new kung fu king

Chapter 7 This is the Opportunity

In the Hong Kong film circle in the 70s, the dragon and tiger martial artists were the most desperate and low-paying jobs, and at that time they were all hard-working protagonists, and many dragon and tiger martial artists had to rush to several movies in a day to survive.

Dragon and Tiger martial artists are also divided into three grades: large, medium, and small. For example, Wang Xiaohu and Yuen Biao are small martial artists with a daily salary of five Hong Kong dollars, belonging to the lowest income class.

People like Yuan Lou and Yuan Hua have been on the set for a long time, and they also know how to use their physical advantages to accumulate some acting experience. With the help of Sammo Hung, they have been upgraded to Chinese martial arts, with a daily salary of about 60 Hong Kong dollars. Of course, after the daily salary is paid, one-third is used to bribe the martial arts instructor, the other one-third is shared with the brothers, and the other one-third is used for eating, drinking and having fun.

To be a big martial artist, in addition to having good skills, you also need connections. At this time, they can attract a group of young brothers to rush to work in major studios. If they are lucky, they can also get some bribes from the middle and small martial artists. .

In the Hong Kong film and television industry, above the dragon and tiger martial arts masters are the deputy martial arts directors and martial arts directors.

Martial arts director has a very high status in a movie, and besides the director, he often has the biggest right to speak. "The Golden Sword" is the first movie that Sammo Hung made as a martial arts director after he joined Golden Harvest, so it is particularly special. Conscientious and strict, the Dragon and Tiger warriors selected are also well-known by themselves.

Most of the scenes of "The Golden Sword of Death" have been filmed, and today we are going to shoot the biggest scene in the whole film: Nan Gongzheng, Nan Gonglin, and Yan Shijie went to the gate of Geshibao mountain to question Tu Tianbiao, the lord of Geshibao, and then the two After Fang Mo wrote a few words, Tu Tianbiao, the owner of the castle, waved his hand, and all his minions rushed up to fight Nangongzheng and others, and were killed by Nangongzheng and others separately.

The plot is as simple as that, and the martial arts moves designed by Sammo Hung satisfied the director Huang Feng, but there were still some problems after the official shooting of the film.

The actor Han Ruyun who plays Nan Gonglin uses a long whip. For the soft weapon of the long whip, Sammo Hung designed two or three movements, that is, let Han Ruyun swing the long whip around the neck of a minion, and then swing it diagonally upwards out to highlight the "odd" color of the long whip in fighting.

The problem lies in the dragon and tiger martial artist who was wrapped around his neck. When Huang Feng yelled: Aciton, Han Ruyun's long whip was thrown out. There may be some mistakes in the first stroke and he failed to wrap his neck, but put him He slapped him in the face, and then he made a second blow, but it was still a mistake, and he finally succeeded in wrapping his neck. When the guy behind the scenes was also preparing Lavia (wire), the dragon and tiger warrior quit.

"Wait! It's tied too tightly, I can't breathe!" Martial Master Longhu had "whip marks" all over his face, because he had difficulty breathing due to the long whip tied to his throat, so he stopped on the spot.

Sammo Hung jumped into a rage on the spot, pointing at the face of the dragon and tiger martial artist and complained for a while: "Persist, it's only three shots!"

The three shots mentioned by Sammo Hung are one of the commonly used methods in fighting editing in Hong Kong movies, that is, the "three shots" method. When used in this action, it is divided into two and three shots to complete.

The first three shots are a close-up shot of Han Ruyun swinging the long whip, and then the long whip wrapped around the neck of the dragon and tiger martial artist. air.

In the second three shots, the dragon and tiger warriors began to be tied up (close shot), and the person in charge of Lavia behind the scenes began to forcefully pull the dragon and tiger warriors into the air (close-up), and then the dragon and tiger warriors fell to the ground, stretching their feet and clenching their fists in pain death (close shot).

The three-camera editing method of "Start-Outburst-Result" on the one hand "stitches" the traces of camera switching to form a complete and smooth illusion of action, on the other hand enriches the visual performance of the action from multiple angles, The action is compressed, the slow and sluggish camera images are removed, and the rhythm of the action is accelerated, giving the audience a strong visual impact. The rhythm is easy to form sudden changes and produce special effects.

"Three shots? I've been beaten dozens of times by her, anyway, I won't take pictures! It's too wasteful!" Yasha stepped down, and left immediately after saying this sentence.

"You, you, you!" Sammo Hung couldn't help it. Who told Han Ruyun not to be a martial artist, and he took dozens of swings before hitting the target. The scars on his martial artist's face are the evidence.

If the leading actor resigned suddenly, this film would definitely not be able to be made, but a dragon and tiger martial artist went on strike, and there are other dragon and tiger martial artists, right? So Sammo Hung glanced back and forth among the dragon and tiger martial artists, hoping that someone would take the initiative to stand up. Come out and do the action.

All the dragon and tiger warriors looked really bright just now, and they couldn't compliment Han Ruyun's technique. At this time, no one was willing to stand up and suffer "humiliation" with dozens of whips.

"Well, can I give it a try?" Seeing that everyone was unwilling to act in such a role, Wang Xiaohu immediately raised his hand and stood up.

Yuen Biao next to him tugged at his clothes and whispered, "Ah Hu, are you out of your mind? It would be embarrassing if your face gets hurt. How can you go out to pick up girls at night after you get paid?"

Wang Xiaohu was almost not stunned by Yuen Biao's words. The reason why the emotional group was unwilling was because they were afraid of being "disfigured" and delaying their plans to pick up girls. Work pressure, sometimes even serious injuries, no one knows what tomorrow will look like. Under this general environment, many people will not save money, but have the habit of drinking today and getting drunk today.

Wang Xiaohu shook his head and said with a smile, "It's okay, I haven't considered picking up girls yet."

When Wang Xiaohu walked out of the crowd, he could vaguely hear the voices of "fool" and "idiot" coming from behind him. He didn't think much about these comments. I even jumped over a twenty-story building and was beaten by a woman. What's the point of whipping a few times with a long whip?
"Ha, Ah Hu, I'm sure I read you right. Very good. For the sake of you taking the initiative to solve my problems, I will give you an extra salary of 20 yuan today!" Sammo Hung is not a stingy person. Standing up to help himself at such a time, he would naturally not treat Wang Xiaohu badly.

When the dragon and tiger martial artists heard this, they almost vomited blood. They gritted their teeth and hated it, mother, if I knew it would be an extra 20 yuan in salary, we would take the initiative to stand up, right?

(End of this chapter)