Tsui Hark has just established a new film studio, and it is full of guests tonight. All the main and supporting actors in "New Shushan Swordsman", Tsui Hark as the chief director, planner Shi Nansheng, Yuan Kui and Yuan Heping, Yuan Baye who are the martial arts directors, are naturally indispensable.
There were also producer and supervisor Wu Siyuan, and Feng Yifeng, who came with Brigitte Lin, all gathered in the small conference room in the studio. Tsui Hark, who had always thought that the conference room was too big, wondered for the first time whether the conference room should be expanded.
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Today is not an important meeting, nor is there any accident during the filming of "New Shushan Swordsman". Instead, according to Feng Yifeng's instructions, the "Star Wars" computer special effects team from the United States produced another movie promotion video. Today
The trailer will be completed tonight, and the actors will come over to see the effects of shooting and post-production.
This promotional video is different from the 30-second trailer produced before. The entire trailer is actually an introduction to the characters of the movie "New Shushan Swordsman". It combines the main appearance of the main and supporting characters and a small part of the martial arts moves used, and the use of
The fantasy effects of sword-wielding, thunder and lightning and other martial arts moves added by computer stunts. Although the duration is only about one minute, all the main and supporting characters, as well as important guest roles, appear in the trailer one by one.
Di Mingqi (Yuan Biao), a spy from the Western Shu army, and Yizhen (Meng Hai), a disciple of Kunlun, have a strong sense of justice. In order to challenge the world caused by demons, which has caused chaos and disasters, they risk their lives and bravely fight against the blood demon.
They held "Purple and Green Swords" (a bit like a replica of the [Star Wars] lightsaber), and fought against the Blood Demon.
The hero Ding Yin is played by Zheng Shaoqiu. He carries two swords on his back. He looks more like a scholar than a swordsman. His weapons are majestic and elegant, and he carries a beauty like jade and a sword like a rainbow. The method of wielding a sword is surrounded by countless flying swords.
The cruel and bloodthirsty blood demon fights for blood.
Xiao Ru, the head of Kunlun played by Liu Songren, has neat short hair. Although he is a monk, he hates evil and hates evil. His straightforward character makes it impossible to rub a grain of sand in his eyes.
Lin Qingxia, the owner of Yaochi Fairy Castle, has fluttering clothes and flying in the sky, like a fairy who is not stained by dust. Li Yiqi (Weng Qianyu), the chivalrous woman in the fairyland, is elegant and graceful.
The Sky Sword played by Xu Shaoqiang carries a large stone on his back and is wrapped with iron chains; Ruolan played by Li Saifeng is youthful and charming; of course, Tsui Hark and Sammo Hung's guest appearances are hilarious.
In the previous life, [New Shushan Swordsman] opened the prelude to a new style of martial arts movies. In the history of martial arts movies, it was an epoch-making film, thus changing people's past narrow view of traditional kung fu movies that "only involve fighting."
Views. This has also led to the "Hong Kong Film Awards" to have a special "Best Action Director" category since its inception.
The award is an important symbol that distinguishes the "Hong Kong Film Awards" from any other film festival.
Although "New Shushan Swordsman" is a watershed symbol between old and new martial arts films, it no longer simply shows Chinese Kung Fu, but integrates elements of many other types of movies. In addition to bold innovations in visual effects, it also
It formed the "unbridled" style of Tsui Hark's martial arts films in the future, although it seemed a bit 'alternative' at the time. There is a sentence that best reflects the charm of Master Xu: There are only kung fu you can't imagine, without him
Actions that cannot be photographed.
However, this movie was not a hit in the previous life, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as a flop. As a result, "Jiahe", which invested in the movie, failed completely during the Chinese New Year schedule. After nearly a month of screening, the box office was less than
1.59 million, including film investment
Not even 10% of the cost was recovered. Not only did it lose to "New Art City"'s "The Best Partner Shows Its Magical Powers", but also "Shaw Brothers'" low-budget films "Interstellar" and "Descendants of Shaolin".
It was a complete defeat, which made "Jiahe" lose all face at that time.
It failed completely at the box office, which does not mean that this film is not good. In one and a half hours, judging from the magnificent magical story pattern of Shushan, the time was really too rushed. Although the personal performance, costumes, modeling, props and other performances were very good.
With the help of Tsui Hark's amazing audio-visual spectacles and unconstrained and wild imagination, the audience has a sense of amazement. However, the confusion of the plot and the flaws in the narrative make the film have to be inferior in terms of quality.
Being pulled down a level.
In his last life, Feng Yifeng had watched the film "New Shushan Swordsman" countless times on video tapes, DVDs, TV and the Internet. He also saw the praise and criticism of this film from the audience and film critics, so he did not allow this mistake.
, continues to happen in this life, he will turn decay into magic and let this masterpiece, which leads the trend of martial arts in Hong Kong, shine.
After watching the character introduction video made with computer special effects, everyone present was so quiet that you could hear each other's breathing. Even Wu Siyuan and Zheng Shaoqiu, who are accustomed to the world, have grown so big that they can't close their mouths. This point
The long-running trailer shocked everyone so much. When have you ever seen a sword that can
Flying in the sky like this? When did you ever see a move that could cause lightning and thunder like a catastrophe? When did a battle start from the ground to the void? When did a weapon feel like it had been infused with soul, and you could hit it wherever you wanted?
?All kinds of magical effects that have never been seen or heard of are all integrated in this short minute.
Although the previous trailers also included some special effects, they were just edited from already filmed films to simply introduce the plot and have a promotional effect.
But the promotional video I'm watching now is completely out of the scope of the movie, and has no direct connection with the plot. It just introduces the appearance of the characters in the film, the formations they are in, and the martial arts moves they use. These characters
The weapons, martial arts and moves used are all
It was made through computer special effects. When filming, the actors just followed the instructions of the special effects team and posed. But no one expected that the effect of the completed short film would be like this. The moves are not only dazzling, but also eye-catching.
It was dizzying and felt unrealistic.
Seeing the jaws of everyone in the conference room dropped to the floor, even Brigitte Lin next to her showed no ladylike manners at all, and the corners of her clothes that she was rubbing were already wrinkled. Feng Yifeng knew that his goal had been achieved, and he also knew that
The shock that the promotional video brings to everyone can also shock any audience. What he wants is this effect, and what he wants is to watch the movie whether he likes it or not.
Hong Kong citizens are curious and interested in this movie, so they will buy tickets and go to the theater. After watching the promotional video and trailer, the audience will be familiar with the story step by step under the guidance of Feng Yifeng.
The origin is the personality characteristics of the characters. This will help the audience not be confused by the magnificent plot when watching, and will not be ignorant of the plot.
"Pa bang bang!" bursts of applause rang out. Zheng Shaoqiu and Wu Siyuan couldn't help shouting: "Okay! Very good! Great!" Under their leadership, the cast and crew in the conference room all came out of shock.
After waking up, they all followed and applauded.
Naturally, Tsui Hark was the one who received the praise. Tsui Hark felt elated about the praise he received from Wu Siyuan, Zheng Shaoqiu, Yuan Heping and others. It felt so good to be praised. However, Tsui Hark did not feel dizzy after being praised.
He was confused, because he knew very well that the proposal to shoot a promotional video, as well as the shooting method of the promotional video, were actually Feng Yifeng's idea, and Tsui Hark was just the executor.
Tsui Hark stood up, smiled and pressed his hands, silencing the applause and cheers that almost overturned the conference room. He glanced at everyone's gaze on him and said a little embarrassedly: "Everyone has seen this promotional video.
I don’t know what you think? I personally feel very good. After watching the trailer and this promotional video, I have the desire to go to the theater immediately to see the effect of the film."
The first person to speak was Wu Siyuan, who is also the producer and producer. Although he is one of the most fashionable filmmakers in Hong Kong, it was the first time for him to see this kind of film special effects produced by computer special effects. There was also Feng Yifeng.
Zhongtian's unconventional propaganda techniques were something he had never heard of before. However, the effect achieved was that of a glimpse.
The ultimate desire is indeed quite strong. After watching Zheng Shaoqiu's sword-handling techniques, Wu Siyuan really wanted to see what these flying swords would do if they hit his opponent. After watching Yuan Biao and Meng Hai's Zi
Qingshuangjian also wants to see which one is more interesting, the two most powerful swords in Shushan, or the lightsaber in Star Wars.
"It's very good. At first, I didn't understand why Qiuguan and the others were asked to pose in these poses. I thought they were for shooting promotional posters, but I didn't expect that it was actually used this way. Although it cost a lot, the effect was really great.
, so powerful. I don’t know what everyone thinks after reading this, but I just want to ask Qiu Guan how those flying swords fly." After Wu Siyuan finished speaking, he really looked at Zheng Shaoqiu, hoping to get it from him.
Answer.
"Don't look at me like that, I don't know." When Zheng Shaoqiu saw everyone's eyes falling on him, he quickly waved his hands and shook his head to clear the air, and said innocently: "I really don't know, Tsui Hark asked me to do the styling.
Yes, even I don’t know. If you don’t believe it, you can ask Yuan Biao and Qingxia.”
Not to mention that Zheng Shaoqiu didn't know how he had such brilliant moves. Yuan Biao, Meng Hai, Brigitte Lin, Liu Songren and others also couldn't believe that the person in the promotional video was him. When did he become so powerful?
With a wave of his hand, the sky collapsed, lightning and thunder came out. When Zheng Shaoqiu said this, they all nodded at the same time, testifying for Qiu Guan.
Yuan Heping was a temporary martial artist, so he didn't know much about this promotional video. He said with a strange expression: "Isn't it right? The people in it are obviously from you. How come you don't even know what you shot and how you made it?"
?Everyone here is our own, and they have all signed confidentiality agreements, so nothing will be leaked."
Yuan Biao also felt that he was very innocent. According to the requests of the Yankees and Tsui Hark, he put on some weird poses and movements. Now that he saw himself in the promotional video, he was actually so mighty and powerful, holding that
The purple and green swords, which were simply Skywalker's lightsabers, were even more impressive. But he knew very well that what he was holding at the time was just a crappy prop sword. How did it end up like this?
"Eighth Master (Yuan Biao and Yuan Heping are brothers, but after Yuan Heping established his own business, they were usually called by nicknames), we really don't know, even if we want to say it, we don't know where to start. If you want to know
, just ask Tsui Hark and those Americans! We all followed their instructions to pose and move. This promotional video will turn out like this, which is beyond my expectation, but the effect is really great,
It’s so shocking.”
After looking at the faces of Liu Songren and Yuan Biao, they seemed to know no more than himself, Yuan Heping realized that they had not lied to him.
"Don't force them. They actually don't know how they shot this promotional video. All the moves and dazzling effects in the film were produced through computer special effects, which are similar to those shot in studios nowadays.
The effect of using the lens is essentially two different things, or it can be said that they are completely different.
They come from the same two things. According to my understanding, computer special effects are to 'make something out of nothing', adding things that don't exist into the film to achieve a science fiction effect, which is the same principle as [Star Wars]." Tsui Hark said at the meeting.
Shi became a teacher, solving everyone's doubts and letting everyone understand what "computer special effects" really are.
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