For a movie, if you want the audience to watch it comfortably, the most important thing is actually the rhythm.
It cannot be stretched and compact all the time, otherwise the audience will be very tired.
Of course, it cannot remain dull, otherwise it will become water injection.
The overall rhythm of "Cold Crossing Iron Cables at Dadu Bridge" is very intense, but even with the intensity, there must be a certain degree of relaxation.
Before the battle of Ansunchang, there was a very humorous scene.
In order to prevent our army from crossing the river from Anshun Chang, Chang Kaishen issued a strict order that all ships in Anshun Chang must be seized to prevent them from being used by our army.
But as for the national army, everyone knows that execution is always the biggest problem.
Our vanguard battalion attacking Anshun Field adopted a three-pronged attack.
The first company attacked from the front, the second company and the heavy machine gun platoon attacked along the river bank, and the third company attacked from the hillside.
Why did the Second Company attack along the river?
It's to find a boat.
The enemy troops in Anshun Field were small in number and unprepared, so they were quickly wiped out.
The most surprising thing is that our army actually found a boat.
Why is there a boat?
To use the words of "War on the Sand Table", it means that Wang Baoqing is the leader of Jiaoping Ferry, and Zhizhong is the leader of Anshun Field.
Who is this Lai Zhizhong?
This man was both the battalion commander of the national army and a large local landowner. The national army who carried out the order did not want to offend him, so they had to leave a boat.
This scene is the humorous part in the whole movie, which adds to the fun.
Xiao Qian also made a prank and asked Li Yushuang to guest star Lai Zhizhong.
My identity as leader Li Yunlong is unpredictable, and I will be the material for station B’s pranks in the future.
Although Xiao Qian was scolded, Li Yushuang still came to act.
After our army occupied Anshun Field, the next step was to cross the river.
On the other side of the Dadu River, there is a battalion and bunker fortifications of the National Army.
The Dadu River is very fast in this section. If you want to cross the river, you have to take a very high risk. However, there is not much time left for our army, so the battle to storm the Dadu River began quickly.
For this battle scene, Xiao Qian completely followed historical records, but shot it through photography technology, making the scene very passionate.
Our army's light and heavy machine gun positions are lined up along the river bank, with special shooters in the middle. The most important thing is that our army also has an ace, the gunner Zhao Zhangcheng.
The remaining seventeen warriors, with the help of local boatmen, took boats down the river from the upper reaches and were responsible for landing on the beach.
The shooting scenes were boring, but the post-production effects were explosive.
Hundreds of light and heavy machine guns fired at the same time, and with the addition of special effects, it presented the shock of bullet time, instantly annihilating the national army positions on the other side.
The river crossing sequence was not actually shot in the river, as the risk was too high. It was shot in a pool on the set.
After using special effects to synthesize it in the later stage, there were no flaws and it was very shocking.
Our army successfully captured the north bank of Anshun Field, but because there was only one boat, so many troops wanted to pass by, but due to time constraints, it was too late.
However, the enemy troops have already moved up from all sides. If there is any further delay, Shi Dakai's old story will happen again.
At critical moments, teachers make important decisions.
Unable to wait any longer, he ordered the vanguard troops to go north along the river and seize the Luding Bridge.
This is the most important part of the entire movie shooting,
The total length from Anshunchang to Luding County is 329 miles. Our Second Division and Fourth Regiment of the First Red Army are the vanguard, responsible for opening the passage for the entire army.
The order from the Military Commission gave them three days to get to Marco Polo Bridge.
The Fourth Regiment set out on the 27th and fought several battles in succession. These scenes flashed by in the movie. On this day, the Fourth Regiment advanced ninety miles.
What follows is a miracle in the history of infantry.
At five o'clock in the morning on the 28th, the Fourth Regiment continued to set off. Not long after, new orders arrived. The Fourth Regiment was required to capture the Luding Bridge on the 29th, leaving them only one day and one night.
Their position was still two hundred and forty miles away from Luding County, and there were enemy blocking troops on the road.
When this scene was being filmed, Wang Tao came to the scene on time with the modified drone.
To Xiao Qian's surprise, another person also ran over.
Master Zhang!
"Why are you so idle?"
Not seeing him for many days, Zhang Guoshi has aged a lot.
"Hey, you don't know how tired I am right now. If I could, I would have chosen not to take this job."
What job?
Director of the Olympic Games opening ceremony.
Since he began to participate in Olympic performances, the good reputation Zhang Guoshi had accumulated in the past has completely disappeared.
Especially that minute in Athens attracted countless scoldings.
For this reason, he almost lost the qualification to direct the Olympic Games opening ceremony.
In the end, the Olympic Organizing Committee chose him.
One is because there are really not many directors in China who are good at it.
Originally, the Olympic Organizing Committee approached Xiao Qian, but Xiao Qian made it clear that she refused. If she were to direct the Olympics, she would have no time to do anything else.
Secondly, during the selection of directors for the Olympic Games, the performance of other candidates was really far worse than Zhang Guoshi.
There are even people who read poems on the spot without preparing anything.
Just because of this incident, it is not surprising why steamed buns can be photographed like that.
However, the Olympic Games are getting closer and closer, and the preparation work is not going smoothly, which makes Zhang Guoshi's hair turn gray.
Simply put aside the work at hand, go out and relax, and look for inspiration.
In 2005, Xiao Qian's "Fragrant Years" generated a box office of 6 billion. When the outside world reported it, the biggest shock was felt in the industry.
Only those who have been film directors understand the concept of a box office of six billion.
Even if this result were placed in Hollywood, it would be at the top of the annual rankings.
Zhang Guoshi was complacent about the box office performance of "Hero" for a long time, but it was soon surpassed by Xiao Qian's work.
At that time, he was very unconvinced and wanted to prepare another film to compete with Xiao Qian. However, he was distracted by the Athens Olympics and lacked energy, so he could only make a literary film.
After the Athens Olympics, he encountered overwhelming criticism, which made investors no longer dare to make movies with him.
I have no choice but to make literary films.
He finally regained his reputation through literary and artistic films, and he was full of hesitation to make another blockbuster movie. However, the 6 billion box office of "Reassuring Years" made him stop thinking about it.
Zhang Guoshi knew very well that no matter how hard he tried, he would never be able to achieve such a high box office.
Since then, he has stopped thinking about competing and concentrated on preparing for the Olympics.
It's just that the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is a big project. Even though he received unprecedented support, he was still exhausted from coordinating so many departments and personnel.
The saddest thing is that many ideas were rejected after being submitted.
The performance content of the Olympic opening ceremony has become further and further away from his original vision.
Zhang Guoshi felt that his mind was in chaos, so he might as well go out and relax. He heard that Xiao Qian was preparing a 2007 gift film, so he thought, so he just went to watch it.
As a result, when I looked at it, I saw a new pattern.
Watching several staff members getting together to debug, he asked curiously: "What is this?"
"Drones."
In fact, Xiao Qian didn't need to tell, Zhang Guoshi could tell that it was an aircraft. After all, there were four axes, each with a propeller on it, much like a helicopter.
"What's the use of this thing?"
Xiao Qian pointed to the river valley and said: "We are about to shoot a marching scene, and we need to capture the momentum. If we only shoot from the ground angle, we will not be able to capture a complete picture. The valley here is narrow and helicopters cannot enter, so we plan to
Use a drone to take photos.”
Zhang Guoshi was a little skeptical.
"Is that possible?"
Xiao Qian pulled him closer.
"Did you see it? There is a miniature camera under the fuselage. It is equipped with a wide-angle lens. The pixels are no worse than a professional movie camera. This drone can fly to an altitude of three hundred meters, which is enough to capture all targets on the ground."
Zhang Guoshi was shocked, looking at the drone, his mind was churning with thoughts.
He is a film director, and of course he knows how difficult it is to shoot high-altitude shots. If it could be done with such a small drone, it would be enough to change the history of film shooting.
While talking, the staff completed the debugging. One person took the remote control and started flying.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the drone made a rapid but not loud turning sound, and then slowly left the ground.
The process of taking off is very slow, but once in the air, the drone becomes much more flexible.
It moves up and down, left and right, as if it has a soul.
Xiao Qian ignored the drone and rushed to the monitor to check the shooting effect.
There is too much sunshine during the day, so the pictures taken are blurry. But the scenes in the movie are on cloudy days, so there is no need to worry about lighting problems.
In addition, the picture definition is very high and very stable.
You must know that the wind is not very light today, and the drone can still maintain such a stable shooting effect, which shows that the balancer is used well.
Zhang Guoshi was right next to him, looking at the vast picture on the monitor and drooling with greed.
If he had had this thing when filming "Hero", he would have been confident in competing for an Oscar.
When Xiao Qian turned around, he saw Zhang Guoshi's intoxicated look. With a quick thought, he decided to help DJI win an advertisement that would amaze the world.
"Man, what do you think about this being added to the Olympic opening ceremony?"
