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Lei Dad, played by Hu Jun (right), made the audience who watched the movie cry.
The longer you stay in the story of "Chosin Lake", the more engaged the audience will be.
Famous scene three: more than 40 tanks are "real"
In the film, the US military is well-equipped, whether it is the night battle in a small village or the big scene of the later night attack on the polar bear regiment, the volunteer soldiers shake a powerful US tank, which shocks many viewers.
Huang Jianxin, director of "Chosin Lake", revealed that the "sophisticated equipment" of the US military is really a very big problem in the production process of the film crew. Huang Jianxin said that when the director of "Decisive Battle of Midway" came to China before, "We had dinner with him, and I asked him how many tanks were used to shoot "Decisive Midway", he said 3, and the rest were all made of CG. Our tanks in this play are more than 40, because we do not have ready-made American tank props, all are Soviet tanks, American old tanks are not fast, can not drive the feeling of rushing, so we need to re-do a tank props in accordance with the way of the old tank, a tank needs to cost millions of yuan, that cost is very expensive. It's all about authenticity, so that the play can enter the 1950s scene, such as the details of the tank packaging, the cloth straps wrapped around the outside, the details of the hanging mesh, which are very time-consuming to deal with. ”
Huang Jianxin said: "Because this scene has created the biggest cost of shooting as far as I know, but we are still saving money, in order to make the film can be released in this year's National Day file, we are three film crews to start work together, this tank also has to pull back from two groups and three groups every time, using large trucks and cranes to crane tanks, here and there, the scheduling process is also time-consuming and costly." When you watch a movie, you may think that it is not just a tank? In fact, when we shoot, it is not so easy to restore to the audience to believe. ”
Famous scene four: attacking the polar bear group, more design is in the emotional drama
The highlight of the film is the volunteer soldiers attacking the American Polar Bear Regiment, and the audience is shocked not only by the confrontation between guns and cannons, but also by the interaction between the characters and their fate. Tanzi played by Duan Yihong meets with Wu Qianli on the battlefield, Mei Sheng, played by Zhu Yawen, cares for his daughter, and the deep friendship between Wu Qianli and Lei Dad, played by Hu Jun, cannot be expressed in words, all of which can provide the audience with a sense of substitution.
Xu Ke, the director who filmed these scenes, said that there are many emotional scenes in the scene of the Polar Bear Group in Xinxingli, "In addition to our director organizing the live shooting, it is also related to how to talk to the actors." Actors need to understand the character, second, design the character, and third, play the character. Our story mainly takes place in the Seventh Company, and the actors need to think about how to perform his emotions and play his literary drama as a soldier about death and the departure of his comrades-in-arms. ”
Xu Ke said: "Some war films have reluctantly performed literary dramas, the rhythm is uncomfortable, and the dramatic design of the characters also looks very awkward. Therefore, I have to talk a lot with the actors, basically there are always actors next to me discussing and studying how to shoot a scene, including literary drama, including the feelings in the action scene, the characteristics of the characters, and so on. The characters of the seven consecutive in this film, from the beginning of the story to the end, everyone has a lot of changes. For example, veterans who have fought in wars have different views on new soldiers, new wars, and enemies. For me, it was actually a very different experience, which meant that I had to follow each of them to a battle, to experience his thoughts and feelings in the war. For example, there was a scene that involved sacrifice, and some actors in the filming process were unhappy for several days. At first I didn't think they could invest to this extent, and then I understood why they were putting into this level. I know that after the shooting, they will come back to the hotel to talk and have meetings together, to talk about the shooting experience, to talk about their characters. I think this play is different from other plays, the longer you stay in the story, the more engaged people will be. ”
Famous scene five: Ray Daddy was originally just a "tough guy", not a "warm man"
"Chosin Lake" can be called a "good movie" by the audience, in addition to the production and story convincing, the actor can make the role three-dimensional and fresh is also one of the reasons, the audience should mention the most should be Hu Jun's lei dad. The audience who have watched the movie are all impressed by the charm of the "elder" of the seventh company, the warm man "cute father", and the strength of the "old cannon", and the final scene of Lei Dad is to let the audience see the "famous scene" of tears.
In order to evolve the role of Lei Dad into the hearts of the audience, Hu Jun spent a lot of thought. Before the film was released, Hu Jun revealed on Weibo that his father, Hu Baoshan, was a volunteer soldier who had participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, "I remember my mother saying that he was only 18 years old when he participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. He has carried the wounded, made third-class merits, sung songs for his comrades in the face of the wind and snow, and played single strings. At that time, he left his own blood-colored youth, no regrets. He mentioned that his father had been dead for two years, "Grateful to my father for giving me more profound resonance and understanding of the history of fighting against the United States and aiding North Korea, and helping me build Lei Gong's strong soul and flesh and blood." Thank you "Chosin Lake" for making me understand the heaviness behind war and peace. ”
It can be seen that Hu Jun attaches great importance to the role of Lei Gong and the movie "Chosin Lake". Hu Jun revealed that when he first received the script, Lei Gong was not the feeling on the screen today, "Just after getting the script, I felt that Lei Gong's personality was very distinct. At first, he was a very pimpy, a bit like a veteran oilman. In the script, Lei Gong is a non-smiling, very decisive person, he is very good at fighting, especially knows how to survive on the battlefield. Later, patting and clapping, I will think that Lei Gong must have his particularly cute place, he is called Lei Dad by his comrades-in-arms, he must not be a 'strict father' who will only fight with his head down, I think if Lei Gong is just a combat hero and a fierce general, there are many such on the battlefield, such as Wu Jing's performance is also very brave, Lei Gong is brave and fierce, then there is no difference. I thought about not just showing this character smoothly, so that it would be more realistic. ”
Hu Jun designed Lei Dad from the shape to the personality, at first Lei Dad just took a cigarette bag to smoke, "I let the prop master make a pipe with a bullet casing, the appearance is my own design, like an earpiece." Because Lei Gong was an artilleryman, and his left ear was injured, he could hardly hear the sound. In order to be able to better receive sound on the battlefield, I made a 'small horn' to hang here, which I have checked in history books and materials, and I have indeed had this kind of thing. In my imagination, this thing was made by Lei Gong himself, and although Lei Gong looked very rough, he was actually clever. ”
Lei Gong was the No. 17 soldier in the Seventh Company, that is, when the Seventh Company was just formed, Lei Gong was there, and the comrades who joined the Seventh Company at the same time as him were all sacrificed, leaving him alone. Hu Jun believes that the design of Lei Gong's deafness is necessary, "He has experienced many wars, bloody rain and wind. I also asked the makeup artist to make my face special effect, that is, the kind of explosive powder sprayed on my face has that kind of speckled effect, how many cannons Lei Gong has fired, it will definitely leave traces. Since I thought about this, I thought that Lei Gong's ears must not be good, so deafness and homemade hearing aids, everything is logical. ”
As for Lei Gong becoming Lei Dad, where did the tenderness in his heart come from? There is a scene in the film where Wu Qianli "plans" the retirement life for Lei Dad, which makes people see the gentle side of Lei Dad, Hu Jun said: "In fact, no matter how strong a man himself is, he has a gentle side and a vision of a better life." Fighting a war seemed to him something he had to go through in his lifetime. However, he is also very much looking forward to a better life in the future. ”
With the foreshadowing of this scene, Ray Daddy's final sacrifice is to let the audience see tears. Hu Jun believes that as a veteran soldier, Lei Dad must know that he took the initiative to perform that driving task with a mortal mentality, "The last key is that I did not play a hero." In the process of Lei's open car, the mentality must be that the more he drives, the more he feels that he can't go back. Originally, I thought I should show his heroic side, but then I felt that it was not right, Lei Gong could not play like this, although he was a veteran, but when he knew that he could not go back, what kind of state should he be in? When the car finally hit him, what was his state? ”
As soon as he thought of this, Hu Jun felt that the original lines of the script were not correct, "The original writing was that Lei Gong could not rest assured that his comrades-in-arms could not rest assured before his death, all kinds of explanations, I think Lei Gong said too much at this time, how much did it hurt to smash the whole car? Heroes will see death as a homecoming, but they are also flesh and blood, and they will also hurt. I finally consulted with the director and performed Lei Gong as a real reaction of a person, so the lines 'Pain, oh, it hurts to kill me' and 'Don't leave me here alone' blurted out. ”