Chapter 300 Professional crew
Luo Lixian and Ke Shouliang are both the world's top stuntmen.
The Raptors stunt team led by them has accumulated a lot of experience in recent years.
In the fields of speeding, blasting, and fire stunts, he is the strongest in the world and unrivaled.
It’s only the 1980s, and Hollywood is no match.
The thrilling racing moves they made were impossible for Stallone and Bryan to do.
Even if you do it reluctantly, it will only affect the shooting effect.
In the end, the main parts of the car chase scene were completed by Corot and Stallone and Bryan only shot the frontal parts.
How to shoot the frontal part was clearly planned in the split-shot script, so the scene was shot smoothly and efficiently.
After filming this scene, the Americans in the crew were all convinced. They all raised their thumbs and said that their Hong Kong colleagues were awesome!
If you are not convinced, you will not be able to come. You can only follow the command.
When it came to filming the forest scene, Yang Ye’s team was even more at home.
Because they just finished filming "Sediq Bale" last year and spent half a year in the high mountain jungles of Taiwan.
Before the filming of the mountain scene began, the Yang family's various plans were mastered and completed properly.
It is rainy in spring in Toronto, the wind direction in the mountains and forests is changeable, and it is cloudy and sunny, which are not conducive to shooting.
But the temperate continental hot and humid climate here is nothing compared to Taiwan's subtropical island climate.
In response to various emergencies, Yang Ye’s team has contingency measures.
They even have dedicated personnel observing wind direction, clouds, and lighting to maximize the time available for shooting in a day.
The Americans on the crew were amazed by their professionalism.
When filming action scenes, it was even more eye-opening for the American who only knew how to shoot the king's eight punches.
The fighting moves designed by Yang Ye for Rambo are clean and neat, which is very suitable for his status as a land combat special forces soldier.
This made Stallone and other actors very excited when filming and full of confidence in the movie.
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The crew of "First Blood" is filming a Rambo escape scene.
This scene is about Rambo escaping from the police station and escaping into the mountains and forests, followed by seven or eight policemen chasing him with police dogs.
Rambo, on the other hand, was in a panic. There was only a cliff in front of him, and there was nowhere to escape.
Rambo had no choice but to climb up the cliff to escape.
However, two police officers caught up with him in a helicopter and launched an aerial pursuit of Rambo.
One of the policemen spots Rambo hanging on a cliff and shoots him.
Hanging on the cliff, Rambo became a living target and couldn't escape at all. His only option was... to jump off the cliff.
In order to maximize the effect of this cliff jumping scene, Yang Ye chose to let the actors actually dance.
But he couldn't let Stallone play like this, the Americans would not agree.
Stallone only filmed the jumping action, and the next shot of falling from the cliff was done by a substitute.
This substitute is... Qian Jiale.
Chin Ka-lok is the "King of Stand-ins" in Hong Kong movies.
"Plan A", "Five Lucky Stars", "Dragon Heart", "Eastern Condor"... He appeared as a stand-in for Chen Long, Hong Jingbao and others in many movies.
Qian Jiale is courageous, capable, and technically proficient. He is the treasure of the golden generation of dragon and tiger martial arts in Hong Kong movies, and he was also the last one to be injured.
This is why he is treated as a treasure.
Why is it a treasure if it is not injured?
Because you have never been injured, you are not afraid of anything and dare to fight for anything. You think you can do it.
Once you get injured, you will know that your luck is not that good.
And once you are seriously injured, it will form a psychological shadow, and you will not be as powerful as before.
Qian Jiale became a dragon and tiger martial artist at the age of 16. He made all the fierce action movies. He was not injured until he was 20 years old. He is a miracle in the Hong Kong film industry.
It also proves how awesome his skills are!
Qian Jiale followed his brother Qian Xiaohao as a handyman at Shaw Brothers when he was very young. When he was older, he started working as a dragon and tiger martial artist.
Yang Ye knew that this kid had incredible courage, so when he was filming "Sediq Bale" last year, he found him and took him on his debut, playing a Seediq man.
After the performance, let him follow me.
Yang Ye also needs a stuntman when filming. Having such a king of stuntmen by his side can save a lot of trouble.
This time during the filming of "First Blood", Yang Ye also brought Qian Jiale over to show off his skills to the Americans.
Qian Jiale and Stallone are the same height and have similar body shapes. When they jump off the cliff, their backs are to the camera, so they can look fake and real.
Yang Ye took the walkie-talkie and asked: "Is the safety net ready?"
"The director is ready!"
"Confirm again!"
"Confirm , ready!”
“Where’s A Le?”
"Ale is ready too!"
"Check the safety rope!"
"Confirm!"
"OK, now take the real shot!"
< br>"Prepare, 3, 2, 1, Action!"
Qian Jiale jumped off the cliff fearlessly.
Many staff at the scene were so frightened that their breathing stopped.
“Rescue!”
Qian Jiale jumped into the safety net accurately and was quickly rescued by the staff.
Although many people rushed forward and it seemed noisy, there was order in the chaos and there was no panic.
"Check to see if there are any injuries!"
Qian Jiale quickly stood up and moved his hands and feet.
"Director, I'm fine!"
Qian Jiale didn't have a look of fear on his face, but was extremely excited, because...he did it.
“Awesome!”
"Bah bang bang bang!"
The crew applauded! It was so fierce, he jumped off such a high cliff without hesitation!
Brian praised: "Hong Kong filmmakers are so professional!"
Yang Ye didn't care about the Americans' praise. Hong Kong action movies are all about dragons. The tiger martial artist risked his life to do it, and the ghost guy's few cheap compliments were of no use.
"Ale is going to rest first. Stallone, you will appear in person in the scene of falling from the tree later, no problem!"
This cliff-jumping scene is divided into four storyboards.
In the first shot, Rambo jumps down, in the second shot, Rambo falls in the air, in the third shot, Rambo hangs on a tree, and in the fourth shot, Rambo falls to the ground.
Stallone is also a tough guy. Qian Jiale has already helped him complete the most dangerous part. How could he give in and say without hesitation: "No problem!"
In fact, he even wanted to jump off the cliff. I can do it myself, but the Chinese and American staff don’t agree.
The protagonist cannot be easily injured. Making a movie costs money every day. The protagonist has been lying in the hospital for several months. Can the movie be made?
While filming the scene of falling from a tree in the original time and space, Stallone broke four and three ribs and lay in the hospital for several months.
However, Yang Ye would not let him get hurt easily. He arranged for someone to loosen the soil under the tree in advance and then cover it with moss.
Also asked Luo Lixian to teach Stallone how to release his force after jumping.
After thorough preparations, the shooting officially started.
In the end, although Stallone did not break his ribs like in the original time and space, he was still scratched in many places by branches.
There is nothing we can do about this. You have to suffer this injury as you deserve it!
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Although Yang Ye is a Hong Kong director, he is not as crazy about making films as others.
The filming took place day and night, dozens of hours at a time.
On the contrary, it is very similar to Hollywood. Each profession performs its own duties and completes them collaboratively.
When shooting in the studio, he always plans in advance how many shots he will take every day and how many hours he will work every day.
If you need to work overtime before the filming is completed, you will be compensated for the overtime and will have weekends off on time.
When shooting on location, there will be flexible changes due to weather conditions, but the working hours will remain the same.
If I don’t have a holiday this week because of location shooting, I’ll make it up next time.
This made Yang Ye and the Hollywood team very happy to work together, and there was basically no friction between the two parties.
Even if there are some situations or differences, we can get along quickly.
The famous singer Stefanie Sun of later generations has a saying: "Singing is what I like, but life is more important!"
This is regarded as a wise saying by Yang Ye. A lifetime is only a few short years. Ten years of working day and night, making myself so tired, why bother?
Yang Ye took advantage of his position to bring his daughter here. After working during the day, he stayed with the woman's daughter at night.
On the weekends, I took them to Toronto for shopping, which was very pleasant.
He even appeared at a local music festival. He was so excited that he sang two songs and was warmly welcomed.
Yang Ye is a superstar and has many fans around the world.
Although he does not have many foreign language songs, he has previously published "WeWillRockYou", which sold platinum sales in Europe and the United States.
Later, at the request of PolyGram, another English album was released, which sold well and has many fans in Europe and the United States.
However, Yang Ye's singing is just for fun and not his main job.
One weekend, Yang Ye took Adjani and Yang Xi to have a picnic in the wild.
Adjani spread a piece of cloth on the green grass and sat comfortably on the ground, wearing sunglasses and watching Yang Ye and Yang Xi fishing near the lake.
Yang Ye fished for a long time but didn’t catch any hair.
“Dad, when will the fish come!”
"Be patient, baby!"
"Okay!"
Yang Xi sat next to Yang Ye, holding her chin with her two small hands. After waiting for a while, she couldn't help but say : "Dad, when will the fish come!"
"It's coming soon!"
At this moment, the float seemed to be inspired and moved slightly, and then sink.
Yang Ye had quick eyes and quick hands and quickly raised the fishing rod.
“Damn it, this is a big fish!”
Yang Ye was a little excited and quickly reeled in the line, dragging the fish up in a short while.
"Wow! Mom, mom, come and see, we caught such a big fish!" Yang Xi jumped up and down with excitement and clapped her hands.
Yang Ye was also a little surprised. This is a pikeperch unique to North America. Because its eyes are big and look like glass beads, it is also called glass pikeperch.
This thing has a cool shape and is quite conspicuous during the day. When light shines on it at night, the eyes will even shine like cat eyes.
Of course, this is not the point, the point is... delicious!
More importantly, this bass was extremely large, weighing at least seven or eight pounds.
The size of this kind of bass on the market is generally about two pounds.
Such a big bass... Yang Ye suddenly didn't want to eat it.
This damn thing is not allowed to be taken back to the crew and circled around the set three times?
Yang Ye was struggling when he suddenly heard Adjani say: "Wow, what a big fish. Can you let daddy cook grilled fish for you?"
"Okay, okay. Yeah, I want to eat grilled fish!”
Nima...
Forget it, let’s stop pretending.
It is more important for my daughter to enjoy her meal.
Yang Ye was grilling fish there with a little resentment. Yang Xi stood aside and watched for a while. Suddenly a butterfly flew over, and she happily ran to catch the butterfly.
“Elaine has been very happy recently!” Adjani looked at her daughter and said with a smile.
Yang Ye looked at the little figure chasing butterflies not far away and said with a smile: "When I return to the hotel after work every day, I feel very happy when I see her."
" It’s a pity that the happy days are short-lived, you will go back to Hong Kong soon.”
Yang Ye gently kissed her flawless face and said: "Getting together and saying goodbye is a common occurrence in life. I will try my best to take time to see you, stay with you, and grow up with her!"
Having said that, how much time can you spare in a year?
Yang Ye couldn't help but sigh slightly.
The seabass was grilled until it was so charred that the aroma was overflowing. Yang Ye took a bite and praised: "It tastes good!"
This kind of wild seabass, just put some salt on it, and it will taste very good when grilled. Delicious.
Adjani shouted: "Elaine, come back to eat grilled fish!"
Yang Ye looked at little Yang Xi running back happily, and suddenly hoped that this movie could be filmed in time A little longer.
(End of this chapter)