"Smoke and Rain" producer Huang Junyan
A foretold assassination, an ode to an unsung hero. On April 16, the movie "Smoke and Rain" held a launch conference in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Producer Huang Junyan and director Dong Chenjiang appeared to introduce the characteristics and highlights of the project. This revolutionary historical film created by a young team born in the 90s shows a vivid group portrait of the "unsung heroes" in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression through a pre-announced public assassination of traitors, and is a grand gift for the upcoming 80th anniversary of the victory of the anti-fascist war.
"Next year (2025) is the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War, and we created such a revolutionary historical film as "Smoke and Rain" to commemorate the unsung heroes who died in the War of Resistance Against Japan. Producer Huang Junyan summed up the original intention of the film, "One of the highlights of the story is that this is a pre-predicted assassination case, and the seven suspects will use Rashomon-like narration to bring out the game within the game, the case within the case, and after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the mystery will finally be revealed." ”
Director Dong Chenjiang also said that the most attractive thing about this project is the enthusiastic and vivid group portraits of small people, "There is no absolute protagonist in "Smoke and Rain", every little person is a big hero. In the film, our predecessors experienced all kinds of difficulties and setbacks, but never gave up and always adhered to their beliefs. ”
He also shared his unique design in the image style, which will use a large number of long shots to bring an immersive viewing experience to the audience, and will also innovate the color aesthetics of the Republic of China opera, using highly saturated colors to show the strength and courage of the revolutionary ancestors to march towards victory.
"Smoke and Rain" director Dong Chenjiang
Fan Zhizhong, the director of the film and a professor at Zhejiang University, pointed out the innovation of "Smoke and Rain" in the suspense genre narrative, and the main creator will continue to dig deep in the suspense setting, detail texture and value expression, "I look forward to making a small and medium-cost masterpiece with Jiangnan characteristics, fascinating, and well-made."
Fan Zhizhong, director of "Smoke and Rain" and professor of Zhejiang University
"The team of "Smoke and Rain" is very young, because of everyone's support and encouragement, we can go all the way to today, in the filming and post-production of the film, we will continue to concentrate on polishing the work, and strive to create a masterpiece of revolutionary history. Huang Junyan said.
The revolutionary historical film "Smoke and Rain" is produced by 1905 Future Pictures (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and Hangzhou Hanxiao Media Co., Ltd., and produced by Hangzhou 1905 Culture Media Co., Ltd.