The incident was reported in the newspaper the next day. It was said that the first-hand material was provided by Zhou Huiting's company. Now everyone on the street knew that constituted a war between the British and constables. After seeing the news, constituted a war between his subordinates and no one knew who did it. However, many people saw his eldest son being bullied by Henry.
"This matter can't end like this."
Lame Hao knocked his dragon-headed cane and ordered his men, "Find me who did it. I want to see that person. Also, find out who else bullied my son with Henry that day. I want to skin them all."
As soon as these words were spoken, the streets were full of Bo Hao's followers. People knew that things would be uneasy recently, so those who could avoid going out stayed at home.
Today is a big day for Wu Changyun as he is filming a martial arts scene. This time he did not hire a martial arts instructor, so Wu Changyun personally demonstrated the moves.
"Don't put on all that fancy stuff, twisting and swaying, it's useless." Wu Changyun was getting anxious and stepped forward to stop the martial artist in front of him.
"Our film is set in modern times, not a costume drama. Fighting is mainly about a sense of strength and expressiveness. Don't make gestures before the fight begins. The movements should be smooth, with the beauty of a coherent flow of moves, but the fighting style must be fast, accurate and ruthless. Do you understand?" Wu Changyun personally performed a set of moves neatly, and the people around him cheered.
"Who is this director? I think he listens very well." asked a new extra on the first day of filming.
"You don't know, but the director specially hired by our group at that time has studied abroad and shot blockbusters. He is called a new-style director now." A young man at the stage answered.
This time, Wu Changyun put a lot of effort into the action scenes, including how to correctly and reasonably interpret the scene where the protagonist fights against multiple enemies alone, making fuller use of the diversity of the props on the scene, allowing multiple enemies to approach from different directions and routes, using more camera positions to capture the fighting scenes, and enemies appearing at different angles will add tension to the atmosphere. As for the martial artists who cannot be in the picture at the same time, let them push carts towards the protagonist, or throw sandbags, or take out weapons from previously hidden places. In short, make sure that the entire martial arts scene is more immersive and closer to reality.
It took Wu Changyun a whole day to shoot this fight scene. He had to fight with the extras and martial artists while they corrected his mistakes. His voice was almost hoarse. Fortunately, Du Qifeng was very quick in learning and figured out the feeling Wu Changyun wanted in a very short time, which helped Wu Changyun a lot now.
"Director Wu, I think what you said is really novel. I have never heard of this shooting method before. Where did you learn it?" Du Qifeng looked like he was asking for advice seriously.
"The truth comes out of actual combat. Believe me, shoot more and watch more and you will get it." Wu Changyun replied with a smile. Shooting more is fake, watching more is the real thing. If you compare the action movies of the 21st century with those of the 1970s, it is really like a speed competition between high-speed rail and green skins, crushing them in all aspects.
Of course, Wu Changyun cannot fully use the shooting techniques of the 21st century, as today's audiences probably won't buy into it. For the core and crucial fighting scenes, he must follow the shooting techniques of the 1970s, which are mostly a combination of half-body, half-body close-ups and medium shots. In "Way of the Dragon", Bruce Lee kicked towards the camera, and then Chuck Norris blocked it with his hand, making the audience feel that each kick was particularly visually shocking.
However, there's another highlight today: the scene where Wu Changyun, the main character, is shot. The plot requires the bullet to hit very close to Wu Changyun's face. While it's not difficult to use a blank-loaded pistol, relying on blanks to create a bullet hole at such a distance is incredibly dangerous for Wu Changyun. The gunman could easily land a bullet in Wu Changyun's face, which is absolutely unacceptable.
Wu Changyun picked up his pistol and fired a shot at the wall. Some debris broke off the surface of the wooden wall, but it did not achieve the visual effect that Wu Changyun was pursuing.
"Why don't we just use sparks instead and not make bullet holes." Du Qifeng was also persuading Wu Changyun, because making bullet holes was really dangerous.
"No, I want a close-up." Wu Changyun was very determined. Most directors nowadays try to avoid bloopers when making movies and will not give close-up shots of bullet landing points. Wu Changyun wants to do the opposite and let the audience see something they have never seen before.
"Record this as a behind-the-scenes clip for me and put it at the end of the movie."
Wu Changyun asked the prop master to drill a hole in the wooden wall, buried a small amount of gunpowder in it, and then covered the sawdust with a cut wooden lid.
"Are you ready?"
Wu Changyun swallowed his saliva and put his head close to the explosion point. It is normal to be afraid, but what Wu Changyun is thinking about now is how to shoot this scene well.
Wu Changyun nodded, and the stagehand slapped the clapperboard. Immediately afterwards, the gunman fired a gunshot, and the explosion point on the side of his face exploded, and wood chips flew out. Wu Changyun's ears buzzed and he could no longer hear anything, and his body rolled to the side.
Wu Changyun took out the earplugs, covered his ears and asked, "How is it?"
"Okay, okay." Du Qifeng gave Wu Changyun a thumbs up.
Wu Changyun reviewed the footage he had just filmed. It was the villain shooting at the protagonist, played by Wu Changyun, but the shot missed, and the protagonist dodged with a tumble. The camera captured the flying sawdust and Wu Changyun's face twisted with nervousness. It must be said that Wu Changyun's expression in this scene was particularly well-placed, mainly because he was genuinely scared and not just pretending.
Even with earplugs, the impact of the sound was extremely strong, and the flying wood chips scratched the back of Wu Changyun's neck.
"OK, this one passed." Wu Changyun looked at the time. It was getting dark and no longer suitable for filming, so he stopped today's work.
The filming lasted for three days, and during these three days, the filming gradually shifted from martial arts scenes to literary scenes. After finishing work that day, Wu Changyun and Fushun returned to the rental house and happened to see the master standing downstairs.
"Master, why are you here?" Wu Changyun was a little surprised to see his master.
"Someone sent you a letter. My fellow apprentices didn't pay attention to it and kept it in the mailbox. We only took it out today. Please check and see if it is something important." The master handed a brown paper file bag to Wu Changyun.
When Wu Changyun opened it, he saw the script he had given to Huang Bingyao inside. In addition, there was a stack of new paper with the improved script densely written on it.
"Oh my God, Huang Bingyao actually agreed and made the changes." Wu Changyun said to Fushun, holding the new script in his hand.
"So what should we do? We've already started filming."
"It's okay, it's okay, no rush, let me take a look, it shouldn't be a big problem." Wu Changyun ushered his master into their new home, then suddenly remembered that he hadn't paid Huang Bingyao yet. Anyway, he'd invite him to the set tomorrow.
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