Huayu: Director started with art films

1 month 6 number.

The crew officially had their holiday, and both the leading actors and extras left the film and television city and went to the nearby JH city to eat, drink and have fun.

Many actors also took advantage of the three-day holiday to fly away to handle some personal matters.

Just like Andy Lau, it has been four months since he joined the crew and he has not asked for leave once during this period. Even if there is no filming, he still stays in Hengdian Film and Television City honestly.

Because he knew this movie was related to his future.

In the movie "Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms", the most outstanding characters are probably just a few. Not to mention Cao, Sun and Liu, the absolute protagonists, Cao Cao has a lot of scenes.

Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu are also absolute second best characters, and both have their own highlight moments.

Counting down, among the military generals, there are only a few who stand out the most, Guan, Zhang, and Zhao from Liu Bei's camp, Zhang Liao and Xiahou Dun from Cao Cao's camp, and Gan Ning and Zhou Tai from Sun Quan's camp.

The only ones who truly had their moments of glory were Guan Yu, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Liao.

Guan Yu released Cao Cao at Huarong Pass, Zhang Fei roared on Dangyang Bridge, Zhao Zilong went in and out of Changbanpo seven times, and Zhang Wenyuan defeated the Wuhuan king's court in the northern border.

All four have plots of at least three minutes.

Because of this, Andy was extremely cooperative. Even though many directors in Hong Kong wanted him to film, he turned them all down.

If this movie is a success, Andy Lau will instantly become famous throughout Asia and become a true Asian superstar.

So now that the crew has finally had three days off, Andy Lau hurried back to Hong Kong to arrange the follow-up work.

According to the arrangement given by Li Yishu, his scenes, excluding the one-week holiday for the Chinese New Year, are expected to be completed before April.

I can take on some movie and record deals after April.

The main creative team of the crew can take a holiday, but Li Yishu has no time to rest.

He called five directors, Xie Jin, Shen Haofang, Yang Guangyuan, Li Jun and Wang Fulin, to discuss the next filming tasks, and at the same time watched the Inner Mongolia grassland drama that was first filmed last year.

In a conference room in the office building of Hengdian Film and Television City, a film is being screened, which contains a rough cut of Cao Cao's eastern expedition to the Wuhuan.

Looking at the screen, the cavalry all over the mountains, from close-ups to long shots to aerial shots, the scene of thousands of horses galloping, even without the soundtrack, makes people extremely excited and passionate.

In modern society, who else can witness the scene of tens of thousands of ancient cavalry charging and defeating the enemy?

Just after two minutes, Xie Jin asked someone to pause the show.

"Sure, Li Jun!"

Just at the beginning, when there was a huge scene of thousands of troops charging, Xie Jin excitedly said to Li Jun, "Your shots are really good, the close-ups, the long shots, the overhead shots... and the moment when the camera was placed on the ground, the camera shook with thousands of horses trampling on the ground. How did you come up with that idea?"

Many photography techniques had not yet been developed in those days. For example, when shooting a cavalry attack scene, how to express the oppressive feeling of ancient cavalry?
Today's directors may present it from the perspective of quantity, overhead shot, etc.

But in the shot just now, the camera was placed on the ground, and the vibration of the ground caused by thousands of horses galloping made the camera tremble slightly. Coupled with the scene of thousands of horses charging in the picture, the feeling of oppression was full.

"Haha, this is all thanks to the chief instructor's advice!"

Li Jun smiled cheerfully: "Let me tell you, when we were shooting this scene, the director gave me so many good suggestions."

Li Yishu said modestly, "Director Li, you are too polite. I just made a suggestion. It's just talk on paper. It's you who really shot the scene."

"Director, don't be so modest. These shots are not complicated to think about. Without your ideas, I can't shoot them."

Li Jun is a very pragmatic person. When filming in Inner Mongolia, even though he and Wang Fulin were the directors, it was Li Yishu who played a key role.

Wang Fulin said with a smile: "It hasn't even been released yet and you're already being modest to each other. Stop being modest and just keep watching it."

"Yes, keep watching! I want to see the rest of the scenes."

The projector continues.

During the rest of the screening, no one asked for a pause, but instead focused on watching the more than 30-minute-long war scene.

This is a rough cut that includes all the exciting scenes, and some more will definitely be cut later on.

"How is it?" Li Yishu asked, "Is there anything left over, or something that needs to be revised?"

Shen Haofang was the first to speak excitedly: "No, it was filmed so well. It's even more exciting than the circus in Dunhuang that I co-directed."

"Director Shen is right. The filming was really exciting."

Xie Jin praised: "If it is accompanied by music, I believe this war scene can be used as a teaching material in the directing departments of major universities."

“It’s a really nice shot.”

Director Yang Guangyuan also applauded.

Li Jun and Wang Fulin laughed from beginning to end and were so happy that they couldn't express it in words.

There are a total of six directors for this film, with Lee Yi-su as the overall director. It can be said that he was responsible for and participated in the filming of every group, so he won't say anything more.

As for the plot and shots that the other five people are in charge of, which one is better will become clear after the film is released.

The most important thing is that all five of them got the highlight shots in the movie. If anyone of them performed poorly, it would be very embarrassing.

Li Jun and Wang Fulin had actually been quite worried. After all, this movie had such a huge investment and even the higher-ups were paying close attention to it. If it wasn't made well, it would be really embarrassing.

Fortunately, after the rough cut, the shots were all perfect. After adding music and fine-tuning, it was perfect.

Wait till you finish watching the movie.

Li Yishu invited them to the next room for a meeting.

The remaining scenes, apart from the literary scenes such as the debate with scholars and the release of Cao Cao, only the final battle remains.

With tens of thousands of extras, not only will you need extremely high coordination skills, but most importantly, the ability to mobilize will be required, otherwise this scene won’t be shot well at all.

Even if it is filmed, it will still be a joke.

The meeting lasted for an hour.

People left one after another.

Everyone else left, leaving only Xie Jin behind. Li Yishu noticed that he seemed to have something to say to her, so she took the initiative to ask, "Director Xie, is there something?"

"Director, there is something I want to tell you, but I'm a little embarrassed to say it." Xie Jin was a little embarrassed.

"It's okay, Director Xie, please let me know if you have anything to say."

"Well... it's like this. I opened a performing arts school. The final exams are almost over and we have recruited a new batch of students. The school director asked me if we could arrange for these students to intern with our crew and be extras to experience the atmosphere of a large crew."

As early as 1993, Xie Jin founded a Film and Television Art Academy dedicated to training young people in acting. All students in the school live on campus and the school has three semesters per academic year, with intensive training during both winter and summer vacations.

All teaching work is carried out with the goal of shaping the character. After several months of preparation, the opening ceremony was officially held in March 94.

The third class was recruited again at the end of last year, and now Xie Jin Film and Television Academy has trained hundreds of people.

Hearing this, Li Yishu thought it was something serious, and waved his hand and said, "I thought it was something serious, it's just for the students to come for internship, Director Xie can arrange it as he pleases."

"Thank you, Director."

Xie Jin breathed a sigh of relief. He felt a little embarrassed to say this because this Film and Television Arts Academy was founded by his son and he was just listed there in name only.

But even if he is listed in the film in name only, it is his son's career after all, and the great director Xie Jin is no exception. "Red Cliff of Three Kingdoms" has such a large crew and such a high investment, it can be said to be unique in China.

Allowing old students to come for internships and allowing new students to come and see the strength of the school will definitely bring more benefits than disadvantages to Xie Jin's acting school.

In the blink of an eye.

After the holiday, the crew resumed filming.

Perhaps because of the three-day break, the actors’ original high-intensity shooting spirit was relaxed, and many scenes were finished in one take.

The shooting progress of each group was once very good.

15 number.

Three large buses slowly drove to the entrance of Hengdian Film and Television City.

When the car door opened, a group of young men and women got out of the car. There were about a hundred of them, packed tightly together. Judging from their appearance, the oldest was no more than 20 years old and the youngest was only fourteen or fifteen years old. They were all wrapped up tightly.

A middle-aged man wearing glasses, accompanied by several people who looked like teachers, clapped his hands and said, "Okay, students, please be quiet. We have arrived at Hengdian World Studios now. The teachers from each class will take you to visit the studio. Remember not to run around. If you need to go to the bathroom, please tell the teacher in advance."

The teacher was speaking in the front, and at the back of the crowd, two little girls were huddled together.

"Little Fatty, it's so cold here. I should have worn more clothes."

Wu Minfei shrank her neck. She didn’t expect Hengdian to be so cold. Shouldn’t Zhejiang Province not be that cold?

"I'm fine. I have enough clothes on."

Fat Fan patted his colorful cotton jacket and said with a smile, "Who told you to wear so little? We are here to film, not to play, so we must wear more."

Wu Minfei said: "I regret it. Can I go back and change my clothes now?"

They found a school in Jinhua. As the winter vacation was coming soon, the school dormitories were empty anyway, so they rented them to the students from Shanghai.

"I'm afraid not. We're already here." Fat Fan saw that his friend was very cold, so he took off the big plush scarf from his neck and wrapped it around his neck: "Put it on and see if it can keep you warm."

Wu Minfei wrapped herself in a big scarf, feeling warm. The wind could not reach her neck. She smiled and said, "You know what, it is a lot warmer. Thank you, Xiaopang."

"You're welcome. We are good sisters." Fat Fan smiled.

"Okay, let's go!"

The middle-aged man with glasses in front waved his hand and walked in front. Several teachers were in their respective classes, calling on the students to follow them and not run around.

A teacher walked over to where Fatty Fan and the others were and shouted, "Follow me, freshmen! Remember to follow me closely, the film and television city is very big."

"How big can it be?"

Fan Xiaopang curled her lips. When she was in Shanghai, she went to Shanghai Film and Television City with her parents. That place was not that big.

But when she followed the crowd and entered the film and television city, she was completely dumbfounded.

Today's Hengdian Film and Television City is divided into three areas, namely the Qin Palace, the Changle Weiyang Palace, a Bronze Sparrow Tower, and a complex of buildings from the Song and Ming dynasties.

Not to mention other places, just the Han Palace where Fan Xiaopang and his friends are located covers an area of ​​1200 acres and has a construction area of ​​20 square meters.

At this time, in addition to the filming crew, there were also many nearby residents, including tourists from other places, in the film and television city.

Walking on the streets of the Han Palace, you will see shops filled with all kinds of ancient ornaments and accessories, which will dazzle your eyes.

The group walked for more than twenty minutes before they arrived at the city wall of Changle Weiyang Palace.

The city wall that was more than ten stories high left the students, who were visiting Hengdian Film and Television City for the first time, dumbfounded.

"You guys wait a minute."

Because a movie was being filmed inside, there were staff members blocking the city gate. The middle-aged man with glasses walked up and negotiated with the other party.

Fat Fan, who was standing at the back of the crowd, didn't know how long he would have to wait, so he turned around and looked around. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a group of people walking towards him.

She wiped her eyes, as if she couldn't believe what she saw, and then quickly pulled her good friend Wu Minfei: "Fei Fei, look at that person!"

Wu Minfei looked back and saw an old man in the middle. She nodded and said, "Principal Xie, you didn't recognize him?"

Fatty Fan said hurriedly, "It's not Principal Xie. Isn't there a picture of Principal Xie hanging on the wall on the first floor of the school? How could I not recognize him? I'm talking about the one next to Principal Xie. Is he Director Li Yishu?"

"It seems to be true." Wu Minfei looked at it with wide eyes.

The man was about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with regular features, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and an extraordinary demeanor. Who else could it be but Li Yishu?
"It's worth signing up for this school!" Fan Xiaopang was so excited. She didn't expect to meet a great director like Li Yishu.

Wu Minfei nodded in agreement: "Yes, it's worth it. I didn't expect to be able to act in a movie directed by Li Yishu again."

"Let's go see the principal!"

Fat Fan strode forward.

"what?"

Wu Minfei was dumbfounded, but when she saw Fan Xiaopang walking over, she hurried to follow. She would naturally not miss such a good opportunity to get to know the principal and director Li Yishu.

Fatty Fan said, "Thank you, Principal. I'm a freshman this year. My name is Fan Binbin."

"Hello, Principal Xie. I'm Wu Minfei, and I'm also a freshman this year."

Xie Jin had not expected to meet students from his own school at the city gate, so he introduced them to Li Yishu: "Director, these are the students from our school."

Fatty Fan?
Li Yishu raised her eyebrows. Why was she here?

But on second thought, it seems that Fan Xiaopang is really a student of Director Xie Jin's acting school.

Even though Xie Jin Film and Television Academy doesn't even have a diploma now, to put it bluntly, it is just a large training institution, but it was opened by a big director, so a large number of students who want to become actors come to sign up.

But to be honest, the success rate is really high, Zhao Yanzi, Fan Xiaopang, Guo Jingfei in "Yu Huanshui", Liu Xiaowei, the heroine of "Raise Your Hands"...

Looking at the chubby girl with rosy cheeks in front of her, Li Yishu smiled and said, "Not bad, they are all very energetic." (End of this chapter)