Hollywood Road

In the face of Murphy's endless talk, Gal Gadot was also tempted. It seemed very good to be able to work with Murphy and actually help him.

However, she also knew that she still had a long way to go if she wanted to be like Carla Faith.

To become a qualified producer, you can't help but have the support of people like Murphy, and the ability to match it. Gal Gadot knows that he is not enough in this respect.

Without any accident, the conversation ended with Gal Gadot finally nodding in agreement. Since this is a Warner Bros. investment project, Murphy has the actor's right to decide, but it is impossible to make Gal Gadot magical. The actress of the heroine must have a procedural audition.

On the other hand, Gal Gadot will also join the crew as an assistant director and personal assistant to the legal counsel Robert, in order to accumulate practical work experience.

Murphy is not an idiot either. He will not let Gal Gadot take up important positions rashly. That is not only irresponsible to the crew, but also to her personally.

Gal Gadot is indeed very smart, with high IQ and EQ, but there is still a long way to go from a career woman like Carla Fess.

It can be said that Murphy has planned a common career path for the two.

Hollywood directors and producers like this have a lot of husband and wife files, and even formed a mature model, such as the former Catherine Kennedy couple, Peter Jackson couple, Christopher Nolan couple, Zach Schneider couple and so on.

In Murphy's view, the road ahead looks bright.

A good film needs a brilliant role. The role of the role not only depends on the script and the director, but also has the right actors and enough good performance.

If the director wants to have a higher pursuit in his film, the main role is not as some people say, any actor can be brought in, even if it is a very vase like Wonder Woman, it is not casual Find a vase actress, you can achieve the desired effect.

The director is very important to a film, and the actors are also very important.

Because the actors of Superman, for example, had to prepare for the role very early, after basically finalizing Gal Gadot's role as Wonder Woman, Murphy was the most important task in addition to drawing up a split-shot drawing board and a shooting plan. It is to finalize the candidates for each main role as soon as possible.

Paul Wilson, who used to be the casting director, worked hard for the second season of "Game of Thrones". Murphy could only personally be responsible for the casting of the main actors, and the casting of other minor roles was left to follow him. An assistant director of.

Of course, with Paul Wilson and Seth Rogen becoming directors, this Germanic descendant named Ghent has also been promoted from assistant director to assistant director.

The actors that Murphy will personally select and audition are mainly from four roles. In addition to Wonder Woman, there are Superman Clark Kent, the famous DC Green Tea Louise Lane and the villain Lex Luther.

The candidates for the roles of Clark Kent and Louise Lane will have a wide range of auditions. Murphy also asked Bill Rossis to inform CAA. Under the same circumstances, he will definitely give priority to using CAA. Actors.

"In my opinion, the roles of Superman and Louise Lane don't have to use big-name stars."

In the office of the film crew at Warner Studios, Murphy Bill Rossis said, "Some young actors who have a good personal image and have played many roles in the circle are very suitable candidates."

Hearing Murphy's request, Bill Rossis took a careful note, and then said, "I will notify the company to select suitable actors and send their information as soon as possible."

"The sooner the better." Murphy thought for a while. "Before next weekend, I will hold the first audition for these two roles."

"Where is Lex Luther?" Bill Rossis asked again.

"This character is in his youth in the setting." The setting and charm of the villain are extremely important to a film, so Murphy solemnly said, "I need young actors with sufficient acting skills, so..."

He considered it a little, "In my name, you send out audition invitations to Heath Ledger, Jack Gyllenhill, Jared Leto, Matthew McConaughey..."

Speaking of this, Murphy suddenly remembered an actor she liked very much, "and Nicholas Cage."

If Uncle Cage accepts the audition invitation and wins in the end, he can appropriately modify the setting of Lex Luther in the script.

Anyway, his plot and many settings are basically separated from the comics, and there is no need to worry too much, and the upcoming Justice League "New 52" universe of DC Comics will be like the new looks of Superman and Wonder Woman, and the plot will be turned upside down. Changes, many aspects will learn from and follow Murphy's settings in the script.

For some other roles, Murphy was handed over to Ghent in charge, and he will review them after the audition is over.

Originally, Warner Bros. wanted to put together a five-star lineup for Murphy. For example, Superman's biological father and adoptive parents were both Oscar-level middle-aged actors, but he refused.

Instead of investing high salaries in these not-so-important small supporting roles, it is better to find some old drama bones with good acting skills and invest the saved money in shooting and special effects production.

The special effects and action scenes of this film will not be confined to a small range like "Deadpool".

Sending away Bill Rossis, Murphy found his own action director and special effects team. The two sides have discussed the action special effects scene many times. This kind of communication will run through everything from preparation to shooting to post-production. stage.

Special effects production is undoubtedly one of the focuses of "Man of Steel". Murphy originally wanted to give responsibility to the digital field that has been cooperating. However, this special effects studio in the small city of Venice has been focusing on manpower and material resources for Michael- Bei's "Transformers" can't draw enough manpower.

Therefore, Murphy approached Industrial Light & Magic, and Industrial Light & Magic formed a huge special effects team to work with the crew throughout the process.

The other is the action design. In all the action scenes in the film, Murphy completely abandons the kung fu-based action routines that have recently been popular in Hollywood. All the fights between Superman and Wonder Woman will return to the original and show the speed. On the basis of power and strength, it is supplemented by huge destructive power.

This kind of action was not drawn by Murphy casually, but was obtained after a pair of investigations.

According to the feedback he received, more than 80% of the general audience saw people fighting on the screen mainly because of a mixture of two psychological aspects.

On the one hand, it is the catharsis of violence.

There is a catharsis method in psychological counseling. It is believed that when a person is angry, he finds a sandbag and beats his anger. However, many studies later found that negative emotions such as "aggressiveness" actually contain a physical response. And the more you punch the sandbag, the stronger your physiological reaction will be. After you punch the sandbag, the more aggressive will be.

But in any case, this physiological response when venting violence is very similar to the pleasure after exercise.

On the other hand, in reality, fights can only be punched, just to beat the opponent, but in a fight on the screen, you must behave, and the fight is beautiful enough. This is also very important to the audience. They are using the screen to vent their violence. At the same time, they must also meet their own aesthetic needs.

So fighting not only has to be violent, but also elegant-this is a very twisted combination.

To satisfy the cathartic side, the fighting force is sufficient; but if you use too much force, the beauty of the action may be difficult to take into account. If the force is too weak, the violent pleasure will be compromised. Instead of looking at a graceful but soft and weak fight, It's better to watch the dance directly.

Generally speaking, a good-looking fight should find the best balance of strength and grace, and must be both rigid and soft.

In the past when Hollywood hard-action movies were popular, the fights on the screen were all muscular men. They were powerful, but elegant but not at all. They could only stimulate hormones, and it was difficult to meet aesthetic needs.

Later, when Yuan Heping's Hong Kong martial artist arrived in Hollywood, the atmosphere changed.

Before going to Hollywood, these martial arts had already worked perfectly to find the balance of power and elegance in the action: from the 1980s to the mid-1990s, there were many martial arts and martial arts masterpieces with beautiful and violent action scenes. When you arrive in Hollywood, once you don't have the cooperation of those Kung Fu stars who have been training since childhood, the power of their movements will be greatly reduced.

It’s a little better for an actor like "The Matrix" who has practiced for a while. As for "Charlie Girl", it's not so much a fight, it's a dance that includes fighting moves.

You have to punch the sandbags to vent the violence. How can you feel the pleasure of touching the sandbags?

In the setting of "Steel Body", Superman's superpowers are not as ever-changing as "X-Men". Except for heat rays, they are basically pure physical attacks. Super powers are nothing more than higher, faster and stronger. Physical destructive power, so what needs to be expressed is strength and speed.

To express superhuman speed and power, Murphy does not intend to use circumstantial methods, let alone express subtle and precise movement details. Instead, he will adopt the completely opposite choice-speed up and express power.

As for elegance, Superman is fine, and Wonder Woman can add a bit more appropriately.

It’s just a little bit. Wonder Woman’s movements are also dominated by speed and power, and the speed and power have reached the level of the two in the setting. The so-called fancy skills are all clouds, the most direct attack method. Is the most suitable choice.

Who can imagine that, with the speed and power of Superman and Wonder Woman, it is necessary to show some tricks when fighting, and use the real and the virtual to attack the opponent?

It was definitely a disaster more terrifying than Superman's earth-shattering fight.