What are the unknown things behind the filming of the 86 th edition of Journey to the West?

A photographer took a camera for six years and broadcast it for six years. It has been played more than 3000 times so far, enough to apply for Guinness World Records. It is a TV series with the most stunts and the most rustic. The 86th edition of The Journey to the West is a drama, which is suitable for all ages in Xian Yi and lasts for a long time. The sad story behind it is little known, and it is a real trip to learn from the scriptures.

1982- 1988, 1998- 1999, two volumes were released one after another: 25 episodes of Journey to the West, 16 episodes of Journey to the West. Directed by Yang Jie, starring six young children, Chi, Xu, Wang Yue and Ma Dehua. The Journey to the West's filming is no less difficult than learning from Tang Priest.

1982, The Journey to the West's three episodes were piloted on CCTV and became famous in one fell swoop. So some people accused the director of filming TV series in order to travel around the country and go abroad. In fact, the conditions of the crew are very difficult, with a quota of only 50 cents per meal. In these expensive places, there are only six bowls of jiaozi and 2.5 yuan. Boys simply don't have enough to eat, and the director pays the staff to eat.

In order to find scenes that meet the requirements of the crew, director Yang Jie led the team to all parts of the country except Tibet, Qinghai, Ningxia, Hubei and Taiwan Province. During the filming process, the main creative personnel were in distress many times. Yang Jie once almost fell off a cliff from a mountain, and the master and apprentice almost slipped while shooting the scene of walking through the waterfall. Even in Baimalong, it has encountered many dangers such as falling into ditches.

Actually, the director and cameraman of Journey to the West are husband and wife. They have been filming this drama together for six years and have no time to take care of their 12-year-old daughter. Due to lack of funds, security measures have to be cancelled. When hanging Weiya, actors often fall down. Once, Huaili Yan (Friar Sand) weighed more than170kg and hit the cameraman Wang Chongqiu on the head. He fainted on the spot.

Directors Yang Jie and Wang Chongqiu went to Hong Kong to learn to hang Weiya. 1982, when we first filmed Journey to the West, the crew lacked guidance and everyone didn't know how to do stunts. Photographer Wang Chongqiu tried his best to be unrealistic. He happened to meet a Hong Kong man and asked him to hang people. But he is also an outsider who doesn't know the inside story, so the crew went to Hong Kong to learn to hang Weiya, and finally succeeded. It was very dangerous to hang Weiya in those days, and often Weiya's rope was finely ground and was still being used at risk. Every time the four disciples hang Weiya, they should be glad that they have come back to life, especially the Monkey King and Pig Bajie, who mainly hang Weiya. Every time after the end, they didn't fall, and they all high-fived each other to celebrate. All four of them fell and got hurt.

There is no leading role and supporting role in the cast. The protagonist is treated like everyone else. No assistant, no nanny car, no preferential treatment. After the shooting, I have to take some station wagon equipment and tools with the crew. When there is a lack of walk-on actors, we should also make up with the cast and save the scene.

Now it's a compliment to say that the Westward Journey has been filmed for six years. But that's why I wore little shoes. In fact, 25 episodes took six years to shoot, which was a helpless result. There is only one camera, so it is impossible to shoot from multiple angles at the same time, which is very inefficient. During his visit to Japan, the director was also criticized by CCTV leaders for how fast Japan filmed! Yang Jie said she wanted five or six cameras, and I shot faster than them!

Because Westward Journey was criticized by CCTV, CCTV formed an investigation team. The investigation found that the original crew was particularly difficult and financially difficult, and even the basic shooting equipment was not available. We agreed to give money and another camera. Who knows that when the team returned to CCTV, everything changed back to the old style. CCTV ordered the crew to stop filming Journey to the West and just shoot a tail. At that time, only 15 episodes were filmed.

Yang Jie and CCTV leaders worked hard to negotiate. After many negotiations, they finally got the release from CCTV: If you find the money yourself, but it must be a loan, not an investment, we will let you continue filming Journey to the West.

With the approval of CCTV, the crew can find their own funds to continue filming the Westward Journey, and the crew is looking for funds everywhere. Among them, Li Hongchang, the "centipede essence", searched for funds everywhere after CCTV The Journey to the West, and finally found 3 million funds from the 11th Engineering Bureau of the Ministry of Railways. However, due to rising prices and scenic spots charges, 3 million can't finish filming the remaining 15 episodes, and the original 30 episodes of Journey to the West can only be cut off with five episodes.

Li Hongchang was originally the deputy director of production in The Journey to the West, divided into seven parts: fisherman, black fox spirit, multi-eyed monster, Cheng Yi, minister, Buddha and businessman. Because the director found Li Hongchang's acting skills very good, he gave him a big role, centipede essence. Of course, it may also be that the director thanked Li Hongchang for finding a 3 million loan from the Ministry of Railways, which saved the Westward Journey from danger.

Wang Xizhong, a master stylist in The Journey to the West, not only designed the image of monsters, but also played a role in the play-Jinding Daxian. These are the shapes in the The Journey to the West designed by Master Wang Xizhong.

There are three actors in Tang Priest. At first, it was Wang Yue, who filmed three episodes and felt that the role was not very challenging for acting. Besides, he left the crew because of a movie invitation. Xu was originally chosen to play the little white dragon. When Wang Yue left, the director decided to play the Tang Priest instead of him. He filmed 9 episodes, was admitted to the university, and left the crew. The anxious director met Chi by chance in the corridor and took a fancy to him as the Tang Priest.

Among them, Jiang Yue (the first Tang Priest) plays a white monkey in The Monkey King. Xu Ba is divided into three parts: Tang Priest, Tang Priest's father and the East China Sea Dragon King.

Zhong Rui pool is decorated with four corners: Tang Priest, King Jing "Eliminating Demons and Endless Country", celebrities "Exploring the bottomless pit" and Friar Sand "Spreading Yuhua Island Art".

Few people know that the Monkey King, who has a high eye but a low hand, actually has 600 degrees of myopia and 200 degrees of astigmatism. He joined the crew without telling the director. At first, the Monkey King often hit others on the head and bled, so that no one wanted to fight the Monkey King at that time. The director expressed disgust, only to find that the Monkey King was good at going it alone. Only then did I know that he was nearsighted and his contact lenses were uncomfortable.

Six-year-old children are spoiled at home and have little ability to take care of themselves. When casting, Yang Jie felt that the six-year-old boy was very attractive, but the six-year-old boy made a guarantee that the younger son could bear hardships. Six-year-old boy (24 years old) was sent to the crew by the old monkey king "six-year-old boy" Zhang (60 years old). Dad poured bath water for his son, carrying four thermos bottles in his hands, and was immediately stopped by Yang Jie.

Huaili Yan is divided into nine parts: Friar Sand, Niu (official seal of Bi Marvin in the second episode), Clairvoyance, the old gentleman on the throne, the monk (from Kannonji), the old man (from the Monkey King), the general in confinement, the supervisor of the imperial horse, and the Dragon King of the West Sea.

According to the aesthetics of that year, Spider Essence's clothes were too exposed, and several actors protested collectively, but in the end they were all invalid. Some of these 15 and 16-year-old girls are crying in their rooms and feel miserable. Wear a shawl cloak to cover it when shooting. When I pat my belly (the navel on my belly will spin silk and tie Tang Yan up), let the boys in the crew be naked body double with spider essence. Hong Haier is played by Zhao Xinpei, gender: male origin: Beijing Date of birth:1977 65438+1October 3 1 But you can't wear pants when shooting Hong Haier. Little baby is shy and asks to wear pants. The director said no, Hong Haier just doesn't wear pants. So, as soon as he was filmed, he ran to one side and put on his pants.

The crew couldn't find a white horse at first, so they changed to a dark horse and painted it with white paint. Every time they go to the river, the river turns white. They stand up from the river and are another dark horse. In those days, people often fell into the river because of poor stunt conditions.

Keep your eyes open. The little Tang Priest in The Journey to the West is now Cai Yuanhang, the new husband of Aunt Xi. On July 24th, 20 13, the wedding photos of Little Tang Priest and Aunt Puxi (Cai Yuanhang and Sun Xi) were exposed, and they got married on August 4th, ending the six-year love run and finally stepping into the hall of happiness.

Pig Bajie is missing an ear. Although the conditions in those days were indeed limited, under the attitude of director Yang Jie, the scenes and modeling of the 86th version of The Journey to the West did not lose the remake of the current version. What matters is attitude, not just technology.