This director needs to apologize

Chapter 104: Eat enough to save one

Throughout the first ten days of March, the news in Shanxi Province was either "auspicious snow heralds a good harvest" or "spring rain is as precious as oil", which was a joyful scene.

But for the "1951" crew who stayed at the station, it was heartbreaking.

On March 3th, the weather finally cleared up after snow and rain, and it happened to be a cloudy day.

It's a pity that Captain Fan still doesn't allow the crew to go out on location, because it has been raining and snowing for days, and the soil on the mountain has been softened, making it dangerous for the convoy to enter the mountain.

Two days later came Monday, with cloudless skies and bright sunshine. Only the fireworks team could go out for a display, while everyone else could only stay at home.

It wasn't until March 3 that there were suitable cloudy days.

Engineers have finished repairing roads and trenches.

"1951" can finally start again.

Perhaps because he had been holding back for too long at the station, Chen Yiming issued the order to set off at 3 a.m., but did not encounter any resistance.

The convoy arrived at the location at 4 o'clock, and the equipment debugging, actor makeup, and pyrotechnics preparations were successfully completed within an hour, and filming officially started at 5:15.

No matter how proficient you are in the warehouse, it is just a rehearsal, and you still have to do a step-by-step first during the actual shooting.

Chen Yiming gave an order, and Sang Ping's disciple started operating the control keyboard from a high position, and soon the roar of the truck came from a distance.

After 10 days, the state of this forest has changed drastically. The low herbaceous plants under the trees have grown wildly in the spring and are much more lush than last time.

According to Zhao Lu, in this environment, the difficulty of producing squirrel special effects has been reduced a bit, which can be regarded as something lost and something gained.

The truck stopped quickly, with less than half a tire missing. It seemed that the change in environment had some impact on the driver.

Although there was a small interruption, it did not hinder Paul's movement, and Chen Yiming did not call to stop.

When the group performers come on stage, the wood is in the mirror, the perspective changes, the repeated rehearsals are not in vain, the process progresses very smoothly.

Soon the scene came to the second half where only Mu and Qin were involved.

Liu Dongjun: "Hello, Chief!"

Duan Yining: "That's it. Don't salute me when you go back to the mission. Remember this."

Liu Dongjun: "Okay!"

Duan Yining: "Have you been to the Tianma Mountain position?"

Liu Dongjun: "The enemy."

Duan Yining: "Who else has been to the Tianma Mountain position with you?"

Liu Dongjun: "Everyone from our platoon has been there."

Duan Yining: "Where are they?"

Liu Dongjun pointed to the northwest, "In that direction, they said they were building a bridge. They left yesterday afternoon."

Duan Yining sighed, "Why aren't you with them?"

Liu Dongjun touched his head in embarrassment, "I had a stomachache, so I was left in the health team to eat sick meals."

Duan Yining shook his head helplessly, "What's wrong with your stomach? It's obviously because you're full. Are potatoes so delicious? A weak stomach can't eat the fine chaff!"

After finishing complaining, Lao Duan jumped down the 2-meter-deep trench with one hand. Paul tacitly stopped and pointed the viewfinder at the parapet of the trench.

The second assistant carried another F35 up and down, and the third assistant held a camera left and right to record the current frame completely.

Xiangrui, who was holding the small TV, shouted "Ka", and the opening scene officially ended.

Each department began to reset the scene. In the prison cell, Chen Yiming stared at the monitor without any distractions, looking at the material.

Starting from a large panorama, he simply inspected it frame by frame in slow motion, not missing any element in the frame.

Lin Xiao and Sang Ping sat on either side of him, also burying their heads in the monitor and watching with him.

"Brother Lin, look at this, are you flashing?"

Chen Yiming turned the button and returned the scene to the moment when the truck braked.

"Right here, behind the left rear wheel of the truck."

He took the walkie-talkie and wanted Xiangrui to check it.

Lin Xiao said directly, "Xiangrui is also busy, so I, the idler, should go ahead."

Lin Xiao came back three minutes later, holding a can in his hand.

"I guess someone threw it carelessly when I came here last time. I have asked Li Mingliang and the others to screen the surrounding area again to ensure that nothing like this happens again."

Chen Yiming nodded and said nothing. It was not a big deal and there was no need to go online.

After reading the material for the third time, he basically had a good idea. Then he stood up and walked out of the cell, calling the engineer captain who was waiting to go to the trench.

Paul and the others were reviewing the performance. When they saw Chen Yiming coming, Liu Dongjun came up to him with an anxious look on his face and asked, "Director Chen, can I perform well?"

Chen Yiming gave him a smile, but did not comment, but said to Lao Duan.

"How about it? The actual shooting environment is very different from that in the warehouse. Does Paul's positioning have an impact on you?"

Duan Yining shook his head, "No problem, the three of us walked twice in advance, almost the same as during the drill."

Chen Yiming stretched out his index finger and shook it, "There's no need to be brave. When you turned around and walked back, there was an unnatural pause. It was probably to accommodate Paul, right?" Waved at the engineer captain, Chen Yiming pointed at a small soil Bao said, "There is a bump here. It will easily slip when you step on the grass. Level it, but the grass must be planted back."

After that, he stepped back more than ten steps, pointed to a short tree and said, "Look, the traces of the photographer's steps here are very obvious. The camera will be brought here later, and the weeds in the distance will be moved over and covered. Bare dirt.”

After finishing the arrangements here, Chen Yiming ran to the back of the distant mountain to confirm the process of the fireworks special effects with Luo Baohe.

Next comes the actual shooting. The smoke from the bomb landing, the flames covering the truck, and the flames on the driver's legs are all Luo Baohe's scope of work.

A smoke can was used to control the smoke from the bomb, fire-retardant gel was used to control the flames in the back of the truck, and the driver wore fire-retardant clothing.

The pyrotechnics special effects used in "1951" are not groundbreaking. They are all leftovers from Bayi Factory's past games. It was no problem for Luo Baohe, a pyrotechnics master.

Chen Yiming specially chatted with the engineer group actor who played the driver. Originally, he only had to act until he climbed into the car and then call it a day. Later, when he moved out of the box, he would be replaced by a stuntman wearing a fire-proof suit.

After knowing this arrangement, the engineers and soldiers bravely asked to "take the responsibility" to avoid being betrayed by the appearance of a double.

After consulting with Commander Fan and Political Commissar Cao, and repeatedly confirming the safety with Luo Baohe, Chen Yiming finally agreed.

In fact, it would be safer to replace the engineer driver with a stuntman, but there is still some emotion left in spending more than a month together day and night.

Especially in the past 10 days of closed rehearsals, every group performer worked very hard, which gave Chen Yiming some unbearable "illusions."

Similarly, in order to solve the problem that the extras were too stylized during the rush to transport supplies, he only asked the extras to swap roles internally, instead of directly replacing several extras with new ones as originally planned.

Returning to the prison cell, Chen Yiming looked at his watch. It was five minutes to six o'clock.

He waited until 6 o'clock sharp before giving instructions to Xiangrui. Immediately, "Start!" came from Xiangrui's microphone.

The cannon barrel of the camera truck captured the distant view, and after 3 seconds, the lens moved to cover a tree branch in the forest.

The onomatopoeia of "bang" came from everyone's headphones. This was An Xiaofeng inserting the sound of shelling.

The F35 camera paused for a moment and began to follow the "frightened squirrel" jumping and jumping through the forest, and finally came to the center of the dirt road.

Two seconds later, the truck with its butt on fire arrived "coincidentally" and met the "squirrel" picking up "pine cones" unexpectedly.

After another 1 second, the truck stopped, the driver got out and rushed to the rear of the vehicle.

Soon, Paul, who was wearing a fire helmet on his head, saw flames vomiting from the rear of the car appear on the surface. Several assistants in the ditch were also dressed in the same way, with their bodies covered in fire helmets and fire-proof suits.

The group of actors came into the scene, extinguishing the fire and rushing to transport supplies.

The two soldiers who climbed onto the car were originally responsible for carrying the boxes into the woods as a backdrop. Now that they had suddenly taken on a big responsibility, they were afraid of losing their jobs. As expected, they showed off their brute energy.

The fixed combination during the drill was broken up, and the coordination on and off the car became a bit unfamiliar, which was exactly the effect Chen Yiming wanted.

The driver whose leg was on fire was forced to get out of the car. The extras worked hard to extinguish the flames. Paul's helmet, which was suffocating, was also removed by the second assistant.

The driver frowned and looked at the smoke that seemed to fill the sky at the foot of the mountain in the distance. Paul adjusted his position in time to get a distant view over his shoulder.

Liu Dongjun came into the scene and bumped into the driver recklessly.

Pan the camera to cover a panicked face, and then follow the owner of the face, gradually turning towards the woods.

Liu Dongjun entered the woods carrying two wooden boxes. He tilted his shoulders because of his greed for gain, and one box was about to fall out of his right hand.

A big hand suddenly came into view, holding the wooden box firmly on Liu Dongjun's shoulder.

Synchronized with the action is a cross talk tune, "Mu Xiaolin, is that you?"

Next, there is the dance of Duan Yining, Liu Dongjun, Paul and An Xiaofeng.

Paul walked around Duan and Liu like a butterfly in a flower. The camera was the same as in dozens of previous rehearsals, steady, accurate and slow.

An Xiaofeng held up a long radio microphone and quietly walked around the outer circle of the three people.

The radio pole seems to be dancing cha-cha with the camera, dancing in sync but never touching.

Especially the over-the-shoulder perspective when Duan Yining turns back, the depth of field suddenly increases, looking at the trucks and extras on the dirt road in the distance.

An Xiaofeng pressed down the radio rod at the right time, drawing an arc that stretched to Duan Yining's waist, perfectly avoiding the viewfinder frame.

The four of them danced their way deep into the woods, followed by several camera assistants and Xiangrui holding a small TV.

Chen Yiming held his breath and stared at the monitor until the camera froze on the parapet in front of the trench.

He let out a long breath and leaned back in his chair.

When the news came from Xiangrui that the positioning of the second and third assistants had been completed, he uttered the word with a hint of hoarseness, "Click!"

Through the thick curtain of the prison shed, the cheers outside could be faintly heard.

The three people in the prison shed turned a deaf ear and lowered their bodies again, staring at the monitor to check the material.

After a full 15 minutes, Chen Yiming turned around and asked Sang Ping and Lin Xiao.

"How do you two feel?"

Sang Ping raised his thumbs, "Perfect!"

Lin Xiao smiled and nodded, "Agree!"

Chen Yiming grinned, took the walkie-talkie and said.

"Reset, rest for an hour, wait until the smoke dissipates, we will save one!"

(End of this chapter)