The movie "The Great Father", directed by Zhou Qingyuan and starring Wang Yanhui, Zhang Youhao and Gong Beiyuan, is in the process of being screened. Driven by the audience rating of 9.3, the film won the box office championship of the week in the first weekend, and ranked first in the film for 6 consecutive days. The rich and grounded Chinese father-son relationship has touched countless audiences, and the inspirational elements of blood have aroused countless hot discussions, especially the climactic passage of the whole film - the scene of father and son running side by side on the Chongqing Marathon, which makes a large number of viewers bluntly say "burning and moving" and "having the urge to run". On June 25, the film exposed the "Marathon of 10,000 Marathon" behind-the-scenes shooting special and a new set of stills, showing the behind-the-scenes details of the crew's shooting of this scene, and also highlighting the excellence of this word-of-mouth masterpiece.
As the first theatrical film in mainland China that involves marathon elements, in the film, father Xiao Daming (Wang Yanhui) and son Xiao Erdong (Zhang Youhao) returned to the same place because of a marathon, and the chongqing marathon has a very strong atmosphere, which is the right soil for this story to take root.
Still. Picture courtesy of the tablet
In order to present the real and enthusiastic marathon in an all-round way, the behind-the-scenes workers of the film "started another stove", produced 3 real marathon events 1:1, and invited 30 Chongqing running groups to participate in the shooting, using 9900 group performances before and after, from macro to detail meticulous, especially for the presentation of the real marathon starting moments. Director Zhou Qingyuan once revealed in the roadshow that a shot that was only a few seconds in the movie was filmed with multiple cameras for a whole day during filming, thus achieving a grand scene of tens of thousands of people "starting from the camera" at the same time. In addition, the film crew also followed the events and actors along the way, and Feng Wenjuan, who played Xiao Erdong's mother and specially starred, said that this was a full-staff running crew, "not only the photography team was running, but then the lighting group was running, and even the recording team was running." Actor Wang Yanhui also admitted that it was very hard to make this movie, "but it really hurts and is happy." It is the hard work of the filmmakers that allows the audience to feel the true meaning of family affection in the real and moving atmosphere at the climax of the film, and the theme of the film is thus sublimated.
A week after the release of the film, the audience's enthusiasm for watching the movie is still undiminished, and many netizens and self-media trumpets continue to share their feelings on major platforms: "Life may not be so satisfactory, but still actively embrace life, do not give up lightly." "Father's great and deep love, ordinary but truly remarkable!" In addition, with the blessing of high word of mouth, the film has become a dark horse that cannot be underestimated in the Film Market in June, and industry insiders have analyzed that the film is expected to maintain a longer vitality.
Beijing News editor Xu Meilin
Proofread by Zhao Lin