Chapter 497: Both civil and military
After a brief grouping, Gu Xiaofan called Jiang Wen and Feng Xiaogang to the director's tent. [Full text reading]: 3w.し (full text without ads)
"What else?" Jiang Wen asked in a deep voice with some reluctance.
"Teacher Jiang, you sit down first." Gu Xiaofan brought two stools over: "Director Feng, you are also here." ”
Feng Xiaogang and Jiang Wen glanced at each other with different expressions before they sat down slowly, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in this Gu Xiaofan's gourd.
"Teacher Jiang, do you have a score for how to shoot your martial arts this time?" Gu Xiaofan said and took out a stack of scripts from the cabinet.
"Martial arts? Martial arts dramas are simply filmed, and we don't have the money to hire martial arts instructors. Jiang Wen waved his hand, thinking that "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" would have an investment of more than 100 million, and it was already rare to be able to get together this group of actors, and it was impossible to ask for martial arts to be filmed well.
"Huh? Is this a storyboard for martial arts? So much? Feng Xiaogang was the first to reach out and pick up the script to read it, and couldn't help but be surprised.
Jiang Wen was stunned when he heard this, picked it up and looked at it, and was also shocked in his heart, this thick stack turned out to be all scripts of martial arts.
Gu Xiaofan, this kid can actually shoot martial arts!?
You must know that there are many top directors in the mainland, but none of them can shoot real "martial arts dramas", not because the level of mainland directors is not good, but because in this world, Hong Kong is the only one that produces top "martial arts directors", which is known as "martial arts instructors".
All insiders understand that as long as you want to shoot a wonderful martial arts, you must invite one of the top "martial arts fingers" in Hong Kong.
For example, in the famous "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the action scenes were all filmed by Yuan Heping, and director Ang Lee just watched from the side, because martial arts is a completely professional set of things......
When Yuan Heping designed the action, he had completely designed the action in advance, and even how to edit it in the later stage, which was all a skill that could only be tempered after a lot of tempering.
If you are filming a literary drama, the whole movie is usually only a few hundred shots, but once you want to shoot a martial arts scene, a four-minute gunfight and fight, you have to shoot 250 shots.
How strong is a martial arts instructor like Yuan Heping? He could have come up with 250 shots in his mind.
Why should it be conceived in advance? Because martial arts dramas consume actors, actors are very reluctant to go to the martial arts group to film, because even a simple turning action in the movie is actually extremely dangerous.
The director and actors are most afraid that the leading actor will be injured in the filming of martial arts, and when "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" dared to start filming, the leading actor Michelle Yeoh tore off two major ligaments in her left knee because of a roundabout kick, and she had to undergo surgery directly, which almost caused the filming schedule to collapse.
Therefore, when filming martial arts scenes, stars only shoot some frontal shots, and then skip these shots and shoot other martial arts scenes performed by stand-ins, these scenes are not easy to make up, and it is just right to cut them in.
But in the mind of a top martial arts instructor like Yuan Heping, 250 shots shoot 150 stand-ins first, how to fight gunfights, and everything is filmed.
Then as soon as the star comes, it only takes a few days, Yuan Heping will shoot it, the camera is very clear, this group of actions needs you three sides, that shot needs you two close-ups, all 100 shots are completed, and then in a few scenes of scissors, it will be seamless.
This doesn't seem difficult to say, but in fact, those fast martial arts are completely details that cannot be seen in life, and they rely entirely on fast editing, which requires your mind to be supported by experience very quickly.
Therefore, not only is it difficult for young directors to be action directors, but only a few big martial arts instructors such as Yuan Heping, Sammo Hung, Cheng Xiaodong, and the "old monster" Tsui Hark have this ability......
Don't talk about Jiang Wen, Feng Xiaogang can't do it, even Ang Lee, who won the Oscar, doesn't have the ability......
This is the reason why Feng Xiaogang and Jiang Wen looked at those "martial arts storyboards" and looked stupid...... In this world, in addition to Tsui Hark, there is another director who can shoot civil and military dramas?
"Can these shots really be filmed?" Jiang Wen frowned slightly, still not believing it.
Because they have never heard of such a thing as "martial arts storyboard", you must know that Yuan Heping, the martial arts instructor, can't draw a storyboard, so he can only conceive it in his head.
And it is impossible for a literary opera director to do it if he doesn't know martial arts, even Tsui Hark, who is both civil and military, will never draw a storyboard of martial arts, because there are 250 shots in 4 minutes...... A 16-minute martial arts scene is 1,000 shots, who has the energy?
Feng Xiaogang also has this question, he doesn't know martial arts? Can this Gu Xiaofan's painting really be performed?
"Director Gu, are you really sure about this martial arts?"
Gu Xiaofan saw that they were all full of suspicion and were not ambiguous, so he simply threw aside the hundreds of martial arts drama scripts and reported the curtain directly: "The third scene, the shootout in Jiaozigou." ”
Then Gu Xiaofan's next performance directly made Jiang Wen and Feng Xiaogang look stupid.
Gu Xiaofan himself will learn from the bandits of Weihu Mountain, the soldiers of Unit 203 for a while, the men for a while, the women for a while, and the old man for a while.
Although he didn't like the exaggerated style of the original "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" that Gu Xiaofan watched, he was deeply impressed by these gunfight action scenes, and he watched them countless times before he drew these shots, and he was already familiar with it, and it was not too difficult to perform at this time.
Fortunately, this is not a kung fu movie, there are no difficult actions, otherwise he wouldn't be able to perform even a "general action".
Gu Xiaofan's performance was almost half an hour, and he actually strung all the martial arts dramas down by himself!
Feng Xiaogang and Jiang Wen were shocked when they saw it, both of them were great directors who had been famous for a long time, although they knew that Gu Xiaofan's directing and acting skills were good, but they always felt that they were still far from themselves.
Especially Jiang Wen, he has always felt that the media compared Gu Xiaofan, a hairy boy, with himself, which made him feel very uncomfortable.
But today's performance of Gu Xiaofan not only shows his changeable acting skills of "eight-tone talent", but also completely shows his attainments in "martial arts...... Although it can't be compared with masters such as Yuan Heping and Sammo Hung , he is definitely the first director of martial arts in the mainland!
Those so-called "martial arts instructors" who shoot costume films in the mainland are simply amateur teams compared to Gu Xiaofan......
If the light is compared to literary opera, Feng Xiaogang and Jiang Wen both feel that Gu Xiaofan is not their opponent, but they must add literary drama and martial arts drama together...... Gu Xiaofan is far beyond their level.
"How's that...... Director Feng, Mr. Jiang, do you know how to film martial arts scenes in the future? After Gu Xiaofan's performance, he was already sweating profusely on such a cold day, and he was a little out of breath.
"Understood...... I know how to shoot? Feng Xiaogang nodded stunnedly.
Jiang Wen was silent for a while before he said "En", went up and picked up the "martial arts storyboard script", and said in a deep voice: "I'll take these back first." ”
"I'll see it too." Feng Xiaogang reacted at this time, snatched the storyboard script with lightning speed, and ran directly out of the door, joking, in this barren mountain and wilderness, and there is no photocopier, this is a rare storyboard script that can learn "martial arts", Feng Xiaogang can't wait to study it immediately.
Feng Xiaogang turned back to Jiang Wen while going out: "Teacher Jiang, I am the producer, I have studied the overall situation first, you better do your job as an actor first~!" ”
Jiang Wen almost spit out a mouthful of old blood when he heard this, is this still the famous director Feng Da? Even grab the storyboard script? This is clearly to be swallowed by yourself!?
"Director Feng, go slowly! This martial arts drama is clearly directed by Director Gu to our group!? Jiang heard a loud shout and chased out the door, and when he saw Feng Xiaogang running up, he couldn't help shouting: "Liao Fan, Shao Bing, stop Director Feng!" ”
As he spoke, he led the way to catch up and entangle with Feng Xiaogang, arguing endlessly! The two of them almost started pulling the script.
"Crazy, aren'......?" Liu Shishi looked dumbfounded, why did these two thorns make trouble by themselves.
Gu Xiaofan also came out at this time and couldn't cry or laugh, these two people who didn't put him in his eyes just now actually quarreled over a "martial arts storyboard script", this is really two movie maniacs......
It seems that after today, it doesn't matter whether it is grouped or not, Jiang Wen, an unruly wild horse, although he does not obey him, he should not make trouble.
With an obedient Jiang Wen and Feng Xiaogang presiding over the overall situation, Gu Xiaofan finally breathed a sigh of relief for this shooting......