In February 1984, the crew filmed the scene of Guanyin meeting with Tang Monk in the Wuyishan Scenic Area of Wuyi Mountain, Fujian Province, and the eagle in the play is now the famous Jiuqu Creek, the old Weng family under the Five Elements Mountain, is the grass shed built by the artist at the foot of the Yunu Peak Mountain, Sun Wukong jumped out of the Five Elements Mountain in the Yunnan Stone Forest, and the scene of the Dragon Palace was filmed a year later, and finally spliced together.
Although only Sun Wukong and Tang Monk appear in this episode, Ma Dehua and Yan Huaili, the actors of the Eight Precepts of the Pig and the Sand Monk, actually appear, Ma Dehua plays one of the robbers, and Yan Huaili plays the Dragon King of the West Sea.
The tiger picture that Tang Monk encountered at the beginning was actually the shot in "Animal World", and the crew directly moved over to use it, saving money and trouble.
In order to save costs, the explosion shot of Sun Wukong jumping out of the Five Elements Mountain is the explosion shot of the previous episode pressing Sun Wukong into the Five Elements Mountain, which is reversed, and the second use is not filmed again.
The section where Tang Monk named Sun Wukong used a translation lens, there was no moving guide at that time, so the cameraman Wang Chongqiu stood on a tourist bus, and the driver slowly drove while observing the pace of the actors, due to the driver's high level of cooperation, the cameraman completed the panning shooting.
It is worth mentioning that there is a scene where Sun Wukong thinks that the white dragon horse is walking too slowly, slapping the horse's ass, so the horse takes off and runs, this set of shots is also filmed on the tourist bus, and there was an interesting thing at that time, the horse looked at the bus next to it, so the competitor also followed the bus to run forward, you chased me, completely disregarding Xu Shaohua on horseback, Xu Shaohua was also scared enough, when we watched this picture, Xu Shaohua's expression was not acted out, but a true portrayal of being scared at that time Fortunately, there was no danger at that time, and finally successfully completed this scene, after the filming, Xu Shaohua found that the root of the thigh was worn out of the skin, in order not to delay the shooting progress, the next day or to endure the pain to continue filming, is very dedicated.
Director Yang Jie is particularly good at grasping the close-up of emotions, in this episode, Tang Monk and Sun Wukong first met, Sun Wukong ran to Tang Monk, when he met the master, Tang Monk removed the mess on his head, these details of the picture also naturally brought the audience into the master-apprentice relationship. In order to show the just establishment of the master-apprentice relationship, Yang Dao deliberately added a lot of details that were not originally there, such as the scene where Tang Monk sewed a tiger skin skirt for Sun Wukong under the lamp, Sun Wukong saw that it was windy outside, so he helped to gently close the door, afraid that the master could not see the stitches clearly, so he took the oil lamp to Tang Monk, is this scene very familiar? The director treats the camera very warmly, reminiscent of the scene when the mother sewed clothes? Gradually, the audience is introduced into this emotion, creating empathy.
In this episode, Wang Bozhao, who plays Xiao Bailong, is too unwilling to go because he takes the sky-high salary, so the martial arts scene does not use a stand-in, but wears a costume, without any protective measures, directly rolling over the pebbles, and the body is bruised out of the diaphragm, quite dedicated.
At that time, in the area of Jiuqu Creek, reeds were overgrown, the cameraman Wang Chongqiu decided to go to the opposite bank of the reeds to shoot, the horse was also arranged to use a bamboo raft to transport to the other side, but because the bamboo raft was too slippery, the horse was too heavy, the result accidentally fell off the water, fortunately, the water was not too deep at that time, everyone even pulled the horse up, and slowly dragged it to the other side, in order to complete these sets of shots, the horse was also a lot of crimes, the crew also took a lot of effort.
At that time in Wuyi Mountain, it was originally raining for a few days, and the crew was worried that it would not be able to shoot because it had been raining, but when Guanyin put on makeup and waited for the rain to stop, the sky suddenly cleared, and several times it was raining, but when it was time to shoot guanyin' scenes, the weather would become sunny, and this natural phenomenon was also interesting and unexplainable.
The reason why Journey to the West can become a classic is that in many overlooked plots, a good detail is handled, and the details determine success or failure, this sentence describes Journey to the West is more appropriate, coupled with the intentions and efforts of the behind-the-scenes staff, the achievement of this classic.