Six Type 63 130 mm 19-tube wheeled self-propelled rocket launchers were neatly lined up at the shooting site, and around the rocket launchers, the crew was busy preparing for the next shooting.

The Type 63 130 mm 19 tube wheeled self-propelled rocket launcher was finalized in 1963, and the orientation system consists of 19 seamless steel pipes, which are arranged in two rows according to 10 up and 9 down, and are fixed on a box-shaped truss, and each directional tube is equipped with a spring-type locking bomb blocking device and an electrical conduction device at the back and top;

Since it is a 19-barrel rocket launcher, one round is 19 shells, and if 6 Type 63 rocket launchers fire a salvo, it will hit 114 shells, which can be said to be quite a money-burner. The military budget that Xu Wangqiu and his colleagues reported to the support office was that six rocket launchers would be fired in five rounds, two in the morning and three in the afternoon, for a total of 570 shells.

This morning, the footage of howitzer firing was completed, and in the afternoon footage of rocket artillery salvo was taken. By now two rounds of rocket artillery have been fired, and the next thing to do is the third shot. At this moment, six cameras have been set up, and like howitzers, two cameras are aimed at the opposite hillside to shoot the shells falling on the hillside, and four cameras are aimed at the rocket launchers from different angles and shoot the rocket launchers.

Diagonal compositions are often used for large scenes such as shooting 10,000 cannons and cavalry charges. For example, the bombardment of Jinzhou in "Armageddon", the archery of the Qin army in "Hero", and the cavalry charge in "The Lord of the Rings" are all composed diagonally.

As the name suggests, diagonal composition is to place the subject directly on the diagonal line of the frame. Placing the subject on a diagonal line gives it a sense of three-dimensionality, extension and movement, while diagonal composition enhances the depth of the picture and makes the picture more tense.

In order to capture the momentum of the rocket launch, two of the four cameras were composed diagonally. One of the other two cameras aimed at the barrel of one of the Type 63 rocket launchers, ready to capture the rocket flying out of the barrel. Another camera was set up directly in front of the artillery position, ready to shoot the scene of the rocket launchers flying towards the camera.

Soon all the preparations were done, and the assistant director came over to inform Xu Wangqiu that he could officially shoot.

Xu Wangqiu took the horn and shouted the password: "Turn on! Play the board!"

After the command "start" sounded, the commander of the rocket artillery battalion began to order: "Ready!

Whoosh!

Six Type 63 rocket launchers occurred at the same time, and I saw six fire dragons rushing out of the launcher, dragging a long tail flame, whistling across the night sky, and swooping straight towards the hillside.

The cast and crew outside the filming area watched the fire dragon streak across the sky, and their hearts fluctuated, and there was an indescribable sense of shock. Xu Wangqiu's feelings were the same as everyone's, although this was the third launch of the rocket artillery, he was still shocked. The visual impact brought by the real shooting is really incomparable to the special effects.

Zhang Yimou stood in front of the rocket launcher with the camera on his shoulder, watching the rockets shoot out one after another, and felt a strong sense of oppression; I don't know how shocking such a scene would be when I watched it in the cinema! He remembered what Xu Wangqiu once said: We are not as good as Hollywood in terms of special effects and technology, but we also have our own advantages, and we have a large number of people, so we can mobilize troops to assist in filming. Now he really feels it.

In less than 30 seconds, all 114 shells from the six Type 63 rocket launchers were fired, and the 114 rockets slammed into the opposite hillside like a meteor shower. The entire hillside was instantly covered in fire and smoke, and the forest of shrubs and plantain trees on the hillside was blown to pieces, scattering broken branches and leaves.

Because the crew did not have monitors, and it was a multi-camera shooting, Xu Wangqiu didn't know how the shooting effect was, and he didn't know if the picture was flawed. However, this is already the third one, even if there is a problem, it doesn't matter, he shouts: "Stop! This shot is good! Over!" He looked at the time, the time was less than four o'clock, but today's shooting task has been completed, and he has no intention of adding work, and said loudly: "That's all for today's shooting!

There are no actors in today's play, they just came to watch the excitement. Now when I heard that I was going to finish work, I got on the bus and waited to go back to the city. Crews were busy sorting out the equipment, loading it into trucks, and preparing it for transport back to the city. The camera assistant loaded the film taken today and kept it after returning to the city. After the filming of the war scenes is completed, the filmed films will be sent back to Beiping for processing and printing. After it was washed out, it was sent back to the film export company and asked Wang Lanxi for them to review the sample film. After passing the review, the film is sent back to the crew for rough editing by the editors. After editing, Xu Wangqiu and the crew of "Falcon" can really see how the shooting effect.

After dinner, Xu Wangqiu called the crew and Yuan Heping to the conference room for a meeting. It is the crew's practice to summarize today's shooting and make arrangements for tomorrow's shooting. However, Xu Wangqiu and the others are shooting howitzers and rocket launches today, and there is not much to summarize, mainly to arrange tomorrow's shooting.

In the process of filming action movies in later generations, many action directors were in charge of the scene and were responsible for the shooting of difficult martial arts and action scenes. Some films will be divided into two film crews, A and B, and the director and action director will be responsible for each other, so that the filming of literary drama and martial arts can be carried out at the same time, which shortens the production cycle of the film and reduces the production cost.

Xu Wangqiu also had this plan, and let Yuan Heping shoot the dagger battle between Yan Shuangying and Ruan Xiong. Yuan Heping started as a martial arts instructor, and now he is also a director, "Serpentine Trickster" and "Drunken Fist" are all his works, and it is logical for him to direct martial arts.

Xiangjiang action directors do have a hand in filming martial arts, and their strength lies not only in being able to design good-looking movements, but also in terms of lens processing. The way they handled the camera had a significant impact on the development of action movies in Hollywood and around the world.

Before 2000, fights in American action movies were usually fought by Wang Ba Punch, which was a two-shot method, such as slapping A and punching B in the face, and B was hit and fell. The Hollywood method of filming is that in the first shot, A punches B in the face, and switches at the moment when he is about to hit B in the face. In the second shot, B is hit and falls in pain. Realistic sound effects at the cutting points of both shots at the same time. In this way, the audience does not see the face of A hitting B, but the association that the audience makes through the lens assembly and sound effects is done through the Kulishov effect. Since the late 90s, after being strongly influenced by Xiangjiang action movies, Hollywood action movies have changed greatly.

Compared with Hollywood action movies, there is one more shot when filming a fight, which is three shots. It is also shown that A punches B in the face, and B is hit and falls, which is like this in the filming of the Hong Kong movie, in shot 1, A punches at B, in shot 2, A's fist hits B's face, and in shot 3, B falls down with a fist. Due to the addition of a mid-fist shot, the Xiangjiang action movie has a stronger sense of blow, and it also makes the Xiangjiang action movie have a stronger visual impact.

However, there is also a problem with Xiangjiang action movies, that is, in order to pursue visual effects when dealing with shots, sometimes the logic of the shots will be sacrificed. For ordinary audiences, it doesn't matter, as long as it's cool to watch, but it's a little difficult for moviemakers to accept. This is also why Hu Jinquan's "Chivalrous Girl" can win awards at Cannes, Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" can win the Oscar, Zhang Yimou's "Hero" can win the Silver Bear Award in Berlin, and it is difficult for director Xiangjiang's martial arts films to win international awards.

Xu Wangqiu will definitely not allow this situation to appear in his own movies, and he will definitely not allow his movies to appear illogical shots. He handed over the action scene to Yuan Heping, not that he didn't care about anything. You are a martial arts instructor, you just design the movements and give me a plan for me to choose. As for how to cut the lens, what scenes to use, etc., these are my jobs.

There is a saying in the Chinese film industry that the establishment of martial arts instructors and action directors is China's historical contribution to world cinema. In Xu Wangqiu's view, the establishment of a martial arts instructor is indeed the contribution of Chinese films to world cinema, and the creation of an action director is the most ruthless ridicule of Chinese directors, which is simply saying that Chinese directors are waste. Audio-visual language is the director's meal, and let others do the most basic work of the director, such as slitting shots, so what do you want to do as a director?

Xu Wangqiu said the idea of shooting in groups, and then divided the crew into two groups. Group A is led by him, so naturally there is no need to say anything; Group B is directed by Yuan Heping, and the cinematography is in charge of Zeng Lianping. Xu Wangqiu's requirements for the fight in "Falcon" are handheld photography, and the lens must be dynamic. Zeng Lianping has experience in handheld photography, and it is most appropriate to give him this task.

After the grouping was completed, Xu Wangqiu first made arrangements for the work of Group A tomorrow, asked the people of Group A to leave, and then played the action tape arranged by Yuan Heping. He put the drawn storyboard on the table, pointed to the storyboard, and said, "Don't worry about the gunfight part first, the main thing is to shoot the dagger fighting part." My requirements for this part of the scene are to focus on the close-up and close-up of the whole fight, and not give a large panorama, so that the visual oppression will be stronger. The big panorama must be put to the end, so that it will have an impact. Let's talk about the specific shot, the over-the-shoulder shot, which shoots Ruan Xiong standing up from the ground, and the second shot is also an over-the-shoulder shot, shooting Yan Shuangying standing up from the ground. This is followed by an over-the-shoulder shot, with a middle shot, where Nguyen Hung reaches for the dagger, followed by a close-up of the dagger......"

The fight scene in "Falcon" is not long, expected to be about three minutes, but there are many shots, more than fifty. Xu Wangqiu combined storyboards and videotapes to explain in detail how each shot was cut and how to shoot. Later, Xu Wangqiu began to communicate with Yuan Heping, Zeng Lianping, and the staff of Group B, discussing scene by shot.

The whole discussion became more and more detailed, and by the time it was almost twelve o'clock by the time it was over.

Xu Wangqiu stood up, his body was a little stiff, and said to Yuan Heping with a smile: "We work very hard here, and we will work late every day, are you still used to it?"

Yuan Heping said with a smile: "It's much easier for you to film here than in Xiangjiang." Filming in Xiangjiang often lasts all night, like I have to make several movies a year. ”