Parkour Parkour is an extreme sport that is popular all over the world. It uses the environment of daily life as the sports venue and relies on one's own physical fitness to control any known and unknown environment quickly, effectively, and reliably.
Parkour was first born in France and entered China around 2000. After more than ten years of development, it has become one of the favorite sports for young people in China, and a national parkour competition has also been set up. The prize is very high.
As an emerging fashion sports brand, Senqi's market positioning is young people who like sports. Therefore, the elements of parkour have been integrated into this commercial in order to achieve the publicity effect of resonating with the target group.
Silver Horse Advertising invited Lu Chen to endorse Senqi, and used a professional stunt double for the parkour scene. It should be said that all aspects were well considered. No one expected that there would be a problem on the first day of shooting.
In fact, for parkour, injuries are simply common, especially when there is no perfect equipment protection. It is easy to have problems. Although Coach Wang and Wang Hai are professionals, they are not immune to accidents.
But for the director, it couldn't be worse.
This commercial was rushed to finish shooting. Silver Horse Advertising and Senqi have a contractual agreement. If it is not on the screen within the specified time, the company's credibility and interests will be greatly damaged.
Otherwise, they would not have rushed to start shooting on the second day of National Day.
Coach Wang's injury made the following shooting work very troublesome. Although it was not difficult to find professional parkour athletes in Jinling or the surrounding areas, it was not easy to ask for a height and body similar to Lu Chen.
Parkour is more suitable for young people with small and flexible figures.
Lu Chen is 180 + tall!
Wang Hai struggled to stand up. He drooped his head and his face was full of shame: "Director, I'm so sorry."
He was a professional, but this mistake was very low-level and purely careless.
It was not the first time that Coach Wang had worked as a stunt double, but it was the first time that something went wrong as soon as the shooting started.
It was not a big deal to sprain his ankle, but it was not good to delay the shooting of others.
The director said with a wry smile, "Forget it, it's not your fault. Who can guarantee that nothing will happen?"
"I'll ask my assistant to take you to the hospital. It's best to take an X-ray to see the bones. We will pay for the medical expenses."
Reputation was very important in this industry. Unless you were a big shot, you would not be able to survive if you were mean and unkind. This was especially true for stunt doubles. They worked hard to earn money, so they had to take responsibility if there was a work-related injury.
The director's surname was Zhong, and he had been in the industry for many years, so he knew how to do things.
Wang Hai quickly waved his hand and said, "There's no need to go through so much trouble. I just hurt my muscles. I'll recover after applying some medicine and resting for two days. There's no need to go to the hospital and waste money."
He was honest and straightforward.
An assistant brought the ointment over and applied it for him.
Director Zhong sighed helplessly and asked, "Do you know anyone who can come and help?"
"Director …"
Before Wang Hai could answer, Lu Chen, who had just come over, said, "Let me try!"
Director Zhong was speechless: "Mr. Lu Chen, if you are injured, it will be more troublesome!"
If there was a problem with the stunt double, they could always get another stunt double, but if there was a problem with the male lead, could they still get another stunt double?
This was too ridiculous!
There was even an inexplicable fire of irritation in his heart, and he didn't want to explain more to Lu Chen.
Lu Chen smiled faintly and said, "Director Zhong, I often exercise. I think I can still do simple parkour. Let's shoot the first scene of jumping over the box first, and if there's no problem, how about shooting the second one?"
He added, "It's better than waiting like this!"
This sentence poked the director's Achilles heel. The scenes in the Film and Television City were not used for nothing. If they couldn't finish shooting today, they would have to continue shooting tomorrow. Not to mention the cost of time and energy, the rent had to be paid.
Then let's try it!
Director Zhong gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, you have to pay attention to safety. Don't try to be brave!"
The first scene was jumping over a cardboard box full of flowers. There was not much danger in that.
Lu Chen said with a smile, "I know."
Since the decision was made, Director Zhong no longer hesitated and immediately asked his staff to start preparing.
"Camera ready, put the camera in place!"
"Don't stand here and watch the fun. Separate the tourists here!"
"Make-up artist, touch up Lu Chen's makeup..."
Ten minutes later, wearing Senqi sportswear, Senqi running shoes, and Senqi sports bag, Lu Chen, who could be said to be fully armed, stood on the sidewalk and did a few warm-up movements.
At the door of the flower shop more than ten meters in front of him, there were three large corrugated cardboard boxes stacked with roses that were as delicate as fire, still with morning dew.
On the left side of Lu Chen, the cameraman was controlling a high-definition digital camera and pointing the lens at him.
The cameraman was ready to push the track at any time.
"All units, attention!"
"Street chase, first scene, first shot."
“Action！”
With the director's order, Lu Chen immediately stepped forward.
Since experiencing that strange and long dream, he basically came out every morning to exercise, running + practicing martial arts, regardless of rain or shine.
Therefore, running has become one of Lu Chen's daily habits. When he took a step, his movements were very skillful and smooth, without the slightest stiffness and discomfort, and he rushed to the front of the cardboard box in a breath.
The next moment, Lu Chen's left foot stepped heavily on the ground, and the extremely elastic sole gave back a heavy force. His right leg was lifted and stretched forward at the same time, and his whole body rose into the air, jumping over the flower box more than one meter high in an instant.
Then landed steadily!
In order to ensure the safety of Lu Chen, the director deliberately arranged to lower the height of the cardboard box.
It turned out that there was obviously no need for this. Lu Chen's jumping ability was excellent, even better than Wang Hai!
"Good!"
Director Zhong couldn't help but shout, very overjoyed.
Just jumping over the cardboard box on the ground, there must be many people who can do it easily.
But Lu Chen, from starting, running, boosting, jumping to landing, all his movements were done in one go, as smooth as flowing clouds and water, which gave people a pleasant feeling and seemed very unusual.
As Lu Chen said, he often exercised, otherwise, it would be impossible to jump so beautifully!
Most of the worries in Director Zhong's heart disappeared in an instant.
There was applause around, and the members of the shooting team were cheering for Lu Chen's performance.
There were very few stars who had such excellent athletic ability.
Although it was simple running and jumping, it could also show the quality and ability of an individual in sports.
However, things were not so simple. When Director Zhong looked back at the filmed picture, he couldn't help but show a wry smile.
He found that he had made a mistake that was neither big nor small.
The original arrangement was to let a stunt double jump, so the camera was always shooting from the side. Now that Lu Chen was doing it in person, the side shot was meaningless and even flawed.
In addition, Lu Chen ran a little fast, and the camera did not keep up well, so the picture was not good.
Director Zhong could only invite Lu Chen over and let him reshoot it after explaining the situation.
Lu Chen nodded to show that there was no problem.
Lu Chen's cooperative attitude made Director Zhong have a very good impression. There are not many artists like him who respect the director and take their work seriously. Many young people who are new to the circle are very impetuous and very self-righteous.
When shooting commercials like Director Zhong, he is often put on the spot by some star artists who like to play big shots.
For the second reshoot, Director Zhong arranged for the front and side double camera positions, and increased the number of people pushing the track to improve the speed.
This round of shooting was completed smoothly, and Lu Chen's performance was still impeccable!
But the action of the second scene was troublesome.
Lu Chen needed to run quickly on the sidewalk, jump up on the steps, and then hold the railing with his hand. He used the force to climb over the flower bed that was almost 2 meters wide, and finally landed on the grass. The difficulty was not something that ordinary people could do.
Just now, Wang Hai twisted his foot when he was doing this action!
Director Zhong was very worried that the tragedy would repeat itself. After all, Lu Chen was not a professional parkour athlete, and he was not even an enthusiast. It was undoubtedly a great challenge for him to complete this action.
He thought about it and said to Lu Chen, "Why don't we use post-production synthesis for this action!"
Post-production was with the help of green screen technology. With the help of wire, any difficult and thrilling action could be completed.
It was definitely troublesome, and the effect was definitely not realistic, but it was better than having an accident with Lu Chen.
There was a special green screen studio in the Film and Television City.
Of course, Lu Chen knew the meaning of post-production synthesis. He couldn't help but smile and said, "That's too troublesome, Director Zhong. Let me try it first. If it works, I'll shoot it directly. If I can't believe it, I'll think of another way."
Director Zhong thought for a moment and agreed.
It was mainly because of Lu Chen's previous performance that gave him a lot of confidence. Otherwise, he would definitely not agree.
Although it was a practice, Director Zhong arranged all the shooting staff for the actual shooting.
In the face of the approaching camera, Lu Chen was not nervous at all. He continued to run forward along the sidewalk. In the blink of an eye, he rushed to the steps leading to the small square, and suddenly jumped high!
At this moment, everyone's heart was raised!
They saw Lu Chen in the air, his right hand firmly pressed on the top of the railing, and with the strength of his arm, he flew forward over the flower bed more than 2 meters wide, like an eagle spreading its wings and gliding through the air, and then landed on the grass.
The next moment, Lu Chen's body squatted down to unload the force due to inertia. He pressed the ground with his left hand to stabilize his body, and then jumped up again like a spring full of strength, and jumped into the square freely.
Everyone was dumbfounded by what they saw!
Wang Hai stood up in disbelief, completely ignoring the pain in his ankle.
The series of movements that Lu Chen had just completed, not to mention ordinary people, even professional parkour athletes couldn't do better than him!
Has he really never done parkour before?
Wang Hai didn't believe it!
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