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Chapter 440: Courage is like iron, and bones are like fine steel!
In the "Once Upon a Time" series, there is of course a reason why the first film is not rated as high among the trilogy.

Perhaps it was for gimmicks, but the movie arranged a scene in which the Thirteenth Aunt was almost humiliated. For the audiences of the time, it was a feast for the eyes to see the goddess sacrifice so much.

But in fact, this plot also lowered the evaluation of this movie.

Of course, in the memory of the era when this film was set, this kind of drama was actually normal, but even so, regardless of the fact that it was LSP, most people still complained about this plot a lot.

Some people say that this is to give Huang Feihong a reason to explode in anger, but the problem is that it is not Huang Feihong who goes to save Thirteenth Aunt, but Liang Kuan.

This is a bit embarrassing. Is it the CP between Liang Kuan and Thirteenth Aunt or the CP between Huang Feihong and Thirteenth Aunt?

The key is that that plot was entirely to attract the audience and create gimmicks, so the scale was relatively large.

But the problem is that "Once Upon a Time" is not the kind of movie that plays around with the other side of things. At least Li Yi doesn't like this kind of plot very much.

If Liang Kuan's conscience was to be discovered and exploded, why would he design such a scene?

In fact, there are too many things that are enough to make a person with an unyielding conscience intolerable!

The result is that this kind of extremely bloody drama is just for women!And this person happens to be Aunt Thirteen.

The key is that there will be a sequel later, and the audience is actually obsessed with the male and female protagonists. If the first part is still shot according to the original version, then Li Yi himself will feel uncomfortable with the next two parts.

At the same time, something like that happened to Thirteenth Aunt, but the next two films were not affected at all?It’s also a bit weird.

It can be said that a woman, no matter she is in any era, can never really deal with it indifferently when she encounters something like that.

So Li Yi deleted this plot. The first part was actually not bad in terms of plot, but why was the first part the most complained about?

It is because the director of the first film, or perhaps the original version, filmed "Once Upon a Time" for the first time. You must know that at that time, Once Upon a Time was arguably the most filmed film, and it is not an exaggeration to call it the most in the world's film history.

Therefore, there is pressure on the box office, and we need to rely on such means to create gimmicks, but we don't know that such a plot is really jarring.

Closer to home.

In the "Once Upon a Time" series, the final candidate for Gui Jiao Qi, after a fierce competition, Xiong Jun successfully stood out.

As for the "Once Upon a Time" series of movies, in fact, the workload is the largest in terms of setting.

Nothing else, because this is a period drama, so it naturally needs to reproduce the appearance of that era.

In other respects, it is quite simple.

Martial arts movies and kung fu movies, in fact, the most difficult thing to shoot is never literary drama, but martial arts drama, especially the Once Upon a Time series. It can be said that in order to avoid accidents for the actors, Li Yi would rather spend more money and customize the best props. At the same time, he also There is a medical team following the group.

It can be said that the crew's treatment in this regard is luxurious.

After more than three months of preparation, the "Once Upon a Time" series is finally ready and filming is about to begin.

For the first scene, Li Yi chose not the first lion dance scene in "Top Gun", but the seaside training scene.

In order to ensure the smooth filming of this scene, sufficient preparations had been made before. The members of the militia were all selected soldiers from the army to play the roles.

This scene is more passionate and masculine than the opening scene of "One Knife".

Because it was shot at the beach, with the rough waves and the light refracted by the sun, coupled with the theme song "Men Should Be Strong", it can be said that this picture is absolutely shocking enough.

The cast of "Once Upon a Time".

"Every department is in place, ready to start shooting!"

Soon all departments were in place in an orderly manner.

This scene is a large group scene, but it emphasizes images rather than close-ups.

So in fact, all the effort was put into the early preparations. For this reason, as this scene is the first scene of the movie, first of all, it is less likely to cause accidents. Secondly, Li Yi wanted to give the crew a shot in the arm. Let everyone get excited.

There are a total of four ground shots and two aerial shots in this scene.

"The first scene of "Once Upon a Time", the first shot, the first time, ACTION!"

It fell with the sound of hitting the board.

The originally static scene suddenly started to move. In fact, this kind of scene can only be shot by well-trained soldiers to achieve such an effect.

However, after the first take, Li Yi frowned slightly.

"You all come and take a look!" Li Yi called Master Yuan Ba ​​and others over.

"It's pretty good! What's wrong?" Master Yuanba and others were a little confused after watching the replay.

"I always feel that something is wrong!" Li Yi frowned and said.

Yes, although the picture seems to be uniform, I don't know why Li Yi subconsciously compared it with the original one, but always felt that something was missing.

"What's missing?" Mr. Yuan Ba ​​and Mr. Yu were both a little stunned.

Because from their point of view, this first scene was already very good, and no one made any mistakes.

For a moment, they didn't know what it was that Li Yi felt was missing?
"I think about it, I think about it!"

Li Yi played it over and over again.But I still can't find what is missing.

Some things may be separated by a layer of paper, but until you pierce it, you just can't think of it.

"Would you like to try again?" Zhao Qian asked.

"Okay, let's try again!" Li Yi thought for a long time but still couldn't figure out where the problem was. So he took a few more photos and took a look, maybe he could find the problem.

Soon, the filming of the scene resumed.

"Crack!"

Li Yi became a little irritated, because this time, it was no different from the last time. There seemed to be no problem with the group of soldiers, Zhao Qian, the angle of the camera, color adjustment, etc.

But Li Yi just felt dissatisfied.

"Director Li, is there any problem?" At this time, Captain He came over and asked.

"Captain He, please come and take a look. I always feel that something is missing. Please take a look and give me some advice." Li Yi said quickly.

"Director Li, I don't understand movies, and I can't even tell if you ask me to watch it!" Captain He suddenly laughed a little.

"Take a look, take a look, just rely on your feeling." Li Yi insisted on letting him take a look.

"Then let me see?"

"Look!"

Soon, Li Yi played the replay for He Lianchang.

For the first time, Captain He also scratched his head because he really didn't understand movies: "Isn't this good?"

"No, there must be something wrong!" Li Yi shook his head repeatedly.Speaking of this scene, it seems that there is nothing special about the whole movie, and it passes by.

But as far as Li Yi is concerned, he feels that this scene is a very crucial scene.

"If you really have any problem, is it because you don't have enough momentum?" At this time, Captain He suddenly touched his nose and said.

"Not strong enough?" Li Yi's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Yes, it's just not powerful enough!" Li Yi immediately played it back again and said with certainty.

He was also a little surprised: "Captain He, thank you so much! What a wake-up call!"

Li Yi finally understood why he felt there was something wrong, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.

Because momentum is something that you can’t really describe, but if it’s there, it’s there, and if it’s not, it’s not. Even subtle differences can be easily magnified in movies.

Because what Li Yi watched was the finished film, which was paired with the passionate and heroic song "A Man Should Be Strong". Under the rendering of the song, the whole picture suddenly became passionate.

But when filming, there was no soundtrack, so it looked naturally different.

And that's not all. Li Yi believes that this is not because there is no dubbing that makes him feel lacking in momentum, but in fact, it is lack of momentum.

No wonder Captain He can see it, because he is a training person. During training, why does the commander always ask everyone to be louder and louder? In fact, what they want is the momentum.

And now, although the same soldiers are filming, the problem also lies in the filming.

Because this is filming, it can be said that everyone has spent a lot of time moving around, hiding in position, etc. Maybe they were originally motivated, but under the consumption of repeated rehearsal actions, This energy was naturally relieved a lot.

Therefore, when filming, Li Yi would feel like he was lacking in momentum.

Even though they had moved in unison, even if they didn't make any mistakes, their momentum was already weak!
But if you want to make a movie, especially this kind of group scene, rehearsing in advance is essential.

So is there any way to regain their momentum?
Li Yi looked at Captain He, and then shook his head.

As their commander, Captain He must have some methods, such as giving lectures and motivating generals, but Li Yi felt that this was not the best method.

Suddenly Li Yi thought of it.

When the audience is watching the movie, they will feel excited listening to the song "Men Should Be Strong" and looking at the scene, so why not let them listen directly to it live?

So Li Yi quickly asked the assistant director to get a player, and it was a large speaker.

After Li Yi wrote the song "Men Should Strengthen Theirself", he specially found a famous Hong Kong singer with an iron lung to sing it.

It can be said that the quality of the songs is very good.

When the tune adapted from "The General's Order" called "Men Should Strengthen Theirself" played, Li Yi suddenly felt guilty.

"Practice!" Li Yi shouted loudly.

Accompanied by passionate and heroic singing.

Zhao Qian and his disciples had a fist fight on the beach.

It was nothing at first, but gradually, the singing started.

“Arrogance laughs at thousands of waves, and the blood is hotter than the red sun;
Your courage is like iron, your bones are like fine steel!He has a broad mind and a far-sighted vision. "

“Pledge to work hard to become a good man; to be a good man, you must improve yourself every day!

A hot-blooded man is hotter than the red sun."

Li Yi directly signaled to turn on the phone!
"The first scene of "Once Upon a Time", the first shot, the eighth shot, ACTION!"

This time it felt right.

Li Yi looked at the picture on the monitor and couldn't help but nodded.

"Good! It's over!"

"Okay!" Everyone in the crew cheered.

Although the first scene didn't get off to a good start, at least it was a success!

And Li Yi was obviously very satisfied. In addition, this song, paired with this scene, made the crew feel very excited after watching it.

This is also the reason why Li Yi chose this scene for the first scene!
There are actually not many scenes on the beach, but this one is the most crucial.

The filming was completed quickly and smoothly, and then the scene was transferred.

The filming of "Once Upon a Time" is gradually getting better. Although many action scenes have to be shot repeatedly, the actors are all very capable.

And because Li Yi has repeatedly emphasized safety, both the behind-the-scenes staff and the actors take it very seriously.

Before the start of every shooting, as long as it involves cable handling and any safety hazards, we will be required to go through an inspection.

In fact, Diaowei Ya is not only dangerous for actors, but more importantly, it is very painful.

For example, when we were watching a movie, we saw Huang Feihong flying up and kicking Foshan Wuying. It seemed very cool, but for actors, it is really not that difficult to film such a scene well.

First of all, he has to perform actions in the air, and they are unconventional actions, especially side-lying flying kicks. The key is to move and continuously fly kicks. After every scene is filmed, even if Zhao Qian is protected, he is still covered by Wia. It caused a lot of bruises.

More importantly, this kind of play is often difficult to get up to speed. After all, you are not doing the moves alone, but with an opponent.

Even if there is a slight mistake or the effect is not the best, it needs to be retaken.

Therefore, the filming progress of "Once Upon a Time" is not very fast.

Although no major accidents occurred, minor accidents were commonplace.

For example, if you don't control your balance in the air, you will be easily injured. After all, hanging by a thin wire, even if you take adequate protection, it will only prevent the actor from being in too serious danger, but it will be a small injury. Injury, pain, and fatigue are inevitable.

It is actually very different from the earlier "One Knife".

Although there are many fighting scenes in "One Sword, All Fallen", in fact, the style of the fighting scenes in "One Sword, All Fallen" is completely different from that in "Once Upon a Time".

The more Li Yi films, the more he feels emotional. The decline of martial arts films and kung fu films is not without reason.

On the one hand, if this kind of movie is to be made well, the requirements for actors are very high, and now, how many actors are willing to be so tired after becoming famous?
Why bother when you can just sit back and make a lot of money?

On the other hand, it is also because the filming of this type of movie is high-risk and difficult, and it is often difficult to keep up with the schedule.

This is the biggest difference between today and the golden age of Hong Kong movies.

In those days in Hong Kong, was it possible to shoot an action movie quickly because there were no injuries?
The answer is no, but because at that time, it was not a big deal for actors to get injured or anything like that. Unlike now, if actors, especially more popular actors, were really injured or something, not to mention the actors themselves being affected, the investment Fang, the crew can't afford such a risk!

After all, some people can make headlines even if they cut their fingers and heal them later in the hospital. Those precious people, do you expect them to go all out to film?is it possible?

(End of this chapter)