Chapter 886 Martial Arts Design

If you say abduct, just abduct.

Sang Linzhen simply told his team what to do next, then packed his luggage and prepared to return to the capital with Wu Yuan.

As the martial arts instructor of the crew, he certainly cannot be responsible for the martial arts work of the entire crew alone. In fact, Sang Lin has a martial arts team of 12 people.

Well, to put it simply, it is similar to the Cheng Jia Ban and Yuan Jia Ban, where a whole team is responsible for the martial arts guidance of a drama.

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It's just that the members of the team are not famous at all, and they all have to rely on Sang Lin to eat alone.

This is normal in the martial arts instruction industry.

Before Sang Lin became famous, he had been in other martial arts teams for many years. Later, by chance, he got the opportunity to become a real martial arts master and then formed his own team.

In fact, the domestic martial arts industry is in decline because of the behavior of this "XX class" which is very bad for the industry. This is the 21st century. How can it be possible to make the industry big if there are still such small groups?

Only by establishing a formalized and large-scale martial arts instruction and training industry can movies and TV series be supplemented with a steady stream of fresh blood.

However, this matter is not something that Sang Lin and Wu Yuan can promote alone. In fact, they are not interested in promoting it. Anyway, as long as it can meet their own needs.

Sang Lin's martial arts team was responsible for the follow-up reshoots of "The Trilogy of the Gods". There weren't many fighting scenes that needed reshoots, so he was very relieved.

The next day, he and Wu Yuan said goodbye to Wu Ershan, boarded Wu Yuan's private plane, and flew back to the capital.

Well, after seeing Wu Yuan's private jet, Sang Lin became more determined to "hang out" with him.

These are the real thick thighs. You don’t have to worry about the job for the rest of your life, and it is even possible to transform from an action director to a real director.

"Director Wu, so the script isn't finished yet?"

After arriving at the conference room of the Age of Light and Shadow and holding a video conference, and seeing a bunch of white foreigners, Sang Lin finally figured out the preparations for the movie "Mulan".

Surprisingly, this is a Disney blockbuster, targeting the international market, and it is also Disney’s strongest live-action princess movie, so a winner!

The worry is that all the work on "Mulan" has just begun, and the most important script has not yet been completed.

This is more troublesome for martial arts instructors.

Because there is no exact script, Sang Lin can't design fighting actions based on the plot and storyboards. After all, fighting scenes always serve the plot, and they don't just fight how they want.

Wu Yuan was very calm about this. After the meeting, he left Sang Lin alone and talked with him.

"Although the script has not been finished yet, some actor training plans can be arranged first."

"If nothing else, you have read the synopsis of the story. In the movie, the war between the emperor's army and the nomadic army is the top priority."

"So the actors must learn some cold weapons, and they also need to do some training for war scenes, such as charging and fighting on horseback."

"Several leading actors are currently undergoing equestrian training at the equestrian field in Beijing. It is expected to be completed next month, and then they will resume martial arts training."

"You first designate a training plan, including making the actors proficient in the use of cold weapons such as swords and spears, as well as horse fighting, and common martial arts movements. It is absolutely right to train these first."

"As for the specific fighting actions, we will just discuss it when the script is completely finalized and storyboarded."

When it comes to making action films, storyboarding is not something that Wu Yuan alone can say. In Hollywood, there is a proper term called action director. Later, this term was also used by China.

Action director does not mean an action film director, but a director who is responsible for the action scenes on the crew, which means the same as the director of Team A and the director of Team B.

When it comes to action scenes, the whole team has to listen to the action director. You can fight how the action director tells you to fight, and you can fight how the action director tells you to fall.

Even the chief director will not interfere in this aspect.

This is also a division made after the film industry is meticulous. Hong Kong Island will not be shot like this. Generally, the chief director has the final say in action scenes. Wu Zhi has to listen to the director. What effect the director wants, Wu Zhi has to think of a solution. What effect does it show?

On the Mainland, the setting of action directors has been introduced in the past ten years. For example, when Lu Yang was filming "Xiu Chun Dao", Sang Lin was the action director. All the fight scenes in "Xiu Chun Dao" had specific storyboard arrangements. , it was all discussed between Sang Lin and Lu Yang, and even Lu Yang had to listen to Sang Lin.

Because Sang Lin knows how to make this scene look best and how to make the audience's blood boil the most. But Lu Yang doesn't understand martial arts, he just likes martial arts movies.

Wu Yuan actually didn't understand much. When filming "Bruce Lee", the fighting scenes were figured out by Chen Guokun, Hong Kong martial arts director and Hollywood action director. "Bruce Lee" had an action director team of up to eight people.

What Wu Yuan needs to do is to make sure that he is satisfied with the scene after each fighting scene. If he is satisfied, he will keep it. If he is not, he will start over.

Of course, he and the action team discussed and finalized the storyboarding before the official shooting.

The same is true for the filming of "Mulan". When it comes to the actual filming, the storyboards for the fighting scenes must be discussed and decided by him and Sang Lin.

Although Wu Yuan does not understand martial arts, he understands the aesthetics of film images. The two still have to complement each other. It is not good to listen to Wu Yuan or Sang Lin all the time, but the cooperation of the two can present the most perfect effect.

This is also the reason why he asked Sang Lin.

Sang Lin is also very clear about this. After getting a reasonable follow-up arrangement from Wu Yuan, he has no objection and immediately promised that he would make arrangements for martial arts training before the actors' equestrian training is over next month, and then seamlessly take over the subsequent martial arts training.

Most of these trainings are mainly based on "laying the foundation", first cultivating the action foundation of several leading actors, as well as the simple use of weapons, and teaching them how to fight professionally and beautifully in front of the camera!

This training is expected to last about 2 months, which is already a very quick training.

You should know that when Sunglass King was filming "The Grandmaster", he forced the leading actors to practice for a long time, and they joined the group for training half a year in advance. The most outrageous one, Zhang Zhen, practiced for three years.

Wu Yuan definitely doesn't have so much time, and Disney doesn't allow it. Two months of martial arts training is just right. After that, it will be OK to practice fighting scenes while filming.

Whether it is Wu Yuan or Sang Lin, they are very satisfied with this plan! (End of this chapter)