Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 67 The Revolution of Film

New Line Cinema was founded in 1967 as an independent film distribution company in the United States. It makes a living by distributing low-cost horror films to American universities.

The company entered the production industry in 1979, shooting low-cost horror films, but has never made a mark.

In 1990, Golden Harvest produced "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," but Fox was afraid to release it for fear of losing money.

New Line made a decisive move and took a gamble, resulting in a global box office hit of US$[-] million.

New Line skyrocketed, and later became world-famous with the "Lord of the Rings" series.

It is precisely based on this history that Yang Ye believes that Xie Yi is courageous and dares to gamble.I sent him the sample film of "Shaolin Temple" and invited him to come to Hong Kong to watch me make the film.

Just like Yang Ye's partner in Nippon is Kadokawa Haruki, Yang Ye is more willing to find some powerful small companies to cooperate with than hugging the thighs of those big companies.

In this case, he will have more say and can seek more benefits for himself.

For example, a big company will only pay a sum of money to buy out his movie, because he has a big business, and one more of him is not more, and one less of him is not more.

But small companies are willing to negotiate with him to share the revenue, and once the box office is successful, small companies will not dare to hack his box office in order to keep his cash cow.

After New Line Cinema rose to prominence with Golden Harvest's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", it has always had a very good relationship with Golden Harvest and has purchased a large number of Golden Harvest's movies for distribution in the United States.

In 1998, New Line invited Chen Long to go to the United States to film "Rush Hour", which resulted in a box office hit of US$2.4 million. Later, three consecutive films were made, helping Chen Long become a first-line superstar in Hollywood.

For a long time, New Line and Jiahe can be said to have achieved mutual success.

Yang Ye's prediction was good. After seeing the sample film of "Shaolin Temple", Xie Yi thought that this would be the second "Enter the Dragon" and immediately left for Hong Kong to meet Yang Ye.

After Xie Yi saw the filming process of Yang Ye's filming team, he was completely shocked.

The smoothness of this kind of action scene beats 10086 Hollywood streets in an instant.

Compared to Yang Ye, the fight scenes in Hollywood are worse than shit.

Yang Ye said: "To tell you the truth, Fox offered US$50 to buy the distribution rights of "Shaolin Temple" in North America, but I refused. I sent you the sample and invited you to come and watch me shoot the movie. , this is actually a kind of test. If Mr. Xie really comes to Hong Kong, it means that you are optimistic about my movie and are sincere in cooperating with me, and we will have a basis for negotiation."

""Shaolin Temple" has sold more than 100 copyrights around the world and won box office championships in many places. We released it in Japan, the world's second largest film market, through box office splitting, and achieved good results as the second highest box office of the year. Second to "Jaws". In North America, I also hope to be able to distribute it at the box office."

Shay was silent for a moment and said: "Mist Yang, you need to know that the North American market is different from other markets in the world. Other markets in the world are implementing a large studio system. Film companies have their own theaters, and film production and Distribution is integrated. But in North America, this is considered a monopoly.

After the Paramount Act came into effect in 1948, production companies and theater chains were forced to separate.Nowadays, all theater chains in North America are independently operated.If a movie wants to be shown in cinemas, it needs to pay high distribution fees, making production risky.Therefore, American film companies generally adopt the form of buyout to reduce risks when introducing foreign films, because no one is sure whether the film will meet the appetite of Americans. "

Yang Ye smiled and said: "Mr. Xie, since you are willing to come all the way to Hong Kong, it means that you are sure about this business, right?"

Shea said: "I admit that "Shaolin Temple" is an excellent film, but the risk of dividing the money is too high, which I cannot bear. I can...offer a higher price than Fox."

Yang Ye understood that what Xie said was reasonable. "Enter the Dragon" relied on a Hollywood team and only received 2500 million at the box office in North America.For major Hollywood companies, although this box office is good, it is not so attractive that it must be obtained.

Therefore, although "Shaolin Temple" was a hit at Cannes, Hollywood only paid a buyout price of 50.In fact, in addition to Fox, Warner also talked with Yang Ye, but after Yang Ye insisted on dividing the accounts, nothing happened.

However, Yang Ye still said firmly: "I just want to split the money. But I can give you a benefit. You can get the right to distribute my next movie first."

Shay was stunned: "What kind of benefit is this?"

Yang Ye said: "Today's fight scene, if you look at it this way, is actually not that exciting. It also needs the addition of lenses and editing. We will develop the samples and edit them as soon as possible. You might as well come all the way to Hong Kong. Go on a trip, shop around, and watch the edited clips again in a few days.”

Shay thought to himself, what else could be done with this?Xin Ran said: "Then I will wait and see."

……

Although the first scene was shot smoothly, it was just because Yang Ye and Master Longhu had rehearsed for a long time. The subsequent scenes were not so easy.

In order to save costs, the crew had to film Hiroyuki Sanada's scenes first, because he only had two scenes and could leave after filming.

Hiroyuki Sanada has no experience in filming scenes, and he doesn't know how to hold back his strength.

There's a difference between a filming scene and a real fight. In real fights, you just need to be able to win, and you don't need those fancy moves.

The beating scenes should look good, be cool, and be fierce, but should not hurt the body.

Otherwise, if the actor is sent to the hospital, how can the film be filmed?
Therefore, Yang Ye asked Yuan Biao to teach him slowly, while he and other dragon and tiger warriors filmed the scene where Chen Zhen caused a scene in the Hongkou Dojo, beating up a group of Japanese warriors by himself.

After Hiroyuki Sanada learned how to hold back his strength, Yang Ye then tried to trick him, and finally started filming.

Captain Sanada is a very serious person. When filming "The Promise" by Brother Kaizi, Brother Kaizi asked the actors to do their own dubbing. After finishing the dubbing, he returned to Japan. I heard that Zhang Dongjian's dubbing was better than him, so he came back. Redone it.

However, even though it was matched twice, it was still no different from a piece of shit.Let foreigners do their own dubbing. Only Brother Kaizi, a fool, can think of it. He wants to win an award and is crazy.The team leader was very excited to learn the skills of making action movies. He practiced hard every day. After three days, he learned the technique of stopping force and started to use tricks with Yang Ye.

Yang Ye arranged for four martial arts instructors to ensure that the filming of "Fist of Heroes" went smoothly and was released in time for the 1976 Spring Festival.

Yuan Heping is the general director.Chen Long, Yuan Kui, and Yuan Biao gave one-to-one guidance to the three Japanese people.

Chen Long is responsible for Toshiro Mifune, Yuan Kui is responsible for Chiba Shinichi, and Yuan Biao is responsible for Sanada Hiroyuki.

About ten days later, the scene where Chen Zhen caused a scene in the Hongkou Dojo was finally completed.

……

Akutagawa Ryuichi pushed in the door drunkenly and asked Fujita Tsuyoshi: "Did you do it to poison Fearless?"

Fujita said expressionlessly: "Today, the Japanese Empire has greatly surpassed China in terms of economy, technology, industry and military power. I originally hoped that you martial arts students could break the myth of Chinese martial arts, but it is a pity that you have chosen If we don’t live up to expectations, we have no choice but to intervene.”

Akutagawa Ryuichi said angrily: "Despicable!"

"The so-called war never tires of deceit."

"This sentence only applies to you soldiers, not to those of us who practice martial arts. My martial arts competition with Fearless was originally upright. But I was made so despicable by you hawks and dogs. You are not worthy of talking about the spirit of Bushido."

Akutagawa Ryuichi roared angrily and punched Gou Fujita, but Gou Fujita lifted him up and hit him on the back, causing him to fall on his knees and burp on the spot.

Fujita said coldly: "Let me tell you what the Bushido spirit is. It means forgetting right and wrong. In order to serve the emperor, you will not hesitate to be a sinner of history."

"OK!" Yang Ye held the mirror in his hand. He gestured and said, "Mr. Sanada, congratulations on your successful completion."

Hiroyuki Sanada bowed respectfully to Yang Ye and said, "Thank you to the director for your guidance, I learned a lot."

"The previous fight scene will be cut out tomorrow. If Mr. Sanada is interested, you can watch it and then go back to Japan."

Captain Sanada said in his heart, I want to see again how you beat me to get away?
He beamed and said, "That's great!"

……

Yang Ye, the Seven Little Fortunes, three Japanese and one American, gathered in the screening room to watch newly cut pornographic films.

This is a classroom fighting scene. Chen Zhen uses one-on-one to cleanly beat all the Black Dragon Society warriors until they are dislocated. The process is smooth and tense, and it is exciting to watch.

Chen Long was greatly inspired after watching it and took the initiative to speak: "Young Master Yang, when I watched it live before, I just thought it was very smooth and the arrangement was very exquisite. It was only after watching this clip that I realized that you solved a pair of martial arts So many problems.”

Yuan Heping said: "In previous action scenes, if there was a one-on-many scene, no matter how many people the protagonist faced, there would always be two people fighting, and the others would pose in a circle, and the protagonist would defeat one , it’s actually very unreasonable for another person to take the photo, but everyone has been filming like this for more than ten years, and no one thinks there is anything wrong with it. It wasn’t until Mr. Yang mentioned it to me that I was shocked to realize that this can be changed. "

Yang Ye said: “Traditional martial arts scene designs generally use panoramic shots, so that other people can only pose around, because if they are swarmed, the protagonist will definitely die.

In the re-arranged action scenes, Wu Xinghui worked closely with the photographer.We made full use of the camera and editing techniques. During the fight between the protagonist and the opponent, unnecessary people must be avoided and cannot appear in the camera.Instead, it uses the audience's illusion to make the audience believe that the protagonist is fighting a bunch of people. "

"For example, if you look at this section, I was beating him and he was kicking me. Suddenly a man jumped out and slashed me. I flew up and kicked him towards the window. At this time, we changed the lens and filmed him smashing through the window. Close-ups. During the fight between the protagonist and someone, there will always be other people suddenly popping up from outside the camera, which will give the audience a tense and breathless feeling."

"Clap clap clap!"

Everyone applauded, indicating that they had learned.

In fact, this technique was invented by the "Seven Little Blessings", and it is not a big deal in later generations. Everyone is used to it and has long been tired of seeing it.

But now it was the first time that Yang Ye taught everyone "without reservation", which moved the "Seven Little Blessings" present and made them respect Yang Ye even more.

In particular, Yuan Heping, Chen Long, Hong Jingbao, and Yuan Kui, all future world-class martial arts instructors, all have a sense of enlightenment.

Next, there was the action choreography of Chen Zhen causing a scene in the Hongkou Dojo. This fight had more participants than the previous classroom fight, but using the method Yang Ye mentioned before, the choreography was exciting and exciting, making people's adrenaline rush.

After watching it, Shay praised: "Mist Young, you are definitely a genius. I think you are leading a revolution in action movies."

Yang Ye smiled and said: "Mr. Xie, are you willing to cooperate with me?"

Shay said: "Of course I am willing. This deal is worth the risk. Even if I lose money in the end, I will introduce your movie to the United States. Just as you said, 30% of the box office will be shared."

Yang Ye said confidently: "Believe me, Mr. Xie, this is not an adventure, your career will take off because of this!"

　I thought it would have to wait a week before it would be released on the shelves, but I was completely unprepared. I will release two chapters first and there will be another one tomorrow morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)