“Dirty——” The next morning, a ship full of crew members sailed from Dalian to Changhai County. Chen Qi stood at the bow, facing the autumn sea breeze in the north, cosplaying as Brother Riding the Wind and Waves. Feeling relaxed and happy, he wanted to sing a few lines: “You came from Dandong, and I wore a white dress instead, and wanted to eat Cantonese food… Oh, what a good song!” “Aren’t you cold in the wind?” Tsui Hark’s voice came from behind, and he came closer, already wrapped in a thick coat. "I'm fine! It's only October and you're feeling cold. What will you do in winter?" "Don't you have heating in winter? I just want to see what it looks like? How does it heat up? What's the principle?" Tsui Hark was like an old, curious baby. Chen Qi explained perfunctorily and pointed to the vast sea in front of him and asked, "Do you know what's on the other side of the sea?" "The Korean Peninsula?" "Hey! That's where our volunteers fought back then. Times have changed!"
Chen Qi sighed, "There are so many epic stories about the War to Resist . Aggression and Aid Korea. They can't be filmed in the future." In fact, the government did not explicitly ban this. Several works were filmed in the 1980s and 1990s, but none of them were allowed to be released. Everyone saw it and understood it, so they didn't film it. It was not until the Sino-US relations deteriorated sharply in later generations that the ban was lifted. Tsui Hark is not interested in fighting the US and aiding Korea now, and sighed: "I just feel sorry that Jean-Claude Van Damme and Cynthia Rothrock can't come." "No way. They are Americans, and this is a military zone." Chen Qi had no choice but to find two XJ friends, one male and one female, to put on makeup and act as stand-ins for the two. The close-up was shot in Hong Kong, and the long-distance shot used a stand-in. But fortunately, there are not many scenes on the ground of the island, and there are explosions. He set the base underground, so it can be filmed in a studio. The ship sailed for a long time and finally arrived in Changhai County. Changhai County has more than 200 islands, more than a dozen of which are inhabited. They are border islands and have troops stationed there. The county government is located on Dachangshan Island. When the crew of "Black Mask" landed on the island, the county leadership team lined up and waited for a long time. There were banners on the scene, and children holding fake flowers shouted: "Welcome, welcome! Warm welcome!" "Hello, hello!" "Hello everyone! Welcome to Changhai County!" The county leader shook Chen Qi's hand, and after the greetings, he was a little embarrassed and said: "Our conditions here are difficult. I hope you don't mind, but I promise that I have arranged the best food and accommodation for everyone." "We are here to film, not to enjoy ourselves. We just need to have food to eat and a place to sleep. I am sorry to trouble you." After some politeness, everyone went to the county center and stayed in the guesthouse. It is a county-level government after all. Although it is small, it has everything, but the conditions are indeed backward. The guesthouse is all bungalows, and there are not enough rooms. Chen Qi and Xu Ke shared a room, and the bed was hard and damp. There were many people crowded at the gate of the courtyard, stretching their necks to look inside. It was the first time that a crew came. Chen Qi was prepared. He brought several sets of bedding with him. He gave one to Xu Ke and asked, "How is it? Can we live here?" "Of course! When I fled to Hong Kong, it was much worse than this. But I am not used to sharing a room with you." "Tsk! Do you think I am willing?"
Chen Qi packed his things and looked through the window. There were still many people outside watching the excitement, so he called Gu Weili: "Go and distribute some candy to everyone. Don't speak Mandarin!" "Got it!" Gu Weili was a production assistant. She came here from Hong Kong with great difficulty and had to run around. The people in the county were very polite to her. The crew settled the bill in Hong Kong dollars. Changhai County didn't expect that they could earn Hong Kong dollars one day. After a meal, they took a short rest. Chen Qi, Xu Ke and several other crew members, together with Guo Shu from the army and comrades from the Bayi Film Studio, went to the real filming location, the nameless island. They were in a transport boat, with two machine guns in front and back, a maximum speed of 32 knots, and four 1200 diesel engines... It rumbled like a tractor, and even the bumps were very similar. Chen Qi didn't dare to go to the bow this time, and he stayed in the cabin. He didn't know much about military affairs, and just thought that this transport boat was very broken. "It's in front!" "Yeah, I saw it!" After the transport boat traveled for a while, Chen Qi got out of the cabin and saw a small island in front of him from a distance, and shouted: "Comrade Guo Shu! Can you not go up first, but go around it?" "No problem!" So the tractor started to rumble around the island. The island is square kilometers, with ups and downs but no high ground, all very low, and only a small pier. Some simple buildings appeared on the island, which were the scenes built by the crew in advance. Then, everyone boarded the island. Directly came to the central area. Due to years of bombing, the ground was bumpy and you could step on a shrapnel with one foot. The island presented in "Black Mask" is not this, but a combination of various materials. For example, in one scene, the protagonists are flying a plane, gliding, accelerating, and taking off amid crackling explosions... Chen Qi can't build an airport for this island, so he will shoot in another place and edit them together. And the big panorama will be made with miniature models. Miniature models are very effective. "Blade Runner" and "Star Wars" have played with them for a long time, and they are still being used decades later. Everyone walked around the island, and Chen Qi said: "There are two major scenes here. One is that the protagonist group robbed the villain's boat and wanted to land on the island. They were spotted approaching and the villain launched a missile or rocket. The ship was hit, but the protagonist group jumped into the sea early..." "Jumping into the sea is dangerous!" "How could they predict it in advance?" "Stop, stop, stop! Ours is not a military film, it is a gunfight action film. We only need a visual effect. The protagonist jumped into the sea, the boat hit the island and exploded, with flames shooting into the sky..." "no problem!" "In the second scene, look at these architectural sets. There are more than a dozen empty shell houses. We are going to start from here..." Chen Qi pointed to a house on the left and said: "The first one exploded, causing a fireball to rise. Then the second, the third, bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang all these dozens of houses were blown up, and there was an aerial bombardment." The shot is like a dozen mushrooms or a dozen flowers blooming.
Do you understand the effect I want? " "..." When the comrades from the Bayi Factory and the army heard this, they couldn't help but raise their eyebrows and said: "We make war films, and the effects are close to reality. What you mentioned is indeed the first time, but we promise to complete the task!" " Real explosions rely on troops, and visual effects rely on pyrotechnicians. Bayi Film Studio and Changying Film Studio produce many war films and have some of the best pyrotechnicians in the country. Now the Bayi Factory and the army are coming to help. It is also a novel experience for them. This is called "commercial film explosion". Not common in Hollywood. Modern action movies in Hollywood have also just started. The craze was started by "Die Hard" and gradually got better in the 1990s, represented by Michael Bay's "Bad Boys" and "The Island". Michael Bay is only 20 years old now. After the communication, everyone was impatient. Tsui Hark said: "Why don't we try it first?" "Okay, okay!" It was unanimously approved.