Bao Tran on indie action filmmaking and comedy (Action Talks #18)
Bao Tran is a action film writer and director known best for his latest action comedy The Paper Tigers. We talk about Hong Kong movie influences, comedy, and indie filmmaking:
Edited by Joey Min
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Timestamps:
00:01:17 Working in TV
00:03:16 Long Form model of filmmaking
00:04:52 Childhood
00:09:00 Old World of Vietnam
00:10:50 Talking about the past and love languages between Bao and his parents
00:12:21 Vietnamese and Chinese cultures
00:13:25 Confucianism and Imperialism
00:15:05 Introduction to Hong Kong Cinema
00:22:17 What made Bao pick up a camera for the first time
00:23:49 Learning how to edit in-camera
00:25:10 First time realizing he could make a “moment“ with editing
00:28:39 Watching wuxia as a child
00:31:10 Genre in US and HK; reality in films
00:32:58 Carmen’s Virtue
00:37:17 Tricking and HK filmmaking in the late 90’s
00:40:15 Action design for Carme’s Virtue
00:43:26 Creating action on the page or on set
00:46:01 Room for improvisation?
00:49:04 What can stunt performers learn from actors?
00:50:37 Did your Computer Science education help your filmmaking?
00:54:26 Testing audiences to see what works
00:58:06 Test screenigs are visceral
01:01:40 Social media comments
01:03:17 Bookie short film
01:05:52 Being in Seattle
01:12:12 The Challenger
01:17:22 Thinking of action; is it classical music or jazz?
01:22:35 Influence on sound design in HK films
01:24:10 Corey Yuen’s response to Challenger
01:25:06 Jazzy style of martial arts for Paper Tigers
01:29:50 Doing an improvisational style in a fight scene
01:31:54 Actors pretending to not be in shape
01:33:19 Movement of action today compared to 20 years ago
01:35:11 Fun action films
01:38:02 Post-Handover HK films
01:42:14 Bourne style of action
01:43:12 Legend of the Wolf
01:45:00 Jackie Chan’s “no stunt doubles“ and wide shots
01:46:40 Chinese vs American perception of action
01:48:15 Real violence
01:53:25 Does creating and designing fight scenes help one understand real violence?
01:54:01 As a writer, he has a higher tolerance of being uneasy
01:57:52 What Bao is watching these days
01:59:33 Seeing real bodies do stunts is freaky
02:01:50 Can’t step in the same river twice; HK style was then, so what do we do now?
02:03:16 Movement Language
02:07:19 Monkey dance
02:09:49 Chambara style of action
02:11:23 How much time is needed to design and execute action scenes
02:14:46 Action Directing in India
02:16:02 Sammo vs Jackie editing and filmmaking style
02:17:55 Jackie Chan’s directing kung fu movies
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