A decisive battle scene opened the eyes of the mainland actors.
For someone like Yang Ye who has already become famous, they are really impressed by how hard they work in filming.
Hong Kong filmmakers in this era, especially those who make action films, are indeed worthy of respect and are really risking their lives.
In 1986, Cheng Xiaodong went to the mainland to film a movie. There was a move where he had to jump off a high platform, but the stunt double hesitated for a long time and did not dare to jump.
Cheng Xiaodong was impatient and shouted, "I'll dance for you!"
He really danced, but after dancing his leg was broken and he lay in the hospital for half a year.
Xu Ke asked him to film "A Chinese Ghost Story", and he filmed it with a cane.
Later "A Chinese Ghost Story" became a big hit, and this guy would often brag: "I can shoot with one foot better than you!"
After the final battle scene was filmed, a large team of people rode on Train to Mudanjiang to continue shooting!
In Mudanjiang, Yang Ye took the crew to pay homage to Yang Zirong.
Yang Zirong is a hero, but his life is a tragedy!
According to the memories of his comrades, on February 23, 1947, Yang Zirong and his comrades fought against bandits.
He was the first to rush in, kicked open the door, shouted "Don't move", and prepared to shoot in demonstration.
I didn't want to make a "click" sound, but the shell gun in my hand did not go off.
It turned out that the weather was too cold, frost formed on the gun and it was frozen.
Before he could lean over to hide, a bullet flew over and hit him in the chest.
Yang Zirong fell on the snow and remained forever among the white mountains and black waters.
Yang Zirong was not his real name. His real name was Yang Zonggui, but the army did not know it and engraved "Yang Zirong" on his tombstone.
At the same time, in his hometown in Yantai, Shandong, his mother was struggling in poverty, missing her only son.
Because Yang Zonggui was seen by his fellow villagers when he was disguised as a bandit for reconnaissance, it was widely rumored in the local area that he had become a bandit, so his family was not treated well.
So until she died in poverty and hunger, Yang Zonggui's mother did not know that her son was a hero.
Yang Zirong’s two younger sisters were sold to other places. It was not until Qu Bo found Yang Zirong’s hometown that he found them back.
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Yang Zirong’s story is a very suitable type for Hong Kong movies.
The lone hero breaks into the bandit's lair alone, disguises himself as an undercover agent, hunts tigers up the mountain, fights with fugitive bandits, and kills all the enemies in one fell swoop on New Year's Eve.
These familiar scenes have appeared countless times in Hong Kong movies, so Chen Long adapted them into "Plan A", which is so good-looking!
This version of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" abandons the storyline of Jiapigou Land Reform, and changes the "advance map" from the plot of the Kuomintang Party to recruit remnants of bandits to resist our army, to the legacy of warlord Zhang Zuolin treasury of treasures and armaments.
This completely eliminated the confrontation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in the entire story, turning it into "the army fights bandits", the police and gangster film model that Hong Kong movies are best at.
Wang Yang asked Yang Ye, why did he change it like this?
Yang Ye’s explanation is: “This is a consideration for commercial distribution. Overseas audiences are not interested in knowing about the confrontation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. So we have to strip away ideology and refine heroism!”
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In any case, this movie also promotes a positive image of our military. Due to Yang Ye's strong overseas appeal, the script was successfully approved and he spared no effort in supporting the filming.
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The snow hasn’t fallen yet and it’s already very cold!
The crew started working overtime to shoot indoor scenes. He Qing had two pigtails, her face was red with make-up, she was wearing a red scarf, and she was carrying a small satchel. She was so cute.
The first scene was on the train. The little white pigeon curled up and fell asleep. Yang Zirong drew this scene.
Of course, the painting was painted by Yang Ye. The light in this shot is very good. He Qing's face is hidden by the firelight. Although only a little outline is exposed, it still makes people feel beautiful.
This shot was completed quickly. He Qing ran over to look at Yang Ye's painting. Although it was just a simple outline in the painting book, it was extremely expressive.
He Qing said in surprise: "So your painting is so good!"
She thought Yang Ye was just showing off.
“What the hell, I drew the storyboards myself!”
"Can you give it to me?"
"Yes!"
Tear off the Yang Ye and give it to He Qing.
“Sign it again!”
Yang Ye wrote his name on the painting and said with a smile: “Why are you selling it for money?”
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"No, I will keep it well!" He Qing happily put the painting away.
"This is just a simple sketch. I'll paint it for you when I have time!"
"Okay!"
Why don't you find time? I'll start painting in the evening.
The room was warm, He Qing was lying on the kang with a red face, naked, and posing in a Rose pose, and Jack Yang started painting with enthusiasm.
I painted it very carefully this time and it took me two hours to finish it.
The peaks, plains, valleys, jungles, and the moon on August 15th are all lifelike. It is really a wonderful painting of the human body, no, the landscape.
Yang Yebi looked at it and was very satisfied.
Pick up a pen and write on the drawing paper: X month X day, a portrait of Xiao Qing, Yang Ye.
"I gave it to you. Keep it well. One day when I die, you will put this painting up for auction. It will definitely be worth a lot of money!"
He Qing spat: "You are going to die, how can I take out this painting and sell it?"
I don't know if this is scolding Yang Ye, or if Yang Ye is really dead and she won't take the painting away. Come out and sell it, anyway, the voice is sweet and makes people feel itchy.
This peerless beauty lay naked in front of Yang Ye for more than two hours. It was amazing that Yang Ye could persist until the painting was finished.
How can I bear it now? A hungry tiger pounces on food, and catching this little white sheep is a full meal.
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In November, heavy snow fell, and the forest sea where they were located really turned into a snowfield.
It is very difficult to film in an environment of more than ten degrees below zero, and it is also a war scene.
But Yang Ye himself played in person, and the others had nothing to say.
Having said that, Yang Zirong actually didn’t have any fighting scenes in the snow, just a scene of fighting a tiger.
The most important defensive battle at Jiapigou was fought by Shao Jianbo and his comrades, so the hardest part was for a group of mainland actors such as Tang Guoqiang.
The martial arts masters Yang Ye brought from Hong Kong could not adapt to the climate in the Northeast, and their hands and feet could not move.
The actors at Beijing Film Studio and Changying Film Studio have been doing this since they were young and have long been used to it. So most of the time, they fight in person, and the martial arts masters mainly play a guiding role.
As a Hong Kong director, Xu Ke has his limitations. It was obviously a battle scene in a war drama, but he made it into a battle scene in a police drama. Although it looked hot, But it always feels almost meaningless.
The writer who is best at describing war scenes in the history of literature is Tolstoy, and the director who is best at making war scenes in the history of film is probably Akira Kurosawa.
Therefore, those who write novels must learn from "War and Peace", and those who shoot war scenes must learn from Akira Kurosawa.
The four major Hollywood directors Spielberg, Lucas, Coppola, and Martin Scorsese, as well as domestic Zhang Yimou, John Woo, and Xu Ke are all disciples of Akira Kurosawa. They are all imitating Akira Kurosawa like crazy.
Kurosawa's use of camera placement, lenses, sound effects, and soundtrack in "Seven Samurai" has become a textbook. You can't get around it when shooting war scenes.
When Xu Ke was filming "Seven Swords", he bluntly said that he wanted to use "Seven Swords" to respond to "Seven Samurai", hoping to return to Akira Kurosawa's creation through the narration of the seven knights. road.
Talking back to "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom", the Jiapigou defensive battle in the snow has obvious traces of the rain battle arrangement in "Seven Samurai".
Yang Ye was a man of two generations, and he also had plug-ins, and his knowledge far surpassed that of Xu Ke. When filming "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom", he changed the original 3D shooting back to 2D shooting, and the lens design was more free.
So when filming the Battle of Jiapigou, although the traces of Akira Kurosawa could not be erased, he still had his own unique ideas in terms of scene scheduling and lens use!
Because he can draw inspiration from more movies of later generations and integrate them. He can also use divine power to simulate in advance before shooting, and the pictures will naturally form in his mind.
In addition to the miraculous action scenes, Yang Ye's movies have always been praised for their scene scheduling.
When filming "Sediq Bale", Yang Ye could direct the massacre scene of hundreds of people without any chaos. This is the reason.
The shooting method of police and gangster movies is to set the camera and the two sides to exchange fire. War movies cannot be that simple. Yang Ye's shooting method is more contextual.
He flexibly used overhead shots, follow-up shots, and cross shots to make the scene more intense and show the audience the high-density firepower confrontation of the army.
The overhead shot is mainly to explain the terrain of the battlefield and the changes in offensive and defensive situations, so that the audience can have a clearer understanding, rather than beating it up and down.
In the original film, when Ximen fell, Shao Jianbo, Gao Bo, and Xiao Baige provided support. With three small pistols, all the bandits died with a bang.
Three small pistols can actually suppress the long gun. The filming here is too dramatic.
Here, Yang Ye used the follow-up method, taking advantage of the terrain and the flexibility of human legs compared to skateboards to eliminate enemies in mobile battles.
We also need to use cross-shooting, so that the picture is constantly cut to show a sense of fierceness, instead of bandits lining up to attack the streets, just like playing mowing the grass.
The original film also has a fatal flaw, which is that when the battle begins, our army's "heartless cannon" shows off its power.
But it stopped ringing after a few times and started street fighting directly. Why is this? There was no explanation at all, which made people look confused.
Halfway through the battle, when the bandits broke through the west gate, they realized, oh, it turns out that some villagers ran out and entered the fire zone. If they use the "unconscionable cannon" at this time, they will accidentally injure the villagers.
The essence of Tolstoy's description of war is to intersperse small scenes in the big war, intertwining the ruthlessness and cruelty of war with the glory of human nature.
In the original film, Xiao Shuanzi said: "Last time I hid in the house like this, and everyone died!"
The villagers were panicked at that time, and later the rocket launcher blew down the roof. , there should be added scenes of villagers who were afraid, refused to listen to the People's Liberation Army's dissuasion, and ran out of the house.
After all, we have few soldiers, and only two people are assigned to protect the villagers. If someone really wants to run away, there is no way to suppress him, and you can't shoot him to death.
The villagers who run out will become a constraint for the army, making the "heartless cannon" useless.
Yang Ye prepared for this Jiapigou defense battle for more than 20 days in advance. He knew the terrain of the entire village well. Who should be placed in each place, which props, how to attack and how to defend, all were explained and practiced in advance. .
The actual shooting took only three days.
The most photographed effects are the flying snow, the trenches ignited by gunpowder smoke, the woods with rich layers of light and shadow, and the vague fog in the forest.
The war scenes are tense and bloody, causing hormones to surge and heartstrings to tighten.
The context of the entire war is very clear. How the two sides fought is clearly explained. It is better than the original film!
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Mainland actors have never filmed like this before. Before the heavy snow came, they rushed to finish filming all the dramas and had to work overtime every day.
When the snow falls, I will feel comfortable. Yang Ye takes people to look here and there every morning to study how to shoot, and then explains it. In the afternoon, he starts rehearsing, and the day passes.
Two meals a day are served on time, including pork stewed with vermicelli, chicken stewed with mushrooms, and potatoes stewed with beef.
Liu Xiaoqing and He Qing didn't want to eat so much at first, and wanted to stay in shape. But later they realized that it was not possible, it was too cold, so they had to make more meat and carbohydrates to keep out the cold.
However, you must be serious during rehearsals and cannot fool around. Yang Ye is very sharp-eyed. He will definitely know if you are wrong and he will not show mercy when he scolds people.
After preparation and rehearsal, the actual shooting time will not exceed three days, which can be said to be completed in one go.
During the filming, he was in the middle and directed, while several executive directors operated independently in an orderly manner.
After several war scenes were filmed, the filming of the movie was also completed.
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On the top of Weihu Mountain, a rising sun rises in the distance, dyeing the mountains a magnificent red.
Shao Jianbo and Yang Zirong stood together.
Shao Jianbo said: "It's over!"
Yang Zirong said: "I hope Shuanzi and his generation will never have another war!"
"You apply The headquarters has no objection to leaving the team because Ben and I did not report it. It seems that you and the team have to carry out the next mission. This is an order!"
Yang Zirong gave a military salute: "Yes, chief!"
The camera gradually zoomed out, and in the final movie effect, the sunrise scenery on the top of Mount Weihu turned into a painting painted by Yang Zirong.
"Watching the sunrise from the top of Weihu Mountain, 1946, the first day of the Lunar New Year!"
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Yang Ye turned off the camera in person and said: "I Announcing that "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" has been successfully completed! ”
Everyone immediately applauded and cheered, but there was a bit of reluctance in their expressions.
The experience of filming with Yang Ye was so novel and unforgettable.
Among them, several people later became superstars. When recalling Yang Ye, they would talk about this filming experience with affection.
Yang Ye continued: "Take a break today. Let's pack our things and return to the capital together tomorrow. I'll invite you to watch... Teresa Teng's concert!"
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Everyone was shocked. Is Teresa Teng coming to the mainland to hold a concert?
In the original time and space, due to various reasons, it was difficult for Teresa Teng to come to the mainland.
I almost made the trip several times, but in the end I had no choice but to give up!
This time, the mainland ignored all kinds of rumors, and Teresa Teng also broke through many obstacles.
This time, it will be real...a billion applause! (End of chapter)