Hong Kong Street Fight
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.พ. 2023
- I was given a task by my boss Andy Cheng, to figure out a way to capture realistic a kung fu fight. Which in all honesty, looks like slap boxing. It was difficult trying to make it look cool and real without the typical clean shapes we’re used to seeing. To choreograph an unchoreographed fight, to dirty up the camera style while being cinematic and to tell story moments without being specific. I don't know if I accomplished it here but maybe its close? You’ll notice as the video progresses, Tarell and Jay flow a little better.
This video was also inspired by the only rooftop fight recorded in Hong Kong back in 1956 between Wong Shun Leung's student and a Southern Mantis Student.
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Interesting choreographic experiment. Love the sloppy shapes and the old-school attire and film quality. The overall form looks cleaner towards the second half. It seems what is stereotypically "southern kung fu" (I'm just using my ignorant internet knowledge here) made with intentionally messier hand techniques for realism does look more like a slap contest. I wonder what a realistic "northern kung fu style" would look like with its longer range more acrobatic strikes and kicks. Maybe a bit of what we saw with Wu Jing's wide circular knife swings in SPL?
I love it!! Reminds me of how yuen woo ping and donnie yen choreography
Heh, I like the added "swish" sound of the clothing, very Hong Kong.
This looks so good. Might as well right a good script and actually make a kung fu flick. I like kung fy killer and dragon tiger gate. Go all out lol
Framing wise, it felt like Tarell and Jay were too far apart in the first half with the wide shots. They're swinging at each other but it feels like the hits don't feel threatening. It isn't until the 2nd half, the medium shots being much closer and the distance between the two feels more realistic. Personally, I think it'd scary to add an eye gauge attempt but I get this is more of a spar than a fight where they try to kill each other..
I think what makes the famous SPL fight so visceral is because the swings and hits felt scary. Obviously they're holding weapons so the cuts feel more painful, there's an established story and Yen likes full contact. Both of them mention in the BTS that they really had to move their bodies using big movements while staying precise. In a way that made their attacks feel threatening while also not trying to actually kill each other. Its finding that balance where one tries to convince the audience that they can kill with one punch but also not actually hurt their co-star.
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