new kung fu king

Chapter 563 The Importance of Protective Gear

"Shaolin Temple" only has a small number of interior scenes, and more than 85% of them are supported by exterior scenes. If it is replaced by other Hong Kong film companies, it is likely to be confused at first, and it will be a headache in choosing scenes.

But Xiehe Company is different. In "The Raptors Crossing the River", Wang Xiaohu proposed to use foreign and exotic scenery to enrich the movie screen, so that more audiences can understand the scenery outside Hong Kong. When filming "A Hu", It also used a lot of exterior scenes, which played a good role model for the company's subsequent films, and this role model was fully demonstrated in "Myth".

Many Hong Kong film companies also realize that the real scenery is more important than the beautiful and natural scenery, but because of the company's insufficient funds, they can't choose locations all over China like Xiehe Company.

What made them vomit blood was that Xiehe Company made a special trip to the mainland to film even a TV series.

In the old neighborhood of Shanghai, the crew of "Shanghai Bund" has been filming here for half a month, and all crew members have admired Zhao Yazhi in their hearts.

The proprietress of Xiehe Company not only completed her own job well, but also provoked all the matters of the crew when her husband was not around.

"Azhi, take a rest." Yuan De, the martial arts instructor of "Shanghai Bund", walked over with a yellow coat and said, "Don't work so hard, Ah Hu will feel bad if he knows."

Zhao Yazhi smiled lightly and said, "It's all right." After putting on the yellow coat, she picked up the director's shooting plan and looked at it twice, "I'll talk to the people from Shanghai Film Studio, and arrange a meeting in Huangpu tomorrow. Jiang's filming situation, let them cooperate with us in our work."

"Hey." Yuan De sighed, "I'd better go with you, those Shanghainese are always struggling, if it doesn't work, call Ah Hu and ask him to come and deal with it."

"Don't bother him." Zhao Yazhi went to the crew cafeteria and drank a bowl of ginger soup, feeling that her body was no longer as cold as before: "He has his job, not to mention that his pressure is greater than ours, we can't add anything to him. trouble."

In front of a reed field near the ferry of the Yellow River, three large camera lifts were raised high. Wang Xiaohu, Li Hanwei, and Zhang Yimou, who was seconded from the Photography Department of BJ Film Academy in recent days, each took charge of a camera.

The scene to be filmed today is: Jue Yuan and Bai Wuxia escorted Tang Wang Li Shimin to escape Wang Renze's strict seal, Bai Wuxia decided that the three of them pretended to be married, successfully escaped a group of cavalry from Wang Renze, and were about to board the ship At that time, the pair of cavalry belatedly realized that they had been fooled, so they chased after them.

In this scene, there are three forces to be shown, the first is Jue Yuan, Bai Wuxia, and Li Shimin, the second is Wang Renze's team of cavalry, and the third is the twelve stick monks led by Tanzong.

Among them, in the first confrontation, Li Shimin was shot by Bai Wuxia and fled in a small boat, while Jueyuan fought against Wang Renze's cavalry. When the fight was about to start, Monk Tanzong and others rushed to the scene.

Sitting on the first lift, Wang Xiaohu shouted to Yu Hai, Xiong Xinxin and others with a loudspeaker, "Are you ready?"

Yu Hai shook the long stick in his hand to indicate that he was ready to take his position, and the cavalry battalion led by Zhao Gang also nodded. Jet Li was wearing a red groom's attire, and was standing in front of the reeds aggressively with a single knife.

This scene is nothing more than showing Jue Yuanda's precept to kill, and the monks are saying something like "transcendence". To put it bluntly, it is to find a good excuse for the monks to kill bad people.

As we all know, in the whole "Shaolin Temple", except for the old abbot who can be regarded as an eminent monk, other monks such as monk value, Tanzong and its thirteen stick monks are not considered standard monks. There are very few articles, but instead they reflect the rebellious psychology of young monks, while middle-aged monks pay attention to explaining Buddhism flexibly according to the actual situation.

In fact, according to Wang Xiaohu's understanding, the old host represents a heart of compassion, and represents the self-sacrifice of a great country, which is more like a true portrayal of China.

The monk value represents a person who is rigid and sticks too much to the old school style.

But Jueyuan and others are lawless, or ignorant teenagers, more appropriately speaking, they are Chinese young people representing the new era. It is to educate the young audience to raise their patriotic enthusiasm.

Young monks who do not look forward and backward will definitely be criticized and suppressed by the old school, so there are old monks like Tan Zong who deal with and protect them in the middle, and there are masters like Yu Hai who are very popular. When most of the audience saw Tan Zong's death, they felt regretful and angry in their hearts, and wished they could crush Wang Renze.

(The above views are purely nonsense, so don’t take it for granted.)
So sometimes Wang Xiaohu admires the screenwriters of "Shaolin Temple" very much. They can add so much educational significance to an ancient martial arts film. Reflecting a little patriotism, this screenwriter is definitely a god-level existence.

After all the departments were in place, Wang Xiaohu yelled, "action."

At the same time as the three cameras were in motion, Jet Li swung his sword to block incoming arrows, and a group of Shaolin monks galloped in the distance, bearing the brunt of the sea. Effect.

Three sets of cameras are placed in different positions, either high or low, far or near, to record these scenes.

Wang Xiaohu looked at Yu Hai and the others rushing towards him in the camera, and nodded secretly in his heart. These guys had only practiced riding for two mornings with the help of soldiers from the cavalry battalion, and it was already rare to be able to take such a good picture.

Just when Wang Xiaohu felt that it was all right, an accident happened.

According to the requirements of the script, Yu Hai and others should at least rush to the reeds, quickly jump off the horse, pick up the thing to help Jet Li resist the attack of Zhao Gang and others.

When Yu Hai jumped off the horse, he didn't know whether Yu Hai didn't grasp the timing well, or the horse had an accident. In short, Yu Hai didn't jump off all at once according to the plan set earlier, but flew out flat !

"CUT!" Wang Xiaohu saw clearly in the camera, and his reaction was a beat faster than others, and he was the closest to Yu Hai's position, so after shouting, before others could react, he had already jumped from the three-meter-high Jumped off the lifting platform, and quickly ran to Yu Hai's side.

"Old Yu, are you okay?"

Yu Hai on the ground was grinning and moaning. The horse had reached a speed of 40 kilometers per hour just now, and now he lost the rein, and the accident of Renping flying out could be imagined.

"It's okay, it's just a scratch."

Wang Xiaohu helped Yu Hai to support him, and the medical staff of the film crew rushed over immediately.

"Is Teacher Yu okay?"

"It didn't break, did it?"

"Master, are you alright, master!" Sun Jiankui rushed to Yu Hai and cried anxiously.

The doctor checked and said to Wang Xiaohu: "Brother Hu, Mr. Yu is not wearing a protective gear, and his wrist and arm are partially scratched. Just rub some medicinal wine and it will be OK."

Only then did Wang Xiaohu heave a sigh of relief, but his eyes widened quickly: "What's wrong, where did the protective gear you wear in your clothes go?"

This kind of fighting scene with real knives and real guns must add some protective gear to the costume, just to prevent accidents from happening. In the previous scenes, Wang Xiaohu emphasized the importance of protective gear. Unexpectedly, Yu Hai did not wear protective gear today. , he is not angry and angry.

Yu Hai's old face burned, and he said embarrassedly: "I just feel that it's a bit awkward to string it inside the clothes, so..."

"So you took off all the protective gear, right?" Wang Xiaohu said depressingly, and then said to Sun Jiankui, Xiong Xinxin and others: "Is this the same situation for you?"

Everyone lowered their heads. Obviously, what kind of master and what kind of apprentices, these guys must not be wearing protective gear!
"Director, it's unnatural to fight with that thing!" Xiong Xinxin was a little heartless. At this time, everyone hid behind and dared not speak.

"If it's not natural, you need to work hard to overcome it!" Wang Xiaohu pulled Jet Li over and said, "Jie, lift up the clothes and let everyone see."

Jet Li snorted, and unbuttoned the bright red groom's suit, and saw that he was wearing a layer of close-fitting clothes that were thinner than Sanda protective gear.

Don't underestimate this thin body. It was specially made by Wang Xiaohu from the United States at a high price. Since Jackie Chan had several accidents in "Police Story", Wang Xiaohu has paid great attention to the importance of protective gear.

Although this thin layer is not as strong as body armor, it can also prevent some scratches and accidental injuries in the shooting of costume films. For example, Jet Li was able to use a single knife to resist "shooting" bows and arrows just because of this layer. clothing.

And when filming in cold weather, this protective gear also has the function of keeping warm. If it wasn't because of his limited technical level, Wang Xiaohu really wanted to add a fire setting function to this protective gear.

Seeing that Wang Xiaohu lost his temper, Yu Hai knew that what he had done was wrong. After all, Wang Xiaohu was taking measures to protect himself, and he didn't lose his temper casually. He immediately promised that such things would never happen again, and took the lead in putting on the clothes for him to wear. Armor that feels awkward.

"Director, I think this thing is pretty good, so don't be angry, my injury is fine, let's continue shooting!" Yu Hai grinned, and the others followed suit and put on the protective gear.

Looking at these simple faces, Wang Xiaohu sighed, everyone is a martial arts practitioner and has been working together for so long, the anger has also dissipated.

"Okay, okay, go back and bury your seats, and do it again."

(End of this chapter)