After the "start" command sounded, the actors in the restaurant began to perform. The actors who played the international students all raised their glasses: "Wu Jun, I wish you a safe journey!", "Please take care!", "Take care!", ......

Tang Yuqiang and Akina Nakamori didn't speak, they also raised their cups and touched them with Zhou Lijin.

At the same time, Zhang Yimou slowly pulled the camera back, slowly pulling the picture back to the room from the window. The camera has also changed from an empty shot of the procession outside the window to a panoramic shot of Samin and them.

Akina Nakamori put down the cup in her hand, looked at Zhou Lijin with a smile, and asked, "Mr. Wu, why are you in a hurry to return to China?

Junya Sato, who was behind the monitor, nodded in satisfaction, stood up and shouted "stop", then picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted, "Stop! Everyone rest for a while." He clicked on the monitor's replay, stared at the screen twice, and asked, "What do you think?"

Xu Wangqiu groaned: "There is nothing wrong with the lens, it's good." However, I think if the camera is a little faster, when the camera is moved over, it happens to be stuck when Zhou Lijin is raising a glass, which can save six or seven frames, about a quarter of a second, so that the pace will be a little faster, and the effect may be better. ”

Junya Sato thought about it, felt that it made sense, and said with a smile: "Other people's shots are calculated by the second, but you guy is calculated by the frame." It doesn't matter how many seconds or less seconds other directors have, but you can't have a few more frames. ”

Xu Wangqiu smiled and said: "I think a truly excellent work is not that there are no superfluous shots, but that there is no superfluous frame." There is a very famous director named Xie Jin in China, he once said that making a movie is like picking up a handful of water with both hands, and the ten fingers must be brought together tightly and tightly, otherwise this finger leaks a little, that finger leaks a little, and in the end, the water leaks almost completely, and the movie will have no quality. ”

Junya Sato sighed: "I know why your movies are so good, not only do you have super talent that others don't have, but you are more serious and strict than others." Genius is not terrible, but genius, you still work hard, this is terrible, it is desperate!" He picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted: "Prepare for each group, let's have another one!"

Ten minutes later, all the preparations for the shoot were completed and the shooting resumed. This time the shooting is still not over, Zhang Yimou moved the camera a little faster, and he had to reshoot. This shot took a total of five shots, and it always passed.

The next thing to shoot is that after Wu Ming handed over the "Times" to Amin, the procession went outside the restaurant, and the singing and cheers reached the restaurant, and Wu Ming heard the shot of the window coming later, which was also the last shot to be taken today.

Half an hour later, the teams were in place and the shooting began.

Akina Nakamori looked at the photos of the massacre in The Times, her eyes were red, and she said with tears: "It's too cruel! This is too cruel!" She turned pale, her body trembled slightly, and she grabbed Tang Yuqiang's wrist tightly.

The Chinese students present all bowed their heads and were silent, and the air was filled with a solemn atmosphere.

At this moment, the singing of lantern parades suddenly came from outside the window. Zhou Lijin stood up silently, walked to the window, and stared out the window at the Dongying people celebrating the victory, tears and firelight flashing in his eyes.

Junya Sato's eyes were glued to the monitor, and he picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted, "Shout slogans!"

The assistant director in charge of the extras downstairs took the lead in shouting: "Hooray!

At the same time, the entire procession shouted: "Hooray!

The huge shouts pierced the hearts of the international students present, Zhang Tielin and the others all stood up, walked to the window, and looked out of the window with hateful eyes. Tang Yuqiang and Akina Nakamori didn't move, sitting in place, bowing their heads slightly, their expressions were very solemn.

This scene is over here, and the scene of the international students singing "March of the Volunteers" has been filmed in the afternoon. Junya Sato stood up and was about to shout "stop", when Xu Wangqiu next to him pulled him and signaled him not to shout "stop" and let them continue to perform. Junya Sato didn't know what was going on, but he felt that Xu Wangqiu must have a reason for not letting him shout "stop", so he sat down again.

The assistant director downstairs didn't hear the command to shout "stop", so he could only continue to perform with the extras. The same is true for Zhou Lijin in the room, but fortunately, in the afternoon, they have already acted in the following content, which can be said to be very familiar.

With tears in his eyes, Zhou Lijin sang in a deep voice: "Arise, you who do not want to be slaves! Build our flesh and blood into our new Great Wall......

Zhang Tielin and Zhang Liwei both sang in a low voice: "The Chinese nation has reached the most dangerous time, and everyone is forced to let out the last roar, get up, get up, get up, get up, ......."

Xu Wangqiu and the Chinese staff of the crew all had tears in their eyes and sang silently in their hearts: "We are united as one, braving the enemy's artillery fire, advancing! Braving the enemy's artillery fire, advancing! Advancing ......."

It wasn't until they put the "March of the Volunteers" that Junya Sato called out to stop and let everyone rest for a while. Junya Sato looked at Xu Wangqiu puzzled and asked, "Why do you want them to finish this scene?"

Xu Wangqiu exhaled heavily, turned up the screen of the monitor, pointed to Zhou Lijin's face and said, "You look at their eyes, and your expressions are much more vivid than the performance in the afternoon." After all, there are no extras in the afternoon, and there is a lack of immersion. Now the extras outside are marching with lanterns and shouting slogans, and this impact on them is very great. The state they are presenting now is not acted, but really stimulated. ”

Junya Sato stared at the monitor and looked carefully, Zhou Lijin and they were all with tears in their eyes, and there was an angry fire flashing in them, this state was really difficult to play, and nodded slightly: "They were really stimulated by the parade outside, and I could feel the strong emotions erupting from their bodies." However, the shots of singing "March of the Volunteers" must be shot head-on, so that the shots of the people of Tokyo singing military songs and lanterns parade and the shots of Chinese students singing will be superimposed, so that there will be that sense of contrast and collision. ”

"A Game of Chess That Didn't End" in the previous life is a relatively neat movie, with high overall quality, but the audiovisual language is relatively average. Only the audio-visual language of the scene where Kuang Amin meets the Chinese students who are preparing to return to China to participate in the war in the restaurant is eye-catching, and the indoor Chinese students and the people of Tokyo marching in the indoor lantern parade are combined through a cross-montage, giving a strong impact. Especially at the end of this scene, the scene of the Chinese students singing the "March of the Volunteers" and the scene of the lantern parade of the people of Tokyo are superimposed, the procession of the people of Tokyo is like a river, and the Chinese students stand in a row, like a city wall, which is especially in line with the sentence in the lyrics "Build our flesh and blood into our new Great Wall", and the whole shot has a strong symbolic meaning.

However, there is also a problem that this lens is not good enough, that is, the camera is a frontal lantern procession, and the procession is from the top of the lens to the bottom, while the Chinese students are in a row facing the camera, and the two teams do not collide face to face.

When Xu Wangqiu filmed this time, he paid attention to this problem. Chinese students are still in front of the camera in a row, like the walls of the Great Wall. The lantern procession is shot from behind, and in the shot, the procession is from the bottom of the frame and goes up. After the two shots are superimposed, the top of the picture is a Chinese student singing "Build our flesh and blood into our new Great Wall", while at the bottom of the picture is a Dongying person holding a lamp and singing the Dongying military song, pushing towards the top of the picture. It seems that the two forces really collide together, and the tragic sense of "building our flesh and blood into our new Great Wall" has been interpreted at the highest level.

In addition, the whole shot has another meaning, the Dongying procession is like a river, under normal circumstances, the water flows to a low place, it should be from the top to the bottom, but in this shot, the Dongying procession is from the bottom to the top, which is called countercurrent. In fact, it is implying that the support of the people of Tokyo for the invasion of China is against the current and the trend of history.

Because of this, several Chinese students have to stand in a row, and they have to shoot from the front, not from the side.

Xu Wangqiu also knew this, explaining: "These shots taken from the side can't be used, and the shots of singing "March of the Volunteers" must be shot from the front. I didn't let the shouting stop just now because I wanted to protect their emotions, let them immerse themselves in that atmosphere, and experience the feelings of a few international students. I suggest that after this scene is filmed, all the parts that sing "March of the Volunteers" are reshot. ”

Junya Sato felt that Zhou Lijin was in a much better state now, and nodded: "I agree, let's finish this scene first, and then we will reshoot the part that sings "March of the Volunteers" later." ”

Junya Sato asked about the recording and photography, and then asked, and there was no problem with the situation of the three cameras downstairs. However, for the sake of insurance, Junya Sato still decided to take one of the insurance and reshot this scene.

After Bao's filming was completed, the crew began to move the table, preparing to shoot several scenes of the international students singing "March of the Volunteers".

If Zhou Lijin and they stand in front of the window, they can't shoot, they have to step back a distance, so Zhang Yimou can stand in front of the window to shoot them, so the tables and chairs in the room must be moved to make room for Zhou Lijin and them.

Facts have proved that Xu Wangqiu was right, after seeing the lantern march in celebration of the occupation of Nanjing, and hearing their celebratory voices, Zhou Lijin and them had a deeper understanding of the anger and stinging in the hearts of several international students. They perfectly presented the pain and grief in the hearts of the international students.

I didn't shoot until 10 o'clock in the evening, and today's shooting task was completely completed.

After finishing work, the main creators and actors of the crew breathed a long sigh of relief, silently packed their things, and boarded the bus back to the hotel. No one spoke in the carriage, everyone was silent, and there was a solemn atmosphere in the whole carriage. Xu Wangqiu sat by the window, looking at the brightly lit night scene of Tokyo outside, thinking about the past and future of China and Japan.

Junya Sato couldn't stand the heavy atmosphere in the car, lit a cigarette, exhaled deeply, turned to Xu Wangqiu and said: "This kind of content has almost never been filmed by Director Dongying before, and it is really a proud thing that we can shoot these contents." ”

Xu Wangqiu knew that the Sino-Japanese honeymoon period would not last too long, and it would be difficult to make such a movie in the future, so he exhaled lightly and said: "It is precisely because the subject matter and content are very rare, so we must do our best to make this movie well." ”