The tug-of-saw-moving long shot is not very rare. For example, in Li Kangsheng's movie "No See", grandma lost her grandson and asked everyone on the overpass. The camera followed the pedestrian from left to right, and then the pedestrian shook his head and didn't know. The camera followed another pedestrian from right to left, and went back and forth several times like a tug-of-war, which was the tug-of-war-moving long shot.

The reason why Zhang Yimou was shocked was that this was a big-scene war scene, and it was rare to use a tug-of-saw-like long shot.

In fact, epic movies especially like to use swing or moving shots of large visions, which can reflect the vastness of the scene and maximize the spectacle of the scene. Among them, swing is used more. Scroll is relatively simple, and you only need to shake the shot. Scroll must be laid with guide rails, which is more troublesome. For example, the work "Loess Land", which marks the true rise of the fifth generation of directors, opens with swing shots, and presents a loess plateau with continuous gullies and plateaus, which has been eroded by time, conveying a feeling of heaviness and depression.

The advantage of using a tug-of-saw-like long-swing shot when the war scenes move back and forth, allowing the audience to see more content, and can maximize the magnificence of the war scenes, making the movie have an epic temperament. However, there are many actors in this kind of scene, involving the dispatch of thousands of people, and countless explosions. Each link must be coordinated well. It is a huge test for the director, the actors, and the entire crew. For example, when the movie "The Great Decisive Battle" uses a tug-of-swing shot, but does not use a tug-of-swing shot. In the history of film, only the Soviet director Bondarchuk, the most representative work is "War and Peace".

Speaking of the tug-of-warming long shot, Zhang Ran shook his head straight: "We rehearsed this shot for more than half a month just by rehearsing it, but there was still a problem with the actual shot. It took us three times to pass it. It took us more than a month to shoot this shot. I was going to shoot five tug-of-war, but in the end I only shot two, and the rest were all replaced with ordinary tug-of-war. There is no way, it's really too complicated. I really envy Bondarchuk. If I could give me five years and give me tens of thousands of troops, I would definitely be able to make a more awesome war film than "War and Peace". But now it is impossible. Such a movie will never be available again. It only belongs to that era. If I want to reproduce a movie like "War and Peace", I will not create a Soviet Union!"

Zhang Yimou nodded. When filming "Golden Armor", there was a scene of the chrysanthemum war in Taiwan. He was going to try a long tug-of-war, but he calculated the time, calculated the cost, and finally gave up. Films like "Save Private Ryan" can be learned, while the Soviet version of "War and Peace" cannot be learned even if he wants to learn, so he can only be looked up to.

The Soviet version of "War and Peace" is a masterpiece that took five years to complete. The filming received strong assistance from the Soviet military, using 125,000 actors and 35,000 war horses, and each soldier had his own weapons and military uniform. This number is equal to the number of people in the Battle of Napoleon that year, and it is equivalent to fighting the war again, becoming one of the films with the largest number of temporary actors. Among them, the war drama "1812" in "War and Peace" can be said to be a classic that has never been before and has never come. Director Bondarchuk's use of the camera and scene dispatch are really superb.

Zhang Yimou is a fan of Kurosawa Akira. Kurosawa's most famous director's method is scene scheduling, but in Zhang Yimou's view, the scheduling ability shown by Bondarchuk in "War and Peace" is three points stronger than Kurosawa Akira.

It is no exaggeration to say that "War and Peace" is the world's number one in large-scale scheduling. In Lu Chuan's words, Hollywood directors can only kneel down in front of Bondalchuk's "War and Peace".

Zhang Yimou sighed and said, "Yes, movies like "War and Peace" are indeed difficult to reproduce. Just like you said, that kind of movie can only belong to that era."

The movie continues to play, and as the plot unfolds, Zhang Yimou has completely entered the story. He no longer looks at the movie from the perspective of a director, but is like a movie fan watching the movie with an appreciation perspective.

However, when the long shot of the ultra-low-altitude cruise appeared, Zhang Yimou was shocked and stunned. Zhang Yimou knew that Zhang Ran was a director who liked innovation, and there would always be many new things in Zhang Ran's movies. As expected, this time was no exception, but this shot was really amazing!

When the long shot of the ultra-low-altitude cruise ended, Zhang Yimou couldn't help asking: "How was this shot taken? It was definitely not a cannon. It was impossible for the cannon to sway a few kilometers away, nor was it taken by a helicopter. How was this shot?"

Zhang Ran explained with a smile: "It was filmed by drones. For this drama, we bought ten drones specifically, but six were blown up during the filming process. Fortunately, the war scene has been almost done, otherwise we would have to order drones."

When Zhang Yimou heard that it was taken by a drone, he couldn't help but ask: "Don't drones be used for wars, can they be used to make movies?"

"The exact name of the drone is a multi-axis aerial aircraft, which is different from the drone fighting." Zhang Ran explained briefly, and then combined his experience of using the drone, he introduced the advantages and characteristics of drone shooting to Zhang Yimou.

After listening to Zhang Ran's introduction, Zhang Yimou said with emotion: "This ultra-low-altitude cruise long shot is so amazing, with the visual impact and sense of presence. I believe that Bondarchuk will be shocked when he sees it. After "The Apocalypse of the Future", I don't know how many directors will follow the trend to learn from you!" At this point, Zhang Yimou laughed: "Anyway, I'm going to learn from you. I'm also going to try to shoot the war scene at the opening of "The Flowers of War" with a drone!"

Zhang Ran also laughed: "Hollywood attaches great importance to sexual technology. I also hope that our domestic directors can use more new technologies so that we can catch up with Hollywood."

After a few simple conversations, Zhang Yimou continued to watch the movie. He was very attentive, sometimes frowned slightly, sometimes his eyes lit up, sometimes he shook his head and sighed.

The movie clip of more than fifty minutes was soon finished and the lights were on.

Zhang Yimou sat in front of the chair and was a little dazed. He remembered that some people said that there were two types of movie masters. One developed the vocabulary of the movie and extended the film's expression. They were technical masters, such as Eisenstein to montage and Griffith to editing; the other masters used movies to express profound philosophical thoughts and profound thoughts. They were ideological masters, such as Bergmann to doubt and Antonioni to alienation.

Zhang Yimou didn't know which kind of movie master Zhang Ran would become. Zhang Ran seemed to have both characteristics, but Zhang Yimou knew that Zhang Ran would definitely become a master with such a great name.

Zhang Ran looked at Zhang Yimou and asked, "Laomou, I have finished watching the movie clips. You should have a better understanding of the overall style of the movie. Give me some advice!"

Zhang Yimou didn't know how to evaluate "The Future Apocalypse". Although he did not watch the complete film, the special effects of the film were not completed, and there were a lot of green screens, he already knew what the movie would look like in the end. He was really jealous of Zhang Ran and hoped that he could also make such a work, but he knew that he would never make it. Facing Zhang Ran's movie, he felt helplessness, powerlessness, and deep frustration.

Zhang Yimou stood up and sighed: "I really have no objection. I don't know how to describe it. I can only say that if my generation can make such a movie, then as a director, I will not live in vain. This film is so powerful, especially those panning shots, the lens is moving horizontally, while the characters in the shot are moving vertically, and the space of the whole picture is particularly strong. Coupled with the dust and smoke columns caused by the explosion, as well as the drone in the air, the picture space is particularly three-dimensional. I haven't seen such a complex movie schedule for a long time. The last time I saw such a complex schedule, it should be "The Great Battle"!"

When it comes to scheduling, Zhang Ran was a little unhappy: "Most of my scheduling is made through special effects, and it is still incomparable to the scheduling of "The Great Decisive Battle" that is completely real-life shot!"

Zhang Yimou said again: "The most amazing thing about this movie is its style, which gives people a very classical feeling. It uses many horizontal lenses with large visions, just like classical oil paintings, which are very heavy and have a strong epic temperament; but it is also very modern, with ultra-low-altitude cruises, various close-range explosions and follow-ups, through the flesh and blood of the characters, heart-wrenching screams, people feel the destruction of war on life. This movie seems to rub the Soviet war film and the Hollywood war film together, but there is no sense of incongruence at all, and it is integrated very perfectly. I don't know how to evaluate it, I can only say it is too powerful. I can't even shoot such a movie!"

Zhang Ran laughed at this, both classical and modern, which was the effect he thought of: "I feel relieved now. It seems that the hard work of the past few months has not been in vain. It's getting late, it's time to have supper, let's go for dinner!"

Zhang Yimou smiled and said, "You can't say it, I'm really a little hungry. You are a local snake, and I'll follow your arrangements if you eat."

Zhang Ran pondered: "Since you are here in Ireland, I will take you to taste Irish cuisine!"

After leaving the hotel, Zhang Ran took Zhang Yimou to a restaurant called Chapter 1, which is a very famous Michelin-starred restaurant in the local area. The food and service have won many awards. The food continues the traditional Irish style, but has made enough innovations.

The two found a location in the restaurant, ordered the dishes, and chatted while eating. Zhang Yimou told Zhang Ran that after more than four months of intense construction, the construction of the "The Flowers of War" filming scenic spot at the Shiqiu Film and Television Base in Jinling has come to an end, and major buildings such as churches have been completed. However, the ruins of the war are still under construction, which is more laborious than building a church. Every brick and tile has to be followed by the drawings, and even the gravel and broken bricks placed on the ground must be made as planned. The entire ruins are completed around mid-December.

Another part of the interior scene will be taken to the studio of Century Film Capital in Lin'an for shooting. Century Film Capital started construction at the beginning of the year. Now the construction of the comprehensive building, gate square area and the first group of the first group will be almost done, and it will be completely completed by early October. At that time, the special effects team of "The Flowers of War" will go to the studio to set the scene. These interior scenes are relatively simple and will not take too much time. They will definitely be completed before the filming of the movie.

In addition, the actresses of "The Flowers of War" started training in July, and the one who trained them was Zhang Ran's student Guo Zhen. It was a small challenge for Guo Zhen to build a group of campus girls into women who were 70 years ago. However, Zhang Yimou was quite confident in Guo Zhen. After all, she was Zhang Ran's student and there was absolutely no problem with her ability.

After introducing the preparations for "The Flowers of War", Zhang Yimou looked at Zhang Ran and slowly said: "Zhang Ran, I actually came here because I had something to talk to you."
Chapter completed!