Chapter 118: The action scene starts filming
Cao Ping smiled helplessly: "Uncle Chen, I am also a newcomer who has just entered the industry! Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Lao Chen lit a lighter, leaned over to light a cigarette for Cao Ping, and said with a smile: "No matter how much you are better than me, a mud leg? Besides, you are also a top student in the film academy, aren't you? and the director is from the same school, how much more than we do, the director is busy like a gray grandson all day, it's not good to trouble him, so I'll ask you!"
Cao Ping nodded, he understood, although the director and the leading actors were on the set every day, but for Lao Chen, they were all stars, and they were less famous, so they were closer to him, and Cao Ping didn't know whether to be happy or angry for a while.
Helpless, Cao Ping had no choice but to speak: "Uncle Chen, since you can afford me, then I will tell you my opinion, I don't know if it's right or not, you have the right to listen to it." Taking a puff of cigarette, Cao Ping said: "In my opinion, Uncle Chen, you have been worried for a long time, there is still a market for traditional stunts, at least in China." Teacher Feng of Chinese film history in our school said that martial arts movies are a film classification with a very deep and wide audience of Chinese films, which is unique in China and the only film category that has a competition with Hollywood special effects blockbusters. Because it is formed through the skills of professional actors. And as long as there are martial arts movies, there will be a market for traditional stunts. However, this is not to say that traditional stunts are left to rest, understanding and learning will always be the driving force behind development and progress. β
Lao Chen asked, "Do you mean that we are also going to learn computer stunts?"
Cao Ping shook his head and said: "You don't have to learn, but you must understand, know yourself and know your enemy, in fact, martial arts movies have long been combined with stunts." The famous director of Hong Kong martial arts films, Tsui Hark and Xu Lao Wei, relied on the stunts that far surpassed their peers at that time to create a series of new martial arts movies represented by "New Dragon Gate Inn", which is progress. Indeed, today's computer technology can already be used to confuse the real with the fake, and "Avatar" interprets this point, but in the martial arts movie, computer stunts still can't completely replace real people. Unless it is possible to make a movie with all stunts, but the cost is too high, and it is not a scientific way to shoot, so in a short period of time, traditional stunts can still stick to the position of martial arts movies. So Lao Chen, I suggest that you still seize this geographical advantage, find an opportunity to cooperate with the post-production department of China Film and Television, or go to them to learn, the worst is the worst, it is always okay to poach people directly from them, right? β
Lao Chen hesitated a little and said: "People are state-owned enterprises, I am a contractor at best, how can anyone want to come from poaching people from others?"
Cao Ping sighed, Lao Chen, the key issue, is still a little short-sighted, there is no corner in this world that can't be dug with money, as long as the money is enough, there are always people willing to come, to put it bluntly, or reluctant, then this is not Cao Ping can manage, standing up, Cao Ping said: "You think about it first! What I said is not necessarily right, I still have to make up your mind." As he spoke, he turned around and left, no matter what Lao Chen said, he was taking a group of brothers to eat, and he still couldn't make a statement, I hope his words will help him!
After returning from Lao Chen, Cao Ping went to Wuxing again and continued to seize the time to choreograph martial arts movements. The director of this drama requires a sense of realism, so he can't use editing to create a sharp and violent effect, so he needs to shoot with long shots.
In this case, Cao Ping needs to choreograph the movements into small paragraphs one by one, so that the martial artists can rehearse and then feed the leading actors.
Cao Ping's current main arrangement is Wang Qianyuan and Zhang Zhen's knife technique, they are three Jinyi Wei brothers, and the knives used are also different, Wang Qianyuan uses a goose wing knife, Zhang Zhen is a Yan Ling knife and a hand crossbow, and Cao Ping himself is a double short knife, so it needs to be arranged separately.
Considering the realism that the director wants, the knife method designed by Cao Ping requires a knife on the upper body, and the prop knife purchased by the crew is quite elegant and exquisitely made.
Cao Ping has only one requirement for martial artists, that is, on the premise of protecting themselves, keep practicing, and practice until they can complete a complete set of actions according to the routine with their eyes closed, then the probability of injury will naturally be minimized.
With the filming of the literary drama, Cao Ping's action choreography has gradually been on the right track, and the martial artists can already follow the action completely. After the martial arts are proficient, you can cooperate with the leading actors. In the next few days, Wang Qianyuan and Zhang Zhen followed the martial artists to slowly familiarize themselves with the action, and the action scenes were about to be filmed intensively.
At night, after the lighting equipment was set up, the road guide was ready to test shoot the action shots, and for the sake of insurance, he tried to shoot Cao Ping's action scenes first.
"Actors, prepare!Cao Ping, just run forward as best you can!Come!Attention units!1!2!3!Start!" Lu Yang shouted.
After playing the board, Cao Ping ran quickly along the alley in a flying fish suit, and in a few steps, the speed had soared to the limit, and his body turned into a black shadow like an arrow from the string, running forward.
"Click!" the road guide shouted, poking his head out from behind the monitor, shouting, "Run too fast!
Cao Ping slowed down and ran again, the effect was still not good, the road guide called Cao Ping to the monitor, and showed him the picture, Cao Ping on the screen was like a robber chased by the police in a Hollywood movie, and the camera couldn't catch him at all.
The road guide said: "Can you run slower again?" my God, this is really awkward, it stands to reason that you should run faster...... If you look at it for yourself, after you are too fast, the camera will not be able to keep up, and if you force a quick turn, the picture will be blurred in focus, and you will not be able to shoot, so you can slow down a little bit and make a few facial movements, isn't this scene a scene where you are looking for your senior brother? You just do a few actions to find and let the camera shoot, pay attention, don't be too fast!"
Cao Ping returned to his original position and ran again, looking at the rooftops on both sides as he ran, this time the speed was well controlled, Cao Ping in the lens attacked like a cheetah, but he was steady and comfortable, and it didn't seem to have reached the limit at all, the road guide was very satisfied, shouted over, and was ready to shoot the next shot.
After taking a close-up of the front, Cao Ping came to the wall at the end of the alley, ready to shoot the shot over the wall, this wall is only two meters high, Cao Ping did not borrow strength, an arrow jumped up, reached out on the wall, and a harrier turned over and turned over.
"Click!" The road guide is very satisfied, as long as it is an action shot, Cao Ping has done it perfectly, no need to hang Weiya, not afraid of goofs, because he uses real kung fu. After the rhythm is familiar, Cao Ping's action scenes are basically all over again, which makes the road director can't help but fantasize extravagantly, if the leading actors have Cao Ping's skills, then what will this movie look like? Oops! I can't think about it, I want to drool when I think about it......
I shot two sets of shots of leaping on the roof, but the effect was not as good as I imagined, because the ramp speed running and jumping from one roof to another that are a bit difficult for ordinary actors are too simple for Cao Ping, and it seems that the impact of the picture is not strong.
Considering that Cao Ping's movements on the ground were more impactful, Lu Dao thought of a way to add a set of parkour-like shots to Cao Ping. The alley was filled with wooden barrels, ladders, bamboo poles, carts and other miscellaneous items for Cao Ping to run over.
For most people's more difficult parkour actions, for Cao Ping is as simple as drinking water, like a nimble tanuki, scurrying through various gaps, and also coming down the wall to swim the wall, a light jump, Cao Ping completed this set of shots.
"Beautiful! It's perfect!" Director Lu couldn't help but praise behind the monitor, Cao Ping's skills are a cheating device for this ordinary commercial film, and every action shot is so beautiful that he can't bear to discard it, which makes Lu Yang a little worried about whether the film will leave too much of Cao Ping's role and steal Zhang Zhen's limelight.
After the action scene was filmed, the road director was ready to shoot the follow-up shots in this scene while the iron was hot. Next is the rivalry between Cao Ping and Zhou Yiwei, and the guy has been wiping sweat for a long time next to him.
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After starting, Cao Ping strode forward, looking ahead, holding the knife in his hand. Suddenly, a whistle came, Cao Ping stopped suddenly, turned his head, and said, "Senior brother." β
I saw that in the shadow behind the big tree, Zhou Zhou came out with a five-foot-long Royal Forest Saber on his shoulder. Seeing Zhou Zhouwei's style, Cao Ping almost laughed, shaved short on both sides, left only the hair on the top of his head tied into a whip, and wore a robe and coat, although there was no sweat on his head, the clothes around his waist were already soaked.
Zhou Yiwei, who played the play, was still a very dedicated actor, he carried a long knife, swaggered out, holding a cold bun left in the morning that he didn't know if it had deteriorated, and ate it in a big gulp. Looking left and right, he walked to Cao Ping, swallowed the bun in his mouth with great effort, and said, "What are you looking at?" As if choked, his voice was a little hoarse, and he hiccuped, now Cao Ping couldn't help it, and laughed out loud.
"Click!" Lu Dao poked his head out and said, "Cao Ping, what are you laughing at?"
Cao Ping laughed and said: "I just thought that if I kept NG, the crew would have to buy a box of buns tomorrow, hahaha!" Hearing this, the actors on the set also covered their stomachs and laughed, Zhou Yiwei's meal volume is still relatively famous in the crew, and the road director also knows it very well, after all, Zhou Yiwei is also the leading actor of his debut film.
Zhou Zhouwei kept hiccuping, walked towards Zhu Dan, and said, "Hiccup! Don't patronize and laugh, Hiccup! Give me saliva to drink, Hiccup!"
When it comes to eating, Director Lu is very unhappy, and now the leading actors of the crew basically go to Cao Ping's to eat, he can't care about it, after all, they spend their own money. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, he can only take the lead in eating boxed lunches, otherwise the staff members will definitely be emotional. Therefore, every time he eats at noon, he can only run far away with a boxed lunch, to a place where he can't smell the smell of their food. This made him very aggrieved.
In fact, the budget for this play is not a lot, but except for the actors' salaries, venue fees, staff salaries, and prop rentals, there is basically not much left. But this is mainly because he has to be more serious, the props in the play must be as close to historical reality as possible, just the weapons used by the actors in the play are all custom-made by special manufacturers, and the leading sabers are each tens of thousands of high-end goods, and the costumes are all custom-made. Being a director is also a very sad thing!