Senior Cantonese voiceover comes out of the mountain to reveal the past of Cantonese voiceover in Hong Kong films - 4

Senior Cantonese voiceover comes out of the mountain to reveal the past of Cantonese voiceover in Hong Kong films - 4

Qi Yan in Lei Luo Zhuan is Liu Dehua's Cantonese voiceover

In the early years, Cantonese voice over circles in Hong Kong were taught by teachers and apprentices. Cantonese voice over speakers trained themselves in high-intensity work and achieved qualitative changes in the accumulation of quantity. In the 1980s, there were six or seven mountains in the Cantonese voice over circle in Hong Kong, that is, six or seven groups of people, and corresponding six or seven foremen (that is, Cantonese voice over directors). Shaw, Jiahe, Xinyi City and other companies have fixed Mandarin foremen. Each foreman has a group of people. After receiving the play, the foreman will find actors according to the needs of the play. There are two criteria: one is whether the person can match; 2、 The budget is not enough.

Zhou Xingchi's "Heroes of the World" Qi Yan's Cantonese voiceover clip

This does not mean Andy Lau must be your Cantonese voiceover. Cantonese voiceover has not reached such a position. Of course, with the exclusive Cantonese voiceover by Stephen Chow and the exclusive Cantonese voiceover by Jackie Chan, the market has opened up, which is to say later. In the early days, they basically matched anyone. They don't think Andy Lau or Tony Leung is a job. Qi Yan said. Cantonese voiceover

But one thing is, if it doesn't match, it will be difficult to eat this bowl of rice. At that time, the foreman had great power. For example, Shao's foreman is basically an old man with 50 years of work experience. Take a look and listen to a few words, and you will know whether the foundation of Cantonese voiceover is good. If someone wants to muddle along, waiting for him will be the fate of being replaced.

The stills of Jackie Chan's Plan A

Occasionally, the foreman will not be lenient if the self inflating person wants to take the price. It is said that an actor with Jackie Chan asked for a price increase and was fired. When the new Cantonese voiceover came out and the foreman showed it to Jackie Chan, he heard the voice was wrong. He was very angry and rude at that time. You saved me tens of millions of dollars in Cantonese voiceover? If I can't sell it, are you responsible? " Therefore, although there are rules in the industry, the market rules are also slowly beating the Cantonese voice over industry.

Looking back on the years in the Cantonese voiceover room, it was both funny and bitter.

"Secret Love" Drama of Xu Jinjiang

Yan Xiaotao remembered that in "The Secret Love", there was a scene of Ye Zimei and Xu Jinjiang, which was shot for a long time. It was very hard to match Ye Zimei's breath and voice. The Cantonese voiceover operator was short of breath, his brain was short of oxygen, and his hands were numb. Previous films could not be cut by computer. If the Cantonese voiceover broke, he had to come again. Later, seven girls sat in front of the microphone and finished the scene. The first Cantonese voiceover called for a while, but he couldn't hold on, pinched the girl next to him, and the second one gasped again, and so on.

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