"Our aircraft can fly for twenty minutes if it carries one kilogram of weight."
Wang Tao gave an answer that left Xiao Qian completely unsatisfied.
"This is completely insufficient. The weight of the camera is at least about 20 kilograms."
Wang Tao shook his head.
"Then this is not something that the aircraft can withstand. I still recommend that you hire a helicopter."
Xiao Qian scratched his head.
The movie was shot in canyons and at night, so helicopters were definitely not allowed because the probability of an accident was too high.
He asked a super novice question.
"Can't you make the aircraft bigger so it can carry more weight?"
Wang Tao wanted to laugh but didn't dare.
"If it gets bigger, the demand for batteries will also increase. There are no suitable batteries on the market now, and the batteries will take up all the load."
Xiao Qian was helpless.
What to do?
He didn't understand drones, and Wang Tao didn't understand film shooting, so he asked: "Mr. Xiao, do you have high image quality requirements for your film shooting?"
Xiao Qian explained: "The picture quality is pretty good, but the most important problem is the camera angle. If the shooting angle is not wide enough, it will not be able to be edited onto the screen."
Wang Tao blinked and suddenly said: "Is it okay to add a wide-angle lens to the miniature camera?"
Xiao Qian paused and couldn't help but ask: "Can you add a wide-angle lens to this camera?"
Wang Tao shook his head and nodded again.
"Our camera will definitely not work, but we can use Canon's professional-grade camera. Anyway, a wide-angle lens does not weigh much. We only need to adjust the load-bearing parameters, and it should not affect the flight."
After finding a way to adapt, Xiao Qian was a little excited and asked hurriedly: "How many pixels does that camera have?"
Wang Tao didn't understand very well, so he asked someone else and said, "It should be at least 50 million."
Xiao Qian finally felt relieved.
"That's enough for a movie."
Nowadays, the conditions for drones are so limited that it is impossible to mount a professional movie camera on a drone for shooting. Then you can only use a professional shooting camera instead. Although it is not perfect, it is enough to cope with it.
After discussing with Wang Tao, DJI allowed DJI to modify the drone. Xiao Qian went straight to Sichuan and began to take over the crew. The filming of "Cold Crossing Iron Cables on Dadu Bridge" officially began.
Special actors will be used in this movie. After all, there are roles for teachers, prime ministers and famous generals, so Teacher Tang, Teacher Liu and others are also there.
"Xiao Qian, you brought us here, but we turned out to be not the protagonists. That's too much."
As soon as we met, Teacher Tang started joking.
Xiao Qian could only beg for mercy.
"Seniors, please forgive me, I am starting from the drama itself and only focusing on how to make a good movie."
Teacher Tang nodded heavily.
"Your script is amazing. The plot is very rigorous and has climaxes one after another. It not only respects history but also optimizes it. If patriotic film and television works are made like yours, why worry about everyone not liking it?"
Teacher Liu said with a smile: "Xiao Qian's previous years with swords and fragrant fragrance were very exciting."
But he also has worries.
"But war scenes and big scenes are very difficult to shoot. I heard that you only use one unit here. I'm afraid there aren't enough people, right?"
Xiao Qian gave them reassurance.
"Don't worry, two teachers, our movie this time uses new technology and new concepts to show big scenes, which is different from previous movies."
The first scene of the movie is not about the Red Army or the National Army.
It was opened by the Qing army and Shi Da.
"Xiao Qian, what's going on? Aren't you filming the scene of forcibly crossing the Dadu River and flying to capture the Luding Bridge? Why did you dress us in ancient costumes?"
Feng Zhiyang came over and brought doubts and complaints from the soldiers.
Xiao Qian showed him the script.
"Two battles took place in the same place in history. But the endings of the two battles were completely different. Do you think this is of great contrast? I intended to use Shi Dakai's failure to set off the Red Army's victory. This
"Never forget the past is the teacher of the future."
"Ah...I understand."
The crew worked quickly and took a week to arrange the scene.
Xiao Qian invited Shao Bing to play Shi Dakai.
This guy's popularity skyrocketed after he played Xiao Feng, and he has become a representative of tough guy actors in the film and television industry, which is perfect for the down-and-out hero Shi Dakai.
Although it is just one scene, which can be regarded as the introduction of the whole movie, Xiao Qian has always strived for excellence.
In order to capture the battle scenes well, he also consulted military history experts to restore many details such as the clothing, weapons, language, marches, and battles of that period.
As soon as they came up, guns and cannons roared along the Dadu River, and the sound of killings shook the sky.
The line of the remnants of the Taiping Army was continuously squeezed, and countless Qing troops surged up from all directions, with the rolling Dadu River behind them.
Standing on a rock, Shi Dakai looked at his panicked and mangled subordinates with tears in his eyes, knowing that failure was inevitable.
This section is finished.
As for Shi Dakai's later sacrifice of his life in exchange for the safety of his subordinates, it has nothing to do with this movie, and Xiao Qian will not create any complications.
In the next scene, the person who appears is the micro-manipulation master Kaishen Gong.
The actor is also a famous actor, Mr. Zhang Guoli.
When he appeared on the stage, he was reading history, and the title of the book was "Yong'an Wen Sequel". He was shaking his head with great satisfaction.
"Seventy years ago, Shi Dakai was a hero, but he was eventually buried on the bank of this turbulent river. Today, seventy years later, we can't escape the same fate. We all encourage you to finish your work in one battle."
When the camera turned, on the other side, teachers and other central leaders were also having a meeting. Interestingly, the teacher also held a book in his hand, which was also "The Continuation of Yong'an Wen".
The teacher's voice is loud and clear.
"If we don't do Shidakai, even a mere river cannot stop our determination to revolution and resist Japan."
The camera cuts back and Chang Kaishen begins to make arrangements.
"Xue Yue's first column crossed the Jinsha River from Longjie, and his second column and fifty-three divisions crossed the river from Qiaojia to block the back road; the Yunnan Army headed from Yongren to Yanbian and Yanyuan to deploy defenses on the west bank of the Yalong River
;Chen Wanren's troops stationed in Leibo
, Pingshan; Wang Zejun's brigade occupied Dashubao and Fulin; Yang Sen's troops controlled the lower reaches of Fulin; Liu Wenhui defended Luding, Anshunchang, and Fulin. All ministries must fulfill their duties loyally, and if there is any slack, they will be severely punished."
In previous war films, such military deployments would confuse the audience.
Because the audience does not have a map in their minds, they do not know the significance of these military deployments.
But in this movie, Xiao Qian used a sand table.
Chang Kaishen's deployments are all voice-overs, and following his words, the situation of each department gradually appears on the sandbox software created by the computer.
Suddenly, the whole situation suddenly became clear.
When we were working on this section, all the leading actors were very curious and came over to see the effect. As a result, when they saw the positions of the various national army troops on the lifelike sand table, they suddenly understood what the battlefield looked like.
"This is good. It's as clear as a chess player looking at the chessboard. This makes the audience feel very involved, which is a good way."
Teacher Liu was a little worried.
"Xiao Qian, is your sandbox software real? Is there any danger of leaks?"
Xiao smiled lightly.
"Teacher Liu, you haven't seen Google Maps, have you? This thing has been put into commercial use for a long time, and it is not a secret."
Hearing what he said, the thoughts of everyone present were...why has no one thought of applying this method to the filming of war movies?
Look, Lugu, Ansunchang, Fulin, Dashubao and other place names are clearly marked on the sand table. Isn't this more intuitive than textbooks with text alone?
The camera returns to our army.
Our army made two-pronged preparations for the route of action and organized small-road advance groups and large-road advance groups respectively.
But soon, the Xiaolu advance team obtained conclusive information.
Liu Wenhui's troops lacked troops, but the defensive area was long and the defense line was very weak. The Luding and Anshunchang lines were far easier to fight than the Fulin and Dashubao lines.
Next, there is the deployment of teachers.
The main road advance group pretended to be the main force and moved towards Fulin and Dashubao with great momentum. The small road advance group acted as the vanguard to seize Anshun Field.
The main force of our army follows up in sequence in the order of Red One, Red Five, Core Column, Red Three, and Red Nine.
The deployment of our army also appears on the sand table. The various red logos are tit for tat with the blue logos of the national army. The entire battlefield situation is clear at a glance.
Not to mention what the audience will see in the future, at least the actors at the scene are relaxed and happy and full of admiration.
Where is this still an ordinary movie shooting?
This is clearly the best popular science on the history of the Revolutionary War.
