new kung fu king

Chapter 450 Ideological Mobilization Work
After Wang Xiaohu decided on the filming plan of "Hong Xiguan: The New Five Ancestors of Shaolin", he was considering involving Yuan Kui and Yuan De in the whole process, because in his previous life, when he studied the history of the development of martial arts action films, he paid special attention to it. The situation of these two seniors, what impresses him the most is that these two behind-the-scenes heroes have gained a firm foothold in the field of Academy Awards with the rise of Jet Li.

"Kung Fu Emperor Fang Shiyu", "New Five Ancestors of Shaolin", "Die Hard", "Letter to Dad", "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" and other films have designed a series of wonderful action scenes. Jet Li's distinctive shape, chic The debut of the show, the quietness of a virgin and the movement of a rabbit's vigorous gymnastics all reflect the hard work of the brothers Yuan Kui, which also makes the two of them unique in Hong Kong's martial arts instructors, forming a school of their own.

As far as the action scenes designed in "Kung Fu Emperor Fang Shiyu" are concerned, Jet Li and Hu Huizhong are fighting above the heads of the crowd to show off their chic postures, while Zhao Wenzhuo and Jet Li are fighting in the low mezzanine of the supervisory platform. It is to dodge and maneuver but win with dexterity.

In addition, Li and Zhao's confrontation between long sticks and short sticks in the cloth dyeing workshop-the ingenious comparison of high and low, one short and one long is really dazzling and amazing. It is indeed well-deserved that the film won the Best Martial Arts Instruction Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards that year.

Since the cooperation between these two seniors has been so effective, Wang Xiaohu naturally will not give up this best opportunity. More importantly, he wants the two seniors to get in touch with Jet Li as soon as possible, so that they can determine the style of martial arts guidance in the future.

Just like the real fighting style I designed for Bruce Lee, every martial arts director must have his own style if he wants to get along well in the circle. The style of martial arts director determines the appreciation of martial arts actions to a certain extent. It is also directly linked to the box office.

Among the two brothers, Yuan Kui's achievements are far better than Yuan De's.

Yuan Kui and Jet Li later co-produced "Romeo Must Die" and "Savior" in Hollywood.His style of action director was accepted by Hollywood, and he took over the filming of "Very Human Trafficker" produced by Luc Besson.His reputation as a director is far greater than his reputation as a martial arts actor, "Fang Shiyu", "Cartoon Dragon", "The Bodyguard of Zhongnanhai", "The Saint of Gamblers", "Kiss of the Dragon", "New Fist of Fury" (Zhou Xingchi version) Dozens of other movies have been directed by him, but as one of the Seven Little Fortunes, his martial arts are real, which may be what makes him even more outstanding.Yuan Kui is a low-key person, a practical man who talks less and does more, and works hard.He is the one who cuts all the raw films and then asks the musicians to make music for him.In Hong Kong, this is a one-in-a-million rarity.

Yuan Kui and Yuan De are not like Yuan Bin, Yuan Bin has followed Cheng Gang (Cheng Xiaodong's father) to work hard on the Shaw Brothers studio three years ago.
In fact, Yuan Bin's development prospects are also good. He and Ma Yucheng worked together as Cheng Xiaodong's deputy, assisting him in designing many classic action scenes for martial arts films such as "New Dragon Inn", "Invincible in the East", "New Deer and Ding Tale", Therefore, Tsui Hark appreciates it, and Yuan Bin puts a lot of effort into dismantling martial arts moves, so the realism is very strong. It's a pity that sometimes he wants to learn Cheng Xiaodong's unconstrained style, and the result is inevitably self-defeating. " and "Once Upon a Time in Five Dragons" and "Huang Feihong: Five Dragon City Fighters" are very prominent - as for the action scenes that Yuan Bin later directed for many classic gunfight movies of "Galaxy Image", although they are wonderful and realistic, they are more difficult to do freely than shooting Kung Fu movies. play.

From these, you can see that apart from Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah and other brothers in front of the stage in the Seven Little Fortunes, the brothers behind the scenes are still flourishing in the field of martial arts guidance. They have become the best at the Golden Horse Awards and the Golden Image Awards, or they have made their mark in Hollywood through the springboard of Hong Kong movies. The Seven Little Fortunes have made inestimable contributions to the development of Hong Kong movies, especially martial arts action movies.

And "New Five Ancestors of Shaolin" is just the classic work of Yuan Kui and Yuan De's first collaboration. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Xiaohu has to train the two senior brothers. After all, he can't keep the limelight occupied by himself. For the fun of actors, it may not be a bad thing for the seniors to try.

"What is the position of an action director?" Yuan De and Yuan Kui looked at Wang Xiaohu together.Yuan De said: "I only know that there are directors and martial arts directors. When did you have action directors?"

Wang Xiaohu smiled, "An action director can't be called by anyone. This position requires a martial arts director to have independently directed more than ten films. It is a promotion from a martial arts director to a director. Of course, it can't be said that. It is divided into two parts: literary drama and martial arts, you may have noticed when we filmed "Ip Man" and "A Hu", I shot them separately, and then combined literary and martial arts."

"And what I want to try this time is that the director of the literary and opera part will handle it. Of course, the director of this movie is me. The action design part will be completed by two brothers, and the connection between literary, opera and martial arts will be handed over to the action director and the director. Perfect, in the movie "Hong Xiguan", I am both director and action director."

The new term "action director" not only makes Yuan De and Yuan Kui feel fresh, but even if you look at the entire Hong Kong film circle, no one has any impression of action director.

As Wang Xiaohu explained just now, future martial arts action films will be divided into directors and action directors. The director is responsible for the literary part, and the action director is responsible for the martial arts part. Under the action director are martial arts directors and sub-martial arts directors, which is different from the past. The most important thing is that after the martial arts director designs the movements, he arranges the actors to rehearse, and then the action director supervises the completion of the entire martial arts process, and finally considers the connection with the literary drama.

This is the inevitable way for the development of Hong Kong martial arts action movies in the future. Wang Xiaohu proposed it at this time to instill this concept in the two brothers. The specific situation may not be understood for a while, but I believe that after the filming of "Hong Xiguan", They will understand the process.

Let the two senior brothers mature as soon as possible, let them get along well with Jet Li, and contribute to the development of future movies.

Wang Xiaohu's words made the two seniors fall into deep thought. Obviously, it was the first time they had heard these concepts from Wang Xiaohu in the past few years. A long time ago, Wang Xiaohu just told them how to design good-looking movements, design logical and well-shot It's a very emotional trick, but today Wang Xiaohu specially asked them to come out and say these words, which made the two brothers think of something.

"Ahu, you, you don't want our two brothers to be superior?" Yuan Kui asked, blinking vigorously. After all, they have been used to the moves being designed by Wang Xiaohu, Hong Jinbao, and Yuan Heping for many years, and they are helping He also plays a supporting role or a villain. Hearing these things suddenly, he really dare not take on the role.

"That's right!" Wang Xiaohu nodded, smiled and said to the two dizzy senior brothers: "Through my observations, I found that the two senior brothers have cooperated very well in the past few years. I believe that if you are promoted to martial arts instructors, this tacit cooperation It will collide with new sparks, since there is such a good opportunity, why not try it?"

"Hehe." Yuan De said with a wry smile: "Your film is the most popular and most attractive to the audience is the martial arts action design. The audience has been used to your style and characteristics for a long time. Isn't it a bit nondescript if it is replaced by us? Saying that it might ruin the company's signboard!"

"Ade is right, and you used to shoot the early Republic of China or fashion films, and the audience's image of you has been fixed. This time, you are shooting martial arts in ancient costumes. If it is because of the actions we designed during the transformation."

Yuan Kui also said worriedly, indeed, Yuan Kui's worry is very reasonable, Wang Xiaohu will shoot a film interview every year, and each film will be the first of the top ten grossing films of the year, this aspect depends on the relationship between him and Bruce Lee. The "Righteous Hero" launched during the cooperation continued the style, and the subsequent "Ip Man" carried forward this authentic style, even sensationalized to the extreme. Last year's work "A Hu" led the trend of urban fashion dramas. Wang Xiaohu's every day Each work is a new style, a new trend.

The current "Hong Xiguan: The New Shaolin Five Ancestors" is an ancient martial arts film. Everyone knows that Wang Xiaohu has never made a martial arts film, and this year there are two works about Hong Xiguan, one is "Shaolin Five Ancestors" directed by Chang Cheh. , one is "Hong Xi Guan", the founder of Hong Quan by Liu Jialiang a few years ago. Wang Xiaohu's film is caught in the gap between these two ancient costume martial arts films, and the pressure of remaking is self-evident!

"Hey, let's put it this way!" Wang Xiaohu also sensed what the two senior brothers were worried about. He pursed his lips and continued to say with a smile: "You design the movements, and I will review them. If the movements you design do not satisfy me, then I will I will design it myself, as long as the actions you design meet the style requirements of the film, how about you keep it until the filming is finished?"

"Taking a step back, the martial arts director of every movie needs the help of two assistant martial arts directors, not to mention that I am the first action director in Hong Kong. It is not too much to need the help of two martial arts directors, right?"

Wang Xiaohu's words have already reached this point, and Yuan Kui and Yuan De have nothing to say. I'm really sorry for Ah Hu's hard work in directing the past five years.

"Ahu, we know that you are helping us." Yuan Kui said excitedly: "Don't worry, Ade and I are going to fight this time, we will do whatever you say, even if our two brothers go to battle in person and act as stand-ins. Row!"

Wang Xiaohu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words. Everyone knew that these two were well-known behind-the-scenes gold-medal action directors, but these are things in the future. Now their self-confidence is not enough, and this ideological work is strenuous!But fortunately, as long as they are willing to agree, the rest of the work will be much easier!

PS: Tonight is still a tragic night shift, the first time I failed to fulfill my promise, please understand Xiaomi's difficulties.Only one chapter tonight, hey!
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