Lang Lang’s Song: Dedicated to 2008 Introduction and details

Plot summary

Lang Lang and his parents face the pain and joy of the past. Behind the real images, Lang Lang’s piano learning experience from childhood, boyhood, and youth is restored. The road depicts his spiritual strength and great dedication in pursuing his music dream in a difficult environment. Lang Lang also paid tribute to China's natural mountains, rivers and cultural history through his piano music. Lang Lang performed famous Chinese and foreign classical piano music at the Great Wall, the Yellow River, the Temple of Heaven, the Taihang Mountains, the Forbidden City, and the Huangpu River. Credits Cast List Character Actor Notes Lang Lang Lang Lang - Lang Guoren Lang Guoren

Lang Lang's father Zhou Xiulan Zhou Xiulan

Lang Lang's mother Credits Producer Liu Changle Producer Liu Changle (Chief Planner), He Daguang (Chief Producer), Lang Lang (Producer), Wang Jiyan (Planner), Li Ning (Planner), Tang Jian (Producer) Producer Wang Jiyan (Director Producer), Liu Chun, Li Ning Director Fu Yong Screenwriter Fu Yong, Wang Zuo Photography Li Jianming (director of photography), Xu Hongjun, General Counsel Wang Yi Lang Guoren, Zhou Xiulan

Cast and crew reference sources, music original sound notes pictures

Track name: "Dream of Love"

Genre: Piano Music

Performer: Lang Lang

Performance Location: Temple of Heaven

Track name: "Rhapsody in Blue"

Genre: Piano music

Performer: Lang Lang

Performance location: Jinshanling Great Wall

Track name: "Yellow River"

Type: Piano music

Performer: Lang Lang

Performance location: Hukou Waterfall

Track name: "Goya's Painting"

Type: Piano music

Performer: Lang Lang

Performance location: Huguan Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon Highlights: This film is not only Phoenix TV's film debut, but also Lang Lang's first electric work. During the transition shooting, the piano weighed more than 480 kilograms and was worth more than 1.5 million yuan. In addition to being heavy, it was also afraid of heat, cold, moisture, and bumps. Transporting it to the shooting location relied on manpower, often requiring dozens of people to carry it. It took a whole day for a strong man to shout slogans before he could transport it. There was even an incident where the worker dropped the bag halfway and asked for money for processing. In order to pursue the beauty of the picture, the director required Lang Lang to sit on the piano bench and get ready before the sun rose. He often got off the plane without even bothering to sleep. He would arrive at the scene at three or four in the morning and wait for the sun to rise. come out. The film restores Lang Lang's performances in more than 10 cities around the world. In order to collect performance data, Phoenix TV mobilized branches around the world. The crew set up the machines overnight and prepared for the morning shooting. They stayed up almost every night. Film production

Creative background

In order to showcase and promote Chinese culture around the world and welcome the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Hong Kong Phoenix was approved by the State Council Information Office and included in the Olympic external publicity plan. Satellite TV planned to shoot the musical film and art film "Lang Lang's Song: Dedicated to 2008".

Liu Changle, deputy director of the Education, Science, Culture, Health and Sports Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, chairman of the board of directors and CEO of Phoenix Satellite TV, was shocked when he heard Lang Lang’s piano and hoped to contribute to the piano career. Do something with Chinese culture. So the idea came to put all this on the screen, so that more ordinary audiences can experience this shock in the cinema. Lang Lang agreed to Phoenix Satellite TV to shoot this documentary because he had been abroad for many years and saw that foreigners did not really understand Chinese culture. In 2008, the focus of the world was on China. This film combines Chinese culture and landscape, and can play a role. He felt that it could serve as a good introduction to Chinese culture, so he wanted to do his little bit for the motherland as a Chinese.

In addition to Lang Lang’s performance of piano skills, the film also hopes to carry more connotations. Through Lang Lang, China’s profound culture will be promoted to the world, and it will also become a unique way to promote China and Beijing during the Olympic Games. . Therefore, the film cleverly incorporated Chinese elements when choosing the background of Lang Lang's piano performance, and selected locations for filming in the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Ancient Observatory, Jinshanling Great Wall, Taihang Mountain, Hukou Falls on the Yellow River, and the Shanghai Bund. . In order to allow the audience to see Lang Lang's real life state, it also includes behind-the-scenes footage of his performances around the world.

In October 2006, the film started filming in the Forbidden City. In the past two years, the crew followed Lang Lang to more than 10 locations and shot more than 8,000 minutes of footage. The filming and production of the film was undertaken by Phoenix TV's planning and production team that shot the Olympic slogan "One World, One Dream" promotional video, and invited music and film producers to jointly plan and produce the film.

Awards Recording Time Awards Specific Awards Winner Nominations/Awards Best Documentary Award at the 13th China Film Huabiao Awards in 2009 "Lang Lang's Song: Dedicated to 2008" Award-winning film evaluation

"Lang Lang's Song: The biggest highlight of "Dedicated to 2008" is Lang Lang's performance of Chinese and foreign classical piano music in the Temple of Heaven, the Forbidden City, the Ancient Observatory, the Great Wall Beacon Tower, the Taihang Mountains, the Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River and other places. The combination of the beautiful pictures and the piano sounds played by Lang Lang gave the audience a People enjoy both visual and auditory enjoyment (reviewed by Beijing Times).

This film is a comprehensive music and art film that uses images to praise Chinese culture and express the spiritual power and humanistic sentiments of Chinese people in the new era. It is also Lang Lang's way of expressing his feelings through his own music. A tribute to the motherland (reviewed by Phoenix.com). The film is not just a simple narrative of Lang Lang's growth experience, but also attempts to discuss deeper educational issues through Lang Lang's case (Dalian Evening News review).