After dinner, Xu Wangqiu and Su Bai went to the army station, ready to watch the first batch of samples of "Falcon".

Hu Jian and Tokuma Yasushi brought the first samples of "Falcon" back to Beiping City when they returned to Beiping. After the printing was done at the printing house, the editor made a rough cut according to the storyboard and Xu Wangqiu's requirements, and then the company leaders and Tokuma Yasushi reviewed the samples.

The leaders were very satisfied with the samples of "Falcon" and believed that the unprecedented momentum was enough to rival the Soviet war blockbusters, and Tokuma Yasukuai even quoted a sky-high price of $4 million to buy the rights to "Falcon." Before the movie was finished, the cost had already been recovered, which can be said to be an unprecedented feat in the history of new Chinese films.

After the leader reviewed the samples, the export company immediately sent the samples over. Xu Wangqiu had already seen the sample film last night, and he was generally satisfied with the shooting results, but there were still several flaws in the shots that needed to be reshot. Tonight is mainly for the soldiers who participated in the show, their scenes have been filmed and they are about to leave. Xu Wangqiu hoped that the soldiers would be able to see the results of their efforts before leaving, and know that their hard work was not in vain.

When I came to the troop playground, the scene was already full of people. The soldiers lined up in a phalanx, sitting neatly in front of the screen, one by one, sitting upright, without squinting, like sculptures. The crew of "Falcon" was much more casual, staggering, full of excitement and chattering.

When the crew saw Su Bai, they joked: "Su Bai, you haven't been here these days, Wangqiu doesn't think about tea and dinner all day, and you have no passion for filming." Su Bai blushed, pursed his lips and smiled: "Will he? I don't believe it." ”

When Xu Wangqiu saw Yuan Heping, he walked over and sat down beside him. Yuan Heping is mainly responsible for Yan Shuangying and Ruan Xiong's fight scenes, and now that the fight scenes have been filmed, the sample films have come out, and the whole fight scenes are shot very well, and there is no need to reshoot any shots. In other words, the moment of Yuan Heping's departure is approaching. Xu Wangqiu likes Yuan Heping very much, he has a set of design actions, and he is also very good.

Xu Wangqiu sat and chatted with Yuan Heping for a while, and a light fell on the screen, and the sample began to play.

When everyone sat down in the dark, Xu Sangchu's voice sounded - "Lao Wang, put on the film!"

In the quiet morning, everything is quiet, and the whole world is peaceful. The spacious meadow is full of a variety of flowers, like a colorful flower cloth. At this moment, the roar of the car sounded, and then the cars drove into the meadow one by one, the green grass was crushed, the flowers were crushed, and the grass left deep marks.

The soldiers didn't know what this shot was talking about, but Zhang Yimou did, and he liked it very much. The whole thing goes from static to moving, in one go, the movement of the car breaks the stillness of the picture, and the addition of crushing grass, crushing flowers, and wheel prints is actually implying that the damage of war to the world is huge. As for who started the war that harmed the world, of course, it was the Vietnamese, but the Chinese are peace-loving, and we are fighting back in self-defense.

The cars were parked neatly, and the soldiers pushed the cannons in front of the grass and rehearsed neatly, after which the soldiers quickly loaded the shells and waited quietly for the order to open fire. The small red flag in the hands of the twelve commanders was raised high, and then waved it down vigorously. At the same time, the gunner pulled the howitzer's rope hard. The silence of the whole world was shattered by the loud sound of the exclamation, and the earth trembled like a frightened child. The shock wave generated by the moment the cannon was fired filled the entire artillery position with gunsmoke and dust, and no human figure could be seen at all.

Immediately after that, rocket artillery began to fire. It wasn't quite dawn yet, and it was still a little dark. When the rocket artillery shells are whistling and flying into the air, they are particularly dazzling, like fire dragons flying in the dim sky, and the visual impact is particularly strong; Because in both shots, the cannonballs are flying towards the viewer, and then the viewer flies overhead.

Most of the soldiers present had participated in the war against Vietnam and had seen our army bombarding the Vietnamese army's positions with 10,000 artillery pieces in unison. However, at this moment, they still felt very shocked when they saw the scene of our army's shelling of the Vietnamese army's position on the screen.

Most of the scenes of the subsequent charge of the troops were hand-held photography, and many of them were captured by Zeng Lianping and Zhang Yimou on the scene like war photographers, with a strong sense of realism and substitution, and many soldiers felt as if they were watching a documentary about the war against Vietnam last year.

After the war scene was played, the camera cut to the top of the mountain, and began to put the dagger battle between Yan Shuangying and Ruan Xiong. Many people in the crew know that in order to shoot this scene, Xu Wangqiu specially invited Yuan Heping from Xiangjiang and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars for this. Many people are quite puzzled by this, asking Yuan Heping to make a movie with all the money, is it necessary to spend so much money for a scene? Now that they are finally going to see this scene, they all want to see whether the money is worth it.

On the big screen, the over-the-shoulder camera shot Ruan Xiong stood up from the ground and looked at Yan Shuangying coldly, the same over-the-shoulder shot, but this time the shot was given to Yan Shuangying, who stood up from the ground and looked at Ruan Xiong coldly. This is followed by an over-the-shoulder shot, with a middle shot, where Nguyen Xiong reaches out and pulls out the dagger, followed by a close-up of the dagger. In the medium shot, Ruan Xiong held a dagger in his right hand and quickly rushed towards Yan Shuangying......

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there have been no action movies in the mainland, and although there are fight scenes in war movies and thrillers, they are handled very simply. Because the state believes that bloody violence is a low-grade pleasure and should not be played up. However, as the movement ended, filmmakers began to explore in various ways, and the fight scenes in the film gradually increased. For example, last year's "405 Murder" had scenes where the old police officers fought with the enemy, and this year's "Travelers in Handcuffs" had a lot of fight scenes. However, due to the lack of experience in filming and filming in mainland filmmakers, the gap is very obvious compared with Xiangjiang's action movies.

However, after seeing the fight scene of "Falcon", almost everyone was completely shocked. Because the explosion and excitement of this battle are far beyond their imagination. The appeal created by the documentary-style camera movement, coupled with the visually striking comprehensive use of lenses, makes this fight scene show amazing charm.

Yuan Heping is the martial arts instructor of "Falcon", and all the movements of this dagger fight are designed by him, but the shots of this scene are set by Xu Wangqiu, so the style of this dagger fight is very different from the fighting style of other Xiangjiang movies. The fighting scenes of Xiangjiang Movies pay attention to smooth and beautiful movements, and they are all shot with fixed cameras, and every move and style is very clear. "Falcon" uses handheld photography, the lens is relatively shaky, and the editing speed is particularly fast, and the visual impact is particularly strong.

The editing method of "Falcon" is also very different from that of Xiangjiang action movies, using fast editing and a large number of subjective shots. If Yuan Heping had filmed Ruan Xiong stabbing Yan Shuangying with a dagger in a row, and Yan Shuangying had dodged and snatched it, it might have been completed in one shot. The filming method of "Falcon" is to shoot Ruan Xiong stabbing Yan Shuangying with a knife, and then the camera cuts to Yan Shuangying's perspective, Ruan Xiong stabs the camera with a dagger, and then cuts to Ruan Xiong's perspective, the knife in his hand swings at Yan Shuangying, and Yan Shuangying dodges away. Using subjective shots, when the knife stabs at the camera, the audience feels that the knife is stabbing at themselves, which brings a much stronger sense of presence and tension than other action movies.

What commercial films pursue is actually to bring in a sense of involvement, and "Falcon" does an excellent job of this. When the camera shakes rapidly with the swing of the dagger, it only focuses on the close-up, just like the object that the human eye quickly captures under the line of sight, only one thing can be noticed, and the viewer is truly drawn into the character. When Yan Shuangying was suppressed by Ruan Xiong, the audience felt unprecedented pressure, as if they were suppressed; when Yan Shuangying finally turned defeat into victory and killed Ruan Xiong, the audience was grateful as if they had killed Ruan Xiong, and felt unprecedented satisfaction.

Since the sample is only a little more than ten minutes, it is too short. After one show, the projectionist played it again. When the movie was finished twice, the lights on the scene were turned on, and the crew members all crackled and applauded, and the soldiers applauded when they saw the crew. The whole scene was thunderous with applause, and everyone's eyes flashed with excitement.

"It's a pity that the director didn't arrange a fight scene for me, if only I had arranged such a fight scene. ”

"This war scene is so powerful, it's almost caught up with "Liberation", how many troops have been mobilized in "Liberation", how many troops have we mobilized, it's really amazing!"

"That cruising shot is so powerful, very atmospheric and shocking, especially when the tank explodes, the impact is particularly strong. ”

"I think the shot that simulates the trajectory of the cannonball is very powerful, but that shot is not finished yet, and it needs to be composited by the special effects crew. ”

Just when the staff around him were discussing, Yuan Heping shook his head slightly, he didn't like this style very much, this kind of shooting was very real, and the sense of substitution was also very strong, but it would also affect the audience's viewing experience. The camera is so shaky that it not only makes me dizzy when I watch it, but also weakens the coherence and beauty of the action scenes, and there is no feeling of flowing water. However, Xu Wangqiu is a director, and if Xu Wangqiu wants this style, he can't say much.

Yuan Heping's work has been completed, and he is ready to pack up his baggage and return to Xiangjiang. He likes the atmosphere of the "Falcon" crew very much, and the crew has no other thoughts, all they think about is how to make the movie well, unlike Xiangjiang's calculations. Thinking that he was going to leave soon, he was a little reluctant in his heart, thinking that he hoped that there would be a chance to cooperate in the future, so he turned his head to look at Xu Wangqiu and said, "Director, my task has been completed, and I will be ready to leave tomorrow!"

Xu Wangqiu hurriedly said: "Don't leave tomorrow! At least have a meal with the crew and celebrate well." I don't know when the next collaboration will be, so be sure to celebrate. ”

Back at the guest house, Xu Wangqiu called the director of production and asked him to contact the canteen of the guest house, ask them to make some good food, get some good wine, and practice it for Yuan Heping tomorrow night. Then he called the main creators of the crew together to discuss tomorrow's shooting.

Xu Wangqiu finished his work, and when he returned to the room, Su Bai had already slept. He knew that Su Bai definitely hadn't rested well these days, the front line was not like the rear, there were beds and quilts, and many times a few bricks and a wooden board were the beds.

Xu Wangqiu went to the bathroom to take a shower, turned off the lights, got into the quilt, and gently hugged Su Bai. The warm fragrance of nephrite in his arms made the flames in his heart soar upward, but he knew that Su Bai would not agree, so he could only sigh slightly: "It's really torturous!"

At this moment, Su Bai turned around, hugged Xu Wangqiu's neck, buried his head in his chest, and said in a voice like a gnat: "Wangqiu, do you really want to be with me?" Xu Wangqiu thought to himself that this was not nonsense, and said with a smile: "Did I wake you up?" Su Bai's voice came faintly from the darkness: "If you want that, come on." ”

Su Bai's voice was very soft, but Xu Wangqiu felt the lightning and thunder of the whole world.