Unscientific Movie King

Chapter 17: First Fight Scene

"I don't believe it. Let's try some tricks together." Zhang Wei was getting anxious.

Now it is no longer a question of whether Qin Chuan lied or not. If we cannot prove that Qin Chuan lied, then he is lying. How can he continue to stay in the crew in the future?

"Okay."

Qin Chuan got into position and exchanged moves with Zhang Wei. The two of them fought back and forth vigorously, but the more they fought, the more anxious Zhang Wei became, and the harder he hit.

Before the two of them finished fighting, Zhao Jian called a halt: "Alright, that's it, let's stop here and get ready to start filming."

How could he not understand this point? It was obvious that Zhang Wei was jealous of others and was reporting them behind their backs.

No matter what you are not familiar with, Qin Chuan is more familiar with it than anyone else.

He had no experience in fighting and was so heavy-handed? He only saw Zhang Wei using heavy-handed tactics, and his eyes looked as if he wanted to eat Qin Chuan alive.

Zhang Wei chased after Zhao Jian who was about to leave with a wronged look on his face: "Director Zhao, he wasn't like this before. I really didn't lie to you."

Zhao Jian waved his hand and said calmly: "Don't say anything, I know, let's shoot the scene first."

Zhang Wei: "..."

Just calm me down first, okay?

On the side, Qin Chuan wiped the sweat from his forehead, exhaled, and said to himself: "Fortunately, there is a hook."

Time was running out, and I spent several hours just practicing the moves. The sets were fragmented and were still a long way from being complete.

According to the normal progress, it would definitely be too late before the shooting started.

Not to mention that Zhang Wei didn't hold his fart well, and he was perfunctory during rehearsal. After practicing for a while, he either went to smoke or shouted for a break. No matter what you asked him, he said it was right.

Without the cooperation of one person and in such a short time, there was no way he could complete the task.

So, under the pretext of going to the toilet, he took a taxi back to the hotel, and quickly wrote out his moves, created a simple character template, and practiced fighting in his dreams.

After practicing, I took a taxi here, found an open space, familiarized myself with it a few times, and then jogged over.

"Actors, come over for rehearsal."

"Here comes the director."

There are rehearsals before filming, especially for the martial arts scenes, which are the most complicated.

While the main actors were rehearsing, Qin Chuan was quickly putting on makeup. The person who did his makeup today was not Wang Tingting, but another makeup artist.

The stand-in does not need exquisite makeup because the face is not shown at all, and if it is shown, it will be cut out in post-production.

I got Qin Chuan a set of clothes similar to You Tanzhi's, put the wig on him, and covered his face with a plastic mask, and everything was done.

After walking out of the dressing room, Qin Chuan stood next to the actor You Tanzhi. The two couldn't tell who was who.

The clothes are the same, the hairstyle is the same, the body shape is similar, and the face is also wearing a mask.

The only difference is that the other person has a special lounge chair and an assistant serving him, but Qin Chuan can only squat on the ground.

The gap is not generally large.

After a while, the production manager clapped the cue and the filming officially began.

This scene is a big one and is also one of the famous scenes in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils.

At the foot of Mount Shaoshi, the three brothers Qiao Feng challenged all the heroes in the world. Many characters appeared, including Qiao Feng, Murong Fu, Duan Yu, Xu Zhu, Ding Chunqiu, You Tanzhi, the abbot of Shaolin and others.

It also brought out the two old villains Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo one after another.

Hu Jun is the leading male role, so naturally the first scenes to be filmed are those of Qiao Feng, and everyone else has to wait.

……

Hu Jun finished filming his first scene of the day. During his break, the director continued filming other people's scenes, this time You Tanzhi.

A crane weighing dozens of tons was placed on an open space nearby. A cross was tied to the long boom, and four steel ropes extended down and hung on Qin Chuan.

The first time a stunt double did something was by hanging on wires.

At the moment the stagehand hit the board, several staff members pulled the wire, and Qin Chuan jumped up from the fake horse, tapped the horse's head with his feet, and flew a few meters away. Hanging on the wire is a test of an actor's physical coordination.

People who have poor body coordination, balance and resilience will not look good when hanging on wires. They will feel stiff and unsightly, not to mention looking beautiful, they won’t even look natural.

Qin Chuan has the advantages of a martial artist, so hanging on wires is not difficult for him and is very easy.

"Listen, Abbot Xuanci. Shaolin Temple is the leader of all martial arts sects, and the Beggars' Sect is the largest gang in the world. Today we have to decide who is the better. The winner will be the leader of the martial arts world, and the loser must obey the leader's orders without error. Heroes of the world, if anyone disagrees, feel free to challenge me, the leader of the martial arts world!"

After landing, Qin Chuan urgently applied the foot brake and read out You Tanzhi's opening remarks.

Actually, he can say this line or not, because the actor who plays You Tanzhi will say it again.

The camera is just facing him, so you have to see his lips moving. Zhao Jian means that it would be better if he can memorize it, but if he can't, just move his mouth randomly.

After Qin Chuan finished his lines, assistant director Zhao Jian called out "cut".

"Pass!"

"The next shot is aimed at the abbot, get ready!"

The next step was to shoot the abbot's dialogue. During this time, the staff quickly removed the wire from Qin Chuan.

After the abbot finished his words, there was a new shot, in which Qin Chuan retorted a few words using the identity of You Tanzhi.

The camera pulled back for a long shot, and You Tanzhi and the abbot started fighting. Both of them were stunt doubles, Zhang Wei and Qin Chuan.

This was their first fight after filming began, but before filming began, they rehearsed many times and were familiar with everything.

There was nothing wrong with the fighting moves.

Not only was that correct, Qin Chuan also displayed the martial artist's characteristics of being light and agile. Even if people around him didn't understand kung fu, they could tell that he was quite skilled.

Change the camera position, take a break, shoot, change the camera position again, take a break again... After a fight scene is finished, it is noon.

The crew had dinner.

Literary drama director Yu Ming came to the director's studio with a box lunch and handed it to Zhao Jian who was watching the film.

"Old Zhao, eat something. I'll take care of the rest. Go and notify the person playing You Tanzhi to come over and make up for the scenes later."

The literary scenes were shot by Yu Ming, and the martial arts scenes were shot by Zhao Jian. This was the division of labor between the two.

The afternoon play is a literary play, which is Yu Ming's job.

"What shots do we need to make up?" Zhao Jian said, "Let the stand-in speak the lines. They are all wearing masks anyway, and the audience doesn't know who they are, so just use them directly."

In this scene, You Tanzhi was wearing a mask.

Change the actor and still say the same lines.

Maybe his performance is not as good as Qin Chuan's.

At least Qin Chuan has a few years of acting experience, while the one with the surname Ma is only filming for the first time.

Anyway, we will have to hire someone to re-dub it in the later stage, so it’s up to everyone to say this line.

"Will the stand-in's lines and performance be up to par? Even the lip movements won't match." Yu Ming was a little skeptical.

He was not there when the martial arts scene was being filmed, so he was not aware of Qin Chuan's performance.

The reason why stuntmen become stuntmen is that they can only fight but not act, and they are not famous enough to play big roles.

If a stand-in can do everything, what do actors do?
Zhao Jian clicked on the playback on the monitor: "You will know after watching it."

When Yu Ming was watching the replay, he continued: "Actually, I think Qin Chuan is more suitable for this role."

"His height, looks, fighting skills, and lines are all impeccable. I can't tell exactly how good his acting is, but it's definitely better than what he has now."

"If the role hadn't been decided, I would really like him to play You Tanzhi."

Yu Mingbaiyan said: "You don't even need to say that. If I could choose, I wouldn't use this one now."

Who wouldn't want to use something better?

(End of this chapter)