Shen Changlin entered shooting mode quickly...

After arriving in Xiangshan, we held a three-day meeting to determine the shooting precautions, and then started the official shooting!

From a film shooting perspective, all war scenes are difficult to shoot.

Even though it can now be simulated with cg...

But you have to take some real shots!

Shots of thousands of troops, near real and far virtual: When shooting, the close-up crowds are mostly shot with real shots to create a real atmosphere; shots of bullets flying across the sky, tracer bullet trajectories added by CG in the later stage...

Shots of corpses littering the fields are commonly used in China with group performances and in foreign countries with human models;

But there is another problem, which is the massive bombing scene!

This thing is all about laying explosive points first.

Divided into actual scene blasting and model blasting...

For high-risk scenes such as large explosions, Shen Changlin will definitely use CG, which is safe and environmentally friendly...

Hollywood blockbusters all do this, shooting with blue or green backgrounds, and then adding bombings, bullets flying, etc. in post-production...

But a small explosion...

It’s still a big deal. Without this environment, many actors wouldn’t be able to get into their roles!

This time Shen Changlin found all powerful actors, with Zhu Awen as the lead, Duan Yihong, Yu Ailei, and Wang Qianyuan as supporting roles...

Several young people found Bai Jingting, Yu Haoming, Dou Xiao, and, by the way, the underage soldier Xiao Sichuan played by Yi Yang Qianxi...

Why are you looking for him?

Because Shen Changlin knows he has potential!

Of course, the popularity of tf-boys is actually at the bottom at the moment.

It's really amazing. No one expected that Yiyang Qianxi among the three little ones would come from behind. There was luck, and of course talent, hard work...

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With Shen Changlin's current celebrity status, he is at his disposal as an actor!

Why didn't you find Huang Bo, Zhang Yi, Yang Yang, Chen Xiao, Wang Kai, Hu Ge, etc.?

Damn it, Zhang Yi went to Ah Mou's crew, Huang Bo followed Ning Hao, and several others were taken away by Su Lun and Yang Qing...

You can't let the same actor star in two movies, right?

Fortunately, there are so many good actors in China!

By the way, there is not a single Hong Kong and Taiwan actor in "Our Victory"...

Mainly because of the sense of dissonance...

Shen Changlin originally thought that during the filming of "The Battle of Baoshan", he should pray that the pyrotechnics team would be reliable and avoid accidents.

Fireworks are difficult to control!

In previous shootings, in order to ensure safety, the pyrotechnics team would conduct a demonstration in advance and only shoot if there were no problems.

"My Captain, My Group" also does the same thing, but during the demonstration, one person in the pyrotechnics team was killed and two people were injured!

Shen Changlin was originally planning to spend a lot of money to hire a Hollywood demolition team.

The Hollywood demolition team has extremely precise requirements. Before shooting, they will design a storyboard based on the director's requirements and plot content, and clearly define the shots of the battle. Basically, the camera position will not change significantly during shooting.

Secondly, they conduct relevant experiments and record the corresponding data. The results of each experiment are recorded with a camera and stored in the computer. They show the results to the director. If the director is not satisfied, they will continue to think of ways and continue the experiment until The director is satisfied.

In actual work, all aspects of this experiment will be strictly followed.

Then they will prepare all aspects of the work according to this requirement, and finally be aware of it during shooting and use to ensure safety.

In comparison, our domestic pyrotechnicians usually go to the scene and wait for the camera position to be ready. According to the plot of the script and the requirements of the entire scene, they rely on their own experience and the size of the screen, the width of the lens, and the number of people on site. , wind force and direction, etc. organize the fireworks scene to determine the location of the fireworks explosion point and the detonation rhythm.

This requires the ability of the pyrotechnics master himself!

An awesome pyrotechnician who can create big scenes...

But...if the pyrotechnics technician is not professional enough, it will be a disaster!

However, after three years of development, our fireworks team has begun to keep pace with the times.

This time we are looking for Yin Xingyun and Tong Qingbo’s team.

At this stage, the more advanced pyrotechnics groups in China basically work in Hollywood style. Yin Xingyun and Tong Qingbo worked on "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" back then - both of them are from the stunt workshop of the technical department of Bayi Film Studio.

Later, he left the Bayi Factory and established his own pyrotechnics special effects company...

Originally, Shen Changlin didn't quite believe in their standards, but once an expert takes action, they will know if they are good or not. They are really good!

They were the ones who made the fireworks and explosion special effects of Original Time and Space, "Taking Tiger Mountain", "Operation Red Sea" including "Changjin Lake"!

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The screenwriter is Lan Xiaolong…

When he wrote "The Battle of Baoshan", he was a bit overqualified, because the story line of "The Battle of Baoshan" is very clear, so just write it according to the story!

On August 23, 1937, the Japanese 3rd and 11th Division A troops successfully landed under the cover of artillery fire from naval vessels, and a large number of reinforcements were in place.

In order to save Shanghai, we decided to use a small town called "Luodian" in the north of Shanghai as a stronghold to intercept the Japanese army.

In such a small place, China and Japan invested more than 100,000 soldiers, making the battle for Luodian the most brutal battle in the entire Songhu Battle. It was known as "Flesh and Blood Mill", and Baoshan is located behind Luodian.

If Luodian is to intercept the Japanese troops who continue to use this as a breakthrough point to penetrate deeper into the hinterland, then Baoshan is to intercept the Japanese troops who are constantly replenishing Luodian. From a strategic sense, Baoshan is undoubtedly very important!

The problem is that Baoshan is a completely "easy to attack but difficult to defend" place. There is only one small town with city walls made of yellow mud. It cannot resist the Japanese artillery fire at all, let alone there is no shelter at all. Japanese cruisers on the sea can bombard this place at any time.

Let's put it this way, Baoshan is a completely dead place, but someone has to be stationed there.

Chen Cheng, commander of the 15th Group Army, gave a death order to Xia Chuzhong of the 98th Division: "Baoshan City must be defended, or we will come to see you!"

Although the 98th Division is the elite of the Central Army, the problem is that the brutal war in Luodian caused heavy casualties, and Xia Chuzhong no longer has any troops.

After thinking about it, Xia Chuzhong took his sights on the third battalion of the 583rd Regiment of the 292nd Brigade, a reserve force with more than 500 and less than 600 people, and the battalion commander Yao Ziqing was the commander.

Yao Ziqing knows that he will never come back!

But he still took over the garrison mission...

Let's put it this way, the Japanese attackers were the 68th Regiment of the Third Division, with approximately 3,000 people. The First Battalion was the main offensive, and the Second and Third Companies were responsible for blocking and rescuing.

500 versus 3000, how to fight?

In addition, the 68th Regiment of the Third Division is also a type A corps, with powerful weapons to suppress...

In addition to weapons, equipment, numbers, and naval suppression, the Japanese army also had air supremacy by the air force.

This is truly called going without return!

The content of Yao Ziqing's last call back before his death in battle was: "Swear to die with the enemy, stick to the city wall, fight to the end with one breath left."

During the entire Baoshan defense battle, all 500 soldiers were killed except for a 9th company soldier named Wei Jianju who went out of the city at night to report on the battle situation.

This key point is tragically portrayed...

Five hundred athletes died for the country, and China is more than just one field!

Lan Xiaolong is very good at writing such scripts...

But he rarely takes on jobs that are not challenging at all. The reason why he took on "The Battle of Baoshan" was mainly because of the "eight hundred" Shen Changlin told him...

Lan Xiaolong was a little hesitant: "The story of Sihang Warehouse is difficult to write, just like the Pearl Harbor and Dunkirk evacuation. It itself was a defeat, which determined it to be almost impossible to write in a positive and bright direction;

Furthermore, the purpose behind this war is also very complicated. It is a high-level political battle and the soldiers have become pawns. This means that it cannot be written as a great failure like "The 300 Spartans" because there is not enough reason behind it to support it. .”

"That's why I asked you to write! First, I will start from multiple angles such as international politics, high-level struggles, and international public opinion, and explain the ins and outs of the whole thing. It will show the war like Rashomon, with both praise and criticism, and focus on portraying the politicians. His shameless face..."

Lan Xiaolong wrote it down and then asked: "Where are the soldiers?"

"Here comes the absurd part. The soldiers who are chess pieces have no political factors or interest entanglements in their hearts, just pure national hatred and the spirit of sacrifice..."

After thinking for a while, Shen Changlin added: "In this play, there are no Japanese from the beginning to the end. We can only hear gunshots and see airplanes!"

"Then...is this still a war movie?"

"Of course!"

Shen Changlin nodded naturally: "War is a continuation of politics. What we do is a real war movie!"

"Okay, then I'll write it down..."

After chatting with Lan Xiaolong, Shen Changlin was about to go to photographer Han Qiming to talk about tomorrow's shooting, but the phone rang again...

I'm so annoyed. Recently, a bunch of friends or the media are trying to trick him into backstabbing Bald Xu...

What can he think?

If we have different paths, don’t work together!

Xu Guangtou feels that if he does this, he will gain more money...

Then let him do it.

Shen Changlin has been very busy this week. Let's put it this way, he was so busy that even the crew of "Martial God Zhao Zilong" next door came to visit the cast and he didn't have time to watch it.

Why do you think he cares about this matter so much?

Just as he was about to get angry, the voice on the other end of the phone sounded quite familiar to him.

"...Sister Mi..."

"Are you in Xiangshan? What are you filming in Xiangshan?"
Chapter completed!