Do you know that in order to make Journey to the West more realistic, snake spirits use physical objects instead of special effects?

There is a snake spirit in Journey to the West. In order to be realistic, he actually shot it with a real python. I have to sigh that the older generation of film and television people really have a desperate spirit in order to make good works. It's a pity that this spirit is getting less and less now, and it's hard for us to see such classic works as 1986 version of Journey to the West.

The Journey to the West and The Journey to the West are one of the classical Four Great Classical Novels in China, and they have a very high position in the history of China literature. Over the years, many crews have put Journey to the West on the screen, and there are countless derivative works about Journey to the West, but over the years, the 86 version of Journey to the West is the most classic. 1986 version of Journey to the West can be said to be a childhood memory of a generation, which will be replayed indefinitely every summer vacation, greatly enriching the childhood of the post-80 s and post-90 s.

Although the 1986 version of Journey to the West is very backward in special effects and various technologies from a modern point of view. But from the smoothness of the plot, the actor's fit to the role, and even the actor's acting skills, costumes, scenes, modeling and other aspects. , is a rare classic. In the case of backward conditions in that year, being able to shoot such a classic shows the intention of the creative team.

During the filming of Journey to the West, many difficulties need to be overcome, because the filming period is too long, and many actors can't persist. Even because of the shortage of funds, many actors played many roles in this play, and the role of Tang Priest was changed to three actors.

Nevertheless, the creative team overcame many difficulties and tried their best to improve their works, which led to the The Journey to the West we saw. During the filming of Journey to the West, there are many unknown stories. The four disciples of Journey to the West have to go through 81 difficulties, and the whole crew outside the drama is also preparing for filming.

When I was a child, the snake spirit in Journey to the West always felt very real, as if I were really in the world of monsters. This is inseparable from the intention of the crew and the director. Almost all of The Journey to the West was filmed in real scenes, and the crew almost traveled all over China during the filming process.

Almost all the monsters in the play are animals, and in order to highlight the authenticity, those animals are generally real. There are countless kinds of monsters in Journey to the West, and there are countless fierce animals such as tigers and leopards, all of which were shot by photographers at the risk of their lives. There is an episode in Journey to the West devoted to snake essence, which also uses real pythons.

The beautiful snake essence secretly sucks blood. After the four of them suffocated the python, they naturally showed their true colors. At first, the director was going to use a computer to synthesize the special effects of python essence. However, the effect of post-synthesis is very poor, and only the photos of actors and pythons can be synthesized together, which is very disobedient.

In order to pursue excellent authenticity, the director specially borrowed a real python from the zoo to shoot with the actors. Many people think that the pythons carried by Pig Bajie and Sha Wujing are either fake or synthetic special effects. In fact, this is a real live python.

No matter in the past or now, few people dare to really get in close contact with pythons. But in order to complete his own scene, the leading actor at that time took risks and tried to show the authenticity of the whole scene. This professionalism is really admirable.

No matter how difficult the classics are, the Journey to the West crew can still overcome many difficulties and bring us classic works under the original difficult conditions. Now that the conditions are good and the computer special effects technology is advanced, even the actor's pay has increased, but we see fewer and fewer classic works. Classics like Journey to the West 1986 have never appeared again.

Now the film and television industry is developing very well. A TV series with dozens of episodes can be finished in a few months. It's really hard to meet the scene of traveling around famous mountains and rivers in order to shoot a drama, and it takes several years to shoot a drama. It is difficult to find old actors who are as dedicated as they were at the beginning, and various phenomena have caused confusion in the entertainment circle today.

In the later period, capital intervened in the market, and it was really difficult for bad dramas to come out one after another and classics to reappear. Fortunately, people are now advocating the professionalization of actors, and domestic masterpieces have also appeared one after another. I hope all the crews can work as hard as the staff of the older generation, so that there will be more and more high-quality works.