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New Territories, Yuen Long.

Not all Hong Kong Island is a big city, such as Yuen Long.

In the eyes of Hong Kong Islanders, this place is really a countryside, with many hills and wastelands, and barren mountains and wild ridges, making it a remote and remote area. In the money concept of Hong Kong Island, Yuen Long is very unpopular.

However, this geographical environment has caused many Hong Kong film crews to come here to shoot scenes. Some costume ghost movies and zombie movies like to shoot here. For example, "Ghostbusters" and "Mr. Zombie" were all shot here.

When Shaw Brothers and TVB were filming live-action costume dramas, they often came here to show the "thousands of miles of rivers and mountains" of the motherland. Shao Liushu's business policy is to save money when he can, and Wu Xiaozu agrees with this.

Nowadays, the Hong Kong film industry also likes to come to Yuen Long to shoot scenes in the Mainland. Wu Xiaozu simply arranged the crew here for convenience.

It's cheap, affordable, and saves money.

There are many people who have the same idea as him, such as Boss Mai from Xinyi City.

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On the set of "Windfall 30 Million".

There are slide rails on the mountain road, and the camera slowly moves to take pictures, and there are staff members holding microphones.

Executive director Wang Zhong and director Mecca were lying on the curtain in front of the monitor watching.

"Awei, what do you think?" He opened the curtains. Mecca rubbed the stubble on his chin and asked into the air beside him, "Do you need to take another photo?"

"The filming was very good." The level of vision dropped, uh...it turned out that Zeng Zhiwei was also watching together, and said with a smile in a hoarse and broken voice, "This scene is simple, no problem!"

The filming of "Wind Fortune 30 Million" was very efficient. Seven or eight sets of shots were shot in two hours. In many cases, there was no detailed script of the shots. It was just three or four screenwriters who changed the lyrics on the spot and wrote the airplane paper for Mecca. Zeng Zhiwei

This "king of bridges" also contributed a lot.

In this way, shooting can be so efficient, but the problem is that the results are not bad. I really have to admire these filmmakers.

When Wang Jing was filming "Once Upon a Time: The Iron Chicken Fights the Centipede" in the 1990s, he rushed out the script overnight. When he arrived at the scene, the screenwriter was waiting nearby, writing and filming at the same time.

I shot this movie in the morning, and in the afternoon I had to help Zhou Xingchi shoot the movie version of "The Deer and the Cauldron". That movie also didn't have a serious script. In the evening, I had to rush to supervise the production of another movie, which still didn't have a script.

After "The Deer and the Cauldron" became a hit, the filming of the next part "The Deer and the Cauldron 2" had already started before it could be released. The speed was astonishing. But these films were still very popular, and they still look great to watch in future generations.

Many Hong Kong filmmakers are directors and screenwriters, writing and directing themselves. They rarely have any so-called professional scripts.

For most directors who are from the bottom of the studio, it’s useless if you give him a script, and you have to have a special person read it to him, because he can’t read at all, let alone the storyboard.

In the hottest 90s, it was often a few people who slapped each other on the head. OK, just shoot this, fine, you go to Chow Yun-fat, and he goes to Andy Lau. I go to find investors!

Ridiculous?

But what is even more sad is that this method directly continued to the mainland film industry in later generations. In the first few years when the mainland movie box office exploded, Wu Xiaozu saw a lot of producers, directors, writers, singers, etc. who were playing "building blocks".

People do this.

When a certain writer makes a film, the executive director is entirely responsible for the shooting. He only needs to be responsible for taking a few sets of "crew photos". It's true!

Li Xiaofeng can sell for several hundred million, Wu Xiaofan is worth almost several hundred million, and if you add Sun Meili to the mix, well, the heroine will come to the big power.

OK, this movie can sell at least 1 billion, let’s click on the calculator together.

Oops, there's a profit to be made.

So good, file a case!

This scene was reincarnated in the Hong Kong film industry in the 1990s. You can imagine the disastrous consequences after this bad situation occurred. Anyway, in the 18 years since Wu Xiaozu was reborn, many "directors" who showed off their cleverness were reaping the consequences.

Today's Hong Kong film industry is having a lot of fun. For them, the script is not important at all. This is a trend of the general environment and cannot be changed by just one person.

If it really happens that you write a script, the boss of the film company will pay for it and then play a betting agreement with you. Then the movie script you created will be a big hit at the box office, and then a group of people will come to you just like your father, waving millions of checks.

You buy the script,

Are you sick and neurotic?

…

"What was the explosion sound like just now?" Mecca sat on a chair and asked the assistant director.

"Sir Mai, I asked about it. He said that Antai Film Company's new film is scouting over there. Enter the crew. The explosion just now was from the explosion director who was testing the wiring..." The assistant director next to him answered truthfully.

"Antai? Jiang family?"

Zeng Zhiwei put his head in his hands, leaned on the chair, pulled up his sunglasses with his fingers, and looked at his "colleagues" not far away, "Even the blasting instructor is working, what a big scene?"

"Just go and take a look if you're interested -" Mecca grinned, with serious eyes. How could he be as funny as the bald detective in the movie?

"Okay, let's go take a look." Zeng Zhiwei stood up like a carp, very energetic.

Antai Pictures had little reputation before, and he only knew that it was the property of Jiang Zuyi of the Hong Kong Island Theater Association.

But a month ago, "The Butcher on a Rainy Night" had a box office of over 10 million, which immediately attracted the attention of many people in the industry. He also remembered An Tai's name.

In 1986, there were no more than 30 films with a box office of over RMB 10 million so far, and more than 90% of them were produced by the three major companies or their subsidiaries.

Therefore, it is very eye-catching when other companies produce a new drama with a box office of over 10 million.

Prior to this, only New Kunlun and Yindu Agency's "North and South Shaolin" had a box office of 18.1 million. But that was because it was a companion piece to the phenomenal masterpiece "Shaolin Temple", and no other company had

of videos can enter the top thirty.

Suddenly a movie "The Butcher on a Rainy Night" appeared, and it directly broke 10 million, becoming a dark horse in the off-season box office. It was so dark that even Xu Laoguai's "Dao Ma Dan", a hit that was destined to be in the top ten of the year, was not stopped.

That's interesting.

…

At the location scouting site for "The Birth of a Prefix", many people and staff including the camera crew, lighting crew, scenery crew, and props crew were busy at the scene.

Since the crew is located here, food, drink, sleep, and even transportation all need to be coordinated in advance. As the coordinator, Su Liyao and others are making arrangements. At the same time, Wu Xiaozu and Huang Yuetai walked on the set to conduct re-examination.

"Sir Wu, this bridge has great extension and a great view of the surrounding area. Install a large crane. It will be very effective for shooting explosion scenes and action scenes. It has a full sense of space and the characters can fit well in their positions."

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Huang Yuetai led Wu Xiaozu to the bridge, turned over and jumped into the ditch, pointing to the clear river not far away, "We were shooting the explosion action scene in the afternoon, and the sun just happened to shine on the water. The refracted scene should be very beautiful."

Take a long shot here, add a filter, and match the light. If you take a picture of people standing clearly on the bridge, you will reveal the loneliness and distrust of each other. The shadows cast by these pillars naturally separate the characters.

..." As he spoke, he put his hands upside down and put them together to create a simple human hand viewfinder.

"Sir Wu, there are three cameras. One is placed here, one is placed on the bridge, and one is hung on the big swing arm. It's so luxurious..." Huang Yuetai sighed.

There are no big stars in the crew, and the cameras are bigger than the stars.

Luxury is like eating instant noodles with shark's fin, bird's nest, premium abalone and geoduck as toppings. There is a sense of pride in being poor.

Wu Xiaozu could only experience this kind of luxury. There was no way, when the contract was signed, Jiang Ershao ordered three units with a wave of his hand. Afterwards, he asked Wu Xiaozu if it was enough...

Wu Datou's "A Better Tomorrow" only had two cameras in total. You can imagine how weird the crew of "Zitou" was.

Wu Xiaozu squatted down, raised the camera, and tried to imitate the camera lens by pushing and pulling the lens through the aperture of the camera to try out the imaging effect.

There is enough light in the circle scene, and the refracted water waves are reflected in the lens.

Shooting from an angle, the shadows on the bridge are indeed divided very cleverly as Huang Yuetai said.

"Let Zou Lin adjust the light source and try adding a few lights."

Wu Xiaozu thought for a while and added to Feicheng and another field attendant behind him, "The environment here is empty, and the radio plus noise prevention should be enough to ensure the effect. If the noise protection sheaths are not enough, buy a few more sets...

Don’t save money like you did last time when you bought a pressure valve..."

"Okay boss."

Feicheng Dabao said, "Just feel at ease while I do the work."

The crew member also nodded and kept writing down various key points.

At the same time, you should also remember some "irregular" scenes nearby. As a scene manager, you should avoid these places when shooting. For example, when shooting a scene in the mainland, if a billboard with traditional Chinese characters suddenly pops up, it will cause drama instantly.

Huang Yuetai couldn't help but smile when he saw Sir Wu lying on the dirt road without any scruples, holding up a camera to survey the scene. He hadn't seen such a serious young director in many years.

"boom--"

There was a small explosion, and when I looked up, there were 6 or 7 young people not far away testing the explosion point and fire.

He casually patted the dirt on his body and said, "Brother Tai, go take a look?" Wu Xiaozu asked.

The two of them walked towards the explosion together.

"The wiring should be longer, and the explosive points must be tied up in each car..."

A young and powerful man directed the pyrotechnics crew to carefully arrange the explosion point. Trucks were unloading scrapped cars at the scene. These scrapped cars were bought at iron prices. Each one costs 1,000-2,000, plus all of them.

Just 30,000 yuan.

"Is this explosive point sharp enough?" Feicheng stretched his neck and asked curiously.

The man with the short hair said without turning his head, "Do you think you are filming 007? The police station in Hong Kong must report the amount of explosives used in filming movies. I managed to get these powder ash. I want to blow it up."

Flying requires special skills!"

"Ah Li, you spoke so well, I didn't even want to applaud you." I saw the assistant director Li Jiming, Uncle Li, walking over with a smile and said jokingly, "You work so hard in your speech, do you want the director to give you chicken legs?"

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To be continued...