Chapter 478 Back to the old business

After finishing the real-life scenes, the crew of "Magic Contract" began filming the special effects scenes, which were the scenes of the two secret realms.

Both of these scenes were green screen scenes. The crew had already set up a green screen set, and the Warcraft stunt doubles also wore exaggerated muscle costumes to simulate beastly limbs.

The male protagonist Noah led three special forces members to put on combat uniforms and rehearse the fighting scenes, as well as the physical reactions when dodging or being injured when encountering monsters.

Gisele, played by Emily, is also a member of the special forces. In order to make the plot more exciting, her clothes were specially processed. When she was caught by the monster, a piece of cloth was torn off from time to time, revealing her beautiful figure vaguely, in order to attract the audience.

Several special forces members followed the markings on the ground and rehearsed how to run, escape, and overcome obstacles. A Warcraft stunt double performed the pounce and bite movements, allowing the actors to express their imagination in their performances.

In order to help the actors get into the role better, the staff also brought a tape recorder and played the sound of wild beasts roaring.

When climbing over a stone prop in the middle of the road, John stopped and discussed several stone-climbing movements with the action designer to make the movements more spectacular.

To this end, John tried each movement one by one, first rolling, then leaping over, and jumping over with his hands, etc. These were movements that John was not familiar with, and he became very embarrassed after trying them several times.

But I have to say, it looks much better than the previous simple movements.

Seeing John sweating profusely and almost falling, Emily asked, "John, isn't it good to be able to complete the task easily? Why do you have to do these strenuous movements? You didn't have so many ideas before."

John wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at Hu Xiaoxiao, who was rehearsing a wire act, with his deep eyes. He said, "Look. If our moves remain as simple and easy as before, they will be overshadowed."

Several people couldn't help but look at Hu Xiaoxiao.

Over there, Hu Xiaoxiao was discussing flying with the action director. "Just flying straight up with wires, or lying on your stomach, doesn't look good or smooth enough. It's too straight and stiff. And there's nothing special about it. Like flying in other special effects scenes, it doesn't create a sense of freshness for the audience."

"You want to change the moves?" The action director shook his head and said, "I know the flying in your Baogang films is beautiful, as graceful as dancing, but many moves are difficult to perform, even for stunt doubles. Besides, those moves don't fit the Western industrial style and lack a sense of power."

"Sense of power? Others may not know, but I have it." Hu Xiaoxiao asked the wireman to put the wire on her, and then showed the action instructor what a sense of power is.

When it comes to wire-action dramas, no one in the Baogang film and television circles, especially the TV circle, can compare to Hu Xiaoxiao. The reason why she became an instant hit in the Baogang TV circle, in addition to her good looks, was another very important reason, that is, her wire-action martial arts dramas were extremely brilliant and extremely entertaining, which left a deep impression on the audience and made them love her very much.

Later, she entered the film industry. Aside from some flying wirework scenes in "The Mirror of Romance," her subsequent wirework scenes were all realistic, primarily used to jump up and down buildings three stories high. There were no more flying scenes. Therefore, people who don't know her have no idea how good her flying skills are, which is the foundation of her fame.

Of course, the most important reason for her flying beauty is her experience.

So, Hu Xiaoxiao asked the wireman to hang her up and perform a powerful and imposing aerial flying scene for the action instructor on the spot.

It descended rapidly from the sky, as if carrying the force of thunder. Then it soared up like a white crane spreading its wings, light and graceful.

Hu Xiaoxiao didn't put much thought into it and just casually performed a few moves he had practiced before.

After the performance, she fell from the sky and found that everyone had gathered on this side, staring at her blankly.

"Xiao, you can fly, right?" Philip came over at some point and exclaimed in admiration, "The way you were flying just now, hanging from the wire, you couldn't feel the wire at all. It was like you were really flying in the sky with invisible wings. Oh my god, I only knew you were a good fighter, but I didn't know you could fly so well, too. I'm so surprised."

Not to mention Philip, an outsider, even the action director was stunned. Not only did he look at Hu Xiaoxiao with more respect, but he also redefined Hong Kong Kung Fu movies.

The excellence of Hong Kong and Taiwan kung fu films is recognized by Hollywood, and many Hollywood films have begun to reference the kung fu techniques of these films in their action design. However, while reference is one thing, they treat kung fu as a selling point, not a significant one. Otherwise, the kung fu in their films wouldn't be so unprofessional.

But now seeing Hu Xiaoxiao's performance, the action director couldn't help but elevate kung fu to a higher level: This is art, a great art!

Before the action instructor could speak, Philip and the director on the side made the final decision, "Miss Xiaoxiao's scene will be performed according to this requirement. However, Miss Xiaoxiao's action scenes are too good, and the stunt doubles can't perform them. You have to do these actions yourself."

"No problem." Hu Xiaoxiao nodded.

It just so happens that she is not used to using a stand-in.

The leading actors standing nearby were all dazed. Lead actress Li Lin's wirework was so good, how could they possibly perform? Even if a stand-in were used, they couldn't outperform Hu Xiaoxiao. Was this scene even worth watching? When the filming was done, there would be no harm without comparison.

John stepped forward first and said to the action director, "Give me some difficult moves too. Otherwise, my performance will be terrible when I'm in the same frame with the heroine."

The action instructor looked at the director. Director Edward was of course happy for his actors to make progress, so he agreed. He not only made the task more difficult for John, but also for the other leading actors.

Emily and the others' eyes became even more dull.

Fortunately, this is a special effects movie. In order to facilitate post-processing, many actions and scenes have been designed in advance. There are not many difficult actions, and they are only used in a few limited places.

Even so, after a few days of practice, several of the main actors almost dislocated their joints.

After the rehearsal, the formal shooting began.

Hu Xiaoxiao changed into his costume and walked into the set.

The costume she wore was also a product of a high-end brand, a jumpsuit. The main color of this jumpsuit was originally light-colored, but because light-colored clothes were difficult to cut out during green screen filming, the costume company specially customized a dark blue one for Hu Xiaoxiao.