Chapter 368: Three Films Shoot Together
"Star Wars" crew.
A small, green-skinned man in a gray robe and a lightsaber in his hand, leaping through the mud and trees.
I saw that his figure was like a flying swallow, and he was five or six meters high and more than ten meters away with a slight jump, looking at his posture was like an ancient Chinese hero using light skills, but it seemed much more relaxed. After several dodges in a row, the lightsaber stabbed out quickly, making people dizzy.
"Luke!" The green-skinned little man said, "Look at my movements and understand the essence of it!" ”
Luke, played by Richard, nodded quickly, followed the steps of the greenskinned villain, and jumped up as well, but failed in a few moments. Falling directly into the mud, he was covered in sludge, which made him feel very unlucky.
"It's too difficult!" Luke stretched out his hand to wipe the mud off his face, and said in his mouth: "You weigh so much less than me, of course you can do such dexterous moves, I don't think your secret technique is suitable for me!" ”
"Oh? Do you really think so? The green-skinned little man said.
"Isn't that so? Everyone has their own limitations, as well as their own strengths and weaknesses, take me for example. If I am taller than Master Yoda, then my strength will be much stronger than yours, and my agility will definitely be much worse than yours! ”
The green-skinned little man who had become Master Yoda smiled, and he stretched out a hand and pointed at it: "Since you think so, let's test the strength of the dragon." You hold my fingers and lift me up to see! ”
"Great!"
Luke didn't doubt him, and reached out to grasp Master Yoda's fingers. Desperately lifted up, but couldn't lift anything. In his eyes, Master Yoda weighs only about twenty pounds at most, how could he not be able to lift it?
"With some effort, haven't you eaten?" Master Yoda said softly.
"Babble!"
Luke's face flushed, and he even stretched out his other hand, both of which grasped Master Yoda's fingers together, and with all his strength he could not shake him in the slightest, let alone off the ground.
"Hehe, your strength is not very good!" After Yoda finished speaking. He raised his hand slightly. actually lifted Luke's whole body up, and then threw it out with a loud shout.
I saw that Luke's face showed a panicked expression, and at the same time, the whole person flew out. At this point, the camera follows Luke. Filmed him flying in the air. Luke flew far and high through the trees. The highest was thrown more than 30 meters above the ground. It was even much higher than the entire forest, and was thrown a hundred meters away.
Countless branches and leaves were scattered by him, and many birds flew in fright. The only sound in the air was Luke yelling: "Help! Help me! ”
When he was about to fall to the ground, a small green-skinned hand suddenly reached out and lifted his body up, so that he did not hurt him in the slightest.
“CUT!”
Alex yelled at the sidelines, causing everyone to stop performing and filming, while a crew member stepped forward to untie the tightropes from Master Yoda and Luke. This shot just now is done in one go, jumping and flying with a tightrope, if it goes wrong, the reshoot is still a trivial matter, and if something goes wrong, there is a high probability that someone will be injured.
"Richard, are you okay?"
Alex asked with concern, he originally planned to use a stand-in, but unfortunately Richard refused, and in the end, he could only let this stubborn and competitive brother go into battle in person. But it was a lot more gratifying to see Richard come back to his mind.
"It's fine!" Richard replied, looking at Master Yoda, "I just don't know how Editya is, he has a rubber coat on his body, I'm afraid it's much more difficult than I am." ”
I saw the green-skinned villain Master Yoda shouting: "Come on, help me take off my coat, I'm almost going to die!" ”
With the help of others, Master Yoda took off the green skin on his body, but the makeup on his face has not been removed, and he will continue to shoot the following scene today, and he can't remove the makeup on his head and face now.
It turns out that this Aditya is the one who plays Master Yoda, but he is not an ordinary person, but a dwarf. Born in Faguara, India, he is only 19 years old this year, only 84 centimeters tall and weighs only about 9 kilograms. If you add the rubber jacket and costume on the body, etc., it is just 10 kilograms, that is, 20 kilograms.
Despite his short stature and low weight, Aditya has a lot of strength and can lift 1.5 kg dumbbells with ease, unlike other gnomes, despite his short stature, Aditya has a proportional length of all parts of his body, with a head circumference of 38.1 cm and a chest circumference of 50.8 cm.
It's like an adult who has shrunk several times!
In the beginning, Alex considered making a puppet of Master Yoda and letting others manipulate it behind the scenes, but in this case, the movements would be a bit sluggish and not smooth enough. In the original, Master Yoda appears in a dark place, also because it needs to be blocked by light so as not to reveal flaws.
Alex didn't want to do this, so he looked for a suitable actor from the world, that is, Aditya, a natural dwarf, and the kind with a flexible body.
Eventually found in a circus, Aditya is not only nimble and agile, but also has a cheerful personality, and soon passed the audition and won the role of Master Yoda...... The reason why he can have such a good physical condition is because he insists on exercising.
"I started training at the age of 12, and after so many years of training, I believe I'm the strongest 'shorter' in the world," Aditya told the others. Ever since I started exercising, I've felt that I really enjoy the sport of fitness, and I'm famous locally because of my strength. ”
"I've never felt inferior because I'm small. I use dumbbells a lot to help me train, and I do cardio and dance a lot. People are very willing to see me and feel happy. I am often invited by TV stations to participate in the recording of some shows and show my dancing to the audience. ”
According to Aditya, he wanted to be on the Star Wars movie. It can help him move towards an entertainment career. "When I was in the circus, I made a lot of money by dancing and exercising, but I wasn't interested in money," Aditya said. My dream is to travel all over the world, and my dream now is to be able to see myself perform on the screen. ”
In fact, Aditya perfectly brought the role of Master Yoda to life. With his help, all the scenes Alex wanted to shoot were realized, both in fights and rival scenes. This led Alex to revise the script and add a number of scenes to Master Yoda, giving Yoda the opportunity to face each other with the Black Knight.
In the original. Alex felt that the director was working hard to render Master Yoda very powerful. However, due to the limited conditions, Yoda is more like a god stick in it, not like a powerful person.
If you want to change this image, you have to arrange more opportunities for Master Yoda. Among them, this fragment of apprenticeship. It is also a very important part of the film.
Luke Skywalker at the behest of someone else. Come to Master Yoda's secluded planet. At first, Luke didn't believe that Yoda was very powerful, and after some lessons. He finally recognized the facts.
Alex plans to finish filming the story of the Black Knight and his two children in "Star Wars", that is, the feud between Luke, Princess Leah and Anakin. If you want to explain the ins and outs of this story, of course, the length of a movie is incomplete, and even Lucas has made many films to tell a small part of the story of the Star Wars world.
This time, Alex intends to make three films in one sitting. is commonly known as the epic trilogy, and he wants to finish filming and release!
The first "Star Wars" is, of course, "Dawn Reappears", which tells the story of Luke meeting his sister Princess Leia, and then cooperating with the forces of the resistance to shoot down the Death Star.
The second part is "The Empire Strikes Back", which tells the story of Luke, who inadvertently gets a hint from Kenobi's soul in the process of evading the pursuit of the Empire, and comes to the planet Dagoba to find Jedi Master Yoda, learn orthodox Jedi training from him, and eventually grow into a character who can compete with the Black Knight.
In this part, Luke not only learns that the Black Knight is his father, but also has a hand cut off. Although this scene seemed a bit vulgar in later generations, it was a very classic at the time, and all the audience was surprised when the mystery was revealed.
However, unlike the original, Master Yoda ended his seclusion and accompanied Luke and the others on the road of rebellion against the Empire. In this process, Master Yoda's combat power will be displayed vividly, especially when he jumps and attacks, even the Black Warrior and others have to be more guarded.
When the crew was almost rested, Alex clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let's move on to the next scene." After this shooting, today's work can come to an end for the time being! I hope I can shoot it all at once, and I don't have to reshoot it! ”
At Alex's urging, everyone took action, and the entire crew came to life, everyone did their part, and soon they were ready for filming.
"Scene 2132, start shooting!"
In the camera, after Luke was impressed by Master Yoda, he listened respectfully to the other party's guidance.
I saw Yoda flick his robe in a very masterly manner, put his hands behind his back, and said, "The strength of the power does not only come from the body, but also from your heart, your soul and spirit!" ”
"But don't they all end up influencing matter through the flesh?" Luke asked, looking puzzled.
Master Yoda tapped Luke's head with the wooden staff in his hand and said angrily, "Use your Force!" Does the Force know the Way? It's also part of your body, so why should you ignore it? ”
The Force?
Luke thought thoughtfully, a smile on his face, and quickly understood what Master Yoda meant. But though he understood, he couldn't do anything about it, and he couldn't lift the boulder like Master Yoda did.
Master Yoda sighed, "Although your Force is strong, you are still accustomed to using the power of your flesh when you act. ”
"So what am I going to do?"
"You must see through the essence of things, and don't be deceived by appearances!"
"Give me an example!"
"For example, if you were to lift this boulder, you wouldn't be able to do it with your physical strength! That's right, right? ”
"Yes, I can't shake it even with all my might!"
"Then don't be fooled by its surface, you look at it from a different perspective. I ask you, does this boulder have the Force? How many? How does it compare to you? ”
Hearing Master Yoda's words, Luke quickly used the Force to feel the stone, and quickly replied, "The stone also has the Force power, and it is relatively large, but it is far from me!" ”
Master Yoda paused for his cane and shouted fiercely, "Then why can't you lift it?" Since your Force is stronger than it, you can lift it up! ”
Luke's face showed a hesitant expression, a little unsure of what to do.
"Why don't you go and lift the boulder soon, but when!" Master Yoda shouted. Under his influence, Luke walked over in a daze, reached out and lifted it gently, and actually lifted the boulder.
"Huh? I'm ......" Luke was surprised and delighted, almost thinking it was his hallucination, when he suddenly felt the weight of the boulder, and he couldn't lift it anymore in a panic, and the boulder fell from his hand to the ground again.
"Boom!"
When the boulder hit the ground, it smashed a large crater into the ground, which showed that it weighed at least a few tons. All of this is true, and it is not Luke himself hallucinating.
"I see!" Luke shouted, jumping for joy!
“CUT!”
Alex shouted to stop again, and he clapped his hands, signaling that the shot was perfect and could be passed. The staff were busy cleaning up the filming scene, and the actors were all relaxed and let others help remove their makeup. At this time, the film was still halfway through filming, and it still took a month or two to complete.
This is also something that can't be helped, Alex wants to shoot all three lengths of content at once, and it will take enough time. However, his approach has compressed the time to a minimum, but the film is definitely far better than the original in terms of excitement and quality.
Who called Lucas when he was filming "Star Wars", because of the lack of funds provided by the investor, he had to cut a complete story into three parts, and finally saved money everywhere to reluctantly shoot the first part.
As for this version of Alex, there are not so many problems.
He is very confident that this film will definitely be more than ten times better than the original, and ten times is ten times better! And some of the storylines and character settings of the original version have been modified, such as Princess Leah is also a Jedi, Master Yoda personally dealt with the Black Knight, and the combat power of the Jedi looks extraordinary.
If such a movie is made, Alex himself wants to go into the cinema to watch it, let alone the audience of this era, after they see this movie, they will definitely not even be able to sleep. (To be continued......)