Shenyang Gymnasium, Track and Field Stadium, the filming of the movie is gradually coming to an end.
On the football field in the center of the track and field hall, more than ten people of three age groups, old, middle and young, were playing football happily on the field.
Their family and friends clapped, cheered and screamed beside them.
There were not even 22 people in the game, no referee, and no coach.
There are no rules or tactics to speak of.
The old man and the young man chased the round ball together.
"Captain, catch the ball!"
Zhang Hanyu, who had half-white hair and half-white beard, stopped the ball at his feet, shouted, and kicked the ball in front of Deng Chao.
His voice is no longer full of energy, the strength of his feet is far less than it used to be, and his hands are no longer strong, but the ball is inserted extremely accurately.
A group of people were having a great time playing on the field, and the sidelines were cheering for them.
Tong Liya, who had changed into a mature look, arranged the jersey of a six or seven-year-old boy on the sidelines and patted his shoulder.
"Go and play football with dad."
The little boy opened his short legs and joined in this melee without any technical content, constantly chasing the football at the feet of the adults.
But he couldn't grab the ball.
"Son, go on!"
Deng Chao found the right angle and gently passed the football to the little boy's feet.
Under his father's encouraging gaze, the little boy raised his short legs and spent a lot of effort to lift the football two meters away.
"Okay, pass!"
"Get a close-up below."
A large panorama was shot for three hours, and then several close-ups were shot one by one according to the storyboard.
The large outdoor panoramic shots all relied on natural light. This time, two cameras were used, and a temporary aerial photography team was hired to shoot with a much lighter portable handheld film camera Aley 235 equipped with a drone.
There's not much to say about this kind of scene, it just depends on the actor's overall body and expression.
The cheerful atmosphere is the most important thing. After all, several families have gathered together to play football on weekends.
After the group scenes were filmed, it was Zhang Hanyu, Deng Chao, and the little boy's turn.
I have to say that the three of them really seemed to be getting along with each other in the past two days.
Zhang Hanyu's appearance as an old man is also quite good, and Deng Chao also changed his appearance in all the previous scenes and became a sunny boy.
There's something wrong with the older boy. My son is six or seven years old and he also has stubble on his chin, but that's pretty much what it means.
A person's living environment, family, relatives, and friends will all change a person's growth trajectory.
In this shot, the three of them were allowed to play as they pleased, anyway, they were just kicking around.
Then they practiced shooting again. Zhang Hanyu and Deng Chao took turns as goalkeepers. Occasionally, they would kick the ball away and into the sky.
The little boy was not strong enough and the football could not touch the goal, which caused a burst of laughter.
I took pictures until noon, so I had a meal here and took a break.
The filming of the movie was almost finished. After dinner, Li Qian looked at the filming schedule again. It is expected to be completed in five days.
Everything went smoothly, mainly because the two actors Zhang Hanyu and Deng Chao performed well.
The whole movie is dominated by the two of them, and as long as they have no problem, then there will be no problem.
Li Qian asked Qi Yukun, who was sunbathing on the ground, "By the way, Lao Qi, how much film is left?"
"There are still twelve thousand feet."
Qi Yukun sat up from the ground and thought for a while, "Based on the current progress, it is estimated that there will be two to three thousand feet left after the filming."
"It's not bad. For a film with more than 90,000 feet of film, the film-to-film ratio is less than 1:8."
Li Qian was still very satisfied with this number, and was originally prepared for the lack of film.
Zhang Zhonghua, who was holding a thermos cup next to him, sighed, "In the early years when I was an apprentice in a studio, the film was jammed tightly and even required a 1:5 film-to-film ratio.
Film studios are even stricter, and there are some masters there who can achieve a 1:3 ratio of supporting films."
"Lao Zhang, times have changed!"
Li Qian shook his head. The 1:3 filming ratio meant that each shot had to be shot three times.
This is extremely harsh for film films where the effects cannot be seen clearly during shooting.
Only the state-owned studios of more than ten or twenty years ago could achieve this level. In most industries, the best talents are in state-owned enterprises.
Moreover, the studios were poor at that time, and it was difficult to sell at the box office and collect money. It was still a planned economy, and the films were distributed uniformly.
The directors and photographers of the older generation of studios are not like today. They are paid by investors anyway, and they don’t feel bad.
At that time, all the public money was wasted, wages could not be paid, and there was really no money for them to waste.
"And what you said, Lao Zhang, is not absolute."
Li Qian smiled and said, "In 1993, Jiang Wen used a full 250,000 feet of film when filming "Sunny Days," which set a record."
"A feature film requires 250,000 feet of film, and I heard that in order to take the photo of Ma Xiaojun's soul in Milan's house in the original work, a full 10,000 feet of film was shot."
Jiang Wen is also a great person. He made a feature film in 1993 and spent more than 15 million!
250,000 feet of film was almost unimaginable in those days.
But it’s still acceptable now, after all, “Red Cliff” is said to have prepared 1.6 million feet of film.
If you have money, you can spend it as you please.
I comfortably basked in the sun for a while at noon, took a rest, and then started shooting in the afternoon.
After filming the gym scene, the rest were basically bits and pieces.
On the 19th, the crew came to a small hospital in the suburbs to film the scene where Zhang Hanyu came to the hospital to see his wife after escaping from the fire.
The two of them were messing around in public again. The person lying on the bed next to him was Wang Qianyuan, but he was tilting his head and you couldn't tell unless you looked carefully.
"Okay, passed!"
"Give me a one-second close-up view of that half of Wang Qianyuan's face!"
Days pass by, and we are one step closer to the final day.
On the 23rd, the crew of "Frequency of Life and Death" ushered in the last scene. In a desperate situation, the father remembered his son's words, changed another path in the fire scene, and rescued the little girl and successfully escaped.
The scene inside the fire scene has been filmed in an indoor studio, and now we are filming the scene where the fire brigade rushes to put out the fire and Zhang Hanyu escapes from it.
The building used for filming is a temporarily vacant factory building by the river. There is no need to actually burn it. Just light a torch in every window, light a row of fires on the roof, or build a row of fire racks. Look at it this way.
It sounds like the whole building is on fire, make the smoke bigger.
From time to time, there was an explosion sound coming from a window, breaking several glass windows.
Several fire trucks of various types from the 1980s were on standby in the distance. People were also looking for the actors, and the actors were ready.
Li Qian picked up the loudspeaker and shouted to everyone, "We have the last scene left today. There are six shots in total. Be careful and hurry up. Try to finish it today. Don't leave it until tomorrow. The hotel is already closed."
Now that we’ve made a reservation, it’s up to you if you want to have a nice meal early!”