Chapter Seventy-Six: Bending the Bow and Shooting the Eagle Owl
In the next few days, Wang Zheng is arranging the filming work on the set, Wang Tianlin's guidance ability has benefited him a lot, and the script conception and "director's elaboration" of the entire sub-shot highlight Wang Tianlin's good directorial quality and style, including the grasp of the theme of the future film, the description of the characters, the scheduling of the scene, as well as the determination of time and space structure, sound and painting modeling and artistic style, etc., all have very unique insights.
Coupled with Cheng Xiaodong's well-designed martial arts action, the fight scenes can be called action movies, using many modern technologies, such as lasers, explosions, Wia, trampolines, etc., each character's flying action is comparable to that of professional athletes, 360-degree rotation in the air is just a necessary basic action, and it is not as simple as those little fresh meat hanging on Weiya in later generations and putting on a cool pose to fall from the sky.
The martial arts movements designed by Cheng Xiaodong are very challenging for the actors, and it is difficult for the actors to complete these difficult actions if they do not have a little real kung fu, which also delays the filming process of the entire crew. In order to make the action scenes more visual, Cheng Xiaodong also took great pains to tailor moves for each actor according to their own physical fitness, and repeatedly practiced to make the martial arts to the fullest!
As the plot of the Legend of the Condor Heroes progresses, the story comes to the Mongolian desert. Hong Kong is a Hong Kong island with many people and few places, and it is undoubtedly a nerve-wracking problem to find a suitable shooting location. After a lot of research and on-site investigation by the production department, we finally found an ideal and suitable place on Lantau Island.
The staff of the art department and the props department were the vanguard, erected yurts on Lantau Island, and built sheep pens to purchase grass sheep to place in them, so as to turn Lantau Island into the Mongolian savannah.
With the end of the filming of the scene in the studio, the army pulled the camera equipment and went to Lantau Island together, it is expected to take ten days to shoot the scene in the grassland, the staff has built a temporary residence on Lantau Island, and the next ten days will eat, drink and sleep on the mountain, Wang Zheng and the five people also went together, and a new role was added to the accompanying team, Guo Jing's actor Huang Rihao!
Speaking of which, Huang Rihao is the senior brother of Wang Zheng, graduated from the ninth phase of the wireless training class, officially signed a contract with wireless in 80, and after running for more than a year, he played the cold-faced killer Li Tang in the action drama "Passerby" in 81, which also established his status on TVB.
In 82, he played the kind-hearted, honest and honest Xuzhu in "Tianlong Babu", and his outstanding performance got Wang Tianlin's attention, and when the internal casting of "Shooting the Condor" was also the honest and honest Guo Jing, Huang Rihao won the actor effortlessly.
Huang Rihao is now a newcomer to the wireless force, and his status in wireless is the same for a while, but he is very close to Wang Zheng, a few people are of the same age, and a few people are graduated from the wireless training class, and they are very enthusiastic about talking and laughing along the way, Zhou Xingchi and several people also have a good impression of Huang Rihao, and a few people have become friends who have nothing to say.
The filming of the location was very hard compared to the studio, the ultraviolet rays of the sun in Xiangjiang were too high, and the scorching sun was shooting in the sky, which was a test for the staff, and the shooting process was relatively slow.
Temujin fought with the Sangkun tribes, and hundreds of extras were dispatched wirelessly, and after the large-scale relocation, the filming process slowly accelerated.
In order to reward the crew's hard work, TVB installed table tennis tables and other entertainment facilities in the temporary residence on Lantau Island, and the meals eaten were no longer unpalatable box lunches, but specially invited chefs to cook authentic Cantonese dishes.
In the original novel, Guo Jing bends the bow and shoots the eagle, which can be described as a classic scene of the whole story, which can be seen from the title of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", but how to shoot this scene very well makes the choreographer team very nerve-wracking, and they have not been able to come up with a good scene.
In the temporarily set up director's department, Wang Tianlin sat at the top and frowned and pondered, and Cheng Xiaodong, Du Qifeng and other choreographers and directors sitting next to him were also at a loss.
Seeing everyone meditating, Wang Zheng couldn't help but speak: "Uncle Tianlin, I have an idea, I can let everyone refer to it!"
Wang Tianlin hurriedly said: "Come on, let's brainstorm." ”
Wang Zheng nodded, got up and came to the crowd and said: " You might as well follow me to imagine, Guo Jing has followed Zhebei to learn archery for many years and has become a small success, Temujin admires him very much, pointing to a pair of eagles in the sky to let him try his skills, with Guo Jingmu's honest character will naturally not take the initiative to show himself, but under the enthusiasm and difficulty, Guo Jing can only catch the bow and arrow handed over by Zhebe, look up at the eagle eagle in the sky, and his eyes have changed from gentle and honest to become very firm and sharp, at this time the scene sounded passionate background music, Guo Jing followed the eagle all the way to find the location of the launch, came to a cliff, jumped down, at this moment in the air, pull the bow full moon to shoot the eagle, the bow and arrow shot straight through the front and rear two eagles, which will bring a strong contrast and shock to the audience!"
Wang Tianlin, Cheng Xiaodong and others were immersed in the imaginary picture with Wang Zheng's description, and when everyone came back to their senses, Wang Zheng added: "When people leave the ground, they are only subject to gravity in the vertical direction, and there will be a certain amount of time in the air to jump and fall vertically, of course, this will be difficult for Huang Rihao, but as long as you master the skills, it is quite easy to shoot the bow and arrow in an instant!"
Wang Tianlin looked thoughtful, considering whether Wang Zheng's proposal was feasible, and Cheng Xiaodong next to him said a little impatiently: "I think Ah Zheng's proposal is good, I also know the principle of staying in the sky, but I didn't think of this aspect for a while, Uncle Tianlin, you can give it a try!"
Wang Tianlin simply nodded in agreement: "Then find a suitable scene first to try the effect." ”
It didn't take long for the staff of the props department to find a mountain more than three meters high near Lantau Island, clean up the weeds and gravel under the mountain, put on an air cushion, and the filming preparations on the scene began.
Huang Rihao was under a lot of pressure to sprint and jump from a mountain more than three meters high, and under the demonstration of several dragon and tiger martial artists, he slowly relaxed, and after jumping a few times in person, his courage gradually became more and more eager to try, Wang Zheng had to give a thumbs up to the actors in this period, no matter how hard and tired he was, he didn't frown, and the director said that he would go on it, even if he jumped off the cliff!
Several captured cameras have been set up, Wang Zheng gave Huang Rihao a final demonstration: "Ah Hua, the sprint speed of the run-up should be fast, the last step of the jump, the center of gravity should not exceed the soles of the feet, first of all, the center of gravity of the body should be sent to the air, the abdominal muscles should be contracted instantly, the top of the head, neck, chest, and waist should always be upright, pull up, take advantage of this momentary feeling of stagnation, shoot the bow and arrow in your hand, your task will be completed, the main thing is that you have to relax your mind, don't be nervous!"
Huang Ri nodded again and again, took a deep breath, and after Wang Zheng said "Ike God", he raised his legs and rushed out, jumped hard with one foot at the edge of the mountain, and the whole person went to the top of the mountain, and quickly shot the bow and arrow in his hand by taking advantage of the moment of staying, and the whole person fell down and fell on the air cushion, and the surrounding staff hurriedly supported him.
Looking at the replay footage, Wang Tianlin was very satisfied, the only shortcoming was that Huang Rihao's arrow was shot in the wrong direction, and this one could only be reshot.
With the previous experience, Huang Rihao finally successfully shot the bow and arrow perfectly after jumping off the mountain for the third time, and the staff on the other side of the mountain threw a bow and arrow with two props and eagles down the mountain, causing a scene falling from the sky, Qin Pei, who played Temujin, praised the handrail: "From now on, we have one more Jebe!"
“cut。 This shot is over. Wang Tianlin, who was behind the monitor, said loudly.
All the staff cheered in unison, this scene finally passed, and Wang Zheng was also very happy to be infected by the surrounding atmosphere.
The next shooting went very smoothly, on the tenth day of coming to Lantau Island, all the desert scenes were filmed, and then we will return to Shaw Brothers Cinemas to continue filming the scenes after Guo Jing returned to the Central Plains, and Weng Meiling, who plays Huang Rong, is also about to appear.
More importantly, after a month of preparation and filming, Wireless decided to officially launch the first episode of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" on May 3.