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"Let me introduce to you first. This is Mr. Xu Xiaoming, who is also the director of "Fearless", "Chen Zhen", and "Kapok Cassock."

Wow!

The first person caused the audience to exclaim, "Kapok Cassock" may not have been seen, but the first two are "empty people". Xu Xiaoming is in his thirties, in the middle of his prime, and has such an imposing manner, but his Mandarin is not good.

"This is Mr. Xu's apprentice, Lin Dian. This is an actor from our mainland, Yu Rongguang starring in "Kapok Cassock."

Lin Dian is very thin, but looks pretty good. Yu Rongguang is very familiar with it. There is no difference between this guy when he was young and when he was old - they are both old.

"This is Mr. Yuan Xiangren, a famous martial arts instructor in Hong Kong, and this is his younger brother Yuan Richu."

A total of five people sat down one by one.

This kind of face-to-face chat is very new, except for Xu Xiaoming who is uncomfortable on stage, because he is a technician, he has never been taken seriously, and he is also interviewed on stage like a big star.

"Is this your first visit to the mainland?"

"I'm not, they are." Xu Xiaoming said.

"What impression do you have of the capital?"

"Well……"

We chatted for a few minutes at the beginning, all asking about personal situations. Xu Fei frowned, and listened patiently for a while, before getting into the topic, he asked in a low voice, "Who wrote the manuscript?"

"Liu Di, he is the one who arranged this." Li Mu said.

What a mess!

Seeing that the stage had already turned towards the feelings of family and country, he couldn't help but said: "This is not good, let's talk about it later and the museum will be closed."

Li Mu also thinks it's outrageous, and it's not Ling Feng's kind of interview. Are you talking about childhood? Then he tilted his head and whispered to the deputy director, "It's off topic, we want technical experience, what can this exchange?"

"Is there a way?"

"Let Xu Fei go up."

The deputy director waved his hand, Li Mu made a gesture to the top, and then pointed to the side.

The host is from Beijing TV, and he responded very quickly. He smiled and said, "Through the interview just now, I have a preliminary understanding of a few of you. Next, I will invite Xu Fei from the Art Center to come on stage and communicate with everyone."

She sweated secretly and moved her position.

Friends from Hong Kong are still wondering, why did you change the host while talking? No way, lack of experience, I have never done it before.

And Xu Fei came up, sat down generously, and opened his mouth: "As we all know, Hong Kong's film and television industry is very prosperous, martial arts movies or kung fu movies are extremely popular, and this has also given birth to an exclusive industry that only we have, martial arts." .”

He turned to Yuan Xiangren and said with a smile, "Mr. Yuan, as far as I know, martial arts in Hong Kong movies should start with your father, Mr. Yuan Xiaotian. Can you tell us in detail?"

"Uh, good."

Yuan Xiangren was also in a daze just now, but now he has found his way back. His accent has a touch of Cantonese, but it is more standard than Xu Xiaoming.

"I said I didn't dare to be a singer, but my father was indeed one of the first to do martial arts. He was a native of Beijing. He first sang Peking opera. In the 1930s, he was invited by Mr. Xue Juexian to be a martial arts student in Cantonese opera. Later, he came to Hong Kong.

The early Hong Kong films were very dramatic, basically a remake of Cantonese opera, so my father naturally entered the film industry. As a stand-in, as an actor, and also as an action designer.

Later, more and more warriors and actors came to Hong Kong, bringing different styles, including Southern Kung Fu and Northern Kung Fu. Because kung fu movies are very popular and more and more are made, these people also have a place to play.

It was very irregular at first. I remember that it was in 1964. Wang Tianlin made a film "King Kong with Iron Arms". My father brought his own team into the film. It was the first martial arts team in Hong Kong.

Since then, it has gradually become a unique business, and now it is very mature, there are family-marrying classes, Hong's class, Liu's class, and our Yuan's class. "

"That is to say, martial arts was born out of opera. The martial arts instructor may be one person, but the profession is just like the previous opera troupes. Some perform tricks, some sing veterans, and some play buffoons. Each performs his duties."

"Yep."

Yuan Xiangren was very happy, the other party understood, and asked all the points, "Filming a martial arts film is very complicated, so our martial arts needs a lot of people.

For example, if you are good at somersaults, well, if you are asked, you will be responsible for somersaults, and you will finally have a shot. For example, you are a master at hanging Wia..."

"Wia is a hanging steel wire. Those flying around in "Journey to the West" are all hanging steel wires." Xu Fei explained to the following.

"Yes, if you fly more beautifully than others, then you will be responsible for hanging Wia. If you are thick-skinned, then you will be responsible for being beaten. Or if you are thin and small, that is also the case. You can be a female star stand-in for..."

"Anzai did it. You can see that he has delicate features and looks like him." Xu Xiaoming patted Lin Dian.

"My father did it too!" Yuan Xiangren said with a smile

"Then I definitely can't, I can't be a female star with my figure." Yu Rongguang said.

"Hahaha!"

There was music on and off the stage, the atmosphere instantly relaxed, and the conversation became lively.

The audience suddenly realized, Kou Zhanwen's eyes lit up, it turned out that this is called martial arts!

Xu Fei continued, asking: "You must have watched "Shaolin Temple", how do you think of the action design?"

"..."

The question was a bit sensitive, and several people looked at each other, Xu Xiaoming said, "It's very good, with a traditional style, a bit like Shaw's martial arts movies, more realistic."

"You punch me, I dodge, and I kick you again, every move is very logical." Xu Fei said.

"The logic of the movement is a good description! We call it a hard bridge and a hard horse. There is a saying in Nanquan that 'if you practice hard bridge and hard horse, you can fight steadily'. In the movie, it means very realistic."

"That's why Liu's class advocates this style, and they learn Nanquan."

"Yep."

Xu Xiaoming was quite surprised, this pretty guy understands it very well!

"Then how do you feel the action design of Hong Kong movies is different from before?"

"How to say that word, oh, keep up with the times!"

Xu Xiaoming said: "The types of movies are constantly enriching, and martial arts must keep up. In the past, Shaw Brothers was popular. Later, Cheng Long's films became popular, and the style changed, combining acrobatics with martial arts. Later, there were zombies. Movies, the style has changed again, how to play zombie movies, just stretch out your finger, and a light will pass by.

Last year there was a film called "A Chinese Ghost Story", which was about demons and ghosts. Demons and ghosts are all flying in the sky, and they must not be like people, so they are very elegant.

There is a Taoist priest named Yan Chixia who uses flying swords. Who has ever seen a flying sword, think on your own.

This style is more suitable for actors who don't know martial arts. He can't do hard bridges and horses, he can only be elegant. Of course, it has to look good too, you can't just raise your flying sword and pass by, and then people don't move, you at least put on a pose... So Yan Chixia is very good. "

"Haha, Yuan is back!" Yu Rongguang laughed.

"Director Xu, Director Cheng, don't take offense, it's not about you."

Xu Xiaoming knew they couldn't see it, but he also cupped his hands in a funny way. This is the entertainment habit in Hong Kong.

Xu Fei saw that the topic had started, so he asked, "The TV dramas in the mainland have just started ten years ago, and they are immature in all aspects. If we want to make kung fu movies or train martial arts instructors, what suggestions do you guys have?"

"Uh, the styles of the two places are different, and I don't know much about mainland film and television dramas, so I'll just talk about my own point of view."

Yuan Xiangren thought for a while, and said: "I said earlier that making a martial arts film is very complicated. Where is the complexity? You have to determine its background and style first. Is it an ancient drama, a Republic of China drama, or a modern drama? Is it more realistic, or Fancy, or flowy?

Then watch the actors and design the actions according to the characters.

He wields a sword chicly, wields a knife recklessly, a monk wields a stick, and an assassin wields a hidden weapon...Especially actors who know kung fu and need to show their personal characteristics. Liang Xiaolong has good kicks, and there are many kicks in "Chen Zhen". "

"I still need to use props."

Xu Xiaoming said: "Props can make the movements clever. The movements of "Chen Zhen" were designed by Liang Xiaolong and I. He and Ah Xin had a small fight. Big fights are different from small fights. Big fights need to be intense, while small fights Be refined.

I asked Ah Xin to take an umbrella. At that time, there was also a cart and a junior.

Ah Xin fights with an umbrella, the design is more girly, and her movements are delicate. Chen Zhen was teasing her, in the sense of juggling, using that junior to block and hit him all, so the effect came out.

I really want to ask how to design the action? This is too complicated, there is no shortcut, it needs to be accumulated slowly. "

"I think imagination is also very important, just like the fight between Liang Xiaolong and Teacher Yuan..."

Xu Fei turned to the audience and said with a smile: "Chen Zhen rescued Huo Dongjue and fought with Jianghu Baye, didn't you recognize it? Baye was played by Teacher Yuan."

Wow!

"So it's him? It doesn't look like him at all."

"I thought it was an old lady pretending."

There was a lot of discussion below, and the audience these days are not forgetful at all. Jianghu Baye's appearance, with a white face, white hair cover, and jet-black clothes, looks like Old Devil Han.

"That scene was like this, please demonstrate it to me."

Yuan Xiangren got up to invite, and stretched out his fists. Xu Fei stood opposite, clenched his fists in a wrestling gesture.

At that time, Yuan Xiangren suddenly stretched out two hands to beat Chen Zhen from both sides of his abdomen, which left a deep impression on the audience.

"Yano has a bit of ninjutsu, so it needs to be weird. This is very simple. What Chen Zhen grabbed was a fake arm. I hid my hand in my clothes and stretched it out suddenly, creating the feeling of two extra hands."

"It's also because of my good directing skills, I don't have any tricks."

Xu Xiaoming smiled, and added: "Actually, there is one more thing they didn't say, that is not afraid of death."

"How?" Xu Fei asked.

"Because if you want to rely on this to support your family, you have to fight for the top position. For example, when shooting a scene of falling from a high place, you are afraid to jump, and you will not be used in the future. If someone dares to jump, then he will stand out.

We usually have ten martial artists waiting in line, the first one breaks, the second picks up, the ambulance is right outside the set, and the broken one goes straight to the hospital..."

This remark caused another burst of exclamation, which was completely incomprehensible.

Xu Fei knew in his heart that there were deeper factors that he did not mention. One is that the boss only pays attention to benefits and does not provide guarantees; the other is that Hong Kong movies are too particular about visual impact.

The more dangerous the scene is, the more exciting it is, and the more exciting the audience is, the more they love to watch it. Therefore, the crew tried their best to break through the upper limit, and they almost didn't kill directly.

Like in "Ghosts Fighting Ghosts", Sammo Hung invented a new gameplay.

A stand-in was beaten and flew backwards, hanging on the steel wire, Sammo Hung cut the wire directly, and the stand-in fell directly into the air.

The effect was achieved, and people fell half to death.

(besides……)