Chapter 1019

There was no official publicity plan for the film during the shooting period, so there was no press conference to start the film. A group of American staff and a group of young people filmed in the United States, and there was no such complicated opening ceremony as "burning incense and worshiping gods" in China. After all the staff arrived on the day of shooting, director muying and director Xiao Yao announced that they would start the shooting immediately.

The shooting of film and television works does not necessarily follow the sequence of the plot. Shooting according to the sequence of the plot is undoubtedly better for the actor's performance, which helps the actor to enter the role and maintain the same state and mood as the role in the play. However, due to the cost, time, equipment and other considerations, shooting is more often not done according to the sequence of the plot.

Putting the same scenes together can reduce the frequency of renting the venue and the trouble of repeatedly arranging the scenes, especially for the action scenes that need hanging Weiya or taking security measures. It takes a lot of time to make one scene, so many films are not shot in the sequence of the plots.

Muying made a plan for film shooting ahead of time. Because the film does not require the actors to perform very well, Mu Ying's idea is not to shoot according to the sequence of the plot, but to separate the literary drama from the action drama, and try to shoot the action drama in the same scene together, which saves time, money and effort. Specifically, it is a gradual process from easy to difficult, whether it is literary drama or action drama.

As for muying's shooting plan, everyone basically agrees, but only Xiao Yao has some objection to the first day's arrangement. On the first day of starting up, Xiao Yao wanted to set a tone for the whole shooting. After discussing with you, we agreed with Xiao Yao and adjusted the shooting plan for the first day.

The first scene filmed by the crew is the scene where seven people get together at the beginning to discuss the target building.

The specific content of the play is that seven people come to the basement of a building one after another. Xiao Yao's character spreads out a picture on the table, and then decides a building as the goal with seven people on the picture, and then leaves the basement one after another.

In determining the goal, seven people did not quarrel. Xiao Yao's character pointed out a building, and six people nodded and agreed excitedly. They didn't even have many lines. It's a literary play, and it doesn't look difficult. Even in literary play, it's a relatively simple one. However, under the strict requirements of Xiao Yao and Mu Ying, we all shot four of them.

There are not many lines in the play, and Xiao Yao is the most popular. There is no problem with what everyone says. However, Mu Ying and Xiao Yao are not satisfied with the performance of several actors in the previous articles.

Xiao Yao plays in the play, and Mu Ying is the only director sitting behind the monitor. When shooting, muying called the card before the first two pieces were finished. When muying called the card after the whole piece was finished, another director Xiao Yao went to watch the playback and discussed with muying, then we shot the fourth one.

It's very dangerous and cool to climb a building with bare hands. Just from such a thing, we can see that the team should be very cool and fearless. Therefore, when discussing this kind of thing, in addition to excitement, we should also show the team members that are very cool and not afraid of anything. This kind of temperament, in this scene, is not expressed through lines, but from their expression, manner and temperament. Every time before the shooting starts again, Mu Ying and Xiao Yao guide the actors in this aspect.

There are seven protagonists in the film. In addition to Xiao Yao and other four Chinese and Chinese Americans, the other three stars are not all Americans. The white actor is English, the black actor is French, only the Latino American is American. But in addition to Parkour's good technique, these three people are all real actors, but they are not well-known and have not played the leading role.

The financial conditions of the three are good. They are more interested than forced by life. Maybe it's just because they are not popular, they don't get many jobs and they don't have the pressure of life that they have free time to play Parkour. The British actor and French actor flew to the United States to audition after seeing the news of the cast recruiting on the film's official website. These three people are Parkour fans. It's only because the veteran team of parkour is the main creator and star, and the film is the theme of Parkour that they come to participate. Whether you come to audition or make a movie, it's hard to avoid having fun.

They all met with Xiao Yao and others before starting the production. In their eyes, Xiao Yao, the big Chinese star, boss and director, is not only very friendly, but even does not ask them to call him director in the crew. Instead, they ask them to call him Yang directly, just like friends. They are more relaxed when they are happy. But I didn't expect that as soon as I got to work and started the first scene, the two directors asked to remake it three times. Moreover, before each shooting, they specially came to give them independent guidance. This serious look also made them unconsciously stop playing.

But fortunately, this film is not a prize winning art film. There is nothing particularly profound about the performance level of Wenxi. Muying and Xiao Yao have requirements for their performance, but they are not as strict as they are. Therefore, after shooting Article 4, muying and Xiao Yao expressed their satisfaction.When the first scene was finished, muying motioned for the rest of the audience for a few minutes, and then moved to the shooting site of the second scene.

The actors and crew were a little surprised when they filmed four in a row in the first scene, but when they moved to the shooting site of the second scene, the leading actors were startled again.

The second scene is the second act of the main film, in which seven people climb stairs with their bare hands. Because the shooting plan is given to the actors in advance, they all know in advance which scenes and scenes they will shoot today. The actors were not surprised that the shooting location of the second scene was outside a high-rise residential building, but to their surprise, there was an ambulance parked next to the building.

"Yang, why is there an ambulance there? Is there someone in this building who is sick or has an accident? Will our shooting be affected? " The Black French actor named John diawala in the leading role finds Xiao Yao, points to the ambulance and asks.

The building they were photographing had more than ten stories, and there were more than 100 households in it. It was impossible for the crew to empty all the people in the building when they were photographing. They just said hello and asked the residents on the side they were photographing not to open the windows casually, so as not to appear in the camera and cause a pass through. Now there is an ambulance parked here, which probably means that someone has committed an emergency or injured accidentally. In and out of the scene, it is very likely that irrelevant people will appear in the camera, which will affect the shooting.

"No, no one is sick or injured in the building," Xiao Yao replied with a smile. "This ambulance and the medicine in it are free vehicles rented by our crew from the hospital. There are two real emergency workers in it, which we specially hired. They didn't come for the people in the building, but for us

"What?" When Xiao Yao said this, diawala's face changed and he called to Xiao Yao, "Yang, are you going to kill us?"

"What's the matter?" Diwala so called, the other two actors are also curious to run over.

"It's a real ambulance," diawala said, pointing to the emergency Lane parked next to the building. "Young said it was for us!"

"You mean we all have to go to the hospital after this scene?" The other two also looked at Xiao Yaodao in surprise.

"Hey," Xiao Yao said to diawala helplessly, "I said it's for us, including myself! What do you mean I'm going to kill you? "

"Of course, I don't want anyone to get hurt and go to the hospital when filming," Xiao Yao told the other two people, "but the next scene we're going to shoot is dangerous. You've all read the script and should know it. Although we will take safety measures when shooting, there are many shots to be shot in such a high building, and the shooting time will be very long, so it is inevitable that accidents will happen. We call an ambulance to stand by in advance to provide better security. Once there is any unexpected situation, there are professional medical personnel present, we can make correct and effective treatment immediately! "

After hearing this, they nodded unconsciously, but still looked at Xiao Yao in surprise and said, "Yang, it's the first time that we have an ambulance standing by while filming."

"Ever heard of Mike Chou?" Xiao Yao asked with a smile, "when I was in China, I heard people say that when he was young, when he was filming on Hong Kong Island in China, he called an ambulance to stop by."

"Mike Zhou?" Diawala made a Kung Fu gesture, "is that the famous Chinese kung fu star in Hollywood?"

"Yes Xiao Yao nodded, "he's a Kung Fu superstar. He makes action movies. No matter how dangerous the action is, he always goes into action in person, never using a double, and he is never afraid to reduce the difficulty of the action and the requirement for himself because the action is too dangerous or injured. Some of his movements are very dangerous, and there is a great possibility of injury. Because he suffered a lot of injuries during filming, the crew helped him rent an ambulance to park at the shooting site and treat him at any time. "

"He was able to go from Hong Kong Island in China to Hollywood. He also achieved so much success in Hollywood and became a world-famous Kung Fu superstar. That's how he worked so hard!" Xiao Yao finally said.

Today, the first three remakes of Wenxi were not designed and arranged by Xiao Yao and muying in advance, but their normal requirements for shooting based on the film quality. However, the ambulance beside the shooting site of the second action play was deliberately arranged by Xiao Yao and muying. This ambulance is Xiao Yao's attitude, which is what he called a keynote for film shooting.

However, what Xiao Yaogang just said is nonsense. Other Xiao Yao didn't know Mike Zhou, the Kung Fu superstar Zhou Hu of Hong Kong Island in China. They didn't hear about Zhou Hu's story from anyone else. However, Xiao Yao vaguely remembers that he had read a report about Jackie Chan in his previous life. It seemed that he had said such a thing, so he did it. He also talked nonsense about Zhou Hu, who was similar to Jackie Chan in his previous life.

Zhou Hu in this world is also very dedicated and hard to shoot. Even if he didn't ask the ambulance to stand by while filming, it's not a smear of his words, but a praise of his dedication. Let alone whether these foreigners will pass on these words to Zhou Hu. Even if Zhou Hu knows about it later, when Xiao Yao asks about it, Xiao Yao at most honestly admits that he made it up. The purpose is to stimulate several foreign young people to act well in his name. Zhou Hu will not have any opinions on his practice.Sure enough, after listening to Xiao Yao say that Zhou Hu did the same thing, several foreign actors' expressions became serious, and they didn't have any idea about Xiao Yao's arranging an ambulance to park nearby. They turned to one side and began to warm up seriously. Although they suddenly felt a sense of sanctity of serious filming, no one really wanted to have an accident when filming and lay down in the ambulance.

None of the actors in this play has a double. Seven of them really have to climb up the outer wall of the building. Even if they don't really have to climb from the first floor to the top of the building, they still have to shoot several floors when all the shots are taken. Climbing from the outer wall by hand is not a common behavior in parkour. Even if there is one, it's also a leap from the first floor to the second and third floors. No one has the experience of climbing up the middle of the outer wall of a ten story high building. If the three of them can't think of an accident, apart from being careful, they really need to prepare themselves, warm up and do some exercises.

Zhao Rui, Xu Fei and Zhou Jingyi knew the existence of the ambulance in advance. When Xiao Yao explained to the three, they were also warming up. The four of them also had no experience climbing up and down the outer walls of a dozen stories high building. After explaining to three foreign actors, Xiao Yao joined the warm-up team.

When the rest of the crew was ready, the second scene began.

The first scene is a few people on the ground rushed to the building wall, began to climb up. This part is carried out on the ground and on the first and second floors. There is no difficulty or danger for the seven real Parkour masters. The wall climbing action is the back of several people, which is completed smoothly.

After the bottom shot is finished, the next shot will be moved to the outside of the six or seven story high floor. At this time, we need to take some safety measures for the actors.

Xiao Yao, Zhao Rui and Xu Fei are all the action directors of the film, but they are not responsible for the specific safety measures when shooting the action play. All three of them have made action plays. They have experience in diaowiya, but they are not professional martial arts. Therefore, their action director is only responsible for the design of actions. The crew specially hired a professional team with considerable experience in this field to be responsible for the safety measures during shooting.

In this respect, the crew costs a lot. This security team is a well-known team in Hollywood. It is not only experienced, but also equipped with advanced equipment. As soon as these safety measures are implemented, seven people also feel quite safe, and basically they don't affect their actions.

Although there are very good security measures, but really in mid air, or inevitably nervous. This scene is basically a wall climbing shot, shooting time is not short. Seven people in addition to climbing physical consumption, psychological pressure is not small, it is more easy to tired. But fortunately, during the shooting, none of the seven people had any accidents such as hand sliding and foot sliding, and the specially opened ambulance was not really used.

The seven actors were tired, but on the whole, the first day of shooting was relatively smooth.