Sniper shooting instruction

Three months ago (2020 10), Zhang Yimou's first real war film was established.

According to the record and publicity, this film named The Coldest Gun is a film with the background of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea.

After the project was approved, there was no news about Zhang Yimou's films. Until June 6, 65438, the latest work was renamed "Sniper" and the boot message was released.

Although netizens have different opinions about the movie's name change, Zhang Yimou himself said: It's settled.

So far, there is very little effective information about the film Sniper, and even the shooting has started, and the cast has not been officially announced, but it has not affected the audience's expectations for it at all.

First of all, this is Zhang Yimou's first war film at the age of 7/kloc-0. Secondly, the theme is to resist US aggression and aid Korea.

So, can Sniper support the audience's expectations for it?

To analyze this problem, we must start with three questions and take stock of the latest works of Buddhism:

2020 is the 70th anniversary of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. With the upsurge of national sentiment and the change of external environment, there has been an upsurge of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea.

Over the past year, there have been many film and television works with the theme of "resisting US aggression and aiding Korea".

On June 23rd, 2020, the film "Sacrifice" directed by Guan Hu, Frant Gwo and Yang Lu was released. The film takes 1953 as the prototype and Li Yan Ferry as the prototype, focusing on describing the history of the volunteer army crossing Jingangchuan.

However, the word-of-mouth of Sacrifice is polarized under the advantage of high box office, because it is a hasty work, and the creator of the film has failed to figure out what the film really wants to express.

This story was originally a passionate history, but the strongest visual experience in the end was just "crying".

Undeniably, the film did a good job in the "tears" link, but the film evaded the possibility of further discussing the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and failed to explain why we won. This is the most obvious problem.

Before the sacrifice, the film The Battle of Changjin Lake, co-directed by Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark and Lin Chaoxian, had already started shooting.

As the name implies, this film is based on the most tragic battle in the Korean War-the Battle of Changjin Lake, and the story itself is well worth making into a movie.

The film is still being filmed, so I won't comment too much here, but how to shoot this story well? A documentary on the same subject filmed on 20 1 1 may give us the answer.

On 20 1 1, the documentary Cold-blooded Changjin Lake was produced by Bayi Film Studio and won the Best Documentary Award in the 29th China Golden Rooster Award and the Excellent Documentary Award in the 15 China Film Huabiao Award, with a douban score of 9. 1.

The reason why you can get such a high evaluation is clearly stated in the short comment.

"This film objectively reproduces the tragedy of Changjin Lake."

"This movie can be said to be straightforward, but it made me cry. At this moment, I really understand what spiritual power is. "

Objectivity, spirit.

Obviously, it is very important to know what we are going to shoot about how to shoot the story of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, and it is also very important to choose a historical story to shoot.

What kind of story is the sniper telling?

Second, from the coldest gun to the sniper

As we all know, the sniper changed his name when he turned it on. Its original name was the coldest gun.

The original name of the film actually tells us what the story is about. The hero of the story is Zhang, who is called "the sharpshooter of the Volunteers", "the hero of the sniper" and "the sniper of Shangganling".

Zhang, if you know him a little, you will know that Zhang Cai is the real hero if you compare his novels.

In 2003, CCTV broadcasted a documentary called Sniper Hero, which specifically told the story of Zhang.

Zhang is a famous sniper in the military history of China and even the world, and also the first generation fighter pilot in China. Because of his amazing performance in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the headquarters of the Volunteers awarded him the title of "second-class sniper hero", while the North Korean side awarded him the honor of "first-class flag medal".

His main deeds can be described in two sentences.

A miracle, a bigger miracle.

In the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, in a very short time, Zhang grew from a recruit who didn't receive any formal tactical training and couldn't use a gun to a sniper hero with the highest shooting record of the Volunteers, and became a veritable sniper king, and obtained a pair of brand-new boots that Pi Dingjun, commander of the 24th Army of the Volunteers, could not bear to wear.

There is another story that can be recorded in the history of world military affairs. Zhang fought alone for 32 days, fired 442 times, and killed 2 14 of the enemy, but he was unscathed.

This incident was also recalled in the documentary. At 597.9 highland, he confronted a senior sniper specially transferred by the US military. In this battle of God of War, Zhang defeated the enemy with a slight time difference of less than 0. 1 second and survived.

Zhang's experience, from not knowing guns to studying hard and growing up. At first, he was beaten on the battlefield, then he showed his talents in actual combat and became famous in World War I. Finally, the enemy had to invite a powerful sniper to deal with him, but in the end we won.

Such a story itself is full of blood, especially the contest between two people, which is worth making into a movie. The question is whether this story can be shot objectively.

Judging from the shots taken at the scene, it seems that there is no need to worry too much about the degree of reduction.

Third, the "old buddy" of Zhang Yimou's films

Judging from the lineup exposed by Sniper, Zhang Yimou really wants to make his first war film well, because the behind-the-scenes team of the film is all his "old buddies".

The director of photography is Zhao Xiaoding who participated in House of Flying Daggers, and the production designer is a team of 800 people. The editing director used to be the editor of films such as The Scorching Sun and The Chaser.

The styling director is Haruko Chen, the recording director is He, and the action director is Fu Xiaojie. Looking at the team configuration, any one is the top level in the film and television industry.

In this way, you don't have to worry about film art, atmosphere of the times and war scenes.

Joy chen is the only unsuccessful screenwriter. He only said that this is his second collaboration with director Zhang Yimou, and his previous works are rock-solid and waiting to be released.

A screenwriter who can get Zhang Yimou to work with him twice must be used to it. This time, generate may have even more amazing sparks.

Besides, the director of Sniper is not only Zhang Yimou, but also his daughter Zhang Mo. This is the first time she has been in tune with her father.

Zhang Mo 16 years old went to study in the United States. Graduated from Architecture Department of Columbia University and Film Academy of new york University, majoring in screenwriter and director. After returning to China, I worked in the crew of my father Zhang Yimou and participated in the production of many works by Zhang Yimou.

In 2009, he was the editor and subtitle of Three Guns Surprise;

20 10 served as the deputy director, editor and subtitle of Love of Hawthorn Tree.

20 1 1 as the deputy director, editor and subtitle of flowers of war;

20 13 does editing and subtitles in turn.

After that, she also made the film "28-year-old Minors" independently. Although she won some new director awards for this film, the film itself has a general reputation.

But before that, she talked about her understanding of China's war movies in an interview, and her words revealed full respect:

Although there is no official actor, it is probably the lineup on the Douban entry:

If Zhang Yi and Zhang really come, then this movie is a script, and their play alone will be enough for us to get back the ticket money.

The hardware comparison of the film is over, and finally I will talk about my feelings.

Although Zhang Yimou's early works include "Hanging the Red Lantern High", "Living", "Heroes" and "House of Flying Daggers", there are of course times when he is confused, but his recent works "Shadow" and "One Second" all show different explosive power and look brave.

This time, in the face of the lonely hero of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, maybe we can be optimistic again.

At the launching ceremony, director Zhang Yimou said:

Although Zhang Yimou has never made a positive film about modern war, there are some viewpoints in his two films.

One is "one and eight" in 1983. Zhang Yimou was not a director at that time, but just one of the photographers. The director is Jun-Zhao Zheng. It is difficult to see the scene of war in the movie, but it can be seen that the expression of the characters' emotions is very accurate, which is just in line with the narrative focus of Sniper.

One is flowers of war (20 1 1). The film does not focus on the war scene, but tells the story of a group of female students rescued from the Japanese by a national army moral and mechanical teaching team of more than a dozen people.

The starting point is small, but the story shows a strong sense of history.

Therefore, it should be sure for Zhang Yimou to film the story of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. He should learn from the sacrifice and grasp the two "fates" of making a good war film.

Generally speaking, Zhang Yimou's team quality is very high, and he has a strong desire to create. In recent years, his works have become more and more "brave", and the history of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea is worth remembering. We also hope to see a work that restores the historical and spiritual core at that time. I hope Zhang Yimou can meet our expectations this time.

Qingshi Film Editorial Department | Laomeng