Hollywood Road

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In front of a detached house in the suburbs of Boston, Margot Robbie, wearing a professional suit, looked at the old man who had just opened the door and asked, I want to find Ronald Paquin.

The old man looked at her strangely and nodded, I am.

Margot Robbie confirmed again, You are Father Paquin?

Yes. The old man replied with certainty, That's right.

I'm Sasha Pever, a reporter from the Boston Globe. Margot Robbie quickly introduced herself, then opened her backpack and took out the necessary tools for the interview, I can ask you a few questions ?

Father Paquin looked very kind, Yes, please.

Murphy made a gesture, and the photographers in the room moved quickly to the back of the old actor who played Father Paquin, and the camera lens set up on the Steadicam began to capture close-ups of Margot Robbie.

After being honed in Dark City, although Margot Robbie's acting skills are much worse than those of Meryl Streep and other acting schools, compared with the pure vase in the past, it can be said to have improved a lot.

Overall, Murphy is quite satisfied with her performance in Spotlight.

We interviewed men who stayed with you at St. John's Baptist Church when you were a few hours. Margot Robbie prepared a pen and notebook neatly, They said you molested boys there, which is Is it true?

As if the question was unexpected, Father Paquin hesitated for a while, but finally said, Yes, I have been here. But I have never felt pleasure in it.

Margot Robbie cheered up, like a lost person who found his way forward, and continued to ask while recording, Okay, then you admit to molesting boys in St. John the Baptist Church?

Yes! Yes... Father Paquin nodded slightly, As I said just now, I didn't feel pleasure in it, you must understand this!

Okay. But... Margot Robbie kept asking, Can you tell me where? Also, what did you do to these boys?

I want to make it clear that I have never raped anyone. Father Paquin sighed, There is a difference, and I know it myself.

Margot Robbie asked, How do you know?

Because I was raped. Father Paquin said an astonishing fact.

Sorry, sorry... Margot Robbie couldn't believe what he said, Who raped you?

CUT! Murphy yelled with satisfaction, This one is over! Take a ten-minute break!

Maggie's performance is getting better and better. Gal Gadot walked over from behind.

Murphy nodded, The acting skills have improved a lot.

Although acting is a very subjective judgment, Margot Robbie is indeed no longer the pure vase actor before.

By the way. Gal Gadot handed over a document, This is part of the promotional plan for the film, Kara just faxed it over, and you need to sign for confirmation.

Murphy took it, flipped through it, took a rough look, took Gal Gadot's signature pen, and signed his name on the last page.

Twentieth Century Fox's early publicity for this film has been launched a long time ago, and in line with the wave of media exposing the Catholic scandal that has not dissipated until now, the publicity effect is surprisingly good.

Kara Firth needed the signature of Murphy, the producer, for the third stage of publicity planning.

The first stage of publicity ended when the film started shooting, and the promotion of Focus is currently in the second stage.

According to Hollywood traditions and habits, the project establishment and preparation period of Focus is the first stage of film promotion.

At this stage, the Hollywood marketing company is generally responsible for researching the market prospect of the film’s script concept, film title, optional director, actors and other main creative personnel. which ones

Conduct testing and research on potential commercial brands, topic points and film positioning.

In the early stage of filming, the key to the success or failure of the entire film marketing is to design the additional products, profits and distribution models that can be produced in the future based on the script and positioning.

The second stage of marketing is naturally after the filming starts.

At this stage, the Hollywood marketing company will carry out the implementation and supervision of the marketing plan formulated during the project establishment period. For example, carry out substantive negotiation and cooperation on the implanted brand, evaluate and monitor the impact of the implanted advertising content on the film and the manufacturer: collect and produce EPK materials, and make material preparations for the video clips for the subsequent promotion of the film; One-step business cooperation and channel cooperation planning: New cultural dissemination without affecting spoilers for the stills, tidbits and materials that can be used for dissemination during the filming period.

Under the Hollywood film system, the advertising placement for the film is generally started in the early or mid-stage of filming. Unlike brand placement, which simply makes money, the placement under the Hollywood marketing model is often to achieve a bundled marketing effect. of.

Even for a very serious film like Focus, there are sponsors and advertisements behind it, such as the cars of the protagonists, but Murphy handles it more cautiously, so that it will not make people feel deliberate.

The third stage is mainly the pre-screening promotion of the film. What Murphy signed is part of the plan for this stage, mainly for 20th Century Fox to promote Focus before and after the Venice Film Festival.

Now that Murphy and Focus have won the tickets for the main competition unit of the Venice Film Festival, their goal is of course the Golden Lion Award.

After signing, he chatted with Gal Gadot about other aspects of work, and Murphy announced the start of filming again. The filming here only lasted until half the afternoon, and he announced that he would call it a day and go back to the hotel.

The shooting progress is very smooth, and all the shots can be completed within the planned time, so Murphy is not in a hurry. After all, there are not many remaining shots. Large-scale protests and other troubles, but with the help of the Boston Globe and Robbie Robinson, the normal work of the crew was not too much dragged down.

Sometimes, it is also difficult for Murphy to understand why some believers still refuse to believe that there are so many rape incidents in the Catholic Church?

People like him who don't believe in gods and Buddhas can't understand the thoughts of those people at all.

In the next few days, Murphy still led the crew to move around the Boston area. Since there were very few outdoor scenes in the film and the shooting locations in the Boston area were scattered, the crew's work efficiency was far worse than when they were shooting in the studio.

During this period, those reporters from the Focus column also came to the crew to visit the set and took photos with the reporters who played them. This is also a good promotional material for the film in the future.

Murphy has had many exchanges with these reporters, and the impression they left on him has always been relatively good.

Frankly speaking, this is the most professional group of journalists he has encountered since he entered Hollywood and even came to the land of the United States.

The investigation team back then used the method of a foolish old man to move mountains to restore the truth covered up and hidden by the church from the old paper piles and the mouths of the people involved. Of course, this process is far less exciting than going deep into the tiger's den to steal an important document in an action movie. It’s not as exciting as the face-to-face confrontation in court movies, but in the most simple and unpretentious actions, everyone’s hard work and persistence, resentment towards the priest involved, responsibility to protect the children, and persistence in upholding the truth are all condensed. It became a stack of thin newspapers.

They adopted the most primitive method, screening out the priests who were frequently transferred from the list, and then in turn to verify and verify. This is a boring process. The invisible contest between illegal priests is visualized through these bland and boring materials.

Here, the formal power of traditional media, or to be more precise, paper media obviously far surpasses modern media forms.

The reliance on data may still play an important role in the contemporary new media industry, but it is far less intuitively shocking than what can be seen in the huge database of traditional media. Among them, we can see the modern American newspaper industry. With regard to the degree of careful preservation and induction of past materials, one can also feel the spirit of media practitioners with true professional ethics.

That kind of spirit is simply not possessed by those who have worked in this industry like Murphy and Kara Firth.

Murphy is very clear that in this film, he doesn't need to portray the emotions of the weak in traditional media, but to show its strength, courage and tenacity.

The shooting in the Boston area continued until the end of February. On the afternoon of February 26th, after filming a street scene dialogue scene between Jonah Hill and James Franco, Murphy officially announced all the shooting It's all over, and everyone in the crew can leave Boston to enjoy their vacation.

Murphy personally escorted the film and returned to Los Angeles. After returning to Los Angeles, he had no time to rest, nor did he immediately start the post-production of the film, but made the final preparations for the upcoming Oscars ceremony.

The eighty-sixth Academy Awards ceremony will be held on March 3. Due to the busy shooting, Murphy and Gal Gadot didn't even prepare the dresses.

He can say that it is enough to find a more well-fitting dark suit, but Gal Gadot's dress is very troublesome, and it is too late to order it now.

Fortunately, Gal Gadot still has unworn inventory. Although it is last year's style, it is also a private order, so you don't have to worry about bumping into other people's shirts.

Make final preparations, the eighty-sixth Academy Awards ceremony is here.