TheUseofPropsinJackieChan’sActionComedy

IntroductionTheuseofpropsinJackieChan’sactioncomedynotonlyshowshisinnovativeandspontaneouskung-fustyle,butvisualizesthechangesinhisemotionstowardshisopponentsaswell.Whiletraditionalactionfilmsareanarchic,rebellious,evenviolentlyvengeful,Jackie’screativeuseofrandomobjectsashisweaponsmakeshisactioncomedyfunandunique.Morethanaphysicalcomedy,Jackie’sisalmostacomedyofphysics,wherevectorsandvelocitiesarepreciselycalculated(Kehr).ThesceneunderanalysisischosenfromDrunkenMaster(YuenWoo-ping,1978).Itislocatedatthe68-70minutetimeperiodofthefilmanddepictsthefightscenebetweenIronHeadRatwhocheatedinthegamblinggameandWongFei-hong(Jackie’scharacter)withtheassistanceofMasterSu.Theplotbetweencharactersandthecreativefightsintertwined,makingthescenevividlydynamic.FromPantstoHammerJackiecanfightusingrandomobjects.Healwaysgiveshimselfadisadvantagebystartingbeneathhisopponent,andbeinganunderdog,heisforcedtogetcreativeusinganythingaroundhim.Thismakeseachfightorganicandgrounded,andamusestheaudiencewithjokesthatcouldnothappenanywhereelse(Zhou).Inthisparticularscene,heusedapairofpants,awoodenboard,awinejar,andahammer.Frommypointofview,thechronologicalorderofJackieusingthesepropsisnotunintentional;thedegreeofsolidityincreasedashebecamemoreconfidentopposingIronHeadRat.JackiestartedthefightwithfearforIronHeadRatwhocouldcrashbrickswithhishead.UsingapairofpantstoblockIronHeadRat’ssights,Fei-hongcametounderstandthathisopponentwasnotundefeatableandcontinuedseekingharderpropsthatcouldresistironhead.ItwasasurprisethatFei-hongfinallydefeatedIronHeadRatwithahammer,enhancingthelightatmosphereandthefilm’scomedycharacteristic.ItwasmoresurprisingthattherewasaBruceLeereference–Jackieusedthehammerasnunchaku.AsJackiecommentedonhimself,insteadofmakingintensemovies,hemadelightones.Jackiehasdefinedanotherversionofheroism,onewithagood-humouredwillingnesstosufferandwininanunexpectedway(Bordwell34).HumanasaPropItwasthefirsttimewhereFei-hongandMasterSucooperatedinafightagainstoneopponent.InsteadoftakingturntofightwithIronHeadRat,MasterSuusedFei-hongasapropwithacrobaticactions.Theplotswereshortandtheemotionswerestraightforward.Eachactionwaspreciseandclear.Withthisexpressiveamplification,theaudiencecouldreadtheperformersinaglance(Bordwell146).Emotionswereexpressivelyamplifiedalsothroughtheintensiveuseofmediumshotsandcloseups,especiallyforIronHeadRat.Differentfromotherkung-fu,hisheadwastheweapon,anditbecamemoreconvenienttokeepthefocusonhisfacialexpressionsdetails.Overall,thefilm’seditinglinkedfragmentsofactionsandmagnifiedtheemotionaldynamicsoftheperformance.Thetransitionsfrommediumandlongshotstocloseupsandviceversawerenaturalandsmooth,makingitcomfortablefortheaudiencetounderstandthefights.ConclusionJackie’screativeuseofpropsinthefightscenesamplifiesexpressiveforce.Kung-fuactionsofunarmedfightersmayseemrepetitiveafterawhile.Bybringingrandomobjectsinourdailylifetothefight,Jackiemanagedtobridgethegapwiththeaudienceandattracttheirattention.Withtheexpressiveamplificationofcamerashotfilmingtechniques,Jackie’sactioncomedyenablestheaudiencetoenjoygagsandactionsatthesametime.WorksCitedBordwell,David.PlanetHongKong-PopularCinemaandtheArtofEntertainment(2nded).IrvingtonWayInstitutePress,2011.DrunkenMaster.Dir.Woo-pingYuen.SeasonalFilmCorporation.1978.Kehr,Dave.quot;ChanCanDo.quot;May/June1988.FilmComment.https://www.filmcomment.com/article/jackie-chan-samo-hung-profile/.14February2018.Zhou,Tony.quot;JackieChan-HowtoDoActionComedy?quot;2December2014.EveryFrameAPainting.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1PCtIaM_GQ.14February2018.copy;本文版权归作者nicasso所有，任何形式转载请联系作者。