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Chapter 564 Copying Classics (One Update)
The scene of the round table fight originally only appeared in the movie "Ip Man 2", but in Chen Xiaotang's opinion, it is best to combine the essence of the two plays together and shoot a magnificent production that lasts for more than an hour , this can also highlight the spirit of "Ip Man"'s own generation of masters, big movies, big productions, this is enough taste!
In other words, the Ip Man series will be integrated into one drama and shot into a big production.

Therefore, Chen Xiaotang extracted the more classic parts of the Ip Man series and compiled them into a script, and this "round table fight" is the most important part of the play.

Before that, it is necessary to arrange the action design of this scene.

If Chen Xiaotang remembered well, in his previous life "Ip Man" was played by Brother Hong Jinbao himself as a martial artist, but now that Brother Hong seldom spares time to make a guest appearance in this drama, and let him be a martial arts instructor, it would be really hard for him, after all He doesn't have much time, so the actual martial artist in this play is Chen Xiaotang's old friend Liu Xingbo who is also a teacher and friend.

Now Liu Xingbo has officially terminated his contract with TVB and joined Moying Entertainment Company. For a martial arts talent like him, even if he doesn't care about his old love, Chen Xiaotang will not treat him badly; therefore, in less than two years, Liu Xingbo has gone from The low-income martial artist Longhu who couldn't even pay the rent turned around and became a well-known martial arts instructor. Not only did he drive a car, but he also bought a house.

Liu Xingbo belongs to the kind of person who is very loyal. He knows that Chen Xiaotang has given him everything now, so he works extra hard when filming and working. It is precisely because of this that he is "notorious" because he is too Desperation is so harsh that when "Bogo" is mentioned in Moying Entertainment, countless people shudder.Of course, apart from being afraid of Liu Xingbo, more people admire him. After all, it is rare to see people who work as hard as he does.

This time, Chen Xiaotang appointed him to be the martial arts director of the movie "Ip Man", and Mr. Huang Liang, the head of Wing Chun, assisted him, which also made Liu Xingbo feel very big.It would be better if you do it by yourself, but the master Huang next to you is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Whether your own movement design is good or not is the second thing. There is difficulty in designing fights.If the other party made a joke, it would be a big embarrassment.

Regarding this "round table fight" scene, Chen Xiaotang, who was the screenwriter before, had already discussed with Liu Xingbo, and he must design a limited space with no eyes, fists and feet, and a kind of everyone's demeanor.

To put it more bluntly, in the small space of the round table, use your imagination to make the entire audio-visual effect extremely powerful.

For this reason, Liu Xingbo thought about it for two or three days, and believed that Wing Chun's boxing method is mainly based on inch strikes, and Hong Quan, played by Hong Jinbao, is mainly based on fierceness. Therefore, when the two are fighting on the round table, they can use slow and fast. To highlight the style of the two.

Hongquan is calm and slow, and every time he makes a move, it feels like a thunderclap; Wing Chun is sensitive and known for his speed, every time he makes a move, he is as fast as lightning or a shooting star.

The filming officially started.

The staff placed a huge round table top on the chairs, surrounded by stacked chairs, forming a prototype "tower".This kind of shape gives people a very "shocking" feeling intuitively. After all, it is not an easy task to build a large arena with a height of about three meters and a diameter of 16 meters. What's more, these are all built with tables, chairs and benches. Yes, it is absolutely unprecedented in Hong Kong Kung Fu movies.

When director Xu Xiaoming saw such a scene arrangement, he couldn't help but be speechless. This is something that can't be seen from the script. Now everything is in front of his eyes, which still makes people feel a little shocked.

"A Tang, how did you design this arena? The idea is so strange?" Xu Xiaoming asked.

Ye Zhun, Huang Liang and others beside him were also very curious.

Chen Xiaotang smiled slightly, of course I couldn't say, I was inspired by watching "Ip Man" in my previous life, so I had to say: "It's not the last time I went to the Wing Chun martial arts hall to pay homage to the mountain gate, the bench array opened my eyes, That's where I got my inspiration from!"

"Oh, so this set is from our bench, no wonder it looks so familiar!" Ye Zhun and Huang Liang nodded secretly.

Without further ado, the filming began.

Since the arena is as high as three meters, the camera should be shot on the boom when shooting, and at the same time, air cushions and other objects should be added below to take safety precautions to prevent the actors from accidentally falling.

In the camera, Li Lianjie and Hong Jinbao each wore costumes and stood on the table.Because Hong Jinbao's big brother is tall and fat, Li Lianjie looks a little thinner in comparison, so when the camera captures the two, they are shot with far and near lenses.The advantage of this is that the long-distance lens can shrink people, and the close-up lens can enlarge people.

It is obviously not enough to shoot this scene with one camera, so Xu Xiaoming, as the director, discussed with Chen Xiaotang and equipped three cameras, one for shooting on the crane arm, one for shooting upwards on the ground, and one for the track Glide up and shoot.

In this way, a series of shots can be taken from three angles: top, middle, and bottom. Even if the shooting is not accurate at one angle, it can be made up from another angle.

But in theory, this is the case, but it is not the same thing when it is actually filmed. It turns out that the most important thing in fighting scenes is the movement of actors, especially kung fu masters like Li Lianjie and Hong Jinbao, whose movements are extremely fast. If the teacher is not paying attention, he will not be able to keep up with the shooting rhythm.

This is indeed the case. The photographer was already dazzled by Li Lianjie and Hong Jinbao's fists and kicks during the shooting. Not to mention the shooting rhythm, even the camera lens seemed to be in a hurry to switch focus.

Director Xu Xiaoming, who was watching the filming from the sidelines, was furious, especially Chen Xiaotang was also beside him, but he made the show like this, it's embarrassing.

"CUT!" Xu Xiaoming yelled, and then pointed to the cameraman who was in a hurry and said, "What do you do? Which school did you graduate from? Can you tune in, can you turn the camera?"

The photographer was obviously a "novice". This time "Ip Man" started filming in a hurry, and the photographers were short of staff, so they temporarily pulled him over to fill up the number. Unexpectedly...

The cameraman was blushing from being scolded, but the filming still had to start. As the main cameraman, Du Kefeng said helplessly, "Either the three machines will be filmed separately, and I will rush to the scene?"

The so-called separate shooting is to do two or three times of an action, and then the photographer chooses to shoot from different angles. This is often used when shooting literary films, and Duke Feng is a veteran in this field. For example, in his previous life he shot "Flowers" The scene of Zhang Manyu going up the stairs with a rice bowl in the movie "Years of Love" was filmed N times from different angles before being edited successfully.

When Du Kefeng proposed this, it seemed that there was no way out, but someone was unwilling, who, brother Hong Jinbao!
This kind of shooting does solve the difficulty of shooting from different angles, but it invisibly adds trouble to the actors, especially for actors who shoot martial arts scenes. It takes a lot of hard work to do one action. If you ask him to repeat it two or three times at once, it is not a toss. ?Also, this kind of shooting has delayed the time of many actors. Brother Hong Jinbao is busy with his own affairs, and he still has a lot of films in his body. This time he came to the "Ip Man" crew to make a guest appearance, which is enough to give Chen Xiaotang face. Go on, when can I finish filming my part? !

So without waiting for director Xu Xiaoming to agree, Brother Hung Kam Po said: "This is not acceptable, I am in a hurry!"

Just this sentence sounds very polite, but director Xu Xiaoming knew that he had already annoyed Brother Hong Jinbao.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Chen Xiaotang stood up and said, "How about this, I also know a little bit about shooting skills. When I was filming "The End of the World", I took shots on the plane. Duke Feng, you also said that I The filming was good...how about letting me film the next scene!"

No one expected that the big boss Chen Xiaotang would "take the initiative to invite Ying", and Brother Hong Jinbao had nothing to say.Director Xu Xiaoming is still worried, can he do it?After all, Chen Xiaotang's identity as screenwriter, director, actor and singer has long been recognized by everyone, but the photography... who knows.

Everything was ready, Chen Xiaotang turned from the screenwriter of the play to the photographer.

And it is the photographer sitting on the boom. According to Duke Feng, Chen Xiaotang seems to be very suitable for "working at heights".

Chen Xiaotang laughed it off.

The shooting this time was much smoother than before, especially this fight scene was designed by Liu Xingbo after seeking Chen Xiaotang's opinion, and the script was written by Chen Xiaotang, and now Chen Xiaotang is also working as a photographer to shoot, so it can be said that he has no control over the angles. in place.

Here I have to talk about the cooperation between Li Lianjie and Hong Jinbao.As the big brother in the Hong Kong film industry, Brother Hung Jinbao did not underestimate Li Lianjie, on the contrary, he regarded him as a real opponent when he was supporting the film.

Although Hong Jinbao came from an opera troupe, unlike Cheng Long, he has learned real kung fu, especially Hong Quan.Therefore, in the round table battle, seeing the strength and demeanor of his punches, he was very calm and refined.

If it was Li Lianjie before, it might be very difficult to play such a rivalry in front of Brother Hong Jinbao, but under the subtle influence of Chen Xiaotang, he can handle him freely at this moment, especially after being trained by the head of Huang Liang and Ye Zhun. After Mr.'s guidance, Wing Chun has made a lot of progress, and it looks decent when executed. Even Ye Huang can't help but nod in praise.

There was no N-camera for the filming, and it can almost be said that Li Lianjie and Brother Hong Jinbao fought in one go.The photographers here also captured the details of the entire action scene, and the shooting was perfect!
Of course, Chen Xiaotang contributed a lot to this. If it wasn't for his big boss acting as a photographer temporarily, I'm afraid this scene would have been troubled.

(End of this chapter)