There's this trend of hiding the action in an action scene to make shooting "easier" or less time consuming, but if you're going to hide the action, why have an action scene to begin with? It's entertaining. I want to see it. Anyway, this video is great. Jackie Chan gives his thoughts on editing a fight and shows how to put comedy into your action scenes as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1PCtIaM_GQ
Post-Production : Editing Fights Scenes. Jackie Chan Shows how its done by Jack Ritter
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The obvious answer to " if you're going to hide the action, why have an action scene to begin with?" is the stars of action films cannot do what Jackie could do. Same with musicals. In the past there was no need to cut, cut, cut because Kelly and Astaire could actually dance. Today musicals are made with stars who can't. I know a lot of stunt guys. They can still kick ass but the stars of the movie can't. And in the US there are many regulations. That's why Chan didn't make many movies in the states. US regulations wouldn't allow him to do his own stunts. He was a master for sure.
That's very true. I like the analogy to musicals. You don't need to cut around Fred Astaire, you can just get the whole dance.
hey Jack I'm always looking to get into this kind of editing I need help doing it and was wondering if you needed any support let me know I could always use some extra work thanks bro
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LOVE this series, "Every Frame a Painting". I'm so sad it's ended. Ying Jie Wang It depends if you do martial arts yourself. Not everyone in America is familiar with martial arts so Jackie Chan still seems extraordinary because of that "mystery". But I would contend that he is also just so fun to watch, so his popularity is more about his likeability and not just his stunts/martial arts. We also have a TON of films, and martial arts films aren't as common here as they are there. Actually, that's a great question - how common are martial arts films in China? I'd love to learn from your experience!