My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 405 San Francisco, "Gambling God" under the setting sun
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San Francisco Bay Area.

A red 1967 Ford Mustang GT 500 American muscle car parked on the Golden Gate Bridge.

The setting sun sprinkled on the sea, and through the iron net, the spots were scattered.

A giant ship smoking black smoke slowly passed under the bridge, black smoke, slanting sun, dirty sea water, rusted railings, noisy seagulls, stained roads - white breath from the mouth and messy stubble .

The brim of the one-piece hat was stained with dirty oil.

Huge cameras hang from booms, suspended outside the Golden Gate Bridge.

Pan Hengsheng, who was wearing a coat, was operating the camera on the gimbal stabilizer, hanging above the sea, staring at the camera intently.

Huang Yuetai, who was wrapped in a yellow leather jacket, was sitting on the rail car, and the assistant worker behind him slowly pushed it along the semicircle. The red light flashed in the camera, and the back of the man was recorded in the screen, and his eyes were fixed Image, dare not have the slightest relaxation.

A white cameraman was driving a Steadicam, and the camera slowly moved forward, beside him, Qiu Litao was also dressed in the same outfit, and the camera caught the changes in the light—a black Lincoln with a shiny finish slowly stopped.

Warm headlights, black lacquered surfaces, crystal clear windows, and shiny brown leather shoes.

"Snapped--"

The door closes, yes, it closes.

Gray slim British style suit, with two long legs sticking out in front of him.The camera in Qiu Litao's hand slowly panned up.

On the side, the fixed and buried camera shot a silhouette against the light, which is faintly visible.

"Oh shit! This place really sucks..."

Fingers gently slid over the extremely regular and exquisite Clark Gable mustache that was trimmed on the mouth. On the speckled tie was pinned a tie clip that looked like a western five-color dragon, with a black gem inlaid in the middle. It looks like a black longan, shaped like a black dragon.

A black silk scarf on the chest is embroidered with metallic gold trim.

The reason why the pre-production of "God of Gamblers" was overdue is because according to Wu Xiaozu's request, many very delicate props and costumes were customized.

The two art directors Zhang Shuping and Yu Jiaamine are responsible for data collection, and according to Wu Xiaozu's requirements, they have specially designed costumes, sets, props and character modeling for each character.

This work has been done since the beginning of the scouting for "God of Gamblers", and it took several months.

"God of Gamblers" has more than 100 artists, costumers, and stylists in total, not to mention the non-staff tailors.

The voice of the visitor was loose and full of British complaints.

"In this place, thousands of people commit suicide every year."

The voice from the hooded figure was low but disapproving.

"Then you will be one in a thousand?"

The beard of the man in the gray suit is slightly raised. From the side of the camera, it can be seen that his hair is meticulously combed and half-length back, and the rings on his fingers are dancing flexibly on the fingertips...

hum!
The whistle of the giant ship and the setting sun make everything not warm, but a little bleak.

This set of pictures used more than 7 camera positions to capture.

"Crack-"

Suddenly, the man in a denim jacket waved his hand, and the tense atmosphere instantly relaxed, as if a pan of oil had been poured into water, and it became lively in an instant.

"Hurry up!!"

"Clean up the sanitation on the ground quickly! Get all the equipment in order!"

"All departments act quickly!"

In an instant, hundreds of people rushed into the shooting scene and got busy, and the quiet scene just now exploded in an instant.

Zhou Runfa quickly spit out the food-grade dry ice in his mouth. In order to create a white breath effect, he had no choice but to do this. After all, San Francisco rarely has such cold weather throughout the year.

But Wu Xiaozu hopes to have this effect.Liang Jiahui next to him also quickly changed into an expensive gray suit.

"Director Wu, hurry up, the city hall stipulates that we must finish work before 5 o'clock! Otherwise, they will complain to us! Also, the actors' union asked us to fill in some information..."

A man in a suit and leather shoes surrounded Wu Xiaozu like a fly.

"Long hair!!!" Wu Xiaozu yelled while holding the walkie-talkie.

"almost there!"

Qiu Litao was directing the on-site staff to disassemble the machine with a loud voice, when he heard Wu Xiaozu's shout, he ran over panting, "Brother Zu, what do you want me to do?!"

"Fix him for me!"

Wu Xiaozu's face was as cold as ice and he pointed at the man in suit who was following behind his buttocks with a briefcase in front of him, "Don't let him bother me anymore!"

"YESsir!" Qiu Litao hurriedly pulled the man in the suit aside, and began to accommodate...

"Fake!"

Wu Xiaozu was so angry that he couldn't help spitting, "The Yankees have unions everywhere, and there are complaints everywhere! Paying the fine doesn't count, and the supervisor supervised our filming! I'll introduce you to Mai Dangxiong—he Filming in Hong Kong Island didn’t even report to the police, just ran amok on the street!”

The staff from the surrounding Hong Kong Island held back their laughter and dared not speak, while the hired American staff looked at Director Wu inexplicably and shrugged, not understanding what the Chinese was doing.

"Dude, this Chinese is cool." A handsome young man made a social gesture to his companion.

"Walter?"

"Yeah yah yah... Hey... I said his rap is very rhythmic like Brooklyn cocaine is popular, and his inventory is so excited that I want to run..."

Listening to this handsome black buddy spit, Wu Xiaozu, who understood his black rap slang, turned dark instantly.

In fact, he estimates that filming in the United States will encounter difficulties of one kind or another, and he thinks he can overcome it with his own experience.

but……

When you really come here, you will feel the impact of the different oriental culture here.

The status of the Chinese here is very low.

It is important to know that San Francisco is also one of the largest Chinese settlements in the United States.California is a very inclusive place.But discrimination is still everywhere.

The rules and laws of filming here can really be overwhelming.Fortunately, there are professional people in charge of the film business here to help deal with these problems.

The shooting of the Golden Gate Bridge requires a lot of formalities.

There is definitely no problem with this kind of regulation, and it should indeed be followed.

but.

When such rules affect your creation all the time, people will inevitably have an angry state of mind.Wu Xiaozu, the studio tyrant, was very irritable.

Of course, you have to say that the shooting rules here also make every job very professional.This kind of profession is hard to find on Hong Kong Island and even in the whole of Asia.

American workers have very strict requirements on time.It's not that they can't work overtime, but that they really have corresponding benefits for working overtime.This is unimaginable on Hong Kong Island.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with this profession.

The only downside is that it costs money like water!

In the previous life, after the decline of Hong Kong films, the first way out for countless Hong Kong film directors was not to go north.Instead, he went to Hollywood and the United States to make a living.

Bleeding.

Uncle Long's descendants were interviewed, it was the first time they came to the United States to shoot a film, and they were really stunned by their professionalism!Everyone performs their duties, and the entire crew is like a professional engineering team with a clear division of labor.

This perfect industrial system has a huge impact on people.

Even Wu Xiaozu, a practitioner who has experienced all kinds of later generations, still has great feelings.

However, if you don't dare to work hard, you really don't dare to work hard!
Otherwise, the many shots of Uncle Long with his life jumping wildly will not make the old beauty point to the screen in a daze and ask: Oh Maiga! who is this! ! ! !What about a lens?
Uncle Long? ? ?With a question mark face, he said impatiently: What are you talking about?What about messing with us?The dance is over!It's useless to say anything else!

Here Wu Xiaozu wants to let the stand-in jump like that, he will be sued for murder by the actor!

It was the first time to accept the film culture here, and Wu Xiaozu, who already had his own style, was really uncomfortable.

This contradiction cannot be eliminated by touching the upper lip and the lower lip.

The American drama will be shot in California and Nevada, and there are not many actors involved. Many interior scenes can be returned to Hong Kong Island to set up scenery for shooting.After all, the consumption of shooting here is really like running water!
2800 million Hong Kong dollars, can't help but spend!

For the first time to experience American film culture, Wu Xiaozu did not go to Hollywood.

Seeing Qiu Litao, who was drooling and constantly communicating with the supervisor, Wu Xiaozu heaved a sigh of relief.

Before he is ready, it is really not easy to enter Hollywood rashly!

Under the rules here, Wu Xiaozu is just a young director from the East.There is no right to have any autonomy at all!

It is not terrible to see the gap, but the most fearful thing is that we dare not even learn, and we have to play closed doors!

This point, Dongying is indeed worth learning.

Wu Xiaozu calmed down the suffocation in his heart, but he was able to objectively appreciate the cultural shock between the East and the West.

in comparison.

At least for Wu Xiaozu at this time.

He is undoubtedly more adapted to the shooting style and atmosphere of Hong Kong Island.

I am also very glad that I can have time to level up in Xinshou Village. At least Hong Kong Island can provide him with a protection period of four or five years, which is very rare!
Now he can freely experiment with the film categories that he is weak in, to supplement his own film style.You can continue to learn and fill in your own professional deficiencies.

It's pretty lucky.

At the very least, he can slowly think about his own film style and slowly accumulate his own film technology.Slowly taste the differences between the best forts in the East and the West, and study the body structure.

That's why he was able to grow to this point in just two or three years.

The low threshold of Hong Kong films allowed him to enter and explore slowly.

The competition in Hollywood, even with Li Min's talent, still has to go silent for 6 years and then quietly return to Wanwan to complete her first masterpiece "Pushing Hands".

Hollywood is really unfair to the Chinese at this time.

Talent can only be displayed when you have a stepping stone. Without a stage, you still cannot realize your talent.

Discrimination?

Ah.

Perhaps in the United States, the skin of Asians is indeed a difficult stepping stone!

Skin is really an indelible barrier for Asians.

Don't look at old Americans talking about equality and human rights all day long.

If you believe in him, you believe in ghosts!
What I come I see I conquer?Wu Xiaozu is not that boring.He is just sure that when he can create benefits, his skin will not be a hindrance!

It’s not impossible to talk about dreams in a society of money, as long as your dreams conform to their money views, it’s OK.

Laomei is really realistic.

Wu Xiaozu quite liked this kind of reality.

　thank you for your support!Thanks for the reward friends!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)