readx;? A vacant lot on the east side of Nanhu Park has been fenced off, and construction is in full swing inside. This is the most important location for www.biquge.info the Tangshan earthquake, and it is a carefully built shooting base for the movie.

How to restore the life scene in the 70s of the last century is a major problem faced by Zhang Ran, in order to find this scene, the art department ran for more than a month, consulted a lot of information, and finally decided.

In order to truly reproduce the style of Tangshan at that time, the crew built a real scene of the area where the protagonist's home was located according to 1 to 1. Nearly 10 million yuan was invested in Tangshan, and more than 10 buildings and many bungalows were built on both sides of the three or four hundred meters long street.

Of course, it is impossible to build a real building, the cost is too high, and the construction period is too long, so the construction is a half-set, half-real building, and the building is neither poured nor laid. From the outside, it looks like a real building, but when you walk in, you will find that there are only four walls, and there are no floors or rooms inside.

Although it cost nearly 10 million to build these scenes, this part of the scene was only filmed for four to five days, and then all the buildings would be torn down to shoot the scene after the earthquake.

At this time, the two cars stopped at the entrance of the base, the doors opened, and Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu stepped out of the cars;

Huo Tingxiao, the art director who was waiting at the entrance, stepped forward, said hello to Zhang Ran and the others, and then handed them the three yellow hard hats he was carrying. The construction of the base has not yet been completed, and a helmet must be worn to enter the base.

Zhang Ran and the others put on their hard hats and entered the base under the leadership of Huo Tingxiao.

Walking into the shooting base, Zhang Jingchu felt very shocked, there was everything in it, and the sense of age was particularly strong, what a red flag compound, what a grocery store. She had a feeling in her heart, this scene is really amazing, it used to be like this!

Zhang Ran also has a feeling of traveling through time and space, the sentry box, traffic lights, commissary, street lamps, cinemas, hospitals, supply and marketing cooperatives, and the restoration of the art group of the ancient traffic post have done a good job. Zhang Ran believes that when the actor walks into this area, he will be brought in all of a sudden, and he doesn't have to experience it at all, all the feelings are created.

Zhang Jingchu said with some emotion: "It's like going back to when I was a child, I really miss it!"

Zhang Ran stared at Zhang Jingchu's face, looked left and right, and said with a smile: "Have you changed your age?"

Zhang Jingchu didn't react: "What?"

Zhang Ran said: "You said you were born in the 80s, but this is the scene of the 70s, how can you think that you are back when you were a child, you must have changed your age, you must have been born in the 70s." Zhang Ran said: "Comrade Jingchu, I'm going to criticize you, obviously you are a post-70s generation like me, why do you want to pretend to be a post-80s?

Zhang Jingchu smiled and gave Zhang Ran a punch: "I hate it, you are the old cucumber who pretends to be tender!"

Zhang Ran laughed, looked up at several buildings that were still under repair, and asked, "How is the progress of the project?"

Huo Tingxiao introduced: "The bungalows have been built, and they have been old, and the slogans have been painted, and now the main thing is the building where the hero and heroine live, and the two buildings next to it have not been completed." The whole project will take about a month, and it should be completed by the end of March!"

Zhang Ran nodded: "It's faster than I expected, I thought it would be completed in May or June!"

Zhang Ran is not worried about the building, with Huo Tingxiao staring here, there must be no problem. Judging from the bungalows in front of me that have completed the set, the effect is very good, and the sense of age is very sufficient. There are a lot of shots of the protagonist's house, and he wants to know how it goes, so he says, "Take us to see the protagonist's house!"

According to the setting of the movie, the protagonist's family, the male owner is a rolling mill driver, the female hostess is a female worker in Huaxin Textile Factory, the mother is still alive, and there is a younger sister in high school, and two other children. The protagonist's house is a three-story Soviet-style building, typical of the fifties and sixties, and now the house is still under construction, with iron shelves, and a group of workers are busy.

This building is different from other half-set buildings, there are floors and rooms, because the protagonist's family lives in this building, and the shots of going up and down the stairs, and the shots of entering and exiting the building must be taken in real time, so the construction of this building is slower than that of other buildings.

Zhang Ran stood in front of the building and looked at the building, and then looked at the busy green workers, and advised: "This building can be slowed down, it doesn't matter if you spend more money, the key is to ensure the quality, some scenes must be filmed in the building, machines and people will enter the building, if it collapses by then, we can't afford to take this responsibility." I have no other requirements for this building, just one thing, safety first!"

Huo Tingxiao nodded and said: "Don't worry, our art team has been working in the building for the longest time, and we will definitely not joke with our lives." ”

Lu Lin also said: "The quality of the building is also being watched by the city, and there are relevant experts to check it, although the foundation is not laid, but the building is poured, and there is an absolute guarantee for safety." ”

Since they were all so sure, Zhang Ran didn't need to say more, looked at Huo Tingxiao, and asked, "How are the other aspects, how are the props prepared?"

Huo Tingxiao couldn't help but sigh when he heard the props: "I was about to tell you this, the props are a bit troublesome, the props in the 70s are not easy to find, and we need a large number of props, such as flying pigeons and permanent bicycles, and now we have only found a few, but we need hundreds; enamel tea trays, enamel cups, Chairman Mao's quotations, old propaganda posters, etc., each needs dozens of pieces; in addition, we also need a variety of vehicles from the 70s, including Yellow River trucks, Volga sprinkler trucks, fire trucks, Motorcycles and so on, we contacted several film studios, some props can't be found, some are not enough, and now I have a headache about it!"

Zhang Ran asked, "Can't you make the props yourself?"

Huo Tingxiao said helplessly: "There are too many things, we have made a statistic and listed thousands of various props, there are hundreds of thousands of pieces, the amount is too large, and the time and cost are problems when we do it!"

Zhang Ran remembered that Feng Xiaogang also encountered trouble with the props when filming "Tangshan Earthquake", and finally asked the national audience for help through the media to solve it, so he said: "In this way, we will hold a press conference for the launch of the project at the beginning of next month, and when the time comes, I will ask the national audience for help through the media, and I believe that there must be people in the audience who keep the old objects of the year, so that everyone can donate them or lend them to the crew." ”

Huo Tingxiao slapped his thigh: "This method is good, many elderly people have the habit of keeping old things, so that the problem of props is solved." Director, you still have a way!"

According to the plot design of the movie, the day before the earthquake, the heroine returned to her mother's house in Fengrun County with her daughter because her mother was sick. The area where the heroine's mother's house is located is also an important scene for the filming, and Huo Tingxiao and they set up the corresponding setting at the other end of the filming base.

The heroine's mother's house is an old-fashioned building built of blue bricks, exuding a nostalgic atmosphere, with a huge portrait of Chairman Mao painted on the wall, and slogans from the last century, such as "serving the people" and "grasping revolution and promoting production".

"How is it, are you satisfied?" Huo Tingxiao looked at Zhang Ran and asked.

"Satisfied, so satisfied!" Zhang Ran said with a smile, "But I'm not satisfied, when the scenery in the house is finished, invite the local old people to come and see, if they say that it was like this, then it's no problem, if it's different, you have to start again." ”

"This affirmation," Huo Tingxiao agrees with this very much, "My requirement for our props team is that each prop must be dated and stand up to inspection." ”

"Thank you for your hard work!" Zhang Ran said with a smile. The reason why he asked Huo Tingxiao to be in charge of location construction and props and tools was precisely because Huo Tingxiao was meticulous and responsible enough. This movie can't be as casual as other movies, and if something goes wrong, it will be scolded by the audience.

At this moment, Lu Lin's phone rang, he picked up the mobile phone and looked at it, answered the phone very respectfully, said yes a few times in a row, and then hung up the phone, and then said to Zhang Ran very politely: "Director Zhang, Secretary Zhao invites you to come over." ”

Zhang Ran knew that the city attached great importance to movies, and listening to Liu Heng, Zhao Guoqiang, the secretary of several scripts he wrote, had personally read them, and would make some suggestions every time, and now he said that he must have asked about the film-related work in the past, so he said: "Okay, let's go over!"

Coming out of the film and television base, Zhang Ran and the others took a car to the city government, and under the leadership of Lu Lin, they went to the office of the secretary of the municipal party committee.

The secretary didn't dare to delay, so he went in to inform Zhao Guoqiang as soon as possible, and after waiting for about five minutes, someone walked out of Zhao Guoqiang's office, and then the secretary led Zhang Ran in.

"Zhang Ran is here!" Zhao Guoqiang put the red and blue pencil in his hand on the document, pointed to the chair in front of him across the table, and said, "It's hard work, sit down and rest!"

"Thank you, Secretary Zhao!" Zhang Ran said politely, and sat down in front of Zhao Guoqiang.

Zhao Guoqiang looked at Zhang Ran and said with a smile: "How is the project of the shooting base progressing, is there anything you are not satisfied with?"

Zhang Ran replied: "I am very satisfied, I asked Huo Tingxiao just now, and it will be completed by the end of March." The whole preliminary work went relatively smoothly, and according to the current progress, we were able to start the machine on time at the end of July. ”

Zhao Guoqiang bowed slightly: "It's good to be able to start on time, have you started to choose actors?"

Zhang Ran waved his hand and said: "The heroine has already been decided, Zhang Jing has come to play for the first time, and the others have not yet been selected." It's easy to talk about other characters, but the more troublesome thing is the protagonist's daughter, which is the little girl. The child should be firm in his eyes and be very attentive, and the assistant director showed me some photos of the little actors, but I don't feel good, it's not what I want, I can only find it from all over the country. I have already scattered several of my assistant directors and gone to various key primary schools, children's palaces, and art schools to find candidates. ”

Zhao Guoqiang was a little surprised: "I didn't expect it to be so complicated, I thought the child was easy to find! I think you can ask the assistant director to come to our side to have a look, maybe there is a suitable candidate!"

Zhang Ran explained: "For a movie, if the actors are chosen correctly, the movie is half the success, and we must work the selection of actors. We have an assistant director here to select people, and it would be best if there was a suitable child, and there was no need to teach her Tangshan dialect. ”

Zhao Guoqiang asked some movie-related questions, and he was very satisfied with Zhang Ran's answer: "The filming of the movie will be handed over to you, if you need anything, you can put it forward, our only requirement is that the movie must be filmed well." ”

Zhang Ran said solemnly: "Please rest assured, I have a request for myself to make this movie, if it is shown abroad, foreign audiences will have respect for this city and our nation after watching it." It's like when we read Schindler's list and think that despite all the suffering that the Jews have gone through, the people of this people are amazing and promising!"

Zhao Guoqiang believes that Zhang Ran can do it, Zhang Ran's movies are full of hope except for "Bursting Drummer", which is the biggest difference between him and the fifth and sixth generation directors. He leaned forward slightly, looked at Zhang Ran's eyes, and said, "Looking for you today, in fact, in addition to film shooting, there is also the problem of the film and television city, I wonder if you are interested in the film and television city at the peak of the century?" )