Hollywood Road

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In the small meeting room of the Waldorf Astoria Manhattan, Murphy, Gail Gadot, Philip Raschel and Helena Espola frowned, looking at the people from New York City Hall sitting opposite , New York City Hall only two people came, headed by a gray-haired middle-aged man, they appeared to be just a routine notice when they came, and they did not intend to continue discussions with Murphy in this regard to cooperate with the filming.

"Why?" Murphy looked at the middle-aged man and asked, "Mr. Bloomberg, we have reached an agreement on the shooting before, why do you temporarily overturn it?"

As an important location for Hollywood movies, I don’t know how many crews are shooting in New York every week. The New York City Hall is also very cooperative. As long as they don’t disturb the normal social order, they will generally give the green light.

When Gal Gadot came over before, the other party agreed very happily, and the two parties also initialed a shooting agreement.

"It's not that you don't agree with you shooting in New York." Bloomberg smiled formulaically, "Small-scale shooting is still possible, but large-scale shooting..."

As he said, he shook his head.

"Small-scale shooting?" Murphy's brow furrowed tighter.

This is a crime action movie, and almost all of New York's location scenes are large-scale action scenes.

Gal Gadot glanced at Murphy and said, "Mr. Bloomberg, I have discussed with you before and signed a draft."

"Sorry, Miss Gadot." Bloomberg seemed to be sincere. "We were unable to implement that agreement. I deeply regret the inconvenience caused to you."

The New York City Hall has a very good reputation in this regard. Murphy and Gal Gadot glanced at each other and did not understand why each other did it.

"You always have a reason, don't you?" Gal Gadot asked.

Bloomberg nodded and explained, "Because Director Stanton has too much influence."

"Me?" Murphy was even more inexplicable, pointing to himself and asked, "Is this something to do with me?"

"Maybe you didn't pay attention," Bloomberg didn't seem to know where to start. After thinking for a while, he said, "Director Stanton, you and your work have a huge influence. The "Wolf of Wall Street" released last year As a result, many people have increased their dissatisfaction with Wall Street..."

Murphy and Gail Gadot nodded slightly. They knew that after the release of "The Wolf of Wall Street", especially after a series of promotion and marketing operations, the voices of dissatisfaction with Wall Street on the Internet became louder and louder.

Bloomberg gave a rather helpless smile, "At present, many people and organizations are preparing to prepare a protest against Wall Street in New York and Manhattan. According to the news we have learned, the scale of this protest may be very large. Many of them have been influenced by "The Wolf of Wall Street."

Hearing this, Murphy spread his hands, indicating that it has nothing to do with him.

Occupy Wall Street is already there. Perhaps "The Wolf of Wall Street" and the series of related hype have accelerated the process of this protest.

"The City Hall has made a great effort."

In Bloomberg’s eyes, Murphy belongs to a vested interest and must have nothing to do with the group of people occupying Wall Street. He continued, “But it’s not very effective. If they really rallied, we wouldn’t have a good way. ."

Having said that, the meaning of the disclosure is already obvious. Bloomberg said bluntly, "Many people in it are fans of you and The Wolf of Wall Street. The City Hall is worried that if you shoot in New York publicly, it will further stimulate them. Emotions, especially in the shooting plan you submitted, there are many outdoor scenes on Wall Street, which will send a wrong signal to those people and make the situation more uncontrollable."

For the government departments of most countries, stability prevails.

Bloomberg said again, "And this kind of thing may also involve you, Director Stanton, I believe you don't want to see this situation, right?"

This is for sure. Of course, Murphy doesn't want to get too involved with Occupy Wall Street. Movies are one thing, and his being trapped in it is quite another.

"So, we hope that Director Stanton can carefully consider the location shooting plan in New York." Bloomberg said very skillfully. "Although we can't cooperate this time, the city hall unilaterally canceled the filming plan of "Black New York". It will also bring a lot of unnecessary trouble to your crew, but the City Hall can promise that when Director Stanton comes to New York to shoot in the future, the whole New York will welcome you."

Gal Gadot looked at Murphy again, it was up to him to make a decision.

Indeed, if the crew insists on filming in New York, the city hall does not have the power to cancel the filming in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, but without the support of the city hall, filming will be subject to various restrictions and become extremely inconvenient.

Especially the necessary road closure shooting is almost impossible to achieve.

Murphy also understands this. He has absolute power in the crew, and whether he is shooting in New York is entirely up to the call.

After considering it and weighing the pros and cons, Murphy stood up and extended his right hand to Bloomberg, "I accept the proposal of the New York City Hall and hope that we can continue to cooperate in the future."

Bloomberg quickly stood up and shook Murphy's hand. "Of course, New York also needs the great work of Director Stanton."

Murphy laughed, and Bloomberg laughed as well.

Reaching a consensus in this regard makes it easy to talk about other things. For example, Murphy said that the crew will shoot some background shots in New York, and Bloomberg immediately expressed his strong support.

After Bloomberg was sent away, several people returned to Murphy's suite and immediately discussed the unexpected situation. The inability to use live shooting in New York has become an established fact.

"We must adjust the shooting plan."

Gal Gadot walked to the coffee machine and picked up a cup of coffee for each of Murphy's three people, "And we must notify 20th Century Fox as soon as possible."

"Yeah." Murphy nodded. Although he has such power, it is necessary to maintain communication. He said to Gal Gadot, "You are responsible for communicating with Twentieth Century Fox."

Then, he looked at Philip Raschel, "The shooting plan has also been greatly adjusted."

Philip Raschel took the coffee from Gal Gadot and said to Murphy, "If we don't shoot in real scene, we don't need to use film."

Murphy stood up and walked a few steps and quickly made a decision, "In this way, except for the IMAX shots, all the other scenes are changed from film to digital camera shooting. All scenes about the New York scene are all on the set in Venice. Set up the set and shoot the green screen, and then replace it with the real scene of New York in post-production."

"Yes." Philip Raschel is experienced, "this is the best alternative."

"Helen." Murphy said to his art director again, "After you go back, determine the set plan as soon as possible."

"Yeah." Helena Espola doesn't talk much, but she does things very reliably. "I will make plans as quickly as possible."

Murphy also said to Philip Raschel, "All the film cameras in the crew will be replaced with digital cameras, and IMAX shooting and ordinary shooting will be switched."

His brain is running at a high speed, "Gail, all the cost changes caused by the plan change are listed separately, and the third-party guarantee company is communicated in time."

Finally, Murphy said, "Except for the background shots, all shooting plans related to New York were cancelled."

The crew preparations will encounter various accidents. Such emergencies have not happened for the first time in Murphy's project, and he has no difficulty in dealing with them.

Now that the New York shooting plan is cancelled, Murphy and others have no need to stay at the Big Apple for inspection. Just as he and Philip Raschel said, all the location scenes about New York are set up in the studio. Scenery and layout green screen shooting.

Murphy has never been the kind of stubborn director who doesn't like flexibility. Since it is not possible to shoot on film, it is also possible to use digital technology and CG synthesis.

Movies have never been a technology.

Except for IMAX cameras that must use 70mm film, after Murphy returned to Los Angeles, the crew returned all 35mm film cameras and rented the latest digital cameras from Sony Electronics instead.

Twentieth Century Fox also responded very happily to Murphy's plan. The use of digital technology for shooting and production is actually very beneficial to the publisher.

In the following time, although the production crew also encountered some other problems, under the leadership of Murphy, they were basically resolved smoothly. The actors, scenery, lighting, recording, props, equipment and special effects and other departments are fully cooperating. Murphy's work, by mid-September, the preparations for the film are gradually coming to an end.

At the same time, Murphy also formally confirmed the title of the project. The title of "Black New York" with obvious regional signs was replaced by "City of Chaos". Twentieth Century Fox also started appropriate pre-promotion work .

In this regard, Murphy does not have to worry about it, and it is entirely the responsibility of the professional team of 20th Century Fox.

In addition, before the filming started, Murphy met with Hans Zimmer and negotiated a series of matters about the soundtrack. This series is very suitable for Hans Zimmer's soundtrack style.

This is not the first time the two parties have cooperated, and communication has been relatively smooth.

After finishing Hans Zimmer, the preparatory work of the crew has basically come to an end. Some scenes that have not been built can be set up while shooting. The two aspects of work do not conflict.

On September 30, 2010, the filming crew of "City of Chaos" officially started filming in a warehouse on the outskirts of Venice. The film crew did not hold any announcement activities, and Murphy was about to start shooting directly.

But at ten o'clock in the morning, the filming of the crew had not yet started. Murphy was also frequently checking his watch. His director of photography Philip Raschel never came to the crew, and the phone could not be reached...