In early November, filming officially began, and at the same time, the battle to join forces with Li Ka-shing to acquire Hongkong Land began. While Wei Dongling and Li Ka-shing were personally knocking on the corner of the old British-funded company, Xiao Ran was in a dilemma.

This time, it is not because there is no cooperation of the political axe, since the last time Xiao Ran coerced the Hong Kong British political axe to comply, he took advantage of the situation and joined forces with the three giants to ask the Hong Kong British political axe to support Hong Kong films and give Hong Kong films more space. In desperation, the political axe issued a new decree allowing for assistance in road closure filming and other requirements.

Of course, road closures are not a simple matter, so the producer must arrange the schedule and then choose the right place to shoot. In this case, the police can justifiably assist in the road closure shooting.

Don't underestimate this decree, it is no exaggeration to say that with this, the future scenes of Hong Kong films will definitely be much bigger than before. For example, "New Police Story", if the later SAR political axe opened this article very early, it would not have been possible to shoot vigorously on the street. You must know that before this, many companies filmed this kind of action scene in public, which was sneaky.

Xiao Ran is not embarrassed by this, but the performances of the two leading actors are really ...... It's not that he acted badly, but he acted too orthodox and didn't meet his requirements. Racing movies are not as monotonous as we imagined, not only the blind pursuit of cool, but also a lot of ways to present them.

What he asks for in this film is not only cool, but more importantly, the temperament revealed in the film. At this point, there is hardly an actor whose performance can meet his requirements, even the supporting roles.

In a sense, Xiao Han and Jin Chengwu are true performances. Xiao Ran only plans to let Jin Chengwu play a relatively simple teenager in most of the plots, and Xiao Han is the vague first love of Jin Chengwu.

The problem is that in this scene of arguing with people, Jin Chengwu showed no sharpness at all. This is by no means what Xiao Ran wants, a racing driver must not be without sharpness and passion, but Jin Chengwu's sharpness is not enough, and his passion is insufficient. Xiao Han basically only needs to perform in his true colors, and he is very in place, but Xiao Ran is bent on treating his sister with high standards, which is not very satisfied.

“cut！” Xiao Ran couldn't help but sit down on the director's chair, and Yu Jiayu next to him couldn't help but snicker, he felt that Xiao Ran looked very tired from being played by these two children. Xiao Ran thought about it for a while, this scene has not been filmed eleven times, and if it drags on, it will not be able to keep up with the progress.

was glared at by the crew members, Jin Chengwu was very depressed and ashamed, and when he saw Xiao Ran coming over, he couldn't help but beat his heart slightly. However, Xiao Ran did not come for him, but for Wu Zhenyu. Wu Zhenyu is still not a first-line star of the Phantom, just because his experience is not enough.

Wu Zhenyu's performance did not reach the kind of sharp taste that Xiao Ran wanted, although Xiao Ran knew that it was indeed impossible for him to sharpen his amazing and unique acting skills now, but it was a little progressive, don't always be too orthodox.

In Xiao Ran's eyes, the only Hong Kong actor who can bring his orthodox acting skills to the pinnacle is Fa Ge, and Leung Chaowei's acting is only semi-orthodox. Therefore, the performance characteristics of the actor are definitely very important, and with the characteristics, it can be easily positioned.

He doesn't want these artists to follow the orthodox line, which is extremely difficult to get ahead. Orthodox performance is like the foundation of performance, and only after practicing the foundation can we move forward in other directions. Only Fa Ge has practiced this basic "swordsmanship" to the point of being superb, and Fa Ge is suitable, but others may not be suitable.

He pondered for a moment, thinking about whether to teach Wu Zhenyu the characteristic performance that originally belonged to his own creation, and instantly decided, and said to Wu Zhenyu, who was at a loss: "Zhenyu, can you try some other performance methods, I don't want to be intense, but very public!" ”

After speaking, Xiao Ran motioned Jin Chengwu to come forward to play a rival play, and after silently remembering Brother Yu's performance, he raised his head slightly and shifted a few times, and then looked at Jin Chengwu according to Liang Kun's expression. shook his fingers, tried to suppress his voice, made it hoarse, and slapped Jin Chengwu's face with his palm like "Gunfire": "Boy, what do you see, just fight me because you don't have enough weight!" ”

Looking at Xiao Ran's evil performance, Jin Chengwu only felt that he couldn't help but feel chills. However, Wu Zhenyu himself seems to have grasped something, something very important, something he has been trying to grasp.

He remembered that Xiao Ran had told him before that acting should have its own characteristics, and with acting skills and characteristics, it would not be long before he became popular. In fact, Xiao Ran's words were not only said to him, but also to many actors who lacked enough idol appearance, in the hope that more actors like Liu Qingyun and Wu Zhenyu and Huang Qiusheng would emerge who are very popular with fans.

In addition, filming with the Phantom, the remuneration is really high. He is now a common villain in the film, and his salary has risen to 800,000 after Mo Huaien fell. This security in life undoubtedly gave him time to study acting with peace of mind, just like serializing a novel on the Internet.

He couldn't grasp that feeling, and sometimes he thought he had found it, but it still didn't suit him. In the dozen or so films he has acted in in the past few years, he can be said to have often changed his acting methods, and in the eyes of film critics, he is an actor with good acting skills.

Now when he saw Xiao Ran's performance, he had a feeling of sudden penetration. He knew that although Xiao Ran's current performance was extremely rough, it was the kind he liked. Looking at Xiao Ran's evil performance, he couldn't help but smile happily, and finally understood what it felt like after breaking through himself.

As for Jin Chengwu, Xiao Ran scratched his head a little, how to teach this. He thinks that the most suitable thing for Jin Chengwu is the performance of the classic gangster movie "The City That Never Sleeps", but it is really difficult for him to perform that kind of taste, and he doesn't think that Xiao Jin can have such a comprehension at such a young age.

With a wry smile, Xiao Ran suddenly thought of Jin Chengwu's performance in "Two Can Only Live One"! By the way, Xiao Ran couldn't wait to scream, it was the kind of stubbornness that started in that piece. nodded, and beckoned to Wu Zhenyu on the side: "Come here, let's play him!" ”

Wu Zhenyu's palm gently patted Xiao Ran's face, Xiao Ran just looked at him without moving, and said in an extremely stubborn tone: "I want to have a game with you!" ”

After repeating this a few times, Jin Chengwu finally understood what Xiao Ran meant and nodded violently. In fact, it is normal for the director to teach the actors to act, and it cannot be called teaching, but to guide the actors to meet the requirements in the director's mind, and the actors will naturally make certain adjustments according to the director's requirements.

It's just that a director like Xiao Ran is a little troublesome, but a few years ago, Jin Chengwu's performance was absolutely excessive. But now, his performance may not be able to be said to be Xiao Ran, even if he changes to other directors, he may not be able to get by, because he has no sharpness at all. Xiao Ran was also forced to be helpless, so he chose this way of acting.

This time is finally over, not only Xiao Ran, but the entire crew members are relieved, I don't know how much film and effort have been wasted in this scene, they just can't wait to set off firecrackers to celebrate.

A few days later, it was the first racing scene, not so much a racing scene, but a solo performance by Kim Sung-moo. This scene will be placed at the beginning of the film like another scene, and whether it can attract the audience is a key point.

Xiao Ran has been thinking about this scene for a long time, perhaps it is better to say that he has been thinking about the racing scenes in the film for a long time. He has never filmed a racing scene, and no one in Hong Kong has filmed it, if it is just a chase scene, the ten-minute scene in "Spy Change" alone is enough to regard him as a master.

Unfortunately, the chase scene is not a race car. Racing scenes are definitely the director's most headache scenes, the most typical is Liu Weiqiang, Liu Weiqiang is about the director who has filmed more racing scenes in Hong Kong. In history, the racing film starring Zheng Yijian was filmed, and in 2005's "Initial D", the combination of Mai Zhaohui and Liu Weiqiang, who filmed "Infernal Affairs", still lost on this.

The reason why I say defeat is not the failure of the film, but the failure of the racing scene. In "Initial D", it is not a racing car, but Huang Qiusheng is explaining, and no audience understands the ingenuity of the amazement, it can be said that in terms of technique, the two directors are absolutely failures.

Hong Kong does not have a few successful racing movies, maybe "Thunderbolt" is not counted. Thinking of "Thunderbolt", Xiao Ran felt funny, originally the investment in this piece was only 10 million. can shoot and shoot, Cheng Long blindly interfered in the film, and inexplicably added at least seventy or eighty million production costs, before 2000, this film can be said to be the most expensive in Hong Kong.

This racing scene will be the beginning of the film, and it will also be Xiao Ran's first attempt at his own control of racing scenes. Photography is important, and it's important, at least not before virtual photography comes out.

Xiao Ran even considered using bullet time in this film, bullet time does not require any computer special effects, as long as there are enough cameras and control ability. In his vision, bullet time would be used here to make a splash. However, he doesn't plan to use this trick yet.

If you use a normal technique, you can use dynamic background props such as plants to set off the speed, or even use the afterimage shot captured by the camera at that moment to convey the speed. But speed alone was definitely not what Xiao Ran wanted, and he knew that he had to think of some other way.

He communicated with the editor and proposed two plans, the first is to be driven by Chen Jiafeng himself, all in one go. The second option is to shoot one by one, and then edit it at the end. The first plan is actually very difficult to shoot, first, no one can keep up with Chen Jiafeng's speed, and second, it is difficult to shoot from all angles.

Shooting from a panoramic angle is one of Xiao Ran's suggestions to the DP, and according to his experience, pressing the camera on the car like "Initial D" definitely feels very monotonous, and there is no way to emphasize that speed. If it is a panorama, then it can be displayed from all angles, and there is a little more contrast.

I can't fail to mention this road here, the track that Xiao Ran chose for them is not very long. In fact, there are very few big detours, and almost eighty percent of them are straight roads without any challenge. Because this is a relatively remote place, there are still some trees on both sides of the road.

However, Xiao Ran was prepared for all these difficulties, and he also considered how to shoot this scene in his heart. Facing the crew who had no half of the experience, Xiao Ran taught them very patiently. This is a solo drag racing scene, so you don't need too strong a contrast, you just need to emphasize fast!

This is not difficult to do, you only need to shoot Chen Jiafeng drag racing first, then shoot the shot of Jin Chengwu sitting in the car, and then shoot the stand-in shot prepared by the speeding car team to make up for all the loopholes in the whole scene. Chen Jiafeng was obviously very happy, couldn't help but whistle, and got into the sports car sponsored by Mitsubishi.

For Chen Jiafeng, he has never been so majestic. Not only did someone provide him with a great sports car, but the police also closed the road for him, which was simply imposing. Glaring defiantly at the retired driver in the other shooting car, he started in the car, just waiting for Xiao Ran to shout to start.

Fourteen cameras were used in this scene, concentrated within 100 meters of the start of the track. It must be scored to shoot, otherwise it will be difficult to show it comprehensively. Picked up the walkie-talkie and asked about the situation of each department, and then shouted loudly to start.

As soon as the sound reached Chen Jiafeng's ears, the car sped away like an arrow from a string, almost making the camera car unable to keep up. However, something happened that made Xiao Ran frown, and after the shooting point, the car was still speeding up, and even speeding forward at a faster speed.

Chen Jiafeng has never been so proud as today, he forgot about shooting for a while, turned the speed to the maximum, and galloped with a roaring sound. He enjoyed this extreme pleasure, but he didn't know that Xiao Ran's face was not very good-looking at the starting point.

Chen Jiafeng came to the fork in the road, which was the end of the road, he slowed down and whistled a few words to the policeman who was watching coldly. Only then did he immediately turn around and go back, and the police were so angry that they were smoking.

As soon as he came back from driving the car, he saw Xiao Ran's not very good-looking face, and immediately felt a sudden shock in his heart, and the pride in his heart disappeared completely. Xiao Ran was still sitting in the director's chair, quietly looking at Chen Jiafeng who came over with his head down.

"Mr. Xiao, I ......" Chen Jiafeng was originally a proud person with a surname, and it was naturally not easy for him to admit his mistakes to Xiao Ran in front of so many people. However, as soon as he thought of Xiao Ran's identity, he broke out in a cold sweat, and he knew very well that if Xiao Ran wanted to pinch him to death, it would definitely not be more difficult than pinching an ant to death.

"It's okay, go on, do it again!" Xiao Ran gave an order to Yu Jiayu beside him, and he couldn't see Fang Cai's very bad expression at all. Only then did he turn his head and stare at Chen Jiafeng, who was slightly relaxed, and said, "Only this once, and next time, you don't have to come back!" ”

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