2012 was a crazy learning curve year, but the opening of 2013 started off with a Big Bang!
Instead of counting down for the new year, I saw myself in a desolated part of Nanhai, Guangzhou and sleeping at 11.30pm for our first day of shoot on the 1 Jan at a freezing 5.45am. It seems like only in China this happens but the excitement is that we are doing a Roger Corman film. The hours are long (12+ hours), 7 days a week for 5-6 weeks, but hey, the amount of international talent we got on board this project makes it a gem to be on.
So lets back track a bit. Who is Roger Corman? I've never heard of him before but wiki tells me
that he is one of Hollywood's greatest, the father of B grade films, almost 90 years old, and now is making films in China.
I believe the ripple effect in life and how your decisions made before can be a chain reaction to the things you have today.
The predecessors to why I'm here is due to a lot of hard work and at specific decisions.
It all started with Maximum Choppage in 2005, an accolade of short films of various genres, employment as a digital media/ acting facilitator, researcher on one of Australia's largest documentary series "Once Upon A Time in Cabramatta", working on more shorts such as "Enter The Dojo" and "Gaffa" and now working with long time friend, Antony Szeto (director of Jackie Chan produced film "Wushu").
I apologise for the list, but it is also a reminder for me that no one gets there as a one hit wonder. Very rarely and it is a series of choices and learning made on the way.
So what am I doing on this international project? Firstly it was more so as part of the fight choreography team (Dong Tam Martial Arts Association) alongside with Trung Ly and his student, Joshua Tieu.
Then as Ms Juju Chan evolved to her leading lady role of Meili, I was offered the role of bad ass character Zhen.
Zhen is a run down assassin who has a specialty using twin rainbow knives to defeat her assigned opponent Damon (played by leading man MMA world champion fighter Josh Thomson) to retrieve some drugged up mooncakes.
Zhen is part of a bunch of bad ass baddies including Enlai (played by the infamous Xin Sarith Wuku who you tubers may know him for his "Urban Ninja" clips. Then there's Sin (played by Christopher Pang who is from movies such as "Tomorrow When The War Began" and "I Frankenstein") and Thorn (played by melbourne-based Daniel Whyte).
Stuntpeople speaking, we have Joshua Tieu who is playing almost 101 roles and also J Cheung.
Day # 1 was literally a Big Bang with a petrol station explosion and an intro fight scene featuring Hong Kong stuntie Andrew Dasz vs the bad ass character Enlai.
Day #3 & #4 was at the Imperial Palace CCTV studios with gunfights, martial arts tussles and high falls.
Day #5 was Chris vs Josh fight scene.
You get the drill, will update you more soon.
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| Crew on set and sleeping |
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| Roger Corman |
So lets back track a bit. Who is Roger Corman? I've never heard of him before but wiki tells me
that he is one of Hollywood's greatest, the father of B grade films, almost 90 years old, and now is making films in China.
I believe the ripple effect in life and how your decisions made before can be a chain reaction to the things you have today.
The predecessors to why I'm here is due to a lot of hard work and at specific decisions.
It all started with Maximum Choppage in 2005, an accolade of short films of various genres, employment as a digital media/ acting facilitator, researcher on one of Australia's largest documentary series "Once Upon A Time in Cabramatta", working on more shorts such as "Enter The Dojo" and "Gaffa" and now working with long time friend, Antony Szeto (director of Jackie Chan produced film "Wushu").
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| Maria Tran running action acting workshop |
I apologise for the list, but it is also a reminder for me that no one gets there as a one hit wonder. Very rarely and it is a series of choices and learning made on the way.
So what am I doing on this international project? Firstly it was more so as part of the fight choreography team (Dong Tam Martial Arts Association) alongside with Trung Ly and his student, Joshua Tieu.
Then as Ms Juju Chan evolved to her leading lady role of Meili, I was offered the role of bad ass character Zhen.
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| 20 hour shoot |
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| Early mornings |
Stuntpeople speaking, we have Joshua Tieu who is playing almost 101 roles and also J Cheung.
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| Test shoot |
Day # 1 was literally a Big Bang with a petrol station explosion and an intro fight scene featuring Hong Kong stuntie Andrew Dasz vs the bad ass character Enlai.
Day #3 & #4 was at the Imperial Palace CCTV studios with gunfights, martial arts tussles and high falls.
Day #5 was Chris vs Josh fight scene.
You get the drill, will update you more soon.
Why the links questforjackeichan.com and at facebook not work. Many links on this page will not work. The videos on youtube have no other links.
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