Who can provide me with some behind-the-scenes information about "300"?

◎Translated name 300 Spartans

◎Title 300

◎Era 2007

◎Country United States

< p>◎Category Action/Adventure/Drama/History/War

◎Language English

◎IMDB rating 8.4/10 (17,848 votes) Top 250: #156

< p>◎IMDB link/title/tt0416449

◎Duration 117 Min

◎Director Zack Snyder

◎Starring Lina? Lena Headey ..... Queen Gorgo

Andrew Pleavin ..... Daxos

Rodrigo Santoro ..... Xerxes

Tom Rack ..... Ephor #3

Vincent Regan ..... Captain

Gerard Butler ..... King Leonidas of Sparta

Dominic West ..... Theron

Danielle Hubbard ..... Dancer< /p>

Bonnie Mak ..... Slave Girl

Peter Mensah ..... Messenger

Stephen McHattie ..... Loyalist

< p>Charles Papasoff ..... Blacksmith

Patrick Sabongui ..... Persian General

Michael Fassbender ..... Stelios

Plot:

In 480 BC, King Xerxes of Persia inherited the legacy of his late king Darius and personally commanded an army of 300,000 men and thousands of warships, known as a million-strong army. , came to Greece to show off their force and promote the division of various Greek city-states.

The Greek coalition forces set their initial defense line at Thermopylae, a mountain pass in central Greece. Hot Spring Pass faces the sea and is backed by mountains. The mountains are steep and the roads are narrow, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. King Leonidas of Sparta personally led 300 of his own elite soldiers, plus 4,000 people from the Peloponnese Peninsula to guard the pass. They fought with dozens of times the Persian army. The Persian army took turns attacking for two days and could not advance a step, resulting in heavy casualties. On the third day, under the guidance of a Greek traitor, the Persian king sent elite soldiers to bypass Leonidas' retreat through inaccessible mountain passes. Leonidas ordered the four thousand Peloponnese troops to withdraw from the battlefield, and he led three hundred Spartan warriors to defend Thermopylae until all were killed.

The Persian army paid a heavy price in this battle. Both brothers of King Xerxes of Persia were killed in this battle. At the same time, Leonidas and the three hundred Spartan warriors fought to the death, buying valuable time for the transfer of the main force of the Greek army and the reorganization of the navy. Athens and Sparta took the lead, and city-states throughout Greece responded. The Greeks, who were known for their strong independence and lack of coordination, finally achieved unprecedented unity under the banner of defending independence and freedom. Finally, in a fierce battle with the Greeks, the Persian army collapsed and fled back to the east. In the same year, the Greek navy headed by Athens turned from defense to offense and crossed the Aegean Sea to invade Asia Minor. Countries in Asia Minor responded one after another and became independent from Persian tyranny.

Behind the scenes:

About the original work

The first film to describe the Battle of Thermopylae was "300" in 1962. That year The author, Frank Miller, was only 5 years old. Revisiting "300" back then, the dialogue in the film now seems full of ancient meaning, but one of the plots in which the last few of the 300 warriors died in a hail of arrows was deeply disturbing at the time. Miller was shocked. At 5 years old, Miller can already read comics and newspapers, and is used to seeing heroes inevitably winning. That was the first time he realized that a hero is not necessarily the one who laughs last. "That was massacre! But it was shocking." Miller later commented on that episode.

That episode must have far-reaching significance for Miller's creative career, because Miller's works are full of tragic heroes. For example, in the famous comic "Dark Knight Returns" that supported the Batman legend for an era, the aging protagonist has retired for many years, but for various reasons has to come back to fight against various evil forces. Among them, The climax scene is the aging protagonist fighting his former comrade-Superman.

Miller concluded that the characters he is best at portraying are those tragic heroes who, no matter how hard they try, are always hopelessly defeated by fate. They lose the final battle but win the hearts of the people.

This complex extends to "300 Spartans". Since the mid-1990s, Miller has been collecting information to prepare for the creation of "300."

About the film

Initially, the producer of "300" approached Miller and discussed cooperation. Miller was very reluctant because 300 meant a lot to him. In his own words, ""300" is the shining pinnacle of his career." He cannot tolerate his hard work being adapted into a Hollywood blockbuster like "Troy". However, after he saw a few test shots, he was so impressed that he agreed to license it. But the director said something about this, "The reason why Miller authorized it to us is because there is no other person in the world who can capture the feeling of the original work."

About the starring

< p>Gerard Butler, who plays Leonidas, the Spartan king, received critical acclaim for his performance, but he got the role by luck. There were at least 15 candidates for the role, and everyone was working out very hard in the gym hoping to get the part. As a result, when we put on Persian robes for the audition, everyone looked like the reincarnation of the Persian king. Gerrard joked that the director must have been dazzled at the time, because when he came to Gerrard, he didn't even ask who he was, and just said, "Try this guy" - the director of his favorite film actually couldn't name his own Name, which shocked the ambitious Gerrard. However, the director proved that he had a good vision. Gerald tried several shots, and everyone said, "That person is the Mad King of Sparta"!

About the filming

The director told all the actors in advance that what appears in the camera should be bodybuilding champions, not white-faced young men. In order to encourage the actors to work hard to get into shape, the director ordered T-shirts to be made that read "I died at the Battle of Thermopylae". However, some actors who are tired of working out secretly said, "Compared to working out every day, it is easier to die happily."

About the costumes

From conception to completion of "300 Spartan Warriors" ", Miller spent about ten years reviewing a large amount of information and talking to many experts. It can be said that "300 Spartans" is a very faithful work to history - however, the so-called "loyalty" of the artist and the "loyalty" of the historian naturally have different meanings. Historically, Spartans fought in heavy armor, some weighing as much as half their body weight. Miller believed that such costumes would make the tragic and heroic Spartan warriors look like the Turtle Legion, so he changed the costumes of the characters in the original work. The Spartan king and his men wore scarlet shirts and were half-naked. body. Those shirts looked like Speedo swimming trunks made of leather armor. Miller said: "In ancient Greek themes, the characters are usually naked; for the same artistic consideration, I stripped the warriors naked."

Highlights: British actress Sienna Mee Sienna Miller and Silvia Colloca both competed for the role of Gogo, the wife of Leonidas, Queen of Sparta in the play; although the film is majestic, the actual filming only took 60 days , the exterior scenes were filmed for only one day. In order to show that the 300 Spartans were indeed the most heroic warriors at the time, the actors (including supporting actors) participating in the filming received half a year of high-intensity physical fitness and combat training before filming began. In the early days of training, some actors lamented that "this training is more uncomfortable than death." In order to highlight the infectious effect of the film, the director slightly adjusted some battle scenes - that is to say, the Spartan phalanx we saw in the film "300", waving weapons and rushing towards The enemy camp's fighting methods are actually very different from the historical reality; there is an important character in the play: the Greek free baker. He does not appear in the original graphic novel, but his role connects the Battle of Thermopylae to the battles of other city-states against the Persian invasion.

About Music

The person in charge of the film's music composition is musician Tyler Bates, who has collaborated with the director of the film "Eat Alive" and was born in Los Angeles. , grew up in Chicago. In the early 1990s, Baez simultaneously entered the fields of film music and experimental rock. On the one hand, he helped create music for some B-level movies. On the other hand, he formed the band Pet with singer-songwriter Lisa Papineau and female singer Tori Amos in a club in Los Angeles. After seeing Pet's performance, he persuaded the Atlantic label to sign the Pet Band. When the Pet Band began to gain popularity by touring with Limp Bizkit and Blink 182, Baez suddenly developed the desire to compose music for movies. In 1997, Zi announced that he was leaving the group and devoted himself to the field of film music creation alone. He successively made a name for himself by composing music for films such as "High Spirit" starring Keanu Reeves and "Killing Out" starring Sylvester Stallone.

From 2004 to 2007, Baez continued to work on works such as "Eat Alive", "Tear Down", "Poltergeist 3", and "Moonlight" remake, gradually establishing himself in the horror genre. , the status of horror films in the field of audio-visual creation.

When faced with this film that contains themes such as love, freedom, faith, brotherhood, justice, fear, death, glory, etc. in its dramatic elements, and is revolutionary in its visual presentation, Baez uses percussion to intensify the dynamic energy of the film's battle scenes, and then uses large-scale orchestral music, choir chorus and Iranian singer Azam Ali (Billboard praised her as a dazzling and haunting vocal instrument). ) with deep emotional tension, the overlapping and changing timbres switch the dramatic themes stated in the film, and the medieval six-string violin is also used to outline the rough and gloomy atmosphere in the film. In addition, Baylor also designed a variety of situational sound fields for the film through layered vocals and instrumental sounds, activating the mythical color and frightening atmosphere in the film anytime and anywhere.

About the special effects

Many fans must have watched the trailer of the film before. Its realistic and illusory image style fully reflects the creative essence of the original author Frank Miller. In fact, in order to achieve such an effect, the film director Zack Snyder put a lot of effort into it. The film was shot almost entirely using digital background technology. With the help of this advanced imaging technology, the film not only does not require real-life shooting, but also can fully achieve any imaging spectacle the director wants to achieve with the help of post-production computer production. During the filming process, all the director has to do is direct the actors to perform various performances in front of the blue screen. I believe that many people are also impressed by the previous film "Sin City", which was also shot entirely using this technology. Coincidentally, "Sin City" is also adapted from the original work of the same name by comic master Frank Miller. Specifically, the two films were shot in different ways: "Sin City" was shot with digital cameras, while "300" used traditional cameras. This so-called "digital background technology" has two major advantages: the shooting cost is greatly reduced; and it provides the director with greater creative space. Given the scale of this film, the cost of even partial live-action shooting would have doubled. In terms of picture style, director wizards Rodriguez and Frank Miller relied on this advanced digital background technology to maintain the dark tones of the original work and the richness of comic art in "Sin City" characteristics, and ultimately created such an alternative and excellent film masterpiece. And this "300" must use this technology to create a unique picture effect. Because every frame of film in this film requires computer special effects and background, post-production is more time-consuming than ordinary films. During the year-long post-production, in order to complete the film as soon as possible, director Zack Snyder deliberately hired as many as nine computer special effects production companies in the United States and Canada to participate in the production.

About the shooting time

"300" is Zack Snyder's second film as director. Compared with other war epics, this The most attractive aspect of "300" is the presentation form of the film, which will leave an unforgettable impression on the audience. The director retained the story structure and details of Frank Miller's original work to the greatest extent, using two dark tones of black and yellow to create unprecedented spectacular and mysterious ancient war scenes. Although the film was released in 2007, Zaned had completed all the preparatory work as early as 2004. On September 17, 2005, the film started shooting at Ice Storm Studios in Montreal, Canada, and actors were needed The performance part was completed in just two months.