Chapter 481 Change

"Give everyone Kangkang a new look."

Luo Quan updated his new hairstyle today on Station B.

After watching it, fans said they and their friends were shocked:

"Why is this hair dyed red?"

"It's such a shame that such beautiful blond hair has been cut off so much."

"Is it for the new movie "Rurouni Kenshin"?"

“Did any ancient Japanese have red hair?”

"Luo Quan is two-dimensional. How can I give you a normal hair color while filming a movie in Japan?"

"Speaking of Luo Quan's appearance, wouldn't it be difficult to play a Japanese character?"

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In the comment area, some fans expressed their surprise after seeing the new look, while others raised questions.

In fact, it is also a common doubt among the outside world about Luo Quan's new movie, that is, how can a white face play the leading role in an Asian movie without appearing so obtrusive.

Not long ago, a famous Chinese director invited an American actor to play the leading role in a fantasy masterpiece that he had been planning for many years. Moreover, this actor was both famous and capable, and his professional skills were no problem at all.

Then, the movie was a hit, from box office to word-of-mouth.

Although the problem should not be entirely attributed to this Western actor, the plot, theme and even the performances of other actors are also full of flaws.

However, the sense of inconsistency that Westerners feel when making Eastern movies is clearly exposed in this movie. It doesn’t look right no matter how you look at it, and it doesn’t please both sides, so it becomes a natural thing to rush into the street.

In fact, it is not without success stories for Westerners to make films with Eastern themes.

"The Last Emperor" at the end of the last century was very well made and won multiple Oscars. However, the leading actors in the movie were all Chinese, and many of the plots were quite in line with China's national conditions at the time, and the director also Within this broad framework, I added some of my own thoughts, which is quite in-depth.

So in the end, the movie received quite high ratings both at home and abroad, and was well received by quite a few people.

Of course, this definitely does not include the then manager of the Forbidden City, because when the crew was filming, they went to the interior of the Forbidden City for on-site filming. At that time, a lot of floor tiles were damaged, which almost made the old dean feel distressed to death.

Since then, the Forbidden City has never been open to any theater crew.

Putting this aside, "The Last Emperor" is definitely a model for Westerners to tell Eastern stories. Except for the fact that the lines are not so down-to-earth in order to cater to Western audiences, there is basically no sense of violation.

At first, people thought that Luo Quan was also planning to shoot in this way, that she would be the director and then guide a group of Japanese actors in the filming of the movie.

But Luo Quan quickly clarified, saying that she was the absolute protagonist of the movie, which was a reassurance for fans who wanted to see her play.

But the problem of the sense of disobedience followed one after another, and this is what is discussed more online now.

Luo Quan has not yet told fans how he will solve this problem, but he has actually thought of a solution for a long time, and it is not particularly clever, it is just makeup.

Needless to say, the power of makeup technology. If used by a master, it can achieve the same magic of directly changing hair as PS technology. There are a lot of videos on Douyin of makeup bloggers who successfully transformed themselves into celebrities through their own skills. That method It can only be described as jaw-dropping.

Of course, Luo Quan does not need to become a star. He only needs to use cosmetics to fine-tune the bridge of his nose and cheeks to create some oriental facial features.

Moreover, the bangs in the movie version of Kenshin are quite long, and sometimes half of the face is covered. So as long as the shooting angle is appropriate and the overall brightness is slightly darker, the problem of inconsistency can be reduced to a minimum. lowest.

The big problems have basically been solved, but another thing worth mentioning is the background of the story.

When Luo Quan introduced the background period of the movie, he used the term "the end of the Tokugawa period", which is the period when the famous samurai fell. But in fact, the movie only briefly mentions the plot of the fall. The real focus of the plot is on a new era. The description is also another word - MZ Restoration.

This was somewhat sensitive, and Luo Quan did not dare to bring it up directly, but chose to use this Spring and Autumn style of writing to cover it up.

In the movie, there will never be any related terms, and only revolution will be used to refer to it. Most of the characters who appeared in history will use pseudonyms, and they will not be mentioned if possible.

Although this is harmless, the impact will be somewhat small, but after weighing the pros and cons, Luo Quan still plans to do this.

This is actually something that can't be helped. The specific reasons don't need to be elaborated, everyone knows it.

It is worth mentioning that although the original author of this movie has bad personal ethics, he is still quite positive in the three views of the work. The protagonist in the animation has also been expressing his opposition to killing and yearning for peace.

Therefore, after the movie is made, there is no need to worry about over-interpretation or anything else.

After solving these problems, large and small, Luo Quan is still carefully reviewing the script that has been written to make sure that every line will not touch people's sensitive nerves.

Tiring, but very necessary.

Although she believes that the majority of sane people in this world can distinguish between hatred between country and family and works of art, the Internet environment has too high requirements for celebrities' moral character.

Especially for a top star like her, there are a large number of people watching your every move with magnifying glasses at all times, so she cannot be careless.

However, there is also an advantage to carefully reviewing the script, that is, it can further polish the plot and strive for excellence.

After all, the two worlds are not exactly the same. As for the subdivision, there are too many differences in the jokes that can be used, so the script actually has a lot of additions and subtractions compared to the original version.

In this way, after three days of polishing the script in the hotel, all the props, supporting actors, and extras for the movie were gradually put in place.

On the morning of May 8, Luo Quan and hundreds of key crew members held a start-up ceremony in an open space at Dongying Taiqin Film Village.

In the East, the opening ceremony of a movie is taken very seriously, and the bigger the production, the more grand it is.

Killing chickens and sheep to burn incense is nothing new.

For example, in Xiangjiang, a place where people believe in these things, people will worship gods when filming starts. Among them, Guan Gong has the highest appearance, followed by the local land, Bodhisattvas and even the gods and Buddhas in the sky.

I don’t know whether it is useful or not, but after praying, you will at least feel at ease and gain inner comfort.

However, as a young person of the new era who grew up under the red flag, Luo Quan never believed in these things. Her only belief was GC-ism, and her thoughts were both red and professional.

As long as the stand and will are firm, no monster or ghost will dare to come out to cause trouble.

In fact, she is also superstitious, but she is superstitious about her materialistic iron fist, which specializes in controlling all supernatural powers.

However, she still held a grand opening ceremony this time.

After all, there are eight million gods in Japan, including the god of broomsticks, drums, and umbrellas, and the god of movies.

Even if not, given the ability of the Japanese people to create immortals, the Rice Immortal can be created, and the Movie Immortal is probably not a problem.

Moreover, if the strong dragon does not overwhelm the local snake, filming on other people's territory should be treated with some respect.

She may not believe in these things, but she cannot stop others from believing in them. Mutual respect is the basic law for people to live in harmony.

So this time Luo Quan also followed the local customs, paid tribute and offered incense, and there would be no loss anyway.

After the filming of the movie officially started, there were thousands of things waiting for her to arrange and direct. However, before that, she had basically figured out how to storyboard the shots. All she had to do next was to proceed as planned.

The filming of a movie is usually not carried out in the order of the plot, and the shooting scenes may be completely reversed.

For example, now, Luo Quan has decided to film the fight scenes in the movie first.

After all, the actors hired for the fight scenes this time are basically genuine samurai who practice swordsmanship. If the fight scenes were filmed according to the plot schedule, it would be more than twenty days later at the earliest. It would definitely not be good to delay it for such a long time.

So the fight scenes were filmed first, so that the disciples at the Yagyu Kendo Hall could call it a day and go back.

The first part of "Rurouni Kenshin" has several major fighting scenes, one is a battle of hundreds of people outside the mansion, the other is the duel between the protagonist and the machine gun in the mansion, and the last one is the duel with Udo Blade.

Among them, the battle scene of a hundred people is the grandest, but the filming difficulty is actually the lowest. Most of the extras are subdued by her with one move. The extras on the periphery only need to jump left and right to pretend when they can't be photographed, and then go up one by one to send them off. Just a head.

The stage is basically Luo Quan's, and in this battle, she will also have some quite exaggerated but very handsome parkour scenes.

This is what Director Musashi said, unrealistic fighting scenes, and also actions that have never appeared in previous Japanese samurai-themed action movies.

But the movie belongs to Luo Quan, and it should be made as she says, and everyone else just needs to follow suit.

And this part of the scene is not very difficult. In the parkour scene, she hung wires and coupled with her strong core strength of the waist and abdomen, even if the angle with the ground was less than 30 degrees, she still performed the movements quite well. Process and sharp.

It can only be said that people who know real kung fu are different. Even Musashi, who has been making action movies for more than ten years, finds such actions beautiful, but when shown on the screen, it will only become more explosive.

It was also from here that a group of action directors, including Musashi, began to change their minds about Luo Quan's unbridled ideas.

In three days, the biggest scene in the film was successfully shot, and in the next four days, the plot in the mansion was also successfully shot.

What's left is the most difficult fight scene - the duel between Kenshin and Udo Blade.

This battle is the final climax of the movie. Compared with the previous thrill of defeating the enemy with one move, the character movements here are more detailed and the fighting time is longer.

Most importantly, the actor who plays Udo Blade is Junko's father, Kouta Yagyu.

As the son of the sword master and the successor of Yagyu Shinin-ryu, Yagyu Kota is not usually in the kendo gym.

His main job is as the owner of a youth kendo gym in Nara. He mainly cultivates young people's interest in kendo. He also teaches some basic kendo, which is relatively fancy.

But this does not mean that his level of kendo is really just showy. On the contrary, as the most satisfied disciple of Yagyu Yansai, Takashi Yagyu has reached the level of his sect very early and has defeated many kendo masters before.

Compared with her father's superb swordsmanship, there is definitely a gap between her swordsmanship, but this gap is definitely limited.

Originally, he thought that when he came to film this time, he only needed to do a few Iai sword slashes or other slashing movements to call it a day, but Luo Quan made a request for a real fight first.

It must be said that the last time Luo Quan went to the Yagyu Kendo Hall to pick up Junko, Yagyu Kouta was not present and did not see the fight between Luo Quan and his father.

Afterwards, Mr. Yagyu felt that he had used one of his special tricks to deal with a little girl. It was not a glorious thing no matter how you looked at it, so he ordered his disciples not to publicize it.

Therefore, Kouta Yagyu himself does not actually know the true level of Rakusen Kendo. He only saw from the news that this Japanese national goddess is very good at fighting and is known as the best female boxer in the world.

However, his boxing and kicking skills are so good that he can at best be compared with those who do karate. However, kendo and karate are two completely different systems, and the two can hardly be directly compared.

Just like an Olympic fencing champion, no matter how exquisite his fencing skills are, if he goes up against a judo champion, he will definitely be beaten to a pulp.

So when Kouta Yagyu heard Luoquan's proposal, the first reaction in his mind was that if this girl didn't have some hidden tricks, then she was crazy!

From the perspective of ordinary people's rational thinking, he is more convinced that Luo Quan belongs to the latter.

Because she is so good at boxing and kicking, she must have spent a lot of time practicing hard. It is unlikely that she would invest other time in practicing swordsmanship.

However, Yagyu Kouta's persuasive thinking was obviously unable to guess Luo Quan's true level. Many times, many people would not be able to deduce certain things using common sense.

Luo Quan is undoubtedly such a person.

"Do we really want to fight in actual combat? Is it better to use designed movements?" Kouta Yagyu said with a hesitant expression. The subtext was that he was afraid that if he was really cruel, the scene would not look good.

Junko explained to her father: "It doesn't matter, father. Izumi-chan is a member of the Beichen Itto-ryu. It's widely known that when I challenged my grandfather in a one-on-one fight, it took more than a dozen moves. In the end, my grandfather still used Mutotori to defeat him." Izumi-chan."

"Father, he used Mudōtō!" Yagyu Kouta's pupils shrank, his expression full of unbelievable shock.

He had fought against his father countless times, and he knew the power of this move, and even more so what kind of skill was needed to force it out.

This incredibly beautiful girl in front of me has such terrifying swordsmanship? !