Ralph Mazio's hands were full of blood, and the doctor came to quickly stop the bleeding.
"Hush..." The spectators in the seats who were watching the real game, as well as the extras who had been invited, let out loud boos together.
They were very dissatisfied with the Dutchman played by Chad McQueen, which was tantamount to deliberately letting the protagonist Daniel bleed.
"It seems to be very immersive?" Ronald was refreshed and unexpectedly discovered that the audience had great sympathy for the character of Daniel.
This is great news. If it can impress live audiences, it will surely also impress moviegoers.
Ralph Mazio was processed and returned to the field. He sent away "Dutch" played by Chad McQueen with a kick to the head.
Another wave of cheers came from the audience.
"Cut!" The sound engineer gave Ronald a thumbs up. Such cooperative audiences are not common in movie shootings.
In the end, Daniel, Dario Vidal, defending champion Johnny Lawrence, and Bobby, who also belongs to the Cobra Gym, entered the semi-finals.
"Ah... right there" Daniel frowned.
Miyagi picked up the plaster and put it on Daniel's ribs. When he was playing against the "Dutchman" just now, he was hit continuously here and needed to be fixed with an adhesive plaster.
"I didn't expect to reach the semi-finals." Daniel tried moving his arms, and his ribs felt less painful.
"I didn't expect it either." Master Miyagi said honestly.
"It would be great if I could win the championship in the end."
"It'll be great if you can survive." Miyagi began to relieve Daniel's pressure.
The first thing to be played is the match between Johnny Lawrence and Vidal. Ronald specially asked Vidal to appear on the court under his real name. If this movie becomes popular, he will also be recognized by others, which can also be considered as helping his friends to achieve success.
The desire to open a martial arts gym.
The match was moved to the center ring and Pat Johnson announced the start of the match.
Vidal did some cool tornado kicks, but Johnny easily dodged them.
The audience began to applaud Vidal again. On the one hand, his movements were graceful and elegant, making the audience feel that his movements were more beautiful than those of William Zebka, who played Johnny.
On the other hand, Johnny, who also belongs to the Cobra Gym, was also disliked by the audience. Most of the audience did not know who was the good guy and who was the bad guy in this scene, but William Zebka's very arrogant posture,
The audience inherently dislikes him.
Vidal failed to score after several tornado kicks. After he retreated, he used a beautiful flying kick, but Johnny saw the flaw in this move and counterattacked with a kick.
Vidal used old tricks and could not avoid the counterattack. He was kicked in the face by Johnny and fell to the ground, losing the qualification to advance to the finals.
"Hush..." Now the audience thought that Johnny was cheating, attacking sneakily, and showing no moral integrity, and the boos in the audience became even louder.
The two actors were still very friendly. In fact, with Vidal's ability, it was impossible for Zebka to touch him. It was him who took the initiative to let go of his defense and touch the opponent's feet with his face.
"Score, Johnny Lawrence, wins." The referee announced that Johnny had entered the final.
"Shh..." There was another loud boo, "It's not fair, Vidal should win."
"Oh, that's not it. My son is a good man. He is making a movie. He is a good boy in life and will never cheat like this."
The mother of William Zebka, who played Johnny, also came to the scene and watched her son's performance from the stands. She was yelled at by the surrounding audience, which made her feel very uncomfortable, and she quickly stood up to explain to those around her.
"cut!"
Ronald stopped filming, and he was not in a hurry to explain. Most of the audience would still think that this was a movie, but the audience's natural emotions made him overjoyed.
The camera focused on the side of the Cobra Dojo. The owner of the gym, Chris, looked at Master Miyagi and his disciple Daniel grimly.
"The next match will be between Daniel LaRusso from Miyagi Dojo and Bobby from Cobra Dojo."
Pat Johnson, who plays the referee, has a mustache, and his arms exposed under his T-shirt are full of hair. Such a referee gives people a sense of trust at first glance, because all the players can't beat him.
"Let's see who will enter the finals and challenge the previous champion Johnny Lawrence." the host shouted.
The audience began to cheer for Daniel. This made Chris, the owner of the Cobra Dojo, very dissatisfied. He ordered Bobby, who was about to appear, "I want him not to compete."
"But Master, I can defeat him." Ron Thomas, who plays Bobby, is also a member of the Star II Gang. He looked dissatisfied and complained directly to Master Chris, just like his true character.
"I don't want you to defeat him, I want him to be unable to compete." Chris said the order with a gloomy face, word by word.
He couldn't stand a short clown like Miyagi. His trained disciples defeated his own disciples. What if Daniel defeated Johnny in the finals...
"But if I do this, I will be disqualified." Bobby replied. He understood that Chris's implication was to make a heavy move to injure Daniel and give up the finals.
"Take him out of the competition," Chris emphasized, staring at the other person closely.
"Okay", Bobby was frightened. He felt that if he didn't do it, Chris would break his legs in turn.
"Get ready, start!" the referee gave the order, and both sides assumed preparation postures.
Bobby waited for a few seconds, and at the urging of Chris's gaze, he suddenly stepped forward, jumped into the air, and then kicked Daniel in the thigh with a scissor kick.
This move surprised everyone. The championship is not a life-or-death duel, and you cannot score points if you hit the position below the waist, so the contestants will not allocate their energy to defend moves that attack the lower plate.
Daniel responded to the end and began to moan in pain.
Master Miyagi, Ali, and Lucille who came to watch their son compete, all ran quickly onto the ring.
"Ah, my legs hurt so much, Master Miyagi." Daniel rolled on the ground holding his legs in pain.
"Don't be afraid, Daniel-san, the master is here." Miyagi held Daniel's head and let him lean against him gently. The two fake fathers and fake sons had a real father-son relationship at this moment.
"Bobby from Cobra Dojo was disqualified from the competition because he deliberately hit Daniel from Miyagi Dojo. According to Rule 41, Paragraph 2 of the Competition Rules, Daniel LaRusso had fifteen minutes to decide whether to continue.
Participate in the final. If he cannot participate, then the other finalist Johnny Lawrence will automatically defend the title."
This despicable and shameless off-the-table move not only drew boos from the audience once again, but also made several of Chris's disciples, Johnny, Tommy, and others, begin to look at him with distrust.
For the first time, they began to doubt whether the philosophy of winning by any means necessary that Chris taught them was correct.
Several referees came over and sent Daniel to the bed in the locker room. The doctor examined Daniel's injured area and gently rolled down his trouser legs. "I will tell the referee that you did very well today."
Daniel's injury was so severe that he could barely stand. He lay on the bed in the locker room, covering his crying eyes with one arm.
At first, he just wanted to avoid being beaten, so he participated in the championship. But after learning karate with Master Miyagi for more than four months, he defeated all his opponents along the way and reached the final... When the championship was within reach, he couldn't help but
willingly.
Mother Lucille cut Daniel's hair and said, "Honey, don't think about it all the time. You did a great job today. I've never been so proud of you."
"If they hadn't cheated, you would have won and entered the finals." Ali stood beside him and also defended Daniel.
"I want to be quiet." Daniel said while crying.
"We'll wait for you outside." Mother Lucille and Ali walked out.
"Master Miyagi," Daniel called the master when Miyagi walked past him.
"Do you think I have a chance of winning the final?"
"Win or lose, it doesn't matter." Miyagi said. Daniel's original intention has been achieved, and the boys from the Cobra Gym will not provoke him in the future.
"That's not what I wanted to ask." Daniel looked at Miyagi.
"Hey! There is a good chance that you will win the final." Miyagi watched every step of Daniel's promotion. His style of play is unique. Johnny will not adapt to it for the first time. Daniel is likely to succeed.
Win the championship.
"Can you heal me like you did last time?" Daniel begged. Last time he was injured in the wall-painting style and could hardly move his arm. Master Miyagi restored his mobility with a few acupoints.
"There's no need to fight, you've already proven yourself."
"What have I proved? Every time they see me, they think they have defeated me. I will never have a chance to reconcile with them, and I will never be able to raise my head in front of Ali." Daniel sighed, "Me too.
It’s impossible to reconcile with yourself.”
Miyagi did not expect Daniel to say such words. Among young people in America, competition is extremely fierce. The winner takes all. The loser has nothing, not even the last bit of self-esteem.
"Hey! Close your eyes." Miyagi asked Daniel to close his eyes.
Miyagi rubbed his hands to warm them, and then tapped acupuncture points on Daniel's thigh.
"Ah..." Daniel screamed in pain.
"cut!"
Ralph Mazzio's manager rushed up to him, handed him a dry towel, and asked him to wipe off the sweat from the makeup artist's face.
"It's the last big scene, huh?" Weintraub came over. The filming, which lasted for one and a half months, was about to end. At this moment, it really felt a bit dreamy.
"There are two more games left, one in the finals and one in the parking lot."
Ronald attached great importance to the first time he directed a medium-sized Hollywood film, and added a false ending to the end of the film.
This is what he learned from the master screenwriter Billy Wilder. Wilder often likes to arrange a false ending at the end. After the audience's emotions reach a climax, he will then set up a true ending to give the audience's emotional finality.
Have an aftertaste.
After Daniel won the finals and won the championship, Johnny and his classmates couldn't stand Chris's despicable methods anymore and had a falling out with him in the parking lot.
Chris came over to beat Johnny, and Miyagi went over to accuse him of not abiding by the master's principles and not being able to beat students.
Chris provoked Miyagi in turn, and Miyagi knocked him to the ground in two blows. All the students at the Cobra Dojo looked at Chris and walked away one by one.
Ronald's intention was that this victory was not only a victory for Daniel, nor a victory for Master Miyagi in training his disciples, but also included a comparison of two martial arts philosophies. In the end, Miyagi martial arts won a complete victory for the philosophy of self-defense.
Shooting continues.
When the host was about to announce Johnny's title defense, Ali ran out and told him about Daniel's comeback.
After Daniel's acupuncture treatment, he can now walk, although his left foot is still a bit limp.
Johnny came up and attacked. He attacked with all his strength, punching and kicking, trying to decide the winner.
Daniel took advantage of this impatience, dodged, and used his balance far beyond Johnny's to avoid his punch, and punched Johnny in the chest with his backhand.
"One to zero!" the referee announced Daniel's score.
"You're dead!" Johnny became even more angry and rushed to end the fight. He was still one point behind in the final against a "disabled person", which made him very embarrassed.
"Hush..." The audience was so excited that they began to boo Johnny, played by actor William Zebka, regardless of the plot of the movie.
"Don't be like this, my son is a good person, he is just playing a bad person." William Zebka's mother almost collapsed in the stands.
"Yeah...!" The surrounding audience suddenly burst into excitement. They stood up and cheered for Daniel, who scored another point.
It turned out that Daniel took advantage of Johnny's aggressiveness and fell to the ground on his own initiative, using the same move that Master Miyagi used on himself when he was chattering about learning from Muhammad Ali.
Knocked Johnny down with a scissor kick, then slapped him on the back.
"Two to zero!" The referee awarded another score to Daniel.
Johnny threw himself to the ground, and Daniel just slapped him on the back, which happened to bring his nose into close contact with the ground, and he also bled.
Ronald saw the accident and was about to shout stop.
I saw Pat Johnson, who was playing the referee, saying to Johnny, "Go to your master and ask him to stop the bleeding for you."
"cut!"
Ronald was delighted with this improvisation by Pat Johnson.
"Good job, Pat."
"This is something that often happens in karate competitions. What do you think? I did a pretty good job, right? Let me be the protagonist next time?"
"Hahaha..." The two laughed.
William Zebka's nose blossomed, making the audience very happy again, and continued to boo him. His mother in the stands could not stand it anymore.
"Hello, Mrs. Zebka, the director asked me to pick you up and take you behind the camera to watch the filming." Susan Akins picked up his mother from the stands.
This was Ronald's idea. He didn't want a crying mother in the background of the audience cheering for Daniel.
Shooting continues.
Coach Chris, played by Martin Kove, took Johnny's nose with both hands and restored it with one force.
"Use the sweeper's legs!" Cove choked out a few words very ruthlessly, "Do you have a problem?"
"No, Master." The camera behind his shoulder was focused on a close-up of the face of Johnny, played by William Zebka. The director of photography looked at Zebka with a horrified expression on his face.
"Take no prisoners!" Coach Chris shouted.
"cut!"
"Very good!" Ronald praised loudly.
Of course he knew that this expression was definitely not the ability of the fledgling William Zebka, but that he was inspired by the performance of his opponent Martin Kove.
To put it simply, Martin Kove made him fall into the role. He seemed to be really frightened by Kove's cold words, so his expression was so realistic.
"How did you do that?" Kove's performance exceeded Ronald's expectations.
"Actually, I am an actor, not a fighter." Martin Kove replied with a smile.
"Hahaha", Ronald admired his professionalism. In fact, this kind of high-level performance skills is not Ronald's strong point.
It turns out that during previous rehearsals, whenever Kove gave the instruction to sweep his legs, he did so casually.
In the actual shooting just now, it was the first time that he showed this kind of very ruthless humanity, who would rather destroy his opponent to ensure the honor of his own dojo.
William Zebka had never seen an adult give such an order so ruthlessly. His expectation for Kove's performance just now was just a low-intensity rehearsal. The sudden increase in intensity made him react emotionally.
Improved several levels.
Of course, this technique is only useful when filming the first shot, otherwise the other party will encounter Kove's acting and lose the authenticity of the reaction.
Fortunately, this shot was successful the first time.
After Johnny came on the court, he kicked Daniel with a kick. This action was not a deliberate hit, so it was not a foul, but he could not score. But his second kick hit Daniel in the abdomen and scored a point.
The audience loudly scolded Johnny for cheating, not practicing martial ethics, and sneak attacks.
"Daniel, be strong!" Ali encouraged her boyfriend from below. She most hoped that Daniel could defeat her ex-boyfriend Johnny.
Johnny continued to attack after the game resumed, but Daniel's leg injury worsened. He obviously had difficulty moving and lost his best balance and dodge.
Johnny continued to attack Daniel's injured leg without stopping.
He kicked Daniel's leg again, and when Daniel tried to maintain his balance, he was punched in the chest by Johnny.
Two to two ties.
Then it’s time to win with one move. Whoever scores first will win the championship.
Johnny continued to attack Daniel's injured leg. The audience had all stood up to watch the game, and their shouts almost made the lights on the ceiling shake.
Daniel was unwilling to fail and took the initiative to attack Johnny.
Johnny was full of anger and had nowhere to vent. When Ali cheered for the lame man again, the whole audience was scolding him for being shameless, and the one he felt most angry about was himself. He actually tied with this skinny monkey, and he must not have fair play.
Only by attacking the opponent's injured leg can we get an equalizer.
His face was deformed with jealousy. He was the defending champion and the proud son of heaven. Why was everyone applauding the other party?
Daniel took a step forward, repeated his old trick, tripped Johnny, and then punched, hoping to score with one blow.
Johnny immediately kicked his legs to resolve the issue, and then chased Daniel to fight.
Seeing that punches were ineffective, Daniel's strong desire to win made him ignore the pain, lift his injured left leg, and perform a side kick to end the fight.
Johnny caught the injured leg and hit an elbow right on the spot where Daniel was injured in the semifinals.
"Ah..." Daniel screamed.
"Put him in a body bag," one of Cobra's cadets, Tommy, played by Rob Garrison, heckles.
"Are you sure you're OK? Can you continue?" the referee played by Pat Johnson came up and asked Daniel.
Daniel nodded. His left leg could no longer touch the ground, so he could only put his weight on his right leg and tap the ground lightly with his left toe.
"cut!"
"Who taught you that?" Ronald asked Garrison, who was also a second-generation star.
"Director, doesn't Chris often say that we should take no prisoners? I see this in all the Vietnam War movies." Rob Garrison replied with a playful smile.
"You're right, I'll give you a close-up." Ronald felt that at this time, a clown was needed to dilute the atmosphere of the decisive battle.
"Oh yeah? My improvisation is good, right?" Garrison was very happy.
"Of course, this line may stay with you for a lifetime."
Shooting continues.
Daniel raised his hands and imitated the trick that Mr. Miyagi had practiced at the beach, the Crane Kick. Now his legs could no longer move and he could only perform the trick.
Ronald arranged a close-up of Ralph Mazzio, who shook his head slightly at the camera, as if seeking Mr. Miyagi's opinion.
"cut!"
Then the camera turned to Noriyuki Morita, which was also a close-up.
Miyagi nodded slightly towards the camera and agreed with Daniel's idea.
If you can't move, you can only do it by surprise.
"cut!"
Then the director of photography gave Daniel a full-body close-up shot.
This crane kick is performed with both hands raised on both sides of the shoulders. The opponent's attention will definitely be attracted by this weird posture.
Daniel's eyes glanced down, and his injured left leg moved slightly.
"cut!"
The DP turns to a close-up of Johnny.
Johnny Lawrence was first insulted by this action of raising his arms in the air. Did Daniel, who had a wide open center, despise himself for not being able to punch?
He suddenly slid forward and closed the distance.
Daniel happened to turn his eyes to his left foot.
"It turned out to be a scam. You still want to deceive me at this level?"
Johnny suppressed his anger, made a defensive posture with his hands, and moved down.
After all, legs are always longer than hands. Before Johnny's fist hits Daniel's chest, his leg can kick him. Although the injured leg can't hit with much force, the game is based on scoring. If the opponent kicks himself
Just one point.
"cut!"
After the reaction scene between the two was filmed, it was time for the out-of-this-world crane kick at the end of the filming.
After discussing with the director of photography, Ronald put the camera at a low position. This imitated the framing method of traditional Japanese movies. The lens was below the waist of the person, just like the sight of the Japanese kneeling on the floor, which would focus the two people.
The contestants were photographed very tall.
The camera used a panoramic lens, some distance away from the two people, so that Johnny's attack and Daniel's counterattack could be explained in one shot.
Everyone returned to their original positions again, and Ronald nodded to the director of photography.
"a!"
Johnny rushed up to punch his opponent, but Daniel looked at him and tried to counterattack with his left leg.
Johnny made a defensive stance, lowering his fists from his eyes to protect his waist.
Daniel made half a fake move and suddenly retracted it,
Johnny was stunned for a moment.
In the flash of lightning, Daniel moved his hands hard, and the white karate uniform fluttered, like a crane flapping its wings.
Daniel's right foot, which was supporting his leg, suddenly moved contrary to common sense.
I saw Daniel take off with his right foot, and then kick it high with his right foot...
Hit Johnny right in the head.
The two actors had rehearsed this showdown countless times. Daniel's foot lightly touched Johnny's face. Johnny shook his head forcefully, as if he had been hit head-on by this unique move, and fell to the ground.
Daniel still landed back on the ground with his right foot, staggering to keep his balance.
"Daniel, score!" The referee pointed heavily at Daniel.
"Ah..." Ali rushed up from the ring and hugged tightly the hero who defeated her ex-boyfriend, Daniel.
The audience went crazy after seeing this stunt that looked like a crane spreading its wings. Several of Daniel's neighbors also rushed down from the audience, rushed to the ring, and lifted Daniel up high.
"Master Miyagi, Master Miyagi, we did it! We did it!"
Johnny Lawrence over there was convinced of the defeat. He didn't expect Daniel to have this trick. He no longer obeyed Coach Chris's instructions, but went over and took the initiative to pick up the trophy and delivered it to Daniel.
"You deserve it, kid."
"Ahh...ahhh..." the audience was shouting desperately, and the sound engineer was particularly satisfied with the sound effect.
Ronald looked around. All the shots had been realized according to his ideas. Everyone's emotions had reached their peak. Even Master Miyagi, who had always been calm and unfazed, nodded with satisfaction.
Another camera is filming him.
"cut!"
"It seems like we don't have to shoot the scene in the parking lot." Weintraub walked up and saw everyone cheering for joy. Adrenaline burst and he had the urge to go up and shout.
"Yeah, no need to shoot anymore." Ronald nodded, this is the last shot.
Ronald felt that the original philosophical discussion in the parking lot was no longer necessary. All plots ended at this moment, all emotions reached a climax here, and the audience was satisfied.
When arriving at the cinema, the audience should stand up, drink up the Coke, put the last bit of popcorn in their mouths, and then go back happily and call their friends. I saw a wonderful movie today.
My idea of a false ending and a true ending cannot be connected emotionally. Such a climax and the weak aftertaste of exploring martial arts philosophy cannot be connected. It seems that Billy Wilder can shoot such a double ending.
, deliberately leaving a hint of clues and emotions at the end. Ronald’s direct imitation was not very successful this time.
The director of photography gave two thumbs up, and all six cameras captured the desired images.
Ronald retracted his thoughts, nodded, and raised the horn, "I announce that the filming of 'Long Wei Boy' is packed!"