new kung fu king

Chapter 515 Reappearing those things about the excavation of the Terracotta Army (the third update!)

Zhang Yimou has been a student at the BJ Film Academy for a year. He is looking forward to the arrival of the "Mythology" crew more than anyone else, because he has said through the teacher of the Film Academy Admissions Office that he can successfully enter the school this time and become a special student. In terms of enrollment, in addition to the nods from the leaders of the college and the Ministry of Culture, Mr. Wang, a great Hong Kong director, also said a few good words for him, and promised to let him follow the crew to Shaanxi to shoot movies.

As soon as I entered the school, I practiced with the crew. This is the first time I have experienced such a good thing in the film school. Others are envious of Zhang Yimou. Zhang Yimou also works very hard in the school. He looks forward to the stars and the moon all day long and waits for Mr. Wang to come to BJ , but more than a year has passed, and Mr. Wang just didn't come.

This made Zhang Yimou very anxious. Several times he went to the teachers of the college to inquire about the news, but every time he got an answer that he waited for. Are you lying to yourself, sir?Coupled with the booing from the surrounding students, Zhang Yimou completely gave up on this matter.

Unexpectedly, not long after giving up, the Ministry of Culture called the academy, "Let Zhang Yimou prepare and follow the crew to film!"

After hearing the news, Zhang Yimou was so excited that he suffered from insomnia that night, thinking about it in his head all night, thinking how should I thank him after meeting Mr. Wang, after all, such an opportunity is really rare, and , and I heard that the photography equipment they use is the best in the world, many of which are just produced by Hollywood, and they directly buy them at a large price, so that the equipment of Hong Kong movies has always been in sync with the development of the world.

Thinking of his encounter with those sophisticated photographic equipment, Zhang Yimou was so excited that he tossed and rolled on the bed, causing the whole room to sleep badly, and one by one got off the bed and chased Zhang Yimou.

So after waiting for another three days, Zhang Yimou followed the "Mythology" crew to the Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses. Along the way, Zhang Yimou wanted to say a few words of thanks to Wang Xiaohu, but he never had the chance.

After arriving at the set, Wang Xiaohu didn't give Zhang Yimou any chance, and directly led him to Yuan Heping and Li Hanwei, gave him some advice, and then went to discuss the opening ceremony with Zhao Gang, Professor Yuan and others.

In a small forest not far from Xiyang Village, Tong County, Xi'an, Shaanxi, Wang Xiaohu was patiently talking to several extras.

"Fellow fellows, don't be nervous. Let's just pretend that our group of people doesn't exist. You can talk, walk, and work in the fields."

Unfortunately, these extras couldn't understand Wang Xiaohu's painstaking explanation. If you said it was abstruse, they stared blankly, and when you said it bluntly, they grinned foolishly. In the end, Wang Xiaohu almost collapsed!
Next to the No. [-] camera, Zhang Yimou, who was an intern assistant for Li Hanwei, mustered up a lot of courage when he saw this scene, and then said in a trembling voice, "Director, why don't you let me try it."

Wang Xiaohu glanced back, and immediately patted his forehead vigorously, "Oh, God, how did I forget you! Zhang Yimou, come here quickly, and tell them how to shoot this scene, I will take them anyway no solution anymore!"

"Director, let me give it a try!" Zhang Yimou saw that Wang Xiaohu actually recognized him, and his heart was filled with joy. His hands and feet trembled slightly as he walked towards the villagers.I don't know what Zhang Yimou was muttering to those villagers. Anyway, when Zhang Yimou returned to Wang Xiaohu to report, the expressions of those villagers obviously relaxed a lot.

"Zhang Yimou, what did you tell them?" Wang Xiaohu has been watching from the sidelines. He is very curious about what method this outstanding representative of the fifth generation of directors will use to make the villagers so relaxed. You must know that he almost yelled just now. Dumb and see no effect.

Zhang Yimou smiled and said, "Director, you should call me Xiao Zhang. I can only be a student in front of you."

"Ha!" Wang Xiaohu raised his eyebrows, thinking that it's cool that Lao Mouzi has become his student. Anyway, many things in "Mythology" he filmed were borrowed from "Heroes". It is also beneficial to use this opportunity to instill some ideas in Lao Mouzi.

Dang first smiled and said, "Xiao Zhang."

Zhang Yimou hurriedly responded, "Hey!"

"Tell me what method you used."

Zhang Yimou said happily: "That's it. I asked them why you were nervous. They said that when they came, the village leaders said that they had to behave well this time. The other party came from Hong Kong and was the benefactor of the Tangshan earthquake. They couldn't give it to Tong County. It is a disgrace to the people of Yang Village."

"Damn, the more they ask like this, the more it will be a disservice!" Wang Xiaohu snorted coldly: "I wondered just now why they were smirking and losing even the most basic living habits. So there is such a thing."

"Yeah, I told them after I found out: Don't listen to your village leaders, the more you do this, the more shameful you will be. You can work in the fields and talk to your neighbors as you like. Don't speak Mandarin in a strange tone. , and then this group of people will understand.”

Zhang Yimou said in an orderly manner, Wang Xiaohu kept nodding his head, and finally patted him on the shoulder and said: "Okay, very good, you people from the Northwest understand the people from the Northwest. You usually learn more from Big Eye, Awei, and Sanmao." Take the camera, how to arrange the actors."

Zhang Yimou responded loudly, grabbed his fluffy hair and said, "Director, what is the loss of instinct you just mentioned?"

Wang Xiaohu took a sip of water and said: "To use the simplest analogy, you usually study well, but when you take the exam, you get nervous, and you fail in the exam. Usually we say that you don't perform well on the spot. The same principle applies to our movies. , is an actor who has not received any professional training, always wants to think of himself as another person, and still tries to figure out that person with his own mentality and thoughts. Once he enters the camera, it makes people look awkward and blunt , I don’t know where to separate my hands and feet, it’s fake!”

Zhang Yimou took out a small book from his pocket as if conjuring, carefully memorized these words, then raised his head and asked, "Then how can we solve it?"

"Haha, it's troublesome to talk about. Now let's shoot the show first, and I will tell you in detail when you come to see me in the evening." Wang Xiaohu admired the studious Zhang Yimou, and patted him on the shoulder to let him go back to work. own position.

In the eyes of others, it is really unnatural for Wang Xiaohu to be so patient and tireless in teaching an older student, but he is the director of the whole crew, he is the biggest, and no one dares to say no.

In order to ensure that these shots are no longer NG, Wang Xiaohu specially asked the villagers to rehearse and told them that the camera was not turned on. After they got into the state, Wang Xiaohu secretly gestured to Yuan Heping, Li Hanwei and others. They have long been accustomed to such things, and Xia Houjue, who was in charge of the live recording, also quietly placed the recording stick near the villagers.

After Wang Xiaohu yelled CUT loudly, the villagers suddenly realized that someone raised his head and asked in a daze, "Is the filming over?"

Wang Xiaohu laughed and said: "The filming is over, the filming is over, everyone can rest, Zhang Yuan arranges for someone to cook dinner!"

"It will be ready soon! Today's meal is stewed beef brisket with tomatoes, braised pork belly, one serving for each person, steamed buns and rice can fill you up!" Zhang Yuan greeted more than a dozen chefs to push the trolley over to distribute lunch boxes, and saw the food in the box. Beef brisket and pork belly, the villagers lick their tongues. To be honest, eating meat is still a bit of a luxury for them in this day and age.

"Generally speaking, if we want to avoid this loss of instinct, we will take more observations and try to figure out the character of the character, and at the same time increase the means of imitation." Wang Xiaohu is not a professional watch speaker, so what he said to Zhang Yimou is The experience I have summed up from filming over the years.

"I remember when I was young, my master Yu Zhanyuan asked us senior brothers to imitate monkeys. Of course, at that time, they were performing Peking Opera in Liyuan, Yuan Hua who played Professor Gu, and Jackie Chan who played General Nangong. The two of them were The imitation is the best, so usually the two of them play the monkey king alternately, and the few of us play the little monkey."

"The conditions were tough at that time. If you don't play well, you will be spanked by the master. However, Hong Kong TVB later set up an artist training class. Many of the lecturers in it came from our mainland. Their methods are similar to our master's methods. But their technical term is Liberation Nature."

In order to facilitate the filming of the film crew, the villagers of Shiyang Village, Tong County spontaneously vacated several large courtyards for the film crew to live here.After filming and eating, Zhang Yimou went to attend lectures in the yard where Wang Xiaohu lived.

Every time Wang Xiaohu would tell Zhang Yimou his familiar experience as a director, which made Zhang Yimou look forward to and yearn for the film industry even more.

"Director, do you think I can become a director like you in the future?" Zhang Yimou asked.

Wang Xiaohu smiled: "Why not? You see, none of the six directors of our Xiehe company graduated from a major, but we have been playing on the set since we were young, and we have come to this day through stealth, self-study, and exchanges. Compared with you , We are in the same way, you have such good conditions, when the time comes to combine theory and practice, your achievements in directing will definitely be better than ours."

Based on the memory of Wang Xiaohu's previous life, Zhang Yimou worked as a photographer for several years after graduation, and fully mobilized his photography methods in "Yellow Earth" directed by Chen Kaige in 84, showing the simple and profound artistic conception of the Loess Plateau with a unique shape, and won many awards. Chinese and even international films have won awards for best cinematography.

This Northwestern man started as a photographer. In 87, with his "Red Sorghum" with strong colors and bold style, he carried forward the spirit of the Chinese nation, integrated narrative and lyricism, realism and freehand brushwork, and brought out the best of China. The unique charm of film language has been out of control since then, and he has become a leader among the fifth generation of directors.

It is very interesting that such a talent actually doubts whether he can be a director at this time.

In the next week, the shooting was basically smooth. The mysterious terracotta warriors and horses statues were dug out from the well, and then Chinese historians, leaders of archaeological departments at all levels, and even famous foreign experts on the history of the Qin Dynasty were invited—— Professor Gu and his student Tiger are both telling the pictures about the excavation of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses in the Mausoleum of the Qin Emperor in a straightforward manner.

Don't think this is just an ordinary movie script, many places in it actually happened.

For example, in the film, the leader of the archaeological department said to Professor Yuan (Professor Yuan was still an assistant at the time) after inspecting the site: "Dig carefully, it is just an ancient tomb. It will be dug in less than a week, so don't damage it." These cultural relics." Who knew that the five-meter-deep well was dug deeper and bigger, and when they dug out more than 100 terracotta warriors, they realized that this was just the tip of the iceberg in the huge project.

These things that really happened in those years are well reflected in the script. During the filming process, Professor Yuan Zhongyi personally went into battle, and passed the drama addiction very well. After the filming of his scenes was finished, the old professor held Holding Wang Xiaohu's hand, he said: "Mr. Wang, thank you, thank you for recording what happened that year with a camera. We didn't think it was a big event back then, and we regretted not making a documentary. On behalf of our Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses Comrade, thank you."

The old comrade burst into tears with excitement, and Wang Xiaohu was also warm in his heart. To be honest, the comrades of the Terracotta Warriors Museum gave too much help to the film crew this time.

Wang Xiaohu didn’t know about it when it was set up in the tunnels of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses. Later, he found out that the Terracotta Warriors and Horses were immediately protected by the state after they were developed. No one is allowed to go down the tunnels, let alone touch the Terracotta Warriors and Horses. , and the last time he came, not only did he go down, he even knocked on a certain terracotta warrior a few times to listen to the sound. Now that he thinks about it, that is the treatment of the head of state!

In the corner of the tunnel of the terracotta warriors and horses, Tiger looked at the sculptures of the terracotta warriors and horses, and felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity in his heart. He slowly squatted in front of a terracotta warriors and horses (model), and stretched out his hand to stroke the armor on them.That night, he began to dream, dreaming that he was standing in front of those terracotta warriors, no, living Qin warriors, leading them to fight on the battlefield, leading them to drive away the Huns, leading them
After shooting this group of shots, it rained heavily that day, and the crew was forced to stop. Wang Xiaohu hid in the house built by Tuyu, watching the raindrops dripping from the eaves to the ground. After a long time, he sighed: "We need to speed up the shooting." It's progressing, hey, after this rain, God will start to lose his mind!"

Zhao Yazhi smiled and gave him a pomegranate and said, "Eat it quickly, it's very sweet. I picked it from the root of the city wall near the museum. Don't be so sad."

Wang Xiaohu chuckled, took the pomegranate as if he had stuffed it in his mouth, it was really sweet
(End of this chapter)