This director needs to apologize

Chapter 117 Dancing Solo in the Tunnel
"1951" is basically shot in real scenes, which is actually relatively conducive to actors' substitution.

When classmate Xiao Liu commented on his one-man show, he said that his mood was completely different whether there was smoke or not.Chen Yiming spared no expense in "spending" smoke cans on the second day of rehearsal, which was definitely a wise move.

Only the tunnel scene in Tianma Mountain is completely virtual. There is almost no connection between watching it on the big screen and watching it through the lens of the documentary team. It requires actors to have a strong sense of belief.

Therefore, as Chen Yiming expected, the first scene in the tunnel was spectacularly stuck.

The story of this scene is that Liu Dongjun, led by the soldiers of the 9th company (Yu Hanwen) stationed at the anti-slope checkpoint of Tianma Mountain, finally entered the tunnel of Tianma Mountain.

The entrance behind the tunnel has relatively high security, so it was used by the defenders to store the remains of the fallen officers and soldiers.

The Tianma Mountain position had been blocked for many days, and there was not even enough cloth to treat the wounds of the wounded, so naturally there was no condition to contain the bodies.

So Mu Xiaolin, who had just regained some warrior consciousness by fighting against the "poison gas", suddenly received another mental whiplash - a mountain of corpses at the entrance of the tunnel.

Of course, Chen Yiming would not build a few "body teachers" to give Liu Dongjun a feeling, so the corpses in the scene were all silicone dummies, dressed in special-effects injury makeup and put on tattered military uniforms.

In order to facilitate the review, the camera's framing is limited to the layers of legs and feet on the lower body. The upper part of the chest and face will be obscured by lighting and Liu Dongjun's body.

Sang Ping and Lin Xiao were a little worried. Even after technical processing, this shot was still too exciting.

The two suggested covering the dummy with white cloth so that the visual impact is still high, and some bugs are a tolerable price.

Chen Yiming insisted on his own opinion and shot it like this.

Because in real war history, Li Yucheng and others treated the remains of their comrades more simply and roughly.

The old man said it very bluntly. At that juncture, whether it was "resting in peace" or "falling leaves and returning to their roots", they were not things that a living person should consider.

Hold the position, complete the mission, and win the victory. Even if the people are destroyed by bombing, you can still go to the martyrs' cemetery and set up a tomb, which will be eulogized all the time.

If the position is lost, the front is shaken, and the overall situation is ruined, what if they are all buried back to their homeland?Do you have the nerve to wear a military cap on a portrait?

"I know they won't blame us. Everyone knows that on that mountain, it's more difficult for the living than the dead."

Chen Yiming would think of Li Yucheng's words from time to time, so he was particularly stubborn about this scene. Within the limits allowed by the review, he must be as close to the reality of war history as possible.

There are a lot of dummies, and they are not piled neatly. Just looking at the parts below the chest can really give people a creepy feeling.

But moving your eyes upward, it's completely different. How can a bald man with a bald face and a clothes rack be so scary?
What Liu Dongjun has to do now is to perform a "defence-breaking" psychological breakdown in front of a bunch of wooden models.

What he wants to show is not the single "shock" that is common in disaster movies, but a complex state of shock, fear, anger, regret and other intertwined emotions.

The "fan chart" requirement that Chen Yiming put forward to him was not excessive, because the movie had already progressed for more than an hour, and Mu Xiaolin had experienced a lot and was no longer the same wooden figure at the beginning of the story.

He gained a lot of care and friendship, and also sent away many comrades and teachers. He had tasted the emotions of shock, fear, anger, and pain one by one.

What he experienced and witnessed together were the audience off the screen.

Therefore, the emotional outbursts here are based on empathy both on and off the screen. As long as Liu Dongjun's performance is above the passing line, the audience can complete the emotions through imagination.

While Liu Dongjun was simmering with emotion, the staff behind the scenes had already completed filming preparations.

Wang Liping finally had the opportunity to show off his talents. Previously, because the entire scene was shot on location, he only had to appear in a few scenes with dense trees. At other times, there was no need for a lighting team at all.

Nowadays, when filming interior scenes in tunnels, most of the scene effects are achieved by lighting. Mr. Wang finally takes up the role of "Lighting Master" and leads a group of apprentices to HOLD the whole scene.

Wang Lizing directed his apprentice to hoist the lamp with the largest wattage on the east side of the interior scene, and the other two lamps with medium brightness were hoisted on both sides of the headlight in a triangular arrangement.

Then Lu Ping followed Mr. Wang's instructions and suspended the visor horizontally and vertically at different angles.

Then, the inner wall panels made by the prop team were erected in advance, and two anti-shock wave wall panels were erected in an S shape at the entrance of the tunnel.

These wall panels are hollow frames made of wooden boards. The prop master first smeared the surface with plasticine, then shaped and dyed it, and finally made it look like an earth wall.

The ground is treated in the same way.

Finally, after Master Deng’s personal adjustments, a dim tunnel space was realistically formed.

There are only two light sources on site. The light source in mid-air comes from the tunnel that connects upward to the main tunnel, and the light source on the side connects to the tunnel exit on the reverse slope of Tianma Mountain.

After being "reprocessed" by camera filters, what can still be called bright light at the moment can perfectly simulate a dark cave-like environment.

Chen Yiming waited patiently for Liu Dongjun to finish adjusting.

Finally, classmate Xiao Liu made an OK gesture, and Chen Yiming handed the scene over to Xiangrui, walked out of the "cave" made of light shields and wooden walls, and sat back behind the monitor again.

The covert editing of this section is the same as that of the regimental command post, starting with a light and dark cut shot.

There was no need for Paul to come on stage, and all interior scenes were shot directly with a crane camera.

Yu Hanwen bypassed the S-shaped explosion-proof wall and stood close to the aisle.Liu Dongjun passed Yu Hanwen and continued forward, then suddenly stopped.

His face still had that "unrecognizable" look, but his slightly trembling lips, heavy breathing, and eyes that struggled to open wide against the redness and swelling all showed that he was in extreme shock.

Chen Yiming couldn't help but secretly praise him. Old Duan was very good at handling this cheap apprentice. If it were Liu Dongjun who had just joined the team, he would never be able to control his facial muscles to the extent he does now.

When Liu Dongjun spoke, he also had a vibrato.

"Brother, them! The leader didn't tell me, what should they do?"

His words were unclear and incoherent, but miraculously, his emotions and semantics were not distorted at all.

This kid actually changed his lines for fun, and he did a pretty good job at it!

Yu Hanwen turned his head and stared at the wall expressionlessly, neither talking to him nor looking at him.

The cave fell into a dead silence, with only the sound of the two people's breathing of varying degrees, making the air feel heavy.

Yu Hanwen was extremely uncomfortable with this suffocating silence. He waited left and right but couldn't hear Liu Dongjun's next lines.

Finally, he stretched out his left hand and pointed forward, speaking in a hoarse voice the two lines he had memorized by heart.

"Climb forward here. There is only one path. When you see the light, you will arrive. I will send you here.

I will listen to the instructor whether to withdraw or not. "

After saying that, Yu Hanwen turned around and walked out of the cave.

As I walked, I thought in my heart, you damn boy cheated on my cousin, just wait for me.

One of them spoke less and the other ran first. The whole scene was very different from the rehearsal. As a result, Sang Ping's assistant's panning camera was half a beat slow. When the camera panned to the hole, only half of Yu Hanwen's body was captured in the viewfinder. .

This one must be useless, but Xiangrui stared at the small TV and didn't shout "click".

Liu Dongjun waited until the footsteps completely disappeared before he started to move. He raised his head that had been lowered, exposing the Adam's apple under his neck.

After taking a deep breath, he turned around and walked towards the gap in the wooden frame wall.

After taking two steps, he paused again, took a few steps back without turning around, and squatted down.

He stretched out his hands, picked up an arm that was thrown into the aisle, and slowly "armpit" it back.

This is also an action that has never appeared in rehearsals. The camera once again made a mistake. The angle of the mechanical rocker was not enough, and the model's round and shiny chin was exposed in the viewfinder.

Liu Dongjun was completely unaware of this. He stood up again and walked quickly to the gap, dove into the alley and climbed in.

"Crack"!
Chen Yiming called Liu Dongjun over, and instead of asking him directly, "Can we still shoot?", he asked him to sit down and look at the monitor.

Before this, Chen Yiming had never shown Liu Dongjun any clips of him appearing. This had always been the "privilege" of his master Duan Yining.

Seeing his own performance on the screen for the first time, Liu Dongjun was full of novelty, but of course, he also felt extremely ashamed.

Especially when the wooden model's chin is pierced, the heavy figure holding the model's arms looks even more ridiculous.

Liu Dongjun looked at Chen Yiming with an embarrassed face, but was surprised to find that there was no one in the director's chair.

He stood up and looked around, but still couldn't find Chen Yiming.

Xiangrui started calling people, "Mumu, get in position!"

Liu Dongjun had no choice but to put aside his inner doubts for the time being, collect his emotions and walk towards the cave entrance to prepare for the next shooting.

Chen Yiming naturally slipped away on purpose.

Although the one just now was scrapped because of gangbusters, Liu Dongjun's performance has its own thing, but Chen Yiming is a little scratching his head and doesn't know how to evaluate it.

Therefore, he simply let Liu Dongjun read the material by himself.

This scene is different from the one-man show through the poisonous fog. The camera on the scene can only move "like a machine" and does not have Paul's spiritual movement.

This is no longer a dance between Liu Dongjun and Paul, but a real solo dance, albeit only for a short period.

Chen Yiming's idea is a bit inappropriate. He wants to implement the fishing method to the end and let Xiao Liu control himself.

Even if Chen Yiming thinks he can get through it, as long as Liu Dongjun thinks he can continue acting, then he will continue filming with him.

Chen Yiming became more and more curious. After many transformations and breakthroughs, by the time the movie was shut down, how far could Liu Dongjun have grown?
He can't wait to see the "joyful scene" when Liu Dongjun comes out of the blue when "1951" is released, and his jaw drops.

(End of this chapter)