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In a small studio closest to the south of the warehouse, as the extras took their place one after another, Robert Downey Jr. and Christopher Waltz, dressed in decent suits, sat at the two-person dining table in front of the green screen. They dressed retro and watched. It looks pretty handsome and full of passion.

Especially Christopher Waltz, even if he sat there and said nothing, Murphy looked through the camera and felt that he was full of drama.

Although evaluating acting is a very subjective thing, he has to admit that if Christopher Waltz and Robert Downey Jr. perform normally, the latter can hardly be compared with the former.

However, acting is only part of the charm of a star or even an actor.

Seeing the actor in place, Murphy raised his hand from behind the camera and gestured to the scene.

"The 219th scene, the 22nd scene." The scene note placed the scene sign in front of the camera lens, "Now it's time!"

With the sound of ‘begin’, the crew immediately began to tell the operation.

"Mr. Hannah, you can take medicine during the day..." Robert Downey Jr. had both curiosity and humility on his face. "While still working?"

"Otherwise, is there any other way to do this work?" Christopher Waltz shrugged, "My friend, if you want to work normally, of course you need cocaine and prostitutes."

"Yes." Robert Downey Jr. could only smile. "I must say that I am very excited to be a member of this company. The company's customers are..."

"Go to his client!"

Before he finished speaking, Robert Downey Jr. was interrupted by Christopher Waltz, "The clients are all idiots!"

He shook his head, "The only thing we have to do is to take the customer's money out of our pocket and put it in our pocket."

"If you make your customers rich at the same time..." Robert Downey Jr., no matter he is a person or what he says, seems very naive, and the crew deliberately make him look much younger through makeup. "Then everyone can have it. Profit, right?"

"Wrong!" Christopher Waltz completely rejected Robert Downey Jr's statement, "The first rule of Wall Street, no one, even if you are Warren Buffett and Jimmy Buffett, no one knows this stock. To rise or fall, turn sideways or play in circles, at least all stockbrokers are like this. These are all fakes."

Murphy's camera is always shooting this scene of Robert Downey Jr. and Christopher Waltz in a panoramic way.

"OK!" He stood up from behind the camera and said loudly, "Donnie, Chris, good job!"

Robert Downey Jr. immediately made a victory sign on his side.

Before putting his hand down, Murphy said loudly, "But it's not good enough! I need your two's performances to be more explosive."

Murphy no longer cares about these two people. As a director, he is more demanding and then let the actors do it. With the abilities of Robert Downey Jr. and Christopher Waltz, he can do better.

He left behind the camera, returned to his director’s monitor, and said to Philip Raschel, who had just been sitting here instead of him, "Re-arrange the camera, and then use the front and back shots to shoot this dialogue.

Philip Raschel nodded, handed the directorship back to Murphy, returned to his film crew, and started as planned, sitting opposite Robert Downey Jr. to the left and Christopher Waltz. On the right side of, each set up a camera to capture the shots of two people in close-up mode.

Shooting soon began. Unit 1 was responsible for capturing Robert Downey Jr., and Unit 2 was responsible for shooting Christopher Waltz. After some simple editing, we could get the front and back shots that often appear in the dialogue between the characters in the movie.

In order to avoid dazzling skills, Murphy uses the simplest front and back shots to shoot. Only two cameras are used. According to the principle of axis, both cameras are arranged at 180 degrees by Philip Raschel. On the same side of the line, each camera is aimed at an actor, so that the shooting can not affect each other.

When shooting, Murphy also asked Philip Raschel to use over-the-shoulder lenses. The first shot reminded the protagonist of the existence of Jordan Belfort, and the next shot can be transferred to Christopher Waltz's over-the-shoulder lens. As a reaction lens, it can also make Christopher Waltz's scene a bit smaller.

In this way, by using at least two cameras to shoot the same performance, Murphy can freely choose the editing points when editing later, which also makes the film look better.

The front and back shots are not very clever shooting skills, but countless films have proved to be the most effective way to keep the rhythm in the dialogue, like Murphy's shooting between Robert Downey Jr. and Christopher Waltz. Scenes with very intensive dialogue will seriously slow down the rhythm of the movie, and the fast switching of front and back shots can save it.

This shooting technique has a long history. In the first 15 years or so, it has not been applied as a style strategy. At that time, the so-called character scene modeling style was popular, using a single lens to express the entire scene.

By the late 1910s, it had become commonplace in feature films in the United States, and shortly thereafter, the editing of pros and cons was adopted by the entire world.

After editing such a scene, it will give the audience a sense of continuity of the film, as if it happened along the real timeline.

In the words of Robert Downey Jr., "The Wolf of Wall Street" is a crazy movie. The meeting between Jordan Belfort played by him and Mark Hanna played by Christopher Waltz can be said to be the opening scene. The most important thing, Murphy deliberately placed the characters on both sides of the camera to keep the dialogue smooth.

In the next shooting, Robert Downey Jr. and Christopher Waltz performed very well, but Murphy was still not satisfied with the shots they got.

Therefore, Murphy made some changes during the filming. At the beginning of the shooting, the shots for Christopher Waltz were very wide, explaining the surrounding environment, and then when Christopher Waltz’s first line was over, the camera tilted forward. Change to a close-up lens.

This method can maintain the background movement while keeping the viewer at the same distance as Christopher Waltz as Jordan Belfort, so as to maintain the privacy of the conversation in the shot.

Shooting is always like this. It is impossible for everything to follow the pre-planned plan. There are also areas that are not considered in the plan. Murphy always encounters some circumstances beyond the plan every time he shoots. This requires him and the entire team to respond in time. The least cost to achieve the ultimate goal.

Sometimes, in order to achieve the shooting goal, there may be more than expected consumption in terms of time and money.

However, after these years of directing, Murphy has accumulated a wealth of experience while also establishing a high reputation and prestige, and has always had a good reputation in terms of capital consumption, and is also a director who is very willing to cooperate with a third-party guarantee company.

In Hollywood today, everyone knows that it is a very reliable thing to cooperate with Murphy Stanton. Murphy is also at the top of the green class in the internal list of major Hollywood companies.

This kind of green class is the division of Hollywood production companies. It is mainly based on the box office performance of a director’s two to three films in the last five years. As long as the director who can bring high commercial profits to two consecutive films, They will be divided into the green class.

Directors who have a film like Murphy that has the global box office of more than one billion dollars, and other films that can basically achieve five times the cost of the box office, are naturally the best.

Although his classification level is very high, there are not many production companies that invite cooperation. Murphy's high salary and dividends will also discourage many people.

The cooperation between Stanton Studio and 20th Century Fox has always been very pleasant. To paraphrase Murphy's words when he was on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, Shuangfa has established a relatively strong strategic partnership.

After shooting four times, this dialogue between Robert Downey Jr. and Christopher Waltz was finally nodded and approved by Murphy, and the shooting of the entire film ended.

After announcing that the filming was completed, Murphy temporarily handed over the crew to Gal Gadot, took Robert Downey Jr. and Jonah Hill, walked out of the warehouse set, and accepted the media invited by Twentieth Century Fox. Reporter's interview.

The end of filming not only means that post-production is about to start in full, but also that the promotion of the film will become more and more intense.

In the face of media reporters, Murphy three people talked about their feelings about the shooting one by one.

"The most difficult thing is the lines. I have never encountered such a long monologue in my life. There are as many as four pages in a paragraph. Murphy's writing is really good!"

People like Robert Downey Jr., whether it’s small talk or an interview, will never lack words, "The emotional ups and downs are just like bungee jumping. I really feel like vomiting. I should have been with a lot of people. I gave a passionate speech in front of me, but in the end my throat seemed to be blocked."

“I’m still nervous when making movies. Being a director is a terrible and wonderful thing.” Compared to Robert Downey Jr., Murphy simply said a few words, “But I enjoy this feeling, especially I can cooperate with my friends."

Jonah Hill faced this interview with rare seriousness, "I love different types of films, and I like to show my comedic side, but acting "The Wolf of Wall Street" is simply the best in the world. It’s an opportunity for you, and it’s basically a true character. In fact, there are many passages in the film that you can put in a comedy."

Subsequently, the film was transferred to post-production. This stage of work has just begun, and Bill Rossis brought Murphy good news and a very special invitation.