Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 215: Flying Sand and Rocks, Traditional Photography Techniques

On the set, Gu Ming entrusted Cheng Long with the fight coordination for this episode, and also gave him a small sum of money as a fee for the killing array.

Cheng Long was quite happy as he could try out his martial arts skills and get paid for it.

This is all the pocket money he earned himself, and Luo Wei can't take it away!

After discussing with the director, Gu Mingze led his men to start setting up the venue.

Shinichi Chiba was watching from the sidelines, and he became more and more confused.

It was clearly the Yellow Wind Monster, but no one knew what Gu Ming was planning.

"Okay, don't sprinkle the powder yet, let me try."

Gu Ming stood aside, estimated the position of the camera, and waved to the outside world.

The two young men in the office worked together and pulled a rope.

The wooden board attached to the end of the rope was pulled out, causing a cloud of dust to fly.

At the same time, two people hid near the camera and raised dust everywhere to create that effect.

Chiba Shinichi stared for a moment and reacted in an instant.

That's it!

Perspective effect, objects appear larger when closer and smaller when farther away.

The ropes on the ground are to ensure that there is dust during filming, but the dust is not too large. It is only swung up when necessary to coordinate with the actors' movements to create the corresponding effect.

The dust in front of the camera is used to create the effect of a strong yellow wind using traditional methods.

It's not that he doesn't understand this principle. Chiba Shinichi has been filming for more than 20 years and started playing supporting roles on the set when he was a teenager. He knows all about these things.

But when it was his turn to design, he couldn't think of anything at the moment, let alone integrate it well.

Now that he thinks about it carefully, Chiba Shinichi feels that this matter is actually not simple.

For example, when should the dust be raised? When should the rope be pulled?

If the coordination is not good, dust will be raised on the other side after the fight, or the rope will be lifted on one side and hit the actor on the other side, which will have an impact.

You can't do it well without training.

In other words, the action actors in Gu Ming's studio have received corresponding training!

Chiba Shinichi couldn't help but sigh.

In contrast, although JAC has tried its best to train action actors, it has also trained many famous Japanese actors and action stuntmen.

However, when it comes to the techniques of these action movies, I am still completely at zero and have not even started yet!
He said no more and watched intently.

Gu Ming tried it several times, then ran back to the camera and adjusted several positions according to the camera position.

"Okay...that's about it."

Gu Ming raised his hand and made an OK gesture, and the teenagers quickly made marks on the ground.

Everything was settled. Gu Ming finally explained to Cheng Long that when fighting, he should not go beyond the marked range, otherwise his trick would be exposed.

Gu Ming is quite confident about Cheng Long. Cheng Long has been on the film set for ten years and has a good sense of the camera. He will not easily be out of the picture.

With the order, the shooting officially began.

Gu Ming placed no restrictions on Cheng Long except for the camera position, allowing him to fully express his humorous ideas. However, under the powerful Yellow Wind, Zhen Xia Long fought against the Yellow Wind Monster, summoning monkey clones. The two sides would sometimes stumble and sometimes swing their clubs. Zhen Xia Long hid behind one of the clones, using the clone's club to fight the Yellow Wind Monster. Meanwhile, Nishida Toshiyuki rushed over and acted as a disruptor.

His humorous ideas were already evident. Naturally, there were some mistakes along the way, but the overall effect was much better than when Chiba Shinichi was in charge yesterday.

Gu Ming nodded secretly.

It seems that talented people really can't be suppressed. Even if he took the lead and used Cheng Long's techniques in advance, Cheng Long's talent in action scenes was not wiped out, and he still did a good job in the humorous effect.
Fortunately, Gu Ming had no intention of hiding it any further, having always wanted to befriend her. With their current relationship, they often exchanged letters. While they couldn't be considered close friends, they were close enough to guest-star in each other's works.

After the scene, Cheng Long was completely satisfied. He had many interesting ideas, and now he was able to use them, which made him feel extremely satisfied.

He has never been a director himself, not even a martial arts director.

The director also looked very satisfied.

As expected, we have to ask Akira Furuya to do this kind of part, and the effect he presents is really good.

He can't go a day without using this set.

Although according to the director's response in the previous episodes, Gu Ming was asked to do the killing formation, he always interfered with the filming.

But the finished film is good, so if there is any interference, it’s interference. At least Gu Ming didn’t interfere with other parts.

"That martial artist is really good." Cheng Long praised Zhen Xialong: "Gu Sheng, can you lend that person to Hong Kong?"

"That won't do." Gu Ming smiled and said, "Maxia Long is my brother, a dear friend and a beloved brother. Even if you pay more, I won't do that."

Actually, it’s not impossible, but Gu Ming thinks that at least he should let Manatsu Ryu finish filming Leo before going.

Hong Kong is quite exclusive. If you don't have any talent or status, you'll be easily excluded. But if you have works, it's different. Hong Kong also respects people with works and talent.

There are not many works in which Ryu Manatsu is the protagonist. Leo is the beginning and also the peak of his career. After that, he played various supporting roles for many years and also played the villain.

Manatsu Ryu didn't care. He was not familiar with Hong Kong. He was living a good life now and didn't even go to the bar to perform. He didn't have such a strong career ambition, so naturally he didn't want to go to Hong Kong where he was unfamiliar with the place.

Hearing Gu Ming's refusal, Cheng Long felt a little regretful.

He really thought Zhen Xia Long was good, his appearance was pleasing to the eye, and his skills were also good.

And both of their names contain the word "dragon", this is called fate!
"I didn't expect this guy to have such excellent skills!" Chiba Shinichi walked over, looked at Cheng Long, and praised him endlessly.

At first he thought Cheng Long was just an ordinary person, but now he is really amazing! Although he looks like an ordinary person, his skills and abilities are outstanding.

He even wants Cheng Long!
Gu Ming couldn't help but laugh.

"Mr. Chiba may have misunderstood. This is Cheng Long. He's not from our agency, but a friend of mine from Hong Kong. He's visiting Japan this time. My agency can't afford to support him. A movie might take hundreds of millions of yen at the box office. I've never made hundreds of millions of yen at the box office!"

Of course, it’s because Gu Ming has never made a movie. So far, he is a pure TV drama star, acting in all kinds of TV dramas.

Fortunately, Japanese TV drama stars have a high status and their income is not low at all.

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master both grossed hundreds of millions of yen, which, converted into US dollars, is more than two or three times the box office in Hong Kong.

When these words were spoken, Chiba Shinichi was really shocked.

Is this guy the leading actor in a billion-dollar box office movie?
People should not be judged by their appearance!

It looks ordinary and its nose is a bit big, but its box office exceeded 100 million!
Gu Ming spread his hands.

It’s not over 100 million now, but it will be over 100 million next year!
Cheng Long himself didn't believe what he said.

"It's not that bad. One hundred million yen, one hundred million and I'll be satisfied!"

Having said that, he was still a little proud. He didn't expect Gu Ming to praise his work so much.

Cheng Long feels that this is a kind of self-confidence.

(End of this chapter)