Chapter 251 Wu Jing's Secret Learning
Chapter 251 Wu Jing's Secret Learning
People who don't know much about movies, especially Hollywood movies, may not know who Alan Ferraz is.
However, once you mention that he had participated in the production of the first film "The Bourne Supremacy", many people might say "Oh" to indicate that they know it.
And Alan Ferraz was also the action director of the original "Taken".
So many people will find that Liam Neeson's action style in "Taken" is very similar to Jason Bourne in "The Bourne Supremacy".
Both of them use real-time punches to defeat the enemy cleanly and efficiently.
In Wang Hao's new version of "Taken", the related action design is also consistent.
The reason why Wang Hao ignored those domestic action directors was precisely because of this point.
This is not because Wang Hao himself is a Westernized person. It's just that when it comes to modern gun battle action scenes, he really needs a Hollywood action director.
In China, the action film genre has risen rapidly because of Bruce Lee, and has become popular thanks to the efforts of kung fu stars such as Jackie Chan, Li Lianjie, and Sammo Hung.
But in the late 90s, as Hong Kong's well-known martial arts directors entered Hollywood and contributed to excellent action films such as "The Matrix", "Spider-Man" and "Blade".
The action teams in Hollywood also successfully learned China's unique action style from these people by relying on the advantages of film industrialization.
And after that, Hollywood's action team continued to innovate based on these kung fu elements, incorporating gunfights, special effects and other action elements from all over the world into action movies, thus deriving more different styles.
In this regard, China's action movies have begun to gradually go downhill, and action stars have fallen into a period of transition.
Even though there are modern fighting represented by "SPL" and "Flash Point", as well as traditional martial arts represented by "Sword Rain", "Ip Man" and "Knife of the Assassin".
But they were all short-lived. Although they became classics, they did not become large-scale.
So now when Wang Hao was filming "Taken", he had to seek help from Hollywood action directors.
After all, the national conditions are different. Among the domestic action instructors, there are only a few who can frequently touch guns and are familiar with special operations.
When Wu Jing shoots "Wolf Warrior 2" in the future, he will also find Sam Hargrave, who participated in the production of "Avengers 3" and "Deadpool 2", to be the action director.
As for Alan Ferraz, whom Wang Hao found this time, he has also served in the special forces. He is not only proficient in gun battles that domestic action directors are not very familiar with, but also proficient in special tactics.
Moreover, the action movies he participated in and directed also incorporated the Israeli-style fighting and self-defense technique called "Krav Maga".
This unique fighting style emphasizes a quick counterattack, a fatal blow, and no rules. It is a tough, sharp, and straightforward close combat technique.
Wang Hao recruited him for a not-so-high price. In addition to letting him be responsible for the choreography of the film's action, he also had to help Liam Neeson with physical and combat training.
Of course, this is not the end. Before starting to shoot the action scenes, Wang Hao called Wu Jing in China and asked him to fly to Paris with Zhang Jin, who was just recruited by Xingdou Culture from Zhouyi Film and Television.
The reason for calling them over was to allow them to participate in the action shooting of "Taken", learn relevant techniques from Alan Ferraz, and also to prepare for Wang Hao's next film "Wolf Warrior".
Under the guidance of Alan Ferraz and with the cooperation of mainland action teams such as Wu Jing, the action scenes of "Taken" were filmed smoothly.
Even though Liam Neeson is now 55 years old, he still has a good work ethic. Not only does he do physical training with Alan Ferraz every day, but he also does most of the action scenes himself. During the filming process, young domestic action directors such as Wu Jing, who were specially called over, also learned a lot from Alan Ferraz.
"How have you been feeling these days?"
After the filming was completed that day, Wang Hao ran to Wu Jing's room and had a midnight snack with him and Zhang Jin, and chatted about "Wolf Warrior".
As the three of them chatted, they talked about action scenes, and Wu Jing naturally talked about their recent achievements.
“Hollywood’s action design is indeed unique, but I still think they have more to offer in terms of action shooting.”
Wu Jing took a sip of the whiskey, then picked up a piece of salami and ate it with some pickle slices.
It’s true that this French snack has a very unique flavor.
“They usually don’t shoot panoramic shots, most of them use three camera positions, one from above, one from the first person’s perspective, and one from the other person’s perspective.
When two people are fighting, they first punch from the other person's perspective, and then the scene is cut to the first-person perspective, so that the audience feels like they are being punched in the face.
Then when the scene is edited to show the angle from above, the audience realizes that it is not them who are being beaten, which makes the experience much more realistic.”
Wu Jing talked about the fast editing that she had learned, and Wang Hao responded with a smile.
“So the development of film production technology is inseparable from the material foundation.
In the past, when we made movies, we mostly used film cameras. A roll of film cost a lot, and the machines were not cheap either.
In an ordinary movie, there is no opportunity for you to set up three camera positions.
In other words, Hollywood projects are not short of money and often fight for wealth, so they can master this multi-camera shooting method in large quantities. "
"Well, our country is now rich, and investment in film and television projects is also increasing. We will definitely be able to catch up in this regard in the future."
Wu Jing seemed to be very confident about this and spoke with full confidence.
Wang Hao nodded upon hearing this.
"Of course, what we are doing now is to improve the level of our film industry, right?
In the future, our own kung fu films will surely be able to absorb the advantages of these Hollywood action films, and perhaps innovate again on this basis.
By the way, Lao Wu, have you asked Lao Lan about the exoskeleton fighting thing I asked you to ask about? "
Lao Lan is their private nickname for Alan Ferraz. As for the exoskeleton fighting, it naturally involves the action scenes of "Wolf Warrior".
The script for Wang Hao's "Wolf Warrior" has already come out, but it has nothing to do with Wu Jing's original "Wolf Warrior". It also contains a lot of high-tech military equipment that can be called sci-fi, which also requires Wu Jing and other main creators to do more research.
For example, how should we design the action scenes where the characters are wearing exoskeletons?
(End of this chapter)