The film crew said: The filming of Song of Egrets can be completed in Hengdian Film and Television Base in Zhejiang with complete scenery, but in order to promote the heavy theme of Hakka, Director Wang Wei, who came to Ganzhou for more than ten times to film Song of Egrets, has an inseparable love for Ganzhou, and she insisted on leaving the location in Ganzhou for filming. She wants to turn her dreams into reality one by one, and she wants to show the Hakka customs to the world in a panoramic way. As a result, teams of 10-ton trucks loaded with costumes, props and equipment entered Ganzhou, the cradle of Hakka, and also entered the Hakka enclosed houses deep in the mountains. Longnan Guanxi Wai House and Yi Yan Wai House are national key cultural relics protection units. Kansai Wai was designated as an important place for delegates to visit during the 19 World Hakka Family Conference.
The road from Liren in Longnan to outside Kansai is being widened for maintenance. After the rainstorm, the rugged mountain road became more muddy. We took a big truck full of props. This is the first time for a driver who always drives on the plain to walk such a slippery road. The wide road and the scorching sun really make an old master sweat all over. On the way, I also met a truck pulling stones and got stuck in the mud. I waited until an excavator was transferred to lift the rear wheel of the car to boost it, and the team of the film crew was able to pass.
It took the motorcade more than four hours to reach its destination. We just picked up the box lunch when suddenly there was a "plop", which caused an alarm. It turned out that the driver who opened the equipment of "Beijing Film Studio" suffered from heatstroke and fell to the ground. The crowded chef pinched a handful, a towel and a fan for him. The driver who woke up sat on the stool, couldn't support it, fell to the ground with a plop, and fell to the ground three times repeatedly. From the discussion of the crew, we know that the driver didn't return to Ganxian Hotel until a little after filming last night, because he had to get up early to go to Longnan the next day and get up at four o'clock to install equipment. Get up early and get greedy like this, and the crew can't remember how many times. This meal, like several actresses in Longnan Middle School, was choked by nervousness, worry and heat.
News interview shooting is an instant freeze to grab news. I didn't expect the TV series to be repeated so many times. One day in Kansai Wai, the lineup of 100 people took four shots at the "wedding ceremony". At first, the local extras were in high spirits because they wore Qing Dynasty costumes, but later they got tired of their interest. On the contrary, the director and several main actors are very serious. When feeling bad, the actors themselves will ask for another shot.
The three days of shooting in Longnan enclosure coincided with the high temperature of 37 degrees. Cast members filming outside the enclosure are exposed to the sun, and filming in the enclosure is like steaming in a steamer. Under the irradiation of several lamps, a string of sweat from time to time destroyed the edge of the hair cover on the actor's forehead and the makeup on his face. We found that the makeup artist would polish the actor's makeup later. On the day of filming in Yi Yan Roundhouse, another actor fainted from heatstroke. An accompanying Ganxian staff member said with emotion: I dare not say that our salary is too low. Where are we working so hard?
The crew of "Song of Egrets" strives for perfection in performance and insists on pursuing artistic perfection in every link of shooting. The film crew originally planned to complete the "wedding" in a closed house on June 27th, and complete the "seeing off the bride" in Longnan Taiping Bridge around Yi Yan. In the play, it is necessary to show that the heroine, Yu Xiulian, is a concubine who broke the world. She is escorted by Master Zhong in a sedan chair and plays suona. However, because the caravan of Baohulu Farm did not arrive at the scene at the same time that day, the scene of "seeing off the bride" on Taiping Bridge could not be filmed, and the film crew went to Yi Yan Round House the next day. What's even more disturbing is that the film crew has to make up a set of shots taken at the ancient pier of Qizhen the day before, because all the scenes taken that day were dressed in the wrong clothes, which is just the opposite of the season described in the play.
The original budget of 5 million yuan for filming "The Ballad of Egret" has far exceeded, and the daily expenses in Ganzhou are tens of thousands of yuan. Perhaps because of the pressure of funds, the film crew is rushing to complete the location shooting. The scene of "getting married" in Yi Yan Roundhouse was filmed until one o'clock in the morning before the director announced "stop", and the film crew didn't return to Ganzhou until four o'clock in the morning. It is hard for us to imagine that they will enter the Yi Yan Round Building again the next day. It can really be said that foreplay is hard every second. The cast of Song of Egrets wrote the history of Hakka with their lives and sweat, and the people of Ganzhou supported these friends who contributed to Hakka with sincerity and enthusiasm.
-The heroine He Caifei and another actress suddenly relapsed when filming in Ganzhou. Ganzhou not only actively cooperated with the remedial measures taken by the two stuntmen, but also sent staff to take care of the two seriously ill actors day and night. Li Xiaohong, who had to go back to Beijing for treatment, left Ganxian with tears in her eyes.
-When shooting the location of the Yi Yan Round House, several toll stations from Ganzhou to Longnan heard that the motorcade was the crew of "Egret Ballad" promoted by the World Expo, so they were released free of charge all the way.
-The actors in the film crew who complete the performance tasks are always at the stations that are returning one after another, and the local people help to carry their luggage. After returning to Beijing, these actors also called the Propaganda Department of Ganxian County Committee to thank these strangers.
-Ding Rao, who replaced the seriously ill stuntman, and Hu Lihua, the temporary "mom" actor, are two extras who have never filmed a TV series. They have a tacit understanding with the cast, and in repeated remakes, the difficulty of joining the roles of "body double" and "temporary" has been played down. When everyone else is resting, you should use the gap to recite your lines. Others can go to a ventilated place to cool down, but use a lamp to heat it. The scene of "crying to get married" is what the director is most satisfied with, perhaps it is a touching scene, perhaps it is an actor's talent. When the director said "start", "mother and daughter" both cried out of breath. This shot is the only successful shot in two closed houses. The "mother and daughter" immersed in the atmosphere of "crying for marriage" were still panting in tears for a long time after the filming.