It is not difficult to get senior martial artists such as Cheng Xiaodong and Lin Zhengying to accept the fighting styles and routines from Hurricane Rescue and The Bourne Supremacy.
It’s not difficult. In this era, they are the best martial arts fighters in the world, including Hollywood. Even if the new era fighting style has swept the world since the turn of the millennium, it is Hollywood that has learned step by step from Hong Kong movies.
Learn from the martial arts in Hong Kong.
It is then integrated with itself, combined with technology, and summarized.
At the end of the day, action directors in Hong Kong films gradually declined, but Hollywood became more and more prosperous. Even in Wolf Warrior 2 and other films, the action directors often hired people from Hollywood to hire teams.
It can be said that Hollywood has thoroughly used "what you learn and apply it" in action scenes.
It's still early for that. As the best first-class martial arts directors in the world's film industry, A-ying, Cheng Sir and others accepted the fighting concepts explained by Director Zhao and quickly taught Xingzai, A-yun and A-yu.
Demonstrate, practice tricks, react...
After teaching each other step by step, Xingzai and others understood and learned almost enough. After a few people tried it again, Cheng Xiaodong scratched his head and said, "This kind of fighting... is really a bit ordinary."
Not very pretty.
At least based on the current shooting methods of action and fighting scenes in Hong Kong, the design of these action scenes is a bit average and ordinary.
It wouldn't look good on the big screen like this.
Zhao Donghuai directed two photographers and set up three cameras in three corners of the big house while explaining, "Sir Cheng, don't worry about that for now. Design one or two sets of actions, let A Ying be the protagonist, and Xing Zai and the other three will be beaten."
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"You rehearse twice first. Once you're ready, we'll start shooting the demo."
"There are two ways to shoot the samples."
"When the filming is finished, take it to be developed and edited. Once everything is ready, I will invite you to see the samples. In my next film, A Ying is scheduled to be the male lead. If you don't mind, Sir Cheng, I still want to ask you to be the ringleader.
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"The main actions are efficient and realistic in actual combat. Once the movie starts filming, I will occasionally add some beautiful fighting moves and martial arts routines to polish it up."
"Ninety percent is true, and the other tenth is polished at the right time."
There are two shooting methods. One is to place three cameras in a triangle on a slide rail, shoot the same action scene from various angles, and then edit it. The second is to wear a Steadicam for handheld photography.
In the past two days, Zhao Donghuai had so many reputation points that he only consumed one hundred for the simulation once a year. Even if the idea of "increasing height by one centimeter at will" was a bit nonsense, choosing it seven or eight times would be enough.
For the rest, he has already developed master-level physical skills in handheld photography.
Here, physical strength is very important. If physical strength is poor, a full set of Steadicam plus film camera, lens, etc. weighs more than fifty or sixty pounds. You can resist for a few minutes, ten minutes, or even a few hours... A weakling can carry it down to his waist.
Wasted.
Skills are also very important. If your skills are not good, how can you do photography?
Hiring muscular men from the gym can also resist the Steadicam, but how many muscular men and fitness guys are proficient in photography, and they are still film-quality and need to be released in theaters?
As for the Steadicams, after they were released in New World, he asked someone to buy them at Amei's house and transport them back. After all, Zhao Donghuai also went to Amei's house for business several times.
The entire set of equipment arrived just the day before yesterday.
after a while.
Lin Zhengying and Cheng Xiaodong designed the action well, and with three cameras shooting on the road, one against three, they knocked down three Xingzi cleanly.
The first time was with bare hands, and the second wave was with Xingzi and three others with weapons, and Lin Zhengying with bare hands.
After two rounds, Zhao Donghuai walked back to the office, put on a Taiwanese Steadicam, and walked out carrying a camera.
A group of actors and behind the scenes were all stunned.
Cheng Xiaodong was horrified and said, "Director?? This is a camera weighing dozens of kilograms. You..."
Still confused for a few seconds, Xingzi said in surprise, "Is it a Steadicam? A camera stabilizer? I remember Rocky, who won the Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director in 1977, and Rocky, who was nominated for Oscar Best Actor and Best Actress.
Odd, the most classic scene was shot with a Steadicam."
Zhao Donghuai glanced at Xingzi in surprise, "Yes, it's a Steadicam."
"A Ying, it's the same routine you used to beat Xingzai and the other three. This time, turn off the camera in the corner and I'll follow you with a handheld camera."
The screen of handheld photography is prone to shaking, and if the picture is not taken well, the viewer will feel that it is shaking around, causing vomiting and nausea. Even if it is the Bourne Supremacy series, in fact, in large theaters, it is best to watch movies in 2D, not 3D.
Because 3D can make you dizzy and the viewing experience is extremely poor.
That is to say, later generations of mainland audiences like to watch 3D or are deceived into thinking that 3D is all good. Then after the Bourne series, Hollywood only showed 2D, but specially formulated a 3D version for the mainland to cheat money.
In later generations, many TV dramas and online dramas... I feel like the camera is very shaky and swaying when I watch it, which is depressing.
Those are all long shots and sports shots shot by the Steadicam. Why? The sports shots follow the protagonist all the time, giving a stronger sense of immersion. The language of breathing shots is a bit too literary and artistic.
This is the texture of a mock documentary, which enhances the sense of movement in the picture, creates a deepening atmosphere, and strives to pursue a way to make the viewer feel immersed in the scene.
Audiences in the Internet era don’t find anything novel in watching this kind of movies, and they don’t feel that they are too colorful. That’s the vast majority of viewers in the Internet era who watch too many sports shots and handheld photography when watching TV online.
Unprofessional viewers watch dramas every day, who can tell which one is holding which slide? After watching too many, they will become accustomed to it, so naturally they will not be surprised.
But it's the first time it's appeared on the screen, especially this type of action and fighting style, which is definitely a genre opener.
The Bourne Supremacy series was not the first to use the Steadicam. Star Tsai used the example of Rocky in 1977, which won all kinds of awards in Hollywood. Even in the 1990s, Zhang Guoshi had something to say and had a lot of action shots. That was when the Steadicam entered the scene.
One of the symbols of the mainland.
shake!
But the Bourne series was almost the first to integrate fighting action scenes in all aspects, and its milestone significance is extremely obvious in future action films.
Of course, the prerequisite for all this is that the photographer's hands must be steady, and the shot must be as stable as possible. If it is stable and does not shake around, it will be embarrassing.
This is not the case. Zhao Donghuai’s first intermediate simulation would not be funny after practicing Steadicam for a year.
Ordinary people can do an experiment. Hold a bowl of rice in your hands and hold it horizontally at a low altitude. Don't walk or run, just hold it horizontally for a few minutes to see if the bowl of rice will shake around? Swing it around at different levels.
go?
If you can't hold a bowl of rice steady, then a film camera with a starting weight of fifty or sixty pounds... Even if the Steadicam can distribute the power to your waist, it doesn't just rely on your arm strength.
If you carry it around for a day, your waist will be almost useless.
After the turn of the millennium, the Steadicam photographers and Mr. Da Si of major mainland production crews are all professionals. They are a minority among the entire photographer group, and not just anyone can be hired.
If you don't develop a pair of unicorn arms, you won't be able to play.
When Zhao Donghuai was ready, he said to the people in the center of the room, "Ready? Aikesh!"
All of a sudden, Xingzi and the other three surrounded Lin Zhengying with bare hands from three directions just like the previous three cameras. Aying also moved. Then Zhao Donghuai carried Da Si and the camera, chasing Aying and running together.