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Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty-seventh Using the Lens to Shape Characters

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Since Filey Raschel would come back soon, Murphy did not plan to hire a photography supervisor, but adjusted the shooting plan appropriately, adjusted some action shots, and replaced them with the action coaching team to take charge of the camera, thus minimizing the negative impact of Filey Raschel's absence.

As for other shots interspersed in action scenes, such as some typical long-range shots, Murphy will personally operate the camera.

On the set, six people stood in front of the green screen, confronting Henry Cavill in black, fiercely. Liam Neeson, wearing tall boots, stayed outside, and kept shouting loudly.

Murphy sat behind the director's monitor, just looking at the transmitted picture, completely handing over the command of the scene to the action guide.

If a person wants to have strong power, he must go through rigorous hell-style training, and the male protagonist played by Henry Cavill is no exception.

The action scenes are shot intermittently, and the longest shots will not exceed twenty seconds. This is Murphy's requirement. Short shots are conducive to the post-production editing of action scenes and can also speed up the pace of the final film. In this regard, Murphy believes that Michael Bay's shooting and editing methods are worth learning from.

Of course, Michael Bay cannot copy the production of action scenes directly. Murphy only uses this as a basis to make appropriate modifications to suit the style of his own film.

In one morning, Murphy finished shooting the scene where Henry Cavill was trained. Only one shot was left in this scene that was about to be demolished, a conversation between Henry Cavill's apprentice and the mentor played by Liam Neeson.

Before the afternoon filming began, Murphy specially called Henry Cavill and Liam Neeson over.

"This scene is the beginning of a conflict of ideas."

Looking at the two actors in front of him, Murphy said seriously, "Henry, Chris was originally a lost child. It was Renner who untied his knot and doubts and pointed out the way forward."

He then said to Liam Neeson, "Liam, your purpose is not to get Chris back to the right path, but to lead him to the path he believes in."

Liam Neeson nodded, "I understand, I am not evil."

He paused and pointed to his head, "What is evil is the ideology instilled in this, the ideas that cannot be changed."

Murphy raised his thumbs up at him, "Totally correct!"

The only reason why this couple, who were originally almost like father and son, eventually turned against each other was the difference in ideology.

Chris Dane, played by Henry Cavill, was influenced by many people, and grew up in a teenager and a complete family. Although he encountered a blow in the middle, his behavior was somewhat extreme, he did not form a single ideology. Even with the influence of a person like Liam Neeson who is both a teacher and a father, he is still a very complicated person deep down.

Renner, played by Liam Neeson, wants Chris Dane to inherit the ideas he was inculcated since childhood and become an ideological single person. He will lead the organization he inherits to achieve his goals, which will inevitably form an ideological collision with Chris Dane. Chris Dane partially agrees with Liam Neeson's views, but cannot recognize the exclusive and devastating side of his philosophy.

The shooting began soon, with Henry Cavill and Liam Neeson standing in the dark light in front of the green screen.

"The greatest fear in your heart comes from darkness."

Looking at Henry Cavill with an uneasy expression, Liam Neeson shouted, "But darkness has never been our enemy. Darkness is our best friend. He can provide cover for us..."

Murphy doesn't need the two actors to perform well in literary dramas. As long as he has a normal level, it is enough. He controls camera No. 1 to slowly retreat slowly through the slide.

"You have to overcome fear," Liam Neeson's voice was clearly captured by the recording device. "The best way is to become fear!"

"Stop!" Murphy called for a stop to shoot, reminding, "Liam, Henry, you two have no expressions in place."

Two actors are making adjustments, and he shouted to people from other departments, "Everyone is reset and filming will be restarted in five minutes."

Everyone else was busy making adjustments, but Murphy controlled the camera did not move. When he was shooting just now, he suddenly had an idea to shoot with a long-range lens.

Murphy also made necessary adjustments to the camera in just five minutes, and the subsequent shooting went very smoothly. After just one time, he got the shot he wanted, but for better effect and different lens expressions, Murphy changed two angles and shot four shots one after another.

The best one completely met his requirements.

The long-range lens has a broad field of view and is often used to show the time, environment, scale and atmosphere of events, such as the open natural scenery, mass scenes, war scenes, etc.

But Murphy used it here, not for these things, but for the sake of showing the character's character and the series of changes that arise with it.

Usually photographers do not use long-range lenses to express the character's character, but Murphy is willing to make such an attempt, and he has a complete solution in a short time, which is to present the image of the character from head to toe in the long-range.

Film shooting and production are never simple copying and pasting. If you can wisely pay attention to and develop shots like this, it can bring more changes to the film.

In Murphy's most satisfied vision shot, Liam Neeson's character stands tall in the picture with a heroic image, while Henry Cavill's character is at a disadvantage in the environment and seems to be more helpless, which is exactly in line with the situation he faces in the plot.

This means that this long-range lens is not single and can give many new meanings. This is also the reason why Murphy used the long-range lens to shoot here. It can make Henry Cavill's character feel weak and in a subtle and weak situation, thereby creating a clever sense of plot oppression.

Similarly, the two completely different characters in the camera are also conducive to creating conflicts.

Beauty comes from contradictions, and Murphy loves contradictions, no matter how ambiguous it is.

In addition, such a long-range shot can also capture the dialogue between the two actors. Murphy's long-range shots are intersected with two medium shots and two close-ups. He used this lens language to put the audience in the camera of the long-range shot, giving the audience a sense of liveness, as if he was watching the person in the picture talking.

After the day's shooting, Murphy did not get off work immediately and returned to the temporary studio on the set to check out all the shots taken today so that he could find out the shortcomings and reshoot them as soon as possible. The long-range shot is the focus of the viewing.

After watching for a while, Gal Gadot, who had finished his work, found him.

Gal Gadot didn't speak, pulled over a chair, sat with Murphy in front of the monitor, and watched the shot together.

Of course, it is better to say that she is watching Murphy review the camera than to say that she is watching the camera.

Looking at Murphy extremely serious, Gal Gadot suddenly thought of what he said when the two of them discussed the film some time ago: "Making a movie is about discovering things. It is about investigation and discovery. Turn your eyes into the eyes of a child, draw inspiration from everything in life, observe everything in life, and when you become a visual storyteller, you will learn to see people's behavioral motivations and some things behind it. Or simply, when you drive through a field, whether it is natural light or artificial light, you will perceive and learn the light there. This practice will make you feel like you are shooting a movie for 24 hours!"

There is no doubt that Murphy has invested 120,000 yuan in his work on the movie.

Sometimes, Gal Gadot even feels that in Murphy's eyes, movies are ranked first, and she can only be ranked behind the movie.

But she wasn't angry about this. A man with a career will be more attractive, right?

He glanced at Murphy's face secretly, and Gal Gadot sighed softly in his heart, "Movies are what you should pay attention to most. Don't participate in those messy things."

Although she knew that some things were difficult, she still had to persuade her. After all, a person like Murphy who appeared at Rose's trial would definitely cause an uproar.

Gal Gadot was not in a hurry to speak. He waited until Murphy finished watching all the shots and turned off the monitor before asking, "I'm behind today's plan, and Philip will come back tomorrow. Will I take pictures of the shots that were not taken yesterday and today?"

"Tomorrow?" Murphy shook his head and said directly, "You will be responsible for the crew tomorrow..."

When Gal Gadot heard this, he frowned.

Sure enough, Murphy said again, "The filming will be suspended tomorrow, so Filey will take a day off. And tomorrow is Rose's last trial, and Robert said that it is very likely that the verdict will be announced in court, and I want to go there."

"Murphy!" Gal Gadot still couldn't help it, "Is it appropriate for you to go in the past? Not only can you not help in the past, but you will also put you in a vortex of public opinion!"

She folded her hands and looked at Murphy, "Have you thought about it carefully?"

Looking up at Gal Gadot, Murphy could see that she was really angry, and raised her hand and gently pinched her shoulder, "Dear, I know you are worried, but there are some things that cannot be measured by reason."

Gal Gadot rarely makes one's character, but then turned around, no longer looking at Murphy, nor speak.

"Rose is my friend." Murphy knew very well that it was difficult to understand the brotherhood between men without his experience, but he said, "We supported each other in prison and he helped me through the most difficult time."

"You..." Gal Gadot sighed long, bit his lip, and said, "I'll call Bill now, and I have to be prepared."
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