Reviewing Operation Red Sea’s Direction of ＂Chinese-style Blockbuster＂ in Winter

Special feature of 1905 film network In the past two weeks, "Hundred Flowers Sixty" specially planned a series of programs, and together with filmmakers, reviewed the footprints of Hundred Flowers Award in the past 60 years. A few days ago, the 36th Hundred Flowers Award came to an end, and the film produced by Bona Film won the title of best film, as if once again leading the audience back to a red sea night four years ago.

Hundred Flowers Award, founded in 1962, has gone through 60 years and witnessed the social changes in China with light and shadow. Talking about the 34th Hundred Flowers Award, I have to mention the action war movie, and won the honor of the best feature film of that year, which was the highlight moment of the 34th Hundred Flowers Award Awards Ceremony.

It was the evening of November 12th, 2018 in Foshan. Yu Dong, the chairman of Bona Film, led a team of nearly 20 people from Operation Red Sea’s creative team to attend the award ceremony, which was very spectacular. Because of Operation Red Sea’s outstanding performance, the audience voted for Operation Red Sea in succession, hence the name "Red Sea Night".

Yu Dong said: "In fact, there was a lot of suspense that night, and the most competitive thing was that both films were stories about evacuating overseas Chinese, and both of them achieved good results, so I was very nervous, but I still comforted the director and said that both of your films were shortlisted anyway, and which one won the prize was an honor."

Operation Red Sea finally won five honors that night, including best film, best director, best supporting actor, best supporting actress and best newcomer. A particularly interesting thing happened that year, and many people didn’t expect that the competition for best supporting actor would be so fierce. Operation Red Sea and Wolf Warriors 2 competed for the Best Supporting Actor Award. In the first round, there were 101 votes, and the judges voted on the spot. Both of them got exactly the same votes, with 32 votes, so they voted again, and Du Jiang narrowly won.

Yu Dong mentioned: "Everyone was very happy that day. We were lucky enough to participate in the creation of the film, and we were very happy whether we won the prize or not. What everyone shouted the most was that at the celebration dinner, the director "Tucao" "abused" them, and why it was so hard to shoot at that time. Why do I say that Lin Chaoxian is a madman? He is desperate to make a movie. There is a shot of tank battle with a tank running at high speed in front. The director asked the camera to run after the tank, and then turned from the front of the tank to take a shot of the tank coming in front. The photographer refused to shoot, saying that it was too dangerous, and there was no guarantee that the car would hit in the middle. Lin Chaoxian went on his own, but this lens was too fast, and the car turned over, and even the car was turned into a dust smoke, and everyone was scared. It was really a life-changing lens. "

In the end, director Lin Chaoxian’s head was broken and he turned a few somersaults, but he just stood up, patted his head, and said nothing was wrong. Go on, and prepare for the next shot. This professional attitude infected all the staff present, and it was this crazy and unforgettable shooting experience that made Operation Red Sea such a blockbuster and won the love of the audience. When the thrilling shooting process behind it was shared, it made people feel that the film was hard-won.

Yu Dong once said that to tear down the wall between the main melody film and the audience, what does it mean to tear down this wall?

Yu Dong replied: "We are studying the direction of Chinese blockbusters. In the past, many war films and genre films suffered from many limitations. One was that they were too focused on the theme and lacked a strong narrative structure. The other was that they were afraid to invest in technology and surpass them by taking the same theme as a benchmark. This is also a topic we are constantly exploring. For example, it is a mix of several types, which is already a gangster film plus an agent film plus an action film. Therefore, Bona Film has focused on the stories of firefighters, pilots, marines and drug police in recent years, which also shows the responsibility and responsibility of such a big country as the community of human destiny. We especially hope that the types of China films will present more styles and give the audience more choices. For example, a genre breakthrough has been achieved with oriental thinking, including such a realistic film, which has turned a social problem film into an emotion. It is amazing. "

Over the years, what kind of guiding role has Hundred Flowers Award played in film creation? Yu Dong, as a filmmaker, said: "I started to pay attention to Hundred Flowers Award when I was a child. At that time, my sister especially liked to buy Popular Movies magazine. Every issue came out and she always took it home. Everyone rushed to read it. When voting, everyone discussed who to choose. I definitely voted when I was a child. Later, I liked movies and often watched movies, so I went to the Film Academy and was assigned to work in Beijing Film Studio after graduation. At that time, I took the film of the North Film Factory and followed the propaganda section chief to participate in Hundred Flowers Award. "

Hundred Flowers Award inspired Yu Dong’s interest in movies and led him to start his own film career. Hundred Flowers Award will continue to shine in China, attracting more light and shadow lovers and contributing to China’s film career together.

Hundred Flowers Award’s votes represent the audience’s love, and also reflect the direction of China’s film creation. The people-centered creative orientation reflects the new era and tells the stories around the audience, thus expressing the feelings of the creators and expressing their heroic dreams. I hope that Hundred Flowers Award, the oldest, oldest, most historical and weighty audience evaluation in China, will be able to do better and better on behalf of the audience. It can be more deeply rooted in people’s hearts and influence every audience.