After David Ellison's loan was in place, Stanton Studio injected funds into the Ice and Fire Studio established with Twentieth Century Fox. The first fund of Twentieth Century Fox was also in place. "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" was officially launched, and the fantasy series also announced that preparations began.

Of course, preparations have already begun. More than a year ago, Murphy and George Martin were polishing the script.

At the same time, Murphy also issued a call to his team. Although he didn't understand why he suddenly changed to direct TV series without filming, everyone responded positively.

After long-term cooperation, they also discovered that following Murphy, both fame and fortune are within their reach.

Working with familiar people will undoubtedly reduce a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Due to investment, "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" is mainly divided into two parts. Stanton Studio is led by Murphy, and 20th Century Fox is solely responsible for Carla Fies.

This can also ensure that the crew work can be carried out in the predetermined direction to the maximum extent.

Murphy and Cara Fais will also cause some friction at work, but will not affect their personal relationship. The two people with the most powerful crew can work together sincerely, and the conflicts between the people below will be reduced accordingly.

Moreover, Twentieth Century Fox is more involved in production and distribution, and it is Murphy's team who is really used for actual preparation and shooting.

The heads of various departments of the team have not changed, but people like Filey Raschel and Helena Espora are very clear that they must keep up with Murphy's pace, otherwise they will have to be eliminated, so they have made certain adjustments to their responsible personnel.

For example, Filey Raschel's filming team fired a photographer who had participated in the filming of "The Lost Lover" and "Deadpool", and publicly recruited three new photographers. The entire photography team had five main photographers to meet the shooting needs of "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones".

The artist and set team in charge of Helena Espora are no exception. Murphy has never filmed subjects similar to fantasy in the past, and many of her team don’t have much experience in this area. Recruiting new staff is a must-have choice.

There is also David Robbie's makeup, clothing and styling department. They not only need to recruit new personnel, but also study some clothing characteristics of Europe's medieval era, and then combine the descriptions in George Martin's book to design clothing and character styles that meet Murphy's requirements, etc.

During this process, many old employees who have worked with Murphy several times left this large team, and more newcomers joined in. Tendering the old and accepting the new is one of the most effective ways to maintain competitiveness.

The competition in Hollywood is so fierce that even outsiders have heard of it. These are normal and natural changes. While Murphy is competing with other people and projects, he must also give a good competitive atmosphere within the team.

Everyone is harmonious and working smoothly, that is just an ideal state and is not suitable for the fiercely competitive Hollywood.

"Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" is a drama, a work full of fantasy elements, the crystallization of the collaboration of everyone, and also a blockbuster that relies heavily on location, design and photography to make the illusion come true. It is precisely because of its huge "physical spirit", which requires the joint cooperation of many people.

Murphy always knew this and to complete such an epic TV series, a close-knit team is essential.

Before deciding to shoot digitally, the preliminary preparations for the first season were in full swing. After Murphy and Filey Raschel's test, the crew chose to use the Sony F35 as the shooting camera.

The reason why I chose this digital high-definition camera is that in addition to the fact that the German-made Alexa digital camera has not yet appeared in this era, it is also because the Sony F35 can present both clothing and materials in front of the lens.

To be honest, Murphy was very impressed by the Alexa high-definition digital film camera produced by the German A-Japan company. Unfortunately, this camera will have to wait a few more years before it will be released.

Since 20th Century Fox won a tax refund of up to $6 million from Northern Ireland, after visiting Kara Fitch, Murphy did not hesitate to set the main shooting base of the series in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, and was basically sure to film the scenes of Westeros in Belfast.

In addition, several outdoor inspection teams led by Paul Wilson were also dispatched in advance to find suitable outdoor shooting venues in Europe and the United States.

The crew not only has one shooting team. By then, Paul Wilson and Seth Logan, who has been confirmed to join the crew, will also be responsible for a shooting team to shoot some side plots, which can also effectively improve the crew's work efficiency.

After several cooperation and long working together, Murphy still has sufficient confidence in Seth Logan and Paul Wilson.

Of course, he also solemnly warned Seth Logan that the crew did not need too many humorous shots.

This is also a good opportunity to train Seth Logan. In filming and production, no matter what kind of theoretical study is, it requires more practical operational experience.

"In recent years, a large number of popular dramas have been born in North America, but the fantasy series has never appeared on the TV show list during prime time."

A huge conference room in Fox Building was filled with people, and they all looked ahead, Murphy stood in front of them and talked, "Our Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones can fill this gap. This will be a work that contains swords, dragons, and magic."

This is a preparatory meeting for the crew. Except for the actors who have not yet been confirmed, all the heads of the departments came to Twentieth Century Fox to participate in the meeting.

Since there was no successful experience of fantasy TV series in the past, although these guys who had followed Murphy for a long time chose to continue working with him, they were inevitably worried.

Murphy convened this meeting mainly to elaborate some ideological views and strengthen the confidence of his team.

If the people in the team don’t believe that the fantasy drama they shoot can succeed, it will definitely affect the actual work effect.

As the producer representing Twentieth Century Fox, Carla Fies sat on the left hand of the conference table, but didn't say much, and completely handed over the stage to Murphy.

She knew very well what time she was and what to do.

"In terms of the incredible popularity of fantasy themes such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Harry Potter series, the fantasy series is the most successful film and television theme."

Standing at the front of the conference table, Murphy was holding the table with both hands, looking full of confidence and momentum, "But there has never been a fantasy TV series in the past. If anyone dares to try it, it must be us! We are a team that can shoot any black theme!"

"Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" has a typical dark wind, whether it is the color of the picture or the direction of the plot, is it like this.

This is also an important reason why Murphy chose this series, and this style is his best.

"But fantasy themes often mean high production costs."

Murphy never thought of shooting some messy content to fool the audience. It would easily lose all the appeal he had accumulated over the years, but the production cost was also a problem he needed to consider, and a practical solution must be proposed. "The high production cost is usually a major reason why fantasy series cannot be released. When filming "Game of Thrones", we will pay more attention to the development of characters, characters and plots, and avoid those large-scale war scenes."

The scenes of large-scale wars cost a lot. After all, this is not a commercial film during the summer season, but a TV series that pays more attention to the plot. In addition, it is the first season. Instead of spending money on the scenes of wars, it is better to further polish the plot.

In fact, the full outbreak of war in the original work did not begin to appear until the first volume.

Murphy straightened up and walked back and forth twice, and said, "This is not a story about a legion of tens of thousands of orcs crossing the prairie like Lord of the Rings, because the most expensive production of (Lord of the Rings) is the creation of non-human creatures. And in the filming of Game of Thrones, there were not many such creatures."

Without those fantasy creatures, the huge amount of money spent on cg production can undoubtedly be saved.

If he was just an ordinary director, Murphy would definitely ask the producer to continue to invest additionally, but he is not. In addition to the director and producer, he is also one of the main investors in this series and must consider the issue of return on investment.

The investment of tens of millions of dollars is definitely not a small amount for Murphy. Once the investment fails badly, even if he is now, he will be in trouble.

After years of struggle, he has only accumulated tens of millions of dollars in wealth.

"We are not filming teenagers-oriented films like the Lord of the Rings trilogy!"

Even though he is an avid fan of this series, Murphy cannot deny that the Lord of the Rings series is somewhat childish, which is definitely not suitable for Game of Thrones. "We filmed a work that adult audiences watched, and my ideal finished series, luxury, blood, darkness, weirdness, and sometimes amazingly lusty. Maliciousness and goodness are intertwined, just as unpredictable as life."

His voice became louder and louder, "I want the audience to watch this series for various reasons, such as: plot tension, death and hope, the direwolf of fate, fantasy elements and fantasy space, family disputes, temptations of power, deviant ****, cruel violence."
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