The filming of "The Warlords" did not go smoothly for a month. The first scene, which was originally planned to be filmed in 7 days, actually took a month to shoot. In the middle of the film, Peter Chan felt that the first scene was delayed like this, and don't think about it later. made a bid. When depressed, Peter Chan even denied himself to the point of wanting to retire and let the investor change the director. The reason for this situation is that Peter Chan has never filmed a fight. In addition, due to the large number of scenes in the film, Peter Chan is also very complicated in communication. But Peter Chan did not change his way of working for many years. During the shooting process, Peter Chan left a lot of creative space for the crew on the set
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The action director of "The Warlords" is Cheng Xiaodong. Peter Chan asked the movie to be realistic. He asked Cheng Xiaodong not to use any prestige, not to design a single fancy move, but to be realistic. Cheng Xiaodong understood what Peter Chan meant, but according to Peter Chan's request, many process details would be overturned, and there were also many problems in communication with the staff, until the appearance of Jet Li changed. this situation. Jet Li understands the action, the actors, and the director. As a result, he has become a bridge of communication, clearly interpreting what Peter Chan wants to others
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When filming the Shucheng Battle, Peter Chan proposed that the camera would be in the crowd, and the people behind could see these weapons coming out from behind the people in front, so that the audience would feel like they were on the battlefield when watching the play, and Cheng Xiaodong My personal hobby is to put the camera aside and shoot big scenes. For this reason, Peter Chan had to stop and discuss with Cheng Xiaodong. The final coordination result was that Peter Chan concentrated on the details he wanted to pay attention to, such as the soldier's bloody face, the grim expression of killing red eyes, and the big scene of gold and iron horses, and let Cheng Xiaodong come. schedule. The Battle of Shucheng took 20 days to shoot and was cut into 12 minutes in the movie
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