This director needs to apologize

Chapter 119 Visiting Meteor
On May 5, the day of filming, the last two "guests" came to visit the crew.

"1951" was shot on location for three months. Because it was located in a remote and military zone, not many people came to visit the studio.

During the days when it rained continuously in April, Guyuehe came once with a cart full of snacks.

At that time, filming was not going well for the crew and no one was in the mood to receive him, so he came over to take a group photo, left a few clips of rehearsals and cameos in the documentary, and then left at the speed of light.

"Holiday in the Magic City" made Lao Gu and Lily soar up in the circle like they were riding rockets.

Lily's acting career in Nuts has been on the fast track since then. What's even more commendable is that the girl is very clear-headed and does not hold on to her "princess" persona and refuses to let go.

She insisted that the Hollywood version of "Princess Day Off" must be postponed until next year, otherwise she would not film it.

According to the girl's bestie Xiangrui, Lily has already picked one of the numerous film offers, a biopic of the heroine adapted from a famous novel, which will be shot in the second half of the year.

Compared with the progressive "princess", the "reporter" is more or less like a wealthy man. He didn't accept a lot of movie appointments, but instead followed Lao Cai's arrangement and turned around and accepted another TV series.

Chen Yiming and Ma Yunteng simply hate iron.

Da Zhuang has been a producer for more than half a year and is already regarded as a "master" in the industry. He immediately bluntly pointed out Lao Cai's "selfishness".

"Instead of following a popular guy like you to break into the movie industry, instead continuing to flop in the mud of TV dramas, Lao Cai's pattern is just a bit bigger.

Lao Gu, you should think more about yourself. Now you can take advantage of the popularity of "Holiday" to get some big roles with a lot of roles. When your next TV series is released, the opportunities for supporting roles may not be available, so I will only look for you. It would be some pretentious art film.

What will you do then?A man in his thirties goes overseas to win pheasant awards and comes back home to be gilded and bragging? "

Guyuehe also defended Lao Cai, "That book is really good. It's not the same old book as ancient puppets and immortals."

Ma Yunteng scoffed, "Ha! Looking for your TV series, I know what's going on without reading the script. You will definitely not be able to play complex and layered roles. You are the one who is responsible for being cool."

Gu Yuehe looked embarrassed that he was right but didn't want to admit it. Seeing this, Chen Yiming came to the rescue and said, "Don't talk about Da Zhuang. I'm just filming a TV series. You can watch it while your face is still there. Why don't you act cool? Just treat it as a show for the fans." Give us welfare."

Lao Gu looked at Chen Yiming with an embarrassed face, are you trying to smooth things over or hammering home a nail?

Chen Yiming didn't care about killing or burying him. He sincerely suggested, "Lao Gu, take the time to perform in a few plays. Don't you still occupy the staff of the Shanghai Youth Repertory Troupe?"
To be honest, your lines and body style are really lacking. When you break out, it's like a child fighting, floating in the sky and unable to sink.

You, a handsome young man in troubled times, will eventually become a middle-aged old Beibei. When the director asks me to act calmly and assert myself, how will you act? Can you be assertive? "

Guyuehe was beaten to pieces, but both of them were still doing it for his own good. Who else would be willing to say these words to hurt him if they were not one of their own?

Not only was he unable to argue, but he also had to say thank you to the two of them.

Therefore, Lao Gu disappeared as quickly as he came, and he had the least sense of presence among the visiting guests.

Apart from Lao Gu, the "comrades" from the military art troupe came the most.Before the restructuring, Duan Yining, Shi Lei, Zhang Yi and Maodou all came from different military art groups, and their respective "comrades" basically had little overlap.

Anyone who comes to visit the class will meet and greet the director, so Chen Yiming also gets to know many actors in the industry.

This group of people have one common characteristic, that is, most of them are neither good nor bad.

They are generally middle-aged, have some qualifications but not very deep, and are not outstanding above the level of professional ability. They can be called "hardcore" for the time being.

Chen Yiming took the opportunity to check their resumes. Just like their characters, there have always been plays performed and broadcasted, but most of them were works that disappeared online and were unnoticed offline.

After going through it all, Chen Yiming was surprised to find out that China produces so many movies and TV series every year, supporting so many actors and behind the scenes.

In the past, it was really dark under the lights. Although Chen Yiming was a street director in his previous life, most of the films he shot were "platform customized". Regardless of the quality of the drama, when it was released, it was definitely loud enough and the momentum was enough.

Therefore, he has hardly paid attention to the dark side of the spotlight, where there are not only the ups and downs and bitterness of the so-called 18th-line actors, but also the "silent backbone" who are several times more numerous.

When Chen Yiming communicated with them, the biggest feeling was "comfortable".

Neither humble nor arrogant, because people really don’t ask you for anything.

It’s very insightful, because we are not in the same circle.

This group of people is down-to-earth, business-oriented, and low-profile. We can cooperate more in the future.

In addition to the actors, Sang Ping and Lin Xiao also had many behind-the-scenes friends. They came here in the name of "one shot to the end" just to meet the suddenly famous "famous director" Chen Yiming.

But the "guests" here today are special. They are neither actors nor behind the scenes, but Liu Dongjun's parents.Father Liu said that he would fully support "Director Chen's gift film", and his actions were unambiguous. Liu Dongjun left home after the Spring Festival and was alone for more than 3 months. Father Liu really did not care about it.

Chen Yiming called him several times and invited him to visit the class, but Liu's father refused.

It wasn't until the filming was about to wrap up that Chen Yiming notified Liu's father to pick up the baby, and he took Liu's mother, who was "sickly thinking about her child," to the set for the first time.

Today's shooting was scheduled in the evening, so Chen Yiming graciously let Liu Dongjun go to reunite with his parents.

Dad Liu chose to be upright and honest to the end, and told Chen Yiming that since he would go home tomorrow, he would still let Liu Dongjun follow the crew's rhythm today, and he and his mother could just watch the excitement.

After having lunch in the resident canteen, everyone got on the bus and headed to the location of the last scene.

Regarding the filming of this "fireworks scene", the crew also experienced a fierce debate.

If we strictly follow Li Yucheng's introduction to the battle, the signal bomb rain should have occurred in the evening before it was completely dark.

This arrangement is consistent with war history, but the viewing quality is greatly diminished. Who would hold a fireworks display during the day?
It has become an inevitable choice to put aside the real war history and completely construct it. At this time, it comes to the question of where to set off the fireworks.

According to the logic of the plot, it should be on the ridge position of Tianma Mountain. Our side fought from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, and the enemy fought from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain. The flares from both sides converged over Tianma Mountain.

However, the results of field tests show that a dozen or twenty rounds of illumination bombs are not enough to achieve the effect of "lighting up the sky", at least far worse than the church scene in "1917" in Chen Yiming's memory.

The second option is to use flares on Highland 589, because the terrain here is higher and you can overlook Tianma Mountain on the other side of the river. The flares in different directions are more layered.

As for the bug that caused the defenders of Tianma Mountain to retreat across the river to Highland 589 at "light speed", it can only be ignored. The movie is over anyway, at least the audience cannot react in the theater.

This is also the routine operation of most "special effects flow" movies. In order to pursue effect presentation and visual stimulation, they deliberately ignore or even deliberately create flaws in the plot logic.

After all, you have to buy a ticket to enter a movie, and the creator's first request is always to keep the audience in the theater and not let them sleep or urinate.

Chen Yiming doesn't care about the occasional small bugs, but the reason why he doesn't approve of this plan is that it's not "burning" enough. After all, he still has a soft spot for the scene of the church fire in "1917".

The final plan was to follow Chen Yiming's suggestion. Since there are no buildings to burn in the wild, let's set fire to the mountains!
Instead of aerial bombs, just napalm bombs.

In the real Peninsula War, napalm was a major weapon of the Nut Air Force. During the three-year war, more than 3 tons were dropped, twice as much as during the bombing days of World War II.

Looking back at war history, it has always been a common tactic for the Nut Army to call in the air force to throw napalm bombs when the Nut Army is in trouble.

Although there are only records of the Allied Forces dropping heavy aerial bombs in the Battle of Tianma Mountain, "1951" is "purely fictional" and it would be easy to replace it with napalm bombs.

In the setting of the story, the defenders, under the command of Jin Fuzhi, used the regiment leader's mountain artillery to launch a sudden attack, and decisively launched a counterattack to repel the enemy. After returning to the tunnel, they walked along the reverse slope in the direction Mu Xiaolin came from. retreat.

Shortly after leaving the tunnel exit, the Nut Air Force dropped several napalm bombs, blowing up the surface position on the top of Tianma Mountain into a sea of ​​flames.

Shi Lei looked at the flaming mountaintop and joked with the soldiers, "The enemy set off fireworks to see us off."

Yang Zuoxue, who played the role of a platoon leader, pulled out the only remaining flare gun and fired off the remaining flares in one go. He said euphemistically, "How can you set off fireworks without the Sky Monkey? I'm here to give Nut Guy some more fun." "

Unexpectedly, the Nut Army was frightened after a sudden round of artillery fire. When they saw the signal flares in the sky, they immediately launched more signal flares according to the predetermined plan to confuse our signal instructions.

What is even more surprising is that the defenders of 589 Highlands, who have always been paying attention to Tianma Mountain, knew that the retreat was successful after seeing the signal flares, and also fired a signal flare to express their response.

With the dim starry sky as the background, below is the steaming flame mountain, and in mid-air are three colorful "shooting stars" converging towards the top of the flames.

Out of various considerations, Chen Yiming made "1951" into a simple, restrained, and even depressing film.

There is only the sacrifice of our soldiers, and no price paid by the enemy.

There are only artillery shells and bombings that follow you, but no smooth killing and victory.

But at the end of the movie, Chen Yiming did not "mourn" all the way to the end, but gave an extremely romantic ending.

Director Sa used a burning church in "1917" to imply the collapse of faith in Western society, while Chen Yiming used meteors flying over the flames to symbolize the survival philosophy of Eastern China.

Fire and fire come one after another, endlessly.

(End of this chapter)