Chapter 1628: The Last Set of Shots (Part II)
When Li Mu saw the old man Sun Xiaozhong again, his physical condition was much better than when he first saw him in the 100,000 mountains.
The old man, who was originally rickety, thin and old, was in the dry rest house with his old comrades-in-arms during this time, and his diet and daily life were taken care of by a professional health care doctor, and his body was almost rejuvenated again.
When the Toyota Coaster of the military region's cadre rest house stopped at the gate of the martyrs' cemetery, the old man Sun Xiaozhong did not even use crutches and any auxiliary tools, and walked out of the car easily.
Seeing Li Mu, the old man Sun Xiaozhong was very happy, and as soon as he got out of the car, he went straight to Li Mu, and when Li Mu saw this, he hurriedly greeted him, shook hands with the old man, and asked with concern: "Grandpa Sun, how are you doing lately?"
"Very good, very good! Thank you for your concern!" Old man Sun Xiaozhong held Li Mu's hand and nodded repeatedly.
When Li Mu and a group of reporters and soldiers appeared in front of the old man, the old man never thought that this young man would bring such earth-shaking changes to his life.
After leaving the mountain, while recuperating in the dry rest house, he took this opportunity to make up for the new things he had missed in the mountains for so many years, and gradually, he knew Li Mu's true identity, Li Mu's work and achievements, and he also admired the young Li Mu a little more.
The old man Han Zili also walked out with the support of his children and grandchildren, and when he saw Li Mu, he was also very cordial.
In fact, in the eyes of these old Flying Tiger members, Li Mu has a very high importance, and they all feel that if there is no Li Mu, I am afraid that the heroic deeds of the Flying Tigers back then, I don't know how long it will take to be discovered by future generations, maybe when future generations really remember this history, these old people have already been buried in the ground.
Moreover, if it weren't for Li Mu promoting the Veterans Immortality Foundation, the lives of these old Flying Tiger members would not have changed as much as they do now, and more importantly, many old comrades-in-arms who they had never seen again in their lives were reunited because of Li Mu's efforts.
Just when Li Mu was chatting with the two old men, Spielberg also greeted him and took the initiative to say hello to Sun Xiaozhong and Han Zili in a non-standard Chinese pronunciation.
The two old men also greeted him very warmly, and even chatted with him in English.
After all, those who could be selected to enter the Central Aviation School and enter the Flying Tigers were all elite talents at that time, and the Flying Tigers were almost all Americans from Chennault to various instructors, logistics, and maintenance, and the teaching and teaching materials were basically in English, so the English of these old people was still very good, and normal communication, reading and writing were not a problem at all.
Li Mu asked Spielberg in surprise: "How did you meet the two old gentlemen?"
Spielberg smiled: "During the filming break, we went to the dry rest house several times and asked these old gentlemen about some details of the year, including their daily training process, combat process, and some details of life, and even the tactics formulated by General Chennault in the Flying Tigers back then, which were all restored according to the information provided to us by the old gentlemen, so in our movie, the restoration degree of real combat history can almost reach more than 95%. ”
Saying that, Spielberg said: "Including the airstrip we used for filming, it is also restored according to the descriptions of the old gentlemen. ”
Li Mu nodded, and said to the two old men with a smile: "Mr. Sun, Mr. Han, thank you for your help to the crew. ”
The old man Sun Xiaozhong hurriedly said: "These are what we should do, you have invested so much money to shoot our history, even if we contribute this old bone, it is incumbent on us." ”
Li Mu couldn't help but sigh that for veterans, what they really care about is not necessarily the improvement of the quality of life, but people's memory of that period of history.
The revolutionary ancestors threw their heads and shed their blood for the nation and the country, not for the sake of how much subsidies they could get every month when they were old, but to save the nation and the country from danger, and they were the founders of peace, and their only requirement in the era of peace was not to forget the war, not to forget the martyrs who fought bloodily in the war, and not to forget the lessons that the war taught people.
Although Li Mu is not a belligerent, he has always been in awe of the war back then, so he is also in awe of these veterans of the older generation.
After the two old men arrived, the Flying Tigers team members specially invited from the United States also rushed to the scene from the hotel in Spring City one after another, and Spielberg began to devote himself to the final preparations for the filming, communicating with the photographer what kind of camera position, perspective and lens language should be used in the scene of the cemetery.
Leonardo, Du Wei and Anne Hathaway have also finished their makeup and walked out of the tent, at first glance when they saw the three people with gray hair and wrinkled faces, Li Mu was speechless, I really didn't expect that the ability of Hollywood stylists is so magical, several young people in their youth were treated by them into three gray-haired and dying old men, and there was no sense of disobedience.
What's more, these three people not only have no sense of disobedience when they are old, but also their facial features are also very well preserved.
Ning Hao whispered beside Li Mu and said: "Mr. Li, several special makeup artists in the tent are all invited from Hollywood, and the average cost of the three of them is 15,000 US dollars per person for elderly makeup, not counting the cost of air tickets and accommodation for them to come. ”
At this time, 15,000 US dollars is almost 130,000 yuan when converted into RMB, which is equivalent to the three of them, each of whom has a car glued to their faces.
Li Mu was also surprised, and blurted out, "Why is this kind of makeup so expensive?"
Ning Hao said: "This is the normal price in Hollywood, and the special type is most afraid of excellence, if you want to fool around, it will be very cheap, but if you can't find fault with what you want to shoot, the money in it can go to the sea, so this Hollywood movie does burn money, a few seconds of shot, the back burns may be tens of millions of dollars." ”
Li Mu nodded approvingly, any service to the top level will become sky-high, a penny is a penny, and he knows the truth very well that a dollar is worth two cents.
When Du Wei saw Li Mu, she was still trotting happily all the way, and came directly to Li Mu, and called Brother Li Mu crisply.
Her voice is still young, but her face is extremely "old", which makes Li Mu feel a little confused, and she can't help but sigh in her heart, the film industry is really interesting, just this kind of makeup technology is a very sophisticated knowledge.
Anne Hathaway also walked in front of Li Mu at this time, but the whole person looked a little twisted, waved her hand at Li Mu, and said very unconfidently: "Hi, Mr. Li......"
Anne Hathaway knows that she looks very old now, as a girl who loves beauty, she doesn't want to show such an old side in front of the man she likes, but she can't do anything, after all, this is a filming requirement.
Li Mu smiled at her and praised: "Annie, I didn't expect your elderly makeup to be so temperamental, even if you are old in the future, you will be a beautiful and generous old lady." ”
"Yes......" Anne Hathaway glanced at Li Mu obviously a little shyly, and said, "I looked in the mirror just now, and I feel like I have become an eighty-year-old overnight......"
Li Mu said with a smile: "If you can look like this at the age of eighty, you are definitely one of the best beauties." ”
Anne Hathaway's 'wrinkled' face was slightly flushed.
At this time, the executive director said with a megaphone: "Attention all departments, the first set of shots of the 128th scene of "Flying Tigers" will be filmed for the first time immediately, please take place the actors." ”
As soon as the words fell, Du Wei and Anne Hathaway waved to Li Mu and walked to the filming location not far away.
Special group performances such as Sun Xiaozhong, Han Zili and members of the American Flying Tigers have also been put in place, and the main camera is located behind the tombstone where Liu Ye plays the role, and the rocker arm is used to shoot from a 45-degree angle above.
As soon as the shooting started, Anne Hathaway quickly entered the role, holding a bouquet of flowers in her hand, and walked to the tombstone step by step with a sad expression, Leonardo and Du Wei held each other, following behind Anne Hathaway, and the other "group performances" were distributed in front of several other tombstones.
The three of them came to stand in front of the tombstone, Anne Hathaway leaned down and placed the bouquet of flowers in front of the tombstone, and the first set of shots ended, over and over again;
Immediately afterwards, in the second set of shots, the camera position of the side shot started from Anne Hathaway's right 90 degrees, with her as the center of the circle, slowly rotating clockwise behind her, and when she came to the back of her side, Anne Hathaway took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped the black and white photo of Liu Ye on the tombstone.
At this time, the camera gradually rises upwards, from top to bottom, and the camera sees more information on the tombstone through displacement, with the names of Liu Ye's characters in the play, as well as the date, month and day of his birth and death.
The second set of shots is also repeated.
In the third set of shots, Anne Hathaway trembled and cautiously pulled out a yellowed black and white photo from her personal pocket.
The camera focuses on the photo, which is exactly the same as the photo of Liu Ye on the tombstone.
The third set of shots is still over and over again.
In the fourth set of shots, before the start-up, Spielberg said to Anne Hathaway: "Anne, the most important thing in this set of shots is to brew your emotions well, tears must be natural, and the timing must be just right." ”
Anne Hathaway nodded lightly and took a few deep breaths to brew her emotions.
Spielberg said, "Tell me when you're ready." ”
Anne Hathaway took another deep breath and made an OK gesture to Spielberg.
Subsequently, the fourth set of lenses was turned on.
Anne Hathaway's wrinkled eyes first looked at the photo in her hand affectionately, and then turned her eyes to Liu Ye's young and handsome face on the tombstone with sadness.
The two lines of tears slowly slipped down her wrinkled face......
Spielberg excitedly shouted, "Great!