Hollywood Road

The dilapidated highway is full of cracks, and grass grows on both sides of the highway, and a rusty sign stands in the grass—a military base two miles away!

The sign is located on the south side of the road, and opposite to the north side, there is a row of trash cans. The trash cans seem to have been uncleaned for a long time. Not only are they filled with garbage, but there is no color on the outside, showing a kind of disgusting gray. Black, lying quietly on the edge of the grass on the side of the highway.

This is a basically abandoned highway. In the past, let alone vehicles, there was not even a human figure in sight.

But today, there is a lot of people here. Five or six large trailer trucks and more than ten commercial vehicles are parked on the nearby wasteland. Dozens of people are busy around, some are setting up cameras, some are checking the light, some are arranging the venue, and Someone is doing the final inspection of several green military vehicles.

Murphy stood in the shadow behind a trailer, listened to the information gathered by various departments, and glanced at Jessica Chastain who was standing next to him.

"Relax," he could see that Jessica Chastain, who was heavily makeup, was a little nervous, "just like when you are performing on stage."

Jessica Chastain nodded and smiled.

Paul Wilson walked over, "All departments are ready."

"Well, I see." Murphy picked up a bottle of water on the high chair next to him, unscrewed it and took a big sip, turned and walked behind a camera, picked up the loudspeaker, and shouted, "Five minutes Then start shooting!"

The crew entered the final preparations before shooting.

Jessica Chastain walked near the trash can. Under the command of Paul Wilson, he became familiar with the position again. Several military vehicles also drove nearby. An actor from CAA was wearing a school uniform and stood. On top of the front car.

In this crew, apart from the past Robert Downey Jr. and James Franco, who is gradually becoming a brand, there are no relatively high-profile actors, and they will not find actors with a salary of more than tens of millions of dollars as they once did. It is the salary item, Murphy will save too much money than the previous one.

There are also old films, which are deliberately blurred and old, which also requires money.

Murphy also gave up this approach. A film must adapt to the development of society. The deliberate blur can indeed inspire nostalgia for a small number of people, but it will drive more audiences out of the theater. A few people enter the theater to see the model. A blurry and noisy movie?

He didn't know exactly what the box office of this film was, but he vaguely remembered that the sales of video tapes were far better than the box office.

It has to be said that the processing of the picture effects of this film once did not meet the needs of the cinema projection market, and was more suitable for home videotape audiences.

Therefore, Murphy asked Philip Raschel to use a slightly dim photography style, but rejected those deliberately worn-out.

After all, he is not Robert Rodriguez after all. He has no special feelings for "Grindhouse" type of film. If you shoot in the style of Robert Rodriguez, then invite some well-known actors, this 800 Ten thousand dollars is definitely not enough.

He remembered that "Planet of Horror" was released together with Quentin Tarantino's "Proof of Death". The cost and box office were calculated based on the sum of the two, but the result did not appear 1+1&; 2. Not even 1+1=2.

There is no doubt that Quentin Tarantino’s fame and achievements are far greater than Robert Rodríguez, but in this film collectively known as "The Torture Chamber", Quentin Tarantino has been delayed. Legs, "Evidence of Death" was criticized and became Quentin's few failed works.

The collaboration between the two geniuses came to an end.

Of course, "Planet of Horror" is not a place that has not been criticized, especially when it is shown in theaters. Some things must be restrained, especially where it is too disgusting.

Just like "Chain Saw", blood and nausea cannot be equated. The former can resonate with a considerable number of audiences, while the latter can make most people nauseous.

It hasn’t been long since 9/11. If this film is to be released on a large scale in theaters, it must conform to the current social environment. Murphy appropriately lowered the scale of the film, especially giving up some disgusting content about the lower body organs of the human body. Add weight to absurdity and black humor.

In his conception, this is an absurd noir film in which beautiful women and handsome guys go together to kill zombies.

The various departments of the crew are ready, Jessica Chastain and the other actors are also in place. Murphy nodded to the scene, and the scene placed the scene in front of the camera lens.

""Planet of Horror", outfield scene, first scene, first scene, now begins!"

The scene used two cameras to shoot at a 45-degree angle. Murphy and the director of photography Philip Raschel each operated one camera. Due to the good lighting conditions, no lighting was used.

Jessica Chastain, wrapped in a jacket, walked slowly along the north side of the road, staring at her feet with four-foot high-heeled leather boots. She was wearing a short low-cut tight-fitting body shirt close to the color of her hair. It highlights the cost of the chest, and there is a section of white waist exposed. Under the thin waist, there is a short leather skirt that cannot be shorter. As the legs move, you can vaguely see the scenery.

Such a small-cost production, **** and hot heroine is one of the main selling points. In the North American film market, although zombie movies are a small category, there are also many related movies. Why should the audience buy this movie?

Zombies are similar, so you have to figure out **** zombies and who kills them.

Sexy and hot strippers kill zombies, of course, they are not the same as killing zombies, and they are more interesting.

Murphy's camera lens was mainly aimed at Jessica Chastain, and Philip Raschel used a panoramic lens to capture Jessica Chastain and the road next to her.

Several military vehicles approached from a distance, suddenly broke into the camera, without any slowing down, whizzed past Jessica Chastain, Jessica Chastain seemed to be taken by the vehicle, and fell over. On the trash can on the side of the road, the trash can was immediately knocked over, and some debris buried her underneath.

A recording assistant used the pick lever to send down the recording microphone.

Lying on the ground, Jessica Chastain uttered a curse. When Murphy heard it, he frowned and called to stop, "Cut!"

The busy crew immediately stopped, and everyone looked at Murphy. Since the director called to stop, it means that someone must have made a mistake.

"Jesse!" Murphy said loudly to Jessica Chastain in the trash can, sitting behind the camera, "You are now a nightclub striptease girl, not a top student at Juilliard, you know that striptease How do you scold someone? It’s not as quiet as you!"

He gave a rough request, "Be vulgar!"

After speaking, Murphy shouted, "Re-arrange the set and come back in ten minutes!"

Throwing away the rotten vegetable leaves hanging on her body, Jessica Chastain got up from the ground, rubbed the knee that had just fallen sore, and hurriedly walked to the makeup trailer. Time was limited and she had to touch up her makeup.

As she walked, she turned her head and glanced at Murphy, who was sitting behind the camera and giving instructions. The once obscure gang director has become the master of the crew with an investment of nearly ten million dollars, and she is skilled and orderly. The commanding crew of the company is running, and the past youths have almost completely disappeared.

The speed of his growth is amazing, as if he was born to adapt to this industry.

Back in the makeup trailer, Jessica Chastain changed into the same outfit at the request of the costumer, but the costume seemed to be smaller, feeling that the gully squeezed out on the chest was deeper, and the skin exposed under the leather skirt It's more.

Thinking of the setting of this role now, and looking at her very gaudy dress in the mirror, Jessica Chastain always feels a little sad. Is this the film career she is pursuing?

No one pays attention to her, and no one communicates with her. Everyone here, like every component on the assembly line, rotates closely and busy to complete their own part of the work.

Shooting soon restarted, and after repeating it again, the first shot of "Planet of Horror" was announced as complete.

The crew cleaned up the set as quickly as possible. Before the sun turned to the south, they rushed to the bridge not far ahead. On the bank of the river opposite the bridge, Helena-Espola’s team had built a wooden structure. Barbecue shop with structural structure, the grill shop is mainly set and model, of course it is not possible to enter the shooting. Murphy only directs people to take some panoramic shots, and the scenes in the grill shop have to wait to return to the warehouse in Venice before shooting.

Helena Espola led people to do the final finishing. Robert Downey Jr. and Kerry Mulligan, who rushed over early in the morning, entered the makeup trailer and started makeup. An old truck was driven by the props to the barbecue shop. Wasteland.

When the venue was almost set up, Murphy deliberately went to the lady's makeup trailer. Kerry Mulligan had finished applying makeup and was sitting in front of the mirror in a daze. Jack Watson's female assistant was very winking and saw Murphy come in. , Said softly and walked out of the makeup trailer.

Kerry Mulligan sat still, but her eyes were looking at Murphy through the mirror.

"Hi," Murphy walked behind her and greeted, "What do you think?"

Kerry Mulligan just looked at him through the mirror, just like this time, without saying anything.

Murphy frowned. "Honey..."

"I don't want to talk to you!" Kerry Mulligan finally turned his head, the baby's face was gloomy, "I don't want to listen to you! I've seen it all this time, you, Julian Felos, and Like my parents, they say they think about me, but in fact they don’t think about my feelings at all!"

There was a bang on the door, and someone outside reminded, "Director, the preparations are ready, it's time to start shooting."