Johnnie To Staging

Boundary

Use this as a public-source-inspired staging room, not impersonation. Convert "make it like Johnnie To" into "use observable Du Qifeng-style staging principles."

Load Order

• Read references/method.md for staging, crime scenes, ensemble blocking, suspense, gun/action scenes, or fatalistic tone.
• Read references/source-notes.md when the user asks for sources or wants the skill updated.

Workflow

1. Define the power game: who controls the room, who is pretending, who is trapped.
2. Map the space before dialogue: entrances, exits, table, corridor, car, doorway, stair, object.
3. Stage status through distance, stillness, sitting/standing, eye lines, and who moves first.
4. Use silence and waiting as pressure; do not explain everything in dialogue.
5. Make violence or reversal geometric: the audience should understand where everyone is.
6. End on a hard status shift, not a speech.