He Guorong felt like he was in a dream!
He is an Australian. He taught himself fluent Cantonese because of his fascination with Hong Kong movies and Hong Kong music.
Because his idol is Leslie Cheung, he gave himself the Chinese name He Guorong.
A few months ago, Leslie Cheung went to Sydney for a concert. In order to get close to his idol, he used various channels to become Leslie Cheung's dedicated driver in Australia.
I also took the opportunity to ask some questions about Hong Kong movies, and then decided to come to Hong Kong to pursue my dream!
It happened that "The Secret of the Dragon" needed a ghost actor who could speak Chinese, so Leslie Cheung recommended He Guorong to Yang Ye.
So, he successfully signed a contract with Baiyang Agency, joined the crew of "Searching for the Dragon" and became the third villain.
This is life!
Doing as the Romans do, He Guorong held a stick of incense in both hands, followed the example of others, worshiped the second master devoutly, and silently prayed in his heart: "God of movies, please bless me!"
After everyone offered incense to the second master, Yang Ye personally unveiled the red cloth of the camera and said with a smile: "I announce that "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Secret of the Dragon" has officially started shooting!"
"Good luck!"
After a burst of cheers, Yang Ye, Hong Jingbao, and Zhong Chuhong worked together to cut a golden and crispy suckling pig from head to tail, and then shared it with the crew. Food.
He Guorong got a small piece and took it into his mouth with some excitement.
“Crunch! Crunch!”
What a delicious pork, what a wonderful day!
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The filming of "The Secret of the Dragon" is a brand new challenge for Yang Ye.
Because "The Secret of the Dragon" is a 3D movie, and the shooting methods of 3D movies and 2D movies are completely different.
If Yang Ye copied the shots of the original "The Secret of the Dragon", then this movie would become very mediocre!
So... almost all the lenses had to be redesigned.
A 3D movie, watched in 3D mode in a cinema and in 2D mode at home, feels like two completely different movies.
Why is this happening?
Because the most important thing about 3D movies is to be close to the human perspective, allowing the audience to experience what is happening in the story with the characters.
When the audience wears 3D glasses to watch in the cinema, they will have an immersive feeling, and the sense of immersion is full.
If you go home and watch it on TV or computer, the immersion will be gone, and the viewing experience will be significantly different.
This is why people who have gone to the cinema to watch the IMAX version of "Avatar" think it is a masterpiece.
And those who have only watched it on the computer will think, this is worthy of a box office of 2.7 billion US dollars? It’s far worse than Kashen’s previous movies!
In terms of specific lens use, 3D movies rarely use lateral movement of the lens, and try to keep the lens moving forward.
In terms of lens selection, it is more likely to choose a wide-angle lens for shooting, which is closest to the viewing experience of the human eye, so it will be very three-dimensional and the composition will be rich.
The problem lies here. In order to maintain the three-dimensional sense of the film, the camera operators have very limited options.
Therefore, when a movie is shot, its lens language will be very poor.
In non-3D mode, the look and feel will be very poor.
We know that movies are a comprehensive art, and people watch movies not just to watch a story.
If you just want to read stories, wouldn’t you just read novels at home?
You can also rely on your own imagination to make up various ideas, which is more fun than watching a movie!
For a movie, the way the story is told is even more important!
A top-notch film team can make an ordinary story into a climax and make people's hearts beat.
For example, in Kurosawa Akira's "Seven Samurai", the final battle only involved more than thirty people, but it was able to capture the aura of thousands of troops.
And some bad war movies, with thousands of extras, look like little minions fighting!
To give another more intuitive example, the plots of Chen Long's movies have always been very simple, just to induce action scenes, and they have not changed in decades.
So why do some people think that Chen Long will make bad movies every day when he is old?
It’s not like he makes bad movies, he just can’t do it anymore.
If you replace the movie made by Chen Long in 2020 with Chen Long in 1980, it will definitely explode!
So, Yang Ye had to completely overthrow all the mirror movements in the original version of "The Secret of the Dragon".
Not only that, the action scene design in the original version of "The Secret of the Dragon" will also have to be completely overturned and redone.
Some people may find Xu Ke's "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" ugly and complain that Mr. Xu is old and that his fierce style is gone.
That’s not really the case. That’s just because "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" is a 3D movie and cannot use the fast and sharp editing that Mr. Xu is best at.
Why? Because this shooting method requires constant switching of multiple angles, many lenses, and fast editing, in 3D mode, some viewers will feel dizzy or even vomit.
So the traditional filming methods must be abandoned and a new filming method suitable for 3D movies must be redesigned. If the audience is not used to it, the old weirdo will be scolded.
Of course, even if there was no such reason, the action scenes of "The Secret of the Dragon" would have to be redone.
The action scenes in the original "The Secret of the Dragon" were terrible and had no surprises.
But there is no way, because Chen Kun and Huang Bo Shuqi are not professional action actors.
This greatly limits the ability of the martial arts instructor. If they design some awesome moves, the three of them simply cannot do it.
The three of them can only do each action separately. If it is a little difficult, they have to use a stand-in. In the end, it will naturally be ugly.
For a Hong Kong action film led by Yang Ye, this is unacceptable.
Generally speaking, it is best to use long shots in martial arts scenes, because long shots can bring tension and a sense of reality.
Then intersperse some short shots to show accuracy.
Excellent action actors like Jet Li and Donnie Yen can perform fifty or a hundred moves in one scene, all in one shot.
After the filming is completed, the editing can be done as desired, with a high degree of freedom.
Even if it is deliberately cut into pieces like Xu Ke's, it is still cut from a complete set of movements, and the smoothness is much better.
The martial arts fingers are also comfortable. When designing movements, you can be wild and imaginative. Whatever difficult movements you can imagine, the actors can do them.
Of course, the fighting in the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series should not be too fancy, but should be more realistic, with a little humor, and it will be perfect. ...
Yang Ye made an excuse, saying that he was too busy.
So this "Search for the Dragon" does not have a detailed script like before.
Yang Ye no longer controlled everything domineeringly. He brought together the starring and action director Hong Jingbao, assistant director Johnnie To, photographer Du Kefeng, scene recorder Chen Kexin and others to form a temporary creative team.
Among these people, Chen Kexin was introduced by John Woo. Chen Kexin lived in Bangkok when he was a child and can speak Thai.
In 1983, John Woo was filming "Heroes Without Tears" in Thailand. Chen Kexin was John Woo's translator and later joined Golden Harvest Company.
Of course, John Woo was fired by Golden Harvest not long after.
After re-emerging with "A Better Tomorrow", John Woo has a voice in Baiyang Film and Television.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to help Yang Ye film "Terminator 2", he introduced Chen Kexin to take notes.
Of course Yang Ye knows that Chen Kexin is very talented, so in the last three movies, Chen Kexin has been the scene recorder of Yang Ye.
According to the script, there is a chance to be promoted to director. In Yang Ye, Chen Kexin embarked on the same path as Johnnie To.
Wu Yusen likes to support younger generations. If he thinks a person is very talented, he will find ways to help.
It was like this when I helped Xu Ke, and later I helped Chen Kexin and Zhou Xingchi.
When John Woo was filming "The Heroes", Stephen Chow was a bit player.
Wu Yusen saw that Zhou Xingchi was very talented, so he said to him: "You will be a star in the future, a great actor."
Chou Singchi did not believe it, although he was very ambitious , but after many years in the industry, no one gave him a chance. He said: "Will you?"
So John Woo changed the script, helped Zhou Xingchi add scenes and lines, and gave him a chance to perform.
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This time in the filming of "The Secret of the Dragon", Yang Ye became a big-eared thief and opened up his voice.
Before shooting starts every day, a small meeting will be held to talk about the content of tomorrow’s shooting.
Then we all discuss together how we should shoot.
Of course, Yang Ye has been involved in movies for many years and has extensive knowledge. His insights often make others shine and exclaim that it can still be like this.
For example, he asked the photographer to use a handheld method to follow some shots of the protagonist entering the tomb passage.
The resulting effect makes the audience feel a stronger sense of danger in the space.
So, everyone thought that Yang Ye was just training them.
So I am very grateful. I rack my brains every day, speak enthusiastically, express my thoughts, and have a very high enthusiasm for work.
In fact, Yang Ye just borrowed the design of PS3 games such as "Tomb Raider" and "Uncharted".
These games are designed to express space dangers from many viewpoints. When applied to movies, they can give people a completely new experience.
A few years later, when these adventure games came out, they often borrowed space design and lens use from the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series of movies.
The "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series of movies has therefore become the source of inspiration for various adventure games in later generations, and has been regarded as a classic.
This... is the rebellion against Tiangang!
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While filming "The Secret of the Dragon" step by step, Yang Ye observed the global stock market situation.
On Monday, October 19, 1987, the largest crash in history occurred.
The Dow Jones Index plummeted 508.32 points in one day, a drop of 22.6%.
Subsequently, the global stock market was severely impacted, and many millionaires became poor overnight. Thousands of people suffered mental breakdowns and committed suicide by jumping off buildings.
This day was called "Black Monday" by the financial community, and the New York Times called it "the worst day in the history of Wall Street."
Yang Ye has two main businesses, one is the entertainment industry, and the other is shopping malls and theaters all over Nanyang, with a lot of cash flow.
A lot of money has entered the stock market through the operations of the investment team.
Yang Ye doesn’t want to be a stock god, so he just gives a little reminder, a little bit to avoid some risks beforehand, and a little bit to buy the bottom afterwards.
During this stock market crash, take the opportunity to buy some high-quality stocks and hold them for the long term.
To make money, take your time and don’t rush.
However, he ordered to buy a lot of shares of computer giant Wang An's company.
Wang An is the fifth richest man in the United States, with a personal net worth of US$2 billion, and the richest Chinese in the world.
In fact, Yang Ye is richer than Wang An. He is the real richest man in China.
However, Yang Ye's company is not listed on the market, and his investments are very scattered. A little bit here and a little bit there are all small shareholdings, and personal wealth is not easy to calculate.
Everyone knows that Yang Ye is very rich, but no one knows how much money he has!
At this time, Wang An's company was already going downhill. The investment team thought that Yang Ye had made a mistake and thought that he was acting emotionally.
However, Yang Ye is the boss, and the investment team must obey his decision.
Wang An suffered heavy losses in this stock market crash, and his net worth shrank by half. This was just the beginning.
Three years later, his computer company with a market value of 5 billion US dollars will only have 100 million left, and the company's stock will be like useless paper.
Yang Ye invested tens of millions of dollars to buy shares of Wang An Company, which was basically wasting money.
However, he wanted to try to see if he could save this company! (End of chapter)