Artists under the Rebirth of the Coal Boss

Chapter 181 The Undisputed, Absolutely Hidden Number One!
Action director assistant Liu Guanwei said with dissatisfaction, "Xing Zhuo, what do you mean by this?! Why don't you make your point clearer?"

Haiqing's Beijing Film Academy acting course notes!!

Lin Xingzhuo spoke faster and faster, but her words were very clear, showcasing her impressive acting skills that impressed everyone present.

"What I mean is that there is a systemic lack of industrial processes in the action crew during the filming process."

"The action design of the Sammo Hung Stunt Team continues the realistic style of Hong Kong kung fu films, emphasizing the power of physical collisions and the rhythm of weapon clashes."

"However, the film relies heavily on CG fantasy elements, and the overall tone should be that the action serves the visual spectacle, rather than the logic of actual combat."

"In the existing action design schemes, the fighting is still mainly based on physical weapons confrontation, and special effects are only used as background decorations, lacking organic integration."

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"And the core mechanic of the script is the self-immolation caused by the Crimson Flame Golden Turtle."

"This self-destruction burning setting has been featured in many classic movies."

"For example, the T-1000's molten metal burning in 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day,' Agent Smith's self-destructing program in 'The Matrix,' and so on..."

"When filming this spontaneous combustion scenario, Hollywood action teams work with the special effects department before filming to plan the logical extension of the physical performance and adopt a pre-production special effects design."

"For example, in a spontaneous combustion scenario, the action design needs to pre-determine the energy release characteristics from the inside out, and design corresponding fighting actions based on the character's limbs curling up, trembling, and other reactions."

"This makes the actors' performances both ergonomic and provides a physical basis for post-production special effects, resulting in a more realistic effect..."

"Now, the Sammo Hung Stunt Team relies more on the actors' physical performances and has completely neglected to communicate with the Xsens team. This has resulted in the special effects team having to reshoot details, forcibly inserting frames, and creating a clunky and terrible final product!!"

Everyone in the conference room was stunned by Lin Xingzhuo's words.

Liu Guanwei, the assistant action director of Sammo Hung's stunt team, was inclined to refute this.

However, faced with Lin Xingzhuo's method of quoting extensively from classical texts and conveying a wealth of theoretical knowledge, Liu Guanwei, who dropped out of elementary school and started out as a camera assistant on the Diamond Hill film set, was completely unable to get a word in edgewise.

All I can do is ba ba... ba ba...

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Lin Xingzhuo maintained a steady breathing pattern and spoke at a rapid pace, consistently delivering his lines at a high frequency!
"I saw the action design plan for the subsequent ghost market water chase scene with Director Xu."

"The decision to use traditional wire work to make the actors move across the water was made entirely on a whim, and the action team was handling it all by themselves!"

"Similar scenes in Hollywood, such as the underwater battle in 'Pirates of the Caribbean,' involve precisely planning the interaction points between actors and CG elements through action rehearsals."

“Currently, film crews lack this kind of process, so even if the special effects team spends a lot of time in post-production to fix wire work errors and action transitions.”

"In post-production, there will definitely still be issues with the spatial proportions of the actors' movements and the virtual environment being distorted."

"Finally, Pei Donglai's weapon isn't eye-catching enough! It lacks a heavyweight weapon like Di Renjie's Kanglong Mace, a weapon that can deliver a decisive blow!"

Hong Jingbao stared at Lin Xingzhuo, who was talking non-stop, for a full ten seconds. When he wanted to retort, he found that Lin Xingzhuo spoke very fast, unlike his usual stuttering when reciting lines.

Damn it!! Absolutely no idea where to begin!

What infuriated Hong Jingbao even more was Lin Xingzhuo's sharp and witty remarks, which hit the nail on the head and were truly insightful.

This feeling made Hong Jingbao feel like he was facing classical Hong Kong Film Awards judges who had accumulated a lifetime of rich knowledge of film theory and experience in analyzing film lists.

Add to that the special effects techniques and concepts of Chad Stahelski and other masters of the new wave of Hollywood action films.

A super-sized stitched monster!!!

Damn it! It was a misjudgment!
Damn it! This Lin Xingzhuo is the mastermind behind instigating Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng!!

If we follow Lin Xingzhuo's request, the Xsens team and the Hong family team will work together on the pre-production action design for special effects.

This unprecedented model in the traditional stuntman industry definitely requires me, the action director, to personally oversee it!
Damn it! My dream of slacking off is completely shattered...

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Hong Jingbao originally intended to unleash a violent attack!

However, he suddenly remembered when he was the action director for "Once Upon a Time in China and America".

I once visited Hu Jinquan, a master of martial arts films, in Los Angeles when he was preparing the film "The Blood and Tears of Chinese Laborers".

The two watched a video of "Jurassic Park: The Lost World" together in the living room, marveling at the explosive progress in special effects technology.

Hu Jinquan raised a similar point, but Hong Jingbao didn't take it to heart.

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Today, Hong Kong cinema has declined, while Hollywood's heavy industry films are at their peak, invincible!
Thinking back to that conversation in Los Angeles years ago, perhaps it really has come to the point where a change is inevitable.

For a moment, Hong Jingbao fell silent.

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In his previous life, when Deng Chao played this role, he didn't have the same influence and treatment as Lin Xingzhuo.

Lin Xingzhuo dared to make such outrageous remarks at the meeting.

On the one hand, the hype generated by the publicity made Lin Xingzhuo's position as the unsung hero in the crew increasingly secure.

On the other hand, Lin Xingzhuo's Xsens team provided truly impressive motion capture and dynamic tracking technologies.

The actors' fighting, flipping, slashing, and archery in "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" are noticeably more fluid than before, and the editing and splicing are handled very cleanly.

There are also flame effects depicting spontaneous human combustion.

Previously, we used a Korean team, but they couldn't get the job right and couldn't achieve the visual effects the director wanted!
I redid it more than ten times!

Still not satisfied!
Now, using Xsens motion capture technology, the natural trajectory of flame generation in reality can be accurately matched and presented on the body of a person who spontaneously combusts due to "Crimson Flame Tortoise Poison"!
Xu Ke was thrilled when he saw the rendered image, saying that it was exactly the visual impact of the Crimson Flame Golden Turtle Poison in his mind!

Lin Xingzhuo also painted a huge pie in the sky for Tsui Hark!!!
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If Sammo Hung's stunt team is willing to collaborate with the Xsens team and adopt a motion pre-visualization mode based on special effects constraints, the effect can be further enhanced, reaching the level of top Hollywood blockbusters!
This is what earned Lin Xingzhuo the unwavering support of Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng, allowing him to confront the powerful Hong Jingbao head-on!
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Lin Xingzhuo wasn't talking nonsense.

In the previous life, after the release of "The Wandering Earth" in 2019, a wave of enthusiasm for the heavy film industry swept across China.

Major platforms have also introduced a number of high-quality behind-the-scenes documentaries about the Hollywood film industry.

In reviewing these works, Lin Xingzhuo refined his theoretical understanding and construction of the world of light and shadow on a material level...

Including the documentary "Light and Magic" on Bilibili, which provides an in-depth analysis of Industrial Light & Magic, founded by George Lucas, and how it revolutionized CGI, model effects, and motion capture technologies;
The documentary series "Film Technology Unveiled," which was broadcast on the "Exploration" program of 27 local TV stations across the country, uses "Avatar" and "The Avengers" as examples to recreate the special effects process in stages.
Tencent Video also introduced "The Hollywood Producers," which analyzes the industrial film production process of a $3 million project through Jerry Bruckheimer's "Pirates of the Caribbean" series.
With this knowledge of the film industry, which was more than a decade ahead of its time, Lin Xingzhuo dared to show off his limited skills in front of Hong Jingbao and say a few words.

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Besides the issue of discourse power, there's also the issue of the four major kung fu troupes.

In terms of action design exploration under the heavy industry model of filmmaking, the Jackie Chan Stunt Team is the strongest, followed by the Yuen Clan, and then the Sammo Hung Stunt Team and the Lau Clan Team are the weakest...

Although the most common explanation is that Jackie Chan's stunt team served Chan Lung, while every member of Sammo Hung's stunt team could carry a major role.

However, the members of Sammo Hung's stunt team were already incredibly famous before they joined. Joining Sammo Hung's stunt team was just a nominal appointment; everyone invested in making movies together.

None of the members of Jackie Chan's stunt team were particularly good-looking, but Chen Long still paid them a sufficient annual salary. They were brothers in arms, and when his elderly mother fell ill, he casually tossed them a bank card.

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Simply put, Sammo Hung's stunt team recruits actors, while Jackie Chan's stunt team recruits stuntmen.

The Sammo Hung Stunt Team was already very popular before.

For example, Lin Zhengying, Zeng Zhiwei, Zou Zhaolong...

They are celebrities themselves, and then they organized themselves to film a movie together.

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Chen Long's team consists of people with no prior experience, from the bottom of society. Whether they become famous or not is a matter of fate. Moreover, they are actors who specialize in stunts and are not particularly good-looking.

Films like "Young Master Dragon" and "Hot-Blooded Prodigal" heavily promoted actors like Mars and Lin Guobing, but they still couldn't become famous.

In the entertainment industry, success is 30% hard work and 70% luck!

Later, the members of Sammo Hung's stunt team became popular because they were lucky enough to land suitable roles in movies starring Chow Sing and Jet Li.

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Compared to Sammo Hung's stunt team, Jackie Chan's stunt team primarily produces directors, assistant directors, martial arts choreographers, stunt coordinators, producers, supervisors, cinematographers, editors, and other behind-the-scenes workers.

With the added support of Chen Long's Hollywood resources, many people went to Hollywood to work behind the scenes.

These members of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team, after surviving working behind the scenes in Hollywood, then gave back to the Jackie Chan Stunt Team.

This has kept the Jackie Chan Stunt Team at the forefront of action exploration within the context of the heavy film industry, forging a world-class stunt team!

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The meeting lasted from 7:30 a.m. to 8:40 p.m.

Hong Jingbao was full of fighting spirit, and after Lin Xingzhuo opened up his mind, all sorts of action plans kept popping up.

Lin Xingzhuo quickly ran out of steam, so he called over the Xsens team leader and a group of people to conduct a Q&A session on the spot.

The group ate boxed lunches at noon, discussing the plan while eating.

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The rumor that Lin Xingzhuo went head-to-head with Hong Jingbao and held his own had already spread throughout the film crew before the meeting even ended...

Originally, Lin Xingzhuo's status in the crew was somewhat questioned, with some gossip suggesting he was living off Carina Lau.

After this battle, Lin Xingzhuo truly deserves his reputation!

"Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" is undeniably the absolute lead in the series!
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That evening, Lin Xingzhuo dragged his tired body out of the conference room.

I had no energy to go back to the hotel, so I went straight back to the RV parked in the crew's rest area, lay down on the bed, and didn't want to move.

I logged into QQ on my phone and found the guild I recently joined on the World of Warcraft Cereblas server. There were lots of messages in the guild's QQ group...

(End of this chapter)