The addition of bel canto to this plain old-times-like artistic conception conveys a very operatic feel, and the climax is dramatic but still very soft.
The soulful, beautiful, ethereal, and national characteristics of the melody will be vividly reflected.
At the same time, coupled with Jin Xishan's unique voice, the whole song can sound even more shocking.
And the effect of combining ethnic and rock together, the size is just right. When you hear this song, you can't help but have the first reaction of tears in your eyes.
Liu Qingshan has obtained the copyright of this old song from the author through Gu Yun, and obtained the authorization to adapt it.
As for Taylor, there is no plan for her to release a new song at this station, but she deliberately staggers her popularity with the two Lincoln bands.
Liu Qingshan believes that everything must be done in a certain degree. After all, this program is produced by China, and non-Chinese songs should be avoided.
Overseas markets are important, but before we really go global, the core issues of China’s products must not change.
When we arrived at the abandoned water conservancy project in Qixing Lake the next day, it was just dawn in the morning, and we could think of how early they set off.
Most people didn't even get a few hours' sleep. There was nothing we could do about it. For a large-scale shooting deep in the desert, just the accommodation of the participants was a serious problem.
It’s not a movie and TV shooting scene, otherwise it would take most of a day to set up dozens of tents.
Those extras all came from nearby tribes. Although the program team saved a lot of accommodation expenses, they were absolutely unambiguous about three meals a day.
A team of chefs from the hotel were specially dispatched to provide self-service meals.
We will provide food for the crew for the whole day today in the form of water banquets.
The abandoned water conservancy project is actually a grand canyon, and the surrounding environment is a desert.
Qixing Lake is behind a sand dune in the east. It will not appear in the camera unless aerial photography is taken.
The shooting here is actually a fighting scene on an ancient battlefield, starting from the beginning of the confrontation between the two armies, until the iron-blooded fight when the cavalry rushes into the enemy camp.
However, since there were only a few hundred people at the scene, it was impossible to create a grand scene with soldiers all over the mountains and plains.
This necessitated all the extras to play two different legions on the canyon slopes on both sides.
Fortunately, the local film company provided enough costumes and props, and only the role changes of hundreds of extras were affected.
Even so, Liu Qingshan also practiced it. Not only did he invite people from his own show team to participate in the group performance, he even put on ancient battle uniforms and mingled with the crowd to make up for his numbers.
Calculated in this way, the scene of more than 500 people crowded on a small hillside is quite spectacular. Coupled with the addition of special effects in the later stage, it is not difficult to create a dense confrontation scene of tens of thousands of legions. of.
Moreover, the scene of the confrontation between the two armies in the ancient battlefield was shot separately. The same team of people also included infantry and cavalry. There were densely packed infantry on the hillside, while the confrontation scene in the canyon showed two teams of cavalry lined up.
In order to meet the filming needs this time, the program team borrowed hundreds of horses from several tribes through the local government to serve as war horses, and together with the local riders, it was also a large number.
Of course, the rent for this part is small.
No, fortunately, many of the riders and horses have experience shooting war scenes, so they won’t be overwhelmed by the scale of the scene.
I have to mention here that the local costumes and props are well-made. Not only are they strictly reproduced in accordance with the armor of the ancient Mongolian cavalry, but the production method is extremely exquisite, and the leather goods required are all genuine materials.
Taking the willow leaf armor as an example, it is said that they first made a number of iron pieces one finger wide and one palm long, and drilled eight small holes in each iron piece. They place 3 strong and narrow straps as the base.
These pieces of iron are then placed on top of another piece of iron, so that the pieces overlap.
Then use a thin leather thread to pass through the above-mentioned small holes, tie these iron pieces to three belts, and tie another leather thread to the upper end, so these iron pieces are firmly connected together.
In this way, they used these iron sheets to make an iron strip, and then connected these iron strips together to make various parts of the armor.
This connection method is recorded in historical records, and the protective gear made in this way can truly protect the personal safety of soldiers.
Moreover, the iron pieces were polished so brightly that people's shadows could be reflected on them, making it a veritable iron armor.
Horses also have body armor, with a piece of armor on each side that covers the horse's head.
Another piece of armor is placed on the horse's buttocks and tied to the armor pieces on both sides. A hole is left on this piece of armor so that the horse's tail can protrude from the hole; the other piece of armor is on the horse's chest.
An iron plate is also placed on the horse's forehead and tied to the armor plates on both sides.
The cavalry breastplates against the other side were not only different in color, but also had many differences in design.
One piece is from
From thighs to neck, it is made according to the shape of the human body.
The other piece runs from the neck to the waist and is connected to the front piece of armor. An iron plate is fixed on each shoulder.
There is also a piece of armor on each arm, covering from shoulder to wrist, and another piece of armor covering each leg.
All these pieces of armor are connected together with buckles, plus each person carries two bows, three huge quivers full of arrows, an axe, a scimitar, and ropes to drag the weapons. .
The weight of these equipment alone weighs several dozen kilograms, which shows that the ancient battlefield was anything but simple, and the soldiers involved were far more powerful than people imagined.
Because these equipment were restored according to relevant records, if today's soldiers were to carry such heavy equipment, let alone an expedition, they would probably collapse from exhaustion after walking for less than ten miles.
So from this point of view alone, the combat effectiveness of the ancient Mongolian cavalry is beyond doubt. It can be said that there is no one better than them in the cold weapon era.
Its unparalleled ability to run long distances, coupled with the compound bow and innate ability to ride and shoot, enabled it to sweep across the Eurasian continent and establish the largest empire in human history.
Liu Qingshan spent so much time shooting a small MV today just to try his best to reflect the terrifying combat effectiveness of such a heavy cavalry iron army and to enhance the high quality of the song and the singer.
This is also the reason why the local government and related tribes pay special attention to it, just because Genghis Khan's Mongolian cavalry was truly invincible at that time, and their descendants are all dreaming about how to perfectly restore the bravery of their ancestors in front of the world.
For them, it's about national glory
top priority.
It's just that such a waste of time and money was spent just to shoot a MV, and the entire scene only took five or six minutes to edit. Such luxury made Director Zhang Yimou complain to Liu Qingshan a lot after he came to the scene today.
Liu Qingshan didn't care about his complaints and even had a slightly contemptuous tone because he could understand the other person's mood.
Equipment of this scale can shoot an entire movie. As a director, Zhang Yimo will naturally have psychological fluctuations of envy, jealousy and hatred.
If he saw such squandering behavior, he would also look down upon it. The mentality of such a person can no longer be described as willful.
The Lincoln Band also came to the scene. This was because Liu Qingshan asked them to show their faces in it. Even if it was only a few seconds, it could be regarded as adding a selling point to the most luxurious MV in the world.
Are they foreign-looking?
It doesn't matter. During the Mongolian army's western expedition, many Western soldiers were captured and joined their own army. Therefore, it is not surprising that there are several foreign faces in the Mongolian army. They are all well-documented.
The members of the Hanggai Band all acted as close-ups of the faces of important static characters.
For example, Huricha is a general sitting on a chariot, Batu Bagan and Iliqi are centurions who lead troops to kill, and Yilalata and Mengda are seen being hacked and fell to the ground again. .
Liu Qingshan played the role of an enemy commander. There was only one scene in the entire MV, which was standing on a hillside, brandishing a knife and shouting the order to attack.
Regardless of the final result, it is true that the whole morning's shooting was boring and the staff were transferred back and forth.
Fortunately, he was there without any hesitation
After working hard to join the group performance and being directed around, other people complained a lot less.
Moreover, he was always livening up the atmosphere, learning a few bad Mongolian sentences from the people around him, and his weird pronunciation often made those Mongolian men burst into laughter.
It wouldn't be possible if he didn't do this. The transfer of personnel and horses would only be a waste of money.
Switching between two bulky armors is the real torture. It’s uncomfortable to put on and take off dozens of kilograms of equipment. If we don’t put it on and take off so frequently, how can we let people carry such heavy equipment up and down hills frequently? slope?
If that were the case, we probably wouldn't be able to take a few shots, and most of the extras would fall down from exhaustion.
The shooting in the afternoon was much more interesting, because the scenes to be shot were hand-to-hand combat scenes during close combat, and Liu Jiaban appeared in these scenes, including difficult falls from horses, being kicked away by horse hooves, rolling down the hillside, swords and arrows All kinds of falling to the ground after entering the body have to be completed by them.
And all the actions are not assisted by special effects. They are all genuine iron bridges and hard horses, with high skills and boldness, and the risk factor is beyond imagination.
But for them, this kind of war scenes are much easier. Other kung fu movies require shots of people jumping off buildings, crashing into cars, breaking through windows, and landing on their heads. Scenes of people jumping on their backs are actually the safest.
Even so, their professional filming of dangerous actions still received waves of applause.
Especially the scene where the man fell under the horse after being hit by an arrow, but was still being dragged away in the stirrups, which frightened the nomadic riders so much that they covered their eyes with their hands and did not dare to watch.
Because only they know the wind of this action best
It is dangerous, not only the head is easily hit by the ground, but also the horses are stamped and kicked by their hoofs after being frightened.
But what they don't know is that the people in the Liu family class have the lowest skills in the early days of tomorrow. If they pick one out at random, they will be at the Wuying level in martial arts.
You know, Li Liangjie, Zhen Zijian, Wu Jing, and Zhang Jin, they are all at this level.
