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In the small meeting room of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, Murphy, Gal Gadot, Felix Raschel and Helena Espora frowned, looking at the people from New York City Hall sitting opposite, New York Municipal There were only two people in the living room, and the leader was a middle-aged man with gray hair. It seemed that they came here just as a routine notice, and they had no intention of continuing to discuss with Murphy to cooperate with the filming.

"Why?" Murphy looked at the middle-aged man and asked, "Mr. Bloomberg, we have reached an agreement on filming before, why do you want to overturn it temporarily?"

As an important location for Hollywood movies, I don’t know how many film crews film in New York every week. The New York City Hall is also very cooperative. As long as the normal social order is not disturbed, they will generally give the green light.

When Gal Gadot came over before, the other party agreed very happily, and the two parties also initialed a filming agreement.

"It's not that I disagree with you shooting in New York." Bloomberg smiled formulaically, "Small-scale shooting is still okay, but large-scale shooting"

As he spoke, he shook his head.

"Small-scale shooting?" Murphy frowned even tighter.

This is a crime action movie, and the New York exteriors are almost all large-scale action scenes.

Gal Gadot glanced at Murphy and said, "Mr. Bloomberg, I have already discussed with you before and signed a draft."

"Sorry, Miss Gadot." Bloomberg seemed sincere, "We are unable to implement that agreement, and we deeply regret the inconvenience caused to you."

The reputation of the New York City Hall in this regard is very good. Murphy and Gal Gadot glanced at each other, completely unable to understand why the other party did this.

"You always have a reason?" Gal Gadot asked.

Bloomberg nodded and explained, "Because Director Stanton has too much influence."

"Me?" Murphy was even more baffled, pointing at himself and asked, "Does this have anything to do with me?"

"Maybe you didn't pay attention," Bloomberg seemed to not know where to start, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Director Stanton, you and your work have a huge influence. Last year's The Wolf of Wall Street caused a lot of problems. People intensified dissatisfaction with Wall Street”

Murphy and Gal Gadot nodded slightly. They knew that after the release of The Wolf of Wall Street, especially after a series of promotions and marketing operations, the voices of dissatisfaction with Wall Street on the Internet became louder and louder.

Bloomberg showed a rather helpless smile, "Currently, many people and organizations are planning to protest against Wall Street in New York and Manhattan. According to what we have learned, the scale of this protest may be very large. large, many of whom were influenced by The Wolf of Wall Street."

Hearing this, Murphy spread his hands, saying that this had nothing to do with him.

Occupy Wall Street already existed, and perhaps the Wolf of Wall Street and the series of related hypes accelerated the process of this protest.

"City Hall has done a great job."

In the eyes of Bloomberg, Murphy belongs to the vested interests, and he must have nothing to do with the people who occupy Wall Street. He continued, "But the effect is not great. If they really rallied, we have no good way." .”

Having said that, the meaning of the disclosure is already obvious. Bloomberg said bluntly, "Many people in it are fans of you and The Wolf of Wall Street. The city hall is worried that if you film publicly in New York, it will further stimulate their emotions. Especially in the filming plan you submitted, there are many exterior scenes on Wall Street, which will send a wrong signal to those people and make the situation even more uncontrollable."

For governments in most countries, stability is paramount.

But Bloomberg said, "And this kind of thing may also involve you, Director Stanton, I believe you don't want to see this situation either?"

That's for sure, Murphy certainly doesn't want to get involved too much with Occupy Wall Street,

The film is one thing, and it is quite another thing to coerce himself into it.

"So, we hope that Director Stanton will carefully consider the location shooting plan in New York." Bloomberg said very skillfully, "Although we can't cooperate this time, the city hall's unilateral cancellation of the black New York shooting plan It brings a lot of unnecessary trouble to your crew, but the city hall can promise that when Director Stanton comes to New York to shoot in the future, the whole New York will welcome you."

Gal Gadot glanced at Murphy again, it was up to him to make a decision.

Indeed, if the crew insisted on filming in New York, according to the relevant laws and regulations, the city hall has no right to cancel the shooting, but without the support of the city hall, the shooting will be subject to various restrictions and become extremely inconvenient.

Especially the necessary road closure shooting is almost impossible to achieve.

Murphy also understands this. He has absolute power in the crew, and he can completely decide whether to shoot in New York.

After deliberating and weighing the pros and cons, Murphy stood up and extended his right hand to Bloomberg, "I accept the suggestion of the New York City Hall, and hope that we can continue to cooperate in the future."

Bloomberg quickly stood up and shook Murphy's hand, "Of course, New York also needs great works by director Stanton."

Murphy laughed, as did Bloomberg.

A consensus was reached on this aspect, and other things can be easily discussed. For example, when Murphy mentioned that the crew would shoot some background shots in New York, Bloomberg immediately expressed his strong support.

After sending Bloomberg away, several people returned to Murphy's suite and immediately discussed the sudden and unexpected situation. The inability to use real-location shooting in New York has become an established fact.

"We had to adjust the shooting plan."

Gal Gadot walked to the coffee machine and took a cup of coffee for each of the three of Murphy, "And I want to notify 20th Century Fox as soon as possible."

"Well." Murphy nodded. Although he has such power, maintaining communication is a must. He said to Gal Gadot, "You are responsible for communicating with 20th Century Fox."

Then, he looked at Feli Lascher, "The filming plan has also been greatly adjusted."

Feli Raschel took the coffee from Gal Gadot and said to Murphy, "If we don't shoot in real scene, we don't need to use film anymore."

Murphy stood up and took a few steps, and quickly made a decision, "In this way, except for the shooting shots, all other scenes will be shot from film to digital cameras, and all the scenes about the New York scene will be shot on the set in Venice. Sets and green screens were shot, and in post-production they were replaced with New York locations.”

"Yes." Fili Raschel has rich experience, "This is the best alternative."

"Helen." Murphy said to his art director again, "After returning, finalize the set plan as soon as possible."

"Yeah." Helena Espora didn't talk much, but she did things very reliably, "I will make a plan as quickly as possible."

Murphy said to Feli Lascher again, "Replace all the film cameras in the crew with digital cameras, and do a good job of switching between shooting and ordinary shooting."

His brain is running at high speed, "Gail, make a separate list of all cost changes due to plan changes, and communicate with the third-party guarantee company in time."

In the end, Murphy said, "Except for background shots, all New York-related shooting plans have been cancelled."

The production team will encounter various accidents in preparation. It is not the first time that such an emergency has happened in Murphy's project, and it is not difficult for him to deal with it.

Now that the shooting plan in New York has been cancelled, there is no need for Murphy and others to continue to stay in the Big Apple for investigation. Just like what he and Phil Rascher said, all the exterior scenes about New York are set in the studio and setting up green screen shots.

Murphy has never been the kind of director who is stubborn and does not like flexibility. Since it is impossible to shoot on film, it is also possible to use digital technology and compositing.

Film has never been a technology.

In addition to the fact that the cameras must use 70mm film, after Murphy returned to Los Angeles, the crew returned all 35mm film cameras and rented the latest digital cameras from Sony Electronics.

Twentieth Century Fox also happily responded to Murphy's plan, using digital technology to shoot and produce is actually very beneficial to the distributor.

In the following period, although the preparation of the crew also encountered some other difficulties, under the leadership of Murphy, they were basically solved smoothly. Various departments such as actors, sets, lighting, recording, props, equipment and special effects were fully cooperating. Murphy's work, by mid-September, the preparations for the film were gradually coming to an end.

At the same time, Murphy also officially confirmed the title of the project. The title of Black New York with an obvious geographical symbol was replaced by Chaos City, and Twentieth Century Fox also started appropriate pre-promotional promotion work.

In this regard, Murphy doesn't have to worry about it, and the professional team of 20th Century Fox will take care of it.

In addition, before the filming started, Murphy met with Hans Zimmer and discussed a series of matters about the soundtrack. This series is very suitable for Hans Zimmer's soundtrack style.

This is not the first time the two parties have cooperated, and the communication has been relatively smooth.

After Hans Zimmer is done, the preparatory work of the crew has basically come to an end. Some scenes that have not been built can be built while shooting. These two aspects of work do not conflict.

On September 30, 2010, the crew of Chaos City officially started shooting at the warehouse studio outside of Venice. The crew did not hold any announcements, and Murphy was ready to start shooting directly.

But at ten o'clock in the morning, the filming of the crew had not yet started, and Murphy was also checking his watch frequently. His director of photography, Feli Lascher, had never come to the crew, and the phone call could not be completed. To be continued.