Chapter 18: Try your hand at it
Seeing that several leading actors had arrived, action director Huang Huacheng came over with his colleagues from the martial arts group at this time, gathered everyone, and told everyone about the play.
In fact, the training work of this kind of drama began two days ago.
Everyone is familiar with each other, and they are currently running in.
Although Zhou Yi usually has classes and just arrived today, it is not a big problem, because he does not have many fighting scenes, mainly focusing on the last scene.
The previous fight scene is mainly to watch other people perform.
And everyone is a professional who has practiced national arts, and they all have ranks, so it is not difficult to run in.
Filming is not about skill, what you want is beautiful and accurate.
Although the director requires that he fight fiercely, play the characteristics of the five poisons, and play a violent style, which requires punches to the flesh, but even if it is really a fist to the flesh, the moment it is finally encountered, it must also be reined in, and it cannot be really beaten. This sense of distance and power needs to be properly controlled.
As long as the distance is well controlled, it basically won't hurt anyone.
What's more, as professionals, everyone has the right hand, as long as the drill is familiar, it is unlikely that you will be injured.
Even if it hurts, it's only a minor injury.
In fact, in filming, injuries are difficult to avoid, and they are commonplace, as long as they are not serious and do not affect the filming.
Everyone has a professional ethic, no grudges, and will not take the opportunity to deliberately hurt others.
At this time, Huang Huacheng took the martial arts group to demonstrate the fighting styles of the five poisons, as well as their respective killing moves and signature moves, and then the martial artists cooperated with each other to demonstrate some of their respective fighting scenes and how to break each other's moves.
Some of the fight scenes full of personal style should be displayed to the fullest.
The six leading actors don't need to change their costumes, they can just follow the martial arts group first.
With the foundation in the body, it is easy to practice.
Zhou Yi also practiced with everyone, after all, this is not a real battle, he also has to follow the practice of playing routines and be familiar with his signature moves.
Tang Yan watched from the sidelines, very interested.
If you want to become a star, filming scenes is inevitable, and she usually has to learn from it.
If you want to be truly famous, which female star has never filmed a fight?
Tang Yan has a foundation in dance, and it is easy to learn some national arts, there is no problem, but it is not good to really fight. Once it's messed up, it is estimated that the girls will only pull their hair and scratch their faces, and the more serious ones are actions such as stepping on their crotch and kicking their crotch, and they will laugh when they think about it.
In fact, everyone is still a little worried about Zhou Yi, although he knows that he is the eighth stage of the national arts, and he should have a good foundation, but after all, he is young!
Before, everyone wanted to give face to the boss, but they didn't show it, but they were secretly worried.
However, after watching Zhou Yi practice a few moves with the martial artist, everyone was relieved.
This is a real master of national arts, a professional, the movements are extremely standard, and very beautiful, there is a very harmonious beauty. From the point of view of Zhou Yi's previous life, it is as tough as Donnie Yen, elegant as Jet Li, and actual as Bruce Lee.
This is completely talent, no matter how high the kung fu of others is, it is difficult to play this kind of natural beauty that is natural and energetic.
This is the same as in the previous life, is there less kung fu masters in the previous life? But how many people can play the style of Jet Li and Donnie Yen?
In fact, everyone is a little worried, for fear that Zhou Yi will steal the show, although he is the boss, everyone has a competitive mind when filming. Looking at Zhou Yi's wonderful performance, he is destined to be a blockbuster. You don't want to be a backdrop, you have to train harder.
This is Zhou Yi's active role in the crew, which is conducive to making the film's martial arts more brilliant.
Zhou Yi has watched so many classic martial arts movies, kung fu movies and action movies in his previous life, he has never eaten pork and seen pigs running away, and in this life, he has such good physical fitness and national martial arts skills, how can he still not bluff these actors? It's too simple.
In fact, Zhou Yi was originally very worried that the fighting routines designed by the martial arts group would not be up to par!
Then he would have to do it all over again, and start over.
However, Huang Huacheng has a level after all, and the five poison routines designed are very exciting, each with its own characteristics, and he can't find anything wrong.
After all, he is a very experienced action director, and he has been in the film and television industry all his life, so he is not in vain.
Although these action designs are certainly different from the previous life, and they may not be exactly the same, they are still exciting, and even more exciting.
In the previous life, the rigid dogmatic action style of one board and one eye, and mutual dismantling of each other's moves must not be wanted.
The martial arts style must keep pace with the times, otherwise it will be ruthlessly eliminated by the times.
The list goes on and on in previous lives.
This style of play in this world is much more advanced, Zhou Yi is very satisfied, and he doesn't have to bother about it.
In this way, both parties have eliminated their worries, have more confidence in each other, and are more conducive to the crew's run-in.
In fact, Zhou Yi thought it was interesting in his heart, the crew has so many outstanding professionals, how could the first few blockbusters be so miserable? How unlucky does the former boss have to be to encounter so many garbage scripts in a row? It can't really be cheated!
The scripts of those blockbusters are really too rubbish, and no one can save them!
But now that Zhengdong Pictures has Zhou Yi, this situation will not happen again.
When several leading actors were training intensively with the martial arts group, not only did action director Huang Huacheng guide him on the spot, but also Director Zhao came to the scene to watch. He wanted to make sure that the martial arts routines designed by the martial arts group fully met his requirements.
As for other works such as art props and makeup, there will be no problem with art director Rong Lao staring.
Director Zhao is more concerned about whether the action design is exciting.
After all, no matter how weird and dark this film is, in the final analysis, it is still an action movie, not a horror movie.
Therefore, the design of martial arts action is very important, and even the life and death of the film.
The director naturally attaches great importance to it.
If the play is good-looking, the grade of the film will naturally go to the next level, and with the addition of weird cults, the box office of the film is likely to be a big hit. But if the play is not good-looking, no matter how weird the film is, no matter how classic the cult is, it is meaningless.
In that case, the film will only be a classic cult film, not a blockbuster commercial action movie.
Only by making this film as a real action movie can the box office explode.
This style of film was unanimously agreed upon by both the director and production teams.
Zheng Cunhou, the general manager, and Yan Shuohe, the head of the production department, both agree with this view.
Artistic Director Rong Lao also strongly recognizes this.
There are no good-looking action scenes, no matter how high the artistry is, it is useless, it will become a tree without roots and water without a source.
Director Zhao has been able to survive in this circle for many years, and he is not a pedantic director who only grasps literature and art and does not know how to be flexible. Such a director was eliminated in the commercial tide as early as possible, and he couldn't make a few films at all, so he was killed by the audience. Director Zhao is well aware of the importance of the commerciality of the film, and while taking into account literature and art, he must strive to pursue commercialization, so as to get the best artistic results.
Art that completely ignores commerce can never become mainstream art.
Director Zhao definitely doesn't want the kind of pure art that is not appreciated and recognized by the public.
Those are niche literary films, which can occasionally be screened in art theaters for a few days, and then disappear without a trace.
It is precisely because of this consideration that Director Zhao has a very tight grasp of the action scenes of the film and has been supervising the rehearsals of the martial arts group.
As for the overall artistry of the film, he is very relieved that Rong Lao is here.
Everyone has cooperated for so many years, and they all know the bottom line, and they are very clear about where each other's upper and lower limits are.
After watching the rehearsal of the martial arts group for a while, Director Zhao put forward some specific requirements to action director Huang Huacheng, and he was generally satisfied, but some action designs should continue to be improved to strengthen ferocity and violence.
Huang Huacheng will adjust the design and choreography of martial arts according to Director Zhao's requirements.
Don't look at Director Zhao can't rehearse martial arts, but he can watch it, as the chief director of the film, he can watch it.
Just when the leading actors were rehearsing hard, people continued to report to the crew one after another.
Today, not only the leading actors gathered, but also some supporting actors who have signed contracts.
The actors are very professional, although they are involved in a small-budget production, they are very attentive and will not be perfunctory. If one film is perfunctory, I'm afraid no one will look for you in the next film. It's not serious to make small-budget films, who dares to ask you to make blockbusters?
It's always good to be positive.
Not everyone knows that the boss is coming, and of course people are not here to please Zhou Yi, it is indeed very professional.
Like Tang Wang, a contracted artist who plays the county order, he came to the crew to report in the morning, wanting to get familiar with the characters and partners, chat with the director about the script, determine the performance method, and also met with Zhou Yi, the boss and screenwriter, and had some exchanges.
Zhou Yi was very satisfied with Tang Wang's attitude.
Whether it's for the boss or not, at least people have this attitude, which is a good thing.
Even the two old actors who played the head and the original old master came to the crew, met with the director, and became familiar with the venue and script. They are all professional veterans of the casting directors of the crew who have been selected from the actors' union to play supporting roles.
The two old men are so old and so dedicated and hardworking, which is really admirable to everyone.
In addition to training, Zhou Yi also met with the two seniors and expressed his admiration and gratitude.
Especially in the opening scene, he and the head have a rivalry scene, which is very worth looking forward to, and it must be coordinated well. For the first drama in his life, Zhou Yi naturally had to be cautious, specially asked the old actor for some advice, and apologized in advance, he had no acting experience, and when he couldn't get it, he would trouble the old man to follow him to shoot a few more times, it would be very hard.
These words must be said in front, otherwise it will be repeated several times, and the director will stop continuously, and the scene will be ugly.
Even if he is the boss, when he is filming, he is just an actor.
The director will not take special care of him.
After all, if you want to shoot a good scene, you can't engage in privileges. Besides, this is Zhou Yi's own investment play, even if he is allowed to engage in privileges, he will not do it. What if the filming is smashed? It's not himself who suffers?
Therefore, Zhou Yi is very cautious in all aspects, showing modesty and prudence, walking on thin ice.
The old actor is very professional, his attitude is very polite, and he even said that it doesn't matter, he will definitely cooperate, which is as it should be.
The two communicated very well.
Tang Yan also followed alongside.
There was also a young man from the crew, who seemed younger than Zhou Yi, and was definitely not in the third year of high school, this is Lin Yan, a young actor who plays the role of a ghost, is said to have been recommended by a group leader in Huairou Film and Television City, let the director take a look, and use it if you can.
The young man is smart, ghostly, and very polite, and he calls him brother and sister when they meet.
Everybody loved him.
Director Zhao fell in love at a glance and left him behind.
According to Lin Yan, his family background is not good, he dropped out of high school, in order to help his parents and provide for his younger brothers and sisters to study, he came to Huairou Film and Television City to work very early under the introduction of his neighbor's uncle, and has been following a group leader as a group performer, because he is smarter, a little talented, and very hard-working.
Such a motivated young man is naturally likable, and everyone is willing to help him.
Zhou Yi is also very optimistic about this young man, and promised to look for him in the future, this little guy can play many roles, and he will have a future in the future.
Lin Yan thanked him again and again.
Director Zhao also helped him reimburse his travel expenses, food expenses and accommodation expenses, and did not let him spend his own money.
Lin Yan was very happy.