The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 366 Action Scene

Many scenes that seem insignificant and very easy to the audience are actually the crystallization of the hard work of the film workers behind the scenes.

For example, some supporting characters pounced on them, and then knocked down the male lead with a punch.

There seems to be no need for rehearsal or design for such a simple play.

Such a point of view is undoubtedly wrong, even for such a scene, it still needs to be designed, and it also needs to be carefully performed by the leading actors and group actors.

Because movies have very high requirements for rhythm, if you don't carefully design such a simple plot, you may destroy the rhythm of the plot and let the audience play here.

Therefore, not only the action scenes of the leading role must be carefully designed, but also the action scenes of ordinary group performances and small roles must be thoughtful.

For the action directors of the family class, they naturally have no problem with ordinary action scenes.

However, some more difficult action scenes still require brains.

So which action scenes are more difficult?
Is it the hero showing off his powerful moves, or is it a scene where the hero is flying around and supplemented by post-production special effects?
neither.

Cool and gorgeous movements, such as Cheng Long, Li Lianjie, and Wu Jing when they were young, can be said to be easy to catch, and they are very good-looking.

This kind of scene can be filmed as long as the leading actor is capable.

As for the post-production special effects, it is even simpler, anyway, the special effects artists will handle it.

What really needs action directors to constantly consume brain cells is a one-to-many group play.

That is to say, the male protagonist plays ten or eight scenes by himself.

We used to watch movies, and we often saw a group of little Kara circling around the male protagonist, but they didn’t dare to rush up, but went up one by one. This kind of design is very dramatic.

The audience will wonder if these villains are stupid, why don't they come together.

When shooting such a scene, to make everyone's behavior very reasonable, the action director needs to think carefully.

As for the shooting in this aspect, the family class is the best.

In fact, during the Bruce Lee period, one-to-many fights were still very entertaining. Bruce Lee would fight one by one, while the others stood by and watched.

It was Cheng Long who really made this kind of scene exciting and reasonable.

When Cheng Long fights with people, most of the shots are still one-on-one, so why don't the audience think it's a drama?

Because the actor played by Cheng Long will not be fixed in one place.

The camera will not have a picture of a group of younger brothers circling behind.

Cheng Long will keep running and create one-on-one opportunities, which is how the furniture factory God of War came about.

This scene that our later audiences thought was very common, actually shocked action movie lovers all over the world when Cheng Long first performed it.

Only then did everyone discover that one-to-many can be so interesting and exciting.

Today's shooting is going to shoot this one-to-many fight scene.

In a small room, several action directors were explaining the main points of action to the actors. Li Shengyao was sitting beside him, listening quietly.

Cheng Long was wearing a leather jacket and his eyes were serious. He had already entered the scene.

The plot is that the male protagonist has been looking for the gang member who kidnapped his daughter. On this day he finally found that person. He heard the voice of that person and knew that this person was the one who took his daughter away.

According to the actor's theory, he only has 96 hours at most to retrieve his daughter, and once more than 96 hours, the daughter will be very dangerous.

He didn't have time to design slowly, so he turned his face on the spot, and in a small room, one on four, four people were laid to the ground.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, this was a very exciting plot.

At this moment, Li Shengyao frowned when he saw the action director Zheng Jizong designed for Cheng Long.

Zheng Jizheng was probably influenced by Chenglong Furniture Factory's God of War, and designed such a one-to-many action scene to let the male protagonist keep wandering.

But the style of "Taken" is that the male protagonist kills the end with thunder, and it is the other people who avoid him, not him.

Even if it is one-to-many, it is easy to defeat the opponent.

Li Shengyao then called Zheng Jizong and Cheng Long over to express his thoughts.

Zheng Jizong is in his thirties, and from a certain angle, he looks a bit like Liu Dehua.

He actually worked as an actor on TVB before, but he didn't show up.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, later Lao Zheng would go to Hollywood to develop, and even became a director himself, directing an action movie.

Of course not all action actors are Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao.

Zheng Jizong's movie hit the street without exception.

But this person is still capable and willing to learn.

At this time, Zheng Jizheng heard Li Shengyao's words, thought for a while and said: "Director Li, the male protagonist is a very seasoned master, he should not be head-to-head, right? Isn't it more reasonable to defeat the opponent with smarter moves at this time?"

Li Shengyao smiled, "Normally speaking, your thinking is not wrong, but the most prominent thing about this movie is the great father's love. When the hero is facing his daughter's kidnapping, most of the time he is rational, but there are also times when he is irrational."

"In this way, the plot has changed, and it is easier to stir up the emotions of the audience. The processing here, the male protagonist heard the voice of the assailant who kidnapped his daughter, and he lost his reason."

Cheng Long sat on the side, got up and patted Zheng Jizheng on the shoulder, "Listen to Director Li, the movie is to arouse the emotions of the audience."

Zheng Jizong nodded when he heard the words, "Then we have to redesign the action, and we may not be able to shoot today."

"It's okay, let's shoot the next scene."

The male protagonist solves the four people in the room, and will leave the room to solve the gang members in the whole small building one by one.

The buildings here are French residential style, with narrow corridors and corridors.

After shooting, it will be very exciting to watch as a movie, it is a fight in a small space.

But when shooting, it is more difficult.

The main difficulty is that the corridors of these corridors are too narrow to be suitable for erecting aircraft positions, let alone laying tracks, moving cars, or rockers.

Fortunately, Quentin's "Kill Bill" in 2002 gave action film shooters all over the world a great inspiration.

When Quentin was filming "Kill Bill", he used a Steadicam stabilizer, so many strong photographers began to wear a few kilograms of Steadicam stabilizer and hold the camera with one hand to shoot.

It can be shot smoothly in complex, narrow, and many turning places.

This is Quentin's contribution to action movies.

I have to say that this guy is a genius, no one else can think of it, but he, a videotape boss, can figure it out.

"Kill Bill" exploded, and Steadicam stabilizers began to be widely used. Now almost every action movie uses Steadicam stabilizers.

Even during football and basketball games, spectators can see the cameraman wearing a Steadicam and running with the players.

It's not some magical technology.

There are dedicated Steadicam photographers on Hong Kong Island and mainland China.

There was also one in the family-making class, so Li Shengyao naturally invited him over.

In the next scene, the photographer needs to stand in front of Cheng Long and shoot Cheng Long to deal with the gangsters one by one.

Li Shengyao sat on the side, quietly listening to the action directors give Cheng Long and other groups speeches.

Just then Amanda walked in.

Without her scene today, Lee Sheng Yew thought Amanda was going to hang out in Paris.

"Why did you come here?"

"I want to come over and see how they do action scenes, maybe I can learn some."

She watched Cheng Long and the others making gestures, and naturally followed suit.

Li Shengyao smiled and didn't say much.

Although the four little stars in Hollywood are far less well-known than the four big stars, it has to be said that they still have a few brushes to become famous in Hollywood.

All four are at least very dedicated.

Even Kristen Stewart, who feels very rebellious, is very serious about acting, and if she wants to shave her head, she will shave her head.

After a while, the filming officially started.

Amanda sat on the side calmly at first, but she couldn't help standing up later, and she held Li Shengyao's hand tightly.

Hollywood action actors, never mind the governor, or Stallone.

Although the muscles are good-looking, whether it is punching or kicking, the speed of movement is completely incomparable with Cheng Long and Li Lianjie.

It feels like the difference between a professional and an amateur.

Amanda should have seen some action movies in Hollywood before, but it is absolutely nothing compared to Cheng Long.

Li Shengyao secretly laughed in his heart, watching quietly.

A scene of fighting in a corridor was quickly finished.

Amanda looked excited, "He is indeed the best kung fu master in the world. He is too fast. I barely saw him throw a punch just now. I have seen some boxing matches. I think he is as fast as a boxer."

Li Shengyao smiled.

Of course, Cheng Long and Li Lianjie can't compare with boxers, but compared to Stallone and the others, they are much faster.

In the corridors, in the corridors, and at the corners, the filming of a group of action scenes was finished, and it happened to be off-duty time.

Amanda ran to Cheng Long excitedly, "Jackie, teach me, I want to learn Kung Fu from you, you are so handsome."

Cheng Long heard this and looked at Li Shengyao.

"It's none of my business, she wants to learn."

Li Shengyao shrugged, and then said: "You can teach anything you want, such as squatting, or straight fist and uppercut."

Cheng Long shook his head, pointed to Li Shengyao, and said to Amanda: "You can find him, he is also a kung fu master."

Amanda looked at Li Shengyao in surprise.

Cheng Long suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he said to Li Shengyao: "Director Li, you are a practicing family. It would definitely be a big loss if you don't show your skills like this. You should play a cameo role."

Li Shengyao thought about it and thought it was okay.

"No problem, but I didn't think about the plot. If I were to appear in Paris, it would be very abrupt."

"You can appear in the actor's memory, you are his former teammate."

Li Shengyao thought about it, and he also thought it was okay. A few shots flashed the hero's impressive resume when he was young.

Of course, this is a trivial matter, and you can go to the beautiful country to shoot.

"Brother, let's stop here today, let's have dinner first, and we have something to do in the evening."

I will be interviewed by a TV station tonight, Lee Sung Yew and Cheng Long will be there.

The previous chapter of [-] words has been reviewed.

(End of this chapter)