Text Chapter 205, Action Design
"Brother Long, Brother Hong, come here! I'm looking for you for something. After saying the kind words, Lei Weidong pulled Cheng Long and Hong Jingbao aside to talk.
"I came to you two to ask you to design a set of martial arts moves, which should be different from the martial arts moves that are popular in Hong Kong now!." Lei Weidong was not polite, and went straight to the point.
"It has to be different from the popular martial arts moves now!" Cheng Long asked.
"Yes! Brother Long, Brother Hong believes that you also know that only since Li Xiaolong's death, the box office of Hong Kong martial arts action movies has been getting lower and lower, although there is a reason why Li Xiaolong is missing, but the greater willingness is that the audience is disgusted with the storyline of fighting and killing! Lei Weidong explained.
"The audience is disgusted with the storyline of fight and kill!" Cheng Long and Hong Jingbao glanced at each other and couldn't help nodding, both of them are some of the martial arts instructors in Hong Kong, Dragon and Tiger Martial Artists, and naturally have a certain understanding of the movie market, but both of them are now wage earners with limited ability, even if they are sad about the continuous decline of martial arts movies, there is no good way.
"Now the storyline of martial arts movies is too simple, almost all of them are vendettas, the teenager was wiped out, in order to take revenge, he met a famous teacher to learn advanced martial arts, and finally took revenge! It's okay to watch such a storyline once or twice, and now martial arts movies and kung fu movies are almost all in this mode, can the audience be disgusted!
What's even more annoying is that some movies don't have enough plots to make up martial arts, a movie is fought from beginning to end, and people who watch the same martial arts action want to vomit. ”
"Lei Shao! You mean let's design a whole new martial arts action, but what kind of storyline is the movie? What style of martial arts action is required? Hong Jingbao asked in detail.
As a martial arts instructor, the martial arts movements designed must meet the requirements of the movie.
This is the script starring Brother Long this time, I ask that the fights in it are different, preferably different from the current fights! Lei Weidong handed the script to the two and continued:
"Because I'm afraid that the plot span is too large, I have reservations about the storyline, and it's still an old-fashioned vendetta in the rivers and lakes, but it has been changed from the revenge of destroying the door to the revenge of the teacher, so I ask that in the script, I want to fight martial arts similar to Li Xiaolong's, but it should be more exaggerated and funny, and strive to get out of Li Xiaolong's shadow."
"Funny martial arts?! What ...... this" Hong Jingbao frowned and thought about it, but did not answer immediately. And where Cheng Long also fell into contemplation.
At that time, the martial arts instruction style was generally divided into two categories, one was Zhang Che and Liu Jialiang, who saw that the moves were clear-eyed, the movements were more beautiful, and the scenes were more bloody; The other is Li Xiaolong's kind, whose movements are crisp and neat, fast and vigorous, giving people a very strong sense of power.
But there is no precedent for a funny-style fight like Lei Weidong's request in the Hong Kong film industry.
In fact, it wasn't until this year that director Wu Siyuan filmed "Serpentine Trickster", which officially opened the prelude to humorous kung fu films. And now that Lei Weidong has taken out "Snake Trickster", he naturally needs to design humorous kung fu moves.
"How's that, is it difficult?" Lei Weidong saw that Hong Jingbao and Cheng Long had not replied for a long time, so he couldn't help asking.
"It's not difficult! It's this script, and I feel that there is a lot that can be added! Lei Shao, can I add the design to the script myself? Cheng Long explained: When he opened the script, Cheng Long liked the content at a glance, but Cheng Long felt that something was missing! It's as if something important isn't grasped.
"Yes, though, how long will it take you to perfect your idea!" Lei Weidong asked, you must know that this script is designed for Cheng Long, and Cheng Long can change it in it and add his own style! ”
"Lei Shao, you give me five days, I want to go back with Senior Brother and think about it." Cheng Long and Hong Jingbao looked at each other and nodded and said.
"Yes, then I'll wait for your good news. But I'm going to the United States soon, and now you can contact Zhang Aijia for anything in the company! Lei Weidong nodded and said, "For this script, my requirement is to be able to start filming after the Spring Festival at the latest!" ”
As for the action design, I hope you can put more effort into humorous kung fu, and in my opinion, if you can combine kung fu with comedy, then you will definitely become a great master in the film industry. Lei Weidong continued.
"That's right! Comedy and kung fu in one, what a great idea! Why didn't I think about it before? Hong Jingbao and Cheng Long heard Lei Weidong say this, and their hearts suddenly set off shocking waves, and the whole person was stunned all of a sudden.
In the Hong Kong film industry at that time, director Zhang Che, who made kung fu films, paid attention to promoting the masculine beauty of manhood, and almost all the male protagonists were shirtless during the filming, killing decently, dripping with blood, and spilling tomato juice, so he was called "the director of ketchup".
And Liu Jialiang is the authentic descendant of Huang Feihong, and he pays attention to making kung fu films, just like a kung fu documentary. As for the martial arts director Hu Jinquan, he pays attention to his family and country, and the pictures he shoots are very meaningful, and the martial arts actions absorb the martial arts movements in the opera.
Other kung fu film directors in Hong Kong have all emulated the methods of these three great directors, so the kung fu films they make are basically the same, and the box office is not guaranteed.
"If it is really as Lei Weidong said, if you can integrate kung fu and comedy, you can really create a new world of kung fu films."
The more Hong Jingbao thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was very likely to come true, and the whole person couldn't help but be excited.
As for Cheng Long, his eyes are even more high, because Cheng Long's character doesn't like kung fu movies that pay attention to one board and one eye, and comedy kung fu can be said to be almost tailor-made for Cheng Long.
"Don't worry, Lei Shao! It's never too late to shoot! Cheng Long stood up and said: You must know that there are still more than ten days before the Spring Festival, and after Lei Weidong's reminder, Cheng Long, Hong Jingbao and others can completely complete the actions in the script.
"Then the martial arts action of this movie will be handed over to you! Here I have one more suggestion that you can consider! ”
"Lei Shao, you say!" Cheng Long and Hong Jingbao were already impressed by Lei Weidong's talent, and said in unison.
"It's very simple, since it's comedy kung fu, then the best part of the movie can be put on the time when you learn kung fu instead of the fight scenes!"
"When you're learning Kung Fu? How to arrange it? Cheng Long hurriedly asked.
"It's easy! It's like Cheng Long, you're learning iron sand palm with your master! Lei Weidong pointed at Cheng Longdao.
"When you went to ask the master, the master just bought a pig's trotter! Let you treat the pig's trotters as a martial arts cheats, and think about what will happen! ”
"That's right!" Hong Kyung-pau's interface.
"The master asked you to shave the pig's trotters, but you shaved your own arms, asked you to sprinkle salt on the pig's trotters, and you sprinkled them on your arms, until the master asked you to chop the pig's trotters and you didn't react! What do you think will happen to the audience who see this scene? Lei Weidong asked.
"Of course I'll laugh and spit up my dinner!" Cheng Long called.
"That's right! The humorous action scenes from the movie are up to the two of you! In the end, it's up to you whether the dragon is a worm or a worm! Lei Weidong patted the shoulders of the two and encouraged.
"Don't worry, Lei Shao has handed it over to us!" Hong Jingbao and Cheng Long coincidentally made a military order.