"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" has entered its final release. At this time, the total global box office has exceeded 1.5 billion. There is still some time before the film is released, which means that the total global box office of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" has surpassed the second film.

The first part is already a reality. Now let’s see how far it can go beyond.

As "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" enters its final stage, "Fast and Furious 2" begins to be promoted and will be released soon.

In order to cooperate with the promotion of this movie, Mineta Group, Sanling Motors and Nissan Motor actually promoted "Fast and Furious 2" at their sales outlets and hung up large posters.

Of course, their respective posters will only promote their own cars.

What a blatant advertising movie!

When others shoot commercials, they only last for a few seconds on TV or the Internet, or for commercial MVs, which only last a few minutes.

Good guy, these three car manufacturers actually made a movie just for the sake of advertising.

What’s even worse is that they want others to see their ads and also charge other people’s money.

You have to buy a movie ticket to watch a movie, but that means spending money to watch advertisements.

On the Internet and in the media, just like the first "Fast and Furious" movie last time, many people are asking people to buy tickets to watch it.

But, do movie fans go to see the commercials?

Of course it’s to watch Biao Che and Wu Long!

Wu Long didn’t say this was an advertisement, Wu Long said it was a movie!

Just when people all over the world are talking about the release of "Fast and Furious 2" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" is about to be released, and they are rushing to watch three or four times, "True Lies" is ushering in a new chapter in the movie.

A big scene was shot.

Chase criminals on horseback!

Wu Long wanted to shoot a fake long shot. He wanted to shoot a real long shot, but unfortunately it didn't work. It wasn't that his strength didn't allow it, but the streets involved were too long and it was impossible to close off so many blocks for him to shoot.

Moreover, the hotels involved in the film first enter the Mayfair Historic Hotel, and then arrive at the Westin Bonaventure Suites.

The Westin Bonaventure Suites Hotel was very famous in Wu Long's previous life. This high-rise hotel with a cylindrical glass exterior wall was very distinctive. In Wu Long's previous life, this hotel was favored by director Hao Laihu. Many

The film was shot in this hotel.

In the original version of "True Lies", the villain rides a motorcycle to the sightseeing elevator, and the protagonist rides a tall horse into another sightseeing elevator. It was filmed at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites.

The two sightseeing elevators can see each other, which is very suitable for pursuit scenes.

There is a long way to go from the Mayfair Historic Hotel to the Westin Bonaventure Suites. But in the movie, it takes a very short time, giving the impression that the two hotels are connected by a parking lot.

This is not actually the case.

Therefore, Wu Long could only shoot pseudo-long shots and use editing to give people the illusion that the two hotels are very close. This depends on the art of editing.

Just like the original version, exit the Mayfair Historic Hotel, enter the underground garage, and come out to the Westin Bonaventure Suites.

Wu Long wanted to film this process into a more realistic pseudo-long shot.

The chase scene in the original version was not thrilling. The main problem was probably with the horse, which was unable to make too many thrilling moves.

The original lead actor Arnold was not that good at riding. Even if he were to be replaced by a good equestrian master, it would not be easy to make the horse perform some difficult movements and coordinate with the performance filming.

But what the original version can't do doesn't mean Wu Long can't do it.

Wu Long has skills that can be exchanged systematically, and his riding skills are second on the planet, and no one dares to be first. And the chosen horse, under Wu Long's training for a month, can also take on this important task.

Therefore, Wu Long decided to increase the difficulty of this plot in this version. Because when the criminal escaped on a motorcycle, he passed through an intersection and caused a traffic accident, resulting in a series of car accidents.

The scene that Wu Long wanted to shoot was that the criminal's motorcycle caused a car accident in front. The vehicle hit and blocked the vehicle, and the vehicle changed direction to block it, forming obstacles one after another.

These car accident obstacles formed before Wu Long was about to arrive, making Wu Long's path tortuous. Wu Long needed to make the horse quickly change direction while running, creating a thrilling visual effect.

It's like the feeling of riding a motorcycle around the pillars and on various curves in the McRackland Motorcycle Police Test.

It's just that Wu Long doesn't drive a motorcycle, but rides a horse.

Because Wu Long's requirements for the filming of this plot were higher than those of the original version, the road closure time was longer and the road sections that were closed were also longer than the original version.

In addition to the section of road leading out of the park, there is also a section of road in front of the Mayfair Historic Hotel. Both sections of the road will be closed for filming. However, the time is staggered. After one section of the road is filmed, the other section will be closed.

It involved long-term and long-distance road closures, so it was not easy to get the application approved. After several negotiations, it was finally allowed, and the people from Sun Never Set Country made a lot of efforts.

The shooting is scheduled to start in the early morning, but the preparations have to start a few hours in advance. Of course, only the crew will come, and the extras don't need to come so early.

There are hundreds of extras alone. If the extras have their own cars, and they are Mineta, Sanling, or Nissan cars, they can drive them for filming, and the crew will pay more for the props for the extras.

If not, it will be provided by the crew.

In order to make more money, extra performers who own cars of these three brands will definitely drive themselves here. Those who don't have cars will also find ways to borrow cars.

The idea of ​​walking through the Lincoln Monument didn't work out. Just like the previous version, the Lincoln Monument refused to apply for photography.

In this scene, you have to ride a horse through traffic to chase the criminal's motorcycle. If you want to shoot a thrilling pseudo-long shot, the ride through the traffic must be real.

This means that the vehicle must be moving.

Fortunately, he had experience in long-lens shooting when filming the road chase scene in "The Fast and the Furious", and the extras he hired were also from the same group, so Wu Long didn't have to worry too much.

What's more, the scene in "True Lies" was easier to shoot than the scene in "2 Fast and the Furious". Because in the scene in "2 Fast and the Furious", we wanted to show the real feeling of racing, and the movement of the cars in the traffic flow

There are still requirements for vehicle speed, it cannot be too slow.

Because the scene in "True Lies" takes place in the city, even if the speed of the traffic is slow, it can be believed that it will not have much impact.

Even so, compared with similar plots in other movies, it is still quite difficult. Because the chasing car can be controlled by humans, but the horse is not controlled by humans. The horse cannot be injured during the filming process, and the driver must also be careful not to make mistakes.

Because neither Ma nor Wu Long had any protective measures to protect them from being accidentally hit by a car. Fortunately, the drivers driving were all professional drivers, so they only had to follow the instructions on the intercom.

Ross and his car stunt team needed to create a crash at the right time, place and location to make the film look more thrilling.

However, the car crash does not need to be too tragic, just an ordinary car crash. This is not available in the original version.

In the original version, before the protagonist grabbed the war horse, the criminal grabbed the motorcycle and escaped, causing a traffic accident. After that, there was no traffic accident again. Only before entering the hotel, the left and right roads were blocked by the agents who came in with their cars.

The criminal entered the hotel on a motorcycle.

In Wu Long's version, he designed the criminal to cause another traffic accident when he forcibly passed through the intersection. However, this traffic accident had to be done cleverly. Viewed from the air, the straight road of pursuit was blocked, and the car involved in the accident was on the crossroads.

The entrance formed many obstacles, and Wu Long needed to bypass these obstacles on horseback before he could continue his pursuit.

If this requirement cannot be captured with one lens, it would be difficult but not too difficult. But if it is captured with one lens, it would be difficult.

When a stunt driver crashes, he must not only master the speed and direction, but also the angle of impact, so as to ensure that there is a path for Wu Long to ride over.

Moreover, the effect Wu Long wanted was that a car accident was forming in front of him. Wu Long did not stop, but continued to find a way forward.

The passage was formed only after the front collision was completed, and Wu Long had to rush to the passage just in time to pursue him.

In the early stages of filming, everyone spent ten days practicing the impact before they were confident enough to start filming.

During this period, Mineta, Sanling, and Nissan provided many scrap cars for Ross's stunt team to practice.

Shooting such a scene is a sensation in the film and film stunt circles. After all, it is not about shooting one shot at a time and then putting these shots together.

Instead, if you shoot a long shot, if you make a slight mistake, you have to start over.

As the shooting time gradually approached, the extras who came to participate in the filming also began to gather. Special staff arranged who was in what position and who needed to do what. Although explanations had been sent to these extras, they still had to do it again

Tell it once.

Correct

In addition to being difficult to shoot on the road, the situation inside the hotel is also not easy.

The original version is to enter from the Mayfair Historic Hotel, walk all the way, and enter the back kitchen. Then exit from the back kitchen, enter the underground parking lot, and enter the Westin Hotel in a flash.

The criminal drives the motorcycle into the sightseeing elevator, and the protagonist rides a horse into the sightseeing elevator and goes all the way to the top of the rooftop.

The extras in the hotel need to listen to the command and stand in a good position. The performance starts in advance before the villain and Wu Long arrive.

In the early morning, the road was completely closed, and the staff arranged for the extras to drive into their respective locations and wait. The extras in the hotel who played waiters, customers, etc. also began to prepare.

Due to lack of time, no test crash was conducted on site. According to Ross, it just relied on the experience and luck of the car stuntmen.

“Crossroad readiness?”

"The intersection is ready!"

"How prepared are the streets?"

"The street preparations are OK!"

After asking everyone about their preparations, we started shooting.

According to the plan, the filming started after the criminal stole the motorcycle and caused a traffic accident.

"a!"

Wu Long ran forward, and the drone overhead was two steps behind him, looking down to take pictures.

Ahead, two cars collided. Wu Long did not stop and continued to pursue.

When he ran in front of the colliding car, he jumped, stepped directly on the hood of the car, jumped forward again, and continued to chase.

This agile movement and excellent jumping ability, just like extreme parkour, instantly kill the original protagonist's movements.

Not only is it more entertaining to watch, but it also allows the audience to see that he is good at kung fu and has super strength.
To be continued...