Behind-the-scenes production of a dream of red mansions

The play was shot by Beijing TV Station and China Film Group. In 2006, a large-scale draft of A Dream of Red Mansions was held to select actors for the play.

In 2007, because the original director Hu Mei was dissatisfied with the draft results, the final shooting team of the play was changed to Li, Li, Li and Li.

The play started in May 2008 and ended at China Film Photography Base at 9: 9: 9 on September 2009.

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A Dream of Red Mansions is a microcosm of society at that time. Everything from the scene to eating, wearing and using, as well as gardens and buildings, is very specific, and you have to buy all these things. The description of aristocratic life in the book needs luxury, exquisiteness and expensiveness. For example, porcelain, there are five kilns that "replace surnames with names". "This kind of thing can't be fake. You can't just buy a cup in the supermarket and say it belongs to the kiln. This is definitely a joke. "

There are many people involved in a Dream of Red Mansions, so the studio alone has 10, the largest of which is the front yard of Jiamu, with 5,000 square meters. The exterior and interior of Hongyi Courtyard are also set up with 3,000 square meters and 1500 square meters respectively. These expenses are the most expensive.

Other money spent on props should not be underestimated. Only 495 sets of clothes have been customized, among which Jia Mu's clothes are embroidered, and the production time of each dress should be at least 15 days. In addition, there are 100 fans and nearly 200 door curtains, and the production cost of each one is about 1000 yuan.

Shoot a scene

The interior and canopy of the play are set in China Film and Old North Film Factory, such as the classic scenes in the book, such as Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Hongyi Garden, Wu Hengyuan, Jiamu Room, Xifeng Garden, Tubi Villa and Rong Ning Street, which account for about 95% of the scenes in the book. The crew restored the beautiful Grand View Garden in the book on the basis of the shed scenery and super-professional stunts.

Classic scenes such as "Qing Xu Guan hits people" in Peking Opera were filmed in Jietai Temple, while scenes such as "Telling My Heart", "Xiangyun Drunk Sleeping" and "Daiyu Burying Flowers" were filmed in Xiangshan Park, and some scenes of Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden were filmed in Jingxinzhai of Beihai Park.

After the show started, the water town in the south of the Yangtze River was extremely beautiful, and important scenes such as the Lantern Festival were filmed here. In addition, take the original ecological scenic spots and venues such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang Branch (the "Yingtianfu" yamen in the play is the place where Hulu and Monk are confused) and Hengyihui Qianlao Street.

The Slender West Lake in Yangzhou, as one of the location shooting locations, undertook the shooting tasks of "Mother of the Province", "Grand View Building", "View" and "Grandma Liu's Visit to the Grand View Garden". "There are six of the thirty West Lakes in the world", but Yangzhou West Lake is different from other lakes with its delicate and graceful manner. The winding water is like a ribbon, floating like a breeze. Compared with the West Lake in Hangzhou, it is slim. Wang Ling, a poet of Qiantang in Qing Dynasty, said: "The weeping willows are endless, and the wild tooth Hongqiao is a picture scroll. It is also a pot selling gold, so it should be called Slender West Lake. " Slender West Lake got its name from this, and became famous at home and abroad.

Lin Daiyu's former residence was filmed here. Yangzhou was once known as "the first garden in the world", and still retains many excellent classical gardens, among which Geyuan, located in the north corner of the ancient city, has the longest history, the most complete preservation and the most artistic value. Geyuan is one of the "four pavilions" in China. Geyuan was expanded from the former site of Shouzhi Garden in Ming Dynasty by Huang Zhijun, the general manager of salt merchants in Huai River and Huai River during Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty. Although the garden is small, it shows the ingenuity of gardeners everywhere. It is worth mentioning that the art of stacking stones in gardens uses the method of dividing peaks and stacking stones to form four scenes of "spring, summer, autumn and winter". The rockeries in the four seasons have their own characteristics, expressing the poetry of "spring is gorgeous with smiles, summer is lush and dripping, autumn is white with makeup, and winter is miserable" and "Spring is suitable for traveling, summer is suitable for seeing, autumn is suitable for climbing and winter is suitable for living". Geyuan is a special case of gardens in China and one of the most famous gardens in Yangzhou.

The crew went to Huqiu Mountain Scenic Area in Suzhou City to shoot locations such as "Inside and Outside the Jade Buddha Temple Courtyard" and "Snow Blossom". Tiger Hill, located in the northwest corner of Suzhou ancient city, has a long history of more than 2,500 years and is known as "the first scene in Wuzhong". Su Dongpo, a great poet in the Song Dynasty, once chanted: "It's a pity not to visit Suzhou Tiger Hill!" As the famous saying goes through the ages, Tiger Hill has become a place that tourists yearn for. Tiger Hill is an important place for Suzhou People's Congress. Two sessions a year has become a popular program in Suzhou's characteristic tourism projects. Every spring, an art flower show will be held here, displaying a large number of precious flowers such as peony, turmeric, Belgian rhododendron and lily, totaling 6.5438+0.7 million pots and hundreds of varieties; In autumn, a folk temple fair (Huqiu Temple Fair) with strong folk customs will be held to perform folk programs that integrate North and South. There are many hills, which is the biggest feature of Tiger Hill. In particular, the Millennium Tiger Hill stands on the mountain, making it a famous tourist attraction since ancient times.