Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 243 Is this considered acting?

Lin Yuan stood on the deck of the Black Pearl, holding a spear.

The Black Pearl was built specifically for indoor shooting.

Because it does not need to be used for actual underwater shooting, the waterproofing, sails, rudder control, etc. are all made relatively simply. Basically, just a shell is made with reference to the complete version.

This "indoor version" of the Black Pearl also adds some preset cross-sections.

When shooting later, you can use mechanical equipment such as cranes to make the ship split and fall over, creating a feeling of being madly ravaged by a monster.

The plot of the scene to be filmed today is: The Kraken, a giant sea monster, attacks the Black Pearl. Turner, the strongest fighter on the ship, fights against the deep-sea monster with a spear in hand.

But Turner, a mortal, still finds it difficult to resist a giant monster like the Kraken.

So he chose to give up the head-on confrontation and did some parkour on the Black Pearl to attract the Kraken's attention and buy time for his teammates.

The crew of the Black Pearl put the gunpowder barrels on the ship into a large net bag, which was equivalent to rolling a cluster bomb with their hands.

Finally, Captain Jack fired a shot, detonating the explosive pack and temporarily repelling the Kraken.

The filming was ready, and Director Verbinski gave the order to begin:
"Action!"

The clapperboard was struck and the shooting officially began.

Turner was standing on the deck when suddenly there was a violent shaking under his feet.

"It's coming!" Captain Jack shouted in horror.

"Who?" Turner asked.

"Kraken! We're doomed!" Captain Jack replied.

"What? Why are we being targeted by that monster?" a crew member said in horror.

"No one has ever escaped from its mouth. This time there is really no hope!" another crew member shouted in despair.

"Cheer up! There's nothing to be afraid of with the Kraken. I escaped from it not long ago!"

Turner was referring to his last escape on a great white shark after his ship was sunk by the Kraken.

"Give it a try, we have a chance to repel it! It's hard to say who will win!" Turner continued to encourage the crew.

Following Turner's command, the crew began to get busy.

In the midst of the chaotic battle preparations, Captain Jack secretly ran to the lifeboat at the stern, lowered the rope, and climbed up alone.

"You have no idea how terrifying the Kraken is. This is like hitting a rock with an egg. I'll have to stop you."

He rowed a small boat and escaped alone.

At this time, huge octopus tentacles rose from the bottom of the sea and tightly wrapped around the Black Pearl.

(Special effects added later)
"Jack? Where is Captain Jack?" Elizabeth wanted Captain Jack to give the attack order, but found that he was nowhere to be found.

So she turned to Turner and yelled, "Turner! The Kraken is coming!"

"Understood! Fire!" Turner gave the order loudly.

Following Lin Yuan's order, the cannons on both sides of the Black Pearl's ship immediately opened fire.

"boom!"

"boom!"

The shells hit the giant tentacle hard, tearing open the wound, and the smelly blood splattered all over the ship.

Feeling the pain, the tentacles twisted wildly and retracted back into the sea. "Yeah! We won!"

"We repelled the Kraken's attack!"

The crew on the Black Pearl cheered ecstatically.

Turner, who had successfully escaped from the clutches of the Kraken, had a serious expression on his face. He knew that this level of damage was just a tickle to the deep-sea monster.

It will come back soon.

"Don't be happy too soon, the Kraken hasn't left yet! Gather all the powder kegs now!" Turner gave the order calmly.

"Elizabeth, the task of detonating the powder barrel will be handed over to you." Turner picked up another musket and handed it to Elizabeth.

"Jack! Captain Jack has escaped!" At this time, a crew member saw the lifeboat in the distance.

Everyone looked in the direction of his finger and found Captain Jack who had escaped alone.

"How can a captain abandon his own ship!" the crew members cursed angrily.

"You coward!" Elizabeth cursed disdainfully.

"Don't worry about him for now, the Kraken's attack is coming again!" Turner issued a warning again.

This time, the Kraken no longer tried to wrap its tentacles around the Black Pearl, but instead slapped its huge tentacles directly onto the ship.

"Boom!"

Along with the loud bang, wood fragments flew across the deck, and several crew members were instantly beaten into a pulp.

"You guys go into the cabin and take shelter! Tie up the powder barrels as soon as possible!" Turner shouted.

"how about you?"

"I'll buy you some time!" Turner, holding a spear, rushed towards the Kraken's huge tentacles.

Lin Yuan jumped high, and the spear in his hand stabbed forward sharply like a flash of lightning.

Suddenly, the spear in Turner's hand stopped, as if it had hit something tough, and there was nothing in front of him.

This is the non-physical void fight in Lin Yuan's scene. During post-production, the Kraken's huge tentacle special effects will be added to the tip of his gun.

What the audience will see is that Lin Yuan stabbed the Kraken's tentacle with a gun, but the gun could only penetrate to a shallow depth of the gun tip.

Faced with the situation where he could only penetrate to the depth of the gun tip, Turner used all his strength and exerted force in the second stage.

The gun barrel slowly sank into the tentacles, giving people the feeling that although the resistance was extremely great, it could not stop Turner's determination.

Turner suddenly exerted all his strength and raised the gun with both hands. Driven by the huge force, the tip of the gun moved slowly but resolutely, as if breaking through a tough barrier.

Although Lin Yuan was cutting through the air with his gun, none of the audience watching this performance would feel that way.

They looked at Lin Yuan's struggling expression, and the trembling but determined gun blade seemed to be really cutting through the monster's tough body, cutting it apart.

"Lin Yuan's performance was amazing. He shot and picked up the gun at the air. But I didn't find it abstract or difficult to understand at all. I could immediately imagine him fighting a huge tentacle in my mind," said director Verbinski.

"This is because Lin Yuan's marksmanship is so superb that even when facing a ball of air, he can simulate the feel and resistance of stabbing an object, thus giving people an extremely real feeling. Do you think this can be considered as acting? Can Lin Yuan win the Best Actor award for this performance?" Meng Tao asked.

"..."

Director Verbinski was stunned for a moment before answering, "It's hard to say. Traditional action scenes are more like a display of fighting skills and are often not considered acting. But with Lin Yuan's non-propeller fighting, it's really hard to say. Because too much of it is performed."

(End of this chapter)