Entertainment: From the Octagon to the big screen

Chapter 326 - An extremely difficult nightclub

Because in the two works "John Wick" and "John Wick", the image of Keanu Reeves wearing a black technology suit has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Therefore, the style designed by Armani's styling team for Chen Yu is a casual line, with a simple pure white T-shirt and a neat dark blue and bright red jacket as the main body.

The dark blue worn in non-combat scenes represents the calmness and meticulousness of the character played by Chen Yu, while the bright red worn in action scenes shows the fierce and ferocious side of the character.

This is the costume stylist's understanding and analysis of the script and each character, and it is also the language that the costume stylist conveys to the audience through the character's dressing.

Excellent costume stylists can save directors and screenwriters a lot of ink. Obviously, Armani's styling team has the top capabilities in the industry.

Director Chad Staelski and screenwriter Derek Kolstad are currently working on storyboards to chat with Chen Yu and Keanu Reeves about the next scene.

"The fight between you two must highlight the words fast and hard, but the range of movement must be small. It is best if the hands are not above the shoulders and the knees are not above the hips. Do you understand what I mean?"

Director Chad Starsky stood up and made two movements similar to Jeet Kune Do. Chen Yu touched the tip of his nose and looked at Keanu, who also showed confusion.

These two pretty boys know nothing about Jeet Kune Do, and both Chen Yu and Keanu have their own pride and disdain to imitate Bruce Lee.

Seeing this, director Chad Starsky had no choice but to sit down again. He called Stephen, who was responsible for the action designer of the film, to break down the moves together.

Action director Stephen Ouyang is a Chinese-American. He worked for Zhen Jiaban for free for more than two years to learn the craft of action design.

After becoming an apprentice, with his solid skills and pragmatic attitude, he quickly became the chief action director of Disney and Lionsgate Pictures and also served as a stunt consultant.

At present, he and Yang Liang are two new forces in Hollywood action directors, second only to the Zhen Jiaban who has been active behind the scenes in the European and American film and television circles.

The other two can be regarded as the last sparks and guiding beacons of Chinese action directors in the European and American film and television circles. The Zhen Family Class has become more and more international in recent years.

When preparing for "Rush," Stephen suggested asking Yuen Woo-Ping or Sammo Hung to serve as action directors, and he was specifically responsible for the film's stunts.

The chief producer of the project, Iwanik, accepted his advice and sent sincere invitation letters to the two of them.

It's a pity that Yuen Woo-Ping is unwilling to go overseas again to work hard for a long time. On the contrary, Sammo Hung cannot make the trip even if he wants to join the group due to health reasons.

Then Sammo Hung recommended Chin Ka Lok, but the latter preferred to make quick money in the Mainland and Hong Kong and declined politely.

Therefore, the job of action director once again hit Stephen's head. To be honest, arranging fight scenes for talented artists is the most annoying thing!
Those who have only seen pigs running but never eaten pork and those who know how to do tricks can easily play with it. Just come up with a set of fancy, up and down flying movements.

Artists save trouble, action directors save worry, and the crew also saves time and costs.

But treating Chen Yu and Keanu Reeves like this is 100% unworkable.

After all, both of them are experts, and just a casual glance at each other would tell you that the action directors didn't pay enough attention to them.

Just like the situation at this moment, Stephen adapted a short section based on the basic routine given by the information database. Both Chen Yu and Keanu felt that the explosive power was too poor.

Stephen had solid skills and a broad mind, so he compiled another short paragraph. This time, Chen Yu said that there were too many kicks and was unrealistic, while Keanu thought that the moves were too fancy.

Stephen's words lacked weight in front of Chen Yu and Keanu, and he couldn't keep the scene down. If Yuen Woo-Ping or Sammo Hung were replaced, these two people would definitely not have much nonsense.

The three of them talked and gestured with the martial arts team for nearly fifty-three minutes before they came up with the final plan:
That is, Chen Yu mainly uses Muay Thai and Sambo ground techniques, Keanu mainly uses joint techniques supplemented by Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and the martial arts team uses Sanda and Karate.

In this way, a three-dimensional attack mode of far, medium, near, high, middle and low can be formed, which greatly improves the visual impact, and is also conducive to shooting and post-editing.

"Let's go through the real scene first and let the problem surface on its own." Stephen clapped his hands to signal Chen Yu, Keanu, and the martial arts team to get in place quickly.

The vaulted main hall of New York Grand Central Station.

With an anxious look on his face, Keanu pushed out the door and bumped into a member of the martial arts team. The two of them locked arms, elbows, and wrists within three punches of each other.

In the end, the member of the martial arts team was knocked over by Keanu with his fingers and arms broken, and then Chen Yu, who was wearing a bright red jacket, slowly approached while playing with a lighter.

Because he had to control the range of his movements, Chen Yu could only use his elbows, palm blades, and low-position kicks to fight Keanu, while the latter used his arms and blocking positions to defend.

In fact, Chen Yu's moves are so fast that Keanu can't block them, but the lazy Chen Yu directly attacks Keanu's defense nodes, which looks good and meets the requirements.

When Keanu discovered this, he also took the initiative to cooperate with Chen Yu. The two people came and went with each other in various small and flexible movements, which was very enjoyable for everyone to watch.

However, the two of them can only fool ordinary viewers by playing like this. If they switch to fighting and boxing enthusiasts, they can easily see the hidden tricks in this.

So Stephen yelled to stop, gathered everyone together again to break down the moves in detail, and told Chen Yu and Keanu not to try to deal with it.

That's right, as an action director, Stephen only dared to warn the two of them, but he didn't have the confidence to use a warning tone.

In pure action movies, the action director's status is second only to the three people of the producer, director, and screenwriter. In some crews, he is even on the same level as the director. Of course, this situation only applies to the European and American production systems. China, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Japan all still revolve around directors, and the others are all functional positions.

In the second play, various situations occurred frequently because Chen Yu and Keanu could no longer use their lazy style of play.

Chen Yu was afraid of hurting Keanu, so he subconsciously controlled the speed and power of his shots, resulting in incomplete movements and a lack of sense of impact.

On the contrary, in order to cooperate with Chen Yu, Keanu had to greatly increase his movement speed, causing more than 70% of the moves to be seriously out of shape.

"Bang!" Keanu immediately covered his hands and squatted on the ground with a crisp sound, and the embedded stained glass he hit immediately shattered.

In fact, the original action should be that Keanu turns sideways and drives his left fist towards Chen Yu's right rib, while Chen Yu lowers the tip of his elbow to defend and counterattacks with an uppercut.

However, due to the different rhythms of the two, Chen Yu was at least two shots ahead of him and was on guard, so Keanu could only subconsciously raise his hand and pump upward.

Then Chen Yu slightly retracted his jaw out of muscle memory, causing Keanu to hit the glass directly due to inertia.

Muscle memory and combat experience told Chen Yu that he didn't need to turn back to block this time, he just had to move his head slightly, otherwise Keanu would have really been able to avoid this accident.

It has become increasingly difficult for the 53-year-old Keanu to act in such pure action movies.

Even though Chen Yu kept his movements to a minimum while ensuring the effect of the picture, Keanu still couldn't keep up. Stephen lowered his voice and suggested that he change to a substitute.

Keanu squeezed the ice pack in his palm a little harder and shook his head. Although he hated forcing himself to do things, Keanu wanted to fight Chen Yu again this time.

To be honest, Chen Yu really didn't want to spend more time with this little old man, because sooner or later he would get injured for no apparent reason if he tried to restrain himself like this.

Chen Yu can control his shooting speed and strength, but there is no guarantee that Keanu can do the same.

Judging from what he did just now, Keanu's exertion is not light. Chen Yu will go to Paris to meet Dilraba Dilraba in a few days. How can he meet people if his face is injured?

So Chen Yu once again worked hard to break down the moves with Keanu, and at the same time helped the latter familiarize himself with his own rhythm.

Try to complete more than 80% of this group of shots this time, and then wait for the official start of shooting to pass within three shots.

On the other hand, the team of martial artists who performed two scenes with Keanu also lost three members. One of them suffered a dislocated finger and two faces were swollen.

The team of highly dedicated martial artists in front of them are the same Koreans who first collaborated with Chen Yu on "Knives Out."

Lionsgate signed a contract with them covering two film and television works. This group of Koreans has initially established a foothold in Hollywood and opened up the market.

Because both Chen Yu and Keanu were 100% devoted, the effect of the third walk was much better, with only seven movements not being smoothly connected.

To be honest, this has exceeded Chen Yu's original goal, so Chen Yu stood up and suggested to start shooting directly, so as not to let the mobilized energy leak out again.

Keanu felt that the heat was not yet there, and the huge progress he had just made made him confident at the moment. The little old man wanted to take the opportunity to get more familiar with it and fully adapt to the rhythm.

But Chen Yu is worried about whether Keanu's physical strength and energy can support such an intense live practice.

Chen Yu felt that Keanu's hands, which were now in the outer pockets of his suit, were trembling slightly and were on the verge of losing strength.

"Don't worry, I'm fine, Chen." Keanu seemed to read the hidden worry in Chen Yu's eyes, and then raised his hands and clenched his fists to show that he had plenty of energy.

Since he was so insistent, Chen Yu naturally didn't have much to say, and the fourth live action scene began immediately.

If Wu Jing were asked to evaluate the shooting efficiency of the action scenes in "Rapid Prepare for War", he would describe it as "rapidly".

Under normal circumstances, it takes Wu Jing at least one day to shoot an action scene.

This is an effect that can only be achieved when the emotions and states of oneself and the opponent actor are very high. Otherwise, it is extremely normal to repeat it for two or three days.

After all, Huaxia does not rely on information databases to deduce basic routines when filming action scenes, but relies entirely on everyone's brainstorming and inspiration.

Chen Yu and Keanu's fourth live-action scene further reduced the overall error rate to less than 5%, and all the conditions for the official start-up were met.

But as Chen Yu said before, the 53-year-old Keanu's physical strength and energy could not support such consumption, and the first official filming was very unsatisfactory.

I'm afraid that the fourth live action scene is the critical point of Keanu's energy. Once the peak is passed, his physical and mental state begins to decline.

Working from ten o'clock in the evening to around one in the morning, Keanu's performance was up and down, which also caused Chen Yu and the martial arts team to have ups and downs, and the rhythm was fragmented.

Fortunately, tomorrow's announcement is also for a night show, so you can get enough rest during the day.

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