Seth Rogan are not hot-headed, but have a more sober understanding of the market and the audience.

Murphy didn't say much, if the profit prospect is clear, investment is not impossible, and the same is true of Carla Fez, the original essence of the two has not changed, as long as there are enough profits to be made, what kind of three fats and international political influence and the like, they don't care about it.

Of course, Carla Firth was far more enthusiastic than Murphy, and after Murphy left here to continue working, she was still in an eager discussion with James Franco.

Recently, Murphy and Jody Griffith have finished the film and are still working on some other necessary post-editing in addition to continuing to refine the editing.

In terms of color tone, "Dark City" is dominated by dark tones, and the scenes in the dark are naturally needless to say, even if it is a daytime shot, it will show a dark blue and black tone, Murphy deliberately creates an old and heavy tone, and the color matching is relatively monotonous.

In terms of tonal effects, the film as a whole is mostly low-key, and the characters are mostly treated with large contrasts, and Murphy also uses the change of tone to create the atmosphere of the environment and the inner psychological changes of the characters' emotions.

At the same time, for most panoramic shots, Murphy will use appropriate lifting movements, and use lateral camera movements to show the atmosphere of the environment.

Similar to other crime noir films, Murphy mostly uses rain, night, smoke, fog and other means to create an atmosphere in the treatment of some crime scenes.

Murphy always knew one thing, when the audience entered the theater, the film must present what he wants, or he has judged the style and means of the film, which is a sense of satisfaction, and commercial films must satisfy the audience.

But satisfaction alone is not enough, but also to give the audience a kind of surprise, this kind of accident will surprise the audience, feel enjoyable, and then produce a value-added psychological hint, so that the film can get praise and ideal commercial results.

After Christmas, Murphy was interviewed by Fox Entertainment Channel about the post-production of the film.

In front of the camera, a reporter from Fox TV asked, "Murphy, I heard that the film "Dark City" has basically finished editing, has your editing work always been so fast?" ”

"Generally speaking, it's relatively fast, and for a film like Diego Rose, I always pick out a few days to edit the shots, and at the fastest time, I can cut out about 10 minutes a day."

In the face of the reporter's microphone, Murphy still maintained a true and false interview style, "And when editing "Dark City", for more than ten weeks of shooting dailies, Jodi and I didn't do it very fast, because it was tiring enough to just sit there and stare at all the dailies, and I still had a large number of shots, even if I had minimized the number of shots during shooting, but the final number was still a headache. ”

Speaking of which, Murphy smiled, "Still, I had to cut it down to get better control of the film." I have a very good editor -- Jody Griffiths. He was involved in our entire shoot. If you want to sit there, think about everything you did and find the material you want the first time, then you have to find the time to do it. ”

"Supposedly, you used two IMAX cameras for most of the shooting." The journalist clearly has a certain level of professionalism, "Why do you like to shoot with two cameras?" ”

Murphy thought for a moment before saying, "I use multiple cameras for action scenes, but for all the dramatic scenes, I only use two cameras. I like to shoot with two cameras because I can see every shot, and I don't have to be distracted by the other shots like when I use multiple cameras. I watch dailies every night, and if you're always shooting with multiple cameras, you're going to have a lot of shots, which can be tricky and time-consuming when editing. ”

"I've been told for sure that you didn't use a storyboard and a shot list for the filming of Dark City." The reporter was also well-informed, "How are you going to document all this?" ”

"Use my brain." Murphy nodded, "I've always used my brain to create scenes, and every night in bed, I would edit every scene in my head until the end of the film. When looking at dailies, directors should remember each shot in their minds, which is what every director does before. ”

As time went on, the crew released more and more promotional materials, and Kara Firth was also looking for more powerful and effective promotional points according to Murphy's request.