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The filming is still going on, and several days have passed since Chen Long was injured by the "killer". The plot at this moment is that the eldest young master has turned around and is learning martial arts in a mud house with his uncle.

Chen Long's injury is almost healed, after all, no bones were injured. At the moment, the crew was filming the scene where Su Qier was beaten because she ran out of alcohol, while Chen Long was doing various horizontal bar exercises on the side.

Horizontal bars are very common in later generations, but the age of Drunken Master should be between ancient times and modern times. In this period, steel was very expensive, and it would obviously not be suitable if it appeared in the plot.

So Xu Zhi asked people to use strong wooden sticks to build a horizontal bar style. Used to train Chen Long.

In the original drama, Chen Long's training was based on traditional methods, but after being trained by various masters on Douyin in later generations, Xu Zhi forced Chen Long to walk up the stairs on the horizontal bar. We also designed a wooden salmon ladder similar to the one used in the training of the later American TV series Green Arrow, just for Chen Long to train so that it could be filmed in the movie.

These two scenes have great visual impact. The horizontal bar stair step slowly became popular in the era when mobile networks were prevalent because of the convenience of communication and acceptance. The salmon ladder first appeared on a French TV program in 1962, but it is too difficult, even for well-trained people, to do it.

In this era, everyone can only receive video information through TV or movies. Due to cost and timeliness, apart from big news and entertainment programs, other aspects are rarely involved.

Xu Zhi hopes that these two actions can give the people of Xiangjiang a visual impact. Even if they do not help the plot of Drunken Master itself, as long as a group of people remember these actions, a positive message will be sent out and can attract more people. people come to see.

The same goes for later Hollywood blockbusters, with most of the plots being a mess.

The most unreasonable thing is that this type of movie is about resisting aliens. Aliens can come to the earth. This kind of technology is so terrifying, but the army on the earth can still resist. There will always be a protagonist with a nuclear bomb to explode. Got someone else's spaceship.

How dare aliens come to Earth and still don’t know what a nuclear bomb is?

This is similar to the modern army discovering primitive tribes, and then the troops with tanks and aircraft were defeated by a group of bows and arrows.

Of course, the Italian army had been defeated by the natives, but they were Italians after all, so it was understandable.

But why are Hollywood movies still able to sweep the world? The answer is simple, visual stimulation.

There are two types of humans:

One is a visual animal who only pursues visual stimulation. This is called a man.

The other type is a perceptual animal that only pursues emotional stimulation. This is called a woman.

In later generations, Hollywood conquered the first visual animal with its blockbuster model, and occasionally used some emotional topics to conquer the second. As a result, the global film market almost completely collapsed, and Hollywood dominated the world.

Chen Long himself has extremely strong physical fitness. At his peak, he was able to film fight scenes with Li Xiaolong, which was a real fight. Although he had never been exposed to this kind of training before, he quickly mastered the stair steps. As for the salmon ladder, it was indeed a bit difficult, and he was still practicing it.

Next to the shooting scene:

"Cut (stop)", Yuan Heping nodded with satisfaction and raised his hand, indicating to the cameraman to turn off the camera. Every extra minute of shooting would be green Hong Kong dollars.

When the employees heard this sacred sentence, they immediately relaxed from the tense atmosphere.

Yuan Heping said to the assistant next to him: "You can arrange for everyone to have a meal! Then take a rest and continue shooting in the afternoon."

"Okay." After hearing this, the assistant immediately went to make arrangements.

"Along's training spirit is really rare in the entire Hong Kong film industry!" Yuan Heping came to Xu Zhi and said with a smile.

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, was Li Xiaolong like this back then?"

Yuan Heping smiled and said: "Yes, but I have not participated in any of his movies. I have only heard some colleagues mention it!"

Xu Zhi asked: "How far has the film been shot?"

Yuan Heping replied: "According to your script, a little more than half of the filming has been completed, but according to the progress, it is basically 80% completed."

Xu Zhi was puzzled and asked: "What do you mean?"

Yuan Heping replied with a smile: "Xu Sheng, your script is very detailed, and even the specific departure time is clearly recorded. However, the movie is played, and the shooting is shooting. A one-minute plot in many movies may take us more than ten minutes to shoot. Oh my god, some scenes that take more than ten minutes may only take two or three days to shoot.

Now that the previous big plots have almost been filmed, there are only a few longer fight scenes left. As long as a few people are ready, they can be lined up quickly. The only trouble is that the action Aaron is practicing now is too difficult. "

The salmon ladder is indeed a very difficult move. Xu Zhi also understood it and asked: "Can we use a wire hanging wire? There is no need to actually lift it up, just give Aaron a little lift?"

Yuan Heping shook his head and said: "No, it will easily be distorted and the cost will be much higher. And Aaron will definitely not agree to this."

In an era without computer effects, how to deal with distortion in shooting was a headache.

Common movements are okay, and can be studied for a long time to form a relatively mature imitation method. Such as riding a horse, flying, XXOO.

But for some occasional plots, similar to Jackie Chan's salmon ladder training, using Wia will cause distortion of movements and expressions. However, it is still a matter of money and time. If you are willing to give up time and film, and let people slowly explore, they will always be able to shoot. Produce a suitable video.

But Xu Zhi had neither money nor time. What's more, Chen Long will definitely not agree to cheating.

Xu Zhidao: "But if this continues, it will only delay the filming progress of the movie."

Yuan Heping nodded and said: "It doesn't matter for now. We can shoot the rest of the plot first, and then shoot this scene after everything is finished."

Xu Zhi frowned and said, "Then what should we do if Aaron still can't do it by then?"

Yuan Heping said with a smile: "It depends on what Xu Sheng decides. Either use a hanging wire at an additional cost, or remove this section. This is just a training process and has no big impact on the main plot."

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "Then let's shoot the rest of the plot first and let Aaron train first. But after all the plot shooting is completed, if he still can't do it, we will cancel this plot. We don't have much time."

Yuan Heping nodded. The summer season would be here soon. Under normal circumstances, it would not matter. Ordinary movies would not be able to go to theaters at all. However, Drunken Master has already been approved by Jiahe's number one person, Zou Wenhuai, so it is certainly not a problem to go to theaters.

Xu Zhi asked: "Have you discussed with the people at Jiahe when to release our movie?"

Yuan Heping said: "We have talked with the general manager of Jiahe Cinema Line. He means that it will be released on July 15th. There is a vacancy during that time. Jiahe headquarters and several major satellite companies have no plans, but if If you miss it, you’ll have to wait until September.”

Drunken Master was shot very quickly. We started shooting on June 20th, and it has been almost completed in ten days. According to Yuan Heping's plan, there are only two or three days left, and then we only need to edit the film. Enough.

Cutting a film is very important. Whether it is Hollywood or Hong Kong, this right is very powerful. Some films have over a thousand minutes of footage (including many repeated clips). People must determine step by step what kind of plot is needed and what kind of footage is needed. should be removed.

This is the nightmare of all supporting actors. Many people appear patiently and dedicatedly even for free for a few seconds, or have two lines of dialogue, but at the last stage, they may be directly deleted and everything will turn into nothingness.

But Xu Zhi is not worried about this. General cutting is very time-consuming because every decision is important. But Drunken Master had all the plots decided from the beginning of filming, and the filming was done step by step. Even the final cuts were the same and could be completed very quickly.

After calculating the time, Xu Zhidao decided that there was no problem: "Then make an appointment for July 15th. We will finish shooting the movie in the next few days and then send it for editing immediately. By the way, doesn't our movie need to premiere?"

Yuan Heping shook his head and said: "No need. For a general premiere, theaters need to know the popularity of a movie, and then arrange the film schedule based on the results. Jiahe has agreed to give Drunken Master 8 screens, so there is no need for a premiere But the rules are still the same, if the show has good results, more screens will be added; if the show has bad results, the number of screens will be reduced, or even the show will be withdrawn."

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "Of course, we abide by the rules."

It is a pity that there is no premiere. In this era, the premiere is just a way for theaters to certify the quality of a movie. But later generations have already become one of the methods of hype.

The audiences at the premiere are basically just trustworthy people. Anyway, it's all kinds of hot. Then it goes on TV to promote it. No matter what, let's trick a group of people into coming in on the first day of the show.

Zou Wenhuai originally promised to help with the theater chain, but he did not promise to keep showing it. His company is also making money, and even the booking fee is not small. Fortunately, this is a payment that needs to be made in the future, and it will be automatically deducted after the box office is received.

In fact, there are many benefits to having a tiger skin. A newcomer like Xu Zhi who is investing in a movie will encounter unimaginable problems:

The most difficult thing is to find a theater chain. If you don’t have connections, it doesn’t matter who will take advantage of you. Even if the theater chain agrees, the first thing you need is the booking fee. Older companies have capital and have connections. This kind of fee will usually be deducted from the box office, but for newbies, No, who knows if your movie will be a hit? If the real company goes bankrupt, who can you ask for the booking fee?

These days, there are many people who have invested tens or hundreds of thousands, and have box office of several thousand. The aura of success of Li Xiaolong's movies suppresses all the darkness, but we don't know how many innocent souls there are under the peak of the Himalayas.

Yuan Heping said: "Okay, there are no big problems in other aspects. I know a master in cutting this part. I will work with him. If we cooperate well, it can be completed in half a day. But the guy in front of you has a bad temper, and you have to take responsibility for it." Done."

Xu Zhi looked at Chen Long hanging on the wooden pole in front of him, his veins popped out and his whole body was dripping with sweat. At this moment, the temperature outside has reached around 35 degrees. Fortunately, the typhoon is coming and the wind is still quite strong. So he said to Yuan Heping: "Leave Aaron to me. I will ask him to give up training first and finish filming the rest of the plot with you. Also, the typhoon is coming soon. While the weather is okay these days, We must finish filming all subsequent plots.”

"Okay, then I'll leave first." Yuan Heping agreed.

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