In the picture that appeared on the monitor, it was half of Wang Luodan's face under the strong sunlight, looking ahead in a daze, his eyes empty and confused. Her forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and her hair was wet against her scalp. Beads of sweat slowly gather together and turn into a large drop of sweat, which slowly slides down the forehead and down the cheeks, and finally disappears under the camera.

At the same time, several people are talking outside the camera. Due to the use of drone shooting, the scene was noisy, and I couldn't hear it very clearly: "Isn't the ancestor really going with us?"

"He really doesn't plan to go with us, he's too old to die in a foreign country!"

"But, if he doesn't leave, he will die!"

"He said that he would rather die at home anyway. ”

Behind her are villagers fleeing from the famine, some helping the old and the young, carrying baggage, some pushing wheelbarrows, some children are reluctant to go, and are pulled by their parents......

The camera slowly pulls up and pushes it towards the village at a 45-degree angle. The camera slowly moves through the crowd of people fleeing the desert, through the empty paths, through the empty villages, and continues to push forward.

After the monitor, Zhang Ran picked up the walkie-talkie and said loudly: "B point actor starts!"

Soon the people behind the monitor saw that Li Xuejian walked forward slowly with his hands behind his back on the sheep intestine path. There is not the slightest green in the mountains, the whole world is a dry color, and on the desolate slopes, Li Xuejian's thin figure is extremely lonely.

Zhang Jingchu's tears suddenly fell when she saw this, and Li Xuejian's lonely figure reminded me of an old man during the Wenchuan earthquake. CCTV reporter Li Xiaomeng met an elderly man who was walking on the opposite road to the evacuated villagers. Li Xiaomeng asked the old man where he was going, and the old man said that he wanted to go home and have a look. Li Xiaomeng persuaded the old man to return to the resettlement site, because the way home was too dangerous, and several other villagers also persuaded the old man, but he still insisted on going back to see.

Home is the eternal spiritual home of Chinese, so no matter how far away they are during the Chinese New Year, people always have to go home!

In the monitor screen, Li Xuejian stopped, squatted down, and looked at the corn seedlings that did not exist on the ground.

The camera draws an arc in the air and slowly pushes it over, from a panoramic view to a medium shot, a close-up, a close-up, a large close-up, and finally only half of his face is left in the shot. Like Wang Luodan, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and his wet hair stuck to his scalp. The difference is that his eyes are extremely determined, shining with hope!

"Stop!" Zhang Ran stopped shouting, and there was already a round of applause at the scene.

Ryan Coogler didn't applaud and stared at the monitor in a daze, this shot is not very difficult in terms of shooting skills, not as difficult as the two long shots in "Children of Men", and not as long as the beach in "Atonement", but this shot is seemingly simple in the long shot but actually extremely ingenious.

The special feature of this long shot is that it adopts a symmetrical structure, and the whole 3-minute long shot is divided into two parts, the front and back of the crowd fleeing to the left, and the second master walks to the right; the two sides form a sharp contrast, the left is a group of people, and the right is a person; Wang Luodan is a woman, the ancestor is a man; Wang Luodan is a young man, the first master is old; Wang Luodan's eyes are confused, and the eyes of the ancestor are full of hope...... This contrast and contrast shows the spirit of resistance of the ancestors, and also highlights the loneliness of the characters, so that loneliness and tragedy coexist.

Of course, Ryan Coogler also knows that he only sees the most superficial part of this shot, but in fact, it is more difficult for him to understand the places involving Chinese culture. For example, the whole movie is pursuing something called "artistic conception", for example, the atmosphere of this shot is "the ancient road west wind and thin horse", which is particularly profound and difficult for him to understand.

On the afternoon of November 31, there was still no sun in the mountainous area, and the temperature was only a few degrees, and ordinary people could feel the chill in cotton clothes. The actors and extras who participated in the film performance in Laoshupo Village could only wear midsummer costumes, and could only wear single clothes, and they were all working under the bone-chilling cold.

However, the actors and extras present did not complain at all, and there was even a trace of excitement on their faces, because everyone knew that after today's filming, the filming of the crew in Laoshupo Village would end.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, when Zhang Ran shouted, there was a brief silence on the scene, and a second later this silence was crushed by the applause and cheers of the sky, and all the staff and actors on the set were cheering.

Most of the crew members are old people who have worked together for many years, and they seem relatively relaxed, and many people's reaction is that the location scene is finally over, and they can return to Lin'an's studio to shoot, and they don't have to suffer from this cold!

The extras present and the staff of the co-production office reacted much greater, as excited as children, especially girls like Yang Ying began to wipe their tears.

Zhang Ran came to the filming site, took the loudspeaker handed by Zhang Jingchu, stood on the box and said loudly: "First of all, I want to thank all the extras who came to participate in the filming, the weather is very cold now, but everyone can only perform in summer clothes, and many people are sick because of this! Thank you for your dedication during this time, without your support and dedication, this movie would not have been filmed! In addition, I would like to thank the staff of the co-production office, with your support, the filming of the film can go so smoothly, you have worked hard, thank you very much for ......"

After applause and cheers, Zhang Ran took Li Xuejian and Wang Luodan to the crew's canteen. He called Guo Fan over: "Go and call the reporters who are squatting at the bottom of the mountain and say that they will have an hour of interview time." ”

Soon, the reporters came, and they all raised their pictures and slapped at Zhang Ran and them. Zhang Ran beckoned the reporters to sit down, and then asked the staff to bring them some hot drinks, and asked them to drink some hot drinks to warm up before interviewing.

The reporters were very moved, holding hot drinks and drinking greatly, but there were still anxious reporters who directly threw out questions: "Director Zhang, until now, we don't know what your movie is about, and your confidentiality work is too good." I've been squatting here every day for half a month, so you can reveal a little information!"

Zhang Ran couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "I invited you here today to reveal the information of the movie." Of course, the specific content of the movie will not be revealed, I can only tell you that my new film is not Liu Cixin's "Chinese Sun", nor is it a science fiction film, but a movie with a rural theme!"

The reporters present were very surprised to hear that Zhang Ran's new film was not a science fiction film, but a movie with a rural theme. A reporter immediately asked: "Future Apocalypse" is so successful, everyone hopes that you will continue to make science fiction films, why do you make a movie with a rural theme?

Zhang Ran explained with a smile: "Although my films are all commercial films, in terms of creation, I always insist on walking on two legs. After making a commercial movie, I want to make a movie that is more artistic. "Future Apocalypse" is a commercial movie, and the box office is also good, so I hope this movie is more artistic. I didn't deliberately choose a rural theme, but this story moved me. When I read it, I was really moved, I felt very shocked, and I was very moved, so I especially wanted to shoot this story. ”

A reporter asked: "Now the main force of domestic movies is young people in the city, who are not interested in rural movies, and your film is 3D and holographic, and the cost should be very high, don't you worry about the box office?"

Zhang Ran said confidently: "I'm not worried, and I'm not worried that young audiences won't watch movies with rural themes." I think that young audiences don't watch movies with rural themes, not because the audience doesn't like them, but because they don't think they look good. Any theme, any genre is like this, it's not that the audience doesn't like to watch it, but that the movie is not well made, so the audience doesn't like to watch it. In the past two years, martial arts movies have been particularly sluggish, and they are basically made one by one, and the audience doesn't like to watch them? In the final analysis, the movie is not good! I am confident that this movie is definitely a good-looking movie, so I don't worry about the box office at all!"

At this time, a reporter threw out a particularly sharp question: "Many of our domestic films with rural themes have won a lot of awards abroad, is your movie to win awards?"

If other directors heard this, I am afraid they would be very unhappy and even angry, but Zhang Ran was very calm: "If the film can win the award, I will not refuse, after all, winning the award is a good publicity for the movie and can increase the box office." But I'm definitely not going to make a movie to win an award now, I don't need to!"

Li Xuejian next to him couldn't help but say: "In August, Zhang Ran and I experienced life here, and the artistic director of the Cannes Film Festival found Zhang Ran. He turned his head and asked Zhang Ran: "What's the name of that director?" Zhang Ran said, "Fumao." Li Xuejian smiled apologetically: "Yes, Fumao." When I'm older, I don't have a good memory. At that time, Fumao found Zhang Ran and hoped that our film would go to the Cannes Film Festival to compete. But Zhang Ran refused, because this drama is a 3D movie with holographic sound, which has high requirements for playback equipment. The equipment of the Cannes Cinema Palace could not perfectly present the effect of the movie, so Zhang Ran refused. If this film was made to win an award, do you think Zhang Ran would turn down the invitation to the Cannes Film Festival?"

The reporters at the scene were shocked when they heard that the artistic director of the Cannes Film Festival personally invited him to come to the door, but was rejected by Zhang Ran. In the eyes of many people, the Cannes Film Festival is the holy land of art films, and countless domestic filmmakers are proud to be shortlisted for Cannes, but they did not expect that the artistic director of the Cannes Film Festival was rejected by Zhang Ran in person.

Some reporters thought to themselves, the directors in China who sharpened their heads and wanted to enter Cannes heard the news, and they were afraid that they would be depressed to death!

Li Xuejian continued: "There is indeed that kind of movie in China, just like many people say, by shaking one's own rags and shaking those three-inch golden lotus in one's own home, to win the judges' approval, but our film is not! Our film has no darkness of humanity, does not criticize the inferior nature of the nation, talks about the tragic struggle between man and nature, talks about people's struggle in difficult survival conditions, talks about the spirit that has supported our nation from ancient times to the present day, and is a fable about our nation!"

Next, the reporters asked a lot of questions about the movie and shooting, and many reporters wanted to hear the specific content of the movie, but Zhang Ran and they were all old rivers and lakes, so naturally they would not be found out by the media.

The media interview lasted a full hour before it ended, although they didn't find out whether the movie was based on that book, nor did they find out the specific content of the movie, but the reporters still happily sent the press release, and the various information revealed by Zhang Ran and the actors was enough for them to write a few articles.

After the interview, Zhang Ran rushed back to the hotel with the crew members. The crew prepared a thank-you banquet to thank Luoyang City and Qingchi County for their support to the filming.