Movies themselves are more subjective commodities, and even good movies have flaws, and even bad movies have value. But I stopped writing about the film for many years, because in this most lively summer file, I have relatively large expectations for "Heroes of Fire", although I do not expect it to be able to fill the pit with its own strength and replenish the blood.
The following is only for film lovers to start with the film work itself.
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The following contains deep spoilers, so please do so at your own discretion.
Before writing the specific content, let's first evaluate the "Heroes of Fire" movie itself as a whole:
Five out of 10 stars
Subject: Six stars
Whether it's based on social archetypes or celebrating firefighters, this subject matter is simply not too good!
Director/Writer: Two stars
Screenwriter Yu Brave, Chen Guohui, Yu Brave did not learn his information on the Internet, Chen Guohui, is also the director of this film, has directed "Platter", "Citywide Love", "Global Love", "Bride Wars", "Sudden Star Movement" and other works, the evaluation is at the middle and lower levels, not the annual top ten bad films, but the work is not too good shining point, as for the director of this "Hero of Fire", it may be that the director directed more group drama types, after all, there are still many group dramas in such fire-fighting films. Judging from the results, the director played his relatively stable level from beginning to end.
Actor: Three and a half stars
Huang Xiaoming, the two male protagonists, from the state and the final results presented, tried his best to get rid of the shadow of the overbearing president, but the evil smile is still an important course for the master to improve facial expression management in the future acting career. Although the overall performance is not experienced, it is still qualified.
Du Jiang, the two male protagonists, is easier to present than the character personality, and it is relatively good to complete the basic function of portraying the character.
Male matching OuHao, side plot, there are not many scenes, may be the character personality is closer to Ouhao's role in recent years, grasp it very accurately, small flash.
Tan Zhuo, the female supporting actress, has greater character restrictions, limited play space, and the problem of editing and character arrangement, which led to a functional character once becoming a functional character, not surprising or happy.
Female matching Yang Zi, side plot, not much drama, spicy big girl, a sentence of your uncle is still a plus, the ending crying drama is soft, rhythm problems, small feats, no harm.
Other supporting roles and cameos are mostly functional characters, and the rest are not one by one.
Special Effects: Two and a half stars
I remember interviewing the director who seemed to say that 90% is real fire, if it is true, then I may have to reduce the special effects to one and a half stars. Especially in the part where Jiang Liwei was finally blown up and sacrificed, the special effects of Hong Kong martial arts dramas in the 90s.
Fu Hua Dao: Four stars
The close-up of Jiang Liwei's face being roasted for a long time, the close-up of the hospital rescue firefighters, the makeup artists to praise, the commanders and fighters at all levels, government officials, and the costumes of the group performances are also in line with reality, and the props are restored one-to-one, which all need to be praised.
Film promotional material: Samsung
There are two main posters, one for the general ticketing website, which is not bad, and the other is stacked heads, which is very bad.
Standing, not seen, may not do much.
Trailer, decent.
Patch ads, limited by the duration, are still attractive.
Others, less exposed.
Pre-screening strategy: two stars
For a more confident film, in the encounter with a relatively cold market, the theme is very burning, but also need a certain amount of popular science knowledge of the film, choose to do the word of mouth fermentation to drive the popularity of the film, and even reach the purpose of the circle is the right choice, but the timing and rhythm will not be good to grasp the opposite, excellent case "Nezha's Devil Boy Descending", failed case "Galaxy Tuition Class".
Normal rhythm, 2 weeks before the release of the film, the first line does not exceed the second-tier city industry to watch the film, enhance confidence in the film, the same period of opponent analysis; the rest day of the week before the release, the first line does not exceed the second-tier city in each key area of the city a studio restriction screening, mainly to obtain the fans' word of mouth fermentation and attendance rate, easy to control the word of mouth and enhance the confidence of the studio scheduling; on the working day of the week of release, all the studio golden time limit screenings to the release of the film, further release the word of mouth and ensure the attendance rate.
Overall: Samsung
Such a film depicting firefighters, the slightest inadvertent criticism may attract brainless insults, so the following content, only discuss with you, if the film is shot in this way, or the form of expression, will be more perfect than today. I am not talented, I have not written a script, I do not know how to show the content I want to express in the form of a script, I may be saying some big vernacular, just look at it. Basically rely on memory to sort out, there are mistakes and omissions also please Haihan.
The following is organized according to the timeline of the movie
1, put out the fire in the hot pot restaurant, Jiang Liwei embraced his own oxygen mask to the little girl and another firefighter to retreat and encountered a blocked fire passage, Jiang Liwei broke the window to save himself.
Deficiencies: The first climactic part of the film shows Jiang Liwei sacrificing himself to save others, witty and calm. But as far as I know, the connection pipe between the oxygen cylinder and the mask is not more than 1 meter, and the distance between the broken window is not less than 3 meters, and Jiang Liwei handed the girl over to another firefighter.
Suggestion: Add a small girl to take off the oxygen tank after the action, you can give close-up, the action is coherent, the length of the film should not increase by more than 0.5 seconds.
2, after the fire after the broken window, outdoor firefighters attacked the hot pot shop, extinguished the fire on the first floor of the hot pot shop, and the next shot Jiang Liwei carried the little girl out of the fire.
Deficiencies: Basically explain the danger of fire extinguishing by firefighters and the timeliness of rescue, but do not explain how Jiang Liwei came down from the trapped 2nd floor, brain supplement may be extinguished from the original way down the stairs, may also break the fire passage blocked down, does not affect the overall situation, but missed an emphasis on the harm of blocking the fire passage.
Tip: Subtract a close-up shot of a firefighter storming the roof and add a shot of demolishing a fire escape for the same duration.
3. After the fire extinguishing, Ma Weiguo complained that Jiang Liwei grabbed the limelight.
Deficiencies: From the perspective of the later plot, Ma Weiguo and Jiang Liwei do not have personal grudges, and the focus of this film is not on the intrigue of promotion and salary increase, my understanding is more likely to be a pre-character profile for the psychological barriers behind Jiang Liwei, personally I feel that it is of little significance, it is easy to mislead the audience The two captains were originally discordant, one loves to be in the limelight, and one is suppressed and bullied.
Suggestion: delete the spit words, increase the walkie-talkie function (from the latter shot of the recruit to Ma Weiguo gesture to go in, Ma Weiguo back gesture agreed, may not be equipped with a walkie-talkie), Ma Weiguo instructed the recruits to check carefully, the fire re-ignition is very dangerous, especially the hot pot shop may store a large number of liquefied gas tanks, fresh air, air, oxygen, ignition of Barabala (physical chemistry is not good, is to do a little science), which also paves the way for the rekindling explosion after the explosion, and popularizes the general audience, there is smoke under the door into the door is why The second half of the sewer pipe combustion and explosion of the manhole cover was also intertextual and pre-laid, and the duration remained unchanged.
4, the hot pot shop exploded, the gas tank with fire smashed into the car, the frightened owner abandoned the car and fled.
Disadvantages: I think this section is mainly to show the intensity and danger of the explosion, but it has no end, just like taking off a shoe upstairs in the middle of the night, waiting for another shoe but not landing.
Suggestion: Replace the fire gas tank with other items into the car, or add a shot of a firefighter holding the gas tank away from the car, the advantage is that it is more burning and more dramatic, and the disadvantage is that it may increase the duration by about 5 seconds, and it is inconsistent with the emotional mobilization at that time.
5. Jiang Liwei was removed from his post and met Ma Weiguo at the door.
Disadvantages: I am not sure whether I am right about this, because it is true that the internal regulations of the fire department are not so clear, but I think that Jiang Liwei's dismissal is not fair, the firefighting task is completed, whether the boss lies about the fact that there are no other flammable and explosive materials in the hot pot restaurant, sending recruits to check the re-ignition of the fire site should be a normal procedure, the film's so-called artistic processing, that is, the boss's words are said to the audience, so that there is more dramatic contrast at the time of the explosion. The accidental explosion that caused the death of the recruits should be a non-command error, so Jiang Liwei should not be removed from the special service squadron in the form of dismissal. But the sacrifice of comrades in front of the comrade-in-arms, after all, the psychological impact is extremely huge, PTSD is a reasonable arrangement, and the subsequent plot also borrows this reason, then Jiang Liwei should take the initiative to resign as a captain, apply to the fire squadron in a remote area, and try to avoid such a fire to escape. And in the display of the two people looking at each other, there is a faint feeling that the two people are secretly competing, and from the perspective of the plot after that, in fact, the relationship between the two is still good.
Suggestion: The notice of dismissal was changed to a notice of transfer, the picture of Jiang Liwei cleaning up things remained unchanged, he did not meet With Ma Weiguo when he went out, after passing the door of the dormitory, Ma Weiguo helped his family members out, Jiang Liwei turned around and shed tears, and the length of time remained unchanged.
6, the field catches pigs, the masses satirize.
Deficiencies: This scene mainly shows the gap between Jiang Liwei from the special service squadron to the Dongshan squadron, but I don't think it is necessary to step on it with the masses of the people, and the pattern is relatively small.
Suggestion: Delete the mass irony, Zhou Hao grabbed the pig with two dogs in a row to chew, and then complained to Jiang Liwei that we should fight the fire, not catch the pig here, Jiang Liwei or keep an embarrassed smile, or simply appease it, you can also for the second half of Jiang Liwei to retreat from the Dongshan Squadron, Zhou Hao's early footnote to Jiang Liwei's anger, the duration remains unchanged, or 1-2 seconds less.
7. Ma Weiguo took over as captain, daily training, and Zheng Zhi fell.
Disadvantages: use a long lens to show the usual training of fire fighters, may be a problem of camera scheduling, and does not make people feel professional, capable, and may not even have the excitement of the fire competition I brushed on the vibrato, in addition, there is no display of the ladder, that is, a firefighter carries a simple ladder to run downstairs, a ride to the 2nd floor, quickly go up to the 3rd floor, this from the visual effect to see the special blood, not really disappointed, but there is a small detail worthy of praise, in the previous hot pot restaurant firefighting, Zheng Zhi on the performance of other people worse, here Zheng Zhi fell, but also a small intertextual, this main plot is also to introduce Zheng Zhi is about to retire, the attitude is negative, the final sacrifice in the early stage increased the contrast.
Suggestion: This belongs to the director's on-site scheduling problem, learn more from some ordinary training, competition, training videos. The duration remains the same.
8. The contradiction between Jiang Liwei's father and son and his classmates' father and son in kindergarten.
Deficiencies: The main thing the director of this scene wants to express is that Jiang Liwei, as a firefighter, usually has almost no time to accompany his son, and he is misunderstood because of the sacrifice of his comrades-in-arms. But first of all, the logic does not hold, ordinary citizens will not know that Jiang Liwei "killed" the recruits, and I do not think that Jiang Liwei "killed" the recruits, in addition, if the children quarrel between each other, the other party's father came up and pushed to Jiang Miao, if I am Jiang Liwei, even if there is no PTSD, I will also argue with the other party.
Suggestion: reduce the shot of the classmate's father pushing Jiang Miao, subtract the shot of the card neck, increase the classmate's father saying that you don't know what to eat, the small hot pot restaurant is on fire, but you have made a big explosion, Jiang Liwei recalls the scene in his mind after listening, staying still, and wanting to pull his son to escape (the role of PTSD in this film should be more inclined to Jiang Liwei's escape, and the contrast between the follow-up firefighting, rather than the mania here), the son gambles, disappointed and runs away.
9. Jiang Miao questioned whether Jiang Liwei had killed anyone.
Deficiencies: If the plot is unchanged according to the original plot, one is the rhythm problem when Jiang Miao and other Jiang Liwei answered, some disconnects, and the other is to waste an opportunity for background explanation, the character is set that Jiang Miao has asthma, but only when the mother and child flee, there is a bottle shot, there is a bottle shot after the loss, which is mentioned when the well-meaning people go to the boat, which is very abrupt.
Suggestion: In the case of the original plot unchanged, add a Jiang Miao asthma attack, Jiang Liwei did not have time to explain, still in a daze in PTSD, Li Fang saved the child, the duration plus 1 second.
10. Foreign ships cause fires.
Deficiencies: This scene mainly explains the cause of the fire, the knowledge of the fire under the science popularization, but this ship will not be finished in the end, although it has little to do with the follow-up plot of the main line, a circle is to lead to another circle, but if this circle is not made into a closed loop, then the whole circle is not round.
Recommendation: At the press conference, the cause of the fire can be explained, and the captain and crew are detained for investigation, or the explosion can be carried out along the tubing vessel, increasing the duration by 3-5 seconds.
11. Received a fire alarm.
Deficiencies: Same as 7, especially to Zhou Hao's level of 45 degrees large close-up, handsome is handsome enough, but there is no sense of urgency, lack of urgency.
Recommendation: Watch more surveillance videos of fire alarms, quick and capable actions, reduce slow motion, and increase fast editing.
12. Citizens fleeing.
Deficiencies: The firefighting scene is interspersed with a large number of shots and side plots of citizens fleeing, as a film about fire extinguishing, the feeling of the end of the world is filmed, and the over-adaptation of the Dalian prototype is excessive, although it is to show that the fire will cause serious consequences, but on the one hand, it affects the rhythm of the fire scene, but also makes the audience feel that the government is sluggish and ineffective in the emergency plan.
Suggestion: Delete a large number of airports, subway stations, ferries, railway stations, highways and other escape shots, increase the number of emergency shelters, home evasion, the government dispatched a large number of police, traffic police, armed police and other functional departments to guide, comfort, coordinate the camera, increase the local fire support camera.
13. Fire extinguishing helicopter.
Deficiencies: If I remember correctly, the fire extinguishing helicopter should be to throw dry powder to extinguish the A01 oil tank, but due to the fire, air flow and other issues did not succeed, if successful, there is no follow-up plot, but with a large number of shots to show the failure of the throwing, there is no role in advancing the plot, and there is no follow-up after the appearance of one, and there is no explanation.
Suggestion: reduce the dry powder scattered everywhere, increase the dry powder is not thrown above the oil tank, but fell near the valve, so that the fire near the valve has a good control, increase Wang Lu's oral report, due to the high temperature above the oil tank, resulting in air flow disorder, helicopter fire extinguishing failure, and the current fire, can not carry out the second helicopter fire extinguishing, although the dry powder fell in the control area so that the flow of fire in the control area was greatly weakened, but it did not have an effective effect on the main body of the tank. That is, it makes a reasonable explanation that the helicopter will not appear again in the future, and lays a reasonable environment for the most fierce points that everyone argues about later. The total duration remains the same.
14. Close the valve for the first time.
Deficiencies: Jiang Liwei called Wei Lei's name I am more confused, may be I wandered did not notice what the front of the explanation, but my memory Wei Lei should be the port technicians, responsible for temporary power supply, Jiang Liwei so abruptly recognized that he has some drama, of course, this section may be my own reasons, but the focus is not to use this plot to do a simple science popularization of the valve in two in and two out, since it is two in and two out, 4 valves, I turn off 2 out of it, why 4 have to close it? Lack of necessary science. The selfie section is debatable, but the lines at the end of the farewell with the selfie are still contrary to the emotional rendering at that time.
Suggestion: Two people talked, closed a valve, Jiang Liwei said victory is in sight, Wei Lei explained that it is necessary to close all 4, because the oil tank is too hot, although the oil valve is closed, but according to the current fire, it may flow counter-flow along the inlet pipe, so the 4 valves need to be closed. (The dialogue I made up blindly, some professionals can use professional words to express it)
14. Wu Chenguang organized a death squad.
Deficiencies: The lines are outdated, to the effect that they are party members, and there are brothers in the family. Party members do not say this, the family has brothers should be more than others should become a death squad? Isn't this son the mother's son? It is no problem to put this in the era of the War of Resistance Against Japan, you do not do the death squad, maybe the whole of China has fallen, and the sacrifice of one person is also to exchange the lives of people back home, but you should not say it from the mouth of a senior commander and fighter in the current peacetime, even if this is the reality faced at that time, I voluntarily sacrificed my life and the sacrifice of life to obey orders, whether it is from emotional sublimation and ethics and morality.
Suggestion: Wu Chenguang close-up pulls away: Squadron captains, the current situation has reached a very grim moment, due to ... We now have to do it manually... Ma Weiguo: Report! The special service squadron requested to carry out the order, since the fire, we have been sticking to the chemical tank area, physical strength and other aspects of the advantage, 2 valves we will soon close, let's go up. Wu Chenguang: No, your order is to stick to the chemical tank farm and not to leave one step. Jiang Liwei: Report! Dongshan Squadron asked to carry out the order, I went in once, I was familiar with the terrain inside, and the old horse, to close 4, not two, chemical tank area can not afford to wait for you. Wu Chenguang: Well, you bring another one... After that, the original plot line is followed. The above lines can also be optimized, but this is roughly the meaning. The duration is about 5-10 seconds.
15. The brothers chatted briefly before the mission.
Disadvantages: There is nothing wrong with the whole paragraph, even the line: such a big fire, even a cigarette can't be lit. A pun, the finishing touch. But after editing to receive the command, it affects the rhythm and the rendering of the whole mood.
Suggestion: The whole paragraph is moved to a fragment of Ma Weiguo's memories after he learned of Jiang Liwei's sacrifice.
16. Jiang Liwei closed the valve with his bare hands.
Deficiencies: This paragraph should be the most controversial place, the prototype faction took out 716 to compare, saying that 8000 turns has been changed to smaller, Dalian that 80000 turns, the prototype is also to take off the mask, bare hands; the skeptical faction mainly said that the scene is so hot, people have long been scorched, and why not send a few more people in. First of all, the prototypic school, most of which is based on the description of the reportage "Tears" (abbreviation), with interview screenshots to support the fact that reality is more cruel than the movie. But you have to be clear, reportage is after all reportage, is not the field exploration record, I do not question the fact that 80,000 turns and hand-closed valves, but you have to be clear, different fire situations are different, the scene of the fire, ventilation, etc. are ever-changing, at least from the performance of the movie, the scene environment, human beings can not breathe normally for so long, bare hands can not turn so many valves, which has nothing to do with willpower, so high temperature, may rely on the will to turn a circle and a half, But when you want to turn your flesh, your nerves have become coke, with the mind to turn? Think about the radiator of your childhood, this temperature may be overcome with will, and finally it is blurred with flesh and blood, but what if it is replaced by a boiler for school hot meals? Can this be overcome with will? Speaking of the questioning faction, even if the scene can reach the environment that the human body can withstand, but the A01 next to it is a big bomb, you never know when he explodes, such dangerous things and reason can not send so many people, and from the perspective of the film's form of expression, this can only be Jiang Liwei taking a person in, and then letting another person escape to sublimate the character image, so this is not a slot point.
Suggestion: Remember the helicopter mentioned earlier 13? Mistakenly hit the fire in the core area of the valve, the scene environment is controllable, the temperature is not high, you can let the actor take off the mask to expose the face, you can also close the valve with your bare hands at the last moment, such a setting, it is logical, the plot is smooth. The plot of the middle turn valve can be retained, but due to the explosion of the pipeline, the new flowing fire will spread again, and the plot can then follow Jiang Liwei to let Zhou Hao retreat first, taking advantage of the fact that the fire is not big, take off the gloves that have been damaged, speed up the efficiency, but be sure that Jiang Liwei shut up, do not nag with the oil tank, use the editing method to switch the chemical tank area, the oil tank area, etc. to increase the sense of urgency, and say a last word before dying.
(In fact, I personally think that the role of sacrificing Jiang Liwei is not more touching than the role of sacrificing Ma Weiguo, Jiang Liwei's hands are seriously burned, but he left a life to go back to reunite with the mother and son who experienced separation, Ma Weiguo sacrificed, and never let his father "disappointed", and his father finally saluted the portrait.) Purely personal. ）
17. Ma Weiguo made a mistake in command, and Zheng Zhi sacrificed himself to save the whole team
Deficiencies: This paragraph is also more controversial, the entire squadron of the assault, I think this is the captain's command error, two water belts have been burned, and then use the last remaining one to burst in, resulting in all the staff trapped, trapped do not call the command, you are willing to sacrifice, but who does the task of guarding the chemical tank? Fortunately, Zheng Zhi came back, not to delve into the walkie-talkie, and then the director you came to a bad taste of making the water can headshot. The pressure of the water gun is great, but at such a critical moment, do you have to laugh and destroy this serious atmosphere?
Suggestion: Ma Weiguo commanded three fan-shaped counterattacks, the counter-attack area gradually expanded, but because the manhole cover explosion just now cut off the iron tower next to it, only the tiny tendons were connected, just hanging directly above the water pipe behind the three groups of water guns, with the continuous impact of the hot and cold air flow, precarious, but the firefighters did not realize this, at this time Zheng Zhi, who grabbed the foam, came back, saw the danger above from a distance, threw away the foam and ran over to loudly prompt the comrades-in-arms, just at this time the explosion occurred, the steel bar broke, Part of the tower fell like a gate knife, and Zheng Zhi sacrificed heroically to protect the water belt.
18. Xu Xiaobin sacrificed to protect remote water supply
Disadvantages: The prototype does have a firefighter who died because of the protection of the remote water supply, but this kind of garbage entangled alive and drowned is not at all heroic, the skeptics say why clean up the pollution is only two people, people die but several, I do not agree, this does have its own division of labor, there is no need to clean so much, but the key to the problem is the people in other cooperation departments? Where are the police and armed police? Firefighters are understaffed, is such a big fire that other brother departments are watching the hilarity? So this role must be sacrificed, what to do?
Suggestion: According to the prototype shooting, in order to ensure the remote water supply, exhausted death, swept by the waves unable to break free, because only in this way, the brother department can not replace this work, can only help from the side, and will not be criticized because of the rescue process without rescue, including not having to leave the post to mourn, seriously, under the circumstances at that time, as a supervisor can leave the post, it is really difficult to imagine.
The above, basically with the memory can think of the adjustment of the place, good and bad benevolent people to see the difference, I really feel that the work in my mind is too much worse, regret and feel it.
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Finally, to all the firefighters, all for the people, all for the sake of this country, the highest respect!!!