I'm not mentally ill, I'm a master of a thousand faces!

Chapter 340, Filming Begins for "Ip Man"

"Ip Man" is positioned as a commercially oriented martial arts film.

Both Ye Zidan and Ye Weixin have traditional and simple ideas.

"Ip Man" should be a traditional kung fu action film, using superb Wing Chun, exhilarating fight scenes, and special effects to make the audience feel excited and thrilled.

The target performance is similar to that of "SPL: Sha Po Lang", with a box office of around 3000 to 4000 million to break even.

Just lie low

Therefore, the safest approach is to use the super action scenes that have been relied upon since the path dependency, and to use hand-to-hand combat.

Go and conquer the audience.

This has become a path dependency.

This is also the path dependency that has been verified and can be relied upon so far.

After all, live-action martial arts films dominated Hong Kong's film history for decades. Shaw Brothers, Emperor Motion Pictures, and Johnnie To all relied on this genre for their creation and development.

It can be said that kung fu films are the foundation of Hong Kong's film industry.

Without kung fu movies, there would be no Hong Kong film industry.

Judging from the script's arrangement, it doesn't give much space to dialogue scenes, just like always.

"Actually, judging from the subject matter, this should be a biographical film, after all, it's called Ip Man." Simon Yam stroked his chin at this moment.

"Biographies of martial arts masters—aren't they just about fighting? What could better convey the feeling of a martial arts master than real, adrenaline-pumping fists?"

Donnie Yen neither confirmed nor denied this. As one of the film's planners and producers, he felt that the traditional martial arts film should be followed.

Yuan Jinbao's opinion is half and half. He cares a lot about martial arts, but he's not as obsessed as Donnie Yen.

Whether it's a martial arts film or a Hollywood blockbuster, they all aim to give the audience the most direct visual experience.

This is also the reason for the decline of Hong Kong kung fu films.

With the development of the times, special effects have become incredibly powerful.

If you're willing to invest the money, you can make it so realistic that it'll almost fool you into thinking it's a real world.

Of course, Ip Man would never use special effects.

The action team was having a lively discussion, while the drama team seemed rather idle.

Currently, his role is indeed not very large.

At this moment, Simon Yam was chatting with Lynn Hung.

This tall, 1.75-meter-tall beauty with long legs is the female lead in the movie Ip Man.

The main function of this character is to be a decorative vase.

A vase with long legs that is 1.75 meters tall.

Add a cheongsam, and who wouldn't be mesmerized?

Commercial films, being business-oriented, always need some mundane elements to support them.

The audience is vulgar.

The director is also tacky.

Meanwhile, Simon Yam, who plays a major supporting role in the dramatic scenes, is giving acting advice to Lynn Hung.

"I don't feel anything. There's no love in your eyes for Ip Man. You're more like his sibling than his lover. There's no admiration or affection."

At this moment, Xiong Dailin also smiled wryly. As a former model, she was indeed somewhat lacking in acting skills.

Now she considers herself a good "flower vase" (a decorative object used to embellish a woman's appearance).

As an actor, he is indeed somewhat lacking.

However, she also tried her best to make up for this shortcoming.

After all, being the female lead in a movie, or just a pretty face, isn't easy.

She also spent some resources to get into the Ip Man film crew.

"Actually, the director didn't have such high expectations for our dramatic scenes," the guy from Dongguan chuckled. "As long as we can fight and look good, that's enough."

"It's different," Renhua Da said calmly.

"Especially for Xiaoxiong, this is a pretty good opportunity to show his face. If he can act well, then he should act well. Why do you feel something is missing? Just treat him like your boyfriend. Don't tell me you've never been in a relationship."

"Uncle Ren, of course I've been in love. It's just that I can't find that feeling."

Who is Ip Man?

A grandmaster, a martial arts expert, and a Wing Chun master.

Despite having many titles, Lynn Hung herself doesn't like this type of warrior.

There's no electricity.

She couldn't feel love for Ip Man, who was so perfect in the script, and therefore couldn't get into character.

Judging solely from Li Yun's perspective as an actor, he is an outstanding young man.

He's kind of handsome.

The handsome ones also have some charm.

He can be considered a promising young talent.

If it's just about expressing liking someone, Lynn Hung has absolutely no problem.

But Ren Huada's only requirement was to express his love.

It was Zhang Yongcheng's love for Ip Man.

Lynn Hung believes that her views on love are those of a somewhat romantic young girl.

If I had to explain it, I would use a line from A Chinese Odyssey to describe him: he is a great hero who arrives riding on auspicious clouds of seven colors.

Instead of bearing the title of a martial arts grandmaster, having his family property seized by the Japanese invaders, and becoming helpless victims of their machinations.

"From my personal perspective, putting aside everything else, what use was being a good fighter in the 30s? What was the point of competing for the title of martial arts master?"

It seems that's the logic behind it.

But Ip Man was a martial arts master in the 30s, so you can't put him in 1730.

This is one of the unsolvable contradictions in the script.

Ye Weixin is very busy, working on the creation of the entire script.

Actually, the departure of the assistant director of Ip Man didn't have as big an impact as people imagined, after all, the action scenes were handled by Yuen Woo-ping.

Yuan Jinbao and Zhen Zidan were put in charge, while he was responsible for overall planning.

That's it.

As far as he's concerned, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to portray this Ip Man as a 1930 version of SPL.

The fight was exhilarating, the blood was boiling.

The battle was exhilarating.

Punch the Japanese devils, kick the stinking samurai, promote the Chinese Wing Chun style, and the fight will be over.

You little devil, you're not even good enough.

That's how the theme and tone were set. The rest was about how to arrange the reasons for Ip Man's battles, so that this calm and collected grandmaster could win all the way.

From one victory to another.

That's the kind of filming method we use.

Li Yun's martial arts skills, as seen in "SPL: Sha Po Lang," are undeniable. He can fight without any murderous intent, but he definitely knows how to fight effectively.

To be honest, we're making action movies, so why would we need dramatic scenes?

One person is enough to keep things going.

And the person who held up the show was Simon Yam. With an award-winning actor in charge, you can't say that Ip Man has no acting skills, can you?

But ultimately, he still felt that Master Ip didn't need acting skills.

A certain quality is enough, and that's what Ye Weixin is most satisfied with about Li Yun right now.

The aura of a grandmaster.

It can be said that this aura was Ip Man's foundation.

His essential temperament.

It all ended peacefully and uneventfully.

The final preparations are complete, and filming is about to begin.

The opening ceremony was quite complicated.

Ye Weixin still couldn't compromise on this point, so he asked a master to butcher a pig's head, making things extremely complicated.

Masters from Thailand, masters from Hong Kong, masters from Taiwan.

Each one has a unique skill, and each one has something extraordinary about them.

And at this crucial juncture.

The male lead, Li Yun, was not present.

"Xiao Li, our opening ceremony is about to begin, where are you?"

Ye Weixin was speechless.

The person didn't show up at this crucial time.

My opinion of Li Yun has declined slightly.

"Is it about to start? It's time to turn on the computer. It's time already."

At this moment, Li Yun felt his world spinning and became somewhat confused.

This should be a familiar feeling.

I should have developed some immunity to chaos by now.

Indeed, I have developed an immunity to it. When my mind is filled with the thoughts of Ip Man, his childhood, youth, middle age, old age, everything about him, his life unfolds in my mind.

He possessed the life of Grandmaster Ye.

I was able to maintain my identity as Li Yun while simultaneously conveying the feeling of Ip Man and experiencing a brief period of confusion with myself.

Li Yun felt that this was indeed a disease, a disease of dissociative identity disorder.

But now, the disease has become more profound.

It became unusually profound.

Because his mind contained not only Ip Man, Cheung Wing-sing, Jin Shan Zhao, and Colonel Miura.

There were even vicious Japanese devils.

Their personalities and thoughts also flowed into themselves.

And the thoughts of all the people in the Buddhist robes were rushing in and out of their minds.

Each person is an independent individual.

They have different feelings about Ip Man.

When I was Cheung Wing-sing, I loved Ip Man.

When I was working at Kingsoft, I disliked Ip Man.

When I was Miura, I had more complex feelings about Ip Man.

What if I were Ip Man?

Should I love myself or hate myself?

The fluctuations in emotions are enough to drive a person mad, to drive them insane, to make them scratch their heads and go crazy.

When one's feelings become confused with those of Ip Man.

I can become Ip Man.

When you can connect with everyone in this era and enter their lives.

I can become the era.

The fact that one person can define an era is simply too absurd.

That's enough to drive anyone crazy.

I didn't really need to do this.

It's not necessary at all.

To achieve that level.

All I need to do is become Ip Man, become Master Ip, become this grandmaster.

I don't need to be everyone in this era.

?

Hahaha.

no.

Because a person can only be more authentic and more like a flesh-and-blood human being when living in a particular era.

Love, hate, loathe.

Because of their existence, because of the existence of the era, a real, flesh-and-blood human being can be shaped.

No one can exist outside of their time.

Are you crazy?

To become a person and empathize with the entire era.

Not crazy.

because.

I am Li Yun.

I am an immersive actor.

[Your spirit is fierce and resilient; faced with the temptation of knowledge, you can resolutely sell your soul.]

When it comes to madness, no personality can defeat you.

[Mental Strength +10]

[Farewell to Ip Man]

[Reward: Wing Chun Kung Fu]

[The aura of a grandmaster]

[Farewell: The Era of Ip Man]

[Reward: Absolute macro-level control over immersion]

[Mental Infectious Aura +10]

Bring everyone into this world that you can control.

(End of this chapter)