Meng Shi really admires the young man in front of him now, less than 20 years old, but he has an experience that does not match his age at all.

Needless to say, the previous "Two Sons Open a Shop" is an urban comedy that doesn't have much connotation.

But the two scripts of "Children of the Eight Flags" and "Spring Peach" are different, if you don't see it with your own eyes, Meng Shi would never believe that these two scripts were written by Yi Qing.

It is impossible to write such a story without rich life experience, especially "Spring Peach", if it weren't for Yi Qing sitting in front of him, he would have thought that the person who wrote this script was a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties.

"Xiao Yi, I want this script too. ”

Making this decision, Meng Shi also hesitated, the story is definitely a good story, but the subject matter is too sensitive, not only involving sexuality and relationship, but also boldly talking about the opposition and choice of two ideas during social change.

This was a minefield that no one dared to touch before, and it was too sensitive.

But after hesitation, Meng Shi was still reluctant to miss this script, and he hadn't seen such a good story with an in-depth discussion of human nature for many years.

Meng Shi's worries, Yi Qing had already guessed, as soon as he finished writing this script yesterday, Fu Yiwei asked if there was a problem with this script.

At that time, Yi Qing said that he dared to write, and it would be up to Meng Shi if he dared to shoot or not.

Most of the directors who are active on the front line now are honest, and a line has been drawn on them, they will never cross the thunder pool by half a step, and no one dares to risk the world's condemnation and bring out some sensitive themes to stimulate the audience's nerves.

In fact, before the sixth generation of cattle came up, the vast majority of directors in the domestic film industry were well-behaved, but suddenly killed a group of animals and muddied the water.

The story of "Spring Peach" is really nothing compared to what was filmed by the sixth-generation group of animals.

If the sixth generation is a flood beast, "Spring Peach" is at most a little goat that has just grown horns.

But just like the original "Lushan Love", the scene of kissing the cheek caused an uproar at the time, and if "Spring Peach" can finally be filmed and released, it is estimated that it will inevitably be controversial.

"Director Meng, are you worried that this subject will not pass the trial?"

When Meng Shi heard this, he nodded lightly: "Xiao Yi, let's put it this way, the story is a good story, I personally like it very much, but some of the issues involved in it are still relatively sensitive." ”

"Director Meng, no matter what type of subject matter, someone must always be the first to stand up and shoot, we can't always make some happy reunion and happy reunion movies, in that case, how can Chinese films develop?"

Meng Shi was stunned, but he didn't expect that his dignified director of Beijing Film Studio would let Yi Qing educate such a young man today.

"Okay, keep the book, do you still plan to change the camera for this script?"

Of course, this is something Yi Qing has thought about a long time ago.

"CCTV's Red Mansion crew needs so many cameras?"

Meng Shi now regrets it a little, CCTV is filming the Red Mansion, and Beijing Film Studio is also filming the Red Mansion, although the types are different, but after all, there is competition, and now he actually wants to go to the enemy, this matter can't be spread.

"Actually, it's not all because of the Red Mansion crew?"

Meng Shi is wondering now, isn't it all because of the Red Mansion crew?

So for whom?

If the crew of "Two Sons Open a Shop" needs a camera, they can still use such trouble, just send someone over.

Is it the production center?

No, it won't!

The production center is backed by Beijing and Taiwan, although it is not as spacious as Beijing Film Studio, but there is no shortage of cameras!

Yi Qing saw Meng Shi's vigorous painting soul, and said with a smile: "Don't guess, these two cameras, I want them for the Journey to the West crew!"

The 86 version of "Journey to the West" is an unsurpassable classic in the hearts of many Chinese people, not only because the TV series itself is wonderful, but also because this drama represents the feelings of many people.

But perhaps many people don't know that the various beautiful and angle-changing shots in the 86 version of "Journey to the West" were actually only completed by one camera!

"Journey to the West" was filmed with only one camera, which is estimated to be unimaginable in the future!

This camera that filmed the entire 86 version of "Journey to the West" is not only one, but also the oldest CCTV camera at that time, with a resolution of only a pitiful 300P.

I knew that even the mobile phone camera rate that people use daily is 720P or 1080P casually.

Because of the old, the cameraman has to work hard every time he focuses, and if he doesn't debug it carefully, the focus will be "empty".

And this camera is still a relatively old one-inch machine, the camera and the video recorder are separated, so it is very bulky, and you need to carry it up and down the river.

Then there is this camera with only one tripod, and the angle can only be eye level.

In the future, not to mention making a TV series, it is to make a micro-film, or even a wedding ceremony, at least two cameras will be used to facilitate post-editing.

Not to mention mythological TV series, the requirements are higher, because to shoot the gods soaring clouds, changing, and flying around in a chic manner, a camera can only shoot one angle, and if you want to shoot from multiple angles, you can only shoot the same content many times.

No matter how effective a film and television work is, no matter how good the actor is B and how good the director is, it all needs to be expressed by the camera.

It is with this old camera that all the crew of "Journey to the West" overcame many difficulties, brainstormed, and completed many wonderful scenes with creative thinking and methods.

For example, when filming the episode "The Monkey King" in Yunnan Stone Forest, there was a scene where Princess Baihua chased a rabbit on a horse, and the princess's main perspective shot was to be filmed.

For this reason, the drama staff specially bought two rabbits and released them in the field, and the rabbits escaped in a puff of smoke!

Cameraman Wang Chongqiu carried the camera and followed the rabbit in front of the run, two technicians carried the video recorder to follow behind, and some people ran with the monitor, and the director Yang Jie ran with the monitor, and a group of people pulled the line in the middle.

Just for a scene of chasing rabbits, a group of people ran out of breath, and when the filming was over, they were all so tired that they collapsed on the ground, and the two technicians were still holding the crew's baby video recorder.

Also, because there was only one long focal length lens in the entire CCTV at that time, many crews had to use it.

The crew of "Journey to the West" needed to use it when filming Flaming Mountain, so they had to make a report, queue up, and wait for a long time before the station approved the crew to use a long focal length lens, but it was only used for a few days, and it was withdrawn.

The camera only has one tripod, so it can only shoot heads-up. However, in many places in the TV series, various angles need to be changed, such as when filming the scene where Zhenyuan Daxian went to heaven to congregate the immortals, and the Taoist priests sent him out of the gate, the angle of looking down to looking up needs to change.

In the end, the crew came up with a local way, put the cameraman on a chair, hoisted it to the second floor, and then slid it down, using seven or eight people to pull the cameraman, but this was difficult to match the rhythm of Zhenyuan Daxian's walking, so it was reshot many times.

The whole crew spent most of the day, and this shot was only a few seconds away!

In addition, when filming "Three Dozen White Bone Spirits" in Zhangjiajie, Sun Wukong was dizzy by Tang Seng's tight spell, and the world was spinning.

In order to shoot this scene, the director asked Sun Wukong to cover his head on the ground, spin in place, and then several people carried a ladder, and the cameraman lay on the ladder and shot Sun Wukong from above.

Sun Wukong and the person carrying the ladder rotated at the same time, Sun Wukong was clockwise, and the cameraman was counterclockwise, causing Sun Wukong to be dizzy.

Then there was during the filming of "The Monkey King Protects Tang Seng", Sun Wukong was reproached by the master for killing six robbers, and left in a rage, and Tang Seng had to go on the road alone.

The old man played by Han Shanxu dragged his grandson to send Tang Seng out of the thatched hut until the gate of the fence.

The artist made a seesaw-like thing, first put the cameraman at the highest place, and formed a depression angle with the door, when the old man and Tang Seng came out of the house, the person who pulled the cameraman's rope and the actor's rhythm of walking were well matched, and the rope was slowly relaxed, so that the cameraman slowly descended, and the angle gradually became head-up.

A simple shot, in the case of poor camera equipment, was solved by the ingenuity of this crew.

There is also a classic scene where Monkey King and Centipede Spirit fight in the water below the waterfall.

In order to shoot this difficult scene, the angle had to change, the cameraman shot the depression angle in the upper waterfall, the actor played in the water of the lower waterfall, the cameraman carried the camera and stood in the upper waterfall to shoot, the two technicians carried the camera and stood in the water, the monitor was held by a person and stood in the water, the director stood in the water to look at the monitor, and there was a person holding a line in the middle.

In order for the videographer not to fall under the waterfall, there was a person behind him who hugged his waist.

In order to shoot these scenes, the videographer and assistant really risked their lives.

This is the 86 version of "Journey to the West" crew in the extremely difficult situation of only one camera, able to shoot all kinds of wonderful shots, and by editing and splicing these wonderful shots, finally create a classic secret.

Now it seems to be a bit of a bitter feeling, but if you want to create those shots, the hardships in them can be imagined by those who are familiar with the inside story.

So yesterday, when Meng Shi proposed to let Yi Qing take the script and change the camera, he came up with this idea.

Is it also to get some benefits for the Journey to the West crew?

Although he didn't train for a few months like he did in the Red Mansion crew, he can be regarded as a member of the crew, and if he really talks about it, Xiao Bailong's role still surpasses Liu Xianglian's.

The crew of the Red Mansion has helped, and Yi Qing is always not good at favoring one over the other.

I believe that if there are these two cameras, Director Yang Jie's life will be much better.