Chapter 51: The Ambition to Continue Filming and Special Effects

"Brother Sen, Eighth Master, Brother Heizi, Brother Cai, look at the next action in this scene

How about this design. As soon as Makujo explained the design of the action stunt he had in mind to a few people, he looked up at a few people and asked with a smile.

"Well, that's good"

"Yes"

"It might have been better if the blast was getting bigger."

Several people nodded and praised the suggestion that Makujo had just made. During the shooting, Makujo would come up with some novel shooting techniques, action design, and stunts from time to time, which made several people's eyes shine. Not only did Makujo learn from these seniors, but they also learned a lot from Makujo, and several people appreciated Makujo more and more.

Although there are no high-tech special effects in Hong Kong movies now, the use of some traditional special effects is very good, such as Wia, explosives, flying cars, makeup, etc., which are all very important stunts.

When it comes to high-tech special effects in Hong Kong, it is the "Legend of the Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain" directed by Xu Ke at the invitation of Golden Harvest in 83, when Golden Harvest invested a lot of money and invited the stunt team of Hollywood's "Star Wars" to support the stunt shots. The film has outstanding visuals throughout, with exceptional art design and casting, and some of the action scenes are so brilliant that they are breathtaking.

Although the special effects in the movie shocked the Hong Kong film industry at that time, it is a pity that the plot is too messy because there are too many characters and clues, and many of the content plots are not clear, and the stunts at this time are not so perfect, so Golden Harvest's investment in this film did not achieve the expected return, and in the end it should be said that it lost a lot.

Stunts are super expensive at any time, and there is no such high-tech in Hong Kong, so you have to go to Hollywood in the United States if you need to. This is expensive and troublesome, which discourages many film companies, and there are also the lessons of Golden Harvest, so everyone is even more reluctant to participate.

The bosses of large and small film companies are pure businessmen, businessmen seek profits, and as long as they invest millions or thousands of dollars, they can make a lot of money by making good movies, and a few people will take the big risk of discounting the cost to touch this high-tech special effects with large investment and high risk.

If Jiahe's "The Legend of the Swordsmen of Xinshu Mountain" turned out to be a box office hit at that time, making Jiahe make a lot of money, maybe some people will try it, and if so, it may be a different situation.

Whether it is the plot, scenes, actions, stunts and so on, Makujo is very careful about this movie, although this drama does not need to find those high-tech special effects to produce, but the action stunt director Makuro still invited experts in this area. Anyway, the curtain city invited the famous Yuan Baye in Hong Kong - Yuan Heping, the flying car stunt superman - Ke Shouliang, and the photography special effects geek - Lan Naicai, and several people invited them.

Speaking of Yuan Heping, he and Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long and others are all under the tutelage of the famous Hong Kong drama master Mr. Yu Zhan. In today's Hong Kong martial arts circle, Cheng Long established his Cheng family class, Hong Jinbao established his Hong family class, and Yuan Heping also formed his Yuan family class. It can be said that the elites of Hong Kong's martial arts are basically in these three.

Yuan Heping himself is not only an excellent martial arts instructor but also an excellent director, Yuan Heping has followed his father in the entertainment industry since he was a child, began to serve as a martial arts instructor in 1970, and in 1978, he was promoted by the famous filmmaker Mr. Wu Siyuan to start directing movies, his own position and influence in the Hong Kong entertainment industry are quite not low, and the Yuan family class he formed also occupies a high position in Hong Kong martial arts action films. However, the results created by Yuan Heping and his Yuan family class are not ideal, whether it is the fantasy kung fu films such as "Heavenly Master Collides with Evil" and "Yin and Yang Soldiers" that were filmed before, or the final box office impact of the action comedy "Laughing Tai Chi" that returned to the original Republic of China. Some time ago, he cooperated with his apprentice Zhen Zidan in the style of the fashion action blockbuster "Love Rivals", and the results were still not good, and the apprentice Zhen Zidan also suffered some blows, and temporarily left Hong Kong to return to the United States.

Makucheng knows that the achievements and status of this Yuan Baye in later generations are super high, those classic action movies in Hong Kong after the 90s, as well as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee, and Hollywood's big production "The Matrix" are all action directors made by this master, and they all won awards, which can be said to have a great impact and high achievements.

Ke Shouliang should be familiar to everyone, the famous "Little Black" famous actor, singer, and stuntman in Taiwan. In particular, his flying car stunt is quite good, and in the next 97 years, he will directly come to fly over the Yellow River, and is known as "Asia's first flyer". He is bold and dedicated, and he is a well-known good gentleman in the circle.

Lan Naicai may not be very well known to many people, he is a director, editor, photographer, especially in photography in Hong Kong can be called a master, in the future 92 years he filmed the king of bloody horror movies known as the king of "King Li" is still a banned film in the mainland. He has been involved in cinematography for many years, and has a lot of novel ideas and understanding of photography, and the production and application of film special effects are also top in Hong Kong.

Makujo invited them not only for the needs of the present work, but also for the long-term consideration of the future. He hopes that these talents can join his brilliant company, so that the brilliant can be like a tiger with wings, fly higher and fly farther.

Although the current glory has not started long, Makujo believes that it will flourish even more under his leadership. Therefore, Makujo has always attached great importance to talents, and it can be said that he is thirsty for talents.

In addition, Makujo has always wanted to have his own film special effects company, which is very necessary for the company's future development. If Makucheng can run a good film special effects company, it will not only be his own company that will profit, but also the entire TV and film companies in Hong Kong. However, this is a long and expensive task, and it cannot be accomplished in a moment.

He has also been paying attention to Hong Kong's talents in this area, hoping to set up his own special effects company as soon as possible. It's a pity that there is little success at present, and Makujo is still thinking about whether to go over there and directly dig him up and bring him back for good development.

Although there is a big gap between the current Hong Kong special effects and Hollywood, as long as you start to catch up now, it is still possible to reach or surpass the other party's level.

Everyone knows that 'Rome was not built in a day', and it took countless years, countless manpower, and material resources to work together to achieve that achievement. Hong Kong special effects are the same as it, although it is difficult to start from scratch now, and the investment is high, but as long as you persevere, there will always be a day of harvest. If we don't do anything, we will never succeed, and the gap between us will grow wider and wider, even to the point where it is unattainable.

Think about the future of Hong Kong because it started too late, although it has been working hard for more than 10 years, but unfortunately the gap with the other party is still huge, if you don't wake up one step behind, it will be backward step by step. Such consequences are not what Makujo wants to see, so he wants to make a change, start chasing now, shorten the distance, and surpass the other party. It's not empty words, he's always worked on it, it's just that others don't know it.