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In the first few days of filming, the smoothness exceeded Murphy’s expectations. Robert Downey Jr. was in a surprisingly good state, just as a bad state would be contagious. The good state of the starring role also drove other actors, and the crew showed a kind of It seems that with the high efficiency that Spielberg can bring, all the scenes of Jordan Belfort's speech were filmed in less than a week.

Then the heroine joined the filming.

Murphy's requirements for the heroine are very simple, as coquettish as possible, and when signing the actor contract, he clearly tells the other party that there will be a positive **** scene.

As long as the relevant contract is signed, naked drama has never been a problem for Hollywood actresses.

Dakota Johnson, who stood out through the audition and got the heroine, seemed indifferent to this aspect. The contract did not even stipulate that the filming should be cleared.

Several passionate scenes between her and Robert Downey Jr. were filmed, and many people on the crew were impressed by the level of commitment.

Like many passion dramas, Hollywood’s usual practice is to use substitutes, but Murphy has stated before that all large-scale dramas require actors to play in person, even Robert Downey Jr. and Jonah Hill.

"This woman is very thoughtful."

After shooting a passion scene, Robert Downey Jr. put on his bathrobe and said to Murphy, "And dare to think and do it."

Murphy shrugged, did not take Robert Downey Jr's words to heart, and said casually, "This is the fine quality of an actor."

Having said that, he glanced at Dakota Johnson, who had just put on his clothes. Perhaps the origin of the insider made her even more aware of the importance of opportunity.

Dakota Johnson is not an unknown little actor. He was also recommended to the crew. At the age of ten, he starred in "Crazy Alabama" directed by Antonio Banderas. Her mother was once Hollywood. Superstar Melanie Griffith, his father is Don Johnson, and his stepfather is Antonio Banderas.

Compared to other rookie actors, Dakota Johnson undoubtedly has a better background.

Although it is always said that people are born equal, realists like Murphy are very clear that when people are born, they are divided into three, six or nine. The advantages of birth are often extremely huge. CAA and Bill Rossis The key recommendation is also one of the reasons why Murphy finally chose Dakota Johnson.

Shooting of the next scene soon began. This is the scene where the heroine Naomi molested Jordan Belfort. Both Robert Downey Jr. or Dakota Johnson were very dedicated. A few shots were only taken. Once, Murphy yelled through.

Seeing this passionate scene between Robert Downey Jr.'s overbearing president and Dakota Johnson's beautiful girlfriend, Murphy suddenly thought of something.

He beckoned to the back, and Gal Gadot, who was discussing matters with others, walked over.

"Something?" Gal Gadot asked quickly.

Murphy nodded and said, "I remember you watched "Twilight"?"

Such movies and novels have always been women's favorites, and Gal Gadot is no exception.

"Well, I think it's okay at first." Gal Gadot thought Murphy had an idea for this series, and talked about his own opinion. "But if I read too much, I feel a little bit crooked. Girls under 20 should I like it more. I think it's a very good fan movie."

"You find someone to check it." Murphy recalled it, and couldn't remember the name of the original novel, so she had to say, "Collect all the fan fictions related to "Twilight" on the Internet, especially the protagonist is Isha. Bella Swan and Edward Cullen."

"Okay." Gal Gadot nodded and said suddenly, "What are the large-scale shame novels included?"

Murphy nodded without hesitation, "Yes, S.M is best."

Gal Gadot glared at Murphy. "What do you want to do?"

"I want to learn." Murphy lowered his voice suddenly, "See if we can use it."

"This..." Gal Gadot bit his lip, seeming to be agitated, "Let's talk about this later, now I'm working."

Murphy held back a smile, and said politely, "Well, we will discuss it slowly when we go back."

After filming for ten days in the warehouse set in Venice, Murphy led the crew to leave the studio and began shooting in nearby locations and built-in scenes in the studio. With the addition of more actors and the diversification of the scenes, the shooting stopped. As smooth as before.

Especially the crew will shoot under different environment, time and light conditions, some of them are still night scenes, which will bring some difficulties.

Therefore, Murphy decided to mix multiple shooting techniques: using super 35mm film during the day, and using digital cameras for night scenes, green screen lenses, and experimental shutter speed images.

The protagonist of the film, Jordan Belfort, is addicted to alcohol, drugs, **** and various stimuli, showing the audience the ups and downs of his life.

In order to deeply portray his extremely blurred state after taking ******, Murphy also decided to use Alessia’s shutter settings to create a very stylized picture effect. He did not want to shoot too obvious or artificial, the purpose is to show the audience A subtle sense of doubt.

Then, Murphy used a three-hundred and sixty-degree shutter angle to shoot twelve frames per second, and then printed each frame twice. This approach can make some distortion and motion blur in the picture, which makes people feel very loose, just like Jordan- Belfort's heart is sinking the same.

At Murphy’s request, the crew mainly used different lenses, lighting styles and color schemes to represent different stages of the story, using Jordan Belfort’s mood as a guide, alternating super 35mm film and digital camera lenses, with Achieve varying degrees of depth, angle and clarity.

During the period, the director of photography Philip Raschel also suggested that Murphy, in order to enhance the contrast between Belfort's mood, occasionally add some environmental smoke, and use negative film.

Among the relevant shots that have been obtained, belonging to the beginning of the story of-Jordan Belfort, the picture is softer and slightly muddy, indicating that he has not found himself yet, and he is still confused and awed by Wall Street.

Murphy used a very small depth of field and shallow anamorphic lens distortion to depict the first stage of Jordan Belfort's career.

Then there are the shots of Jordan Belfort before starting his own business. His first job was in a stock brokerage company. Murphy's shooting here used green and gold lights to remind people of the "old world." Wealth."

This color scheme is inspired by a photo provided by David Robbie, which shows a stock trading company in the 1980s.

"This stock company eventually went bankrupt and Jordan Belfort found out that he was unemployed."

On the set, Murphy told Helena Espola, who was in charge of setting up the scene, “He ended up as an ordinary employee in an investment center. He hates this job. I only let the light in through the large window on the side of the room. People feel that the office is like a cave, a place that plunges him into darkness."

In order to specify appearances for different times and places in Jordan Belfort's story, Murphy also created certain appearances to evoke the emotional and/or mental state of the characters. For example, in order to highlight Jordan Belfort's continued drug use, Murphy developed a "hypnotic sense," that is, when the actor speaks in a daze, the camera should be close to Robert Downey Jr. and be very close to him.

After finishing filming in the Los Angeles area, Murphy led the crew to New York. Because the Rhode Island Yacht Club did not meet the shooting requirements, the crew set up a green-screen yacht scene at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn.

To shoot here, the crew had to create realistic, dark and stormy daylight scenes, so Murphy decided to shoot at night to better control the lighting, because the model yacht was built on a very shaking gimbal, so the track The operator must tie up Philip Raschel and his camera assistant and keep them upright while they are shooting.

This also made the photographer suffer enough.

But filming is like this. There are always many difficulties that require customer service. If you want to go smoothly, don't choose this industry.

Although such green-screen shooting is much easier than shooting a real yacht, there are still many problems that need to be solved. Murphy needs David Robbie's team to create soft ambient light, and the special effects team uses large buckets and water cannons to deliver the water. The bridge at the scene simulates the waves that eventually sink the cruise ship. The filming team used underwater lenses to shoot the scene of the Yuanwang Bridge, so that the water can really dump towards the camera.

For other scenes on the yacht, Helena Espola’s art department built a replica of the ship’s upper deck in the Kaufmandorf Studios.

There, around all the actors and crew, on the deck of the yacht, a semicircular green screen about 50 feet high and 80 feet wide was assembled on the scene, and it was erected on a dedicated track so that the team could Slide to adapt to the lens, instead of adding green fill light to other parts of the scene.

Outside the shooting range, according to Murphy's request, the crew also erected a huge white curtain to create a soft fill light behind the camera.

Generally speaking, the shooting went smoothly. Even if they encounter difficult problems, Murphy will work together and use the power of the entire team to solve them. Good cooperation is always the key to making a successful film. It is necessary to know how to discover the talents of the people around, and to understand that the director can never complete a movie by himself.

Movies are a team sport.

With the deepening of filming, Twentieth Century Fox’s propaganda did not relax. Network socialization in this era was quite active, and many major members of the crew also updated their social networking sites according to the plan.