Movie tycoon

Chapter 797

While the six little spirit boys were drying the monkey hair with the make-up artist, Chen Xiaotang was talking to him.

"The next scene is the Monkey King's decisive battle against the Giant Spirit God. The focus of this scene is on the post-production computer special effects. We are going to shoot in 3D mode, so we will shoot carefully from all angles. This requires the patience and cooperation of you actors..."

"It doesn't matter, the biggest advantage of us mainlanders in filming is that we can endure hardships. Let alone filming a few times, I don't complain even if I film a hundred times!" The six little soul boys said it very truthfully, and it is true in fact.The conditions in the Mainland are not as good as those in Hong Kong. Many difficulties are overcome by the actors when filming, and there are countless things like this kind of N camera reshoots.

Chen Xiaotang nodded, then waved to the side not far away: "Giant Spirit God, come here!"

Dasha Cheng Kui'an, a well-known supporting actor in Hong Kong, plays the giant spirit god. This guy is big enough, with a fierce face, but he has a sense of comedy, especially the gambler Dakou who "surrenders and loses half" in "God of Gamblers" Nine, impressed Chen Xiaotang deeply.When filming Havoc in Heaven this time, when looking for the role of Giant Spirit God, for some reason, Chen Xiaotang immediately thought of him.

Cheng Kui'an wears gold and armor, and looks like the ghost film "Heaven and Earth Xuanmen" he filmed in his previous life. He is dressed in golden light and armor, a typical golden armored general.Seeing Chen Xiaotang calling him, Cheng Kui'an ran over with a sledgehammer in his hand, "Director, why are you calling me?"

Chen Xiaotang pointed to the six little soul boys, "Get to know Mr. Zhang who will be playing with you later."

Although Cheng Kui'an came from a Taoist background with little culture and usually likes to bluff, he admires those who are really engaged in art, especially when "Journey to the West" from the Mainland is broadcast in Hong Kong, he likes to watch it very much. The six little soul boys who play the role of the Monkey King are even more admirable.Seeing the Monkey King here at this moment, Cheng Kui'an dropped the sledgehammer in his hand and shook it with his big hand: "Nice to meet you, Teacher Liu Xiaolingtong, I really like you! Oh no, I mean I really like your acting It’s a great show! My wife and children love to watch your Journey to the West, your performance is amazing, especially the way you scratch your head, my children said, it’s just like a monkey in a zoo!"

Chen Xiaotang was speechless, "Ahem, I'm sorry, Mr. Zhang, Cheng Kui'an can't speak, so don't take it to heart."

"Hehe, it's okay." The sixth little spirit boy saw that Cheng Kui'an was a straight-hearted person, "Brother An, is that right? Let's have a good discussion later!" The six little spirit boy imitated the Hong Kong people's tone and said, Hong Kong people don't move at all Just call him a big brother or something, he has learned a little bit.

Being called "Brother An" by the Six Little Spirit Boys, Cheng Kui'an is very happy, just like Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit.

"Mr. Zhang, you think highly of me. In a word, we will be brothers in the future. If you have something to say, you can talk!" Cheng Kui'an patted his chest carelessly, looking like a hero.

Before the filming started, Liu Xingbo, who is a martial arts instructor, came over. Recently, Liu Xingbo is very popular in the industry.Everyone knows that there are several strong martial arts instructors in Hong Kong, such as Yuan Baye Yuan Heping, Yuan Bin Yuankui from the Yuan family class, and Sammo Hung from the Hong family class... Now I want to add another brother, Liu Xingbo.

Speaking of Liu Xingbo's ability to rise to the position so quickly, Chen Xiaotang contributed a lot.The two are also teachers and friends. Chen Xiaotang learned Neijiaquan from Liu Xingbo, and Liu Xingbo really started to be a martial arts instructor because Chen Xiaotang helped him arrange the position.

Of course, Liu Xingbo himself is also capable, but his temper is a little bad. According to Chen Xiaotang, he likes to swear on the set and scold whoever he catches. This makes many celebrities who have worked with Liu Xingbo miserable.Fortunately, there was someone who could take care of this wild horse, and that was Chen Xiaotang.This time Chen Xiaotang started filming "Havoc in Heaven." Directly made three rules with Liu Xingbo. First, you can't swear casually on the set; second, you can't drink and make trouble on the set;

Liu Xingbo has a stubborn temper, and other people may not accept it, but Chen Xiaotang admired Chen Xiaotang's five-body surrender, so he immediately came to the crew to start work without saying a word.

"Abo, what do you think is the appropriate design for this group of martial arts later?" Chen Xiaotang asked Liu Xingbo who came over.

Liu Xingbo thought for a while and said: "Just now I discussed repeatedly with the director Wang Jing who is in charge of the screenwriting. Everyone agrees that the martial arts design of Monkey King and Ju Lingshen should pursue comedy and type, and add humor to the realism. Elements, let the audience laugh happily amidst swords, swords, and flesh and blood. This is very difficult, but I am confident that it will refresh the audience. Our martial arts design this time must be clear and clean, with laughter in the fight, and joy in the fight. Popularly To put it bluntly, the fighting should be cool, and the effect should be hilarious and hilarious. You can learn from some successful effects in the films I directed Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung in the past. In a word, the martial arts I designed will be very ghostly. I hope the two actors can Cooperate well."

Chen Xiaotang nodded, "That's right, this martial arts design needs to be rendered with a comedy effect, so I'll work hard on you. I'll give you half an hour. It's best to teach them the routines of filming, OK?"

Liu Xingbo said: "No problem, I will definitely handle it!"

Next, Liu Xingbo began to make moves with the two actors.In order to achieve the realistic effect of the Monkey King's battle with the Giant Spirit God, Liu Xingbo let the six little spirit children hang in the air and flip them over and over again, making various formations with other monkeys.Liu Xingbo believes that with the combination of hanging wires and animation effects, the martial arts design will be perfect.After seeing the effect, Chen Xiaotang was full of praise.

Then the filming officially started. For this scene, Chen Xiaotang racked his brains, while the six little soul boys and Cheng Kui'an suffered a lot.The six little soul boys were hung on the steel wire for more than 3 hours, and there were many scenes where Chen Xiaotang personally hung the steel wire and shot from above. In addition to the high requirements for the leading role, other extras also received martial arts training under Chen Xiaotang's arrangement before the actual shooting. .It can be said that this scene is not a pure martial arts scene, but the martial arts is very heavy, and the design should express the word "clever".The ingenuity of the Monkey King is in stark contrast to the clumsiness of the giant spirit god, and then produces a very subtle comic effect in the fight.

It was getting dark.

Chen Xiaotang announced that the filming has come to an end, everyone can take a break first.Tired, everyone couldn't help crying.

Fortunately, at this time, the mountain people who came to buy and sell goods on their backs appeared in time. Beer, bread, and cheap soda became everyone's luxury goods.

As I said before, filming here is very difficult, vehicles are generally not allowed in, and many materials cannot be brought in.And these simple mountain people heard that there was a film crew filming here, and they couldn't eat good food, so a few bright-minded people came to buy and sell with goods on their backs.Not to mention, it really created benefits for everyone, at least they can drink refreshing beer.The crew members were relieved, and the mountain people also benefited a lot.The beer, which was only a few cents, can be sold for one yuan on the mountain, which is a huge profit for them. What's more, almost none of the things everyone carried was lost, and they were all bought. Rolls of paper have become a rarity.

The mountain people are simple but not stupid. They know that this is a good business trick, so more mountain people have joined in these days, and they have taken the initiative to become transporters, carrying the goods from the mountain down to the mountain for sale.

Seeing that these people were busy, and the crew members were having a heated fight with them, Chen Xiaotang couldn't say anything, but just reminded everyone to pay attention to environmental hygiene, and don't throw beer bottles and plastic bottles anywhere.

I remember well, in the previous life, a certain powerful director in mainland China filmed "The Promise", which almost ruined a beautiful natural landscape, and ended up in a lawsuit.

At this time, the awareness of environmental protection is not enough. Chen Xiaotang believes that no one will say anything even if their crew throws a lot of rubbish here, but Chen Xiaotang knows that doing so is a big mistake, and it is a duty to future generations. responsibility, so he took the initiative to post fine regulations, including littering and other regulations.

Fatty Wang Jing also joked that Chen Xiaotang likes to make a big fuss, saying that there are no ghosts in the deep mountains and old forests, so why is it so easy to protect?Chen Xiaotang's explanation for this is that I just hope to take the lead and set an example, telling people that filming is only for entertaining the audience, not ruining the environment.

……

Time flies by.

In this way, Chen Xiaotang led the crew to be primitive people in the depths of the mountains, while filming, they were busy welcoming the arrival of the New Year.

Firecrackers cannot be set off here, and dumplings cannot be eaten. Outside is the excitement of the New Year, but here is the monotony of filming.

But everyone has one wish, that is, to make this movie well.

Live up to expectations, live up to the hard work, finally with everyone's efforts, "Havoc in Heaven" has reached the closing stage.

In the past four days, the crew has finished filming most of the ending scenes, waiting for everyone, it is a perfect ending.

Actor List——
The Six Little Soul Boys as: Monkey King
Liu Dehua plays: Erlang God

Zhou Runfa as: Jade Emperor
Ren Dahua as: Tota Li Tianwang

Guo Fucheng plays: Nezha Third Prince

Zhao Yazhi plays: Chang'e
Vivian Chow as: Seven Fairies

Qin Pei plays: Taibai Jinxing

Wang Mingquan as: Queen Mother
Cheng Kui'an as: Giant Spirit God

……

Experimental section of the six little spirit boys, the Monkey King was tricked by Taibaijin into Tianting to be the Bi Ma Wen. When he knew that he was just a small official who took care of the horses, the Monkey King made a big fuss in the Imperial Horse Supervisor and returned to Huaguo Mountain to claim The Great Sage Equaling Heaven; the Heavenly Court failed to make a plan, so they made another plan and sent someone to canonize him as the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, and then appointed him to take care of the Pantao Garden.The Monkey King was guarding the peaches in the Peach Garden, and happened to meet the Queen Mother who was having a peach feast and invited all kinds of gods to participate, but he was not the Monkey King.When he was angry, the Monkey King ate the flat peaches, and then made a big event at the flat peach event, making the heavenly palace full of smog.The Jade Emperor couldn't bear it any longer, so he dispatched heavenly soldiers and generals to capture the Monkey King.So the story of a havoc in the Heavenly Palace unfolded.

The filming went very smoothly, and the performance of the Six Little Soul Boys was also very vivid, especially in Chen Xiaotang's opinion, his previous choice was absolutely correct, except for the Six Little Soul Boys, no one could play a role like the Monkey King to the fullest. penetrating.In a sense, the Six Little Soul Boys can definitely be called a real actor and a great star.

At this time, it is also time for "Havoc in Heaven" to wrap up.

On the night of the 24th, it was sunny.

There was a bright moon hanging in the sky, the breeze picked up suddenly, the weather had turned cold, and there was a little coolness in the air.After [-] o'clock, the mountain forest where the production crew was located began to become quiet. Normally, this time would be the busiest time here, but today, the originally noisy studio became completely silent.

Sitting on the director's chair arranged by the crew, Chen Xiaotang watched the busy people around him. They were building various sets, the actors were putting on makeup, and the lighting engineer was adjusting the lights over and over again. Fatty Wang Jing and martial arts instructor Liu Xingbo started hugging The camera deduces which shot to take next.

The site is not very wide, and roadblocks have been set up around it to prevent people from intruding indiscriminately. The 300 people standing on the road are extras from Huaguo Mountain. They came here early, just waiting for Chen Xiaotang's order You can start shooting.

At 07:30, all kinds of work are ready.

"Director, the lighting is fine!"

"The actors are in place!"

"Camera in place!"

Everyone looked at Chen Xiaotang with firm eyes.

There was an atmosphere of excitement in the crew, and Chen Xiaotang's mood was the same as theirs.After such a long time of hard work, after countless days and nights of toil and hard work, this night, the movie is finally going to be finished.

Chen Xiaotang stood up and smiled at everyone: "Everyone, this is the last night of filming. Everyone, please do a good job. After the film is finished, I will invite everyone to drink!"

"it is good!"

"Nothing!"

A group of people cheered with high spirits.

"Start shooting!" Chen Xiaotang picked up the guide tube and shouted loudly, and the audience quickly got into the mood. At the same time, the two cameras of Fatty and Liu Xingbo started whirling.

Medium shot.

The Monkey King led the monkey descendants to a decisive battle with the heavenly soldiers and generals who were about to arrive. The front was empty without any sound. Then, there was the sound of chaotic footsteps, and soldiers poured out from the front like a tide. These people were all dressed in glittering gold. Armor, armed with various weapons, formed a confrontation with the Monkey King's army.

Then the camera zooms into the "Heavenly Soldiers", you can see their expressions, and hear their mocking and disdain for the monkeys.

In the close-up shot, Tianwang Tota Li, who is holding the golden pagoda, walked out from the heavenly soldiers. Ren Dahua, who played this role, shouted majesticly: "Du, that monkey! Why don't you hurry up and catch it?"

close-up:

The Monkey King turned the golden cudgel around, "Hehe, it's okay if you want me to surrender, just ask the golden cudgel in my hand first!"

"Bold monkey head, I think you won't cry until you see the coffin!" Li Tianwang waved his flag, and the heavenly soldiers and generals around him charged towards him.

The Monkey King: "Boys, give it to me!"

The monkeys and grandchildren also rushed up.

Telephoto:
The two groups of men and horses bumped into each other like a tide, and the soldiers came and went, fighting happily.

In a close-up shot, the Monkey King plucked his hair, and with a blow, he transformed into dozens of incarnations, entangled several powerful heavenly soldiers and generals, and then he raised his golden cudgel and hit Li Tianwang with one stick!
"Good time!" Li Tianwang yelled, but behind him, Guo Fucheng, who played the role of the third prince of Nezha, came out first, blocked the Monkey King's golden cudgel with a single shot in front of Li Tianwang!
Telephoto:
The Monkey King and Nezha fought together, with explosions, fireworks and rocks flying, and the two fought fiercely.

close-up:

Nezha opened his mouth and spewed out flames. The Monkey King turned over and dodged in the air.

The person in charge of Via pulled hard, and the Monkey King in the camera rotated 360 degrees in the air, then turned his head down, and hit Nezha with a stick.

Nezha dodges and uses superpowers, and the Monkey King also uses superpowers. During the fight, the Monkey King turns into a hot wheel at Nezha's feet, and then rolls to his feet.Nezha might as well step on it, but it is burned and screams.

Guo Fu, who played the role of Nezha, retreated. Tiangong was in a hurry and looked for help everywhere. At this time, Erlang, the god of war, sounded.So Liu Dehua, who played the role of Erlang God, appeared in the camera.

Not to mention, Liu Dehua put on the battle armor and acted like a god of war.

close-up,

Erlang Shen held Fang Tian's painted halberd and fought with the Monkey King.

In this fighting scene, Liu Xingbo, as a martial arts director, borrowed from the action scenes in Peking Opera, and then integrated the use of movements in Hong Kong martial arts movies to form an exaggerated but beautiful action scene.

Telephoto:
Erlang God released a dog to chase and bite the Monkey King.

The Monkey King ran wildly all the way, and the god dog chased after him.

When this scene was filmed, the police dogs of the Armed Police Force were used here. With the help of the armed police breeders, both humans and dogs developed a relationship, and then trained the police dogs how to chase. It took a lot of money to shoot this scene. Four or five rolls of film.

Fortunately, for this official shooting, the shots were perfectly captured, and the actors and police dogs cooperated seamlessly.

In the camera, the Monkey King transforms into a fish and escapes the pursuit of the god dog. The Erlang God played by Liu Dehua casts a spell and turns into an osprey to catch the Monkey King; The eagle went to catch the sparrow... just like this, the two of them changed back and forth.However, the so-called "transformation" is the task of post-production special effects. The two actors only need to make transformation movements within the camera.

"Cut!" Chen Xiaotang laughed and shouted to stop.

The crew was silent, they looked at Chen Xiaotang, staring at his mouth.

"Ah Tang. Have you passed the level?" Fatty Wang stood behind the camera, his face flushed red.

Chen Xiaotang turned around and looked at everyone.Then he nodded heavily.

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

……

Cheers rang out like a tidal wave, not only from the crew, but also from the extras who played the monkey grandson and the heavenly soldiers and generals. After such a long time of hard work, the film has finally been successfully completed at this moment.

"Call work! Let's go drink together!" Chen Xiaotang waved vigorously at the fat man.

Fatty and Liu Xingbo were about to go crazy, and they brought their subordinates to clean up the set in less than half an hour.A group of people retreated to the temporary banquet set up amidst singing.

(End of this chapter)