With the development of the times, the special effects of movies are becoming more and more realistic, and wearing 3D glasses is like being there. Looking back on the movies in the 199s, without fancy special effects, the audience can still be addicted to them just by virtue of extraordinary acting skills and funny language. Hong Kong films were the hottest in the 199s. Hong Kong films produced many classic works, such as Jackie Chan's martial arts series, Stephen Chow's comedy series and Ching-Ying Lam's zombie films. Ching-Ying Lam is known as the "zombie leader" because of his acting skills, and he created an era of light and humorous zombie films.
When Ching-Ying Lam is mentioned, an image with a pale face, bright red lips and long fangs will appear in my mind. I believe many people think that there are zombies in the world when they watch them as children. If they are bitten by zombies, they will be poisoned and become zombies. When they grow up, they find that zombies are fictional, presumably because of Ching-Ying Lam's good acting skills.
Ching-Ying Lam lives in an ordinary family. His parents are ordinary workers, helping others cook for a living, and raising six brothers and sisters. The family's living conditions are very difficult. Six brothers and sisters all dropped out of school after only attending the second grade of primary school.
after dropping out of school, Ching-Ying Lam joined a drama troupe in Hong Kong in order to subsidize his family. He trained with Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung since childhood, and was the same younger brother as John Lone and Meng Hai, and kept practicing martial arts every day.
17-year-old Ching-Ying Lam joined Shaw Pictures. He is a petite and unattractive person. From the beginning, he can only be a stuntman, and when there is no fire, he also worked as a body double for Pei-Pei Cheng. Ching-Ying Lam is an upright and unsmiling person.
The friends around him also say that Ching-Ying Lam is not easy to joke and is a serious person. In the entertainment industry, everyone praised him as a very serious, dedicated and hardworking actor. He would be familiar with his lines in advance of filming, and he would never use body double himself. Ching-Ying Lam thought this was his respect for the actor's career.
At first, Ching-Ying Lam worked as a body double, and gradually became famous, then he turned to be a martial arts action instructor. During his martial arts instruction, he also cooperated with Kung Fu superstar Bruce Lee and He, which shows that Ching-Ying Lam's martial arts is very high. In 1983, he acted as an action director in the comedy "The Five Lucky Stars" and won the best action director in the third Hong Kong Academy Awards. He took every job seriously, and through continuous efforts, Ching-Ying Lam began to develop as a director and actor.
By chance, Mr. Zombie, starring Ching-Ying Lam, was accepted by the public and received high praise and evaluation. The zombie film made Ching-Ying Lam famous at once. Since then, when people mention Ching-Ying Lam, the first thing that comes to mind is zombie movies, which seems to have become his label.
In the traditional concept of China, ghosts and gods are avoided by everyone, and shooting supernatural films is mostly obscure. Isn't Ching-Ying Lam, a professional zombie movie user, afraid of an accident? Well said, no matter which line has its own rules, most people still believe in the theory of ghosts and gods, and Ching-Ying Lam must obey the rules when making zombie films.
Ching-Ying Lam's career has been promoted step by step because he kept four rules. What are these four rules?
Rule number one: Ask the master to watch the shooting time
In daily life, there is an old rule in China, that is, counting the dates, whether you are getting married, building a house or traveling abroad, you will always look at the lunar calendar to see which time is better. People who attach great importance to these things will ask the master to count the days. Shooting zombie-themed TV like Ching-Ying Lam needs to be developed in this industry for a long time. Before filming or TV shooting, we will find a Feng Shui master to see which day is more suitable.
Zombie-themed TV shooting sites are mostly in abandoned old houses, late-night hospitals, and deep mountains and forests. Shooting in such venues will increase the sense of atmosphere and make people feel horrible when watching. Most of the shooting of zombie films is at night. Without the sunshine, the crew will feel scared. Find a master to look at the shooting place and shooting time, and start shooting after choosing the right one, which will also alleviate the fear of the crew to some extent.
Rule number two: Let the master choose a shooting location
The shooting environment for zombie movies must be more secret and scary, so as to make better movies.
In some places, there have been real murders. If you choose this place, you must burn incense and sacrifice it, which is a very crucial step to turn over the dead here. Start a start-up ceremony before shooting, burn incense and worship Buddha, hoping that there will be no casualties during shooting, and the shooting can be smooth.
Rule number three: Give red envelopes to actors
Red envelopes first appeared in the Song Dynasty, and later became popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. They are lucky money given by elders of large families to younger generations. Now we have always had this custom during the Chinese New Year, which means to send good luck and wish good health.
When filming movies with supernatural themes, red envelopes are also given to the actors, including not only the actors but also all the crew members. A red envelope given to everyone represents good luck and indicates good luck. The amount of each red envelope will not be very large, and everyone is trying to make a good start. I hope everyone can be safe during the shooting.
Rule number four: Call "Card" when the shooting is over
When you watch many shooting tidbits or interviews with actors, you will hear "Card", which means the shooting is over. At the end of every day, in many film and television shooting, the director will shout card. This not only represents the end of filming, but also represents that actors should jump out of the role and not indulge in the role in the play to avoid unnecessary trouble.
Ching-Ying Lam has always adhered to these four rules in the filming process, and he can be safe in the filming process of zombie films for many years. These four rules are now adhered to by many directors, and everyone hopes that their film and television works can be successfully completed.
In 1997, when Ching-Ying Lam was preparing the second sequel to a zombie movie, he found himself suffering from liver cancer when he went to the hospital for a physical examination. As an actor, he had no time to rest after shooting his works. Ching-Ying Lam was still a drinker. Under such influence, his health was damaged and he died soon. In this way, the good actors in people's minds left, and the generation of zombie leaders left.
Ching-Ying Lam has been away from everyone for more than 2 years, and his zombie movies still look classic. We feel sorry for the death of such a good actor. In addition, I would like to give you a piece of advice. You must cherish your health while working hard.