On September 14, in Bangkok, Thailand, all the main creators of "Operation Mekong" held a start-up ceremony together, and Yu Dong, the boss of the producer Bona Films, was also present to help. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

This is a typical main theme movie, and it is a film that reflects the cross-border pursuit of murderers by Chinese public security with the full support of the Ministry of Public Security. In order to truly reflect the real Mekong incident, the director team has put a lot of effort into the preliminary preparations.

As early as the beginning of the year, he led the crew to the Golden Triangle to collect information and have in-depth exchanges with the local police, and the screenwriting team even recorded the whole process of the Nuo Kang trial in the form of a documentary.

Cao Ping has carefully read these materials, the real world is far more cruel than in film and television works, Nuo Kang who was captured and executed is not the only drug lord in the Golden Triangle, if one Nuo Kang is arrested, there will be a second or third appearance. The root of the problem is drugs, which is what has led to the Golden Triangle becoming a worldwide cancer.

The opening ceremony was transmitted from Hong Kong and Taiwan, in order to avoid scribing during the previous filming process, so it was necessary to cover the camera with a red cloth, and then worship a god such as Guan Gong, and ask for blessings on the pillar incense. However, after it was introduced to the mainland, the atmosphere of atheism on the mainland finally made the worship ceremony of God in vain, and basically did not worship any god, but it could not be abolished, because after all, it was a ritual and had the effect of calming people's hearts.

Today's start-up ceremony has evolved into the form of a crew mobilization meeting, because director Lin Chaoxian is a Hong Kong director, so he put a statue of Guan Gong on the pillar incense, and the crew will officially start work.

The opening ceremony was held at the Chiang Rai Railway Station because it was the filming location for the first scene. Usually when the crew shoots the first shot, in order to please luck, most of them will choose a simple shot and strive to go through it again. However, perhaps with the assistance of gathering multiple resources, the director was full of confidence, but he chose a group scene at the train station for the shooting of the opening scene this time.

The crew originally wanted to rent an abandoned railway station for use, but the local government directly granted them the Chiang Rai Railway Station.

The group performances in the station are all recruited locally, which is very cheap, and the maximum amount of RMB per person is only a dozen yuan a day, so the crew hired more than 200 group performers at once, and directly created an original and crowded train station scene.

Vegetables, fruits, snacks and charcuterie are displayed under a variety of parasols, and the stall owners greet customers in authentic Bangkok Thai. They were originally the owners of these stalls, and after being recruited by the crew as temporary group performers, they only had to make money by guarding the stalls and shouting as usual, which made them shout harder.

Basket-carrying vendors huddle along the train tracks, selling their own knick-knacks and snacks to customers on approaching trains, and the camera faithfully captures the bustling Thai community.

"Prepare on the spot!"

"Handheld OK!"

"The actors are in place!"

......

"Operation Mekong, one shot, action!"

On the road in the distance, a light blue van drove menacingly, the engine roared, and the pedestrians at the entrance of the station avoided it.

The van stopped next to the train, and without waiting for the car to stop, the two big men pulled the door down and ran towards the train car.

"Click!"

After the actor entered the carriage, the director shouted a click and said something to the assistant director behind the monitor.

The two ensemble actors are professional actors in Thailand, and although they are not big stars, it is relatively simple to deal with such simple shots. However, the group performers on the scene were not professional, and during the shooting just now, the No. 1 lens, that is, the position of the handheld, there was a phenomenon of the group performers looking back at the camera, which led to the invalidation of all the shots just now.

The first shot is a little unpleasant, but it is not a big problem, Director Lin's face is as usual, but the assistant director frowns and communicates with the Thai translator, looking a little unhappy.

In the past few days, just in time for the local high temperature in Bangkok, the temperature of thirty or forty degrees has made everyone's hearts hot, the Thai interpreter wiped the sweat on his forehead, held a loudspeaker and loudly told the live group actors to settle down and wait for the camera, etc., and the van drove back to the road on standby.

Handheld is the name of Hong Kong, and the mainland is generally called director of photography, which is the head of the entire film crew and the highest level of photographers. The first shot was not taken well, which was somewhat embarrassing for the handheld, and the big brother of the No. 1 handheld had a very ugly face, so he jumped directly into the camera car to control the gunner.

The so-called gun machine is actually to set up a spiral arm on the car to drive the camera to shoot shots from a wider angle.

The second time the shooting started, the big brother directly controlled the gunner to rise into the air, and shot the camera from an overhead angle. Raising the height, it naturally avoids the embarrassing situation of photographing people's faces. The big brother in the palm of the camera controlled the camera and followed the group performance into the carriage, and the second shot passed smoothly.

When the camera passed, a smile also appeared on Director Lin's face, and he stretched out his thumb from behind the monitor and compared with everyone.

The second shot is the scene of Qifu's informant jumping out of the window to avoid being chased by thugs, and the actor he plays is a group actor, which is quite professional. As soon as he hit the board, he got out of the car window, jumped onto the ground, and overturned the melons and fruits on the stall in front of him.

In this way, it is relatively simple to shoot action shots from a distance, and there is almost no lag, and the director shouted it.

Immediately after that, the third shot began to be filmed, and the group performers, under the command of the on-site director, rushed over to grab the Thai baht that fell out of the informant's bag, and three cameras filmed the chaotic scene from different angles......

Cao Ping and Zhang Hanyu sat on the side, smoking, chattering idly. Before Zhang Hanyu's scene started, there was no makeup, while Cao Ping was sticking a fake beard, wearing a wig, and slowly spitting smoke.

In order to get closer to the character image, Cao Ping and Zhang Hanyu came five days in advance and sunbathed on Kata Beach for five days. Zhang Hanyu's effect is good, almost all of his upper body is tanned, like a tea egg superman, but Cao Ping's effect is not ideal, his complexion has not changed much, but he has lost a layer of skin.

After the official start of filming and makeup, Director Lin also put forward requirements for Cao Ping's complexion, so the makeup artist specially put on a dark foundation for him, which made him dare not move when he was waiting for the scene, for fear of sweating in the heat and having to touch up his makeup.

"Are you going back in early October?" Zhang Hanyu took a puff of his cigarette and asked.

Cao Ping nodded and said, "There are two film appointments, and I have to take at least a week's leave." There's no way, discuss with the director, focus on filming my scenes before the end of the month, and I'll try to speed up as much as I can when I go back!"

Zhang Hanyu said with a smile: "You go back, who will accompany me to practice the movements?"

I have to say that Cao Ping's participation in this drama has contributed a lot to the best action design of the Golden Horse Awards. In the film industry, the most scarce thing is technical talent. The young students who have entered the industry all look at the actors in front of the stage, some people praise them, they make money, and few people go behind the scenes from the beginning.

Like Cao Ping, who can fight, act, and design actions, although there are many things that can be done in the film industry, there are really few who can win the Golden Horse Award.

Director Lin is very good at catching strong men, as soon as Cao Ping entered the group, he was assigned the work of hand-to-hand combat action design, and he once suspected that Director Lin let him join the group in order to invite a martial arts finger to come over.

The scene at the Chiang Rai Provincial Railway Station is a transition, but it is a big scene designed to be multi-person and multi-camera, and it took a long day to shoot the scene here, and it may only be more than ten seconds when it is cut into the movie.

After filming the scene in Chiang Rai Province, all the crew rushed to the Deqiri Railway Station to change their costumes and continue filming.

The cost of the group performance is not expensive, the important thing is the approval of renting the train station, after the statute of limitations, no one has the face to say that the Thai government will show another approval.

There was Zhang Hanyu in the scene at Deqili Railway Station, and he also put on makeup and began to prepare.

The scene in this scene is where Fang Xinwu's informant is threatened by Pu Zha and tricks him into coming to the train station, and he and Zhang Hanyu are hiding from pursuit at the train station.

Unlike the rustic atmosphere of Chiang Rai Railway Station, Deqiri Railway Station is a modern station that requires more ensemble performances, and the partners have drawn more than 100 ensembles from the film company to meet the needs of the director.

More than 300 ensembles were scattered around the hall and platform, walking back and forth, setting up the machines, adjusting the aperture angle, and the filming of the Deqiri train station officially began.

“action！”

Cao Ping walked in from the entrance of the train station with a calm face, rubbed his nose, and observed the surrounding situation with the help of gestures.

After making sure that there was no danger, he walked towards the platform, his face calm, but his feet were not slow at all.

Director Lin sat behind the monitor, staring at the actors' performances, and issued instructions in an orderly manner: "Now, Zhang Hanyu is entered!"

Cao Ping walked out of the crowd and retreated outside the camera, and Zhang Hanyu, who was waiting on the side, hurriedly walked in with his footsteps, walking briskly along the track set up in advance.

In order to keep the camera stable, the railcar is standard for almost every crew, allowing the camera to capture the actors' performances while they are moving, and the camera shake is minimized.

Zhang Hanyu was dialing the phone, while the cameraman of the second group was sitting on the rail car, adjusting the angle of the camera and grabbing his close-up.

At Zhang Hanyu's age, the acting experience is enough to support a fairly high-level play, there is no need to enter the play at all, the dignified micro-expression change and slightly frowning brows invisibly create a tense atmosphere, this kind of difficult play, for the old drama bones, is as simple as drinking water.

"Click! Director Lin shouted calmly, and the props team began to go up to pack up the tools and reposition the track.

Directing is definitely an experience-oriented profession, and studying in film school for ten years is not as fast as directing a play yourself.

Lin Chaoxian is one of the top action directors in Hong Kong, and his specialty is to make police movies. Scene scheduling and shooting rhythm are the basic skills, and there is naturally no difficulty for him.