The scene to be filmed today is divided into two parts, the outdoor lantern parade of the people of Tokyo, and the indoor celebration of Ah Ming and Ba for the promotion of the fifth dan, meet Chinese students who are preparing to return to China, and know the news of the Nanjing Massacre.

These two parts can't be shot completely separately, and there are two lenses that are connected indoors and outdoors. One shot is to shoot the lantern parade of the people of Tokyo outdoors, and then the camera is pulled back to become a panoramic shot of the gathering of Amin and the international students. Another shot is of the Chinese students coming to the street outside the restaurant after telling Amin the news of the Nanjing Massacre, and the Chinese students came to the window and sang the "March of the Volunteers."

These two shots had to be filmed in the procession of lanterns outside the window, and they could not be filmed during the day, so they had to wait until night.

Other shots in the room take place at night, but during the day they can be shot with lights and sets to create a night effect, which is known in film as "night scene day shooting", or "day by night".

From the era of black-and-white films to the age of digital films, the technique of "night scenes and day shooting" has always been a daunting task for those behind the scenes, who must not only pay attention to the impact of daylight on the background, characters and foreground, as well as the details of each frame, but also consider the amount of light at different times. If there is a mistake in any link, it is easy to goof and give people a false feeling.

Xu Wangqiu: The content they want to shoot takes place indoors, which is much simpler than shooting exterior scenes. Seal the doors and windows with a black-out cloth, turn on the lights in the room, and light the candles to create the effect of a night in the room. The only thing to be aware of is that you can't go and shoot the windows, otherwise you'll be goofy.

The crew was busy in the room for nearly an hour, and all preparations were completed, and filming officially began.

Tang Yuqiang, Akina Nakamori, and the actors who play the Chinese students are all in place. The actors who play Chinese students, except for Zhang Liwei of Beijing Film Studio, are all students of Nortel's acting department and have worked with Xu Wangqiu. Among them, Zhou Lijin played Wu Ming, and Zhang Tielin played Yu Hua.

Xu Wangqiu sat behind the monitor, observing the actors' performances through the monitors, while Junya Sato stood behind the camera, watching the actors' performances directly. Junya Sato has been in the film industry for many years, and is more accustomed to watching the actors' performances directly behind the camera. However, he is not averse to the monitor, and after watching the actors' performances, he often watches the replay through the monitor.

Zhang Yimou carried the camera, and the camera was tightly focused on Akina Nakamori. Due to the small size of the room, it is not very convenient to change seats. During the filming process, the actor will play the whole scene from beginning to end, and the camera will choose a camera position to shoot the whole scene. After shooting from one camera, shoot from another camera. What is being filmed now is Akina Nakamori's camera.

Akina Nakamori put down the cup in her hand, looked at Zhou Lijin, and said with a smile: "Mr. Wu, why are you in a hurry to return to China? There are still two years left in college, right?"

Zhou Lijin didn't speak, and he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped.

Zhang Liwei looked at Akina Nakamori and said, "Lao Wu returned to China to participate in the battle. ”

Akina Nakamori made an embarrassed expression, but Junya Sato was dissatisfied with her performance and immediately shouted "stop".

Filming soon resumed.

Zhou Lijin said with a solemn expression: "I hope Miss Ba can understand that this war is a continuation of Japan's aggression against China since the Sino-Japanese War, not China's willingness to fight." ”

Akina Nakamori made an embarrassed expression again and lowered her head.

Junya Sato shouted "stop" again and called Akina Nakamori over: "Akina, you don't have the state of emptiness of the character." These Chinese students all know you and have a good relationship. But the Dongying army invaded China, and these students are ready to return to China to participate in the war, and you are a little weak when facing them. You're going to play that state, you know?"

Akina Nakamori turned her head to look at the monitor, Xu Wangqiu glanced at it, nodded and said, "I know, Mr. Sato." ”

Filming restarted, Sato soon shouted "stop" again, it was still that problem, Akina Nakamori was not in the right state, and he didn't perform the feeling he wanted. After filming five times, Akina Nakamori never got into the state and did not perform the effect that Junya Sato wanted.

Sato Junya was very helpless, so he could only ask Xu Wangqiu for help behind the monitor: "Mr. Xu, you should guide her!"

Xu Wangqiu called Akina Nakamori aside and told her about the play: "We know that the character of Ba is insecure and cares a lot about other people's feelings, when you see Wu Ming want to say something to himself, you immediately realize that because China and Dongying are at war, there are some things that they are unwilling to say in front of you, Dongying, then you are a little embarrassed." You know that Dongying invaded China, and these people in front of you are your friends, and when Wu Ming says, 'I hope Miss Ba can understand,' you feel a little guilty, because everyone is worried about your feelings. ”

Nakamori Akina's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she stared at Xu Wangqiu and said, "Today, Mr. Tang, you, and others don't pay attention to me and don't talk to me, I take the initiative to talk to you, and I like to ignore you, are you worried about my feelings?"

Xu Wangqiu They didn't talk to the Dongying staff much today, mainly because the content to be filmed today was too heavy, and they didn't know what to say when facing the Dongying people, but Akina Nakamori said so, so he pushed the boat down the river and said: "With this ingredient in it, you can act according to the state you feel in the crew today." ”

Akina Nakamori thought to herself, you ignore me, and I don't like to answer when I talk to you, I deliberately can't act well, I just want to see, if I don't play well, don't you care, it turns out that you are worried about my feelings, then I'll act well, she smiled and said: "I know how to act, I will definitely be able to play well this time." ”

The filming reproduction began, and this time Akina Nakamori really performed that feeling of being a little embarrassed and a little guilty.

Tang Yuqiang felt the embarrassment and guilt of Akina Nakamori, and began to change the topic: "What are the plans of the few of you?"

Zhang Tielin said: "I will also return to China next month. ”

Zhang Liwei said: "I stay, and I plan to go back after finishing my surgical major." China needs surgeons now. ”

Tang Guoqiang's mouth opened, and he wanted to ask me what I could do, but he didn't say it after all, he went to Dongying to learn Go, and Go is a thing that is not needed to fight at all, so he said: "Do you know when this battle will be fought?"

Zhou Lijin's expression became more solemn: "Judging from what the Dongying army did in Nanjing. He sighed deeply and said, "I'm afraid I have to ......" He didn't say the rest of the words, but the meaning was very clear, I am afraid that this battle will be fought to the end.

Tang Yuqiang couldn't help but ask, "What happened in Nanjing?"

Everyone looked up at Akina Nakamori, and they all lowered their heads, unwilling to tell her in front of her.

Akina Nakamori knew that everyone was worried about their feelings and was reluctant to say it, so she mustered up her courage and said in Chinese, which is not very fluent: "Let's talk about it, I also want to know!"

Zhou Lijin silently took out a British "Times" from his pocket and handed it to Tang Yuqiang.

Tang Guoqiang and Akina Nakamori took the newspaper and unfolded it, and the headline of the newspaper was: "The Japanese Army Massacre in Nanjing, Bloodbathed 40,000 People," with a photo: On the dock of Shimonoseki, the bodies of the victims are piled up.

Zhou Lijin had tears in his eyes and said heavily: "Far more than that, a letter from my family said that more than 40,000 people were buried and shot alive in the collective alone!"

Tang Yanqiang held the newspaper, his eyes were red, and he trembled.

Akina Nakamori's eyes were also red, and she said with a crying voice: "It's too cruel! This is too cruel!" She turned pale and grabbed Tang Yanqiang's wrist tightly, as if she was afraid that he would leave her.

Junya Sato was very satisfied with Akina Nakamori's performance, stood up and shouted "stop", and said excitedly: "Akina, your performance just now is very good, it's amazing! ”

Junya Sato came to the back of the monitor and brought up the footage he had just taken. He looked at it twice and was still satisfied. He asked about the photography and radio, and after making sure that the photography and recording were all right, he looked at Xu Wangqiu and said sincerely: "I repeatedly told Mingcai about the play, analyzed the role for her, and tossed for a long time, and she didn't feel right when she performed." You didn't say a word to her in the past, and she got into the state, and you told the actor that the acting is much better than me. ”

Xu Wangqiu said modestly: "I can't say that, it's just that the acting theory I learned happens to be more applicable to an actor like her." Let me tell the actors who were born in Noh dramas, and let me guide them, and I will definitely not be as good as you. ”

Junya Sato smiled and asked, "What do you think of these shots of Akina?"

Xu Wangqiu nodded slightly and said: "The acting is really good! However, if the film is to be taken to the United States for development, it will be more troublesome if it is remade, so it is better to keep one." After the guarantee, change the camera position and shoot other actors. ”

Junya Sato felt that Xu Wangqiu's words made sense, clapped his hands, and shouted, "Let's have another one!"

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, except for the two shots connected to the outdoors, all the other shots indoors were shot. Xu Wangqiu, Junya Sato, and the crew did not rest, and began to be busy for the evening shooting.

In fact, some of the crew members have been preparing for the evening shooting since the morning. Crews installed a large rocker arm on the street, 6 meters long, that could shoot the parade from mid-air. After completing the indoor shooting, Zhang Yimou and the camera crew immediately began to test the swingarm in preparation for the evening shooting.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, it was already dark, and the extras arrived at the scene one after another. In order to celebrate the occupation of Nanjing, hundreds of thousands of Tokyo people took to the streets with lanterns to celebrate. To truly reproduce history, it is not possible to have fewer extras. In order to shoot this scene well, the producers of Dongying found 1,000 extras.

Toei extras are very expensive, one costs 5,000 yen, and the cost of extras alone is 5 million yen. In addition, the production of lanterns, small sun flags, various banners, banners, and venue fees cost about 10 million yen. Fortunately, at that time, the people of Tokyo who carried lanterns in the parade were basically wearing kimonos, not other costumes, and the crew did not need to prepare costumes, just let the extras wear their own kimonos, otherwise the cost would rise sharply.

After the extras arrived, the assistant director began to arrange for the extras to move, telling them how to act, and repeatedly advised: "Under no circumstances, don't look at the camera, you have to reshoot when you see the camera." ”

At eight o'clock in the evening, the shooting work was ready and the actors were all in place.

This shot is a moving shot, so there's no way to stand behind the camera and look at it. Junya Sato sat behind the monitor, took the walkie-talkie and asked about the situation of each group, then picked up the walkie-talkie and asked out the window: "How is the situation of the extras?"

The assistant director in charge of the extras on the street replied: "Ready." ”

Junya Sato shouted loudly, "Let's start shooting." Boot... Playing the board... Extras go around!"

With the order of Junya Sato, the extras carried lanterns and waved the small sun flag and walked forward slowly, and at the same time, they sang the Toei military song in unison. In the crowd, there were also cheers of "Hurray!

Junya Sato shouted the last command vigorously: "Go!"