Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 163
In October, the raging floods had long receded, and the dam on the upper reaches of Zhuoshui Creek began to store water.

The river section near Xiluo was not replenished by the upstream, and the river water became clear.

The setting sun over the distant mountains and the afterglow of the setting sun illuminate the slowly flowing river, which flows westward and into the Taiwan Strait.

Along the river bank, the crew of "The Swordsman" built a temporary dock, where the crew will film the scene where Liu Zhengfeng returns to seclusion.

In order to ensure a consistent style, even the clips of daily conversations are mostly shot from above.

Another advantage of this is that it is easier to edit.

The scene where Qu Yang and Liu Zhengfeng lit the boat and died happily to the songs of "A Laugh in the Sea" is the most classic scene in Hong Kong martial arts movies.

Yang Ye planned to shoot the scene where the boat was burned into the sea, but the sea was too dangerous, so he could only shoot the exterior scenes.

The scene of the fight with Zuo Lengchan on the boat was shot in a gentle river, and then editing techniques were used to make people mistakenly think that the fight took place in the sea.

Yang Ye originally thought that he would hire musicians, but he didn't expect that Wu Ma and Lin Zhengying have been filming all year round. They can play the piano and flute, an instrument commonly used in costume films, for a few times. Although they are not proficient in it, at least they look familiar.

Moreover, the score of the song "A Laugh in the Sea" is super simple, it is entry-level and can be learned in half an hour.

This was much more convenient. After the scene recorder Johnnie To wrote the script, the filming officially started.

Wu Ma smiled and said: "It has been more than 40 years, and today we can finally wash our hands in the golden basin together."

Lin Zhengying said: "We should never come back to this land of right and wrong in the future."

Wu Ma patted Lin Zhengying on the shoulder: "We haven't seen each other for so many years. Do you still remember the song we sang when we were young? It's been a long time since we sang together."

"OK, pass! You two did a great job, get ready for the next one right now."

Wu Ma and Lin Zhengying are indeed seasoned drama stars. This kind of thing is just the same, which saves Yang Ye a lot of trouble.

……

On the desk, two hands were handed over to each other, and a scroll was opened. On it were the four characters "Swordsman", followed by the detailed music score.

"Young people, this song was composed when we were young. You can sing along!"

Wu Ma played the flute, Lin Zhengying played the piano, and the majestic "A Laugh in the Sea" was played.

Here Yang Ye has corrected an error in the 90 version. In the original work, "Swordsman" was stated to be a piece played by an ensemble of pianos and flutes. In the 90 version, Ma used a flute at noon. Yang Ye changed it back, but it still remains the same. Use Xiao.

Wu Ma played for a while and sang loudly: "The sea laughs, the tide surges on both sides of the bank, ups and downs follow the waves, only remembering the present day."

Lin Zhengying played the guqin and sang: "The sky laughs, there are tides in the world, God knows who will lose and who will win."

The two sang together: "The mountains and rivers laugh, the mist and rain are far away, and the waves wash away all the beauty in this world."

Yang Ye also hugged the pipa, joined in, and sang: "The breeze laughs, causing loneliness, and there is still a night glow of pride."

When Yang Ye sang, Guan Zhilin was by his side.She watched Yang Ye sing with a smile on her face, and her performance of Yue Lingshan's love for Linghu Chong was beyond words, which was even three points better than Ye Tong's performance.

Of course, Guan Zhilin's acting skills were criticized by Ye Tong, but Ye Tong saw Xu Guanjie as acting, but Guan Chilin saw Yang Ye not.

When she was still in her prime, she fell in love with Yang Ye, a handsome man, and she even had the courage to write a love letter to Yang Ye.

Now, the two of them are actually filming a movie together, playing the male and female protagonists. It's almost like waking up from a dream with laughter.

Moreover, the song "A Laugh in the Sea" written by Yang Ye was so beautiful that it made her obsessed with it, so she unknowingly revealed her true feelings.

"The common people are smiling, no longer lonely, the pride is still smiling foolishly. La la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la la la la..."

The music is ancient, the lyrics are chivalrous, and the songs are Jianghu. As soon as people listen to it, they instantly enter a vast world of righteous chivalry, and it seems that a heroic spirit is stirring in their hearts!
A few people were still performing at the beginning, but by the second time they sang, they had already entered a state of selflessness.

Later, even the staff forgot that they were filming a movie and started singing along, turning it into a chorus.

"La la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la la la la..."

There’s no need to memorize the lyrics anyway, just follow along.

I don't know how many minutes passed, but Yang Ye put away the pipa and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, stop it, my fingers are all broken."

While talking, Yang Ye flicked his fingers. He was playing a Nanyin pipa, which is played horizontally. You need to use a pick to play this kind of pipa, so the sound is crisper.

However, in order to show Linghu Chong's unrestrained and unrestrained style, Yang Ye started playing it directly, playing it like a guitar.

Because the atmosphere was so good, everyone in the audience was laughing. Guan Zhilin said with a smile: "It's not that we don't want to stop, it's that this song is so good that we can't stop at all!"

Wu Ma said: "Yes, although the melody of this song is simple, it is majestic when sung and makes people feel proud. With this song alone, our movie will be extraordinary. Director, thank you for letting me participate in this movie Movie, this is my honor!”

Yang Ye smiled and said: "Brother Wu Ma, thank you for your praise. Let's work together to make this movie. Everyone was so happy just now, now you add a scene where the enemy is discovered!"

Wu Ma agreed, worked up his emotions for a while, gestured to the photographer, sang a few more words, and his expression suddenly changed.

Yang Ye said: "OK!"

……

A sea battle was filmed for a week.

Yang Ye used a completely opposite shooting method from when he first filmed the Shaolin Temple. At that time, he used a large number of long shots to show the beauty of martial arts. Now, he uses a large number of close-ups to show the details of the moves between the two sides.

The details here are not the hard-hitting fights like those in Shaw Brothers' martial arts films, but various incredible effects are used to show the strength of both sides' martial arts.

Zuo Lengchan pointed in the air, and the next second there was a hole in the mast.With another finger, the wine jar in the cabin shattered.

Zuo Lengchan and Qu Yang met their palms, and there was a snap. The next second, Qu Yang's bones were beaten out of his body.

The most puzzling thing is that Yang Ye asked Yuanhua to call out the name of the move when he used it.

For example, if he asked Yuan Hua to jump up from the trampoline and throw his palm down in the air, he would have to shout "Dark clouds cover the sky!"

The effect of this palm was to make a big hole in the cabin.

This scene was so shot that Yuan Hua, Wu Ma, Lin Zhengying and others were confused.

There was no complete fighting process at all. Everyone exchanged two moves according to Yang Ye's request, and then immediately switched.

Everyone now knows why Yang Ye made his own martial arts fingers for this movie. The things he shot are completely different from previous kung fu movies, and ordinary people really can't adapt to them.

But having said that, each of Yang Ye's previous four kung fu films has a completely different style, and it can be said that all of them are innovative.

When filming "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", although the fighting was still in the traditional action movie style, Qinggong was very impressive. Li Mubai and Yu Jiaolong could take off on the spot without moving their bodies or raising their feet.

When it comes to "Swordsman", everyone can take off on the spot.This is nothing, they still have to fight in the air.

Kung Fu movies in the past also had aerial combat, but the most everyone could do was jump up and fight. Yang Ye was hanging on the wire and beating him ping-ping-ping-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pang pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong.

Yang Ye knew that everyone couldn't understand, but he didn't explain it either.

As a world-class director, he has absolute authority, and the entire crew will act according to his willpower.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand, just do it.

Yang Ye filmed and edited at the same time. A week later, the scene was filmed and the pornographic film was edited.

Yang Ye called a few of the main creators over to watch the pornographic film.

In just 10 minutes, from the heroic moment when singing "A Laugh in the Sea", to the thrilling fight in the middle, to the sad ending when the boat was burned in the river and sea.Although it was not the final effect, everyone present was amazed by it, and finally burst into warm applause.

Director of photography Hua Huiying lamented: "To be honest, although the director talked to me before the shooting started and said that this time he would subvert the traditional kung fu movie routine, I still had doubts during the past few days of shooting. There were too many techniques and too many lenses. It’s all very fancy, but I didn’t expect that when these shots are organically combined, we can actually create such an exciting and exciting fighting scene. Especially the aerial fight, like dragons soaring, clouds flying and surges, it’s really exciting!”

Yang Ye said with a smile: "In my idea, I hope to use a comprehensive sports lens to perfectly combine various sports camera methods such as pushing, pulling, shaking, moving, following, raising, and lowering, so that the martial arts shots become complicated. Complex, it highlights the evenly matched and difficult confrontation. Now it seems that this attempt has worked well! After today, I hope everyone will no longer have any doubts and continue shooting according to my ideas."

Everyone agreed in unison, with extraordinary momentum. This 10-minute pornographic film was so exciting that everyone believed that they were creating a masterpiece.

……

The wind blows and the grass grows, undulating like a green ocean.

This is a grassland near the transverse highway, 2000 meters above sea level. Although it is late autumn, the growth is gratifying.

In the distance are blue mountains, with seas of clouds billowing between them.Nearby, there are alpine rhododendrons in bloom.

Yang Ye and his team carried their photography equipment and struggled to get here. Looking at the beautiful scenery, they felt a little relieved after the hard work of climbing over the mountains and ridges.

Hui Yinghong said excitedly: "Master, this place is so beautiful!"

Yang Ye sat down on the ground and asked, "Aren't you tired?"

"Uh... so tired!" Hui Yinghong was instantly discouraged and sat down on the ground.

Yang Ye said to Hua Huiying: "Speaking of which, without this road, we wouldn't be able to reach this place even if we are exhausted."

Hua Huiying said: "Taiwan's terrain, the central mountain range cuts off the east and west, and transportation is inconvenient. After the National Army came to Taiwan, Mrs. Chiang mobilized the National Army veterans to build an east-west transverse highway. After the construction was completed, most of the veterans were resettled nearby in the central part of the country. In various communities and tribes in the mountainous areas, people have nothing to do and live in retirement all year long.”

Yang Ye sighed, called Chen Yulian over, and asked: "Alian, there will be a scene of feeding medicine, and it requires mouth to mouth. Is there any problem?"

"Swordsman" is the fourth movie starring Yang Ye.Except for the role of a monk in the first "Shaolin Temple", there were no intimate scenes.The second film "Fist of Heroes" and the third film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" both have passionate scenes.

This guy didn't take enough advantage. Although there is no sex scene in "The Swordsman", the kissing scene is indispensable.

Linghu Chong was poisoned and poisoned. In order to save his life, Ren Yingying fed the drug with her mouth and had two kissing scenes.

In fact, strictly speaking, it doesn't count. Giving medicine can't be considered kissing, right?
Chen Yulian's face turned slightly red and she said, "No problem!"

Yang Ye nodded: "Take a rest first and start working later."

Chen Yulian gives the world the impression of a pure and beautiful girl. The "Little Dragon Girl" she plays is said to be the aunt closest to the original work, at least that's what Jin Yong himself thinks.

But in fact...she has made more than one Category III film.Especially in the 1984 horror film "Siamese", there was also a scene where she was a strong man.

She is also gay and has lived with advertising director Michelle Chua for more than ten years.This Miss Chua is a strange person, she also played the role of the music queen Lin Yilian.

After resting for a while, they got busy.

Not long after, there was a "boom" in the distance, and a long patch of grass was blown away. It was Ke Shouliang and his people who were burying the bomb site. To avoid an accident, they wanted to test the power first.

"Director, it's done!"

"Try it first, Ahua, come here!"

Ke Shouliang took Yang Ye to a place and said, "Young Master Yang, stand here and just lift your feet later."

"Are you sure it's okay?"

"I promise!"

"OK, get ready to shoot!"

The assistant director said: "Get ready! Turn on the fan! Action!"

The wind blew the long grass, Yuan Hua flicked his fingers and shouted: "Deathly ice!"

Yang Ye raised his foot, there was a "bang", a flash of fire, and the ground was blown up into smoke and dust.

Yang Ye asked: "How?"

Hua Huiying, who was in charge of the camera, said: "Perfect!"

Yang Ye said to Ke Shouliang: "Xiao Hei, you did a good job!"

Then he said loudly: "Get ready for the next one."

Why do I have to call out the name of the move when zooming in?

Because this is a signal, when I shout, you have to take corresponding actions.

In the early days of Hong Kong Kung Fu movies, people shouted "ah". Xu Ke improved this "ah" and turned it into the name of a move.

Saying "Ah" will make people feel stupid, but shouting the name of the move will make people feel cool.

Whether it's "ah", Bruce Lee's strange roar, or Xu Ke shouting the names of moves, they all actually play a role in controlling the rhythm.

Rhythm is the secret of Hong Kong Kung Fu movies.

Hong Kong's Kung Fu movies originated from drama, which is essentially a kind of dance.

Hong Kong action movies are divided into top actors and bottom actors. The top actors are actors, and the bottom actors are martial arts. The martial arts must cooperate with the actors.

The actors would hit ten times at every turn, and the martial arts were interspersed in front of the actors, which was so dizzying that the actors often forgot where they were hit.

At this time, Wu Xing shouted "Ah" and brought it up. In fact, he was reminding the actor that it's time to hit me.

Similarly, there are many martial artists, and sometimes there are even dozens of martial artists appearing in a scene.

With so many people, they have to look at the camera, move, and cooperate with others. You advance and I retreat, intersecting each other.

If you are wrong, you have to go back to your position immediately. During the shooting process, you can only rely on your voice to direct and control the rhythm.

……

Yang Ye said to Chen Yulian: "Alian, it's up to you!"

As he spoke, he lay down on the ground and closed his eyes.

Chen Yulian looked at Yang Ye's handsome face and the strong muscles of his upper body. She hesitated for a moment, then pressed her palms on Yang Ye's belly, assuming a posture to exercise for him.

Then with a blushing face, he leaned over and kissed Yang Ye.

Unit [-] quickly followed up and took a close-up of the two of them.

"No!" the photographer shouted.

Yang Ye opened his eyes and asked, "What's going on?"

"Alian is blushing!"

The plot at this time is that Zuo Lengchan is being chased by Zuo Lengchan. He is still hesitating in a critical situation. Why is he blushing?It should be a very decisive expression.

Yang Ye snorted and said, "Do it again!"

(End of this chapter)