The filming of "Wolf Warrior" in Africa also did not go so smoothly.
Only after I went abroad did I realize how good my motherland was, and how often the foreign environment in news reports was already very restrained and conservative.
In China, robbery is a serious crime, so ordinary people may never encounter it even once in their lifetime.
However, in Africa, the crew came to Africa twice, and they were actually robbed again and again. Not only were they robbed in the slums, but the photography team also had a brush with robbery gangs. It can be said that the off-screen experience of filming in Africa is better than that of Africa. The play is also exciting.
Wu Qianjun also didn't expect that Africa would be such a mess.
You know, the place they chose for filming is already considered a country in Africa with relatively good environmental and economic development levels.
However, we still encountered robberies again and again.
The other party's law enforcement department didn't seem to find this strange at all. After confirming that the crew members were not in danger, the matter was left alone. Judging from their expressions, it seemed that they had long been accustomed to it.
This is hard to imagine for many of the crew who came here for the first time.
"Oh my god, in China, when I saw these things mentioned in the news, I thought they were exaggerated. Unexpectedly, the reality is even more exaggerated than the news reports!" A member of the crew couldn't help but said.
"Who says it's not the case? The point is, look at their law enforcement officers, they look like they're not surprised. I really can't imagine it!"
For many, this was an experience not easily forgotten.
Those several encounters caused the crew to panic for a time. In the end, they had no choice but to hire a team of security personnel with a large sum of money to ensure the safety of the crew. This solved the panic.
There was no way, this time although there were quite a few teams from Hollywood, it was mainly Li Yi's team.
Although Li Yi has often gone abroad for filming in the past, there has never been a time like this.
However, this is a good thing to a certain extent, because experiencing such things has made the entire crew more cohesive.
But the filming process was still more difficult than Li Yi imagined.
Not long after arriving in Africa, another big problem occurred.
A photographer was unfortunately bitten by a local venomous spider, leaving him paralyzed and left with shocking injuries!
If the medical team had not rescued him promptly, his life would have been in danger.
Fortunately, everyone was prepared and this kind of thing didn't happen again. Otherwise, it would really make people collapse.
After all, everyone is just making a living while filming, there is no need to work hard, especially for behind-the-scenes jobs, their income is not as high as that of actors and directors. Although Li Yi will definitely not treat them badly when filming abroad, but if they often go out This kind of danger will still make people collapse.
The scenes in "Wolf Warrior" may not seem as big as the original filming of "Changjin Lake", but in fact, the filming process was no easier than that of "Changjin Lake".
Of course, this is also because, on the one hand, Li Yi is not short of money, and on the other hand, it is also because he wants to pursue more exciting visual effects.
Li Yi rarely shoots large-scale productions, or this kind of opportunity is rare for him. ….
So in order to restore the reality, Li Yi finally decided to require all the explosion shots to be as real as possible!
Anyone who is familiar with film shooting knows that many times, explosion scenes, especially scenes where many vehicles are blown up in one scene, are actually not really blown up in most of the movies. Many cars.
Instead, it was shot by blowing up the model, and then rendered using computer special effects. What it showed gave people the feeling that they were really blowing up so many vehicles and buildings! But in fact, there really isn’t!
However, the effect is definitely not as shocking as the real thing.
Li Yi didn't lack the money. Like airplanes and tanks, Li Yi definitely couldn't be extravagant enough to blow up real ones. There was no way around these, so he blew up models.
But even if it is a model, it is not a reduced version of the model, such as a tank
The tank model is built 1:1 according to the shape of the tank.
As for the vehicles, they were real cars. However, the cost was not as high as expected. Of course, the blown-up cars could not have been expensive cars. They were all scrapped second-hand cars bought from abandoned car yards and had their appearance modified. It looks much more real than that model car.
After all, they are all real cars, and many of them can still be driven, but they have reached their end of life.
Of course, even this can definitely be considered a big deal.
At least when filming this kind of scene, the entire crew was extremely excited.
After all, what you see in the movie is the effect. Everyone is an insider and knows what is going on, but here, you see so many cars being blown up with your own eyes.
Desire for destruction is something hidden deep in everyone's consciousness. Smashing things when you are angry is actually a result of the desire for destruction.
So when they saw those vehicles being blown up, many people felt excited and excited.
Of course, explosion scenes are not that easy to shoot. In addition to burning money, the same dangers also exist.
Moreover, explosion scenes and car chase scenes are not just watched and filmed from a distance, the actors have to act in them.
During the filming of an explosion scene, Wu Qianjun's ears were blown to the point of temporary deafness, and he was in a daze. According to his own words, he felt like there was a buzzing in his head even when he was sleeping these days. It can be said that it was really I'm risking my life making movies.
Of course, Wu Qianjun is not the only dedicated actor. Others include Lin Yunbin, who plays the role of a veteran, although he has also filmed many military-themed films before.
I know a lot about firearms and stuff.
I have also trained, but what is shown in the movie is definitely not something that can be achieved with ordinary knowledge of firearms.
Especially the scene where you change the magazine with one hand.
The time when the film is shown to the audience may only be a few seconds, but for the actors, it is a true interpretation of what it means to work for ten years off stage and three minutes on stage.
Although it is not as exaggerated as ten years ago, Lin Yunbin has been training constantly in order to complete this action smoothly and perfectly!
Later, he really mastered changing the magazine with one hand, and he looked like a master.
Li Yi also tried it. To be honest, it looks cool and simple, but after you actually get started, you will find that it is really not that easy.
There is also learning to drive a tank. Of course, you don’t really need to learn how to drive it skillfully like soldiers do, but the main thing you learn is loading. The position of the gun head is just two functions, so you can master it specifically.
After all, if you don’t know these basic movements when shooting, it will look too fake. .
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