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"Once Upon a Time" was officially released, and it still remained true to its true character as the Big Devil. It was almost swept aside in the same period.

Of course, everyone is actually used to it. Ever since it was screened, the reputation of "Once Upon a Time" has been visible, and it has become a hot topic since then. You can say that the plot is a little thin, but you can't say that this movie is not good enough.

And when I think of the "Once Upon a Time" series having three parts, many of my colleagues feel sore at the thought of it.

As we all know, movies that can be made into sequels basically have the foundation of the first movie, and the second movie is basically not bad, or even stronger.

"Once Upon a Time in China" is released, and Li Yi and the crew have had enough rest, so naturally they can't delay it any longer.

Although the crew will definitely look a little rusty when they start working again after such a long break, it is much better than before, where they were suppressed for so long and kept on a tight string.

At least after the release of "Once Upon a Time: Top Gun", many people breathed a sigh of relief. After all, although it is Li Yi's film industry, it is still a martial arts film.

Fortunately, the performance of "Once Upon a Time in China" exceeded everyone's expectations after it was released, so I naturally feel more energetic when working. Although Li Yi and the cast of the crew are famous, these behind-the-scenes staff are also working hard. This is an extremely important addition to his resume.

When filming resumed, Li Yi adjusted the filming plan. It was definitely not going to be difficult at the beginning, so the filming was restarted for the scene involving a large group of people attending a medical conference and returning to the inn after being attacked by the White Lotus Sect.

This scene is simple to say the least. Although it is a group scene, there are not many close-ups. In this scene, there are only two main shots, one of which is Huang Feihong.

This scene is said to be simple because it does not require too many close-ups, and the performance and acting requirements are not so demanding.

But to say it is difficult, the main difficulty lies in the group performance.

After all, when there are more people participating in the show, the slightest mistake will require reshooting.

Of course, the main reason is that there are too many people involved in this scene, and there are also dogs.

"Every department is in its place!" After several rehearsals, filming was finally about to begin.

In this kind of play, the actors must first be in place, in a predetermined position, and then how to act, how to move, etc., must be practiced in advance.

"Eight scenes of "Once Upon a Time in China" No. 20, first scene, first time, ACTION!"

As the sound of the clapper fell, the filming of this scene officially started.

What is different from the finished film when it was released is that this scene actually started shooting multiple lenses and multiple scenes at the same time. When the film was finished, it was the scene after editing.

The opera singer was the specially invited veteran opera performer Yan Dong. Although this veteran opera performer is not well-known, he is from Cantonese. In order to sing this opera well, he visited many old folk artists in advance.

Although the singing in this scene will definitely require subsequent dubbing, the singing also needs to be performed live.

"Floating away, don't ask about the cause, all I can see is the remaining light in the middle of the mountain."

This section was shot of people on the first floor of the inn, drinking and playing Pai Gow. It was very lively.

There was no problem in this section. Li Yi looked at the monitor and nodded.

Although they are all extras, there is a difference between extras and extras. In Li Yi's movies, the salary is high, and of course the requirements are higher, so these extras can be put into other movies. Make a special appointment.

Of course, you get what you pay for, and the results were indeed satisfactory to Li Yi.

Especially those who played Pai Gow. Before this, they had been playing for a while at the request of the assistant director, so they were relatively proficient in flipping cards and so on.

Soon the camera starts moving.

When they sang "Take care of a sad person.", the camera pulled out and showed Huang Feihong standing on the balcony.

At this moment, the camera showed a close-up of the face of Huang Feihong, played by Zhao Qian.

Zhao Qian also performed this part very well. He frowned slightly and looked into the distance.

At this time, the wide angle of the camera was widened, and the surrounding Western and traditional buildings were intertwined. The camera began to zoom out again, and Western warships and Chinese ships were juxtaposed. The camera came back and looked down again. The bleak autumn wind, paper scraps and garbage were scattered everywhere, and the dilapidated streets , dim lights, some people are smashing Western buildings, there are officers and soldiers chasing reactionaries, there are people running, there are gangsters fighting, there are homeless people begging, there are chaotic night markets, there are Western carriages, there are Chinese sedan
Of course, these shots were shot through other lenses, not Li Yi's scenes.

In fact, the main purpose is to pursue a feeling, so when shooting, several sides are shot at the same time.

The camera pulled back to the inn again, where the blind opera singer was:

“The road ahead is bleak, and I can’t help but feel sad.
Wandering about my past life made me burst into tears
If you want to learn to throw a pen, throw a pen and join the army, you want to work hard,
But I was misled by the Confucian title, which made it difficult for me to achieve my ambition."

"Okay! This one passed! Very good!" Li Yi couldn't help but cheer happily.

He also didn't expect that the first step of restarting filming would go so smoothly.

In fact, the "Once Upon a Time" trilogy each has its own content and theme. Although they are said to be of the same origin, there are also some obvious changes.

Relatively speaking, the plot of the first "Top Gun" basically continues the traditional model of punishing evil and promoting good. The image of Huang Feihong is still positioned as a chivalrous and righteous person.But facing the chaotic and turbulent current situation, he felt a lot of confusion and confusion in his heart: If Jinshan really exists, why do foreigners and foreign ships come to us?Perhaps, we are already standing on the golden mountain.

By the time of "Men Should Strengthen themselves", it is no longer just about punishing evil and promoting good. Huang Feihong has already participated in the revolutionary movement against the feudal monarchy - the attempted Guangdong Uprising led by Sun Wen and Lu Haodong, and also criticized the West. Advanced culture has a preliminary understanding of medical skills and education, but in the torrent of history, he is still only a supporting role or a witness.

The first part shows the society of eastern Guangdong in the late Qing Dynasty through the appearance of the people at the bottom of society, while the second part further integrates it with history.

The White Lotus Sect appears in this film and occupies a large part of the scene.

Some people say that the real excitement of the second part of "Once Upon a Time" lies beyond kung fu. Li Yi also thinks so. From a script perspective, he actually prefers the second part, but the first part is also essential. , indispensable.Because in the first part, Huang Feihong has just begun to accept the impact of Western culture and is still confused, and in the second part, he begins to participate in some historical events, but at this moment, although he has a better understanding of this era, Deep understanding, but still can't see through it.

It wasn't until the third film that Huang Feihong truly fully awakened and became a true chivalrous master.

The transformation is actually very interesting, such as suits. In the first part, Aunt Thirteen made a suit for Huang Feihong; in the second part, Huang Feihong changed Aunt Thirteen into a Tang suit. This is also an interesting change.

In fact, the filming of the movie is still not that smooth. Compared with the first part, the second part actually has more characters, the plot is more complicated, and there are more characters appearing. Just the scenes of the White Lotus Sect, Jiugong Zhenren, and White Lotus Sect. The saint, etc., as well as the crucial Nalan Yuanshu played by Wu Jun, all have many scenes.

And there are more fighting scenes. Compared with the first part, the fighting scenes in the second part are more exciting.

But it’s also more difficult to shoot because the styles involved are increasingly different.

Time flies, and the last two parts of the "Once Upon a Time" trilogy are progressing with difficulty.

Although with the experience of the first film, filming would normally be much smoother, but in fact, the crew also encountered various accidents during filming, and injuries were common.

But no matter what, the movie is still advancing the progress bar.

This also made Li Yi understand more and more why the fighting styles in today's kung fu movies and martial arts movies have been changing, becoming more and more erratic, and their proportion is getting smaller and smaller. It's because this kind of movies are really not good. shoot.

Even if the director is willing to shoot, the actors may not be willing to act. After all, among the star actors who can be the protagonists, who is not worth billions of dollars, and how many of them are willing to take the risk of being injured to shoot such a movie? ?
You can still become popular and make money if you film other light-hearted scenes, so why do you have to suffer this?
Why are there fewer and fewer people practicing martial arts?
Why are the faults in some traditional skills becoming more and more serious?

It is also because of this that in the past, the corners of the pear orchard, which were not cultivated at a young age, were all mass-produced like now.

Closer to home.

Regarding the role of Nalan Yuanshu, Wu Jun was actually quite confused.

No, he came to Li Yi to talk about the character again.

"Why can't you figure it out?" Li Yi asked with a smile.

"Yeah, my head almost explodes, but I still don't quite understand this character." Wu Jun said with a wry smile.

"Tell me, how do you understand it?" Li Yi asked with a smile.

"First of all, I know that he is a tragic character in the movie, but I don't understand his thoughts. In my opinion, the four words "loyalty, courage and perseverance" on the wall of the yamen are the most suitable to describe Nalan Yuanshu, although in terms of Nalan Yuanshu may be a little worse than Huang Feihong in martial arts, but in terms of depth of thinking, Nalan Yuanshu is much better than Huang Feihong. Although Huang Feihong is the protagonist, he is just a passer-by in history. His martial arts is good at best. I have read the script about a military commander. In the Once Upon a Time trilogy, Huang Feihong never understood what revolution was. He was like a historical passer-by from the old era to the new era. He represented the ordinary people of China... …

Before the final battle, Nalan Yuanshu appeared with a musket, which proved that he was also a reformer. He not only understood foreign languages ​​​​and new foreign things, but also knew how to use foreign things for China. If Nalan's identity was not determined, Nalan The character Lan Yuanshu would not be so tragic...

I think he should be loyal to the Qing court, but he also killed the consular counselor of the Eagle Kingdom, which seems a bit
You said Nalan Yuanshu, what kind of person is he? "

Some people say that when an actor wants to play a role, there are usually three levels.

The first and most obvious one is to follow the script and show whatever emotion the character needs in each scene. There is no need to think too much or understand what the character is thinking. What.

The second is to understand the background of the character and act as the character. Each scene does not exist independently, but follows the development of the plot.

The third method is to not only understand the background setting of the character, but also to know his growth experience, to make this person "real", to understand his thoughts, thoughts, and what kind of things he will do when he encounters them. What kind of reaction will be made?

Obviously Wu Jun is pursuing the last one.

That's why he was confused, because he didn't understand what Nalan Yuanshu was thinking in the movie.

Li Yi thought for a while and said: "He is different from Ji Shan in the first part. Ji Shan was the most common court official of that era, and they had all the characteristics of a bureaucracy.

But Nalan Yuanshu is different.

We only saw Nalan Yuanshu telling his men to be careful not to injure civilians when suppressing the White Lotus Sect; we saw Nalan Yuanshu's deep understanding of foreign countries' behavior of using China to control China; we saw Nalan Yuanshu's behavior A local governor's bravery in suppressing an uprising.

Nalan Yuanshu's position on the White Lotus Sect was wrong, but it was not completely wrong.As a cult, the White Lotus Sect should have been completely suppressed long ago, but Nalan Yuanshu was kind to the White Lotus Sect.He did not allow the White Lotus Sect to run wild, but he also did not suppress the White Lotus Sect.On the one hand, it is out of love for compatriots, on the other hand, it is out of hatred for foreign invaders.But everything the White Lotus Sect has done is even more destructive than foreign invasion.Nalan Yuanshu's position here is not entirely correct, but it is understandable.

From these aspects, Nalan Yuanshu is still an excellent local official who protects the land and the people.At least at that time, Nalan Yuanshu himself was much more positive than many bureaucrats of his time.

However, from the perspective of the plot setting, this character is a villain. From the perspective of an official, he has the limitations of the times, which is understandable.

But as you should have seen in the subsequent plot, he should have been more active in rescuing the children in Tongwen Hall.In terms of responsibilities, Nalan Yuanshu was the admiral of the land route in eastern Guangdong, a first-rank official in the Qing court, and the highest commander of the Qing army in the green camp of eastern Guangdong Province.The White Lotus believers were in rebellion, so he should maintain social order in the province, not to mention that Tongwen Hall was an official school run by the Qing court.In terms of ability, he controls the general soldiers of the seven towns, is highly skilled in martial arts, and is an official of the imperial court.The conditions are much better than those of Lu Haodong, Huang Feihong and others.However, not only did he fail to rescue the students from Tongwen Hall, he finally colluded with the White Lotus Sect to attack the Eagle Country Consulate and kill innocent people indiscriminately, putting the children who had escaped danger almost in danger again.

Is it a little hard to understand? He sympathized with the White Lotus Sect, so he did not suppress the White Lotus Sect with absolute force at the beginning. Later, he even colluded with the White Lotus Sect. "

Wu Jun nodded and said: "Yes, so I can't understand it. Is this character too contradictory?"

Li Yi shook his head and said: "We need to know that throughout all of Nalan Yuanshu's decisions, without exception, maintaining the stability of the Qing Dynasty's regime was the top priority.

In order to protect the political power, although he said that "the people are his food and clothing parents", he could still refuse to help schoolchildren regardless of the life and death of the people.In order to protect the regime, he can cut off the vital telegraph line in Guangdong and turn Guangdong into a "dead city".In order to protect the regime, he could collude with the White Lotus cultists to attack the consulate and even kill the British counselor.He said to the British counselor "This is China, not Britain", but the China in his heart was just the China of the Qing Dynasty and had nothing to do with the Chinese people.

Therefore, as a loyal minister, everything he did was actually for one thing, and that was the country in his heart, the Qing court!Therefore, there is no so-called contradiction in everything he does! "

(End of this chapter)