Chapter 600: What an actor full of surprises!
Zhang Dasong makes movies and pays great attention to details.
Whether it is from the scenes, props, makeup or performance, he can't tolerate a single flaw, which he has not shown to such an extent on the show "The Great Opening of the World".
After all, "The Great Opening of the Acting World" is just a show, and the time is short, so it is impossible for Zhang Dasong to ask for it as a normal environment for filming movies.
But when filming on the spot, Zhang Dasong became very strict, even to the point of nitpicking.
In the movie "The Grandmaster", the script story is not outstanding, and the most important thing is the martial arts action.
With Zhang Dasong's idea, it is to make every action scene dazzling and shocking.
Zhang Dasong has the ambition to make the pinnacle of martial arts action movies.
This first scene was filmed with Lin Li teaching Chen Qingqing martial arts.
Lin Li taught Chen Qingqing martial arts, Zhang Dasong specially asked to be filmed at the beginning, because although Chen Qingqing's actions were good at this time, after all, it had not yet reached the point where he was particularly handy.
Otherwise, after Chen Qingqing's movements are very proficient, there will be no sense of rustiness, and it will be difficult to shoot the jerky feeling of beginners.
However, there is also a problem, and that is the forest.
In the play, Lin Li's positioning is the son of the man's grandmaster, who went north to take refuge and wanted to open a martial arts gym in order to survive.
According to the role positioning, Lin Li is a young genius, so when he teaches Chen Qingqing martial arts, he should be a master, Chen Qingqing's movements can be rusty, but Lin Li's movements cannot.
The problem is here, Zhang Dasong filmed this part of the scene in advance, just to retain Chen Qingqing's slightly unfamiliar movements, but advance means that Lin Li's action practice time is not enough, although Lin Li has shown his ability in front of them before, Zhang Dasong still can't help but be a little worried.
Fortunately, when filming, Lin Li's performance was very satisfactory to Zhang Dasong, his movements and demeanor really have the demeanor of a master, and even Lin Li's on-site guidance of Chen Qingqing's action pictures are also very real, I don't feel that he is not filming, but Lin Lizhen is guiding Chen Qingqing.
Zhang Dasong is very happy, it is the first time for him to film, and it feels so smooth.
But soon, Zhang Dasong discovered the problem.
After filming the footage for the morning, Zhang Dasong will look at the surveillance footage to see if there are any problems.
Zhang Dasong found that although Lin Li and Chen Qingqing's movements were completed in accordance with the movements guided by Yuan Ping, the martial arts movements designed by Yuan Ping did basically meet his requirements, and there seemed to be no problem, but in actual shooting, some problems were still exposed.
That is the action designed by Yuan Ping, for the sake of the overall beauty and the smoothness of the movement, some local details are sacrificed.
Originally, when watching the actors perform the action, everyone can say that they are watching full-body shots, but movies can't be all full-body shots, especially in the filming of fight scenes, it is necessary to shoot and edit in an all-round way, that is, there are some parts of the shots that must be shot.
When shooting in long or even medium shots, the actions designed by Yuan Ping are very exciting, but when it comes to the shooting of local details, some of the actions seem to be a little incoherent, and it feels like a stiff editing.
Although this feeling is very slight and even difficult to feel, Zhang Dasong, who strives for excellence, is unacceptable.
The main focus of this movie is action scenes, if there are some flaws in other scenes, Zhang Dasong may be able to endure it, but action scenes are absolutely not good!
Zhang Dasong immediately called Yuan Ping, and the two began to discuss the improvement plan in front of the monitor.
Because the action scenes are smooth, the change of local actions sometimes leads to the adjustment of the overall action, and the action scenes of Yuan Ping's movie are all designed, if there is such a problem, it will be a huge project to redesign.
There is also the proficiency of the actors, which will also become a big problem.
The whole crew is operating, but I can't afford to delay.
But because Zhang Dasong and Yuan Ping did not discuss a good solution, the whole crew stopped work in the afternoon.
Everyone talked about it in private, and they didn't know what was going on.
"What's the situation, the crew stopped work on the first day?"
"I don't know, it's okay in the morning."
"What a fart, I think there is a problem with Lin Li and Chen Qingqing's filming."
"I watched it very well in the morning, and said that the action scenes between the two of them were really good."
"Yes, we have also filmed a lot of scenes, and Lin Li and Chen Qingqing's action scenes have caught up with professional action actors."
"Then I don't know what the problem is."
"Wait, Director Zhang's scenes are all slowly grinding over like this."
Originally, Zhang Dasong and Yuan Ping were discussing things, and others were not qualified to ask, but the crew did not move in the afternoon, and Lin Li also thought that there was a problem with the filming of himself and Chen Qingqing, so he couldn't help but go and ask.
"Director Zhang, is there anything wrong with us acting?"
At this time, Zhang Dasong and Yuan Ping looked serious, Zhang Dasong looked at Lin Li, and said, "That's not it, we're discussing how to make your movements better when you shoot carefully." ”
Lin Li said: "Can I take a look at what I am shooting now?" ”
Zhang Dasong nodded and said, "Well, it just so happens that you also have directing experience, you can come and take a look." ”
Zhang Dasong and Yuan Ping moved down slightly, and Lin Li squeezed in to watch the action scene between him and Chen Qingqing in the morning filmed on the monitor.
There is no problem with the composition, camera position, color tone, camera movement, and even the action scenes, the only flaw is that when it is really a local close-up, the action is not good enough.
However, if the local action is to look good, the overall action may need to be adjusted, which is more difficult.
Because this is not a problem of Lin Li and Chen Qingqing's scene, if it needs to be adjusted, it may be that all the actions need to be adjusted.
Lin Li naturally understood the difficulties, otherwise Zhang Dasong and Yuan Ping would not have discussed it for so long.
Fortunately, Lin Li has a deep foundation in national arts at this time, because he was going to shoot the drama "The Grandmaster", Lin Li upgraded all the national arts drawn to the special level, so Lin Li thought about it for a while, but he had some ideas.
"Director Zhang, are these seventeen and twenty-three mirrors to be retaken?" Lin Li asked.
"Yes." Zhang Dasong said, "There are not many scenes filmed today, and there is a problem with these two scenes." ”
Lin Li turned his head and looked at the Seventeen Mirrors, and then said, "Director Zhang, call a few people, I'll adjust my movements, can you and Yuan Lao take a look?" ”
Zhang Dasong and Yuan Ping looked at Lin Li, their eyes were a little shocked, they didn't have a good plan for the afternoon, Lin Li had a meeting?
However, since Lin Li said so, Zhang Dasong was naturally unwilling to let go of this opportunity, so he called a few people to come and took two close-ups of Lin Li.
Lin Li is a martial arts genius in the play, and he is proficient in all kinds of martial arts in the southern school, especially his family tradition of chivalry boxing, but when he taught Chen Qingqing, he chose to teach her Wing Chun and Tai Chi, which are more suitable for women.
Today's shooting is Lin Li's teaching Chen Qingqing Wing Chun boxing method, and Lin Li's Wing Chun boxing method has also been drawn and upgraded to a special level.
"Seventeen mirrors." Lin Li said to the camera.
This shot is Lin Li teaching Chen Qingqing to practice wooden stakes.
Lin Li filmed completely according to the routine designed by Yuan Ping, who has been engaged in martial arts instruction for 40 years, and knows very well what style of martial arts the director wants, and can also balance the beauty of each set of martial arts in the camera.
But it is because he succumbs to the director and the camera that he often ignores the essence and charm of martial arts itself.
Lin Li combined the martial arts appearance given by the system at this time, and then combined it with Yuan Ping's action design, learning from each other's strengths, taking into account the power and appearance of the martial arts itself, and the expressiveness of the camera, and made a set of wooden stakes against the wooden man stakes brought up by the staff.
Lin Li's set of movements is slightly different from Yuan Ping's design, but it is extremely similar, after all, Yuan Ping also knows the Wing Chun boxing method very well, and the designed movements are also very content, but Lin Li's movements make up for the slightly stiff feeling that his design movements are slightly stiff when he designs the movements in local close-ups.
If Lin Li is asked to design a set of martial arts movements that meet Zhang Dasong's requirements, Lin Li will definitely not be able to, although the kung fu on his body is given by the system and is very pure, but it is not very in line with the movie lens.
But this is Yuan Ping's strength, Lin Li learned from each other's strengths and added some of his own actions, which made this set of actions more perfect!
Zhang Dasong looked at the monitor and couldn't help but applaud: "Okay, Lin Li is playing like this, and the local actions seem to be very imposing, and the overall actions designed by Yuan Gui don't need to be changed!" ”
Yuan Ping nodded silently, but his eyes looked at Lin Li strangely, how could Lin Li go to the next level in such a short period of time, on the basis of the actions he designed?
He has been an action director for 40 years and has shot more than 500 films, and this is the first time he has met such an actor!
Because it's not an official make-up, there won't be a board.
Lin Li said to the camera: "Twenty-three mirrors below." ”
After speaking, Lin Li faced the camera, opened his palm, and hit the camera, just as his five fingers were about to hit the camera, he suddenly closed his five fingers, turned his palm into a fist, and fixed it three inches in front of the camera.
Lin Li's movements are fluent, the momentum is like a rainbow, and the last pause is even more abyssive, and the style is very great.
Lin Li changed the action of turning his fist into a palm this time, and then changed the original action to fix it in front of the camera, so that the local action looked very imposing.
Zhang Dasong and Yuan Ping looked at the monitor, although one was taken at night and the other was taken during the day, but the experienced Zhang Dasong and Yuan Ping could naturally tell the difference.
Lin Li's action is really good, the problem is solved, and there is no need to waste time adjusting the overall action, just need to re-shoot the local action during the day tomorrow.
"Well, that's okay, let's edit a medium shot of Chen Qingqing practicing with Lin Li, and finally connect to the long shot before, there should be no sense of disobedience."
Yuan Ping nodded, and his eyes looking at Lin Li changed from curiosity to appreciation.
Lin Li is really an actor full of surprises!
Lin Li walked over after filming and asked, "Director Zhang, Director Yuan, do you think it's better for me to do this?" ”
Zhang Dasong was afraid that Yuan Ping was beside him, and he didn't have a very powerful qualification, otherwise Yuan Ping would be embarrassed.
"Well, it's okay, it's a bit of a reference value, Director Yuan, what do you think?"
Yuan Ping knew that Zhang Dasong had given him face, and said with a smile: "Very good, Lin Li's movements don't require me to adjust the overall movements, wasting time, and the actors don't need to re-learn, which can be said to have helped me a lot." ”
When Zhang Dasong heard Yuan Ping say this, he was relieved and said, "It's a great help to us." ”
Yuan Ping said: "We have a lot of action in this play, and there may be such problems, and you will have to come up with ideas from Lin Li in the future, so let's do it, Director Zhang, I suggest that Lin Li's name be added to the action director." ”
When Lin Li heard this, he said, "No need, I'm very happy to help the crew." ”
"This is the rule of our industry, since you have contributed to the action scene, you should sign it, but it must be signed after my name." Yuan Pingdao.
When Lin Li heard Yuan Ping say this, he had no choice but to say: "Since this is the case, I will not shirk, if there is a need for me in the future, I will do my best." ”
Zhang Dasong said: "I will talk to the finance about the remuneration, and I will calculate some for you, but you don't expect too much." ”
"Then I'll take it out and invite the whole crew to dinner." Lin Li said.
Zhang Dasong smiled: "That's okay." ”
Zhang Dasong and Yuan Ping glanced at each other, and they liked Lin Li in front of them even more.
Especially Yuan Ping, he found that Lin Li, a young man, is still a person who understands the world and is very measured, and he is not as difficult to contact as the legend.
No wonder his apprentice kept saying good things about him after he came back.
The next morning, I started to make up the scenes of Lin Li and Chen Qingqing yesterday, and made some adjustments to the action scenes, but the overall action has not changed, that is, the action of the local close-up has been slightly adjusted, Chen Qingqing accepted it very quickly, and it was completed very well, without delaying the filming progress at all.
In the afternoon, he filmed the scene where Lin Li taught Chen Qingqing to learn Wing Chun Eight Chopping Knives.
In this movie, Chen Qingqing has defeated six martial arts halls, plus one of the ones she was killed, that is, Chen Qingqing has a total of seven fight scenes, each fight scene is different, such as the first challenge to the martial arts hall, Chen Qingqing used Wing Chun, and the second challenge to the martial arts hall, Chen Qingqing used Tai Chi, and the last scene where she was killed was also the most tragic one for Chen Qingqing, Chen Qingqing used several martial arts, and finally used these eight slashes.
The same is true for Lin Li, the martial arts used in each fight will be different, so that the fighting scenes filmed are good-looking, not repetitive, and more exciting.
Therefore, when Lin Li taught Chen Qingqing, the martial arts he taught would also be complicated, and in order to show the migration of time, Lin Li taught Chen Qingqing every martial arts, whether it was clothing or scenes, it was showing the advancement of time.
For example, at the beginning, the spring flowers bloom in the yard, and in the second and third sessions, it becomes a hot summer, followed by autumn leaves and winter snow.
According to the plot, Lin Li taught Chen Qingqing to practice martial arts for three years, so there were some changes in the makeup of the two, and they both matured a lot after three years.
The scene where Lin Li taught Chen Qingqing to practice martial arts, in Lin Li's opinion, would not exceed ten minutes at most in the movie, and it must be the camera flashing to show the days of the past three years.
But in fact, it took the two of them nearly half a month to finish filming this scene.
Lin Li would go to Zhang Dasong and Yuan Ping's room after filming every day, and discuss for a long time, every scene of Chen Qingqing, there were some changes in the local close-up, all of them listened to Lin Li's command, Chen Qingqing also felt that the changes were good and very cooperative.