As a result, the market expectations for "Ip Man 2" caused by Liu Jiaban grew and grew overnight.
The formation of such a phenomenon can be traced back to the curiosity and infinite admiration of the world for high force value.
This kind of transformation from a hype topic to market expectations for a certain movie has never happened before. It has to be said that Liu Qingshan's alternative promotion method is indeed a bit unconstrained.
Especially for his colleagues, they were shocked by his marketing method, and as a result, there was a wave of research on topics within the industry.
But this is all a story for another day, so let’s not mention it for now.
For several days in a row, the progress of the crew has been very stable, but most of the shooting content is concentrated on the literary and opera aspects. For some reason, according to the plot, the martial arts scenes should have arrived long ago, but there has been no movement from Liu Qingshan's side.
But everyone on the crew knew that he must be holding back some big move, because in the past few days, he and Hong Dabao took time out to chat together.
The success of the first part of "Ip Man" is largely due to the fact that compared with Hong Kong's previous kung fu movies, the literary and dramatic aspects have been greatly improved and improved, and Liu Qingshan's performance also has unprecedented room for development.
But overall, the martial arts part is just a display of Wing Chun that gives people a new look. In terms of quantity, it fails to make full use of him and the fighting scenes.
This was obviously his intention, because when that film was released, he had already announced that the second film would be the time when the fighting scenes would be intensive.
As for why there is such an arrangement, instead of showing his most advantageous side from the beginning, it has always been a mystery both inside and outside the industry.
Some people tried to find out what he was talking about many times, but never received a positive response. Therefore, the rumor that Liu Qingshan was "holding back his ultimate move" has been prevalent for a long time.
Recently, Liu Qingshan suddenly held a media meeting in the crew, and even arranged several real kung fu performances for the first time.
This is a big deal. The social reaction is like poking a hornet's nest, which shows that the rumors of such a "big move" are real, and are even being paid close attention by all aspects.
Therefore, to be precise, the longer the martial arts part of this crew is delayed in entering the official shooting stage, the easier it is to attract all kinds of attention. This can be seen from the increasing number of stranger faces appearing in the studio. come out.
Sure enough, a week after arriving in Foshan, many people from the Ip Man crew suddenly came.
These people are somewhat unfamiliar in the eyes of the media and industry insiders, but they are familiar faces in Liu Qingshan's circle of friends.
It is not surprising that Fan Shengyang is the most frequently seen among them. He is also one of the people who appears most frequently around Liu Qingshan.
The rest were Jiang Yuze and his party. There were more than twenty people in this group, and everyone except him was the second batch of escort members recruited by Liu Qingshan.
These people are both men and women, and the only thing they have in common is Yi Shui's late-stage acquired strength.
Their immediate superior was Jiang Yuze, who had never appeared in public before. His main task was to hide in the dark or set off early to serve as the vanguard of Liu Qingshan and his party.
In fact, their first appearance was during the filming of "Taylor's Travel Diary". They were the main members of the secret team that was always in front of the film crew.
However, many of them have appeared during normal family gatherings, but only those who are close to Liu Qingshan have seen a few sporadically.
Even when they appeared in public today, they were fully armed. Baseball caps and large sunglasses were standard equipment. They would not blend in after joining the group, and remained independent from everyone in the form of a small team.
Since Hong Dabao was aware of their identity and characteristics, after he came forward to give instructions, the film crew members with Xiangjiang as the main team deliberately did not inquire about these mysterious people.
There was nothing Liu Qingshan could do about using them. Since he decided not to use wires as much as possible, the responsibility for protecting the safety of the actors had to be done manually.
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During the filming process, a large number of stuntmen and security guards were needed. Each member of the escort team had a task arrangement, so the additional security guarantee seemed a bit short of manpower.
So he had to use these people, so the filming location for the next few days was set to be completely closed.
For this reason, they even invited the police stationed in the local film and television city to set up a cordon and be responsible for the peripheral order of the film crew.
This is also one of the necessary measures, because the crowd of onlookers outside the crew is getting bigger day by day. If it is a weekend, people who come to join in the fun can catch up with the country fair.
This time Liu Qingshan was serious about it. Even some of the extras were brought directly from Xiangjiang. These people have a certain foundation in kung fu. Even if they can't record a full-body shot, they have to ensure that they are in harmony with the ordinary group. The difference in acting.
Therefore, almost none of the local extras in the film and television city were invited. For this reason, there were many protests from the film and television city.
There was nothing we could do about it, everyone in Haikou shouted out, and the absolute confidentiality of the content related to the martial arts became a top priority. At this point, no one except Liu Qingshan himself could help.
It was during today's early morning meeting within the crew that people were told that the next main task was to shoot two of the three most important fight scenes.
There are a total of five or six fight scenes in the film, large and small, among which three are the most exciting.
The first scene to be filmed today is the round table showdown between Ip Man and Master Hong played by Hong Dabao.
Ip Man's Wing Chun is a southern style of boxing, which emphasizes winning within a small area and using skill to win, while Master Hong's Hong Quan is a typical northern style of Kung Fu, with sharp palms and swift power.
Liu Qingshan designed this scene to take place on a table, with one soft and one strong fighting in close combat. Both sides shot very fast, dodged and moved, and punched to the flesh.
Especially in the end, the two people fought continuously around the table for several times, just like the Pegasus Meteor Fist, which made people almost dumbfounded. The final ending also made people admire the ingenuity of his design.
This fight scene in the original version can already be recorded in the annals of classic scenes in Chinese kung fu films. When it comes to Liu Qingshan's version, he will do whatever it takes to produce an effect that surpasses the original version.
There is a reason why this duel appears in the plot. At this time, Ip Man arrived in Xiangjiang. In order to make a living and had no other specialties, he opened a restaurant to teach apprentices.
At the beginning, he was rejected by many colleagues in Hong Kong. The biggest opponent was of course Hong Dabao who played Master Hong Zhennan. Of course, they had to have a fierce conflict.
There is a fierce conflict between martial arts, and of course there will be a martial arts confrontation. Ip Man, played by Liu Qingshan, also wants to gain a foothold in Hong Kong. .
So he believed in his own strength and had a wonderful showdown with Hong Zhennan.
I have to say that the martial arts guidance design of this movie is so clever, especially the round table fight is outstanding.
In the original movie, we only saw this wonderful fight for more than ten seconds. No one could have imagined that it took 8 days to film these clips. It was with such care that we were able to film the wonderful round table duel.
This later film made Zhen Zijian the original actor who played Ip Man, and of course indirectly also made Hong Dabao, because he won the famous martial arts director award for it.
It is not easy to think about it now. A small table can allow two big men to shoot wonderful scenes. Looking at today's martial arts directors, perhaps only Hong Dabao can do it.
In fact, before the round table showdown between the two, Ip Man had several tabletop fights with other people, and the scenes were equally exciting.
This kind of scene design also has its origin. In ancient times, the duel scene was like a "forest of knives". The ground was full of knives. If you fell, you would die immediately.
Later, because it was too cruel, it was changed to the plum blossom pile design of the competition. The plot design in the movie is based on these evolutions.
When Ip Man first arrived in Hong Kong, he wanted to open a martial arts gym and recruit apprentices to make a living. However, he was stopped by a group of local martial arts practitioners headed by Hong Dabao, who asked him to win a test before he could open the gym.
The competition will be held on a round table, and you will accept the challenge from the masters of each martial arts school. Whoever falls down first loses, and the time limit is one stick of incense.
So in the dining hall where they were negotiating
, just turn over the wooden benches one by one to create the feeling of plum blossom pile competition in ancient times.
Today's negotiation scene was quite a scene. There were several schools of each school, and behind the head of each school stood a dozen disciples wearing white T-shirts from the unified martial arts school.
There were hundreds of people who needed to be recorded alone, plus various crew members and dozens of security personnel, there were hundreds of people on site.
The first person to jump onto the round table to compete was the Mantis Fist martial artist. Although his comedic movements can easily make people laugh, once he comes to the table, the warrior's aura comes out and makes people feel awe-inspiring.
Actor Luo Kunlin, who plays the martial arts master of Mantis Boxing, is not a simple person. He is an authentic descendant of the Mantis Boxing school. People in the circle call him Master Luo, and his boxing skills have reached the level of being able to enter the palace.
The fight between Liu Qingshan and him also had no prior action planning, and still followed the method of allowing the other party to perform freely.
This is enough to ensure that Master Luo can fully display the best parts of Mantis Fist, thereby enhancing the viewing pleasure of this movie.
And even though Master Luo is over 50 years old this year, because he knows that there are ancient martial arts masters outside the camera waiting for emergency protection, he does not reject the safety protection measures of not using wire binding at all.
Moreover, according to the plot, he was kicked off the stage after only a few rounds with Ip Man, so there was no psychological burden at all on doing some flying and back flips on a relatively small table, since there was complete protection underneath.
Of course, Master Luo, who has just turned fifty, also has decades of Kung Fu foundation, and there is absolutely no problem with his skills.
