Hollywood Road

The Stark family of Winterfell is undoubtedly an extremely important family in the entire series. It is the lord of the northern land. The family emblem is a silver-grey ice wolf on the white snowy field. The family language is "Winter General "To", sometimes the term "Blood of the Wolf" is used to describe the unrestrained and wild character of some Stark family members.

Therefore, in the scenes with members of the Stark family, the ice wolves are very important supporting roles.

Animal actors often appear in Hollywood movies, and there are also specialized companies and institutions that provide related services. Some star-level animal actors are paid quite high.

The ice wolf is an important mark of Ned Stark's children, and it will appear frequently in "Game of Thrones". The crew has also contacted a specialized animal actor company a long time ago.

It is not realistic to want to use a wolf to act. A dog that looks a bit like a wolf is the best choice.

Six huskies, accompanied by professionals, crossed the Atlantic and came to Belfast, but Murphy did not expect that as the huskies entered the crew, there were some people who liked to cause trouble.

"There are currently three British non-governmental organizations eyeing our crew."

In an office on the set, Carla Faith, who came to Belfast with the Huskies, frowned a little bit, and apparently encountered some things that even bothered her. "They are the British Environmental Protection Organization, Animal Protection. Organization, and the Association of Dog Lovers."

Murphy leaned on his swivel chair, his brows furrowed tighter than Carla Fiss, "Fortunately, the environmental protection organization said that we have hired a special service company, and the cleaning of the location shooting site will not be a problem. The latter two... …"

He shook his head, "The Animal Protection Organization and the Dog Lovers Association are the trouble."

Hollywood has a complete system, which is not only reflected in the clear rules and regulations and strong labor union organizations to protect the rights and interests of laborers, but even animal actors have attracted the attention of some people.

Many crews using animal actors must work under the supervision of relevant protection organizations if they do not want to cause too much trouble and welcome protests from some people.

Just as the signing of the contract between actors who have joined the actors’ union and the crew is under the supervision of the union, agreements for the use of animal actors are often signed under the supervision of relevant organizations.

Of course, this is not a mandatory measure, but if you don't do it, you will have more trouble.

"No way." Carla Faith shook his head. "This is the practice in the industry. Let's go quickly."

"Don't worry." Murphy sat quite calmly. "Let them wait a little longer."

The crew has long signed a formal agreement with all parties of the animal actors, but the agreement has to be filed with the animal protection organization and the Dog Lovers Association, and it needs the director Murphy and the producer Carla-Fiss to sign on the record.

"You..." Kara Feith didn't continue to persuade, but picked up a budget and looked at it patiently.

On the other side, Murphy closed his eyes and was busy all morning. He was also a little tired, so he took this rare free time to rest.

It took a full half an hour before Murphy opened his eyes, gestured to Carla Faith, and walked out of the office together, through a small outdoor studio, and came to the seemingly dilapidated theater conference room.

Two middle-aged men were waiting here. The crew who was in charge of receiving them, just sat near the door, and seemed to be unwilling to talk to them.

Seeing Murphy and Carla Faith walk into the meeting room, the two listless middle-aged men looked at them as if they had seen class enemies.

The staff member stood up and introduced Murphy and Carla Faith, "This is Richard Dennis of the British Animal Protection Organization, and this is James Morse of the Dog Lovers Association."

Murphy nodded to the two men and sat across from the conference table where they were.

"We will use animal actors in accordance with relevant regulations." Murphy did not want to waste time on these unrelated people, and said very directly, "They are the same as all actors in the crew, and their rights will be protected as they are due."

"No!" The middle-aged man named Richard Dennis shook his head, "Director Stanton, your statement is wrong. Animal actors, that is, six huskies, deserve more protection and more effective care. ."

Hearing this, Murphy's lips trembled slightly, but he said nothing.

"Although you have signed animal actor contracts with all the Huskies." The speaker became James Morse of the Dog Lovers Association. "But your crew is filmed in the UK, and you must comply with the Animal Protector Organization. And the Dog Lovers Association, as well as relevant British laws in this regard."

"Please speak." Murphy made a please gesture.

"According to the regulations," James Morse was very serious, as if he was afraid that the director Murphy would abuse his beloved, "an animal actor should not work more than 45 minutes at a time, and the daily action time should not exceed three and a half hours. It is forbidden to abuse, beat and abuse animal actors..."

Within a few minutes, the other party said a long string.

To put it in an exaggeration, it is more detailed than the agents of Hollywood A coffee and Super A coffee fighting for special treatment for their big-name customers.

Finally, this dog-loving James Morse said to the end, “We will supervise the use of animal actors by the crew, and effectively protect their rights. If the crew violates the behavior, we will immediately report to the association and the relevant government. Department, strictly prevent related actions."

According to Murphy's understanding, the crew did not find six huskies at all, but rather invited six relatives over.

Compared to Murphy, Carla Fiss is a little impatient, "What about the people who take care of the huskies? Are there any regulations regarding their working hours and working environment?"

It seems that he did not understand Carla Firth's implicit mockery. James Morse said of course, "We care about and protect dogs, not humans!"

The contempt in Kara Firth's eyes was fleeting.

This kind of words made Carla Feis quite speechless, even if she also had a pet dog, she still couldn't understand this mentality.

Murphy didn't bother to talk to these people, "Can I sign the memo now?"

"There are huskies accommodation..."

James Morse wanted to speak again, but was interrupted by Murphy raising his hand. "The crew has clear terms in this regard. If you don’t understand anything, you can go to the relevant actor agreement and wait for you to finish watching. , Let's continue."

"Ah... no more." James Morse and Richard Dennis pushed the two memos in front of them.

These had been reviewed by a lawyer before. Murphy opened it and looked for it, signed their names with Carla Faith, nodded to the two, stood up and walked directly out of the conference room.

Kara Feith also followed, "Why are you so happy? This is not your style."

Murphy walked towards the studio and said as he walked, "Rosa Rodriguez and two security personnel will accompany them all the way instead of me!"

"It turned out to be so." Carla Faith relieved.

No matter how you look at it, Murphy doesn’t like those two. For those guys who love dogs more than humans, he really can’t understand their mentality. The meaning of James Morse’s expression just now is very obvious, those six huskies The people who take care of them are much more important.

If you are shooting a movie or TV series with animals as the main character, Murphy will definitely kick the two people away and will not sign the memo at all. However, the iceberg wolf has limited time in "Game of Thrones" and needs to be filmed. Not much, basically not exceeding those demanding requirements.

When he walked to the entrance of the studio, Murphy suddenly stopped. Now is just the beginning of the series. In the future, the ice wolves will continue to appear. If these guys keep appearing in the crew, even if the director behind is not him, it would be a bit annoying.

"Carla, please remember it for me." Murphy reminded Carla Faith to follow up. "From the second season, all the ice wolves use CG as much as possible."

Even if the Husky continues to act as the ice wolf filming, it will still need to use CGI technology to make certain modifications, it is better to use CG production directly.

Entering the studio, Murphy threw these behind his head and began to prepare for the afternoon shooting with all his strength.

The scene that is about to be filmed is related to the ice wolves. The Huskies who are about to appear are also taken into the studio by professional trainers, and a makeup artist under Jack Watson will styling it.

As we all know, child actors and animal actors are the two most uncontrollable factors recognized by Hollywood crews.

These two factors are pervasive in the "Game of Thrones" crew. Compared with the scenes of several small actors that have already been filmed, it is more difficult to film the Icefield Wolf.

The little actor has his own professional teachers or parents to provide guidance, and his performance is at best and sometimes bad. After the Huskies played, Murphy completely understood why it was called one of the three sleigh fools.

The practical huskies are really difficult to shoot wolves. If the animal actors are not professionally trained, they are really shouting over and over again. Murphy takes a short time to shoot, but the film ratio is very high. He shoots a lot of material. Appropriate lighting, styling, and movements are few and far between. He tried his best to combine the appropriate materials and atmospheric shots to create a relatively "wolf-like" Husky.

As for the stipulation that a job does not exceed forty-five minutes, Murphy was completely thrown aside by the default of all parties and the two dog lovers being entangled.

The direct result of this is that when the filming of the scene was about to be finished, it was really exhausting to participate in the filming of the huskies. It stuck out its tongue and tilted its head and looked at the two glasses lens, and quickly closed its eyes and tongue out to pretend to be dead, cute. The whole group couldn't bear to call it "wake up".