Behind the scenes tidbits of litchi red

Recently, directed by young director Du, the first film "Litchi is Red", which reflects General Secretary Jiang Theory of Three Represents, was successfully launched in our city. It took only 38 days from the start of construction to the seal, which is considered "quick". During the period, the reporter visited the scene many times and really saw the real scene behind the birth of a film. The actors and crew worked together and went through all the hardships and were deeply touched. The reporter recently collected some behind-the-scenes stories of the film to form a series for readers' reference.

Mosquitoes can also listen to dialects.

In order to live the role and find the right feeling, actors usually go to the shooting place to experience life in advance. Jiang Kai, an actor, repeatedly learned to climb a tree. As a result, he accidentally fell from a litchi tree and his arms and legs were scratched. Ge Zhijun, a famous Shaanxi Quyi actor who plays Tian Laogen, and Bai Xueyun, a northern film actor who plays Tang, came to Li Xiang. They don't adapt to the climate in the south, their skin is tanned and blistered, and they are swollen by mosquitoes. I was so angry that Ge Zhijun cursed these damn mosquitoes in Shaanxi dialect. Strangely, after the scolding, the mosquito really stopped biting him.

"It's not easy to make a movie."

On July 28th, the film "Litchi is Red" held a press conference to launch in Xiangqiao Village, Genzi Town, Gaozhou City. Then there were several scenes to shoot that night.

The film crew began to decorate at 6 o'clock. The spacious office on the second floor of Paiqiao Village Committee was temporarily filled with lights and photographic equipment. The crew spent more than four hours setting up, lighting and adjusting the machine, and the villagers were impatient. The temperature at the shooting scene of the village Committee is gradually rising, which makes it too much for farmers who have always been able to work in the fields. The farmers' uncles in Baiqiao Village all said, "The actors are filming indoors, just like in a steamer. The temperature of 40 degrees is too much for us It turns out that making a movie is not fun, which is not an easy task! "

"1 10 is really fast."

On the afternoon of August 3, the film crew filmed Song Honghai riding a motorcycle with his sister Song looking for a "boyfriend". When the film crew's special car stopped at the Development Bank to do lighting and scenery work, it attracted hundreds of people passing by to stop and watch in less than three minutes. Suddenly, the passing cars on No.4 Oil City Road became dense, making the cars line up in a long queue and the sound of horns was endless. Seeing this situation, producer and director Zhou Yong immediately called 1 10 for help. In less than 2 minutes, the police came. Soon, the traffic was smooth. The staff of the film crew all said, "Maoming's 1 10 is really fast."

Our reporter used to be an extra.

On the evening of August 5th, the film crew of "Litchi is Red" held a special dinner in Liyuan Restaurant of Maoming Guest House. The dinner lasted for 4 hours. Director Liang Dadong of the reception desk of Maoming Municipal Committee, together with the cadre of the Municipal Committee Guest House and our reporter Cheng Feng, became an extra. It is worth mentioning that the "actors" in front of the camera stared at the camera with nervous expressions and forgot the director's explanation in advance, so that the director said "no" five times in a row.

It cost two thousand yuan to cut down the "love tree"

On August 16, the film crew filmed the scene of Love Tree in Huazhou. Although 500 yuan had paid the prop fee for the tree in advance, when the invited "construction team" sawed it off, the owner of the "Love Tree" shed tears involuntarily, and the scene was very touching. Unfortunately, because the construction workers watched too much, the photographer didn't take the picture of the tree falling, so the film crew had to spend 1500 yuan and cut down another tree.

Unique "election meeting"

On August 17, the film crew filmed the Election Convention in Lingtou Village, shatian town, Gaozhou. The play attracted more than 2000 people to watch, and villagers from all directions rushed to sign up as extras. The 98-year-old Zeng came to the scene with the help of his grandson, and the 93-year-old Zeng also came to the scene with crutches. They said with emotion that we can live to this age and witness filming in the village for the first time, which is also the blessing of Lingtou people!

Aerial photography 10 hour only takes 1 minute.

On August 18, the white "monster" landed slowly in the central square in front of the municipal party committee, attracting hundreds of citizens to stop and watch, and even some people took photos to commemorate it. It turns out that this is the take-off and landing point of the aerial photography of the movie "Litchi Red". Aerial photography cost a lot of money. The aerial photography took about 10 hours, but it only took 1 minute. In the process of aerial photography, the raindrops as big as beans fell down. In case of heavy rain, the driveway is blocked (the car stops at the end and there are several motorcycles on the left). Actors Jiang Kai, Tian Peng and the film crew were duty-bound to rush out and remove the motorcycle that was in the way. They are wet from head to toe, but they are warm inside. Because the car can finally drive to the track.

Being a filmmaker is not easy.

Huang, member of the Standing Committee of Huazhou Municipal Committee and Minister of Propaganda, is one of the screenwriters of Litchi Red. Although he is very busy at work, he also actively cooperates with the crew in his spare time and holiday time. He is familiar with the plot, the characters and the local conditions. He took the initiative to work tirelessly with the crew to choose the best scenic spots and find extras to solve the difficulties that the crew urgently needed to solve. He said it's not easy to make a good movie. Now the provincial party committee, Maoming municipal party committee and municipal government attach so much importance to filming, and all parties have given strong support, and they should also do their part. He was deeply moved to see that the crew worked in a rather difficult environment in order to make a good film and truly reproduce the rural scenery, and sometimes worked until dawn. He said with deep feelings: "It's not easy to be a filmmaker. Whether it's a screenwriter, producer, director or actor, you have to work hard."

The heroine reveals her true feelings.

The emotional drama between men and women in the script needs communication between the two sides to naturally "combine". So the same is true of the emotional drama between Tang and Song Honghai. On the first day of filming this kind of drama, the directors spent several hours telling them stories, so that they could get into the role as soon as possible and have a feeling. Many things happen. Through their own efforts and the help of the director, both men and women in the play quickly integrated into the role and gave play to their acting talents. The actor of Tang couldn't stop for a moment after filming, and he was still sobbing during the break.

Litchi Zhen Hong in August

Because the shooting didn't catch up with the harvest season of litchi, it was very difficult to find litchi and shoot the plot of litchi. However, through the efforts of the crew, "Litchi is Red" has no litchi problems and no regrets. Before the film started, although the film crew had specially assigned someone to take charge of the fake litchi, the number of litchi was still far from meeting the requirements of the film. After that, they bought litchi three times: once in Conghua; The second time was in Magui Town, Maoming.

The director and Du held a special meeting to discuss the litchi problem, and made a decision on the spot, and spared no expense to buy back the litchi. After learning the news of litchi, immediately organize the members of the film crew to go to Magui town to pick it. With the support of the people in Magui town, local farmers led their staff to pick precious lychees at an altitude of 800 meters, which was quite difficult to drive.

(Guo Yuehua/Wen, originally published in Maoming Evening News 5438+0 on September 5, 2006)