Chapter 153: A Monkey's Path Against the Heavens
As the annual finale of the star film company, the promotion of "Havoc in Heaven" can be said to be sparing.
Because this is an important thing, it is broadcast three times a day on the radio.
Lin Zixuan also wrote a critical article "A Monkey's Road Against the Sky" under a pen name, pointing out Sun Wukong's fighting spirit of not being afraid of the sky and the earth, and he dared to resist the tyranny of the heavenly court and dare to fight.
He portrayed Sun Wukong as a fighter, combined with the current situation in China, and pointed the spearhead directly at the Beiyang warlord government.
And at the end he wrote a sentence: The revolution has not yet succeeded, and you still need to work hard.
In order to promote the movie, he can be regarded as quite hard.
Of course, he did not plagiarize "The Legend of Wukong" at this time, and it is very likely that he wrote "The Legend of Wukong" during the Republic of China.
This article is very appropriate.
At this time, Chen Jiongming, a Cantonese warlord who had rebelled in Guangdong, was expelled, and Sun Zhongshan was ready to end his life in Shanghai and return to Guangzhou to rebuild the army and navy and continue the Northern Expedition.
He mentioned the article in a conversation and was quite appreciative.
In a cultural sense, the reinterpretation of the characters in traditional literature gives them the meaning of the new era, which is also a kind of inheritance and development of traditional literature.
In fact, this is also Lin Zixuan's intention to shoot "Havoc in Heaven".
In addition to pursuing childhood memories, he wants to create an arrogant and uninhibited image, and Sun Wukong's fearless fighting spirit should touch people in this era.
"Tianjin Hero Huo Yuanjia" is about patriotic feelings, and "Havoc in the Heavenly Palace" is about the spirit of fighting for freedom.
The spirit of freedom, independent thought, and unyielding fighting are exactly what this era needs, and Sun Wukong is undoubtedly the best spokesperson.
After the movie was screened, Lin Zixuan also prepared to write several articles interpreting Sun Wukong under a pen name.
Now it's time for him to enjoy the movie, even if he sees it once, he still won't get tired of it, this is a movie that he never gets tired of watching.
The film begins with a landscape, and the narrator introduces this whole new world.
This is the Huaguo Mountain of Dongsheng Shenzhou Aolai Country, when the world was opened, a fairy stone happened to fall here, after countless years, and finally gave birth to a stone monkey.
The exterior locations of the movie were all shot on Chongming Island.
During the Republic of China, Chongming Island has not been developed, there is only a small town, which is quite desolate, which is very in line with the setting of Huaguo Mountain, and the surrounding is the estuary, which can show the scene of the fairy island in the sea.
Especially when it is foggy, it is even more ethereal.
Next, the stone exploded and a monkey jumped out of it.
Zheng Faxiang abandoned the Peking Opera mask and gorgeous costume, glued golden monkey hair to his face, and put a layer of golden hair on his body, which was specially made.
This is more life-like, and his movements are equally dexterous, crawling and jumping from mountain to mountain like a monkey.
Here, you can't find the shadow of Peking Opera monkey opera at all, only see a dexterous monkey, this is the difference between movies and Peking Opera, he not only achieves a resemblance, but also a god-likeness.
The stone monkey made a bet with the other monkeys and broke into the Water Curtain Cave and thus became the Monkey King.
If it is a Peking Opera, there will be a large number of martial arts scenes here, but in the movie, it is only used to show the daily life of the monkeys and the brave character of the stone monkeys.
But it is this kind of daily life that tests the skills of the actors, if you don't really understand the monkey, it is difficult to act vividly.
There is no nail in the mountains, and the cold does not know the year.
When the stone monkey saw other monkeys growing, old, sick and dying, he sighed in his heart, so he wanted to go to the outside world to learn art and find a way to live forever.
So, it left Huaguo Mountain, rowed a bamboo raft, and headed towards the vast sea.
The apprenticeship is the main point, and this is the first time that a magical spell has been shown.
After Sun Wukong learned spells, he began to show off in front of his peers.
He will become a tree, a bird, a subterranean earth, and a sky......
This requires all kinds of props, whether it is a tree or underground, there are mechanisms, watching Sun Wukong drill in, but the inside is hollow, and photography skills play a key role in it.
For example, for example, a broken mirror reunion, you can take a photo of a good mirror and then a photo of a broken mirror.
If you put a picture of a good mirror in front of a photo of a broken mirror, the viewer will think that the mirror is broken.
If you put a picture of a broken mirror in front of a photo of a good mirror, the viewer will subjectively think that the broken mirror has been restored.
In filmmaking, it's called montage.
That is, when different lenses are spliced together, they often have a specific meaning that each lens does not have when it exists alone.
Because the audience will make up for this situation, it can also be said that the director imposes his own views on the audience, so that the audience can associate according to the director's hints.
This kind of magical spell is rare to see in Peking Opera and magic, especially the scene where Sun Wukong soars through the clouds.
Sun Wukong flies in the clouds, and can also see the mountains and rivers below, which is the montage just mentioned.
First, the shot of Sun Wukong flying and looking down, followed by the shot of Gao Shan, the audience will think that there is a connection between the two, and Sun Wukong is indeed flying in the air.
That's the difference between a movie and a live performance.
In the theater, the audience was shocked by this magic demonstration, these people have not seen the world, they have seen the machine set play, they have seen the magic show in the West, and they also know that it is all fake.
But the movie footage creates an illusion in their minds that makes them feel really magical in this moment.
Sun Wukong was kicked out by his master because of trouble, returned to Huaguo Mountain, and became the demon king.
Because it didn't have a handy weapon, it broke into the Dragon Palace and begged for a weapon.
In "Havoc in Heaven", the Dragon Palace, the Underworld and the Heavenly Court are important scenes, and they are also the places that cost the most money.
Lin Zixuan borrowed from the structure of later aquariums, using glass to separate the water, and there are various fish swimming in the water, which looks like they are at the bottom of the sea.
In fact, people who really know the industry can see at a glance where these fish are found on the real seabed.
But this is the Dragon Palace, it is a mythological story, and there is nothing in the Dragon Palace.
When shooting, pay attention to the reflection of the glass, so that people can't see the goofs.
It is magic to turn the Dinghai Divine Needle of the Dragon Palace into a wishful golden hoop stick, and there is a particularly wonderful martial arts action here, Sun Wukong is holding the golden hoop stick to make trouble in the Dragon Palace.
Playing sticks in the monkey opera in Peking Opera is the basic skill of the actors, and only when the tricks are wonderful and dazzling can they win the applause of the audience.
Zheng Faxiang is undoubtedly one of the best, the stick seems to be alive in his hand, flying and dancing, with many changes, which makes the audience applaud.
In this way, Sun Wukong got the weapon, put on the armor, and became the Monkey King of Huaguo Mountain.