Chapter 19 Change the play
"How's it going, director? Did the camera capture enough?" During the break, Wang Yu wiped his sweat and walked up panting and asked.
"That's enough, and the photo is very good. By the way, pay attention later. Some of the wood on the escalator on the second floor has been sawed off. It's just a bump. Be sure to remember the position. If it's not in good condition, stop first.
, jumping around corners is still very dangerous, if you fall and get injured, our crew will be doomed." Xie Changhua warned.
"Director, don't worry, I cut off three pieces on each side. I remember the positions very clearly, and I'm in great shape. Nothing will happen if I fall." He said with a smile.
"It's better to be careful!" Seeing how confident he was, Xie Changhua felt even more unsure. After all, there was a lot of jumping around in this scene.
"Director, please relax, I will ask others to wait below with cushions. If something happens to him, rush up and cushion him immediately." Seeing his worry, Cheng Xiaodong said from the side.
"That's fine, safety comes first!" Xie Changhua nodded immediately.
"Ahua, I have ordered the roasted suckling pig and fruits, and the table has been set up. I will call at 7 o'clock to wake everyone up. When we arrive at 8:30, we will turn on the phone and worship God. After you finish filming,
We will stop working on this scene, cover the machine with a red cloth, and some reporters will come to interview." At this time, Ah Jing came over and said.
"Okay, you can just take responsibility when the time comes." Xie Changhua nodded.
In the film era, film is prone to problems due to the influence of temperature, or exposure to light during development and exposure, resulting in all previous efforts being wasted. Therefore, photographers must have their own unique skills to get a good price. In order to seek psychological comfort, everyone will pray to God.
Selling a lot of work, bless less accidents, not to mention the seriousness of the martial arts masters when offering incense, because they are risking their lives to make money, so they believe it even more.
But this is another story for their film. Although several people present now symbolically bowed to the statue of Guan Gong and simply put a few sticks of incense when filming started, in order to reassure those who came after the crew, Xie Changhua thought
After thinking about it, I decided to make it grand and peaceful.
It was already 5:30 after everyone had finished cleaning up. Since it was a daytime scene, Xie Changhua told them to find a place to squint if they were tired. He would wait until the sun came out while filming, while he, Xiaodong, Wang Jing and others
People, and the two actors started rehearsing.
"Action scenes are about step-by-step, bringing the audience into it, and making people not feel tired, so the rhythm is very important. It is divided into three steps. If you can't beat it, you slowly regain the disadvantage and become evenly matched, and then you fight back, so
Luo Lie, when you first start, you have to grasp the rhythm, be more powerful, move crisply, use more force, and show disdain, and then slowly panic in your heart. A Yu, on the other hand, gets more and more powerful as he fights, from panic to
You are getting more and more confident, and you are working harder and harder, and you use your movements and expressions to express all this." Xie Changhua explained.
"Understood, director, let's try it first and see how it works."
"good."
After saying that, the two started to rehearse. The play started from going up the stairs. Luo Lie was indeed an old actor, he was full of momentum. After kicking the opponent, he snorted, paused for a few seconds, and waited for him to get up and continue to knock him down.
With an expression of disdain, Wang Yu also showed a hateful expression, looking like he was gnashing his teeth, but his eyes were constantly looking around for opportunities.
"Very good, that's it, but things will change from the moment you jump up the stairs from the corner. A Yu, when you see he can't hit you, you have to show a hint of confidence and start to fight back, tricking him around. Luo Lie has to become manic,
Kick down all the guardrails, of course we won’t try it, so as not to damage the props.”
"Understood!" the two responded immediately.
Xie Changhua nodded and turned to Cheng Xiaodong and said: "Xiaodong, look, let's add another move here. Luo Lie kicked his leg. After Ayu caught it, his eyes lit up and he kept lifting his leg to jump back.
Luo Lie became at a loss. From here on he really found his own rhythm and added some short jokes. For example, after Luo Lie broke free and was about to kick again, he would flinch a little when he saw his ready hand, and then let A Yu get it.
Se wanted to show off, but was tricked and kicked away by Luo Lie with a fake move. They exchanged with each other, so that we can reduce the jumping scene a little and make the subsequent plot more harmonious."
"This is a good idea." Cheng Xiaodong was still thinking, and Wang Yu exclaimed happily, "This way it will become normal for me to hold Ariel in my arms and want to fall down with him and die together, and the audience will accept it.
Go faster and have more laughs here. It doesn’t matter if there are no laughs in the final fighting scene.”
"It's fine by me, but Ah Hua, let me make a suggestion. Do you want to change the final scene where the male and female protagonists defeat the boss together? I feel that the current audience would rather see the protagonist work alone. What do you think?"
Wang Jing suggested from the side.
Xie Changhua scanned their faces one by one, thought for a while and asked: "You all think so?"
"Yes, although you want to help Axiu and help her transform quickly, it would be better for women to appear less frequently in action movies now." Johnnie To said from the sidelines.
"Yes, I think so too!" Cheng Xiaodong also nodded.
Xie Changhua ignored them and walked back and forth several times on the stairs. Only the sound of banging was left, but no one spoke. They were all waiting for the final result, because they all believed that the director was the one who made the final decision.
That person.
Kick!
The last footsteps sounded suddenly, and Xie Changhua turned around suddenly: "Kai, we kai. In the end, the boss was not defeated. We seized the opportunity to fight back. Axiu was seriously injured in order to protect Ayu, and the boss ran out and hid outside the door.
The carriage ran away, so our last scene was shot on a running carriage for the final battle."
"Shooting on a running carriage?" Everyone exclaimed.
"Yes, it was filmed on a carriage in action. The filming was more intense. Because the attack range was small, the tension increased and it was more interesting to watch. There was a big explosion in the last few minutes. What do you think?"
Many of Jackie Chan's later movies took place on trains and cars, but now it's very rare.
"The idea is good, but is it too dangerous? The horse is difficult to control, and the camera is difficult to place!" Wang Jing stood up and said with a frown.
"The camera is easy to handle. It's in the carriage. We just have to carry it outside. But I want to break the carriage and turn it into a horse pulling a floor. It's more intense, but it's safe..." Xie Changhua looked at
Two actors.
"Shoot, you must shoot. Are you afraid, Ariel? We are the first actors to film a beating scene on a running carriage!" Wang Yu said fiercely towards Luo Lie.
"Of course we will shoot, but director, please find a good horse trainer!" Luo Lie also expressed his enthusiasm.
"Since you want to shoot, I'll give it a try later to see if it works and try to make as few movements as possible." Cheng Xiaodong stood up.
"Don't worry, if you can't control it, you can just jump out of the sedan with each other in your arms. If you cut it, the audience will think you were filming on a carriage, and it will be a lot of gimmicks in the future."
Chapter completed!