China entertainment that year eighteen

Chapter 270 The Lord of the Furniture City

Faced with Barbosa's ridicule, Jack, played by Lu Heng, remained unmoved. Instead, he raised his orchid fingers, still looking carefree:

"When you banished me to that deserted island, man, you forgot one very important thing!"

This guy, mate is written in the lines, but there is actually some kindness in it. Obviously, when the screenwriter was written, many details indicated that Jack and Barbossa were not simply hating each other, but loving each other and killing each other. relation.

Sure enough, in the third film, they started to cooperate again.Of course, this is to promote the plot based on the characters. It does not mean that when I wrote the first part, I had already thought about the third part.

Mate also means first mate—Barbossa used to be Jack's first mate, but he likes to be called captain instead of first mate, obviously Jack called him that on purpose.Just like Lu Heng's joke in his previous life, no matter what achievements the Jade Emperor said, Tathagata always said: You have been beaten by a monkey.

At this time, according to the design, it was time to change the camera here. Jack raised a suspense, which naturally made Barbosa and the others curious, and they needed a scene that surprised them.

But when Lu Heng was just speaking, Gore asked the cameraman to turn the camera directly to Jeffrey - because it was static here, the camera was set directly on a tripod.

In this way, there will be no shaking when the camera rotates, which is very suitable for this kind of shooting.

So, when Lu Heng said, "Because, I am Captain Jack Sparrow," the camera turned back again, very stable.

"Oh well, I won't make the same mistake again!"

With this short sentence, Jeffrey completed the transformation from the indifferent look at the beginning to the ferocious look at the end. It was not just an instant transformation like a face change, but a silky transition.

When the camera turned back again, Lu Heng, or Captain Jack, in the lens, his eyes did not waver at all, as if he was not facing a 'ferocious' pirate lord, but a little brother who was bluffing in front of him.

"OK, change the camera position!" Gore shouted.

Here is a close-up shot of the two people's faces when they are speaking to each other, and there is also a panoramic shot, which is left to be interspersed during post-editing. Naturally, it is necessary to set the camera to the side and re-shoot the scene just now.

"Long shot, okay?"

Facing Gore's inquiry, he actually mainly looked at Lu Heng. Of course Jeffrey was fine, and Lu Heng nodded without any doubt.

"OK, check it out."

After taking a test shot to check the lens effect, start shooting again!
The dialogue just now was a separate shot of each of them speaking separately, but now, they have to have a coherent conversation from the beginning.

They were not surprised by Jeffrey's performance, but Lu Heng's stable performance was no different from that of the solo shooting just now, which surprised the people around him.

"perfct!"

Gore shouted, and then he stood up and said:

"The performances of both of them were very exciting, even with the long shot at the end, which simply exceeded my expectations and Mr. Jerry's expectations."

Seeing Gore turning to look at him, Jerry also smiled and said:
"It's true, I didn't think about using a long lens before, but—"

After a pause, Jerry shrugged, spread his hands, and laughed: "Since there is no problem with a long lens and it saves time, why not me?"

Everyone was amused.

After hearing what Jerry and the others said, Jeffrey nodded slightly: "It's great."

As he said that, he turned to Lu Heng: "You really did not disappoint me, although many people are not as famous as his ability now."

You can’t go deep into this, otherwise you will feel that he is implying something. Even if Jeffrey is not young, even if he has proved himself through the actor, but for people who rely on the old to sell the old, if you have a guilty conscience, you really dare not speak back.

But Lu Heng had a lot of inner drama, and he was not afraid at all, so... Lu Heng smiled, nodded and said:

"I think so too. For example, awards are not as important as ability."

Jeffrey: "..."

When he said fame, he obviously meant Lu Heng, and when Lu Heng said awards, it was obvious what he meant.

Taking a deep look at Lu Heng, Jeffrey seemed to have just met him, and then suddenly grinned: "Then come on, young man."

Hearing this, Lu Heng's smiling face almost stopped, because what Jeffrey said was...come boy.

These two words will be very famous in certain circles in the future.

But looking at Jeffrey's bumpy face, Lu Heng felt itchy all over.

Of course Jeffrey didn't know Lu Heng's mentality at this time, otherwise he would have punched this guy. Then he shrugged at Lu Heng and turned around to prepare for the next scene.

Although it is the next scene, it is actually the same plot, but the shooting position needs to be adjusted, because according to the plot, Barbossa is about to start walking.

……

Time passes slowly, but the drama keeps advancing.

At the end of February, after almost two months of filming here in Los Angeles, director Gore asked Lu Heng:
"Lu, how's your swimming practice going?"

Lu Heng thought for a while: "I feel like I can swim well, but I have never tried swimming with my hands tied."

Swimming can be learned quickly, but mastering it still requires skills. Fortunately, Jerry also has a swimming coach, who is as good as the fencing coach!

After all, the two most important things for a pirate are fencing and water skills. If you can't do both, how can you be a pirate, let alone a legendary pirate like Jack.

After Jack met Barbossa for the first time in the cave, he and Elizabeth were captured and taken to the island - the island where Barbossa had left Jack, and Barbossa was planning to throw him away again. Once, he also said: "I expect you to escape again".

Because even though the draft of a ship like the Black Pearl is not too deep, it is impossible to dock directly, so I let them go on the deck and forced them to jump into the sea, while I went over.

Elizabeth was not tied, but Jack was tied, but after jumping into the sea, he quickly untied the rope with his mouth.

Although it is shown in the movie that he only swims for a few seconds with his hands tied, it takes more than a few seconds to shoot. After all, he has to change camera positions... Moreover, Jack is a protagonist like a legendary pirate, so he can slightly exaggerate his abilities, while Lu After all, Heng is still an ordinary person, and he cannot be untied so quickly - in order to make the scene more realistic, it is impossible to tie him loosely like some thunder dramas.

It is indeed difficult for ordinary people to tie up mobile games.

So when Lu Heng said he went swimming without his hands tied, Gore was a little worried: "My God, when did this happen?"

Lu Heng smiled: "Try it, it should be no problem." Although he had never tried tying his hands, he had held his hands and swam in the water, not just once, but many times. This was nothing like tying his hands. the difference.

As for swimming, it was even more difficult for him, especially when it came to holding his breath.

The filming of this section was not actually in the real sea as shown in the movie.

Basically, if it is not a special shot, the underwater shooting is basically a scene created in the studio.

The reason is that the seabed is unpredictable and difficult to control. Artificial scenes, light, water clarity, and camera capture are all very convenient. It also saves time, money, effort, and is safer.

As long as the effect makes people not see the difference at all, it is enough.

At least this is real water, unlike some scenes where it looks like Jack and Will are rowing a boat, but it's actually a boat on a green screen frame.

Lu Heng has seen the behind-the-scenes and reports of the pirates before. Basically, Depp acted in Captain Jack's literary dramas by himself, but he didn't take part in the martial arts dramas as long as he could use a double.

It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that he can't... Living habits and physical fitness are one aspect, and a substitute can play better.

On the contrary, Orlando almost didn't use a substitute at the time. He was at his most physically fit and willing to work hard.

But now, Feng Shui has turned, and the two have adjusted - Captain Jack didn't use a double, while Orlando used a double in order to keep up with Lu Heng's rhythm in some complicated action scenes.

In the previous life, Depp's stand-in was to catch up with Orlando's level, but now, Orlando uses a stand-in to catch up with Lu Heng's level - the gap between him and Lu Heng is just like the gap between Depp and him back then.

But now Lu Heng's physical fitness and skills, and he has filmed complicated martial arts, so there are more designs, and the appreciation is a bit higher than that one.

In the original "Caribbean 1", there were not many fighting scenes, and they were not the most attractive part - because those fights gave the audience the illusion that they could do anything to me.

As you can imagine, not only is the difficulty not high, there are not many tricks.

Although the biggest selling point of fantasy dramas is not the fighting, but the mysterious unknowns, such as turning into skeletons on a full moon night, etc., the previous version was only limited by their abilities and could only do that, but if they can fight It looks better...increases the selling point, and the crew will certainly not miss it.

As for this version, because Lu Heng could bear it, a lot of thrills and excitement were added during the action design, such as increased speed, such as the sword tip stopping a few centimeters in front of the eyes, etc., and the time was also lengthened. .

But in this way, the martial arts fingers found before are obviously not enough, but it will not be so easy to find them again temporarily.

The best ones, such as Yuan Heping, became famous many years ago because of "The Matrix", and now he is filming "Black 2", and he signed two films at once, and after the filming of 2, he will make 3, so he can't leave at all.

Now the martial arts director of "Caribbean 1" is called Bob Anderson, and another name is Hollywood Sword God-of course it is only called in some circles.

He is proficient in Western swords. Whether it is Darth Vader's red lightsaber or the masked man Zorro's long sword as thin as a bee sting, under his guidance, it was transmitted through the screen and became popular.

Bob is the overall action designer, while Boel was mainly in swordsmanship before. The two have different divisions of labor, and after Boel taught them, he went back to train the Italian team to prepare for next year's Athens Olympics.

So Lu Heng recommended Cheng Long's team—not to ask his team to guide fencing, but to use the fencing movements designed by Bob to have more abundant movements and better-looking shots.

From the movies, we know that Captain Jack is not a master protagonist in the traditional sense. When fighting, he does not simply crush the characters with his strength, but uses all sorts of gags.

In the first game with Will, he spread ashes, bluffed... and used props such as beams and carts. In fact, he had the same kung fu skills as Cheng Long. After all, the title of the Lord of the Furniture City was not earned for nothing. .

Of course, Cheng Long's ability to perform so well in movies is not entirely due to him alone. The family behind him is also the main force.

When Lu Heng called Cheng Long through Jiang Zhiqiang, he still couldn't believe it!

Cheng Long had no friendship with Lu Heng before. They had only met and chatted on some occasions. But for such a big production, Lu Heng actually recommended his team. This is a signature qualification!

He was filming in Hollywood, and when it was the hottest, the production cost was only tens of millions, and Lu Heng's film was directly worth hundreds of millions, and it was still the famous Disney. When Cheng Long was filming "Rush Hour", the producer was finally acquired by Warner New Line Cinema.

Of course, in the previous life in 04, that is, next year, Disney asked Cheng Long to invest in "Around the World in 80 Days" starring him. The investment was also said to be 1.1 million US dollars, which was similar to this "Caribbean", but the box office was not satisfactory. .

But now Cheng Long has the success of "Rush Hour" and has made a name for himself in Hollywood. His style is similar to Captain Jack Sparrow's prop style, so Jerry naturally said there is no problem.

Cheng Long was very grateful to Lu Heng, and Lu Heng said: Because we are all Chinese.

Lao Cheng's private life is indeed chaotic, but Lu Heng and his eldest brother, not to mention his second brother, are the same kind of people. On the contrary, in terms of feelings about the country, he is much better than Li Lianjie, but Li Lianjie is still trained by the country.

In addition, it is also suitable. Lu Heng recommends Cheng Long's team both emotionally and rationally.

Although Cheng Long was not needed this time, he still made a special trip to bring the team here. Needless to say, he recommended Lu Heng if he had no friendship. After seeing Lu Heng, he was very grateful and thanked him repeatedly.

Lu Heng smiled and said, brother, you are welcome.

His team came over and tried shooting a few scenes, including Jerry and director Gore. They were all satisfied, so... the martial arts contract was naturally signed.

Although this kind of remuneration is far inferior to Cheng Long's own remuneration for filming, he is already old and cannot play for many years, but his team, or company, can make a steady stream of profits.

This requires enough successful cases to attract more talents by becoming bigger and stronger.

Although there will be fewer and fewer kung fu movies in the future, that’s because there are few good ones. There are really good ones, and they should be loved as much as they deserve!

And now, their company is acting as a director for such big-budget movies produced by Hollywood giants. If it succeeds, it will be a gimmick sign!

Moreover, this golden resume is only good for the company and does no harm.

So after signing the contract, Cheng Long once again expressed his gratitude to Lu Heng.

"Why are you thanking me? Isn't it normal for us Chinese to help each other outside?"

Lu Heng's words made Cheng Long laugh.

With the joining of Cheng Long's team, the action scenes were filmed more smoothly.

Time passes day by day, crossing February, entering March, and also reaching the last part.

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