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As a director, there are certain habits and rules that are best developed early in your career, even if everyone on the set knows them.

For example, how to get along with actors.

In the "Chain Saw" crew, these are not problems. The film comes from Murphy's independent investment. The most famous actor James Franco has a good personal relationship with him, and others have no right to criticize him as a director.

If it is changed to another project in the future, what if there are more well-known actors in the project?

To a certain extent, it is normal for actors to be vain, and even most actors admit it.

So why would Murphy show them what they've done? When they glance at the screen, they want to see more, to see if the shade is right or if they have a double chin.

As a director, what Murphy wants is a real performance. As an actor, most of the time they want perfect appearance in addition to acting skills.

Who will win in the end? To avoid this problem entirely, it is best for the director to keep the actors away from the monitor and not invite them over unless necessary.

Since the last shoot, when people like Carey Mulligan or James Franco asked how their performance was, Murphy kept repeating one sentence-your performance was really perfect, dear.

The first day's work came to an end. Before the shooting started on the second day, Murphy called the heads of various departments together and held a brief meeting.

From the time he finished the script, he began to do a lot of pre-shooting preparations. He made a lot of ideas and imaginations for every scene, every character, and even some subtle actions in the script. The scene in the early stage brought the plot into the scene. Make shooting hypotheses with a huge number of possibilities.

After starting the shooting, a shooting meeting before work every day can make the shooting down to the smallest details.

Of course, even with sufficient preliminary preparations, due to various reasons on the shooting site, the heads of various departments still need to face the situation of acting on the spot. In such an emergency, the entire crew will wait for the director's next move. I encountered such a problem in the later shooting.

Improving on the spot and conceiving shots in a short period of time, the most important thing for him as a director is of course active thinking, and he also needs to have solid basic skills.

The support of technology and thinking is the prerequisite and confidence for the director to deal with problems, and it is also the guarantee for the smooth operation of the crew.

When Murphy has a new idea during filming, he will first let the actors express the scene in the simplest way, let them find a good position in the scene, and see what effect it has. A new director like him, shooting is also It is a process of learning and accumulation, and sometimes the creativity of an actor will also inspire his creativity.

Still, if an actor's thoughts stray too far from his own, Murphy will find a way to get the actor back on track with the film, rather than letting them get lost in their own direction.

This requires planning, and storyboarding, which accurately expresses the plot and the thoughts of the characters, is most effective at this time.

After a week of continuous filming, the scene where James Franco and Seth Rogen were alone in the secret room came to an end. After careful preparation by the crew, the filming of a climax scene was ushered in.

Behind the two cameras, Murphy and Phil Raschel each operated one, and Raschel's assistant set up a Steadicam, standing slightly outside, ready to step forward to capture at any time.

On the set, James Franco picked up the hacksaw on the ground like crazy, took off his shirt and tied the artificial leg made by Baker Kleibert. .

He slightly sawed the surface made of resin, and the bright red liquid gushed out instantly, and some even jumped up and landed on his face. James Franco didn't have any intention of stopping, and continued to saw while screaming in pain. Legs, those red juices flowed to the ground, dyeing a large area red, and with the sharp sawing,

Splash around.

It seemed that there was a rain of blood around, and it looked so cruel.

Two underage girls, Lily and Carey Mulligan, were taken away by Bill Rosses before Murphy started filming, especially Carey Mulligan, he couldn’t explain why, he was always worried that she would be affected psychologically by seeing these healthy.

However, the busy work also left him no time and energy to think about these things.

Above James Franco, a huge microphone hangs there silently, recording his painful wailing, plasma splashing to the ground, hacksaw cutting skin and muscles...

These sounds all need to be recorded live.

Due to the limitations of the scene and cost, it was impossible for the crew to use the boom here, so an intern had to hold the pole to hang the microphone. His forehead was covered with sweat.

The intern's main focus in the school is on-site recording, otherwise he would not temporarily act as an assistant to the sound engineer.

The work of holding the pole seems simple, but in fact it is quite professional. Lifting the pole and following the microphone line can both affect the effect of the live recording. Even a simple line has a lot to pay attention to, such as fast closing and fast release of the line. , the male end of the line is for the recording equipment, and the female end is connected to the microphone on the pole. There must be no bumps or knots in the middle of the connection, and it must not be too close to other power lines such as lights, otherwise interference sounds will occur.

And there are many ways to raise the bar. This intern is the ear of the sound engineer. It can be said that he did not do well, and the sound engineer also caught him blind.

This job is definitely not something that can be done by just finding someone to put a microphone on it. The microphone must be low enough and not appear in the camera. Just by looking at the monitor, you can see where the lowest microphone position is the limit.

It is unprofessional and irresponsible to hold the microphone very high in order not to wear clothes, and the recorded things will always be useless.

This physical work requires strong willpower at the same time. When Murphy shoots a large panorama, he needs to put a 20-foot long pole, add the movement of the characters, and then take a slightly longer shot. No movement is allowed, because the friction and vibration caused by every movement of the fingers will be clearly transmitted to the recorder.

Some people may think that with wireless recording, Murphy still uses this stupid method, which is simply out of date.

Wireless is good, but wireless cannot receive ambient sound, and its frequency response range is also very limited, which is far inferior to the high-quality sound recorded by a pole-mounted wired microphone.

And the sound of James Franco's character sawing his leg will undoubtedly increase the atmosphere of the film and bring a more terrifying auditory effect.

After filming the scene, Murphy announced that the filming was temporarily over. The crew, including him, moved to an empty space in the warehouse to change the needles of tens of thousands of needles.

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