My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 501 God of Gamblers Gao Jin, Dark Style
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On a dark and rainy night, on a winding road, a black Mercedes gallops into the painting.

Turning suddenly, the red taillights flashed.

As soon as the scene was changed, the camera was shifted to an overhead shot, showing the dark road ahead and the subjective shot of the car driving, accompanied by a relaxing orchestral music.The road retreated quickly, and the front looked like a monster with its deep mouth open.

The wiper moves back and forth, and the rain slides down the glass.

A retro steering wheel made of peach wood and a pair of slender and delicate male hands are featured in the painting.

Music gap.

Hold the close-up camera slightly to follow up, and the index and middle fingers of the left hand accompanied the music, tapping the classic 'three-pointed star' logo of Mercedes-Benz on the steering wheel in a relaxed and lively manner.

The camera changes to the right side and slightly tilted up.

Wearing a black jacket, Liang Chaowei wore a bandage in one hand and held the steering wheel with one hand, blowing a bubble from his mouth——

Pia~
The camera pulls up to reveal the interior of the car.

Elegant and retro peach wood decoration, luxurious interior, on the control panel in the middle of the car, the narrow black and white display panel of the tape recorder dances with green and Tetris-like light notes, representing the heavy bass.

On the leather seat of the co-pilot, quietly placed a black paper gift box with a gold ribbon tied on it.

The back of the car.

A majestic man in a hand-made high-end suit whose face could not be seen clearly sat there with his legs crossed and leaning against him.

A Cohiba cigar is tucked in the hand with the simple silver wedding ring on the ring finger.

Take a deep breath,
The head of the cigar glowed red.

The dense smoke and light make the facial features of the man subtly buried in the shadows, except for a pair of eyes that are exceptionally bright, revealing composure and calmness.

In the close-up of the eyes, the picture quietly and indiscriminately changes the scene-the change of the lens without tense.

Still a close-up of those black eyes, confident and domineering.

In a medium shot, a burly man in a suit with his hair combed back stands in front of a mirror, with his back to the audience.The depth of field design in the mirror is very interesting.

The adaptation of the focal length allows the audience to focus on the subject, ignoring the blurring of the depth of field behind it.

The camera pans.

A servant wearing a baroque maid's outfit squatted on the ground, carefully helping him straighten his trousers.

The grain of the walnut wood floor is clearly visible, and the black leather shoes reflect the light.A quick glance at the style is enough to tell the owner's taste.

"Brother Jin, the Lisboa Casino opens tonight, and Mr. Hong invites you to sit here.

99 24K gold bars are specially presented, which indicates the meaning of your God of Gamblers Ninety-Nine Supreme!

In the mirror, the blurred figure behind him slowly became real, and Liang Chaowei's voice sounded.

Mirrors are often cleverly used in Wu Xiaozu's films, and at the same time, he is also obsessed with the image effects created by mirrors.

This artistic positioning is always between the three levels of realism, realism and surrealism, which is similar to the complex relationship between id, ego and superego in Freud's theory.

Meanwhile, under the lens.

The mirror can divide the light and the picture very well, so that the relationship between the characters can be presented at a glance.This kind of props that increase the scene and enrich the space is of great help to the sense of time and space of the film.

In both Eastern and Western cultures, mirrors seem to be ominous and negative.It also symbolizes mystery.

The camera is positioned low.

It conforms to the characteristics of classical dark movies, combined with the style of low-light lighting, it has the characteristics of black and white opposition of Baroque art and style ideas.

It was very dark.

Lighting is very particular.

The low-angle light strengthens the texture of the walnut floor and increases the contrast of the picture. At the same time, the expansion of the mirror is of great help to the depth of field.

Zhou Runfa stands in front of the mirror, the maid squats on the ground, and Liang Chaowei leans against the door. The triangular composition makes the picture extraordinarily balanced.

Liang Chaowei was wearing a large black leather jacket, standing behind him, leaning against the door.

One arm was in a plaster cast and hung around his neck with gauze.With the other hand, he picked a piece of chocolate (close-up of the brand) from the candy box on the table next to him, stuffed it into his mouth, and smiled cynically.

"Mr. Hong respects you very much, Brother Jin!"

"Achen, Mr. Hong is just being polite."

Zhou Runfa (Gao Jin) turned around, with his head back domineering, his eyes concealed tenderness, and he squinted and smiled. He walked up to Liang Chaowei, and flashed his fingers on his mouth quickly, extremely fast.

"Hahahahaha..."

Liang Chaowei chewed a few times, only to hear the sound of teeth colliding, and then realized that the chocolate that should have been put in his mouth had disappeared.

A look up.

Seeing Zhou Runfa stuffing the chocolate into his mouth with his fingers, he shrugged at him and took a big bite. At the same time, he turned his hand over, and there was a silver jug ​​in his hand.

"Hey, Brother Jin, is there any reason?

You control me when you drink, and you grab all the chocolate...

I really don't know if my sister-in-law gave birth to a baby, and you want to grab their chocolates. "

"Baby doesn't eat chocolate..." Gao Jin laughed.

When the two are talking, the front and back shots and the use of light are very special. At the same time, there are also close-ups of "Double Chocolate" and "Holding the Wine Pot". This is also a method commonly used by Wu Xiaozu to adjust the atmosphere in a long conversation.

The sense of form is emphasized in his films.

Simple props allow the cynical image of Ah Chen played by Liang Chaowei to be shown to the audience, and at the same time, it contains "maze-like imagination", interweaving "breakage" and "throughness".

Why did Liang Chaowei hit the boom?Why did Gao Jin stop him from drinking and eating chocolate?
This kind of broken question about the image will definitely exist in the subconscious of the audience. Of course, this does not affect the logical cause and effect of the film. Being good at setting clever foreshadowing is the "experiential assumption" emphasized by Wu Xiaozu.

When the audience watches a movie, they know that what happened on the screen is hypothetical, but the audience is still willing to devote themselves fully.

It's like walking through a maze in an amusement park. They know that it is impossible to trap themselves in this maze. At the same time, they don't really want to get lost in the maze, but just to feel the experience that cannot be had in daily life.

Film is an audio-visual art. In the theater, it is not just the eyes and ears, but the comprehensive experience of the whole body and mind.This also includes the participation of the subconscious mind of the brain.

This speed can't be tricky, otherwise most of the audience will be lost if they burn their brains...

In order to show their uniqueness and superiority, very few criminals pretending to be B are always keen to regard watching movies as a test of IQ. Wu Xiaozu doesn't know where he came from.

Later generations, a group of money-making big Vs who interpret movies are always used to using "brain burning" and "I can't understand with an IQ of 180" as movie promotion slogans, which is pure nonsense.

You said that this is an IQ test, but there is no scientific basis for it.

You say that you are exaggerating the artistic style, but in the end, art must be both refined and popular.

...

"Ah Jin, you are bullying Ah Chen again."

A gentle voice came——the shot here is very meaningful, and the layout of the framed shot was carefully carried out.

Outside the door, Zhang Min walked in with a smile on his lips, his hands on his waist, and his bulging belly.The light is much warmer.

"You, you know how to bully Ah Chen all day—"

While talking, he walked to Gao Jin's side.He thoughtfully helped tidy up the collar, then picked up the watch box brought by the servant, and personally selected a Rolex (close-up) to help Gao Jin put it on.

^13:13min13s^, the time frame is very interesting.

"The casino doesn't have time, remember to come back before Christmas. This is the first Christmas for the three of us in Las Vegas..." Zhang Min reminded softly.

"Don't worry, Janet. I won't forget you and our little baby even if I forget myself!"

Gao Jin's eyes were gentle, and he gently kissed Janet's forehead with a smile on the corner of his mouth, then turned his gaze to the other's raised belly, slowly squatted down, kissed the other's belly lovingly, hooked his fingers : "Little naughty, wait to come back to spend Christmas with you."

Standing up with a smile, Fu Er kissed the other person's cheek with eyes full of love, and the corners of his mouth curled up gently: "When I come back, I will accompany you well."

"Well, I forgot to bring it—"

Janet picked up a silver wedding ring with a simple 'J' engraved on it to help Gao Jin put it on, and nodded with a smile.

He watched Gao Jin leave with complicated eyes, unwilling to let the other party see the worry in his eyes.

Ah Chen, played by Liang Chaowei, also smiled into his stomach: "Little God of Gamblers, uncle came back with a Christmas present for you."

He quickly took a piece of chocolate from the fructose box, covered it with one hand and put it in his mouth, smiling triumphantly.

"A Chen?"

"?" Ah Chen chewed the chocolate, turned his head and looked at his sister-in-law.

"Take care of brother Jin." Janet solemnly urged.

"Don't worry, sister-in-law."

Ah Chen nodded faithfully, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Brother Jin said sister-in-law that you like the almond cakes in Omen the most, and asked me to send the almond cakes to sister-in-law first when I arrive in Omen. Brother Jin...please don't repeat me...Of course I remember, the one on Guanye Street!"

Ah Chen helplessly spread his intact hands, "You two really never forget to feed me dog food all the time."

"Ha ha…"

Janet played by Zhang Min shook her head amusedly.

"Go."

The shadow of the shutters on the window casts shadows on Zhang Min's face.

Segmentation varies in light and dark.

The smile gradually dissipated, and he watched the helicopter take off in the courtyard and flew towards the airport.

The shadows cast by the blinds and the low position of the camera lens at this moment make the picture inexplicably a little sad.

Zhang Min's red lips were divided by the light, and the lake looked a little different.

The long eyelashes hang down.

under the lens.

Her fingers lightly ran across her bulging belly, and the wedding ring engraved with 'J' had a unique silver gleam.

The camera pulls up, and at the corner of the table, a retro vinyl record player is playing "Let'S Stay Together".

This song faintly runs through the shot just now.

Inside the box.

Xiang Sheng looked at Zhang Min on the screen with great interest, and smiled appreciatively, "Wu Xiaozu is really sharp in grasping the texture of movies. If it's not impossible to force him, I really want him to shoot you more... "

"Director Wu is very strict with movies." Zhang Min stared at his beautiful self in the movie.

Under the division of light, she looks like a Greek goddess in Western oil paintings, especially the profile display, which is indeed very standard.

"It doesn't matter. After this movie, it will also have a very good boost to your career. The theme of gambling movies seems to be very promising. I'm going to ask someone to save a new book for you to act in." Xiang Shisan raised the corners of his mouth and gently Patted Zhang Min's thigh to show comfort.

Zhang Min smiled slightly, but his mind turned to the movie.Director Wu's voice and smile suddenly appeared in his mind, always seemed so sincere and frank.

…………

Movie scenes dialed back from memory.

"Brother Jin...Brother Jin?"

Liang Chaowei, who was driving the car, tapped his fingers on the steering wheel, glanced at the rear mirror with a smile, and the outline of Gao Jin's face in the shadow of the rear row also brightened.

"Spotting?"

"I just asked you, since sister-in-law likes to eat almond cakes, why not take down that shop."

Liang Chaowei repeated, cynically: "It's only a few hundred thousand at most, just sprinkle water on it."

"You should cherish the good things, too much at once, and liking becomes a burden."

Gao Jin looked far and wide, shook his head and smiled, "Isn't life too boring like that?

Mr. Hong once told me.

As a human being, you must know how to be satisfied.

Don't try to take full possession of everything.A person's blessings are countless, don't use up all at once.The same is true for finding food, six full is enough. "

"Why doesn't Mr. Hong, such a man of great powers, kill the rest of them? Why bother." Chen said with a smile.

"A table of good dishes is here, of course we can't just overturn the table because of two flies."

Gao Jin showed a confident smile indifferently, "So, we are praying mantises, to deal with these flies!"

"Mantis? Mantis from Mantis Fist? Haha..." Liang Chaowei let go of the steering wheel and gestured with a smile.

"careful!"

Suddenly, the bright light ahead was dazzling, and Gao Jin's voice sounded.

In the nick of time.

Liang Chaowei turned the steering wheel suddenly, and the operation was like a tiger. The whole car veered back and forth in an S shape, and finally turned it back.

"Phew...it scared me to death.

Is it possible to drive in reverse here?

I don't know that there are tens of thousands of roads, safety is the first, the driving is not standardized, and the relatives are crying? "Liang Chaowei breathed out with lingering fear, "Fortunately, I am known as Ah Jian's second~"

Gao Jin sat in the back row with a straight face, his eyes wandering.

The atmosphere in the car was extremely dignified——

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Suddenly, the two burst out laughing in unison.

...

The screen turns.

In a long Mercedes that passed by, a man wearing a black priest's button-down hoodie hid his face in the hat, with a smile on his lips, "Is he Gao Jinxi?"

"Yes."

A burly man next to him leaned over the table, humming softly in an excited yet lazy voice.

"It's a pity..." the priest laughed.

"Suck—why go back and hit him now?"

The man played by Wan Zixuan pouted his nose and raised his head. He wiped the powder on his lower lip with his hand, took a few deep breaths, and thrust his powdered fingers into the mouth of the sexy girl next to him. Crazy, "Or use RPG, bang it... absolutely clean, there is no dust left..."

"You're out of your mind." The priest continued to laugh, "There is no need for treatment, just kill it."

"What did he say?"

Wan Zixuan asked a woman in a kimono next to her, and as she spoke, she stretched her hand towards the other's chest, fiddled with her unscrupulously——

"The doctor said—to kill you."

The woman in kimono played by Gary Oshima suddenly thrust a sharp dagger directly into the throat of the man played by Wan Ziluo, which was very abrupt and sudden!
"Wow!"

The people in the theater were startled, it was too clean and neat!
"Ah!" Another girl in sexy clothes didn't wait to scream, and she became cold.

The female killer played by Gary Oshima is fierce, and all of them are fatal with one move, full of visual impact.There is no Cheng Long-style juggling, and there is no hard bridge and hard horse in the 70s, just that kind of ruthless moves.

The movements are a combination of Muay Thai and ultimate moves, and the performance is very neat, which makes people's adrenal glands soaring!

"Hehe~"

The priest slowly took off his hoodie and raised his head slightly - he looked exactly the same as Wan Ziluan who had just died.

"I'm still a little unaccustomed to this face~ Forget it, let's make do with it. Let's get to work."

Wan Ziluan still maintained the same smile as the priest, slightly bent her index and middle fingers, and tapped on the front partition, "Go to the pier."

"I know."

The man driving in the front row nodded slightly, raised his head, his eyes were dark, it was Zhou Zhaolong who was entrusted by Sammo Hung to take care of Wu Xiaozu.In this drama, Wu Xiaozu did give him a chance to play a thug next to the 'doctor', and there will be many action scenes.

PS: There will be more in a while, it may be a little later, I can’t wait to watch it tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)