Chapter 296 Using a Substitute
Yu Cong sneered. "No need for you to remind me. I'm a professional in this area. I'm a martial arts instructor and have directed more than one film. Martial arts films always follow the path of first suppressing and then building up. The protagonist gets beaten first, then fights back later. The worse the protagonist gets beaten in the early stages, the more miserable the villain will be in the later stages. The premise is that you can withstand the beating in the beginning."
"I feel relieved after hearing what you said." Hu Xiaoxiao turned to Gao Zhiyuan and assistant director Chai Hongye, who were standing beside him, and said, "You two directors, please testify for me. If Teacher Yu Cong changes his mind later, I'll have to come out and seek justice."
The strong smell of gunpowder made Gao Zhiyuan take the matter seriously. "How are you going to act out the next scene? You guys should rehearse it first. I'll check it and only shoot it if I think it's feasible."
"Of course I will satisfy Director Gao. As long as the moves I designed can be performed, I guarantee that the martial arts in this film will be among the best in film history." Yu Cong said confidently.
Hu Xiaoxiao was suspended on the wire and after exchanging several moves with Wan Jiapeng, he was knocked flying. The wire was hanging Hu Xiaoxiao and he flew backwards. This part of the aerial movement was not easy to perform, because he was suspended, after all, and if he didn't put enough force, a move that was not balanced would fail.
Hu Xiaoxiao did it three times before he achieved that realistic, flying action.
Then comes the falling action. This action does not require any wires, and Hu Xiaoxiao has to perform it by himself.
Hu Xiaoxiao had a lot of experience in wrestling, so he did it in one go.
However, for the sake of realism, Hu Xiaoxiao fell so hard that his whole body was in pain.
As soon as the director called cut, Xiong Caiwei immediately ran over and helped Hu Xiaoxiao up.
These two movements are difficult for Hu Xiaoxiao, but not too difficult.
The next action designed by Yu Cong made Hu Xiaoxiao frown.
In the script, this section is written as Miao Haibin fighting with Cheng Zhaofeng, and he is at a disadvantage. Then his two subordinates, Niu Dali and Hu Dali, come forward, and the three of them besiege Cheng Zhaofeng together.
In the script, this paragraph only has one line of text, which is used to express Cheng Zhaofeng's extremely high fighting power when he fights against three people alone.
As a martial arts instructor, Yu Cong has to design a detailed fighting scene based on a simple line of text, and make it entertaining to watch.
The highlight of this plot is in this paragraph.
Yu Cong demonstrated to Wan Jiapeng and the other two how to fight and how to make moves, and how Hu Xiaoxiao was so flustered at the beginning, but finally found the rhythm and started to fight back.
This scene is one of the longest martial arts scenes in the whole film. It is divided into three parts. In the first part, Hu Xiaoxiao is beaten by three people. In the second part, he begins to find a breakthrough and fights back with difficulty. In the third part, he fights against three people alone and launches a strong counterattack.
The most thrilling and difficult part is the first part. In this part, Hu Xiaoxiao needs to face the attacks of Wan Jiapeng, as well as the joint attacks of Jiao Baojie who plays Niu Dali, and Chang Hongliang who plays Hu Dali.
Yu Cong is truly a highly skilled martial arts choreographer; his demonstration of this sequence is truly original, a departure from the usual tropes of popular films. These three scenes were incredibly captivating, earning Gao Zhiyuan repeated nods. Even Hu Xiaoxiao felt that filming them this way would give the audience a thrilling adrenaline rush upon release, as this was the most intense martial arts scene she had ever filmed.
The prerequisite is that she can withstand the combined attack of the three people in front.
From Wan Jiapeng's attitude towards her just now, Hu Xiaoxiao knew that Wan Jiapeng would not hold back on her. Although there were only a few shots of actual fighting, once the filming started, he would never stop, just like the scene at the Eight Immortals Table just now. He took the opportunity to quickly film and attack her, and then blamed her for reacting too slowly.
Plus, the other two actors were obviously on Yu Cong's side, and they wanted to use this scene to cripple her!
They want to kick her out of the film industry!
The kind that left with a broken body!
Hu Xiaoxiao's eyes fell on the four people headed by Yu Cong, and there was a cold look in his eyes.
The play is good, but the people in it are not necessarily good.
Gao Zhiyuan, who didn't notice the underlying turmoil, thought Yu Cong's design was effective, but he also immediately considered the difficulty of the first scene with Hu Xiaoxiao, and it wasn't appropriate for a woman to endure the beatings of three men. Although Yu Cong admitted that the scenes she was beaten were only a few, they were also very dangerous.
After thinking for a while, Gao Zhiyuan called Hu Xiaoxiao over and said, "I think there's nothing wrong with this design and it can be used, but it would be too dangerous for you to do it yourself. It would be better to use a stand-in for the first part."
Using a body double not only made the film more complete, but also kept Hu Xiaoxiao from being at risk. This was a common method used during filming. For frontal shots, the protagonist's face was used, and during fights, a body double was used, solving this problem by switching shots.
"No, I never use a body double when filming." Hu Xiaoxiao counted on his fingers and rehearsed in his mind how to perform the first martial arts scene so that it would achieve the desired effect while reducing the harm to himself.
Seeing that Hu Xiaoxiao had made up his mind, Gao Zhiyuan said, "If you can't do it, you can stop it yourself."
Hu Xiaoxiao made an OK gesture to Gao Zhiyuan and walked to their seats.
The other actors and staff already knew how difficult this scene was, and those who had nothing to do stood outside and watched the scene.
After the director shouted "start", Hu Xiaoxiao and Wan Jiapeng began to fight according to the previous rehearsal. They followed the rules at the beginning, until the other two martial arts actors joined in. When it was three against one, Hu Xiaoxiao saw that Wan Jiapeng immediately changed and no longer followed the routine.
The three men all came from the martial arts industry and had been practicing martial arts since childhood. Their skills were among the best in the circle. The three of them attacked Hu Xiaoxiao together, and their momentum alone frightened the staff and actors inside and outside the set.
The more Gao Zhiyuan watched, the more he felt something was amiss. Several scenes had been rehearsed with borrowed positions, so how could they actually happen? He stood up and was about to yell "cut" when Yu Cong reached out and held him down. "Hu Xiaoxiao didn't yell, so she can handle it. Just focus on filming and stay out of my way."
Gao Zhiyuan was no fool. Seeing this scene and thinking about the several unusual things that had happened earlier, he stared at Yu Cong and asked, "Did you do this? Why?"
"You should ask Hu Xiaoxiao who you've offended; she knows exactly." Yu Cong said threateningly, "This circle is called the film industry, but Director Gao has been in it for so many years, he should also know that it's the people in the underworld who call the shots. Director Gao doesn't want to cause trouble, doesn't want to lose his way in the future, and doesn't want to bring trouble to his family, so it's best to turn a blind eye."
The mafia's involvement in the film industry is commonplace, with their methods often more brutal than ever. Even being forced to film at gunpoint is nothing new. A famous movie star once disobeyed his agent, who was tragically shot dead multiple times.
They were so rampant that even the police officers in Baogang had to avoid them.
The other party only bullied Hu Xiaoxiao on the set, which was very gentle and merciful compared to the gangster style.
This treatment was probably given out of consideration for Luo Cheng's face.
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