I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 532 April (23)

"Changjin Lake" was filmed together with "Watergate Bridge"!

The division of labor among the three directors is very clear: Director Chen is responsible for the expedition and the return; Xu Ke is mainly responsible for the three bombings of the Watergate Bridge; and Dante Lam is mainly responsible for the encounter with the civilian house and the general attack...

In order to catch up with the release date - originally scheduled for the summer release...

The original plan for Dante Lam's final attack was not filmed in time, so it was changed to a collaborative effort of several directors...

It was shot by Tsui Hark, Dante Lam, and even producer + co-director Huang Jianxin.

Therefore, the decisive battle part is not very smooth - the last battle in the movie "Changjin Lake" is obviously not as effective as the encounter in the middle!

This resulted in an imbalance in the rhythm of the entire drama. Coupled with the forced division into two parts, the narrative in the second half of "Changjin Lake" was chaotic and the ending was not in place, making the nearly three-hour feature film seem like a half-finished product that had not completed the story.

It is understandable why it is divided into two parts. On the one hand, there is too much material, and on the other hand, the cost is too high. Dividing it into two parts will make it easier to sell at the box office.

Although Shen Liang disagreed with this, he didn't say anything...

This is an objective factor - not enough time!
Oh, Dante Lam was a member of the crew that arrived on the third day of the Lunar New Year. After arriving, he went straight to the rocky beach to hide from air forces. This was the most tense section of the whole film.

The filming is full of tension, the characters are all still, and the camera is moving, allowing the audience to see everyone's state clearly...

The whole picture can be seen through the camera, and everyone's breath-holding faces can be seen, as well as the strict discipline of our army.

In the early days of the Volunteer Army, there was a "passive air defense" discipline. Because we had no air superiority, firing a shot would attract more enemy planes, so we could only endure it.

This change occurred in February 1951, when Guan Chonggui, a volunteer soldier, shot down a US P-2 fighter with three bursts of fire from a light machine gun, setting a precedent for shooting down enemy aircraft with light weapons. His experience was subsequently promoted and "passive air defense" was cancelled.

Dante Lam is a ruthless guy!
Including the subsequent scene in a residential building in Mid-Levels, where the soldiers of the Seventh Company had a very fierce night battle with the U.S. troops.

First rehearse on the sand table, and then start shooting directly!
Of course, the actors also worked very hard: their faces were chapped and their lips were cracked, but they still gritted their teeth and persevered...

……

"…There's almost only one month left before it's over…I'm almost numb!"

"Initially, the three groups of directors filmed separately, but later, time ran out, so they changed it to have the three groups of directors film at the same time..."

"The weather was quite cold, and we could not shoot 20 shots a day, which affected the overall speed. The actors suffered even more, because the clothes we wore had to be restored to those worn by the volunteers, and there were not enough of them, and we had to do very complicated movements."

One night in April, Shen Liang started a live broadcast, which was very rare - he had not done any live broadcasts in the previous two months!

There are even rumors that Shen Liang not only used a body double, but also caused the body double to have its limbs amputated.

I am online today to respond to this matter.

"Using a body double... Everyone works so hard, and the director has to try out many scenes himself. I use a body double? Is that reasonable? Am I still a good person? Don't believe this nonsense!"

"We were exhausted... We lay on the ground for almost two hours, with the cold air rushing into our stomachs. We had hot water to drink, but those soldiers didn't have that... We were really exhausted. That day, Li Chen, Jing and I fell asleep on the ground. The temperature was more than 30 degrees below zero!"

"The No. 1 box office star... preferential treatment... preferential treatment means that I added a few scenes, some scenes that reflect the character's political cultivation and growth... they should not be deleted!"

Oh, the Spring Festival movie "Underground Fire" finally grossed 48.6 billion yuan, winning the box office championship of the period. At the same time, Shen Liang's total box office performance exceeded 210 billion yuan!
By the way, the total box office of "Detective Chinatown 3" is 40.6 billion, and "Hello, Li Huanying" is 44 billion...

"Hello, Li Huanying" is still very strong in the later stage, and its single-day box office has surpassed "Underground Fire", but it fell behind too much in the early stage...

Shen Liang is now firmly in the number one spot at the box office, 30 billion more than the total box office data of Shen Teng and Wu Jing. Being number one at the box office does have its advantages, at least the added scenes will not be easily denied!

"'Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils' will be released on May 5, the same day as 'Fast and Furious 20'..."

"There's still more than a month left. I think by then, I'll have almost finished filming and can go on roadshows..."

"The Awakening Age didn't recoup its costs? Who told you that?"

“…Wang Hailin said that?”

“…It just hasn’t paid back its investment yet. In fact, the cost of Awakening Age is close to 4 million yuan. It’s true that the first round of broadcasts didn’t pay back its investment, but that doesn’t mean the TV series has lost money.

Good works are never a one-time deal, but something that can generate sustainable returns.

In the second round, four satellite TV stations will broadcast the show, and in the third and fourth rounds, including online broadcasts…

Our country has a "subsidy" policy for "main-theme" TV dramas. In addition, if you win an award, such as the Five One Project Award, there will be a large bonus, and the local government and the Propaganda Department will also give rewards...but this income has not been allocated so quickly."

"As a tribute drama, "Awakening Age" has no need to please investors, so there are no commercial breaks... Otherwise, do you think that with me here, no advertiser would want to place an advertisement?"

“When commercial platforms take over the media, profit-seeking is inevitable. It’s not that profit-seeking is wrong, but we are a socialist country. In addition to commercial profits, we also have to consider social influence… So our TV stations have always been the main position of the media…”

"Wang Hailin... is very good at riding on the popularity, but it's useless. His weight is known in the industry!"

"What I hate most is so-called opinion leaders, they are just a group of people forming cliques..."

"I won't say it anymore, lest he target me..."

"Good night everyone, I'm going to bed soon!"

……

Oh, Shen Liang didn’t sleep, but held a video conference with Yu Wanqing (producer of “The Wind Chaser”) and director Yao Xiaofeng to discuss the casting of “The Wind Chaser”…

After the filming of "Changjin Lake" is finished, Shen Liang will give himself a two-week vacation to have a good rest, and then the filming of "Storm Chasers" will start!
Been waiting for him for months!

Most of the actors have been confirmed, and the role of Shen Jin is really played by Wang Churan - Li Qin is too old.

Shen Jinzhen is Wei Ruolai's guide and comrade. The two of them can resonate with each other's spiritual worlds. Later, they are comrades and have some faint feelings that have no time to grow.

Oh, Shen Tunan found Wang Xiao...

Wang Yang's acting was terrible!
Can a "diehard" defect by just taking him around the Soviet area? Can he change his beliefs?

Even if it is possible, at least some preparation should be done in the early stage...

Not at all!
In addition, a bunch of messy emotional scenes of the supporting characters were deleted...

Why did the original version of "Storm Chasers" have to cram a few boring and awkward emotional scenes into the obviously tense main storyline? They have no effect on promoting the main storyline, and they don't have any effect on the characterization. It's just pure awkwardness, and they're emotional for the sake of emotion?
To praise someone!
This time it is not necessary because Shen Liang will not allow this situation to happen!

By the way, now let’s discuss Niu Chunmiao’s actor…

(End of this chapter)