Chapter 38: Want to save money for martial arts filming?
"Director, these shots don't seem to be working well. Let's take a break first." After five consecutive shots, even the gods couldn't stand it, and the cinematographer Bao finally went on strike.
Gu Mei had no choice but to obey him, and with a click, everyone inside and outside the venue breathed a sigh of relief.
If you don’t shout Ka, your life will be lost.
Brother Hua walked down from the tower and was in a good mood.
He performed very well in his role today and was recognized by Gu Mei, which allowed him to regain his confidence and get rid of the haze of being overshadowed by pancakes.
"What do you think the problem is?"
Gu Mei came to the camera and discussed with Master Bao.
"It just doesn't feel eye-catching enough, and there's nothing exciting about it." Master Bao gave his opinion based on his own experience.
Master Bao comes from Mingzhu and is not very familiar with domestic entertainment director Gu Mei.
He could see that Gu Mei was capable and wanted to make a good movie, but he didn't know whether the effect he was pursuing and what Gu Mei was pursuing were the same thing.
"With so many weapons and chariots, as well as fixed-point fighting scenes, isn't there something explosive?"
Gu Mei thought that the explosive points were quite sufficient, but what made her dissatisfied was the somewhat chaotic scheduling of the scene.
Ancient wars have always been fought in battle formations, with powerful battle formations used to attack each other, so there are certain requirements for the orderliness of the queues.
But it is obvious that the limited large armors at today's scene are not neat, and the attack is not powerful enough.
Master Bao stared at the camera and shook his head.
The problem is obviously not here, but Master Bao has not yet thought of a good way to improve the quality of this scene.
Fortunately, I have a short break now.
"This scene didn't go well. Boy, do you have any ideas?"
From now on, Wu Di has been frowning, and Jianbing said half jokingly, half seriously.
"I can't tell you what I think. I just feel like it would be a bit awkward for the audience to shoot it like this and put it on a big screen."
Jianbing nodded fiercely.
"You're right!"
"Director!"
"Wu Di has some suggestions that he wants to tell you!" Before he finished speaking, Jianbing had already pulled Wu Di in front of Gu Mei.
Pancakes!
You are my God!
Gu Mei was not in a good mood, and when she saw Wu Di, she was not too enthusiastic either.
For the martial arts scene, Wu Di didn't care about anything.
"Director Gu, I'm a newcomer and I don't have that much acting experience. However, I love watching movies and I still have a lot of experience in watching movies."
"I would like to make some comments as a general audience."
General audience?
After saying this, Gu Mei became a little interested.
A fishing chair was kicked over, and little Wu Di actually got into a seat.
The camera was not originally facing in his direction, but for some reason, as soon as he came, he pushed Master Bao aside.
Master Bao didn't care. Someone helped him take over the pot, and he was happy before it was too late.
"I think that for movie audiences, blockbusters like ours must enhance the audience's sense of participation and give them an immersive feeling."
"This makes it easier for them to substitute."
"Yes!"
"Xiao Wu is right, it's a sense of immersion!"
"Gu Dao, this is what I want to say."
"This set of war shots does not allow the audience to participate enough."
Master Bao suddenly remembered Scott's famous work Kingdom of Heaven. The war era described in Kingdom of Heaven was also very far away from the present, but its war scenes gave the audience a sense of immersion.
Master Bao gave an example. In the Kingdom of Heaven, when the Crusader knights were fighting in the jungle, there was a set of close-up shots. A cold iron arrow shot straight into the armpit of the soldier, and blood dripped instantly.<
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Although the director did not let the actors show too many painful groans, the intrusion of cold weapons into flesh and blood, just a close-up can give the audience a full shock.
Let them feel the pain of the soldiers.
"Sure enough, Master Bao is still very capable and professional."
"Director Gu, this is what I want to say, but my expression is not precise enough."
"We can shoot some martial arts scenes to show the cruelty of ancient wars in detail."
Gu Mei snorted and dismissed it.
"We want big scenes, shocking ones. How can we film martial arts?"
Gu Mei, who specializes in making blockbusters, of course needs big scenes to support the show!
Martial arts, in Gu Mei's eyes, simply cannot go up to the level.
I have such a high investment, such a good schedule, and such a luxurious cast, just to film martial arts?
Investors can’t agree either!
"But, Director Gu, you can save money by filming martial arts!"
Suddenly Gu Mei's eyes lit up. Can he save money?
"Come and tell me!"
"Director Gu, in these war scenes, the least valuable part of the money spent is the computer special effects."
"With the current level of technology and our level of investment, it is simply impossible to create the scene you want."
Gu Mei sighed: "I understand what you said, but without special effects, we simply can't shoot such large-scale war scenes. Real-life shooting will cost money every minute, and we have already calculated the expenses." "With our current level of investment, a small amount of real-life scenes and a large amount of computer special effects is the most cost-effective solution."
When inviting the special effects team, Gu Mei had seen their works. To be honest, there was indeed a certain gap between them and her requirements.
"Director Gu, why do you have to keep the special effects?"
"What the audience sees is the storyline. We just need to film the plot well and balance the scenes a little bit."
"I gave up computer special effects, had a martial arts director design the movements, and found a few main actors to shoot close-ups. I think it can also reflect the grandeur of war."
"Ancient guide, a ruler is longer and an inch is shorter..."
I won’t say more.
Gu Mei was silent.
Fuzi's movie was her turnaround, and if it didn't work well, it would completely flop. Shooting large-scale war scenes is really not her specialty.
Since it's not your specialty, why do you spend so much effort on a movie with such high expectations?
But...
Martial arts scenes are also not her specialty.
Emmm……
This is difficult to handle.
War scenes were not good at shooting, and martial arts scenes were not good at shooting. At this time, Master Bao, who had been listening to Wu Di's deception, spoke up.
"Director Gu, if you really need martial arts guidance, I can help."
As for martial arts instructors, a regular crew will have them, and the crew of "Shou Jia Zi" are all equipped with them. The difference is that some martial arts instructors are just pretending and can only design simple movements and cannot be outstanding. In a serious martial arts instructor team, about
I can only be a martial arts assistant.
If Gu Mei wants to take the action sequences of this film to a higher level, he needs a regular martial arts team to join in.
Gu Mei's eyes froze: "Yes!"
"Can you contact someone? Our request is a bit urgent. Is it convenient?"
"Of course it's convenient!" Master Bao immediately had a goal.
Master Bao is a direct descendant of Mingzhu, and there is no doubt that in terms of martial arts instruction, Mingzhu’s team is more formal and experienced.
As early as the era when Cheng Nong dominated action movies, the difference between martial arts instructors and martial arts masters has been recognized by filmmakers.
Serious martial arts masters can fight against all the heroes, but the moves they perform may not look good on the movie screen.
A good-looking action scene may not be offensive at all in reality.
After Li Xiaonong, Cheng Nong has explored a new way of adding funny plots to action scenes, and his relaxed and humorous fighting style also makes movies with him as the protagonist unique.
By 2009, Cheng Nong was gradually losing his temper. Pearl Film still needed a large number of people with martial arts skills to shoot action movies.
The hard-nosed martial arts dramas started by Master Jing and others are quite popular and can be regarded as a new genre.
However, Master Jing is from the capital, and he is far away from Mingzhu. Now, he has not waited for his spring, and is wasting his time in Mingzhu.
"We have a martial arts team, but where are the actors?"
"In our team, we don't have many actors with martial arts skills. Who would be suitable?"