The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 298 "Let's Punch, Dad" Power On

""Let's Punch, Dad" is about to start, Li Daojian points to the box office champion in 05."

"Feng Xiaogang: I will make a guest appearance in "Let's Punch, Dad". This is a very good movie."

"Zhang Yimou: Director Li is very talented, I am very optimistic about him."

""Let's Punch, Dad" has confirmed all the actors, Zhang Xiyan will join."

"The Women's Boxing World Cup champion personally guides, "Punch, Dad" strives to be authentic and reasonable."

"Li Shengyao: Huangyao Ancient Town is a very beautiful place, everyone is welcome to visit."

"The finale of "The Temptation of Going Home", Shonan Satellite TV announced that it will broadcast the second round."

""The Temptation of Going Home" is exported to Southeast Asia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and India. The audience in the Philippines is looking forward to it."

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At 2004 o'clock in the morning on October 10, 7, in front of a relatively spacious flat ground in Huangyao Ancient Town, Guangxi Province, three circles inside and three circles outside were surrounded by people eating melons, not only local residents, but also some people who came to ask questions tourists coming.

In addition, there are a group of paparazzi reporters, the total number is about 30, which can be said to be a strong lineup.

Leaders from the local cultural and tourism departments also came to participate in the opening ceremony of "Let's Punch, Dad".

In addition to these people, there are crew members and actors.

Apart from Li Youbin and Lei Min, the main actors, Yan Danchen and the others, Zhang Xiyan, Hong Tianming, and two twelve or thirteen-year-old girls, a young boxer.

Zhang Xiyan won the No.1 Women's Boxing World Cup and has returned from the beautiful country.

Li Shengyao invited her to play a passerby role, and also hired her as the boxing technical director of the film.

At that time, people from Hong's class will design the moves, and Zhang Xiyan will check the rules to avoid some very mentally retarded and unreasonable action scenes in the boxing arena.

Hong Tianming and the young boxer will take several shots. The young boxer looks a bit like Li Youbin, and their shots are used when introducing the hero's honor at the beginning.

And the two 10- and [-]-year-old girls played the heroines. When the second female lead was young, they had about [-]-[-] minutes of scenes.

Li Shengyao found it directly from Yanjing's boxing club, and she looks somewhat similar to Lei Min Guo Zhenni.

In short, as long as he can think of things that are conducive to filming, Lee Shengyao will try his best to solve them.

After the sound of firecrackers, Li Shengyao asked the assistant director to give out red envelopes to everyone, while he himself accompanied Yan Danchen and Zu Feng.

The few of them are very face-saving, and they came here in person just to take a group of insignificant shots.

Li Shengyao can't delay him for too long, and try to finish the filming within an hour later.

Yan Danchen looked at the flying firecrackers with a look of envy, "Director Li, you are going to shock the entire China Entertainment film circle this time."

Guo Xiaodong followed, "Director, you will definitely be a blockbuster."

Li Shengyao shook his head, "It's nonsense outside, I don't want a good box office, as long as it can exceed [-] million."

Naturally, he doesn't like "The Promise", but if he doesn't like it, he doesn't like it, so there's no need to say it directly.

Facing interviews with reporters, Lee Sheng Yew always said that the goal is to exceed [-] million, never said that he wants to compete for the box office champion in the mainland in [-].

As a result, the reporters wrote nonsense, saying that the sword was the box office champion.

Isn't this setting a target? Now that these reporters are blowing it up loudly, if they fail to achieve this result in the future, they will quickly belittle Li Shengyao.

And the audience will feel that Lee Sheng Yew, a newcomer to the film industry, is a bit crazy, and most ordinary people in the mainland prefer humble people.

At the same time, if your movie wants to win the box office, does it have to be of high quality?

If the audience listens too much, they will have a psychological hint that your movie is of high quality. If it is not to their liking, they will feel that you are deceiving, bragging, and that the quality is not worthy of the promotion.

In short, Li Shengyao is very taboo to talk about fighting for the first place and winning the championship.

He has never liked to talk too much, which is not in line with his low-key development style.

Now many media are booing, he intends to arrange the navy to suppress the heat, and spread the word that his goal is over [-] million.

Soon after, the opening ceremony ended, the local leaders drove away, and the onlookers, tourists, and reporters were all arranged 50 meters away.

This is to create a quiet environment.

Naturally, I applied to the relevant departments and got the consent of the local leaders.

Lao Mouzi filmed "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles". In order not to reveal the subject matter and create a sense of mystery, he even asked no outsiders within 1000 meters.

That's what the media reported at the time.

Li Shengyao wasn't sure if it was true.

This time, "Let's Punch, Dad" strives to focus on live radio, supplemented by post-dubbing, which is more realistic.

The next step is to shoot the scenes of Yan Danchen and several people, very quickly, let them play the roles of passers-by, shop owners, and vendors, all of whom have a few lines with the male lead.

There is nothing wrong with Li Youbin. After more than two months of gaining weight, he looks much stronger now.

The plot is that the hero feels that the two daughters are still too thin and not strong enough, so he wants to buy meat for the daughters, so he communicates with Yan Danchen and the others.

An hour later, this set of scenes was filmed.

Yan Danchen and the others then left in a car.

The next scene can be regarded as the scene that this movie really needs to pay attention to.

Hong Jinbao came over, along with a few people from Hong's class, who were showing two little girls and a little boy how to move.

This scene is the heroine, and the second heroine has a conflict with a boy, and the two sisters easily teach the boy a lesson.

And they were only twelve or thirteen years old at this time, which made the hero see his daughter's boxing talent, so he decided to teach his two daughters boxing.

In "Let's Wrestle, Dad", in order to force his two daughters to learn wrestling, the male protagonist is as strict as a tyrant, and the two daughters cried several times.

Such a plot is normal in Ah San, it is a patriarchal country.

The vast majority of girls marry early, take care of their husbands and raise their children, and live their lives to the end at a glance.

The male protagonist hopes that the two daughters will not be as miserable as other girls in the future, and that they should be given the freedom to choose their lives.

This is naturally not the case in the Mainland. Even in the 90s, the vast majority of women in the Mainland began to work in factories, and they were entitled to choose their lives.

The forced plot doesn’t work here. Lee Sung Yew changed to the male protagonist who spends his time guiding his two daughters to practice boxing.

There is another plot that needs to be changed. The coach of the national team in "Let's Wrestle, Dad" is a villain.

If Li Shengyao also wrote like this, he would definitely not be able to pass the trial.

He changed it. The coach of the national team is a powerful boxer and the actor's former teammate.

The male protagonist advocates offense, while his teammates are more stable and believe that defense is the main priority.

The two have different ideas and often quarrel.

Except for these two places that need major changes, the others are minor problems.

For example, in "Let's Wrestle, Dad", there are wrestling competitions in the village, and men and women are held at the same time.

Li Shengyao changed it to hold a boxing match in the county, a group of boys and a group of girls, more than [-] people participated in the boys group, and only four people in the women's group.

The heroine and sister are laughed at by the boys.

In order to reflect the different treatment of boys and girls in this world.

The surroundings were very quiet at this time, and it was obvious that the two excited and confident little girls were very nervous when they were about to shoot.

Li Shengyao sat on the side, did not rush, just watched with a smile.

The scene of "Let's Wrestle, Dad" is very simple to deal with, and the whole is not coherent. It has been edited many times at a glance.

Action scenes will naturally have editing, but some relatively simple actions should be shot as coherently as possible.

That's how you get involved.

In the costume dramas in the beginning of the new century in the Mainland, the actors can still practice a little bit, and they can watch their movements.

In the TV series more than ten years later, except for Liu Shishi and Liu Yifei who can watch the play, everyone else is left-handed and right-handed in slow motion, or there are close-ups of hands and faces, and there are very few full-body shots.

Facial close-up is to make a fierce expression.

The close-ups of the hands and legs were 100% done by stand-ins, and then relying on editing, it looked as if they were made by actors.

The movies are slightly better, and the few fight scenes in "Xiu Chun Knife" are very beautiful.

Li Shengyao strives for truth, even if it is a fight between a little girl and a boy, he hopes to be the best.

Hong Jinbao noticed Li Shengyao's appearance, then glanced at a few black dogs, and smiled knowingly.

Li Shengyao not only arranged for the actors to study the routines carefully, but later in this scene, he would also arrange for a black dog to run past, and the female number two would dodge to avoid hitting the black dog.

Why arrange a black dog?

It is still for the authenticity of the play and to enhance the audience's sense of substitution.

In fact, many movies will use this point.

For example, when two masters confront each other, the wind blows up suddenly, and the fallen leaves are flying, and the two fight among the fallen leaves.

This can make this fight more realistic and have a stronger sense of picture.

Because the actors are moving at this time, your background is motionless, and it looks a little boring.

This is why action scenes are always arranged in a fire or a car explosion scene, but are rarely arranged in a fixed environment.

The following action scene is just a small scene, and there is no need to arrange a particularly powerful background board. A little black dog slips past, which is just right for the intensity of this fight scene.

Hong Jinbao knew that this was the first time Lee Sheng Yew directed a film, and he felt that Lee Sheng Yew should have made preparations. This is a director with ideas.

Not long after, the three martial artists in Hong's class finished teaching and the filming officially started.

The teenager conflicts with the heroine's sisters. The teenager feels that he is a boy and is not afraid of the two girls.

The heroine punched out in anger, the boy who hit him screamed, he was naturally unconvinced, got up and punched out, the heroine parried away, and then threw out a straight punch.

She obviously didn't have any training, but easily defeated the boy.

The young man does not believe in evil, this time playing a sneak attack, the younger sister noticed it, and blocked her sister, just a black dog came running and almost hit her, she quickly avoided the black dog, and successfully avoided it with a boxing dodge posture At the same time, he punched the boy in the chest.

The plot is very simple, and the action is not difficult.

Li Shengyao arranged for three cameras to shoot from three directions, he hoped that they could fully perform the plot just now.

Both girls have practiced boxing, and their posture is fine, but they haven't studied acting, so they are still a little nervous.

The first few times were not successful.

Li Shengyao did not go to give a lecture in person, the assistant director went to give a lecture.

After another five shots, the effect that Lee Shengyao was satisfied with was finally achieved.

At this time, it was just time for lunch, and everyone dispersed to eat and rest.

Hong Jinbao found Li Shengyao and told him the main points of the scene in the afternoon.

In the afternoon scene, the male protagonist discovered the talents of the two daughters, then built a simple boxing ring, and arranged for the daughter to fight with his nephew.

This time, the nephew won the fight.

After all, the daughter is a girl and lacks strength. If she meets a slightly stronger boy like her nephew, she will suffer.

Because it is a fight between children, naturally it cannot be arranged like a normal fighting scene in a Kung Fu movie.

But it can't be said that the eyes are closed and the boxing is not beautiful, and it can't reflect the heroine's boxing talent.

The setting is that the nephew has watched many kung fu movies, imitating Bruce Lee's appearance and posing in fighting poses.

When the heroine saw her, she felt a little bit immediately, and she had a sense of distance. At first, she was on par with her nephew, and then she was defeated later.

The moves designed by the martial artists of the Hong family class were good. Although Li Shengyao was an amateur, he could tell from Hong Jinbao's narration that the designed action scenes were very exciting.

However, Li Shengyao was not very happy after listening to it. He frowned slightly, thought for a while and said, "Brother Sanmao, the movements this time are too complicated, so we need to simplify them."

"Wrestle, Dad" reflects the growth of women, and the love of fathers has little to do with the sport of wrestling.

The same "Let's Punch, Dad" has many action scenes, but the focus is on the growth of the heroine and the embodiment of fatherly love.

The main body of the movie is not to promote boxing, he does not need to fight too complicated, and does not need to be too fancy.

The action scenes are all about realism, not showmanship.

Otherwise, it will be overwhelming.

Hong Jinbao paused slightly when he heard the words, and then asked puzzledly: "Director Li, more movements are more interesting, why simplify it?"

Li Shengyao shook his head, "Brother Sanmao, our purpose is not to promote boxing, as long as the movements are realistic."

Hearing this, Hong Jinbao was a little disappointed. He still wanted to design some good-looking movements to see if he could win the movement design award.

Only then did he realize that the movie was actually a drama, not an action movie.

Li Shengyao saw it, and naturally understood Hong Jinbao's loss, but this matter must be made clear.

He thought for a while, "Brother Sanmao, in fact, when designing the movements, you can add some funny scenes. I think this is the strength of the Hong family class."

"Wrestle, Dad" has many funny scenes.

Li Shengyao felt that he could not only make a fuss about the plot, but also work hard on the action scenes. This is something only Cheng Long and Hong Jiaban can do in the world.

Hong Jinbao's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he nodded, "Okay, I understand what you mean."

Hong Jinbao actually doesn't care whether it's a drama or an action movie, what he cares about is whether it can be used to show the characteristics of the Hong family class.

If it is just a simple and practical boxing action scene, it is obvious that some heroes of the Hong family class are useless. Add a little bit of humor, and then the strength of the Hong family class will come.

Li Shengyao looked at Hong Jinbao's thoughtful appearance, and he was also looking forward to the next action scene in his heart.

(End of this chapter)