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Chapter 1167 There Are More Than Heroes

The audition went on for three days!
In fact, the audition time for each actor is not long.

Li Yi has a relatively clear understanding of each character in his heart.

Therefore, when auditioning, it is more about making comparisons and comparisons.

For example, the role of Captain Xie finally fell on Xu Zhengrong's head, while the role of Shangguan Zhibiao was taken by Ma Junrong.

Other roles also have their own affiliation.

All is ready except for the opportunity.

Of course, these actors still need a series of preparations.

Because the background of each character is different.

Some people are soldiers, veterans of many battles, and they need to receive military training.

At the same time, the military regulations of that era and the basic common sense of some soldiers are different from this era.

These same actors also need them to learn.

This is a movie, and it's not that kind of drama, so Li Yi still hopes to be perfect in some places that need to be refined.

In fact, although "Eight Hundred" does not have many scenes, it is not so good to shoot.

For example, the Sixing Warehouse is separated from the Concession by a river, and the Shili Foreign Market, how to shoot that kind of feeling?

That stark contrast?
When watching movies, I can't see any difficulties, but the design of the scene is not so easy.

In order to allow the actors to have a more sense of substitution.

The crew came to the Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall of the Sixing Warehouse together. This is really not a show, but Li Yi believes that as Chinese people, especially actors like them, if they want to really invest, there is nothing better than visiting the Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall of the Sixing Warehouse in person. , to be more intuitive.

Because, if you look at the materials, read the written records, and search for various materials on the Internet, you can’t feel more touched than seeing it with your own eyes.

For the characters in the original "Eight Hundred", Li Yi did not make too many modifications, but directly used them.

Because, for Li Yi personally, he also feels that those characters in the original version are indeed very well designed.

Old Abacus, among the eight hundred strong men, he is undoubtedly a rather special existence.

One of his character characteristics is greed for life and fear of death. The most important thing is that he has to find a high-sounding reason for his greed for life and fear of death.

He always tries to rationalize his behavior and win more people's sympathy.

He regarded himself as a civilian staff officer and refused to kill with a gun.It can be said that he is a complete deserter.

Of course, like many Yaobai, he didn't come here voluntarily from the very beginning. From the moment he entered the Sixing Warehouse, he wanted to escape.

The old abacus is very clever, but he uses this little cleverness to deal with his own people, using coins with the same sides to deceive Lao Tie, and slickly excuses his escape behavior.

The role of Lao Abacus can be said to be an extremely unique existence in the whole movie. He is absolutely, absolutely not a positive character.

His heart is not in hatred of the country and family at all, and he can't hold a gun in his hand, let alone hit the enemy with a gun, so the old abacus has been planning how to escape, and the old abacus finally changed into a reporter's clothes and mixed in with the fleeing crowd entered the concession.

And such a person, maybe many people hate it after reading it, but, does such a person exist?

Not only exist, but there are many.

The old abacus represents some typical cowardly and cowardly literati images. They fear war and only think about their own lives and families. They can hold a pen but can't hold a gun in their hands. They are selfish and pitiful, but they are also understandable. Everyone wants to live well in the face of cruel war, it seems that survival is a luxury.

Similarly, there is a character who is always afraid of war and wants to escape, Duan Wu.

Like the old abacus, he only wanted to go home.It's just that, unlike the old abacus, who has always thought that way, Duan Wu is more like an ordinary person. He is not as shrewd as the old abacus, and of course he is younger, so he awakened later.Because those comrades-in-arms who gave their lives to die made him fully understand that he is now homeless and has no way to retreat.

His end is sacrifice!
old iron.The meaning of the character's name itself is obvious, old iron, who is referring to the gift, I can't understand it.

He was very skilled with his mouth, and was later pierced through his mouth.Slap in the face?

In essence, he is a "counsel who is greedy for life and afraid of death", but he has a good face, and if he dies in the end, he has to sing a big show to die.

Wait, wait, every character needs to be carefully crafted.

Movies are not history. Li Yi will not deviate too much from the overall and general direction, but movies are always artistic creations.

Therefore, these people are very necessary.

Because each of them represents a different group.

Old abacus, old gourd, Yangguai, old iron, etc., etc., you can find the shadow of many groups from them.

These are also the necessity of dramatization. Of course, if such a character is designed in a movie like "Changjin Lake", it will not work.

Because the background of "Eight Hundred" and the background of "Changjin Lake" are completely different.

The composition of the lone army in "Eight Hundred" is extremely complicated. In fact, if this is a real elite of hundreds of battles, then perhaps the defense of the Four Lines Warehouse will be another result.

Or, if it is really a whole division guarding the Sixing Warehouse, then maybe there will be another result.

Unfortunately, there is no if in history.

After watching the plot of the white horse repeatedly, Li Yi finally decided to keep a part of it.

For example, in Xiao Hubei's heart, he regards his elder brothers who have been taking care of him as Chang Shan Zhao Zilong who is victorious in every battle.

It's a wonderful fantasy.

So at the last moment, he had this fantasy, just like a hero in the eyes of many people.

Wait, wait, in fact, these are all good, and there are still original versions for reference. The real difficulty is the later plot.

As for whether to divide it into two parts, Li Yi still hasn't made up his mind.

Because the filming of the subsequent plot is actually another story to a certain extent.

Film preparations are in full swing.

The shooting cycle of "Eight Hundred" will definitely be much longer than that of "Love Letter". After all, as far as Li Yi is concerned, the film "Eight Hundred" is probably second only to the big production of "Changjin Lake".

Fortunately, for Li Yi, there is no shortage of money, people, or connections, so the preparation period has been greatly shortened.

In January, after three months of preparation, "Eight Hundred" officially held its opening ceremony in Hengcheng Film and Television City.

"Eight Hundred" is officially launched.

"Eight Hundred" can be said to be truly a gathering of stars, and the lineup is not unique, but at this stage, the lineup of this movie is enough to attract the attention of countless people.

Because "Eight Hundred" is a group portrait drama, there are many characters involved. In addition, there will be many related characters in it. They are all invited top-notch veteran actors, actor and actress, and other cameo appearances , Therefore, the lineup can be called extremely luxurious.

(End of this chapter)