The straight man in the entertainment circle - Chapter 603

c601 What an actor full of surprises!

Zhang Dasong pays great attention to details when making movies.

No matter whether it is the setting, props, makeup or performance, he cannot tolerate any flaws. This was something he had not shown to such an extent on “The Show”.

After all, “The Show” is just a program and the time is short. It is impossible for Zhang Dasong to treat it as a normal filming environment.

But during on-site filming, Zhang Dasong became very strict, even to the point of being picky.

In the movie “The Grandmaster”, the script and story are not outstanding, and the most important thing is the martial arts action.

Zhang Dasong’s idea was to make every action scene dazzling and shocking.

Zhang Dashong has the ambition to make the pinnacle of martial arts action movies.

This first scene was shot of Lin Li teaching Chen Qingqing martial arts.

Zhang Dasong specifically requested that the scene in which Lin Li teach Chen Qingqing martial arts should be filmed at the beginning because although Chen Qingqing’s movements were good at this time, he was not particularly good at it after all. The scene in which Chen Qingqing and Lin Ligang were learning martial arts was shot at Chen Qingqing’s side. It seems very real.

Otherwise, when Chen Qingqing becomes proficient in her movements, she will no longer feel unfamiliar and it will be difficult to capture the unfamiliar feeling of a beginner.

But there is also a problem, and that is Lin Li.

In the play, Lin Li is positioned as the son of the male master. He went north to seek 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 have the air of a master. Chen Qingqing’s movements can be unfamiliar, but Lin Li’s movements cannot.

Here’s the problem. Zhang Dasong filmed this part of the scene in advance to preserve Chen Qingqing’s slightly unfamiliar movements, but moving ahead meant that Lin Li didn’t have enough time to practice his movements, even though Lin Li had shown his ability in front of them before. , but Zhang Dasong still couldn’t help but be a little worried.

Fortunately, during the filming, Lin Li’s performance satisfied Zhang Dashong. His movements and demeanor really looked like a master. Even the action scenes where Lin Li guided Chen Qingqing on the spot were very realistic. It felt like he was not filming, but… It was Lin Lizhen who was coaching Chen Qingqing.

Zhang Dasong was very happy. This was the first time that he felt so comfortable filming.

But soon, Zhang Dasong discovered a problem.

After shooting the morning’s footage, Zhang Dasong will look at the surveillance footage to see if there are any problems.

Zhang Dasong discovered that although Lin Li and Chen Qingqing’s movements were completed according to the movements directed by Yuan Ping, the martial arts movements designed by Yuan Ping did basically meet his requirements and seemed to have no problems. However, during the actual filming, some problems were exposed. come out.

That is the action designed by Yuan Ping, sacrificing some local details for the overall beauty and smoothness of the action.

Originally, when watching the actors performing their actions, you could say that you were watching full-body shots, but movies cannot be all full-body shots. Especially in the shooting of fighting scenes, it is necessary to shoot and edit in all directions, that is, there are some shots that must be shot. Partially.

The local details that Yuan Ping sacrificed were exposed at this time. When shooting long shots or even medium shots, the actions designed by Yuan Ping were very exciting, but when it came to shooting local details, some of the actions seemed a bit inconsistent. It feels like it was edited rigidly.

Although this feeling is very slight and even difficult to feel, Zhang Dasong, who strives for perfection, cannot accept it.

The main focus of this movie is the action scenes. If there were some flaws in other scenes, Zhang Dasong might be able to tolerate it, but not the action scenes!

Zhang Dasong immediately called Yuan Ping, and the two began to discuss improvement plans in front of the monitor.

Because action scenes pay attention to smoothness, changes in local movements sometimes lead to adjustments to the overall movements. Moreover, all the action scenes in Yuan Ping’s movie have been designed. If there are all such problems, redesigning them will lead to It’s a huge project.

The proficiency of the actors will also become a big issue.

The whole crew is working on it and can’t afford to delay.

However, because Zhang Dasong and Yuan Ping failed to come up with a good solution, the entire crew stopped working for an afternoon.

Everyone was talking privately, wondering what happened.

“What’s going on, the crew stopped working on the first day?”

“I don’t know. It looked fine in the morning.”

“What the hell, I think there was something wrong with Lin Li and Chen Qingqing’s filming.”

“I watched it this morning and it was really good. I also said the action scenes between the two of them were really good.”

“Yes, we have also filmed a lot of scenes. Lin Li and Chen Qingqing’s action scenes have already caught up with professional action actors.”

“Then I don’t know what the problem is.”

“Just wait, Director Zhang’s scenes are all done slowly.”

Originally, Zhang Dasong and Yuan Ping were discussing things, and no one else had the right to ask, but there was no movement from the crew all afternoon. Lin Li thought there was something wrong with him and Chen Qingqing while filming, so he couldn’t help but go and ask.

“Director Zhang, is there something wrong with our performance?”

At this time, Zhang Dasong and Yuan Ping looked serious. Zhang Dasong looked at Lin Li and said, “That’s not true. We are discussing how to make your movements better during detailed shooting.”

Lin Lida said, “Can I see what’s being taken now?”

Zhang Dasong nodded and said, “Well, it just so happens that you also have experience in directing dramas. Come and take a look.”

Zhang Dasong and Yuan Ping moved slightly, and Lin Li squeezed in to watch the morning action scene between him and Chen Qingqing captured on the monitor.

There are no problems with the composition, camera position, color tone, and camera movement, and even the action scenes are shot. The only flaw is that the action is not good enough in close-ups.

But if the local movements look good, the overall movements may need to be adjusted, which is more difficult to do.

Because this is not a problem with one scene between Lin Li and Chen Qingqing. If adjustments are needed, it may be that all actions need to be adjusted.

Lin Li naturally understood the difficulty, otherwise Zhang Dasong and Yuan Ping would not have discussed it for so long.

Fortunately, Lin Li had a strong foundation in Chinese martial arts at this time. Because he was filming the movie “The Grandmaster”, Lin Li upgraded all the Chinese martial arts he had picked to the special level, so Lin Li thought about it for a while and came up with some ideas.

“Director Zhang, do these seventeen and twenty-three scenes need to be reshot?” Lin Li asked.

“Yes.” Zhang Dasong said, “We didn’t shoot many scenes today, but there was something wrong with these two scenes.”

Lin Li turned around and looked at the Seventeenth Mirror, and then said, “Director Zhang, call a few people and I’ll adjust my movements. Can you and Mr. Yuan take a look?”

Zhang Dasong and Yuan Ping looked at Lin Li with a bit of shock in their eyes. They had been discussing all afternoon but couldn’t come up with a good plan. Lin Li had one right now?

But since Lin Li said so, Zhang Dashong was naturally unwilling to let go of this opportunity, so he called a few people over and took two close-ups of Lin Li.

In the play, Lin Li is a martial arts genius. He is proficient in all kinds of southern martial arts, especially Xia Quan, which is passed down by his family. However, when he teaches Chen Qingqing, he chooses to teach her Wing Chun and Tai Chi, which are more suitable for women.

What I photographed today was the Wing Chun technique taught by Lin Li to Chen Qingqing. Lin Li’s Wing Chun technique was also selected and upgraded to a special level.

“Seventeen mirrors.” Lin Li said to the camera.

This scene shows Professor Lin Li and Chen Qingqing practicing wooden dummies.

When Lin Li was filming, he completely followed the routine designed by Yuan Ping. Yuan Ping has been a martial arts instructor for 40 years. He knows very well what kind of martial arts movements the director wants, and he can also balance each martial arts in the shot. Beauty.

But just because he succumbs to the director and the camera, he often ignores the essence and charm of martial arts itself.

At this time, Lin Li combined the martial arts appearance given by the system, and then combined it with Yuan Ping’s action design, learning from each other’s strengths and weaknesses, taking into account the power and appearance of the martial arts itself, and the expressiveness of the camera, facing the wooden dummy hand and hand brought up by the staff. The waist, horse, heart, mind, and strength are integrated into one, creating a set of wooden dummies.

Lin Li’s set of movements were slightly different from those designed by Yuan Ping, but they were very similar. After all, Yuan Ping also knew Wing Chun boxing very well, and the movements he designed were also very informative. It was just Lin Li’s movements that made up for the lack of movement he designed. Partial close-ups feel a bit stiff.

If Lin Li were asked to design a set of martial arts moves that met Zhang Dashong’s requirements, Lin Li would definitely not be able to do it. Although his kung fu was given by the system and was very pure, it did not quite fit the movie lens.

But this was Yuan Ping’s strength. Lin Li learned from each other’s strengths and added some of his own moves, which actually made this set of moves more perfect!

Zhang Dasong looked at the monitor and couldn’t help but cheer: “Okay, Lin Li is fighting like this, and the partial movements look very impressive. There is no need to change the overall movements designed by Director Yuan!”

Yuan Ping nodded silently, but looked at Lin Li strangely. How could Lin Li improve on the actions he designed in such a short period of time?

He has been working as an action director for 40 years and has shot more than 500 movies. This is the first time he has encountered such an actor!

Since it’s not an official reshoot, there won’t be any slates.

Lin Li said to the camera: “The following are twenty-three shots.”

After speaking, Lin Li faced the camera, opened his palm, and hit the camera. Just when his fingers were about to hit the camera, he suddenly closed his fingers, turned his palm into a fist, and positioned it three inches in front of the camera.

Lin Li’s movements were fluent and his momentum was like a rainbow, and his last pause was even more impressive.

This time, Lin Li changed the movement of turning his fists into palms, and then changed the original movement to stay in front of the camera. In this way, some of the movements looked very impressive.

Zhang Dasong and Yuan Ping looked in front of the monitor. Although one was taken at night and the other was taken during the day, experienced Zhang Dasong and Yuan Ping could naturally tell the difference.

Lin Li’s change of action was really good. The problem was solved. There was no need to waste time adjusting the overall action. He only needed to re-shoot the partial action during the day tomorrow.

“Well, that’s ok. Next, I’ll edit a medium shot of Chen Qingqing practicing with Lin Li, and finally connect it to the long shot I shot before. There shouldn’t be any sense of inconsistency.”

Yuan Ping nodded and looked at Lin Li from curiosity to appreciation.

Lin Li is really an actor full of surprises!

Lin Li came over after filming and asked, “Director Zhang, Director Yuan, do you think it would be better if I did this?”

Zhang Dashong was worried about Yuan Ping being around, so he didn’t praise Lin Li very much, otherwise Yuan Ping would be embarrassed.

“Well, it’s not bad. It has some reference value. Director Yuan, what do you think?”

Yuan Ping knew that Zhang Dashong had given him face and said with a smile: “Very good. Lin Li’s movements don’t require me to adjust the overall movements, which is a waste of time, and the actors don’t have to learn them all over again. It can be said that they have helped me a lot.”

Zhang Dasong felt relieved when he heard what Yuan Ping said and said, “It has helped us a lot.”

Yuan Ping said: “Our play has a lot of action, and there may still be problems like this. You will have to come up with Lin Li’s ideas in the future. Let’s do this, 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’ll be happy to help the crew.”

“This is a rule in our industry. Since you have contributed to the action scenes, you should sign your name. It just needs to be signed after my name.” Yuan Ping said.

Lin Li heard what Yuan Ping said and had no choice but to say: “In that case, I won’t refuse. If there is a need for me in the future, I will try my best.”

Zhang Dasong said: “I will talk to the finance department about the remuneration and I will calculate it for you, but don’t expect too much.”

“Then I’ll take it out and treat the whole cast to dinner.” Lin Li said.

Zhang Dashong smiled and said: “That’s okay.”

Zhang Dasong and Yuan Ping looked at each other and liked Lin Li in front of them even more.

Especially Yuan Ping, he discovered that Lin Li, a young man, was still understanding of the world and a very measured person, and was not as difficult to get in touch with as the legend said.

No wonder his apprentice kept saying good things about him after he came back.

The next morning, we started reshooting the scenes between Lin Li and Chen Qingqing yesterday. Some adjustments were made to the action scenes, but the overall movements remained the same. Only the close-up movements were slightly adjusted. Chen Qingqing accepted it quickly and completed it. The results were also very good and did not delay the filming progress at all.

In the afternoon, we filmed another scene where Lin Li taught Chen Qingqing how to use Wing Chun’s eight-cut sword.

In this movie, Chen Qingqing defeated six martial arts schools. Including the one where she was killed, Chen Qingqing had a total of seven fighting scenes. Each fighting scene was different, such as the first scene where she challenged the martial arts school. , Chen Qingqing used Wing Chun. When he challenged the martial arts school in the second game, Chen Qingqing used Tai Chi. The scene where he was killed in the end was also the most brutal one for Chen Qingqing. Chen Qingqing used several martial arts. , the last one used was this Eight-Zhan Sword.

The same goes for Lin Li. The martial arts used in each fight will be different. This is to make the fight scenes look good, not repetitive, and more exciting.

Therefore, when Lin Li teaches Chen Qingqing, the martial arts he teaches will also be complicated. In order to show the migration of time, every time Lin Li teaches Chen Qingqing a martial arts lesson, whether it is the costumes or the scenes, they all show the advancement of time.

For example, at the beginning, it was spring and flowers were blooming in the yard, but in the second and third scenes, it turned into a hot summer, and then there were fallen leaves in autumn and falling snow in winter.

According to the plot, Lin Li taught Chen Qingqing to practice martial arts for three years, so there were some changes in their makeup. After three years, they have both matured a lot.

In Lin Li’s opinion, the scene where Lin Li teaches Chen Qingqing martial arts would not last more than ten minutes in the movie, and the camera would definitely flash forward to show the three years.

But it actually took the two of them nearly half a month to film this scene.

After Lin Li finished filming every day, he would go to Zhang Dasong and Yuan Ping’s room and discuss for a long time. Every scene of Chen Qingqing had some changes when it came to close-ups. They were all under Lin Li’s command. Chen Qingqing actually thought the changes were good. Very cooperative.