new kung fu king

Chapter 254 Director's Controversy ([-] words after a long absence)
There are only two night scene shooting scenes in "Enter the Dragon". One is Bruce Lee's first exploration of the isolated island. He was discovered just after he tied the rope to the entrance of the underground secret passage. Jekelly took the blame.

In the second scene, Bruce Lee entered the secret passage after catching the cobra, and successfully sneaked in. He used the cobra to scare away the two guards in the radio station, and got in touch with the outside world. Here he fought.

Wang Xiaohu didn't expect to shoot two scenes in one night. In fact, it was very difficult for him. After all, everyone needed to rest after finishing the night scene shooting to cope with tomorrow's big scene shooting.

During the filming interval, Wang Jiaxin put a trampoline under the big tree, because according to Wang Xiaohu's request, Bruce Lee would jump on the tree in this scene. Bruce Lee, who has become a superstar, was obviously dissatisfied with this arrangement.

After thinking for a while, Wang Xiaohu said, "Okay, if you insist on not using a trampoline and panning the camera up and down to complete this action, we have to use the technique of playing backwards, but it is very troublesome to edit like that."

Panning the lens up and down The camera moves upwards without moving, mainly used to introduce the "tall" of the subject. It is generally used in conjunction with panorama to make the main body of the subject stand out. If it is used here, it means that Bruce Lee is in place The light work of jumping directly goes up the tree. When he takes off, pan the camera up to follow him into the air, showing that his body is off the ground. When he reaches the treetop, he will show the accuracy and stability of his light work from top to bottom.

This shooting method is often used in martial arts films in the 80s and [-]s. This is a stunt that is not a stunt, showing masters jumping over high walls, towers, trees and other actions.Now Bruce Lee doesn't like to use the trampoline, Wang Xiaohu mainly uses the reverse technique to cope with the past.That is to let Bruce Lee climb the tree first, then jump down from the top, and play this process in reverse through editing techniques. The effect of the picture is the same, but it is a bit cumbersome.

"Forget it, let's use a trampoline." Bruce Lee chose Wang Xiaohu's opinion after much thought.

The two were talking here, and not far away, Yuan Heping and Sammo Hung were also busy talking about scenes with the first batch of trainees.

Sammo Hung squeezed his waist and looked at Luo Jianhua and Wan Hanfei with wide eyes, saying: "Remember, you are the first batch of our trainees, and you all have a role to show your face. Don't embarrass me at that time, otherwise you don't want to win to the certificate of completion."

"Whoever causes NG, just put a cross in the union's evaluation form, and see which company will use you in the future." Yuan Heping threatened with his arms in his arms.This trick is definitely a big killer, because now the dragon and tiger martial arts union monopolizes 80% of the shooting scenes. Any film and television company that wants to recruit dragon and tiger martial artists must come to the union, and one of the criteria for selecting martial artists is the member evaluation form , If they are all crossed, well, don't even think about messing around in the circle in the future.

These two instructors sang and encouraged the students, everyone was so scared that they all carefully recalled the scenes to be filmed in their minds. It can be said that they are old fritters on the set. They know how to bury their positions and how to act. , and these movements have been practiced hundreds of times, but when they really want to play against Bruce Lee, they are still a little nervous in their hearts.

I don’t know if it was because of Yuan and Hong’s intimidation, or if the students really put their heart into the filming. In short, the two scenes were shot very smoothly. Except for the two NGs caused by Bruce Lee, the students performed well. Not bad.

After Wang Xiaohu announced his disbandment, everyone rested exhausted in the tents set up around the studio, lying on the bed and looking at tomorrow's shooting plan. Only when everything was safe was he willing to rest assured, when he was about to turn off the lights, he heard a heavy sigh from outside the tent, Wang Xiaohu didn't take it to heart, fell asleep, he was too tired.

After dawn, the American personnel came to Lantau Island by boat under the leadership of Winterdur. They were full of energy. It seemed that they had a good rest last night. When they came, the set was already busy. Wang Xiaohu and Bruce Lee were making arrangements The next step is to prepare for the filming work.

"Good morning, Bruce and Tiger." John Saxon ran over to greet them. After getting along for half a month, he respected Longhu and Longhu very much. Benefited a lot.

"Good morning, handsome John." Wang Xiaohu turned his head and greeted with a smile. In fact, for this handsome American uncle, Wang Xiaohu also felt that he had a good character, at least he was more serious in his usual training.

"Jim, come here, let me tell you about the positions of you guys." Wang Xiaohu called the three American actors over and said, "Wait a minute, Anna, you are standing on the shore, yes, we didn't shoot this scene yesterday, we have to do it today." To add, remember to change into your clothes that show your impressive figure later, you start from here and pass by"

For Anna, a charming old woman (at least in Wang Xiaohu's eyes.) The role in the play is considered a pretty figure. Except for Zhong Lingling, she is considered a rare beauty in the film. She and John There's a short, regrettable love story, with a few nudities in it, and it's much better than the actresses who get naked in the film.

"John, remember to show some admiration for Ana, yes, that's what you want to do, but is it okay not to be so coquettish?" Talking Bruce Lee around.

"Uncle Jian, this time I let you play the villain again." This was the first time Wang Xiaohu saw Shi Jian, and he showed great respect for the oldest villain in the history of Hong Kong movies.

Shi Jian grinned and said, "I would also like to thank Xiaohu for giving me the opportunity to go abroad in Hollywood. I happened to have something to do at home on the day of your engagement in Zhongqiu last month. If not, I would have asked for a few glasses of wedding wine." Off-screen is relatively friendly, and I appreciate Wang Xiaohu becoming a great director at such a young age.

"Uncle Jian was joking, and Azhi and I will make up another banquet for you when the finale is finished." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile.

Bruce Lee suddenly frowned and said to Wang Xiaohu: "Xiaohu, there was a small problem when I was communicating with Uncle Jian just now."

"Huh? What's the problem."

"The thing is like this. I'm old and I can't read English, so I might not be able to match my mouth when I turn on the phone. I'm worried." Shi Jian said embarrassedly.

After thinking for a while, Wang Xiaohu said, "This is simple. Uncle Jian, you can just speak Cantonese directly. You can do whatever you want, and leave the rest to post-recording."

While several people were talking, there was a sudden commotion from the American personnel who were making preparations behind them.Looking back, I found that Winterdur was blowing his beard and staring at a Hong Kong crew member.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing, old Wen?" Seeing this, Wang Xiaohu hurried over and asked.

"Tiger, I can't command these staff, I asked him to move this prop off the ship, but your people ignored me." Winterdur said depressedly: "I am one of the investors, and I am also the producer Man, don't I have the right to let this man do these things?"

"Uh, you go here first and wait." After Wang Xiaohu told the staff member to leave, he turned around with a smile all over his face: "Old Wen, you have to understand one thing, not all Hong Kong people can listen to it." Those who know English, they can’t understand what you mean, and it’s only natural that they can’t follow suit.”

"Do I still need to learn fluent Chinese for this?" Winterdur asked rhetorically.

"Of course not." Wang Xiaohu spread his hands helplessly: "It's just that I hope that next time you have something to ask someone to do, you'd better let me know in advance. You also know that we are a big production, so there are so many people. Right? I may not be familiar with everyone, we always have to discuss with each other to finish the film."

"Well, I admit that what you said is correct. I will tell you in advance next time." Winterdur sighed and went to talk to Bruce Lee about his depressed mood.Wang Xiaohu turned his face and called the staff member over. The first sentence he came up with was like this: "I can understand what you are thinking, but next time you want to play a foreigner, can you use your brain? How about you?" I don't care about playing with them, but you'll be smart if you play until they're dumb!"

After the agreement between China and the United States, today's filming is divided into two groups. One group is Wang Xiaohu who mainly shoots large-scale scenes, and the other group has Zu En Hubosi and Yuan Heping mainly filming the plot of Li's sister being coerced. Because Purbeck didn't have a few scenes at the beginning, he was directly assigned to the second group to shoot.

Before leaving, Wang Xiaohu repeated the safety precautions during the filming in Cantonese and English, and asked Wang Jiaxin to give Yuan Heping a few pieces of glass made of sugar material. It was used to film Linda committing suicide with glass. Linda's hand was injured, so Bruce Lee would blame himself for it.

"Aaron, Zhengying, sit there and don't move around, Yuan Hua, fasten the collar of your clothes for me, do you think you are a muscular man like Yang Si, you are a man with bones at all."

Yang Si was the champion of the Hong Kong bodybuilding competition three years ago. After being appreciated by Zhang Che, he joined the Shaw Brothers filming. For several years, he has played the role of a strong man. His salary is also very high, so since he came to the set today, he has been excited all the time, taking off his coat at every turn, shaking his barely strong body as he walks around the set, very conspicuous.

Winterdur dragged his fat chin and looked at Wang Xiaohu's overall command on the set, and said to the director beside him a little annoyed: "Hey, what are you doing standing here, you should control the shooting situation of the whole set just like him .”

The director frowned and said: "Boss, don't you see that I have no room for action? I really want to direct them, but they are all from Hong Kong. From the cameraman to the extras, they don't listen to me." , I can't control them!"

"This is your business!" Winterdur panted heavily, and he said in an almost roaring tone: "You are here to be a director, not to travel at public expense!"

Seeing this, the third-rate Hollywood director seemed to have been insulted. He stared angrily at Wang Xiaohu who was busy in the field. After a long time, he mustered up the courage and strode over, chattering something.Wang Xiaohu, who was yelling with a big lama on the high platform, heard the voice, frowned slightly and looked down at the third-rate director who was walking up, and said in a daze, "Hey man, it's dangerous here, you should be in charge below." .”

"No, you come down, I'll go up!" the director said angrily.

"What did you say?" Wang Xiaohu narrowed his eyes.

"I said." The steps were very high and many, and the director was already out of breath when he climbed up: "I said, you go down and take charge. I should take full control of this place, because I am the real director."

Wang Xiaohu raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and saw that Winterdur in the distance was paying attention to the situation here, so he shrugged and handed him the loudspeaker: "OK, this place belongs to you, I hope you can be qualified as a real director. Duties!" After speaking, Shi Shi ran down the steps.

The director blinked and couldn't believe how easy it was to get the director's microphone, and then he took a few deep breaths to cheer himself up, and then he started yelling on the high platform, and Wang Xiaohu had already hid in the shade at this time. He split open the big watermelon with his palm and gnawed leisurely, and looked at the third-rate director on the high stage who was shouting hoarsely with a smile.

"Do you want to play this set? You can play as you please, and I will let you know that it is very difficult to be a director in Hong Kong!" Wang Xiaohu spit out the watermelon seeds, and his heart burst into laughter.

Sure enough, the director on the high stage yelled for a long time. Except for a few American staff who followed the instructions, the other Hong Kong staff, including the actors, stood there chatting stupidly, and even looked at them like idiots. Looking at the director calling out on the paper on the high platform.

"What is this bastard's name?"

"I don't understand, is it a solo concert? It seems that such open-air solo performances are often held in the United States." A knowledgeable dragon and tiger martial artist said after watching it for a long time.

"With his voice, is he singing?"

"Don't believe me, I heard that there is a style called rap in the United States. This director must be rapping, but he doesn't know what the lyrics are. Look at him throwing the trumpet and jumping, tsk tsk, compared to Hong Kong The singer has to be a lot more unrestrained."

The people below still didn't move after listening for a long time, this time the director was furious, he took pictures from the high platform, and pointed at the nearest dragon and tiger martial artist, the dragon and tiger martial artist saw him talking in a bad tone The nice words made him feel like being scolded, so he punched him without saying a word.
(End of this chapter)