Li Yi had tried his best to overestimate the difficulty of filming "Changjin Lake", but in fact, he still underestimated it.
It's okay in the front, but after the main plot starts later.
There are often hundreds or even thousands of people working on site every day, sometimes six to seven thousand including staff.
Even though there are several experienced assistant directors, even for the most experienced Yu Yanchunming, this is his first time with a crew of this size.
After all, the casts of the war movies he made earlier were never this big.
Not to mention Li Yi.
And the movie has a lot of night scenes, which is very, very difficult.
Because of night scene shooting, many times, lighting, photography, props, and even actors are very easy to make mistakes due to the environment.
It can be said that this situation is greatly beyond the normal scope of Li Yi's usual movie making.
But the real hardest part is more than that.
While the crew was still filming, they encountered ultra-low temperatures approaching minus 30 degrees.
If it was a small crew, it would actually be better, but the problem is that there are too many people in the crew.
Even Li Yi himself couldn't stand this ultra-low temperature weather, let alone the actors who had to wear thin clothes while filming.
Even with the best anti-cold measures, such weather still brought the crew to a close.
Several actors had frostbite and had to be sent to the hospital.
It has also faced the challenges of severe weather such as sandstorms and hail.
However, even so, the crew is still advancing progress despite difficulties.
The filming was so difficult, which made people sigh even more. In the ice and snow of Changjin Lake, the volunteers marched forward one after another, charged into battle and fought bravely to kill the enemy, and finally won the victory. It is truly unimaginable.
In order to film, Li Yi did not even attend the Oscar ceremony of "Life is Beautiful".
You know, "Life is Beautiful" has received many nominations, including Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, etc.
The directors were not present and did not actively participate in the public relations of the awards, so the results are self-evident.
However, although the crew encountered many difficulties during the filming, and it was the most difficult film Li Yi has experienced since he became director, the atmosphere of the crew has always been very good, and everyone can say that they have worked extremely hard. , extremely serious and extremely focused.
Probably because of the subject matter of this film.
Everyone worked hard to endure and work hard to perform their roles well.
The most unlucky person is Zhao Xuan.
Originally, Zhang Xiaoshan really didn't have many roles, not even major roles.
Zhao Xuan's performance is still very good, but if a person is unlucky, he will have his teeth filled with cold water.
Zhao Xuan's last sacrifice scene was filmed at the rocky beach. As a result, the filming went very smoothly. However, after Zhao Xuan finished filming, he didn't know whether he was overly excited or something, but he actually fell. wrestle.
If he had fallen somewhere else, it would have been fine, but he was so desperate that he actually sat down on a sharp stone. As a result, his butt was directly stabbed by the stone and bled, and he was sent to the hospital on the spot.
It's both worrying and funny at the same time. In fact, the scene where he covers his butt and screams is really easy to misunderstand!
After the news came out, Zhao Xuan's fans almost didn't light candles for Zhao Xuan directly.
"Changjin Lake" is also the one that took the longest time to shoot, was the most difficult, involved the largest number of people, and was the grandest scene since Li Yi made a movie.
From filming to the last scene, it took nearly eight months!
The last scene is that of the Ice Sculpture Company.
When filming this scene, everyone was extremely heavy.
Because everyone knows that this is not a fabricated plot, but a real historical event.
The ultra-low temperature of minus 40 degrees, the original line of "That Rabbit That Year": "Don't cry, your tears will freeze."
Why does it make people burst into tears?
Rows of volunteer soldiers lay prone on the ground at minus 40 degrees Celsius, holding steel guns and grenades, maintaining neat battle formations and fighting postures
It's like a group of "ice sculptures" jumping up! This is the "Ice Sculpture Company" who died heroically in the Battle of Changjin Lake!
When filming this scene, countless people on the scene wept silently and burst into tears.
In fact, this is just a microcosm of the battlefield, and the real history that was not captured in the movie is even more shocking.
In the real historical Battle of Changjin Lake, the soldiers lay in the snow at minus 40 degrees Celsius and lurked for 6 days and 6 nights. They would rather freeze to death than withdraw from their position.
When Li Yi watched the video narrated by those who witnessed it, he heard the white-haired old soldier say in tears: "Wearing thin clothes, eating boiled potatoes that are as cold as rocks, they must be put in the arms." Inside, use your body to warm it up, softening the layers and chewing on them.
More often than not, they were motionless, not daring to close their eyes, and no one dared to sleep, because once they fell asleep, they would never be woken up the next day. When the enemy appeared, many soldiers charged and found that their legs had already collapsed. They were freezing to death, but they couldn't care less. Those with one leg jumped forward and those without legs crawled forward..."
These were not filmed, but who among the people present and involved in the filming of this film did not understand this battle?
The more we learned, the more shocked we were. So, when the last scene was being filmed and the filming was announced, everyone was already in tears!
If miracles had a color, it would be Chinese Red.
They are miracle workers, they are miracles!
It is precisely because of the heroic sacrifices of our ancestors that our current prosperous age is even more hard-won.
"Changjin Lake" is just a movie, and it is impossible to recreate all of this battle, but even if it is just the tip of the iceberg, it has shocked everyone!
Even when it was announced that the film was finished, no one uttered an exclamation.
Everyone was silent.
"Changjin Lake" is finally finished.
Li Yi himself found it a bit incredible that the filming of this movie was successfully completed.
He has never had an experience like shooting this movie, which took the most time and experience, encountered the worst environment, the most difficulties, the most people participating, and the most injuries...
The film's production scale, investment scale, shooting time span, and the number of actors and crew used all set new records.
But when the movie is actually finished, the sense of accomplishment is also unmatched by any movie in the past!
Of course, filming such a movie requires the most energy and attention that Li Yi has ever expended in his career.
The filming of the movie is finished, and others can rest for the time being. However, Li Yi cannot rest yet. The post-production of "Changjin Lake" is still waiting for him. Of course, compared with the various difficulties encountered during the filming process, Post-production is simply a joy.
In fact, "Changjin Lake" can be said to be one super-long movie, but it can actually be counted as two movies.
Because if all the stories were put in the same movie, the duration would be too long.
ps: I got stuck. I sat there for a long time and only managed to squeeze out a few hundred words, and then deleted them.
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