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- "Awen, did you miss a few scenes?" Zhang Zongyao, who was temporarily seconded to edit "A Chinese Ghost Story", found Zhou Wen, frowned and said, "Why do I feel that here and here can't be coherent with the script?" .¡±
"It's impossible to miss a shot!" Zhou Wen scratched his head, stood up and said, "Let's go take a look together."
After Zhou Wen arrived at the editing room, he only took one look and knew what the problem was. He laughed loudly and said, "You don't need to worry about these places. Just jump over and edit the next scene. I will leave this part blank before getting off work." I¡¯ll leave the editing to you.¡±
"Uh, okay." Zhang Zongyao spread his hands in some embarrassment. Every editor has his own habits and styles. Zhang Zongyao is the kind of player who edits smoothly according to the script. If he is asked to skip a few scenes, he will It can feel very uncomfortable and unable to find overall coherence and feeling.
But sometimes there are exceptions. For example, Zhang Zongyao participated in computer special effects editing for the first time. He was not very proficient in computer special effects. At this time, he had to readjust his habits and wait for the special effects team to provide the finished rough film before making a second fine cut.
In fact, he didn¡¯t know that there were unknown secrets in the missing shots. In fact, even Zhou Qian, the head of the special effects team, had never seen these shots. They were locked in a drawer in the office by Zhou Wen.
"How are you preparing the trailer?" Zhou Wen asked.
Zhang Zongyao hesitated and said: "I'm waiting for the soundtrack and theme song to be ready, but"
Zhou Wen bowed and said, "But what?"
Zhang Zongyao sorted out his thoughts and said: "I feel that some parts of the trailer are too exaggerated. It's like recreating an old antique that was eliminated in the 1930s. I'm worried that the audience won't accept it."
"Hahaha, it's okay, just do as I ask. As for what the audience thinks, it's not your concern." Zhou Wen laughed.
¡°Of course he knows what old antiques Zhang Zongyao is talking about. In the early days of Hong Kong cinema, that is, the silent film era, there were a large number of weird and bizarre movies, which were collectively referred to by later filmmakers as the pioneering period of ¡°magic martial arts¡± and ¡°weird and chaotic gods¡±. Many of these films directly copied the martial arts descriptions in sword fairy novels, "converged" with the mythical and monster movies that were emerging at the time, and were influenced by Western swordsman movies to comprehensively create "spirit and monster martial arts".
The most iconic actions at that time included "the soaring light skill", "the internal skill of beating a cow across the mountain", "fighting magic weapons", "flying sword", etc. We often see some weird weapons, spells and mechanisms in the action scenes. Create a fantasy fighting atmosphere. For example, it was produced by Popular Lily Company in 1929. "The Flying Hero Lu Sanniang" written and directed by Yang Xiaozhong actually introduced in detail the shooting techniques of action scenes such as "Soaring in the Clouds and Riding the Mist", "Invisibility and Disguise", and "Thunder Kung Fu in the Palm". At the same time, there was also "The Righteous Demon" directed by Shao Liushu's eldest brother Shao Zuiweng. The Legend of White Snake is all in this category.
Of course, the most famous ones are "The Palm of the Tathagata" starring Cao Dahua, Guan Haishan, Yu Suqiu and others in 1964, and "Martial Arts Holy Fire Order" starring Lam Jiasheng, Chen Haoqiu, Chen Baozhu and others in 1965. They have influenced a generation of Hong Kong people, so much so that Zhou Xingchi, a fan of martial arts and kung fu movies who is also a representative of popular culture, cast Liu Piaopiao, the character in "The Palm of the Tathagata", as the heroine in "The King of Comedy". The names of Yin Tianchou and Du Juaner come from "The Holy Fire Order of Martial Arts", and even the later "Kung Fu" directly set Tathagata Palm as the highest level of martial arts.
What worries Zhang Zongyao is that special effects scenes such as "Flying Sword", "Flying Sky", "Palm of Fire Talisman", "One Sword Breaks Stone", "One Palm Breaks Tree" also appeared in "A Chinese Ghost Story", with Xu in front But "Shu Mountain" was tepid, and now Zhou Wen is tossing it again. Is this possible? Will the audience accept it?
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Zhang Zongyao couldn¡¯t understand why Zhou Wen spent so much effort on filming this kind of material that has been eliminated from the market for decades. It is also a costume ghost film and a remake of the classic production "A Chinese Ghost Story" in the eyes of the audience.
"Hey, young people are crazy." Zhang Zongyao sighed secretly and went back to work. Anyway, the boss said it out, and he only needed to complete the three-minute trailer editing according to his requirements. Even if the task is completed, as for the audience's reaction after watching it, whether they will be resentful or not, it is not a matter for him to consider.
"Wait, there is something else" Zhou Wen chased in and called Zhang Zongyao to stop him. After thinking about it, he said, "Remember to use a blue filter for all the night scenes during the second fine editing."
"Why!" Zhang Zongyao opened his eyes in surprise when he heard this, and said in confusion: "Awen, more than 80% of the entire film was shot at night. If all the scenes were shot usingColor filter rendering. Can you still watch it? "
Zhou Wen patted his forehead and said, "Oh, don't worry. Later I will mark out in detail the places that require blue mirror rendering. There are a few special places where the original light lens needs to be maintained."
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Zhou Wen looked at Zhang Zongyao, who looked puzzled, and said with a smile: "For a ghost movie, of course it has to look like ghosts and shadows. The blue mirror is used to render it to increase the terrifying atmosphere, especially the big duel in hell. Make the color darker, I will be there to guide you during the specific operation, as I said, just do it with confidence, I will be responsible for any problems!"
Zhang Zongyao nodded helplessly: "Okay, you are the boss and you have the final say."
In fact, in the post-production stage, many people, like Zhang Jiazhen, questioned the release effect of "A Chinese Ghost Story", and even doubted whether Zhou Wen would be able to recoup the high special effects cost of filming this movie.
For example, after Hung Jin-po finished filming "Eastern Condor" and completed the post-production of the film and entered the publicity period, San Mao has more and more free time. To be precise, he is now reducing production year by year, and his concept of turning to behind-the-scenes development is increasing. powerful.
When he had nothing to do, Hong Jinbao went to Zhou for a stroll. When he saw Zhou Wen fussing with computer special effects and spending nearly ten million on equipment, he was so angry that he didn't know what to say.
"Awen, at first I thought you were going to shoot according to the routine of a ghost movie. I didn't expect that during your departure from Hong Kong, you actually spent a huge amount of money to buy a bunch of scrap metal. I'm not blaming you. You should be better than I know the market situation better. Not only are costume dramas flooding every household, but ghost movies have also evolved into zombie movies!"
Hung Jin-po was quite excited and said: "When we are working on martial arts, whether it is a fashion film or a costume film, we must have an innovative concept, just like you did before when you made practical kung fu films, hip-hop and kung fu combination films. Those films at least have something new. To attract the audience, if you are tossing around with the special effects of flying with a sword, wouldn¡¯t it mean that you are going backwards over time? You are going astray, you know?¡±
Hong Jinbao complained about Zhou Wen from the perspective of a martial arts instructor. The so-called deviation means that the actions cannot be designed randomly. The actions must be designed according to the predetermined environment, dynasty, region and other restrictions in which the script is located. You cannot make a movie about the prosperous Tang Dynasty Machine guns appear in movies. This is the most basic common sense. In other words, you can only successfully deceive the audience if you design the actions to be more realistic.
Hong Jinbao paid special attention when he first developed the zombie film. In order to make the martial arts action more relevant to the plot, they set up a combination of Maoshan Taoist priests and martial arts, and added the most popular comedy style to make the audience feel that Taoist priests catch ghosts and subdue zombies in just a short time. , very real and attractive.
Even Li Hanxiang did not use the antique-level "Flying Swords" and "Flying Swords" scenes back then. Zhou Wen actually did one or two such scenes. Hong Jinbao was so anxious. If his skills were not inferior to Zhou Wen's, he would have gone up long ago. Wake the other person up.
Looking at the excited Hung Jin-po, Zhou Wen could only explain patiently: "Times have changed. Hong Kong movies are integrating with Hollywood. Our martial arts director is a unique position in the global film industry. In the future, we will go out of Hong Kong and show our talents in Hollywood. Some things must be tried in advance, especially the integration of martial arts action and computer special effects."
Hong Jinbao nodded and said: "I also understand this truth, but there are some things that you can't rush. You are different now. If you fail, you will bear a heavy price. Why bother to be the first to eat crabs? You It seems that these places are too exaggerated and fake. Although they are very gorgeous, anyone in the industry will sneer at them.¡±
Zhou Wen still said with a smile on his face: "Haha, I don't feel fake. On the contrary, I think that through advanced computer stunts, the deification in the action can be more truly achieved in form. Maybe the genre of "A Chinese Ghost Story" limits my performance, But thinking about the long term, I can definitely show the audience the magical skills such as the Dugu Nine Swords, the evil-fighting swordsmanship, and the star-absorbing sword in "The Swordsman" more perfectly."
In fact, Zhou Wen was just explaining things that Hong Jinbao could understand. If "Sword of Immortality" or many fairy novels he had read in his previous life were used, it would definitely make Hong Jinbao feel that he was going crazy.
"Strictly speaking, I'm not the first to try something new. Didn't Xu Keng produce "Shu Mountain" before? I absorbed his experience and lessons to create a new genre film and enrich the film market."
"You said you're not the first to try something new. At least I've never seen a genre like yours that combines ancient costumes, ghost movies, martial arts and computer special effects!" Hong Jinbao laughed and scolded: "Really, the Zhou family is in the stage of expanding the market. , there can¡¯t be any mistakes, failure will severely damage your vitality.¡±
¡°Hey~~¡± Zhou Wen sighed and smiled bitterly: ¡°Let¡¯s do this, I¡¯ll be the first to ask you to watch the film when it comes out.¡±
The two of them have different opinions and concepts. It is useless for Zhou Wen to explain it further. It will not be more straightforward to watch the movie at that time.
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