I want to ask foreigners, especially white people, do they really not understand action scenes?
Yes!
The answer can definitely be yes!
Before a large number of Xiangjiang Wu Zhi and Wu Xing went to Hollywood to assist in filming, the action scenes in the entire North American film market were basically a mess.
GIF animations are smoother than their action scenes.
So Uncle Long's suggestion to let Zhang Yuan do something exaggerated makes perfect sense.
They don’t understand boiled cabbage, but some Maoxuewang can give them a high... That’s pretty much what it means.
Zhang Yuan was also very cooperative and made a scene of beating beer bottles with sticks.
But that’s not enough!
He knows it in his heart.
Any opportunity to display must be grasped, and no black history can be left behind.
Because you don’t know who will be interested in you, and you don’t know when the audition video will be revealed by whom.
So he planned to complete the "big job" again.
"Brother, help me." Zhang Yuan asked his assistant to take out his cigarette and said hello to the cameraman who was carrying the machine to take pictures of him.
No matter where you are, as long as you smoke, loose cigarettes are the most direct means of communication.
"It will look like this for a while..."
"Is it okay?"
"Yes." The cameraman said he understood.
Zhang Yuan is not in a hurry.
He first performed a set of back-to-back punches.
Tongbei Quan is the more "exaggerated" boxing technique.
After all, the crackling sound was like shooting off cannons.
Foreigners don’t understand the Tao of the Shaolin boxing and Hong boxing you use.
Pa, bang, bang... As soon as he finished, Uncle Long slapped him again.
Good looking.
Not only does the boxing look good, but the person looks good too!
And neat and smooth.
That's it...
Uncle Long seemed to see a trace of his old rival Li Lianjie in his boxing movements.
After all, Zhang Yuan also visited Lao Li, so he must have read it right.
"The next step is kicking." Zhang Yuan cupped his fists at the camera.
Then the cameraman adjusted the focus of the machine, zoomed in on the camera, and took a few steps back.
At the same time, the assistant who had just gone to the supermarket to purchase also took out a bottle of Coke from his plastic pocket.
Coca-Cola, that’s authentic!
Not only did he take it out, the assistant also raised his hand and shook it vigorously.
Everyone knows that Coke cannot be shaken.
The shaken Coke is just like Teacher Yuan Quan, it is easy to spray...
Zhao Xunjie also doesn’t understand why her boss asked her to do this.
But she is used to it.
The boss at home always has some novel ideas, just do as he says.
"Come on, raise it up."
"Stretch your arms straight."
"Is the camera brother aiming?"
Seeing that both of them were ready, Zhang Yuan quickly stood on the spot Stepping up, I stretched my legs.
I stretched my thigh and crotch muscles again.
He raised his legs and measured the distance.
"Okay, I'm ready."
"Attention, cameraman...I'm coming!"
After saying that, he gritted his teeth and drove as fast as possible Body.
While raising your right leg, use the heel of your left foot as the center of the circle.
Driven by the waist, turn the body quickly clockwise.
The right leg was raised during the turn, drawing a perfect arc in mid-air.
This is a standard back swing kick, a roundhouse kick!
The height of Zhang Yuan’s foot is at least two meters!
When his foot came to the assistant, the sole of his shoe accurately touched the mouth of the Coke bottle that was being held high!
Driven by this huge force, the bottle cap rotated rapidly. Within half a second, it broke free from the bottle mouth and flew out.
But it’s not just the bottle cap that breaks free from the shackles of the bottle mouth!
This Coke was swayed just now.
As soon as the obstruction of the bottle cap disappeared, under the dual effects of carbon dioxide and pressure difference, the dark brown translucent liquid surged upwards and gushed out.
Bang!
Only a muffled sound was heard.
After Zhang Yuan's kick, a Coke fountain over one meter high shot straight into the sky!
"Huh..." Zhang Yuan stopped.
“Did you get it?”
“Yes, got it…” The cameraman was shocked by this scene.
What Zhang Yuan played was the famous bottle cap challenge in later generations.
It’s just that he was not only more than ten years ahead, but also enhanced the visual effects.
After all, drinking mineral water is not as shocking as drinking Coke.
No one present understood what he was doing before.
When Zhang Yuan borrowed the crew's monitor and plugged in the camera to watch the playback, everyone understood.
Especially after slowing down his movements eight times, watching the bottle cap fly out of the camera range little by little.
The Coke rushed out of sight with foam like a tornado in the sea. The effect was really exaggerated!
“Wow!” Er Dongsheng exclaimed.
What he sighed was not the gorgeous movements, but the impactful language of the camera.
The previous lens changes that allowed methadone to be implemented showed him that Zhang Yuan had the ability to design lenses.
Now this audition short film further proves that he has his own unique understanding of camera language.
"This kid won't come to compete with me for food one day..." Director Er muttered.
"Okay, this is a good paragraph!" Uncle Long gave him a thumbs up.
Uncle Long sighed in his heart, he may not be able to do it now.
Even if you can do it, you can't kick it so high or so beautifully.
Thinking of this, he secretly cursed the black guy Chris Tucker with a bunch of restricted words in his heart.
Just because he acted like a monster and charged sky-high prices, the film was never made.
Uncle Long can no longer be beaten now.
Of course, his inability to impress was compared to before.
In fact, when I was filming "New Police Story" with Azu, my eldest brother had already noticed that many actions that he could do easily before were now difficult to do.
Because he was 50 years old when he filmed "New Police Story"!
The average person is healthy when he or she is 50 years old and does not have split ends when peeing.
The eldest brother has an old injury and still has to film difficult fighting scenes.
Uncle Long’s heart is now full of the words "the future generations are to be feared."
I need to download the memory card immediately and plan to return it to the crew after copying it back to the company.
Azu watched his operation, his face tightened.
They seem to be professional!
No wonder I was forced to use so much force during the filming just now.
Azu blushed when he thought that he had said that he had practiced in front of others before.
He was even more upset when he heard that his eldest brother said that he wanted to take this short film to Hollywood to be shown to film companies.
I want to go too...
Although he is an American, it is quite convenient to go to Hollywood.
But it’s not the other way around.
Who doesn’t want to go to Hollywood to make a name for himself?
But as I listened, I felt a little better knowing that Uncle Long’s visit to Zhang Yuan was just for a guest appearance.
After all, he is still the protagonist of this film, and the other party is just a supporting role.
Then we prepared for the afternoon scenes and everything was as usual.
Before the filming started in the afternoon, Zhang Yuan went to the bathroom to drain the water as usual, saving him time when filming started.
But just as he was heading to the bathroom, Uncle Long glanced at his assistant.
The male assistant nodded knowingly and followed.
Zila.
Zhang Yuan opened the zipper, took out the tools, stood in front of a white porcelain urinal and started working.
Uncle Long’s assistant also entered the men’s room and stood beside him.
This person also followed the same process and started to release water.
Just keep glancing in his direction.
After glancing at it, this person was stunned.
It seemed as if he had seen something unbelievable.
Zhang Yuanjian turned into a "crotch-gazing cat" and turned away with some disgust.
"Isn't this gay..." He was wary.
So I ran away as soon as I finished peeing.
The assistant, who was deeply shocked, didn't come back to his senses until he found that he had peed his feet.
Shaking off his shoes, the man took out a small plastic bag and a handful of cotton swabs from his pocket in disgust.
Then he came to the diaper bag that Zhang Yuangang had used and dipped the cotton swabs everywhere until they were all soaked, then put them in a plastic bag.
When he returned to Uncle Long, Zhang Yuan had already gone to the studio to prepare for filming.
“Did you get it?”
"Yeah." The assistant nodded. "What do you mean by that expression?" Uncle Long asked when he saw that the assistant looked wrong.
“This kid is not an ordinary person.”
“I already knew it, he is very powerful.”
“You may not know enough Comprehensive..." the assistant replied with twisted eyes.
After Uncle Long greeted Director Er, he left in the car.
He did not go home, but led his assistant to a private hospital.
And took all the cotton swabs collected just now for testing.
What are they doing?
Urine test!
A few hours later.
“Are the results out?” Uncle Long saw his assistant returning with the report.
“It’s out.”
“How is it?”
“You are in good health.”
"No problem?"
"No problem at all."
Uncle Long breathed a sigh of relief after getting the exact answer.
“So, he really acted.”
“This pink boy’s image is played so well!”
Uncle Long made this scene because he was afraid that Zhang Yuan would get too involved in the drama, so deep that he would actually experience Hai Xin himself.
If he is really poisoned, he cannot let him appear in "Rush Hour 3".
After all, he still has the intention of releasing it in mainland China now.
"As long as there is no problem, that means his level is very high!" The eldest brother recalled the performance he saw in the morning and couldn't help but praise.
I also thought about last night when Zhang Yuan was very polite and said that he would take the script of "Rush Hour 3" to Lao Yang of China Film and Television to read it.
It was also very satisfying to have him help with the promotion of "Baby Project" where he only made a cameo appearance.
Uncle Long thinks.
"Good acting, beautiful fighting."
"Just a cameo, it's such a waste!"
Here in Xiangjiang, the movie "The Disciple" was being filmed at the same time , the eldest brother returned to the company with the short film Zhang Yuan had shot.
I roughly edited it myself.
Big brother is well-known in the industry for loving his own editing.
He is also a famous fast shooter, the kind who can edit more than ten minutes of movie footage alone in one night.
When "Rush Hour 1" was made, director Brett Ratner was just a mediocre person who had only made one released film.
Arrived at the set, Uncle Long found that this young man basically knew nothing about action scenes.
In fact, we can't blame him. As I said before, the entire Hollywood action scene is just a mess without Xiangjiang Wu Zhi.
But Brett Ratner is a good guy, so he should listen to his advice!
He is the kind of director who succeeds in whatever he does.
Not the kind of guy who can't do it if I can't do it.
While filming a scene where Uncle Long is squeezed by two containers, the director thought for a long time and planned to ask the prop team to make a mechanical device to complete the scene.
It takes about half a million dollars and a month of time.
Brother, take a look, do you have to put in the effort?
The martial artists in the family class were asked to push the container manually. After matching the speed, Uncle Long grabbed the edge of the container and kicked up, and jumped up just before it was crushed.
This difficult shot for foreigners was shot in one night.
Sweat broke out on my forehead when I showed it to the director.
No wonder I went to the insurance company, and when I heard that it was for Chen Long to buy photography insurance, all the bosses of those companies shook their heads like rattles...
This is not over yet, Uncle Long rushed all night I went back to Jiahe's office and cut out this footage.
The next day I took the director to see the results of last night’s shooting.
The director was completely convinced after watching it.
Most of the subsequent action scenes of the crew, from storyboarding to scheduling to action design, were all led by Uncle Long.
Chen Long can be regarded as the number one Chinese movie star. Not only is his mobility top-notch, his energy is amazing, and his heart is unmatched.
No matter where he went, he held his breath.
Even if he faces a foreigner, he has to prove that he is better than others.
That’s why those white people respect him.
At this moment, he took the edited short film to the New Line Cinema office building at 244 Fifteenth Street in New York City.
What many people don’t know is that New Line, a studio famous for its low-cost horror films, is actually a brother company of Warner Bros.
They both belong to Time Warner Group.
In the conference room, Uncle Long and several high-level participants from New Line Cinema in the "Rush Hour 3" project, including producers, directors, producers, screenwriters, casting, and several companies Together with the manager, we watched the short film recorded by Zhang Yuan.
“Oh!!!”
When the film showed Zhang Yuan hitting a beer bottle with a stick, the foreigners exclaimed.
How exciting is this!
Put it directly into the movie, and it will be a fighting scene with excellent effects.
When it came to the Tongbei Quan section, although the reaction was not as good as the previous stick method section, several people applauded.
"Attention, everyone!" Uncle Long warned in English, and everyone saw the scene on the screen where he kicked the bottle cap and the Coke splashed.
“Wow!!!”
“Fantastic!”
“Unbelievable!”
These foreigners were all dumbfounded!
There was even a person who had been to China and said something in less than standard Chinese.
"NewBee!"
Seeing the foreigners stunned, Uncle Long's eyes crinkled with joy.
He just likes to see foreigners who have never seen the world!
"How about he be awesome?"
"Obviously much smarter than young people of the same age!"
"He knows how to catch people's attention very well."< br>
The eldest brother praised secretly in his heart.
“OneMoreTIME!”
“OneMoreTIME!”
“OneMoreTIME…”
This group of people didn’t even get enough of watching it, they shouted for more Do it again.
After watching it five or six times in a row, these white talents applauded with satisfaction, and the conference room felt like a concert.
“Jackie.” Director Ratner looked at Uncle Long and asked.
"Is this the Chinese actor you plan to bring as a guest killer?"
"Yes." The eldest brother replied boldly.
“I agree!” The director was the first to express his position.
But Hollywood has a standard producer responsibility system.
The producer has more power on the set than the director.
So after Ratner made his statement, he turned to look at producer Roger Birnbaum.
This producer is quite famous.
Uncle Long is the producer of all Hollywood movies.
He is also the producer of "Memoirs of a Geisha".
Not only are Chinese films often directed by him,
the famous "Fake God" series was also produced by him.
The director looked at him and nodded.
“I agree too.”
"Me too."
"I think he is very good."
"A nice Chinese guy..."
A guest role as a killer, but the role was not too big in the first place. Heavy.
Chenlong’s face is there.
In addition, judging from this short video, the image and skills are indeed amazing, so there is no reason to disagree.
“Okay, Jackie, we welcome this young man to join the work.”
“You can notify him.”
“Our company will also send him Emails and phone calls.”
“So, why are you calling us here today?”
A small supporting role that won't stir up trouble.
Uncle Long stood up from his seat, stood in front of the screen, and pointed at Zhang Yuan, who was doing a high kick.
“I’m here with you today to talk about him.”
“Him?” The producer frowned his white eyebrows: “Haven’t we already finished talking about him? "
"No." Uncle Long gestured: "I think he is more than capable of being a killer."
"What do you mean?" All the foreigners present became serious.
"My idea is..." The eldest brother came to a wall in the conference room.
This small conference room is specially used for "Rush Hour 3", and the walls are covered with various "big-character posters" and photos.
And a complete set of character relationship diagrams.
Uncle Long raised his hand and pointed at the place where the word "BOSS" was written.
"I think he can play the role of the villain in the movie!" (End of Chapter)