Action scenes can be shot in many ways but sometimes, it can be as simple as filming a dramatic conversation.
We talk about the effectiveness behind SPL’s legendary fight between Donnie Yen and Wu Jing. Closed captions available.
This video essay was written, narrated and edited by Hieu Chau.
Films used:
- Police Story (1985)
- Oldboy (2003)
- SPL (2005)
- Secret Sunshine (2007)
- The Man from Nowhere (2010)
- The Raid (2011)
- Taken 3 (2014)
- The Raid 2: Berandal (2014)
- The Villainess (2017)
Clips used:
- DP/30: Django Unchained, actor Samuel L Jackson (2012) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMyjY…
- The Man from Nowhere – Making-of (2010) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqbXm…
- The Raid 2 – Behind the Scenes (2014) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puoPs…
- Behind the Scenes of Kill Zone – S.P.L Donnie Yen Vs Wu Jing (2005) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcFdA…
Music used:
- flavors & with u’ – Daze https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7zcI…