I really can't act

Chapter 524 Two Battles, Three Long Shots
Everyone is familiar with the script, and can match the impression in their minds with the structure described by Fang Yi in a few words.Therefore, Fang Yi drew some abstract lines on the board, and everyone could imagine what he wanted to express.

"The two battles are the Battle of Changjin Lake and the Battle of Cheorwon. Needless to say, they constitute the two high dynasties of our movie. Three long shots, the first one is the overlooking shot of the team crossing the Yalu River. In the film The location was at the Broken Bridge at Xiahe Estuary that we went to see yesterday...but it was filmed in a tent, and it didn't need so many people, only seven to eight people..."

Song Yi's eyes were full of stars, she didn't quite understand, but she hurriedly wrote it down in her notebook.At this time, her classmate Bai Yu asked curiously:

"Director, with seven to eight people, how do you perform so boldly and vigorously?"

Guo Fan answered for Fang Yi: "The computer can copy and paste, and the audience can't see it when the camera is zoomed out... In fact, what you mentioned is very good. It's better to play it with a real person. The effect of a computer person is not good enough. But we have to save money. The cost, recruiting enough extras in such a place, just performing such a scene, and then sending them back—it’s not worth it, is it? The money must be used wisely.”

Chen Jianbin interjected: "What is our blade? What kind of drama is it?"

Fang Yi said: "This is what I want to talk about, the two remaining long shots."

"From the performance point of view, this play is not very difficult. It is our production team that feels the difficulty. It is the same in all aspects before, during, and after."

"There are certain difficulties in the remaining two long shots. It requires the organizational strength of the army, and no one person or link can make mistakes."

Fang Yi began to describe the effect to be achieved.

The first is a shot on the battlefield, which took place in the Battle of Changjin Lake, and the focus is to reflect the "three-three system" tactics of the Volunteers.

At that time, the Volunteer Army invested about 10 people in the two armies in this area, and about 8 troops from the U.S. and Korean troops participated in the encirclement, and the ratio of troops was 10:8.The strength of the two sides is evenly matched, and the volunteers do not have an absolute advantage, and even a relative advantage is a little bit reluctant. Obviously, they do not have the conditions to fight the "human wave tactics".

What is the "three-three system"?
It probably means that a squad is divided into 3 combat teams, and each combat team consists of 3 people.During the battle, the combat team formed a triangular offensive formation, with one person in front as the main attacker, and two people behind him as cover and support.On the battlefield, they communicate with each other in "spoken language" and "sign language".If there are casualties, then a substitute will automatically fill in and continue to attack the enemy in a triangle formation.

Once the tactic is deployed, all combat teams will be deployed on the battlefield, covering a large area. This tactic makes up for the lack of firepower of the Volunteer Army and improves its coverage. Because of the reserve service, the attack continues before the people are exhausted. endlessly.

Many people don't know the concept of 10 people participating in combat and how large an area it can cover.For a selfie of the "sea of ​​people" of the Badaling Great Wall, the total number of people in the frame is only 400, and 10 people is dozens of times that number.

Therefore, in terms of perception, no matter whether it is a mountain or a plain, in the night, it seems that all Chinese figures seem to be there, and the pressure on the defender suddenly explodes.In fact, the density of soldiers per unit area is not high, and even on the contrary, it is quite sparse.

At that time, this tactic was being adopted in Changjin Lake, and the media materials of both sides have confirmed it.

The documentary "Ice and Snow Changjin Lake" interviewed many veterans. The interviewer asked: "How did you act, did you listen to that (Charge) go together?"

"We don't fight that way, we watch the flags and gestures, one person dies and another person goes up again, always watching... It's very complicated, you won't know what I'm talking about, but (we) practiced for many years , know how to do it. We seldom make a sound, we are quiet, we touched (the enemy) a few meters before we found us..."

American war correspondents wrote their memoirs afterwards, saying that "while the newspapers are full of exaggerated reports about Chinese wave attacks, the facts at the front are another matter entirely."

So, why do domestic war films always shoot "Human Sea Tactics" today?
On the one hand, it may be malicious, and on the other hand, it is also expressed out of "commerciality".Because the audience has been domesticated by various dramas, and they already think that fighting is the same thing, and they feel that they don't have enough momentum if they don't charge together.

But at its root, it is because the director is unwilling to take the painstaking effort to restore this tactic, but instead makes mistakes, which in turn strengthens this impression, but shirks it as a "commercial" expression.

Fang Yi said: "I filmed this scene in Beijing, where we built the [-]-square-meter indoor 'Changjin Lake'. China Film used some retired soldiers to practice tactics and serve as the background board for the charge. Professional—although we have a long shot, it is a medium shot, and the angle of view is limited. It is not easy to see that our protagonists are not proficient. But we have to rehearse a basic look, and don’t go overboard.”

"So usually when you are free, start practicing. Don't you go back to the capital and start shooting and can't keep up with the progress? Then I will be angry."

Fang Yi stopped deliberately when he said this, waited for a few seconds, and pursed his lips to let everyone know that he was serious.

"Mr. Chen Jianbin has a mantra in the crew: he (she) is an actor, he (she) is an actor! I think what he means is that we are all professional actors. This is our basic professional quality, and there is no need for the director to repeat it. Reminder, that would actually underestimate these actors."

"You are actors, not weird people."

Chen Jianbin was tapped and moved his butt slightly.I'm a little glad that Fang Yi remembered what he said, but wondered if Fang Yi was scolding him.

——Fang Yi has been preparing for this scene for a long time. If I have to say it, I have planned it since I was still filming "Zodiac" last year. As long as the actors can complete the training and don't move randomly, it will not be troublesome during the performance .

It can't be done once, but you can do it all over again.

The third long shot, Fang Yi, did not go into detail, but mentioned it: "This is a description of Wu Qianli's transformation into a soldier. It is a bit imagery, and it is a big scene in a commercial film. You can see it through or you can't see it through." audiences can appreciate it.”

The tone is loud, and everyone is of course interested in knowing what kind of shot it is.But it might be too troublesome to say, Fang Yi thought it had little to do with other actors, so he took a few sips of water to announce the end of the meeting and discuss freely.

The main purpose today is to unify the opinions of the entire crew, stop thinking about things in the future, and clock in and go to work with peace of mind.

But when people's curiosity is aroused, they cannot be stopped.Fang Yi didn't bother to talk, so Guo Fan was entangled and asked him what was going on.

Guo Fan is a glue guy, a model player.He himself prepared a [-] cm wide and [-] cm long sand table model with sparse villages and a path drawn with dotted lines.He also prepared a lighter and a flashlight.

The lighter approached the village, pretending to ignite these places, and a raging fire broke out. Then Guo Fan hung a flashlight on the model and turned the knob, and the light of the flashlight became darker and darker. "This is a flare", he said: Firelight and flares are the only two light sources in the whole shot, Wu Qianli is running in this kind of place, and they are all natural light... so cool, I think so cool."

According to Guo Fan's confident expression, it is obvious that this is a very powerful and unprecedented long shot. Maybe this is the big move that Fang Yi has been holding back for a few days.But his model is too crude and not very convincing.

(End of this chapter)