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Chapter 336 "Style" and "Details" [5K Chapter]

Speaking of the martial arts instructor of "Embroidered Spring Knife", it is actually Gao Fei's old friend Dong Wei.

When they were filming "Strange Hero Yizhimei" before, the two of them were already designing moves for "Xiu Chun Knife" when they were free.

Therefore, at the later stage of filming "Weird Man and Yizhimei", Hu Ge and Wang Qianyuan had already practiced their tricks under the arrangement of Wu Ershan.

After all, if the actor has a good foundation in action, he can do ten or twenty moves in one shot.And because the actors are on the scene in person, whether it is a short shot mainly in the medium or close range, or a seamless long shot can be used freely.

But when the actors are not qualified, they can only make up for it with short shots, and only four or five moves are made in one shot.

Most of the shots are also short shots with a focus on medium and close shots, and they are seamlessly connected. There is a high probability that they cannot be used, because Wu Ti will easily reveal his secrets.

This is also why martial arts movies and action movies are only filmed by a few action stars. In fact, a large part of it is because of this reason.

But then again, a good movement foundation can indeed make Wuzhi more free and bold in movement design.

We must know that in many cases, it is not that the younger generation's martial arts can't design good moves, but that the young niche students today can't do it.

Even though the wire technology is getting more and more advanced, after using the wire, the effect shown will still be very different from the actors themselves.

At least in terms of impact and sense of power, Wia's involvement can only have a negative effect.

But today's Gao Fei is an exception.

Although he learned to play tricks, among the younger generation of mainland actors, he should be the best at fighting.

This is why Dong Wei likes to cooperate with Gao Fei more and more.

Not to mention anything else, the set of movements he designed at the beginning of "Embroidered Spring Knife" is probably only Gao Fei who can do it among the younger generation of male stars.

How exaggerated is this action?
Hehe, when Dong Wei first drew the schematic diagram for Wu Ershan to look at, Wu Ershan just didn't dare to think about the long shot.

After all, as long as you are in the film industry, who doesn't know that long shots, handheld photography, and fast moving shots are the most troublesome.

But who would have thought that Dong Wei and Gao Fei would combine these three big troubles together!

This made Wu Ershan reluctant to kill the idea after hearing their design.Because he knows in his heart that the more difficult the filming is for the crew, sometimes it is the most comfortable scene for the audience.

As for the opening shot designed by Dong Wei, after listening to it, he just thought about it and found it enjoyable.

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In other words, the book "Embroidered Spring Knife" was originally just the second half of the script written by Gao Fei, but Gao Fei made a division at the end.

And at the beginning of the second half of the story, it started with Jin Yiwei arresting the eunuchs.

The first few companies were fine, because most of the people arrested were civil servants and had no power to resist, so Jin Yiwei took care of it easily.

But something went wrong when the three brothers Shen Lian arrested Xu Xianchun, the former commander of Jin Yiwei.

Although this senior Jinyiwei official hadn't fought on the front line for a long time, he was very clear about Jinyiwei's means.

Therefore, when Jin Yiwei quietly went upstairs to arrest him, he had already escaped with the help of his guards.

But here lies the difficulty of the problem!

Because in Dong Wei's design, when Gao Fei sensed something was wrong and kicked open the door, he immediately found Xu Xianchun jumped out of the window and left.

Therefore, he had to jump down from the second floor without any hesitation, and pursued closely. Finally, after chasing into a dead end and climbing over a high wall, he caught the group of people by their tails.

In Dong Wei's vision, the long shot should have started the moment Gao Fei kicked in the door.

In this way, the difficulty of this shot has increased exponentially.

Because it is not only the actors who are tested, but also the director and photographer.

At least they have to face one problem, that is, if Gao Fei really completed this action, how should they capture it?

This problem once gave Wu Ershan a headache for the crew.

He even considered for a while whether to divide Gao Fei from jumping from the second floor and chasing after him into two shots.

After all, if you don't want to take a shot of this series of actions to the end, the difficulty will indeed be reduced a lot.

Of course, the impact of the lens will inevitably be reduced a lot!

It is precisely because of this that Wu Ershan has been entangled.

In the end, Han Qiming, the director of photography of the film crew, came up with a solution, which was to give the photographer a wire!

So when filming this scene, a very funny picture appeared.

As an actor, Gao Fei didn't have any protection when he jumped from the attic that was more than two meters high. Instead, the staff behind him tied a safety rope to act as a simple deceleration device to ensure the controllability of the camera.

But in this way, although the most impactful shots were captured, there were problems when connecting them.

Because of the efforts of the staff to untie the safety rope for the photographer, Gao Fei can't stand still, but once he moves according to Gao Fei, the photographer can't keep up.

After a lot of work, Dong Wei still thought that after Gao Fei jumped down, he could pose a little bit. Firstly, the picture would look better, and secondly, it would also give the photographer time to release the buckle.

After hearing this, Wu Ershan also felt that this method was good.

So Gao Fei had to jump again, and after posing a cool pose without leaving a trace, he just chased forward.

The photographer who undid the safety buckle carried the camera on his shoulder and followed closely behind.

And in order to create a "pseudo-documentary" sense of reality, during the process, the photographer intentionally keeps the lens shaking slightly and rhythmically, just like the rhythm of breathing when people are nervous.

In this way, it not only avoids causing physical discomfort to the audience, but also makes the audience more emotionally involved.

In fact, this is exactly the charm of handheld photography.

Although machinery brings stability, it also provides an "inhuman" perspective.Because the way humans observe things in their daily lives is unstable.

There are bumps when walking, bumps when driving, and even if you sit still, the picture in front of you will shake slightly due to breathing.

So a slight shake to a certain extent can actually make the picture more realistic.

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So just like that, under the stumbling and trying of a group of people, the crew of "Embroidered Spring Knife" finally completed this long shot of sports that tortured everyone to death.

Finally, when the shot was completed, almost everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, including Wang Qianyuan and Hu Ge.

Because the most difficult moves in this movie are almost all on Gao Fei, now that Gao Fei has completed the task, they can relax a lot.

It's just that Gao Fei suffered a little bit!
Although he was in high spirits when designing moves with Dong Wei, it was not so wonderful when he actually did it himself.

That's right, with the mere height of the second floor, he can indeed jump off with ease, and he can still maintain a certain demeanor.

But the lifting technique in traditional martial arts is not the light work in martial arts novels.

He just knows some tricks of climbing up and down. In actual operation, what he can really rely on is his own physical fitness.

Therefore, although he was quite relaxed the first time he jumped, he was fine the second time, but his calf trembled a little when he jumped the third time.

Considering that there will be some climbing up and down in the future, he must rest for a while after every NG to relax his muscles and recover his strength.

So for this long shot of less than 1 minute, the crew of "Embroidered Spring Knife" worked hard all day.

As for the other actors in the crew, they just sat on the sidelines and watched Gao Fei jump off the stairs more than a dozen times before completing the scene.

When Gao Fei finally completed this shot, everyone looked at him almost like a fan.

Even the well-informed old man Jin Shijie could only shake his head repeatedly, not knowing what to say.

This kind of situation has existed before, for example, the early Xiangjiang films were very desperate.

But since the millennium, he has rarely heard of such things in the entertainment industry.

As for a first-line star like Gao Fei who is willing to jump more than a dozen times a day, Jin Shijie has never heard of it.

However, after all this hard work, Gao Fei was not in vain.

If everyone in the crew respected him because of capital and fame, then after this scene, he has won everyone's respect with his strength.

Although he only thinks that he is dedicated at most, but in the eyes of these film workers, that is devotion to the film.

Because no matter how everyone jokes verbally, in fact, the circle still admires this kind of person.Because it is precisely because they cannot do it themselves that they will respect those who can do it more and more.

Of course, if there are any real benefits, it is probably because the atmosphere of the whole crew has suddenly changed after this scene, and everyone's attitude has become a lot more serious.

After all, Gao Fei, the big money lord and number one male, has worked so hard, so they are naturally too embarrassed to cheat and play tricks again.

So with Gao Fei leading by example, it made Wu Ershan's work much smoother, and it could be regarded as "killing chickens to warn monkeys" in disguise.

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The next day, in the morning.

After filming the fight scene for a while, Wu Ershan couldn't help but yelled out frequently.

Nothing else, because after rewatching Gao Fei's long shot of yesterday's smooth movement dozens of times last night, the more Wu Ershan looks at them now, the more awkward he feels.

Just after sighing for a while, he didn't know that yesterday's shot could only be played occasionally.

If you really want to use this shooting method throughout the whole process, not to mention that the actors can't stand it, Zhouyi Film and Television will probably be the first to not stand it.

After all, if you shoot like that, the schedule and budget will be seriously overrun.

Therefore, after suppressing the regret in his heart, he said a few words to Dong Wei, the martial artist next to him, and then asked him to correct the actor's movements to achieve the effect he wanted.

After Dong Wei heard the words, he walked over clearly.

But he didn't even bother to look at Gao Fei, so he helped Hu Ge and Wang Qianyuan guide the actions just now.

Gao Fei couldn't be angry with his "defiant" behavior, but had to help guide others.

Tsk tsk~ There is no one for the leading actor to be as miserable as he is!
But then again, it's not Gao Fei, Wang Qianyuan, and Hu Ge who are the most difficult to play in the crew of "Xiu Chun Knife".

Whether it was the Xiuchun knife used by Shen Lian, the two-handed goose-wing knife used by Lu Jianxing, or the short mandarin duck knife used by Jin Yichuan, they were actually not as troublesome as the Miao knife used by Ding Xiu.

After all, weapons like swords are not as long as possible.

For example, the two-handed goose-wing saber that Lu Jianxing uses is for long-distance slashing, and the middle-distance one relies on Gao Fei's Xiuchun Dao.

As for the mandarin duck knife that Hu Ge holds in both hands, it is used for close combat.

This weapon configuration is also a small combat system designed by Gao Fei and Dong Wei after they borrowed from the ancient battle formations.

After all, Jin Yiwei is an eagle dog of the Son of Heaven, so naturally he must have sharp claws, otherwise how would he arrest and kill people?
And Ding Xiu's Miao Dao, which evolved from the Tang Yulin Saber, is obviously much longer than the weapons used by the three of Gao Fei, so when dancing, Zhou Wei also had to spend more energy. harness it.

So Zhou Yiwei, who is comfortable in literary dramas, has suffered a lot in filming dramas.

Even though he practiced for a long time under the training of martial arts instructors in advance, he still made various mistakes during the actual shooting.

When filming, I often hit or get beaten by others.

If it weren't for the superb skills of the masters who treated the bruises of the crew, whether he could get up the next day would almost be a problem.

Of course, people are actually like this, and in the end they got used to hitting Zhou Wei.

By the way, Gao Fei only found out when he was filming this movie that the Xiuchun Dao does not refer to a specific shape of the sword, but just a concept.

Why is it said that the Xiuchun Knife is a conceptual standard weapon worn by the Jinyiwei and the Yulin Army?

Because according to domestic scholars’ textual research from the Ming Dynasty’s "Paper Out of Police and Entering the Entrance", when the emperor of the Ming Dynasty came out of Beijing to visit the mausoleum, the soldiers and guards of the Ming Dynasty who guarded the emperor wore different embroidered spring knives.

Therefore, there is also a saying later that the Xiuchun Dao and the Yanling Dao are essentially the same weapon, but the skin of the Xiuchun Dao is more high-end.

It is only because of the misunderstanding of later generations that later generations think that the Xiuchun Knife is an independent weapon.

Of course, being misunderstood is not just Xiu Chundao.

For example, when Xiuchundao is mentioned nowadays, everyone will think of Feiyufu, just like Jinyiwei.

But in fact, in the Ming Dynasty, not all Jinyiwei were qualified to wear flying fish suits.

Even though the flying fish suit is the most distinctive feature of the Jinyiwei, only the third-rank officials of the Jinyiwei are really qualified to wear it, and the lower-level Jinyiwei generally only have to look at it.

That is to say, in the entire Jinyiwei system, only the commander of Jinyiwei who is the third rank is qualified to use this flying fish suit as a uniform without the emperor's conferment.

And the reason why this flying fish suit is so precious is because of its unique pattern.

Although there is fish in the name "Flying Fish Clothes", in fact it has nothing to do with fish patterns at all.

Because the "flying fish" in the official mouth of the Ming Dynasty is the shape of a dragon head, a python shape, four legs and four claws, and a fish tail.

In other words, the flying fish suit is actually quite similar to the dragon robe.

As for the python robe worn by the prince, at first glance it was basically the same as the flying fish suit.

The only difference is that under the dragon body of the flying fish suit, there are wings or short pelvic fins, otherwise they are almost identical.

It was also for this reason that Emperor Jiajing once confused the two, almost mistaking the flying fish suit worn by Minister of War Zhang Zan as a python robe, which almost made a joke.

However, it is precisely because of the preciousness of the flying fish suits that in the past, when the emperor bestowed them on meritorious service, most of them would only wear unicorn suits or bullfighting suits.

Because the two are far from the dragon shape.

Except for Jin Yiwei and the eunuch, only those who have made great achievements will be rewarded with flying fish suits by the emperor.

In this regard, it is somewhat similar to the yellow mandarin jacket of the Qing Dynasty.

But there is one thing to say, the appearance of the flying fish suit of the Ming Dynasty is indeed more than ten thousand times better than the yellow jacket.

It's just that the flying fish suits on Gao Fei, Hu Ge and Wang Qianyuan were not worn randomly because they look good.

Regarding the costume styling, the art director of the crew actually put a lot of effort into it.

Although flying fish clothing was a very rare gift in the Ming Dynasty, in the late Ming Dynasty, the court was no longer able to manage it, so officials became extravagant, and the decorations on official uniforms began to move closer to python patterns.

Even the maidservants of wealthy families or the women of the Jiaofang Division wear jewels and brocade clothes on their heads when they go out. Most of the patterns on the brocade clothes are Bai Ze, Qilin, flying fish, sitting python, etc., almost everything.

Therefore, the last years of the dynasty are often called the collapse of ritual and music, and it is for this reason that the order of the entire society is collapsing in all aspects.

Therefore, if "Embroidered Spring Knife" was filmed in other periods of the Ming Dynasty, it might not be easy to use flying fish suits casually.

But if it was a story about the end of the Ming Dynasty, then wearing this flying fish suit would be in line with the social atmosphere at that time.

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Of course, commercial films are not documentaries after all.

So when shooting, it doesn't have to be realistic.

But Wu Ershan and Gao Fei have reached a consensus long ago.

"Embroidered Spring Knife" is a martial arts film made from a historical perspective, instead of just using history as a story background like Xiangjiang movies.

From the perspective of history, it is natural to try to restore the texture of history as much as possible. Although it is not possible to restore history 1:1, Gao Fei still hopes to reflect the texture of history as much as possible.

For this reason, whether it is weapons, clothing or actions, these are generally based on realism and history.

Therefore, those weird weapons in Xiangjiang movies are basically impossible to appear in this movie.

Unless one day the archaeological team really digs out the real thing, Gao Fei will not let Jin Yiwei wear a flying saucer hat even if he is killed!

(End of this chapter)