Starting from early March, fans who follow Robert Downey Jr. discovered that he recommended a book on his latest updated blog.

"I just returned to Los Angeles after my vacation and was shopping at the bookstore on Sunset Avenue. I found a very interesting graphic novel. It seemed to be based on a character. The story about a magical girl is very, very interesting."

This is a blog written by Robert Downey Jr., and of course it was also written by Murphy and Twentieth Century Fox.

In addition to the text on the blog, Robert Downey Jr. also published a cover photo of the graphic novel, with the line of words in the photo being extremely eye-catching "The Magical Amy".

“It’s here, this bookstore has it.”

The two girls walked into a bookstore in downtown Los Angeles, the one with long black hair in it, said to the short-blond girl, "Daisy, here is the graphic novel by Robert Downey Jr."

"Let's go and look for it."

Daisy first entered the novel sales area of ​​the bookstore. She soon found the graphic novel on a bookshelf. She opened it and looked at it. It really told the story of a magical girl, "It seems to be very good."

"Well, I've seen it, it's pretty good." The black-haired girl nodded in agreement, "I just don't know which character is adapted from. Amy's prototype in the book must be a super genius."

A boy wearing glasses next to him was attracted by the words of the two, and couldn't help but come over and ask, "Disturbate, can you know what book you are talking about?"

"This." Daisy picked up the book and shook it in front of him, "The Magical Amy."

"Thanks."

The man in glasses nodded politely to the two girls, went over and took a book of the same, stood there and looked through for a while, and walked towards the cashier.

Daisy looked at the cashier, "Let's go too."

She is going to go back and have a look first. If it is really good, she will recommend it in her blog and discussion group.

At the same time, many well-known bloggers in North America recommend this graphic novel called "The Magical Amy", which even became an supplement to the New York Times.

As part of Twentieth Century Fox, a book-promoting column of Fox TV also highlights the recommendation of "The Magical Amy".

When the program was broadcast, the host made a key recommendation.

"We often say that a person's appearance as an adult often comes from the childhood she spent. There is such a girl who spent an unusual childhood. This unusual thing is that she has a pair of writer parents who created a graphic novel called "The Magical Amy", and the prototype of the protagonist in the book is said to be their daughter Amy."

"Although Amy and her writer's parents chose to keep their personal information confidential because they did not want to be affected by books, we can still see from the graphic novel that the magical Amy is a genius girl."

"Amy has been a student who has excellent grades since childhood. She has studied violin since she was five years old and has won the top three amateur competitions held in her state. She started to play volleyball at the age of ten and did not give up until she entered Harvard University. When she graduated from college, Amy received a double master's degree in psychology and sociology and raised a dog..."

"Until we get married, the magical Amy is the winner of life."

The female character in the book is very likable. After being promoted by the media, the Internet and some columns, the graphic novels gradually increased their sales. Although they did not make it to the North American best-selling list, they sold more than 100,000 copies in more than a month, attracting many book fans.

Some book fans even set up their own blog for the magical Amy.

Someone on the Internet has summarized Amy's various advantages. The magical Amy always handed in a beautiful report card. She is an amateur musician and her violin skills are comparable to those of a professional player. She won the State Youth Volleyball Championship at the age of sixteen and is a top student who graduated from Haval University.

With the increase in sales of graphic novels, some book fans and other online users, guided by some online public opinion, kept asking the Internet who the magical Amy prototype is?

A considerable number of people have called the publishing house, but the replies given by this publishing house under News Corporation have signed strict confidentiality agreements with the original author and cannot disclose any information to the outside world.

The more mysterious it is, the more likely it is to attract curiosity and inquiry.

I don’t know when a blog suddenly appeared on the Internet. The blog attracted a lot of attention. The purpose of the blog was established from the outside, and where was the magical Amy?

Due to the lack of support from the original work and the anti-Hollywood-style emotions that the film has, "The Lost Lover" must use more methods in publicity if it wants to achieve a box office record when it is released.

In terms of publicity and marketing, Murphy and Carafes worked with relevant departments of 20th Century Fox to determine a complete plan as early as the beginning of the project, and now it is implemented based on the plan, and the results of feedback from the market are also good.

However, Murphy is mainly completing the post-production of "The Lost Lover".

After completing the editing of the first edition, he first took out the beginning and ending pictures separately and reprocessed them. The first and last frames are both Amy Dunn, played by Charlize Theron.

And after processing, it will be a single frame.

Compared with the entire movie, single frames rarely attract attention, but the first and last frames of the movie can leave a deep impression on the audience. Murphy uses a very similar picture as the beginning and end to achieve the beginning and end, which is of great significance and represents the development direction and theme of the entire story.

Murphy also added James Franco's late dubbing to the single-frame scene at the beginning and end.

"I always think of my wife when I think of her head, I imagine breaking her cute head, combing her brain, trying to find the answer, the top answer in any marriage question: What are you thinking? How do you feel? What have we done to each other?"

This monologue that easily aroused the audience's suspicion and echoed the content of the first half was placed at the beginning by Murphy.

There is also a monologue that echoes the second half of the content, "I woke up beside her, looked at the back of her head carefully, and tried every means to figure out Amy's thoughts. For the first time, I no longer felt that I was staring at the dazzling sun. I finally caught up with my wife's crazy, because I could feel that she was changing me again: I used to be a young child with a stinky breast, but later became a mixed man, and now at least a protagonist. In our endless marriage battle, there are people who are waving flags and shouting for me. I can accept this statement. Hell, by this time, I can no longer imagine that she is my eternal opponent without Amy."

After finishing the beginning and the end, Murphy and Jody Griffith, who is the editor, continue to polish the content of the film.

Murphy had taken enough materials to be selected for editing. His usual shooting method is to ensure that there are enough lenses to choose from in the end, usually shooting a long-range shot as the main lens, and then shooting close-ups, reflecting lenses, cutting into lenses and cutting off the lenses.

Shooting is for editing. Murphy's shooting is of course a typical editing method is also planned to use a typical editing method. Many scene clips generally use long-range shots as the first shot, giving them a guide, and then a medium shot that contains the main plot, and finally a close-up shot that separates individual actors or performances.

Sometimes, he would add a positioning shot to it, which is usually placed before the panoramic shot to explain the background of the plot to the audience.

Because of his many collaborations, Jody Griffith was able to understand Murphy's intentions better, and Murphy also gave him power, and he needed the experienced Griffith to provide himself with some different editing ideas.

When cutting the fine, Murphy gave Jody Griffith more authority to handle rough cutting materials, rather than sticking to the director, the editor who is outstanding and cooperative will organize it himself, look at the materials, find highlights, and study whether breakthrough methods can be used to add icing on the cake and let the director spend less time.

However, Murphy not only can review the pictures carefully cut by Jody Griffith, but also have a fixed time to communicate with him in the morning and night. If the director is always busy and cannot even make a phone call, it will be difficult to collaborate. The editor needs to communicate with the director at the right time and get the director's feedback, ideas and encouragement of the editing results in a concentrated manner.

Murphy also showed a direct performance in communication.

If an actor's role cannot satisfy the director, the director may say tactfully: "Do it again with a feeling", but if you say something to the editor: "This scene lacks a sense of power." It is enough to make them feel so painful. Just saying "Cut this section out of these five frames and transfer it to xxxx" will allow the editor to understand the essence of the director's desire.

In addition, Murphy has never been stingy with sharing his ideas with Jody Griffith.

In an active communication with the director, if the director can share more nutrients about film shooting, narrative structure and flexible creation, it will not only be meaningful to the editor himself, but also be of great help to the editing work.

Compared to the filming that is far faster than planned, the post-production editing of "The Lost Lover" can only be described as speed. The importance of editing to a film is unquestionable, and this film is particularly critical. Because of the sufficient time, Murphy does not want to rush to work.
Chapter completed!