Chapter 41 Ask for advice
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"Here, it's here."
Three vans, a slightly worn minibus and a black used Ford sedan, parked in front of a separate house in the northern basin of the San Fernando Valley, Murphy got out of the Ford and shouted, "Download the truck quickly, we'll live here today."
Makeup artist Jack Watson, lighting maker John Douglas, prop artist Mia Sucre, set maker Sunny Clegg, and three interns including Paul Wilson, now have a new identity - loader.
Murphy just rented three cars and had no intention of hiring loaders, let alone other crew members. After greeting him, he took off his coat and threw it into the driver's seat of the Ford. He was the first to walk to the back of the van loading the photography equipment, opened the door of the back cabinet, and jumped up first.
The director sets an example, and no one else dares to neglect. These people are at the bottom of Hollywood and know that the multi-tasking ability of a single job has always been the feature of a small crew.
Of course, James Franco was not interested in helping. He got off the minibus and unconsciously walked to the rear door of the Ford sedan, but the windows were closed, and Bill Roses inside seemed to be explaining something to Carrey Mulligan.
"Murphy has hired a professional tutor for you, and I recommend it..."
As if she didn't see Carey Mulligan's expression, Bill Roses said formulaicly, "She will be in place tomorrow at the latest. You must keep studying for more than four hours a day, and she will be with you in the next few days."
Carey Mulligan's dissatisfaction was written on his face, "Can you not want a tutor?"
From the beginning of entering the crew, she was like a bird that was out of the cage, free and happy, and the feeling of filming was great. This is the life she wanted.
Studying? Tutors? Step by step life? Working hard for college? She has really had enough of these!
Bill Roses looked at Carey Mulligan again, and without saying anything, he opened the car door and got out of the car. He glanced at James Franco, who was standing on the other side of the car, and then looked into the distance.
At the end of your sight, you can see a bowl of clear water, the clear lake water and the blue sky bring a rare sense of comfort. The weather here is much better than the dry downtown Los Angeles.
"Hi, Murphy."
He withdrew his gaze, walked towards the van, and asked Murphy who was carrying a few plates of film toward the other side of the house, "Is there anything I need my help?"
"Thank you, we can do it." Murphy let out a free hand and waved at him, "Just take care of Carrey."
Carrying film, Murphy walked into the rental house and walked through the entrance to the living room. Jessica Chastain stood on the left side of the living room, directing everyone to put the various goods transported into two rooms serving as temporary storage rooms. The real estate agent named Wayne whom I had met before stood beside him, constantly reminding the crew to be careful to avoid damaging the exquisite decoration in the house.
Although most of this separate house looks like Murphy last time, the scenes used for shooting, such as the living room and kitchen, have completely changed colors. Long before the official filming started, he himself, along with the setter Sunny Clegg and others, came here several times, and also formulated the background style of the set.
Sunny Clayton and two interns from the University of Southern California were busy for a week. With the cooperation of the professional team Wayne found, several rooms used for shooting, such as the living room, were replaced with brand new wallpaper, sofas, tables and chairs, and the colors Murphy wanted.
To put it simply, the scene here must meet the needs of the rivalry between Hailey and Jeff, and must be symmetrical with the colors of their clothes, so the overall color is mainly gray and red.
A good story is the foundation of the movie, but the importance of visual stimulation is not to mention people like Murphy who have professional learning experience, even ordinary movie fans know it.
After unloading the equipment and goods and sending the real estate agent away, Murphy asked Jessica Chastain to take the others upstairs first to select their respective rooms. In order to save costs, the entire crew will live here for a long time in the future.
This house is not particularly large, and it is impossible to have one room for each person. Except for Murphy and the protagonists James Franco and Carrey Mulligan, everyone can only live in group dormitories.
There is also the problem of eating. With the end of the shooting of the cafe, Lynch's free supply has come to an end. Now Murphy can only pay the crew's pocket to be responsible for this part of the expenses. For him now, the diet of more than a dozen people at least a month is also a big number.
However, there is no actor in the crew who can be called a star level, and the catering does not require a high level. Murphy has formulated a restaurant that mainly focuses on relatively cheap foods such as hamburgers and pizza.
It was already afternoon here, and not long after, the sun fell below the horizon. After eating pizza from a fast food restaurant, Murphy returned to his room upstairs and continued to review the shooting plan he had made. After a period of shooting in the cafe, he had a clearer understanding of himself and knew that he had overestimated his ability. The shooting plan should not be very difficult in his imagination. The lighting problem alone made the crew difficult for a long time.
Sitting in front of a desk, Murphy reviewed the plan one by one, and he would definitely encounter many unpredictable difficulties in the future...
A gentle knock on the door sounded, and James Franco's voice came from outside, "Are you inside, Murphy?"
"Jim..." Murphy closed the plan, turned off the desk lamp, "Please come in."
The door was pushed open from outside. James Franco was holding a bottle of wine in his left hand and two cups in his right hand. He walked in and took a look, then sat on the small sofa opposite the door, putting the wine and cup on the coffee table next to it, "Although you are still working? Have a cup to relax."
Murphy put away the plan, walked over there, sat on the sofa on the other side of the coffee table, and without hesitation, he took the bottle of wine and opened it directly, poured a glass for himself and James Franco, picked up the cup and signaled to the other side, and took a sip, "Very good whiskey."
"This is something I brought from home." James Franco touched Murphy's cup, drank half a glass of wine in one go, and his face showed his enjoyment. "The best Scotland Chivas Whiskey."
Drinking the wine in the glass, Murphy put down the wine glass and turned to James Franco, "It's really a good wine..."
He couldn't drink it at all, but James Franko came over and definitely didn't ask him to drink it.
James Franko poured Murphy another cup. When Murphy saw the face with a smirk, he asked directly, "Is there anything to do with me?"
"There's a little bit." James Franco paused, as if thinking about the wording, and after a while, he said, "Murphy, I don't know why, Carey Mulligan is always hostile to me. I have to shoot a lot of rival scenes with her, which will affect the work. You get along well with her, and I want to know how you did it."
Chapter completed!