A total of less than 10 million investment, the use of tens of thousands of troops to co-shoot, only the costumes and props cost an astonishing amount. Because of the help and coordination of Lieutenant General Liu Yuan, the military adviser of this film, and the senior colonel Fang Kaisheng, the executive military adviser, and the strong support of the vast number of commanders and fighters of a certain department of the General Logistics Department and a certain unit of the Armed Police, "Bright Sword" was successfully filmed.
This drama was filmed in 2004, when the crew was tightly funded, there were only two cameras used for filming, and this was rented with others, in addition to the director in order to save money on the tour, many actors were entertainers who made several cameo roles, such as the episode where Wei Monk died tragically, Li Youbin and Chang Naichao made a cameo appearance as a bandit who killed Wei Monk, and the poor monk finally died at the hands of Lao Li.
In the play, when Old Li got married, there were only stewed cabbage on the table, and many of the drinking shots drank water, which showed that it was really saved to the extreme, and after such a frugal and frugal filming, the crew only spent 9 million. When filming Li Yunlong participating in Chu Yunfei's "Hongmen Banquet", li Youbin had a high fever at that time, he himself could not participate in the shooting, but in order not to delay the progress of the crew or insisted on going into battle, because it was winter shooting temperatures of more than ten degrees below zero, so even if Li Youbin was wrapped in a thick cotton coat or cold and shivering, in order to shoot he directly poured half a bottle of two pots to warm up. When filming the attack on Ping'an County, in order to shout the phrase "fire", Li Youbin practiced for several days in a row, and the crew could hear the sound of "fire, fire" every day, and the old actor was really very dedicated.
The main filming location of "Bright Sword" is the Bayi Film and Television Base, in addition to the most filmed places in Pingyao, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, due to limited funds can not extend the shooting time, the drama was filmed for more than four months in total, which led to some loose places in the play. For example, in the play, when the Japanese army heard the unconditional surrender on the radio, it was still a harsh winter in the northwest of Jinxi, and the time of the surrender announced in history was August 15, 1945, which was the middle of summer, but the regrets in the details did not prevent "Bright Sword" from becoming a very classic anti-Japanese film.
In the drama "Bright Sword", our beloved old Li spit out the fragrance more than 900 times, while the whole drama has only 30 episodes, with an average of about 30 sentences per episode.
In the past, those actors really took their lives in filming, in order to play a good profession, slightly injured in the line of fire, and the conditions at that time were no special effects, unlike the current actors one by one idol baggage, one by one pay attention to the image, the unfinished action will use stunt actors, and if it does not work, use special effects, and play big cards at every turn, the previous actors are simple, single-mindedly fighting for their own careers, praising the actors who once did.