The 1983 Hong Kong Film Awards included "Best Action Director" in the selection category, allowing more people to recognize the action design talent behind the film. It is of great significance to Hong Kong films advocating martial arts culture and action design. The so-called action director, that is, the instructor responsible for film and television martial arts design and action stunts, is self-evident of the importance of an action film. In terms of division of labor, it can be on an equal footing with the director, so there is also the saying of an action director.
has produced many well-known action directors from the early Hong Kong action movies, martial arts movies, and police movies. In the 1960s, Han Yingjie designed movements for Hu Jinquan’s martial arts films. The combined group Bruce Lee, Lin Zhengying, and Chen Huiyi are the iron triangle, and then the martial arts team such as Chengjiaban, Hongjiaban and Liujiaban become the backbone of the team. Yuan Heping and his Yuan family Ban also contributes to Hong Kong action movies. Although Hong Kong action movies are no longer as they were in the past, today’s action actors still have their own team. Donnie Yen has his own Zhenjia class. Qian Jiale’s martial arts team has become a local force in Hong Kong action movies. Although Jackie Chan’s team is called Disband, they actually participate. Most of Jackie Chan’s new movies.
Today we are talking about a genius action director from Hong’s family class. Because of the extremely low-key, compared with famous directors such as Yuan Heping, Cheng Xiaodong, Yuan Bin, it is too "unpopular", but it Their achievements in action design are not inferior to them. He is Dong Wei.
Practice hard moves, from actor to martial arts director: Dong Wei was born in Shanghai in 1954, moved to Hong Kong at the age of 4, and studied Peking Opera under the school of Fenju. Like Ju Lin Zhengying, Hui Tianci, Yang Panpan, Zhong Fa, and Meng Hai are all from the Fenju troupe. The drama class not only practiced Peking Opera Kungfu, but also has corresponding Mandarin practice. In addition to the various advantages of attractive appearance, Dong Wei began to play some small movie roles at the age of seven or eight when he was filming live radio and filming. Later, he joined the Hong family class and Bruce Lee. The finger moon scene in "Dragon Fighting Tiger Fighting" is a classic.
16-year-old Dong Wei began to work as a movie martial artist and stand-in, and then went to Taiwan to develop, successively served as the martial arts design of "Red Clothes Cold Blood Golden Face Man", "Iron Hand Ruthless Soul Pursuing Order", and "Eighteen Arhat Boxing". At the end of the 1970s, Dong Wei returned to Hong Kong to develop into a TVB artiste, and became famous with the movie "Heroes Are Born". In this martial arts drama, he not only played and lived a ghostly youth Fang Shiyu, but also designed a wonderful martial arts design for the series, which was well received in the industry. After filming dramas such as "Theatrical Troupe Boy" and "Thirteen Taibao", he left Wireless and focused on the field of action design.
Genius action director, he won more awards than Sammo Hung: In addition to his performance, Dong Wei's greater achievement lies in the action design of film and television dramas. In the early days, he was a key member of the Hong Family Class. The witty movements in the classics "Mr. Fantasy", "Master of Ghostbusters", and "The Taoist with One Eyebrow" all came from Dong Wei. Dong Wei's creativity in combining story performance and action has also been favored by many big directors. For example, Wu Yusen asked him to guide "The True Colors of a Hero" and Wong Kar Wai asked him to shoot "Carmen in Mong Kok".
After the 1990s, Dong Wei ushered in the peak of his own action design field. In 1995, he and Tsui Hark collaborated on "The Knife" for the first time nominated for the Hong Kong Film Awards Best Action Design Award. He will be shortlisted every year, including everyone knows. "New Shanghai Beach", "Beauty Shadow", "King of Killers", etc. After the new millennium, Dong Wei is almost always a frequent visitor to the finalists of the Action Design Award. So far, he has nominated for the Best Action Design Award 17 times and won 6 times, while Sammo Hung has only won 4 times. Dong Wei The strength is evident.
Here we take a look at Dong Wei’s six award-winning movies, the science and technology crime action film "Blubbering Shadow", the police action film "Purple Rain Storm", the action comedy "Secret Agents", the main theme action film "October Siege" and actual combat The action film "One Man's Martial Arts" can be said to be familiar with different types and action styles. So you will also see "Seven Swords" designed by traditional martial arts, and "Painted Skin" designed by him. Even Chen Kexin's "If Love" is looking for Dong Wei. This is not only because of his right The proficiency of action design lies in his unique arrangement of action design, which allows the action to drive the audience to follow the plot and trigger emotional resonance. The design concept of
with action in conjunction with the occurrence of the movie story is a magic weapon guided by Dong Wei. Even if an excellent martial arts design is not required, the action elements can promote the development of the plot. simpleSimply speaking, the excellent action guide can make the protagonist drink water once and turn around each time, so as to drive the audience's emotions. When Dong Wei completes his own motion design, he will also have his own "second creation", which means he will stop for a week to think about whether there will be another new way of presentation, so that the motion design has another One possibility. This is the pursuit of excellence in motion design and the second magic weapon for his success.
Dong Wei’s third magic weapon is the professionalism of action filmmakers. When shooting thrilling action scenes, he will often measure whether the actors can complete them, and how to improve the success rate to design actions without affecting the appearance. Just like when he designed actions for Jackie Chan’s "Mystery of Agents" with low risk as the standard, he will design the actions after testing the vehicle speed, vehicle weight, wind speed and other data to make the action scenes look good and provide safety guarantees for the actors.
Director's debut "Exorcist Police", filming classic action movies for Jet Li: In addition to being an actor and action director, Dong Wei is also a director. The director’s debut was the "Exorcist Police" filmed in 1990. This movie combines the police and the exorcist. The fighting plot is not Dong Wei’s "true love", but the general environment urges him to make such an action movie. .
"The Exorcist Police" did not incorporate the action concept that Dong Wei really wanted to express. Only the "King of Killers" created for Jet Li in 1998 can get a glimpse of it. This film is excellent in action, suspense, and roles. It was nominated for the best action design at the Golden Image Award and the Golden Horse Award. It is a classic masterpiece of Jet Li's journey to Hollywood.
may not be the famous action guide in everyone's first impression than Yuan Heping and Hong Jinbao, and many people don't even know him. However, you can understand his action design strength from his works. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a genius action design. In the future, Dong Wei will also be a guide that cannot be ignored in the field of action movies.
