Today is the fourth time to shoot the helicopter falling and rolling, and the crew is already familiar with the road, knows what to do, and concentrates on their work. The photographer was busy debugging the ropeway camera system, the gaffer was concentrating on the lighting, the pyrotechnic team was busy setting up the bombs, and everyone was busy with their own work in an orderly manner.

In the middle of the set was a blue crane parked in the middle of the set, and the role of the crane in today's scene was crucial. The helicopter model falls from the sky and rolls towards the camera, which must be achieved by means of a crane.

That's how it is shot now, and it will be like this forty years from now. The scene of the helicopter falling in the movie "Wolf Warrior 2" was achieved by a crane pulling the model aircraft, but the computer special effects in "Wolf Warrior 2" were already very mature, and it was relatively easy to shoot, not as complicated as it is now.

The crane on the site was originally yellow, but for the convenience of later cutouts, it was painted blue, even the boom and steel cable of the crane were painted blue, and even Master Wang, who operated the crane, wore blue clothes. The crane was borrowed from Shougang, and they originally did not agree with the "Falcon" crew to paint the crane blue, and the crew spent a lot of effort to convince them.

Xu Wangqiu walked up to Master Wang affectionately, greeted him, and said with a smile: "Master Wang, I'll leave it to you in a while! If this shot passes smoothly, our film will be completely finished. ”

Master Wang is over 50 years old and has been driving cranes in Shougang for more than 10 years and has rich experience. In order to film this scene well, the crew specially invited him from Shougang and asked him to operate the crane to realize the helicopter falling and rolling. Master Wang is very confident in his craft: "Don't worry, I'll leave this matter to me!"

Xu Wangqiu chatted with Master Wang for a few words, then turned around and walked to the helicopter model in front of the crane. At this time, Yu Ze was taking the pyrotechnic team to load props and explosives into the helicopter cabin.

It seems very simple to say that the model of a helicopter is very simple, and it is enough to put explosives in it, but in fact this is not the case, and there is a lot of attention to how much explosives are loaded and where they are installed. Especially Xu Wangqiu's shot, the helicopter model has to roll towards the screen after the explosion, and the gunpowder is too much, which may blow the model directly into pieces, so this shot cannot be completed. According to Xu Wangqiu's requirements, the propeller of the helicopter must not be blown up, and the propeller must rotate when the helicopter model rolls towards the screen. If the explosives are installed in the wrong place and the propeller is damaged, then the shot will not achieve the desired effect.

Xu Wangqiu stood up next to the helicopter model and looked at it for a few seconds, and asked, "Old Yu, how is the situation?"

Yu Ze said confidently: "Don't worry, it's definitely no problem." ”

Xu Wangqiu said a few words, returned to the back of the monitor of the cableway photography system, and discussed the shooting problem with Liu Lin and them.

After returning to Peking from the crew of "Falcon" and starting to shoot in the studio of Beijing Film Studio, Liu Lin and Wu Zhiliu became supernumerary members of the crew and stayed with the crew all day long.

Xu Wangqiu originally hoped that the students of Nortel's directing department, as well as the photography and art departments, would come and learn about the new technology and the process of the film industry, which would definitely be beneficial to everyone's future development. But except for Liu Lin and a few others who are interested in commercial films, Zhang Jianya and a few other people who are interested in commercial films, everyone else refused without hesitation, they said, we are engaged in film art, so we don't want to learn Hollywood commercial films, Hollywood movies are cultural garbage.

Not only Nortel, but also the atmosphere of the domestic film circle, and now the film industry has an absolute advantage in learning from Europe and learning from the New Wave. Anti-story, anti-dramatization, has become mainstream. A few film theorists such as Liberty Zhong Xinfei and Shao Mujun are emphasizing that films should pay attention to the audience and learn from Hollywood. Xu Wangqiu's "Hoe Rape" was definitely the best domestic film last year, but when the Hundred Flowers Award was awarded, there was no award, which is a typical example of discrimination against commercial films in the film industry. What if your movie has a high box office, and what if it is popular with the audience, it just won't give you an award.

This year, Zhang Huaxun, director of Beijing Film Studio, filmed a kung fu film "The Mysterious Buddha", and after two internal screenings, the film was besieged by critics, what "artistic style is not high", what "full of vulgar gimmicks and crappy images", what "simply pursues box office value", what "makes bloody sensory stimulation", what "the fall of the trick" and so on. Under the pressure of this public opinion, China Film Company interrupted the copy that was being printed, and even rumored to ban the release of "The Mysterious Buddha".

Commercial films are like a flood beast in the eyes of these people, and they can't wait to get rid of them quickly. They basically have two attitudes towards commercial films, either ignoring them or besieging them. As a director, if you make commercial films, then you are inferior, in this case, it is not surprising that Nortel students regard commercial films as a plague and avoid them.

Xu Wangqiu was very helpless about this, if he faced any critic alone, he would have the confidence to press the other party to the ground and rub it, but now he is facing the critics, many experts and scholars, and even the entire elite. There are now dozens of film magazines in China, and each issue has a large number of review articles, and most of these articles tout the New Wave and New Realism. Xu Wangqiu is a traverser, not an immortal, and it is impossible to reverse the discrimination of the entire elite class against commercial films by himself.

knew that what these people did would push Chinese films into the abyss, but he didn't have a good way to stop them, Xu Wangqiu felt particularly powerless. He is glad that now that there is a film export company, he can absorb directors from Xiangjiang to make commercial films, and more importantly, Liu Lin and Wu Zhiliu, under their influence, have an in-depth understanding of commercial films and art films, and know that business and art are not opposites. With their ability and talent, they can definitely make the most top-notch commercial films.

An hour later, the lights were set up.

The assistant director came over and told Xu Wangqiu that all the teams were ready and ready to start filming.

Xu Wangqiu picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted: "Now start clearing the scene, the fireworks team is ready, and the other groups are ready to shoot!"

Except for the pyrotechnician who was doing the final checks, the rest of the crew retreated to a safe distance to prepare for the final shoot. Ten minutes later, Zhang Ran got a message from William that the preparations for the explosion had been confirmed.

Zhang Ran took the walkie-talkie and began to order: "The helicopter starts, and the pyrotechnic team is ready to ignite!"

The special effects team stepped forward quickly, activated the motor switch in the helicopter model, and the propeller suddenly whirred. Immediately afterwards, two pyrotechnicians from the pyrotechnic team stepped forward with torches and set the helicopter's cabin and casing on fire.

Xu Wangqiu saw that the helicopter was on fire, and shouted at the walkie-talkie, "Master Wang, you can lift it." ”

Master Wang, who was sitting in the cockpit waiting for the order, gently pulled the joystick, and the model plane slowly fell up, hoisted to a position of more than three meters and stopped, waiting for Xu Wangqiu's next password.

Xu Wangqiu immediately shouted: "The camera is on!"

Zeng Lianping turned on the camera and adjusted the shutter speed of the camera to ten times.

Many movies shoot similar shots with high-speed cameras, because the helicopter falls, or explodes, and the whole process is very short, and the audience probably doesn't see what is going on, and the camera flashes over. Therefore, when shooting this kind of shot, it is common to use a high-speed camera to shoot the whole process through slow motion.

After the camera rose into the air, Xu Wangqiu shouted, "Go!"

After this "start" sounded, Yu Ze immediately pressed the detonation switch, and the smoke bomb installed in the heliport exploded, and the helicopter suddenly emitted billowing smoke, as if the helicopter had been hit by a rocket.

Immediately afterwards, Master Wang pulled the joystick, and the crane adjusting arm was instantly loosened. The model helicopter fell from mid-air and landed on the ground with a dull thud in the blink of an eye. The propeller blades hit the ground and broke two pieces on the spot, while the remaining blades were still spinning tenaciously.

At the moment when the helicopter landed, Yu Ze pressed the detonator again. The explosion simulated the explosion of a helicopter fuel tank using a petrol bomb. Hearing only the sound of "boom", an orange-red flame suddenly burst out of the heliport, like an orange-red monster, engulfing the helicopter model in an instant

At the same time as the helicopter model fell to the ground, Master Wang pulled the steering stick, and the crane truck boom shook suddenly, and the helicopter model rolled towards the camera with billowing flames. The two remaining propellers whistled and swept towards the screen, as if to crush everything in front of the screen.

Xu Wangqiu behind the monitor looked very calm, after all, after all, after experiencing the baptism of 3D and various blockbusters in later generations, he was not too excited to see this monitor. Liu Lin's reaction was much stronger, and their bodies involuntarily leaned back, as if the helicopter model was rolling towards them, and the propeller would really crush them.

The camera hangs almost a meter higher than the model helicopter, so the model helicopter naturally doesn't smash the camera to pieces, roll under the camera, and disappear into the lens.

Xu Wangqiu was very satisfied with this scene, got up and shouted: "You can stop!

The three firefighters on standby quickly pulled out the bolt of the fire extinguisher, rushed to it, and sprayed the fire extinguisher at the still burning helicopter model. With a pop, clumps of white dry powder gushed out, and the fire was quickly extinguished.

Xu Wangqiu turned up the monitor screen and looked at it carefully, imagining the effect of slow motion in his mind, the whole shot was perfect, it was the effect he wanted. He stood up, held a loudspeaker and said loudly: "Comrades, now I announce that after nearly five months of arduous shooting, "Falcon" has officially been completed! Thank you for your cooperation in the past few months, and thank you for your hard work and dedication! Thank you!"

The crew members all laughed when they heard this, applauding and whistling. Tang Guoqiang coaxed beside him: "Director, Yuan Heping and Bao Qijing had a finale banquet when the scene was finished, but there was no finale banquet when we were finished." We've been waiting for you to have a treat, and today the movie is finally finished, shouldn't you treat us to a good meal?"

Hearing this, the others coaxed: "Yes, yes, we are all waiting for the finale banquet!", "Quanjude is good, let's go to Quanjude to eat!", "I want to go to Donglaishun!"

Xu Wangqiu pressed down with his left hand, signaled everyone to be quiet, and said with a smile: "There must be a finale banquet." But don't be happy too early, what is this shot, whether it can really pass, it's still unclear, and there is still the possibility of reshooting. After today's finale banquet, everyone will go back and have a good rest for two days, don't run around, and don't find anyone when you make up the shot. ”