The crew stayed in the forest farm for half a month before leaving.
Zhang Hongcheng and Chu Miaohong ultimately did not agree to appear on the big screen, and the male and female protagonists who were previously selected successfully retained their positions.
Director Guo and screenwriter Xiao Wu were both very disappointed with this.
Most of the filming work in the forest farm is about scouting locations, and there are very few specific shots of people.
This is because the script has changed dramatically.
In an era when film was extremely valuable, Director Guo and Xiao Wu had to ask for permission before they could officially start filming.
The two are very confident in the new script. After all, the new content is all based on real life.
Chunchang is one of the most famous film studios in China. Nationally renowned films such as "The Founding Ceremony of the Nation", "Heroic Sons and Daughters", and "Five Golden Flowers" are all representative works of Chunchang.
The factory has very strict management of each film crew.
Although the factory leaders and the review team guessed that Director Guo would make some changes to the script after taking people out to collect materials, no one expected that the script would be changed beyond recognition.
"Xiao Guo, you're going too far!"
The factory leader had just read the beginning of the new script. Although he felt that the script was much more interesting, he still had to criticize and educate Director Guo.
"If everyone acts like you, it's only a matter of time before the review team gets pissed off!"
"Also, look at what you and Xiao Wu have revised. Is it reasonable? The writing style and ideas are correct, but it's too detached from reality. Do you understand?"
"I think we should stick with the original script and make some minor changes. That way, it will be easier for the factory to deal with the audit team, right?"
Director Guo, also known as Xiao Guo, was smiling and had no intention of leaving.
"The content Xiao Wu and I added and deleted is entirely based on real life. I also have interview records from newspapers and forestry workers..."
The leader waved his hands regretfully.
"It's just the words of a novelist..."
"It's real. It even has the red seal of the Corps' Central Military Commission on it."
Director Guo hurriedly turned to the last page and let the leader see the bright red seal.
“Huh?!”
The leader was suddenly shocked and confused.
Are all these "story materials" true?
He immediately read the new script carefully again.
"Great! The story is really strong," the leader said, turning the script around a few times, seemingly unable to let it go. "Authenticity, just this authenticity...!"
The leader gritted his teeth, picked up the phone and called the ZZ headquarters of the Heilongjiang Military Region.
That night, the lights in the offices of several leaders of Chun Factory were on for half the night.
Shooting a movie in this era was far less convenient than in later generations.
The revised script had to be faxed to Beijing for review by the review team.
The final result was beyond the factory's expectations.
The review team had higher expectations than they had imagined for these materials that were completely derived from real life.
In just three days, the new script was approved.
The film crew then officially started shooting.
Although Chunchang was a large studio, some filming resources were still very limited in 1974.
Many things are used by two crews at the same time.
When filming of "The Scenery Here Is So Beautiful" started, it happened to collide with another crew.
The annual blockbuster "Cars Rolling" still has the last few shots to be completed.
"Cars Rolling" tells the story of delivering supplies to the Huaihai Campaign, and some shots in it use a large number of people and objects.
The director of the "Car" team was also not polite to Director Guo of the "Wind" team. Sometimes when they were short of people or even a photographer, they would call Director Guo and his people to help.
"This shot needs to be shot in a place completely devoid of modern buildings, telephone poles, and the like," Director Yin said, pulling Director Guo aside to discuss. "I've picked two locations. Please help me think about them."
The two places where Director Yin conducted his primary elections were Tong H in Jilin Province and the other near Daqing.
Both locations have their own advantages.
Tong H has garrisons and endless plains. The only trouble is that it is difficult to find extras during the autumn harvest season. In Daqing, there are also wildernesses, and extras can be found in abundance, but there are too many telephone poles in the wilderness.
If Director Guo had never been to Hongqi Forest Farm, he would probably choose H for Director Yin.
After all, Tong H is close and the environment is suitable. Although the scene of a large number of extras pushing carts to Huaihai is difficult to shoot, it can be added through post-production.
I don’t know why, but Director Guo not only didn’t help others choose, but instead recommended another place to Director Yin.
The plain at the foot of the Hongqi Forest Farm in Heilongjiang Province.
Extras are also easy to find. As long as the Construction Corps gives the order, no matter how many educated youth there are, they can be transferred to you.
Director Yin had difficulty making a decision and reported all three locations to the factory.
But no one expected that the one who was originally chosen to accompany the prince to study would actually be chosen.
Well-informed people in the factory heard that someone in Beijing had spoken...
When Zhang Hongcheng woke up, he found that his home at the foot of the mountain was blocked by a large group of people.
The crew of "Car" has quite a few people, and they have set up more than ten tents.
The most puzzling thing was that the division headquarters even called personally and specifically requested all the educated youth from the independent platoon of the Red Flag Forest Farm to serve as extras in the other party's filming.
Zhang Hongcheng was speechless.
This mountain of mine is not Hengdian, why are they running towards me one after another?
He subconsciously felt that something was wrong, so he wanted to refuse.
But the division headquarters doesn't care whether you are willing or not.
To put it nicely, this is an honor for the educated youth of the independent platoon who have won the third-class collective merit twice in a row; to put it bluntly, your independent platoon has recently entered the slack season early, so the cost of employing you is the lowest...
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