The shooting of the makeup photos has begun, and the first person to be photographed is naturally the protagonist Yang Zhen.
I saw that he had changed his clothes, put on his makeup, and walked out in high spirits.
There was a big bald head in front of me, with nine ring scars on it, which was not inconsistent at all.
Because Yang Zhen always has short hair, he is used to the bald look, and everyone is not uncomfortable with it. On the contrary, because of his delicate features, he looks a bit cute.
"How to take pictures?"
Yang Zhen came to the green cloth and asked.
Xiao Qianchong gave the conductor.
"First stand slightly sideways, look at the camera, smile, and straighten your posture."
Yang Zhen followed the instructions. Although he is not tall, he has practiced martial arts all year round and has a standard figure.
At this time, he appeared in the camera, wearing a coarse gray monk's robe with a slight hem, slightly covering his legs, which covered up his shortcomings in height very well.
In terms of clothing, Xiao Qian chose the monk costumes commonly used in previous Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas, instead of the short monk robes in the original "Shaolin Temple", and certainly not the procrastinating and complicated styles in later mainland martial arts dramas.
The reason for this choice is that the action design in this movie has been greatly changed. It is different from the original martial arts performance that is similar to actual combat, and is more stunning.
The monk's robe with some hems will add an elegant feeling when the actor moves, making the picture more beautiful.
In previous lives, many people felt that martial arts dramas from Hong Kong and Taiwan were better to watch than those from mainland China. In addition to more professional action design, the costume improvements were also obvious.
In the past, when comparing martial arts dramas, there was a common view that Hong Kong and Taiwan had better action designs and soundtracks than mainland China, while mainland China's obedience-oriented dramas completely outperformed Hong Kong and Taiwan.
In fact, strictly speaking, what really makes mainland China better than Hong Kong and Taiwan is Taoism. As for clothing, it is actually not comparable at all.
Don't look at TVB's martial arts dramas where one set of clothes is used in several dramas, which may seem unsatisfactory. But in fact, Hong Kong and Taiwan's film and television workers have far more concepts in the costume design of martial arts dramas than those in mainland China.
The fundamental reason why it is so crude is that they have no money. It’s not that they don’t want to make something better. But even under such crude conditions, the characters in Hong Kong and Taiwan martial arts dramas are pleasing to the eye. This is where Kung Fu lies.
The disadvantage of the costumes in mainland martial arts dramas is that they are too complicated.
The costumes here are basically from historical dramas, so the design of the costumes is solemn and rigorous, but not flexible enough.
Martial arts dramas are completely different from historical dramas. The former emphasizes the battles between rivers and lakes, love and hatred. There are many fighting scenes, and the costumes must be simple.
Because simple costumes are more in line with the settings of Jianghu, and at the same time they do not restrict the actors' movements, making the fighting scenes smoother.
Mainland China's costumes are more dramatic. When the fight breaks out, the audience only sees big sleeves fluttering and long hair dancing wildly. As for the moves the actors use, they can't see clearly at all.
The most striking contrast is nothing less than Huang Rihua's version of Xiao Feng and Hu Jun's version of Xiao Feng.
These two people have completely different ideas in terms of clothing and styling. Hu Jun's style has also been criticized too much.
Among Huang Rihua's version of Xiao Feng's look, the most criticized thing is the hat on his head. Some people joked that he looked like Aladdin.
But in fact, those who say this ignore a fundamental issue.
In ancient times, all adult men had to wear hats. This is also the origin of the term Jiguan. Wearing a hat means that a man has reached adulthood.
Of course, there are differences between rich and poor, and not everyone can afford to wear a hat.
Coupled with Xiao Feng's status as the leader of the Beggar Clan, it would not be conducive to unity if he was dressed completely differently from the other members of the Beggar Clan.
Therefore, it is more practical to use a style like a cloth headband.
At the same time, Huang Rihua's version of Xiao Feng can clearly see that the clothes are made of coarse linen, giving people an ordinary and simple feeling.
In contrast, Hu Jun's version of Xiao Feng's costumes are too sophisticated, and he no longer looks like the leader of the Beggar Clan.
Another thing that Xiao Qian couldn't bear the most was disheveled hair.
I don’t know what kind of evil is it that mainland stylists have, but they always like to give actors disheveled hair in dramas.
Someone may have said that beggars are all beggars, and beggars have no money, so shouldn’t it be better for them to let their hair down?
Regardless of whether it's right or not, you should at least make your hair a little messy, right?
The long, silky hair shown in the play is what a beggar should have?
Another thing, beggars and beggars are two different concepts.
As the largest gang in the world, the Beggar Clan is not just a beggar gang. For such a large organization to unite and operate, it must have fixed financial resources.
Therefore, as the leaders, elders and others of the upper echelons of the Beggar Clan, although they must appear close to the brothers in the Clan, they must not be too slovenly.
Even the description of Hong Qigong in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is that of a plain middle-aged man wearing patches.
This is what makes him different from ordinary beggars.
In addition, the biggest mistake of disheveled hair is that it greatly affects the fighting effect.
Because when the actor moves, the loose hair will inevitably flutter along with the inertia. In this way, the space occupied by the hair will increase in the picture, attracting the audience's attention.
In this way, the actors' body movements will be covered up, leaving the audience completely unaware of what they are hitting.
It just so happened that the bearded man even used the blower and slow motion frantically. Good guy, that action scene...
It is precisely because of this understanding that Xiao Qian has always arbitrarily stipulated that actors are strictly prohibited from wearing disheveled hair unless there are special circumstances when producing costumed martial arts action scenes.
Yang Zhen and others naturally don't have to worry about their hair being disheveled. After all, they are all monks.
Even Kou Junqi and others who play Wang Renze have neat buns and look very capable.
Xiao Qian directed everyone to take makeup photos one after another. He not only asked them to stand in front of the camera, but also instructed them to perform various actions and match them with props.
For example, in Yang Zhen's makeup photo, in addition to the frontal photo, Xiao Qian also asked him to pose like a dragon claw hand.
Kou Junqi's Wang Renze is armed with a big sword, full of murderous intent, and has evil deeds. He looks like a villain at first glance.
Master Tan Zong, played by Bai Yunchun, was very graceful. He sat on a horse with his waist lowered, waved his arms, exhaled and made a sound. It was recorded by the camera in an instant. After everyone saw it, they applauded one after another.
The demeanor of a great master is nothing more than this.
"Shaolin Temple" can be said to be a male ensemble drama. The only actress in the drama is Bai Wuxia, played by Tao Hong.
She was also the last one to take final makeup photos.
The stylist struggled for a long time before pushing her out.
I saw that Tao Hong at this time was no longer a funny bald man.
She has a dark bun like a waterfall, with half-length braids on both sides, carefully tied with red rope.
Surrounded by a group of faces that are both angry and happy, if you don't smile, you will be happy, and if you smile, spring will come.
Wearing an indigo muslin long skirt, a pair of embroidered shoes decorated with wintersweet, and a slender and perfect figure, Pingpin Tingting is as straight as a mountain flower.
"Is...okay?"
Seeing that no one spoke, Tao Hong became extremely nervous and stood in front of the camera nervously.
What she answered this time was sincere applause from everyone.
With such a beautiful heroine, everyone will not be bored during the long filming years.
After receiving praise from everyone, Tao Hong finally became happy and happily started taking makeup photos.
Just looking at the wig on her head, Xiao Qian felt that she couldn't let it go.
When I turned around, I saw Shen Peiwen still holding a broken DV and shooting around, so I waved and pulled her over.
"Do you want some dirty information?"
Shen Peiwen's eyes were like a weasel.
"Where did the dirty information come from?"
Xiao Qian pointed at the ignorant Tao Hong and whispered: "Put the camera on her, you only have one chance."
After saying that, he quietly and slowly touched the side.
Right next to the green cloth, there is a blower. This is prepared for special needs when taking makeup photos.
Xiao Qian touched the side of the blower and gently pointed it in the direction of Tao Hong, who was still immersed in shooting.
Gritting his teeth, grinning, and laughing evilly, he suddenly turned on the blower to the maximum.
Good guy, a strong wind swept towards Tao Hong in an instant.
Today was just a makeup photo shoot, so the wig prepared by the stylist for Tao Hong was not fixed, it was just placed on the scalp.
I thought I would have to take it off after setting the makeup for photos, so I didn’t bother.
But he didn't expect that he would be killed by Xiao Qian.
The strong wind swept by, and the wig flew away like a shooting star into the distance.
Tao Hong's shiny bald head was so nakedly exposed to everyone's sight.
The pretty girl turned into a little nun. This scene was so joyful. A group of people laughed and laughed, completely destroying the silence of the scene.
Tao Hong was even more frightened. She covered her bald head with one hand and turned around to chase the flying wig.
But he didn't even notice that in the crowd opposite, Shen Peiwen's DV was flashing a red light.
A few years later, this tidbit was released and caused a sensation on the Internet. At the same time, Tao Hong also rushed to the door of Shen Peiwen's house with a knife, and finally committed a murder.
