Although the filming was scheduled in the afternoon, the film crew set off early at 10 a.m. He Xin and the two young actors who played the roles of Young Ah Jiu and Young Brother Ah Jiu took a van to the set on the mountain.
There are quite a lot of young actors in this drama, including the childhood Brother Ajiu, the childhood A Ming, the young A Ming, the little monk, etc. They were all recruited from Kunming Art School. For example, the young actor who plays the young A Ming
He has appeared in a series of film and television dramas such as "Crossing the Siege" directed by Rong Guang and "The Colonel's Daughter" starring Yuan Li and Guo Xiaodong.
To be honest, He Xin was really a little scared of acting with children. Just before, he and Cheng Hao filmed "A Thousand Arrows Pierce the Heart", in which the young actor who played Ma Xiaobao was a child with no acting experience. In Wang Xiaoshuai's words
, I chose this child because of his stubbornness.
But being stubborn is one thing, and acting is another. When filming, it’s like being in a state of flux. But you can’t scold or criticize a child, and you have to worry about coaxing him to behave in every way. It’s really
It's hard to describe in words.
The two young actors obviously knew He Xin, and they were a little nervous at first, but gradually became familiar and let go, and they became very sophisticated. They have been filming for a week, and it is really hard to film in the virgin forest every day.
Speaking of the scene where she was chased by a wolf two days ago, the little girl who played the role of Ah Jiu still had lingering fear on her face.
Speaking of which, it is a bit cruel to let such a young child film such a scene of being chased by a wolf and a bear. Not to mention the danger, there may also be psychological problems. This is what children's protection organizations and animal protection organizations do in China, if they are placed abroad.
Protection organizations and the like have all popped up. It’s not that they won’t let you film, but they have to supervise from the side, which is enough for the crew to drink.
Gaoligong Mountain belongs to the Hengduan Mountains, connecting the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the north and the Indo-China Peninsula to the south. The part in the snowy area is called Bossula Ridge, and only when it enters the Yunnan border is it called Gaoligong Mountain, which means: the mountain of the Gaoli family.
The filming location has to go up, and there is a road connecting it, which is barely accessible to traffic. The altitude there is relatively high. When the crew first arrived, many people were not used to it and several people lay down. Fortunately, most of them have adapted by now.
, if it really doesn’t work, the only option is to substitute.
The car drove for an hour and a half before arriving at the set. When He Xin got out of the car and saw the green and vast meadow, his mood was indescribable. You can imagine that there are long grass and wild flowers under your feet, and high mountains and snowy ridges above your head.
Surrounded by primeval forests, as far as the eye can see, are there deep gorges and rivers?
This kind of shocking force full of natural wildness is far from comparable to places like Bashang Grassland north of Beijing.
It is said that the relationship between the characters in "Love Has an Afterlife" is very simple. He Xin plays A Ming and Yao Lu plays A Ming's brother. The brother is the leader of a group of horse thieves. He has built a stronghold in a hidden place and goes out to rob when he has nothing to do. The brother is right
My younger brother A Ming is doting on me, his eyes are full of kindness and love.
He Xin didn't know much about the actor Yao Lu. He only knew that he was in Class 87 of the Nortel Acting Department, and that he was a classmate with Zhang Jiayi and Wang Quanyu. He and Teacher Yu are both fellows from Hangzhou, and they competed with Teacher Yu at the film school.
He is in the second year of high school. It may be due to this reason that this little-known actor got the role of the brother. He will join the cast in two days.
Teacher Yu personally plays the role of Ah Jiu, the enemy's daughter, who was deliberately snatched into the village by A Ming in order to catch them all. She once shined in "Dragon Babu", but she was unlucky. She accidentally killed the lighting engineer while filming and was sentenced to death.
Xing's Gao Hu plays Ah Jiu's brother. His role is very small and he won't join the cast until late in the filming.
"How about it? Isn't this place nice?"
Teacher Yu was just instructing the workers to unload the equipment from the truck, and then use a local small walking tractor to transport it in. Because today's scene was in the forest next to the meadow, there was only a narrow dirt road, and the vehicle could not move at all.
Can't get in.
However, filming in the meadow was even worse. This meadow covers several square kilometers. In order not to destroy the dense vegetation, even tractors cannot enter the meadow. The equipment can only be carried in manually.
When she turned around, she happened to see He Xin standing there looking at the entire meadow with a look of shock on his face. It was inevitable that he came over with a bit of pride and said with a smile.
"It's so beautiful! What a great place!" He Xin exclaimed sincerely.
"Of course, we spent more than two months traveling all over Zhejiang, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan to find this place. To be honest, I was shocked when I came here for the first time. This place must be
This is where the story happened." Teacher Yu also said with emotion.
On a gentle slope deep in the meadow, the crew set up a scene first, with about six or seven wooden houses, as well as some haystacks, clothes drying poles and other sundries.
"Is that the cottage there?" He Xin asked, pointing into the distance.
"right!"
There are dozens of horses gathered at the bottom of the gentle slope, managed by professional horsemen.
"I forgot to ask you, are you okay with riding a horse?" Teacher Yu asked.
"It should be no problem." He Xin said deliberately vaguely.
In fact, seeing these horses made him feel a little itchy. He hadn't ridden a horse for a long time, but this time he could have a good time again.
Teacher Yu frowned slightly, obviously not satisfied with his answer. Of course, she was not stupid. The reason why she ignored this question before was because He Xin had horse riding scenes in "The Promise" and "Seven Swords". No.
There is a question of whether or not you can ride.
The key is to ride well!
In such a beautiful meadow, she designed many shots of galloping horses. If the actors can ride well, the shooting effect will certainly be better than using a stunt double.
She pondered for a moment, then suddenly turned around and asked the staff: "When will that bear say?"
"Already on the way, should be arriving soon." The staff responded hurriedly.
"Well, you ask Xiao Chen and the others to come over, and Teacher He and I will go horse riding."
Teacher Yu said, then turned to He Xin and said, "Teacher He, let's go try it?"
"Okay!" He Xin said happily.
The "Xiao Chen and the others" that Teacher Yu mentioned just now are the crew that filmed the documentary. During the meeting in the morning, they were filming on site.
I walked for about ten minutes on a path that had been trampled on.
When the young Master Ma saw the director coming in person, he hurriedly greeted him: "Director...oh, Teacher He!"
Only now did he recognize that the person next to the director was the legendary leading male actor, the famous He Xin.
"Teacher He and I came here to ride horses."
"Okay!"
The horse master led two horses over. The documentary director Xiao Chen and his photographer who had followed along also took up their positions and pointed the camera at the two of them.
"Oh, this horse is beautiful!"
Most of the horses here are the most common chestnut horses, but the horses brought by the horse master are one black and one white. Especially the white horse, which is all white, with not a single hair in sight, and the mane on its neck is very long.
It is a little curled up and very beautiful, much like the "Lion Shining at Night" described in martial arts novels.
"Beautiful, this is my mount."
Teacher Yu took the reins of the white horse from the horse master and touched its neck. The white horse also rubbed against her affectionately, obviously it was already familiar with it.
The horse master brought the black horse over and flattered him with a smile: "Teacher He, this little black horse is the number one in our team. He is honest and obedient, has enough strength, and rides steadily. Would you like to try it?"
"Okay, let me try!"
He Xin took the reins with a smile and touched Xiao Hei's mane. Xiao Hei did not dodge, but just snorted.
He knew that most of the horses used for filming like this were very docile, unlike when they were filming "Seven Swords" in Xinjiang, they were all riding horse racing horses. They were so hot-tempered that they started to get restless as soon as people rode on them. It was very difficult.
It's in control and runs very hard.
Just as He Xin was caressing Xiao Hei, Teacher Yu next to her had already pedaled and mounted her white horse. He controlled the reins with one hand and a small riding crop with the other and pointed to the mountain in the distance. He said with provocation: "Hey
Teacher, do we want to have a test?"
He Xin suddenly discovered that the soft-spoken, intellectual and elegant Teacher Yu who had been talking about drama with him had now become aggressive and aggressive. He even suspected that she had specially arranged to shoot the documentary as if she wanted to give him a blow.
Fortunately, he still has some skills. Although he has not ridden a horse for a long time, he learned to ride a horse while filming "The Promise" and then tamed those unruly horses during the filming of "Seven Swords".
Still there.
In the animal world, males often display themselves in front of females and win the favor of females through some special actions and postures, such as male peacocks opening their tails, lions' manes, male deer showing beautiful antlers, etc.
As advanced animals, the way humans express emotions is more complex, but animal instincts make men always show off themselves in front of beautiful women intentionally or unintentionally, and He Xin is no exception.
At this moment, he was seen standing on the left side of Xiao Hei. With his hands on the saddle and his feet not in stirrups, his body rose into the air and he was riding steadily on his back.
Yo ho!
Not only Teacher Yu, but also the young horse master was stunned and said in surprise: "Mr. He, have you practiced before?"
"That's right, I have played horse racing in Xinjiang Province before." He Xin slightly glanced at Teacher Yu with his mouth open and wrote lightly.
"Teacher He, then you are an expert!" Having played horse racing and being able to ride a horse are completely different things, the horseman said sincerely, gesturing with his thumb.
Teacher Yu only reacted at this moment and said dissatisfiedly in a coquettish tone: "Teacher He, you fooled me!"
He Xin is very satisfied with everyone's reaction. You must know that this action of his was specially designed for the character Feng Huo Liancheng when he was filming "Seven Swords". As a martial arts master, Feng Huo Liancheng is definitely different from ordinary people. He designed such a detail
, just to better express the characters.
It's a pity that his scene was deleted in "Seven Swords", but it comes in handy now. Amin grew up in a gang of horse thieves, and he is young and energetic, so he is more suitable for this kind of obviously cool action.
He pulled the reins and rode on the horse in a circle around Teacher Yu. He pointed at Xiao Chen who had just captured the camera and said excitedly: "Don't be stunned. Director Chen and the others are ready. Let's have a competition."
!”
Teacher Yu glared at him angrily, gritted his teeth, waved his whip with his right hand, and cracked the whip in the air. The white horse was startled, and started to trot as if it was a trigger, and then slowly accelerated.
He Xin waited for her to run twenty or thirty meters, and then he clamped the horse's belly with his legs and slapped Xiao Hei's neck with the reins in his hand. Xiao Hei immediately rushed forward and caught up with him within a hundred meters.
Teacher Yu’s white horse.
And just when the two of them were keeping pace with each other, this guy waved the whip in his hand and slapped it. Xiao Hei felt the pain, spread his hooves and ran around even more joyfully. In a blink of an eye, he was on the hillside at the other end of the meadow.