My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 496 The post-movie soundtrack, the seduction of "Double Heroes 2"
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Peninsula Hotel, Nordic-style business suites.

A pair of beautiful legs wrapped in classic lace-trimmed black stockings are placed on the bed, and the garter belt is connected to the stockings and lace apron, covering the graceful scenery.

Black silk and snow muscle are intertwined, which is very attractive.The collocation of classic lace suspenders adds a sense of mystery and extravagance.

With the sound of closing the door, Yan Zhenghua, who was lying on the bed, opened her eyes slightly. At this time, Director Wu was no longer in the room.

Sighing lightly, he cleared up his messy mood.

Throw off the blanket, step your legs, and get out of bed.

His body stiffened for a moment, his brows furrowed, and he couldn't help but let out a cry.

"Cayo Kayo!"

At this time, he seemed to think of something, and his blush rose.

A minute later, she limped into the bathroom of the suite, and a crystal bead was thrown beside the bed.

Yesterday, after Director Wu sent the six daughters away, Yan Zhenghua secretly returned to the Peninsula Hotel and worked overtime to report the results of the work during this period to Boss Wu, showing the results of the work.

The perfect performance was greatly praised by Boss Wu.

Applause resounded through the room.

The breeze was blowing, and a corner of a check on the bedside table was blown up——

200000 Hong Kong dollars.

Boss Wu is a very responsible person, and has no intention of driving up the price indiscriminately.

At the beginning, Ye Yuqing and Ye Zimei were only in this price range. Of course, resources were given afterwards, and they were recommended to join the crew to act.Ms. Liu is more, 50——

But the more puzzling thing is that he didn't find that the 50 check was cashed! ?
Could it be that...Miss Liu belongs to the vain dedication type?
How embarrassing that is... ^_^.

Of course, it may also be that people feel that Director Wu has spared no effort and hard work to help her expand her life path, so she is grateful and has a repayment mentality?
at this time.

Wu Xiaozu had already driven to the studio of 1024 Locomotive Film Company in Sha Tin.

...

On the north side of the filming factory, a professional engineering team is constructing the 'Dragon Inn' building and corresponding scenes in full swing.

This construction company once undertook the construction of two theme parks, Songcheng in Lai Chi Kok and Tangcheng in Singapore.He is very experienced in the imitation and construction of ancient buildings.

Wu Xiaozu didn't need to build a city, he just needed to build an inn that met the requirements of the play. The amount of work was much smaller, and it could be completed in a few months with slow work and meticulous work.

On the preparation of the costume martial arts drama, he agrees with Hu Jinquan's opinion.Decide on the subject and start shooting.Of course, the old man is rigorous about the details, but his style is a bit literary and romantic, and the commercial nature is not so obvious.Perhaps this is also the reason why Tsui Hark kept adding ideas and adding or subtracting scripts more than a dozen times in a row.

Although Tsui Hark and Cheng Xiaodong are Hu Jinquan's fanboys, they obviously have great differences when it comes to the movie business.So far, the script of "Swordsman" has been drafted more than a dozen times, but it has not yet been officially finalized.

In contrast, "Dragon Inn".

Wu Xiaozu started writing the script, and 1024 Locomotive Film Company has officially approved the film project.

During the official selection of crew members, the photography team is divided into the Hong Kong Island photography group and the Mainland photography group. The Hong Kong Island side chose Huang Yuetai and Pan Hengsheng, who have been working together for a long time, to lead, and the mainland is naturally Comrade Xiao Gu.

As lighting engineer, Wu Xiaozu trusted Zou Lin as always.He is Wu Xiaozu's real royal staff.The lighting team honed under the guidance of Wu Xiaozu has also risen to become the leading lighting team on Hong Kong Island and even in Asia.

The art director and art director of Hong Kong Island chose Zhang Shuping and Yip Jintian.Brother Chen Kai from the mainland recommended Cao Jiuping from Xiying Film Studio.At this time, Cao Jiuping hadn't really shown his talent.

This film, as the company's first co-production film with the mainland, is also the first attempt at a costume drama, and all departments have also begun to work intensively.

In the production department, Jiang Zhiqiang is also in charge of controlling the production process of the entire crew.

Because it is a costume play, including costumes, weapons, character modeling, and accessories, all need professional technical support.

However, costume dramas on Hong Kong Island are always a bit different. ,

Fortunately, Chen Kaige found a lot of professional historical and technical personnel from the mainland, which eased the work of the prop team a lot, and at the same time began to conduct scene surveys in the Dunhuang area.

Customization of weapons, costumes and props of some pots and pots were all handed over to a handicraft production company of an old state-owned factory in the Mainland to complete.Fortunately, there are connections between Xiying Studio and Brother Chen Kai, otherwise these state-owned lords might not have accepted the order. . . .

In addition, there are also costume props in the warehouse of Xiying Studio, which can be used for shooting with a little maintenance and arrangement.

The quality of a movie has never been determined by one person, but by the cooperation of a group of people, a team or even multiple teams.

In the distribution of film work, the position of director is the easiest, because anyone can sit there.But again, it is difficult to do well.

This co-production also tested Director Wu's mise-en-scène skills.

1024 Locomotive Film Company is becoming more formalized, and the film industry process cannot be cheated or cheated at any step.

This also made Wu Xiaozu much more relaxed, and he could focus more on film production and creation.Many preparatory and overall planning work can be handed over to the company's production department to complete.

Today, the production department is also the department with the largest number of personnel and the most complicated in the 1024 locomotive.

……

"Wu Sheng—"

With messy hair and dark circles under his eyes, Kuang Zhiwei quickly stood up to say hello when he saw Chen Zhiwei leading Wu Xiaozu into the editing room, and the technicians on the side also said hello to the big boss.

In the editing machine in front of him is "God of Gamblers: Immediate War"

"Everyone has worked hard. I brought you the food from the Peninsula Hotel, as well as roast goose and milk tea."

Wu Xiaozu smiled and waved to the driver Li Shuzhi, "Brother Zhi, share the things with everyone."

As he said that, his eyes fixed on Kuang Zhiyu and Chen Zhiwei, and he patted his shoulders with a smile, "You two have worked hard! I will remember raising the salary with Sister Jiahua..."

Wu Xiaozu's praise made both of their bones lighter by three points, and their bloodshot eyeballs were extraordinarily excited.

During this time, the two have been immersed in the post-production of "God of Gamblers: Immediate War".There are more than three times as many material shots in this drama as in "Suspect".It is even nearly half more than "Double Heroes".

Such a large workload also doubled the pressure on the two of them.

They lead a post-production team of nearly 15 people, working day and night.

This drama not only has a lot of material, but also poses a severe test for editing.

In this film, the use of handheld photography in action scenes has reached a new level.

The movie has a dark style of painting, and it requires that such grim shots have enough sharp editing, so as to prevent the movie from falling into a long and dull rhythm.

This kind of sharp editing, not to mention Hong Kong Island, even in Hollywood, is a fresh topic.

The solution proposed by Wu Xiaozu has fundamentally innovated the display of action forms in the realization of techniques.

This innovation is the fragment editing of action scenes!
In terms of shot time measurement, the length is twelve frames, which is about 0.5 seconds or less.At the same time, the camera group is connected to the "time and space" processing method, and through rapid camera jumps, the sense of rhythm of the film can be improved.

The dark wind of "God of Gamblers: Immediate War" under this editing style, through this fast splicing of fragments, instantly makes the overall visual style sharper, and the images are more visually impactful, thereby increasing the viewing experience.

This fast-paced, full of sense of form and fierce action style is also Wu Xiaozu's new attempt at action movies.

The sense of form will bring "full coolness", avoiding the influence of dark wind on commerciality!At the same time, depression and explosion are displayed alternately, and the audience will have a feeling of climax after wave.

Of course, this editing style has improved the editing level by countless times!After all, old-fashioned film is different from digital film. Its workload will be more cumbersome and requires more skills.

"Director Wu—"

At this time, a bald man with a beard came out with a smile.

"Ms. Lu, how are you? Are you still used to it here?"

Wu Xiaozu scattered cigarettes for a few people, and took the initiative to invite the three of them to sit in the tea room next to him, "I just saw that the dubbing and soundtrack are progressing very quickly, thank you, Teacher Lu. Piano guide and trumpet playing, to show solemnity, moving People's hearts and minds bring out Gao Jin's tiredness and melancholy.

This is also in line with my interpretation of the character color of the characters in the movie.Teacher Lu is really talented! "

The gentle bald head in front of him is Lu Guanting, a well-known film soundtrack master on Hong Kong Island.

The other party's achievements in film soundtracks and episodes are very high.

His wife is Tang Shuchen, a well-known talented lyricist, and his grandfather is Tang Jiyao, a warlord of the Yunnan faction, who can be regarded as the descendant of the general.

The husband and wife sing and the wife follows, one composes music and the other writes lyrics.

In terms of film soundtracks, they can be regarded as the top soundtrack combination on Hong Kong Island.

"What's the matter, I feel honored to be able to give you the soundtrack of this movie, Director Wu. When it comes to talent, I am really ashamed in front of you, Director Wu. On the contrary, the two scores you wrote, Director Wu, I I really admire it!
I have to say that whether it is the use of classic soul music in the 70s or the selection of "The Final Countdown" by the European band, they all meet the requirements of the plot very well, and can well show the advanced emotional progression and the psychological state of the characters.

But my favorites are the two songs you created yourself.

Although the piece is not complicated, it is simple and full of passion. Under the background of rock rhythm, the effect of brass unison gives a strong impact.

When I synthesized the music you wrote, Director Wu, every time I listened to it, I burst into tears and was very excited! "

Wu Xiaozu still has a certain talent in music. Although he can't remember it completely, he can still play it bit by bit.

This is also the reason why he lived in a simple place some time ago.

The background BGM of the two "original" songs is the classic "battle without" in the famous "Kill Bill" filmed by Quentin Tarantino, who is known as the "President of North American Asian Cult Film Fan Club". honor or humanity", after all, Quentin has three treasures, forcing him to control the soundtrack with foot control.He is also using doctrine, who will take it or not?

The other one is "into the battlefield".

One is in my BGM, no one should even try to defeat me, the exclusive debut background sound of Takiya Genji who dominates Suzuran High School.

The two songs are also the soundtracks written by Wu Xiaozu specially for "God of Gamblers: Let's Fight Now".

"Mr. Lu's arrangement and design are good."

Wu Xiaozu smiled modestly, and of course he would not forget Kuang Zhiyu and Chen Zhiwei, who boasted together: "The success of a movie is due to the great credit of the post-production staff! In order to catch up with the time for this movie, I will take everyone's credit into my heart. When the movie is released, I invite everyone to a feast!"

The editing, color grading, special effects, sound effects, subtitles, and soundtrack projects of "God of Gamblers: Now War" are all very heavy.Kuang Zhiyu, Chen Zhiwei and Lu Guanting can complete 80.00% of the work in just two months, which is really hard work.

In order to catch up with the summer vacation.

In the previous life, Hollywood divided the film production process into four stages: 1. project planning, 2. preliminary preparation, 3. actual shooting, 4. post-production and marketing, accounting for 35%, 20%, 20% and 25% respectively.

Of course, the Hong Kong film system is very chaotic.Even the entire Chinese-language film production is a director/producer responsibility system.

It cannot be said that a certain system is not good, but at this time Hong Kong films really pay little attention to the later stage.Basically, it is only higher than the status of the screenwriter.

Wu Xiaozu originally supported Kuang Zhiyu and Chen Zhiwei to be in charge of the studio, in order to train a good enough team.

So far, it seems that the results are good.

"The film soundtrack is basically completed, and the final adjustment is only needed. Basically, it can be completed in two days."

Lu Guanting grinned and said proudly, "I'm really looking forward to the release of this movie. To be honest, I never thought that an action movie can be made like this!"
In the past, it was not that no one chose to make gambling films.Shaw also produced films of this type.

When I look back now, those movies were really long and dull compared to this one.Especially Director Wu, in terms of your understanding of film soundtracks, I don't think there are many directors who can compare with you.

Many directors in Hong Kong Island have a very shallow understanding of music, including many big directors.There are no more than one director who can truly realize the role of music in a film!
All I know is probably Tsui Hark..."

Tsui Hark has a professional background in film, and he accepts Hollywood film theory.Understand the promotion and foil of music to commercial films.

His cooperation with Huang Zhan is equivalent to Hayao Miyazaki and Joe Hisaishi!
Of course, it would be even better if the director Hayao Miyazaki set up less flags. . .He retired from Wu Xiaozu Primary School all the time... until the last work, retired for decades, how many people did the old man entangle.

Thinking of this, Xiaozu Wu felt that he could learn from Hayao Miyazaki, Quentin and others, which would probably attract a lot of box office.

"Ms. Lu should have noticed the building built on the north side of the studio, right? My next play is a costume play. I would like to invite your wife to help me compose the music together. My play is a remake of "Dragon Gate" directed by Hu Jinquan. "Inn", but the story is very different. So I want to re-arrange."

Wu Xiaozu glanced at each other and thought of the most famous song of their husband and wife.

He is definitely a thief and youdao.

It also depends on the person to stir up songs.

It's not a big problem if you copy a few songs by a master like Miyuki Nakajima.But Lu Guanting is a person with a lot of humanistic feelings, and he can't cheat the song "The Love of My Life" at will.

As for "Journey to the West". . . .Anyway, it also rushed to the street.The big deal is to authorize Xingzi to use it.

This is also his tribute.

Sometimes Wu Xiaozu thinks, if Zhou Xingxing made a film with such obvious plagiarism as "Returning Soul Night" decades later, would he be scolded to death by fans of the original work? ? ?

who knows...

Wu Xiaozu is not the kind of person who sows discord.

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movie studio.

"..."

Tsui Hark sat there with a gloomy face, puffing on his cigar vigorously, thinking that death was slow. . .

"Don't be angry either."

Shi Nansheng stood by the coffee machine, grinding the coffee, and said with a smile, "Didn't you already talk harshly with people when filming "The True Colors of Heroes 2"? And having said that, the one before the second one was really bad." Too much. Even if it is released in Wanwan, it will lose a lot of box office. Sometimes it is not good to be too anxious...

Didn't you see that Wu Xiaozu has been pressing the "Double Heroes" series not to shoot... This is also an experience we can learn from. "

""Twin Heroes"?"

As soon as Tsui Hark mentioned this, his whole body seemed to be in pain, and he couldn't help baring his teeth, and muttered softly: "Wu Xiaozu's street is not a good thing—"

"Oh??"

Shi Nansheng raised his eyebrows suddenly, looked Tsui Hark up and down, tut tut and shook his head, "Hey, it's really not easy. It's the first time I've heard words belittling Wu Xiaozu from your mouth.

In the past, you have always regarded others as a confidant?They are going to film "Cell of Fear" together, and they are promoting the Hong Kong Island Directors' Association together, even sitting next to each other at the Academy Awards... Now I heard you talking about him, sir, tell me about it, let me see how you end up When did you realize this..."

The more Shi Nansheng talked, the happier she was. From that day on, she saw that Wu Xiaozu was not a good guy.Others don't know, as Auntie Lin's best friend, can she not know something?

The other party didn't say whoring for nothing, even the check book was connected to Aunt Lin's bank account.

Throughout the year, millions of dollars have been pulled out!
And Xiaoxian...

"ε=(ο｀*))) Oh!? Why do you say that about Azu?" Tsui Hark was not happy.

"Ah... Wu Xiaozu is a good person. How should I put it, he is too young and doesn't think carefully about things..." Tsui Hark helped Wu Xiaozu defend himself.

His feeling for Wu Xiaozu is that when others say about him, he always wants to fight.

I still feel that Wu Xiaozu is a very good friend.

He didn't have many friends now!The most successful is Wu Xiaozu.

The other party personally invited himself to develop "Double Heroes 2" at the director's meeting.At that time, there were always more than a dozen directors, right?

Why did you choose him?
It's not that the two hit it off!
"The main thing is that Wu Yusen is picking trouble in the middle!" Tsui Hark added, "Isn't he preparing a "Brave and Heroes" to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his mentor's film career? Then I said, can "Heroes" "True Color 3" was put on the agenda, and this hit the street and turned his face on the spot...

During this period of time, there are many things going on at the directors' meeting, and rumors about Wu Yusen and Wu Xiaozu collaborating in "Twin Heroes 2" spread out without knowing which of them hit the street..."

Tsui Hark cursed and shook his head, "Azu listened to the wind and rain, so he really sent a fax. His "Twin Heroes" series is very important, and our film studio's "True Colors of Heroes" series is also good!
I'm not against Wu Yusen's filming of "Twin Heroes 2", but the investment in this film is at least tens of millions... 1024 locomotive still needs to lead, but it is not as cost-effective as filming "The True Colors of Heroes 3".It's not too late to develop together after filming..."

"You rejected it?" Shi Nansheng asked with a frown.

"No, I'm not stupid. I can't just push Wu's big head to Azu, right? If we cooperate, we can cooperate. At worst, we can find a few more big water pipes..."

When Tsui Hark said this, he couldn't help rubbing the bridge of his nose, "Princess Jin and Wu Xiaozu still have trouble with each other, I'm afraid Second Young Master Lei won't be able to support us. It seems that we can only think of other ways!"

"Developing "Twin Heroes 2" is not a bad thing. Now the 1024 locomotive is in the limelight. And it is a sequel to a hit movie, which is sure to make money. I think if Wu Yusen did not really meet Wu Xiaozu's requirements, I am afraid he would not Will let us in easily."

Holding the coffee, Shi Nansheng said: "Well, I'll go get in touch with the funds. If the film is really approved, the film studio will follow up! After all, Wu Xiaozu is very popular now... So this is the focus of his next film?"

"I haven't paid much attention to it. Recently, he has been busy with the selection of Miss Hong Kong. It seems that he wants to remake Director Hu's "Dragon Inn". But I don't think much of him... His original film is good, and the adaptation may not be good. This point, I think More experienced than him!"

Tsui Hark smiled with a feather fan and scarf, "Next time at the director's meeting, I will guide him, hahaha..."

at this time.

Wu Xiaozu pondered how to choose a good martial arts instructor for "Dragon Inn".

He is very fond of Cheng Xiaodong.It's a pity that the other party has been busy with Tsui Hark, so it's hard to get a chance to make a move!
(End of this chapter)