This director needs to apologize

Chapter 253 The clouds gather and the rain stops, and the yellow sand fills the sky

There was a relieved "click" from behind the camera, and this episode came to an end.

Wang Wei reflexively put down the guide tube with one hand and picked up the walkie-talkie with the other hand to ask Chen Yiming for instructions.

Then he realized that he was the executive director today.

He closed his eyes and looked up at the rafters, obviously thinking about the scene just now in his heart.

At this time, Chen Yiming had already pulled the film in front of the monitor, but he did not take the initiative to give any opinions.

When it comes to delegating power, let’s just do it completely.

After a long time, Wang Wei lowered his head and opened his eyes, and walked towards Wang Gu and Wang Gu who were resting in the corner of the room.

He first had a few words with Gu Yuehe, exaggerating and finding minor faults, and made a few innocuous mistakes.

Subsequently. He walked towards Wang Jinsong again and said in a low voice, "Teacher Wang, the interaction where Teacher Gu finished just now was a bit lacking in flavor. Could you please take some of it?"

When you are a director, you have a bit of a personal style when directing a play.

Some are good at composition, some are good at scheduling, some are proficient in coaching performances, and some are proficient in organization and planning.

Wang Wei relatively prefers the latter. Since he was born in Yeluzi, a TV series producer, he has rich experience in crew management.

This type of director relies more on a mature team and a creative team with strong business capabilities. The upper limit may not be high, but the lower limit is definitely stable enough.

Wang Wei's handling just now reflected his style.

The last two lines of Gu Yuehe's performance are not bad, but compared with his co-star Wang Jinsong, they are obviously a bit younger.

On the one hand, Lao Gu has always been the main bearer in the past, and even when he was doing supporting roles, he was basically on top and bottom. In other words, he rarely "supported others" in acting.

However, in the scene just now, he played the role of deputy general Xiao Siye, which exactly required him to "support" the coach Wang Jinsong in the performance.

If Chen Yiming was directing the film, he would definitely be directing it at Lao Gu Yitong, and then keep filming until Gu Yuehe is qualified.

Now it was Wang Wei directing the play, but he chose to skip Guyue River and go directly to the veteran actor Wang Jinsong, asking the latter to give way due to his "short shoulders".

The two options can be regarded as the difference between choosing high instead of low and choosing low instead of high. They can both solve the problem and cannot be said to be good or bad.

Because both of them are supporting roles.

However, Wang Wei's method is indeed more efficient relatively speaking.

After a while, the second scene was retaken. When Gu Yuehe took the last two lines, he restrained his personal movements slightly according to Wang Wei's request.

And Wang Jinsong also changed his previous acting method of standing still. With just a few expressions and gestures, he easily took away Guyuehe's rhythm.

Chen Yiming felt that under this kind of treatment, Wang Gu and Wang Gu had a sense of master-disciple discussion in addition to their original relationship of master and deputy.

In the film, Xiao Siye and Mulan have a clear supporting relationship, but there is no in-depth exploration of the relationship between Su Dingfang and the first two.

Now that the hint of three levels of master and apprentice has been filmed, it does not break through the original plot framework, so Chen Yiming did not express his opinion.

After taking another photo, Wang Wei hesitantly shouted "Pass!"

His immediate boss, Producer Chen, did not say anything, and Wang Wei's confidence doubled.

He finally let go and ran around the set, regaining his previous "nothing busy" first assistant director attitude.

Next, Nie Yuan, who replaced Mulan in command of the Tang army's scout troops, appeared and reported the latest investigation intelligence.

The three of them selected the battlefield for the decisive battle by combining close-ups of the map and sand table, and explained to the audience the Tang army's battle arrangements in the final decisive battle.

The Tang army will take the initiative to attack, facing the Helu army that has crossed Hami and continues eastward, and will set up a formation in the Yingsha River area.

The cavalry and infantry were separated from the north and south along the Shule River Valley. Xiao Siye led four thousand infantry to defend the southern hilltop and withstand the first wave of Helu's army's offensive.

Su Dingfang led his cavalry to station in Beishan to divide Helu's troops.

After the Helu army was unable to attack for a long time and lost offensive momentum, Tang Qi pounced down and attacked the main force of the Helu army from behind.

Once the infantry battalion of the Tang Army is freed up, they can join forces with the Tang Army's cavalry to attack Helu's middle army, drive it to the banks of the Yingsha River, and surround and annihilate it.

Wang Jinsong put his big hand on the big bend of the river on the map and said in a deep voice, "It has rained heavily in recent days and the water level of Yingsha River has risen sharply. God will help me now."

Eliminate my troubles on the northwest frontier and fight here! "

Speaking of which, the long-awaited heavy rain in Dunhuang was just right, saving Chen Yiming the trouble of arranging a sprinkler truck for "artificial rainfall". Amidst the patter of rain, the strategy of beating the dog into the river fork was decided, and it was timely and suitable for the situation.

During the battle with Siliang General, Xiao Siye commanded the infantry camp, but there was no one to lead the cavalry. The three of them couldn't help but think of Mulan who was far away in Chang'an City.

Nie Yuan took the initiative to ask Ying, but before he finished speaking, Yu Nan strode into the festival hall.

The shot ends with Nie Yuan's expression of excitement, and Gu Yuehe and Wang Jinsong smiling at each other.

Wang Wei got addicted to directing for two days, and the next day he switched to Li Zhun to shoot the interior camp scenes of the rival camp Yu Rongguang, Qin Zhilei and Zhang Yi.

The Tang army's side plan has been completed, and of course the Western Turks have to give some hints to the audience.

This scene is simpler, mainly to highlight He Lu's "internal and external troubles" from the side, and to confirm Su Dingfang's strategic judgment on the Western Turks.

After three days of filming the interior scenes, the clouds around Dunhuang stopped and the rain stopped, and it was once again the turn of spring and summer when the sky was full of yellow sand.

The crew set out again and went to the fourth location to film the cavalry battle scene in which Mulan leads the Tang army to rush down Beishan and defeat He Lu's surveillance troops.

The difficulty is still the disobedient horses, because this time it is another big scene with hundreds of galloping horses.

With the experience of Huangcheng Town, Cui Fang's camera movements became more concise and direct. The most difficult panoramic shot only took a day and a half to complete.

On the contrary, it was a close-up of the subsequent reshoots, which was delayed due to wind and sand.

When the horses run in the desert, the sky is filled with dust. The actors' performances are greatly compromised, and the camera movement is also full of accidents. The scrap rate is extremely high.

The crew moved forward almost at a crawling speed of 2 hours and 1 shot, and it took three days of filming to finish filming this outdoor scene.

Chen Yiming then went on non-stop and directed the crew to move to the third location to film the scene of Gu Yuehe guarding the top of the mountain.

It is another large-scale drama that requires the use of more than 2000 extras.

That's right, although the movie depicts a battle between 4000 Tang troops and 2 Western Turkic troops, only 2000 people actually appeared in the extras.

Hundreds of troupes dismounted to act as Tang troops guarding the mountain, while troupes recruited locally put on leather-armored scimitars to play the role of Western Turkic troops attacking the mountain.

The shots in the medium and close shots are all real people, while the long shots use post-production special effects to supplement the number of people.

So far, the crew has been able to handle such large-scale dramas.

Chen Yiming drew a detailed storyboard in advance. The three battlefields around the hilltop in the west, north and east have their own distinct characteristics. This way, even if the scenes are frequently cut during post-editing, the audience will not be confused.

On the west side is the retreat of the Western Turkic Army. According to the script, there is a small river that can be forded on horseback. This is also the direction where the Mulan Cavalry will take the lead in attacking.

Of course, there is no river on the west side of the mountain in the location. The scene where Mulan leads the army across the river was actually shot at other locations and then combined in post.

Because this side has the lowest terrain near the river, it is the main attack direction of the Western Turkic Army. It is naturally also the area with the most dense defense facilities.

There are three layers of trenches and low walls from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. Only after you have passed through them can you really get close to the wall.

Due to the terrain, it was also the only area that the Tang Army's small thunderbolt vehicles could cover.

On the north side of the mountain, directly facing the Helu Formation, a two-foot-high cliff rises from the ground, protecting the front of the Tang camp like a city wall.

Although it conforms to the local Yadan landform, this steep cliff is not naturally formed, but was dug out artificially.

This is also the main reason why Chen Yiming gave up on the Wuerhe filming location. It is really inconvenient to break ground in the national protected area.

A small city wall offensive and defensive battle will be staged here. Lu Ping has prepared a set of gold juice, racket poles, rolling logs, and stones, all the gadgets used to defend the city in ancient times.

There is a steep slope on the east side of the mountain, and the defense strength is between the west and north sides.

In actual combat, Zhang Yi, the commander of the Western Turkic front line, played a trick of attacking from the west to the east. While massively attacking the west side and containing the feigned attack on the north side, he switched to using troops and reserves to raid the east side, which was only one step away from breaking the stronghold.

Obviously, there will be a high-intensity exchange of lives between the Tang Army and the Western Turk Army. This is also the most bloody and cruel section in the entire movie.

The first thing to start shooting was the long shot before the war started. Chen Yiming used a helicopter to take aerial photography and shot 30 minutes of footage.

In fact, aerial photography after the battle like in "Armageddon" is really suitable. Unfortunately, time and cost did not allow it, and Chen Yiming felt that it was not necessary.

The protagonist of the movie is Mulan, and Tang Qi's three charges are the highlight. The infantry attack and defense between Gu Yuehe and Zhang Yi is just a foreshadowing.

　I’m still out there, so I’m trying my best to update only once. Please forgive me, readers.

　　

　

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