Chapter 2033 Let Me Shoot "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"

"Especially those war scenes, I was very excited to see them! They are both professional and shocking. I asked several historical consultants, and they all said that these scenes were well filmed! In the field of war scenes, apart from those Of the film and television works with revolutionary themes, yours is the best." Director Wang held Shen Long's hand and praised.

As far as war scenes with big scenes are concerned, it’s not that we have never filmed war scenes in China. The quality of war scenes in "Three Great Battles" is absolutely high, but they are political missions, and the cost can be ignored when filming, and the army will try to cooperate, and many The witnesses of the war are still alive, and the details of these battles can be restored through them.

Even if the time is stretched back more than 30 years, in the field of war drama, there is no work that can surpass "Three Great Battles", even if it is put on a global scale, there are only a few films by Lao Maozi back then Compared with "Three Great Battles" in terms of scale, we can still learn from Lao Maozi in filming with the army.

After all, it costs money to hire extras in Hollywood. How much money do they have to spend to mobilize several troops to match their performances? In the episode of "Battle of the Bastards" in "Game of Thrones", 600 crew members, 500 extras, and 70 horses were used, and it cost 10 million U.S. dollars, and the film and television company that was used would definitely go bankrupt.

Using special effects is not as good as using real-life effects after all. Special effects technology is also limited. It may be okay to shoot a panoramic or static scene. It will be easy to find bugs.

"You are too proud. It's because of the good cooperation of our soldiers. If it weren't for their help, I wouldn't be able to shoot such a good result." Shen Long said politely, and then he was still wondering. Director Wang came to tell me this specifically for Mao. ?

Fortunately, Director Wang quickly explained the reason, "You must know that after the filming of "A Dream of Red Mansions", the station began to plan to film "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Last year our station leaders Dai Linfeng, Ruan Ruolin, historians Liu Shide, Feng Qiyong, Wang Feng, the producer of Pingshu "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and Ren Dahui, the producer of our "Dream of Red Mansions" crew held a meeting to discuss the shooting of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and set a shooting plan."

"But later I heard that Fujian TV Station, Sun Daolin and Japanese film and television organizations also planned to shoot this work. We thought it would be inappropriate for everyone to shoot the same theme at the same time, so we suspended the project." Director Wang introduced.

"I've also heard the news, but they seem to be quiet now! "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is definitely a big production project, and it's not so easy to finalize; Fujian TV station alone will definitely not be able to support it. Teacher Sun is in the film and television industry. The circle is indeed quite influential, but his strength alone is too small compared to the resources needed to film "Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

"As for the Japanese? They have money and technology.

But in such a small place in Japan, how to shoot such an epic masterpiece as "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? Where did they find so many extras? So many horses? Not to mention those cities and palaces, even if they want to shoot, they can only cooperate with domestic companies, and they can only cooperate with big organizations like our station! I haven't heard that they have contacted our station so far, so I guess the project has been rejected. "If they come to talk, the leader will definitely find me as a translator and negotiator. Since there is no movement, it means that this matter is not reliable.

"You're right. We thought about this too simply." Director Wang nodded and continued, "So when you took the crew to shoot "Feng Shen Bang", the stage restarted. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" project, and wants me to be the chief director."

"Congratulations, Mr. Wang, is there anything I can do to help? Oh, if it's about filming, my uncle's film and television city has already begun to build palaces from the Qin and Han Dynasties. If you are interested, you can go and have a look. If you have any opinions, you can put them forward in advance." Shen Long said.

"Already started repairing? That's really great! When our project team was discussing, we felt that the biggest expense was not personnel, costumes, props, or special effects, but the location. If we want to restore the city and palace of the Three Kingdoms period, then It will cost a lot of money!" Director Wang said in surprise.

I am also very clear about this. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" cost 117 million yuan in total, including 100 million yuan for the filming base, 5 million yuan for more than 1,000 kinds of clothing and more than 30,000 sets of costumes, and nearly 70,000 props. It only cost 7 million yuan.

"Let's not talk about this today, let's continue to talk about war scenes. When the leader found me at the beginning, I was more confident. I felt that I had made a work like "Dream of Red Mansions", and I could do well with "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"."

"But after reading the original work several times, and chatting with experts in the script team and historical consultants, I realized that it's not that simple. You asked me to make some literary dramas, whether it's a series of plots, verbal battles with scholars, or three visits to thatched cottages. There is no problem, and I am confident that it will be done well! But the war scene is a little uncertain.”

"If the war scenes in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are not well filmed, it will lose its soul. Aren't ordinary audiences looking forward to the battles between generals and big scenes?"

"Originally, I planned to catch ducks on the shelves, or find a few directors who are good at shooting war scenes to help me handle these big scenes. We also conceived some scenes of war scenes, and even felt pretty good about ourselves."

"But after watching the war scenes in "Fengshen Bang" these days, I realized that compared with the effects you made, the things we thought about are just like children's play, not only the visual effect is poor , and it is full of loopholes, and many places do not conform to historical facts at all.”

Well, this is true. Shen Long remembers that there are quite a lot of shots of the yellow scarf military fork in it. The fork is not only useless but also scrap iron. There is iron for making forks. Wouldn’t it be better to make more gun heads? ? Moreover, the arrangement of troops and formations seems to be barely passable, and the battle between generals is even more unsightly.

"I seriously thought about it at home for a few days, and I felt that I would definitely leave a lot of regrets in filming this work. It's better to let you be the chief director. The war scenes you shoot must be much better than mine!" Director Wang looked at Shen Long and asked, "Xiao Feng, would you like to be in charge of the crew of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?"

Um? Why did you let me be the chief director? But to be honest, there is really no one more suitable than me!