This director needs to apologize

Chapter 250 No pain, no gain

On May 5, a long convoy of dozens of cars drove into Dunhuang City and stopped at a hotel in the city, filling the hotel's own parking lot.

When Lu Ping led a set-up team of dozens of people to Dunhuang, he directly booked an entire hotel.

In addition to the behind-the-scenes team of nearly a hundred people who arrived with the car, the majority were hundreds of extras from the imperial town who could ride horses.

As the saying goes, one thing does not bother two hosts. Compared with the efficiency improvement of skilled workers, the salary and cost of hundreds of extras are completely worthless.

Yu Nan and her twelve Taibos were all present. Only her junior brother Lin Geng "died before leaving the army" and had already finalized his decision to leave the group.

In addition, there are several actors making their debut in this desert battle.

Western Turkic Khan Ashina Helu, Chen Yiming directly invited veteran actor Yu Rongguang through his relationship with Ma Erye.

Lao Yu is 54 years old this year. He comes from a Peking opera family and has developed a skilled martial arts style since he was a child.

In his early years, he mainly worked in the Hong Kong industry and had a close friendship with the Kung Fu Emperor Wu Lianjing. Later, he returned to China to develop and run a southwestern film and television industry. Now he is also the leader in the Chinese entertainment industry.

Although he is an authentic native of the imperial capital, Lao Yu has an exotic face with sharp edges. In the past, he has portrayed many characters such as the Emperor of Liao, the Lord of Jin, and Ten Thousand Households of Mongolia. He is considered an evergreen villain.

Therefore, Chen Yiming specially invited him to the "township". With him standing immediately before the battle, the "hundred thousand cavalry" of the Western Turks had a backbone.

The famous generals under Yu Rongguang's command are mainly Zhang Yi and Qin Zhilei.

After the decisive battle on the grassland, the Chuyue tribe was destroyed. Zhang Yi, who was the special envoy of the royal account, fled back to the Western Turkic royal court, resumed his real name Ugo, joined Ashina Helu's army, and served as the general in command of the siege of the Tang army's camp.

The other Qin Zhilei plays the daughter of Ashina Helu and is also the cavalry commander of the Western Turkic King's tent army. In the movie, she will have a cavalry battle with Mulan.

This character is of course fictional, but Chinese audiences have been influenced by film and television dramas and can still accept the appearance of female generals in alien armies.

For the sake of picture balance, there are more close-ups of beautiful girls in the battle in the Yellow Sand Gobi, which is more pleasing to the eye.

Chen Yiming reversed the roles of Qin Zhilei and Wan Qianqian. The main reason is that Qin Zhilei is taller, has a more heroic face, and can hold up her momentum better in the riding formation.

Although Wan Qian can also ride a horse, he can only ride alone. If he is in a big scene with thousands of horses galloping, he will be a little overwhelmed. There is no way, the size is too small is a flaw.

The momentum of the Western Turkic Army mainly relies on the above three, and the other generals who have roles are all magic drama graduates who have appeared in the Twelve Taibo.

The actors in the Tang Army camp include Mulan played by Yu Nan, Nie Yuan who returns from injury and continues to serve as Mulan's deputy, and several of Mulan's "taobao" fellow villagers.

The infantry commander is Xiao Siye played by Gu Yuehe, and the commander-in-chief is Su Dingfang played by Wang Jinsong.

In addition, there is Brother Xiaoming, a young Uighur prince who serves as a backup to the Tang army to protect the grain road.

This time the Tang army was no longer constrained and could finally let go and fight.

After Xiaomei met Lu Ping, she revised the production schedule again.

The principle is that locations with few scenes are given first priority, and scenes with few fights are given second priority.

After a day of repairs, the crew set off on May 5 to the first location in Danghe River to shoot the scene where Ashina Helu's defeated troops cross the river.

Lao Yu smiled and said in the car that the commander-in-chief was acting boring and was already defeated before the fight started.

This scene is actually not complicated and the scene is not big.

The fleeing Wang Zhang army only had forty or fifty horses, but this was still in line with historical facts.

At that time, Ashina Helu's 100,000-strong army was wiped out by Su Dingfang, and Khan himself fled almost alone. Chen Yiming arranged dozens of guards for Lao Yu in the movie, which was already taking care of his face.

Naturally, the number of Tang Qi pursuing them was not large, around a hundred, and the leaders were Yu Nan and Nie Yuan.

The actors on both sides are all talented actors with superb acting skills, and the extras under him are all veterans who have been with the group for several months. Therefore, after watching the show twice, Chen Yiming couldn't fault it.

On the contrary, the time spent adjusting the camera position and rehearsing the camera operation far exceeded the actual shooting. Lao Yu, who had thrown off his helmet and armor, was running in front, and Mulan, whose blood-stained robes were in his robes, was chasing after him. The distance between the two teams of cavalry was less than two hundred meters. The first camera position located high on the river bank could clearly see the two clusters of smoke in the eyes. .

After reshooting the close-up, we started filming the fording scene on the river bank.

There was a big river blocking the road in front, and there were pursuers approaching behind. Lao Yu first roared in front of the river, and then whipped his horse, intending to fight to the death with the Tang army, showing the energy of a hero at his end.

Zhang Yi, who had been surviving on cunning until now, quickly stopped his king from seeking death. He asked his guards to lift the skin bag he was carrying into the air and tie it tightly with drums to provide buoyancy for the horses, and finally successfully crossed the river.

Mulan and the others chased them to the river, dismounted and stretched out their bows and arrows like rain. Lao Yu was saved by his guards and managed to escape. Zhang Yi was shot to death by Mulan's precise arrow in the river, ending his sinful life.

The meaning of this scene is to arrange for the troublemaker Zhang Yi to be completely offline, and to completely vent the frustration that the audience has accumulated because of this character.

After all, he was the one who framed Mulan, so he not only had to die, but he also had to die at the right time.

Strictly speaking, the main actors in this scene are actually the martial arts master and his martial arts stand-ins.

Wu Yuanrong has a lot of experience in this kind of close-up of martial arts dramas. His martial artists also have rich experience in "substitute death". Chen Yiming and the two photography directors did not need to be reminded at all, the martial artists did their job beautifully. bright.

If Chen Yiming were to evaluate it, it would be in four words: how fast and economical.

In two days, the scene on the riverside was easily completed, and the crew moved to the second location in the Geopark to shoot the scene of the scout battle.

There is no leading actor in this play, and the leading role is played by the " Taibao " who graduated from the magic show.

Since they joined the group for training in September last year, except for a short break of more than half a month during the Chinese New Year, they have been on the set for more than half a year.

The only leading actors who received the same treatment as them were Yu Nan and Nie Yuan.

But how many scenes do Yu and Nie have? How many shots do they have? Totally different.

However, this is the reality of the entertainment industry. Chen Yiming can confidently ask them to stay on set throughout the whole process. Actors with the same qualifications and status as them can only envy him.

complain? nonexistent!

Chen Yiming is a kind person and will not let their hard work for more than half a year go in vain, so in this frontline battle, he gave the "Pacific Insurance" ample opportunities to perform.

Those who practice more and harder will ride the horse more steadily and have better posture, and will naturally be arranged by Master Wu to play more glorious roles.

No pain, no reward!

The red and yellow Yadan Grand Canyon is already a beautiful scenery even if it is just an empty mirror.

At this moment, dozens of knights riding fierce horses suddenly burst in, wearing white clothes and black armor, fighting for life and death, shooting swords and arrows, shouting for peace.

The setting sun is shining slantingly, the yellow sand is blue and blood-red, the sound of hooves is getting distant, and the wind is whining.

At the end of the canyon, a huge cavalry team came forward. The ground was covered with people, and the end could not be seen at a glance.

The team marched forward without hesitation, ignoring the prone corpses in the valley.

After the front team passed by, under the gorgeous and sturdy royal court banner, there was a team of white-robed knights with bright armor. In the center was a tall man wearing a crown of childish feathers, it was Yu Rongguang.

This scene was to set the stage for the Western Turkic Army. More than 2000 extras were deployed. In order to capture the momentum, Cui Fang ran up and down to set up camera positions and filmed in the canyon for two full days.

Lao Yu led a group of performers and walked solidly for two days.

Chen Yiming looked at the images on the monitor and couldn't help but miss the smart and convenient drones in his previous life, which were the killer weapons for shooting big scenes.

It's a pity that it's only 2012, and that little thing is still in its infancy, and it still has to wait.

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