On July 3, 1982, after director Yang Jie selected the four leading actors, the "Journey to the West" crew also officially started filming.
The first scene of the pilot episode "Destroying Demons and Black Chicken Kingdom" was shot in Yangzhou - Prince Wang Haining kneels down to worship King Lei Ming.
At that time, domestic special effects technology was not very good, and the shooting methods were relatively simple.
So, Yang Jie thought of filming an episode of "Demon Demon Killer" as a trial episode to see the audience's response.
As for why this episode was selected, there are two reasons. First, this episode gathers exactly four leading actors. Second, it does not require many special effects and the scene is relatively simple.
The filming location for this episode was in Yangzhou. In order to save money, the clothes of Tang Monk in the film were given by the temple master, and even the monks in the film were real.
On National Day in 1982, the pilot episode was aired. Although Yang Jie was not satisfied with the overall effect, the audience's response was unprecedentedly enthusiastic, which encouraged the entire crew.
However, in line with the principle of excellence, director Yang Jie still reshot many scenes in "Demons".
For example: Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie's styles have been changed. Wang Yue who originally played Tang Monk has also been replaced by Chi Zhongrui .
Because some scenes were reshot and some actors were even replaced, this also resulted in many misleading scenes in the film.
For example: In the TV series, when Tang Seng meets the prince by chance, when the scene switches from the back to the front, the color of the tassel on the prince's sword changes, and even the clothes of the eunuch around him are also different.
Of course, there are many "minor flaws" like this in "Journey to the West", but the flaws do not outweigh the flaws.
Today, Uncle Fan will take you to take stock of the ridiculous "gang scenes" in "Journey to the West" as well as the behind-the-scenes stories that we have never known, which will definitely surprise you.
1. Those scenes that make you laugh or cry are so funny.
In the opening chapter of "Journey to the West", "The Monkey King Begins", Sun Wukong, who has just become the Monkey King, travels across the ocean to visit the southern continent of . , seeking to become a disciple, but unexpectedly, he was hungry, so he came to a restaurant.
At the beginning, in the camera, Sun Wukong was sitting on the table, and there was another table next to him. But when the waiter came out, the table next to him was missing!
Later, when he came to Sanxing Cave to pay Bodhi Patriarch , when he jumped up the steps, a wire was clearly visible in the lens.
In "The Great Sage Havoc in Heaven", when Erlang Shen fought against Sun Wukong, he summoned Roaring Heavenly Dog to help out, but it was just a scene change. Except for the same vest, the two dogs were completely different.
In the fifth episode of "Journey to the West", Tang Monk climbed up the Five Elements Mountain with difficulty and uncovered the Tathagata's seal.
In the front, when Tang Seng is shown from the front, his clothes are relatively normal, but when the camera looks down at him, the actor's inner shirt is exposed.
During the "Three Strikes of White Bone Demon", the old woman transformed by White Bone Demon naturally fell straight back under the blow of Sun Wukong. For the safety of the actors, the crew specially arranged a staff member behind Support the other person's body with your hands to prevent injury.
Unexpectedly, this arm was "retained" during the editing process.
Not only that, but also in this episode, Zhu Bajie’s weapon " nine-tooth nail rake " has changed its shape in different scenes.
In " Three-tone Banana Fan ", the actor who plays the God of Earth reveals the clothes under his costume when he faces the camera with his right hand.
Moreover, in the scene where Sun Wukong made a sound in Iron Fan Princess 's belly, the camera was switched twice and the copper pot on the table disappeared!
In the plot of " Four Explorations into the Bottomless Pit ", a woman who transformed into a mouse spirit was tied to a tree by a robber. At first, Tang Seng wanted to save her, but was stopped by Sun Wukong. After that, Tang Seng returned to save her. people.
However, comparing the big tree behind the two times the mouse spirit was tied up, it is easy to see: the tree has become thicker!
When Sun Wukong went to rescue the Empress of the Golden Palace, holding the purple bell, he was still wearing yellow clothes one second, and then he had a gray coat in the next second.
In " Stealing Ginseng Fruit ", after Qingfeng Mingyue arranged accommodation for Tang Monk and his party, water pipes actually appeared in the camera as they walked by.
Of course, modern objects like this appear in the play, and there are far more than these.
In the episode " Tianzhu Receives the Jade Rabbit ", there are not only water pipes, but also electric lights.
In addition, when the crew was filming, there were many staff members appearing in the play, which also caused a certain degree of confusion.
For example: In the twentieth episode "Sun Houqiao Practices Medicine", there is a camera crew.
On the wedding day of Zhu Bajie and Miss Gao, there was a group of performers playing suona and , and there was also a staff member holding a mirror next to them.
Also in "The Intelligent Monkey King", Sun Wukong is not with Tang Monk, and the latter is captured by the yellow-robed monster . Zhu Bajie runs to Huaguo Mountain when he rescues the soldiers, there is a group of monkeys among the monkeys. Take off the hood!
In addition, during the filming, in order to present the effect of the original work, and due to the limitations of the technology at the time, the crew had to "leave" some revealing scenes.
For example, in " Chuanyi Jade Huazhou ", Taiyi Zhenren and Sun Wukong performed "Soaring into the Clouds and Riding on the Fog" by stepping on a scooter.
Red Boy was curious about the lotus platform of Guanyin, and was hit by the Tiangang knife on the rosette, but if you look closely, you can see that these blades are all attached.
In addition, Wia is also very obvious in many airborne scenes in "Journey to the West".
But the flaws do not hide the good points. Today, these side-by-side shots only add a little more interest to the audience, but do not affect its status in our hearts at all.
2. Those behind-the-scenes stories that are funny and make us feel distressed
As we all know, there were two major difficulties during the entire filming of "Journey to the West". One was the relatively low funding, and the other was the difficulty of filming.
However, even so, the entire Journey to the West crew traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers in six years and delivered a perfect answer.
Of course, behind these difficult shootings, there are many warm and funny moments. When
was filming "The Silk Falling into the Hole", there was a scene where spider spirit was spinning silk from its navel.
At that time, the girls at the scene were relatively shy and no one was willing to take pictures.
So, Director Yang Jie asked Xiang Han, the actor of Black Bear Spirit, to appear together with several other male actors. After filming, special effects were added, and this is what we see now.
It can be said that actor Xiang Han should be our earliest "belly button replacement"!
When filming "Journey to the West", the actors lived in a relatively poor environment and often encountered rats. In the series, Liu Xiaolingtong played Sun Wukong who was fearless, but in reality he was very timid and often It is "Junior Brother Sha" and "Second Senior Brother" who are responsible for killing and .
At the filming site, among the four masters and apprentices, the one with the liveliest personality turned out to be Tang Monk .
There is a scene Sha Seng pinches Tang Monk who fainted, but the former method is wrong, Xu Shaohua laughs for 2 seconds, "Is there such a thing as pinching people!"
In contrast, the character who plays Zhu Bajie Ma Dehua is the most "intelligent" person in the crew.
Before filming "Journey to the West", Liu Xiaolingtong promised director Yang Jie not to fall in love during the filming.
However, director Yang Jie also gave him a deadline, which was to complete the filming in one and a half years.
But what I didn’t expect was that this shoot lasted six years.
During this period, the six-year-old boy became close to the actress who played the Queen of Tianzhu.
The funniest thing is that even the director didn't know about this love affair. In the later interview, Director Yang Jie even said with a smile, "You guys did a good job keeping the confidentiality secret!"
What's even more surprising is that in the end, The first person who discovered that the six-year-old boy was in love was actually "Zhu Bajie" Ma Dehua.
At that time, Ma Dehua and Liu Xiaolingtong lived in the same house. The former found out that the "Queen of Tianzhu" was a joke, and the latter became anxious. Such a reaction naturally made Ma Dehua understand instantly.
Therefore, Liu Xiaolingtong said in the interview, "Zhu Bajie is actually very wise sometimes!"
Finally, let's talk about Sha Seng. In the series, he has always been the "porter", but you Do you know what's in his burden?
The answer is "happiness". Judging from the picture, this should be a certain brand of Coke. Isn't this a proper happiness?
Let’s talk about the director!
Director Yang Jie will mobilize people to look for "beautiful girls" wherever he goes, because in the play, whether they are female fairies or goddesses, they are all beauties.
Then there are a lot of amazing scenes from the following years, such as Chang'e 's light dance, Jade Rabbit 's mask-covering, Xingxian 's peach blossom smiling face, etc.
I have to say that Director Yang Jie’s aesthetics is really amazing!
When filming the scene of the Jade Rabbit jumping into the river, someone needed to drag the actress in the river. Director Yang Jie originally thought that no one would be willing to do this, but unexpectedly four young men came up who volunteered.
Originally, this scene should have been completed in one go, but these young men were so excited that the Jade Rabbit Spirit's body was still outside, so he was carried back by four young men and had to dance again.
In addition, there are also people who do not want to play a role in "Journey to the West" because they think the role is small. He is the actor of Little White DragonWang Bozhao.
At that time, Wang Bozhao was already the male lead in many movies, but director Yang Jie took a fancy to his performance.
So, Wang Bozhao offered the crew a very high salary, 500 per episode. He only had three episodes in total. Unexpectedly, Director Yang Jie agreed.
You must know that at that time, the salary for starring Monkey King was only a few dozen yuan per episode, and it was less than 2,000 yuan after six years of filming.
From this point of view, Wang Bozhao was definitely the highest-paid actor on the crew at that time.
Of course, in contrast to Wang Bozhao is Xiang Han, who played 14 roles in the play alone.
In addition to Black Bear Spirit, there are also Bandit, Shunfeng Er, Disciple's Father-in-law, Beihai Dragon King...
Sometimes even the leading actors have to make various guest appearances in the drama.
3, super hard-working crew
When filming "Journey to the West", the entire crew only had an old 300P camera and one photographer.
For this reason, you need to carefully adjust the focus of the picture when shooting, otherwise the picture will be "virtual".
Of course, the most difficult thing to present during filming is the special effects, such as soaring into the clouds and driving the fog, and character skills . In order to present them as much as possible, many scenes in the play used dry ice and smoke.
But it is inevitable that actors need to experience dangerous scenes with real swords and guns. For example, when filming the battle between Monkey King and Red Boy, even though the six-year-old boy was wearing asbestos clothes, he was still badly burned.
In the filming of " The Monkey King ", just a scene of a princess riding a horse chasing a rabbit required a cameraman to carry the camera back and forth for five or six hours.
In addition, the construction of some monster shapes in the play is also a headache, and all this pressure falls on Xu Xiaoguang, the director of the styling team.
Firstly, the crew was very poor, and secondly, the director asked for the monster look in the play that no one has seen.
In order to create these images, Xu Xiaoguang goes to the zoo almost every day to find inspiration from these animals.
For example: The Bull Demon King 's mount " Water-avoiding Golden Eyed Beast " was inspired by eagles, hippopotamus , and deer.
and Old Turtle in Tongtian River. He also spent a long time groping for a real turtle, and finally spent a week to build it with a big foam. When the big turtle spoke, he was dragging a stick while filming. The rope allows the turtle's mouth to open and close.
During the Spring Festival of 1986, the first 11 episodes of "Journey to the West" were fully broadcast on CCTV. The audience was greatly shocked and hoped to see the complete series during the Spring Festival of 1987.
At that time, director Yang Jie was filming "Three-Tone Banana Fan" in Guilin. It was almost an impossible task to complete the remaining 14 episodes in one year.
Then, Director Yang Jie had a bold idea, which was to hold a "Journey to the West Party" during the Spring Festival. This led to the " Qitianle " party of the Journey to the West crew in the 1987 Spring Festival Gala.
At that time, except for teacher Liu Jiang who played The King of Hell , all the other actors appeared. After all, the former said, "It is unlucky for the King of Hell to come on such a festive day!"
It was also this party that made the audience appreciate " The call for "Journey to the West" reached its peak.
On February 1, 1988, "Journey to the West", which took six years to be filmed, was fully hit. With a ratings of 89.4% myth, this drama became a classic in the hearts of the audience, even though it was replayed more than 3,000 times. , and the audience cannot refuse to watch it again.
In addition to bringing joy to generations of people and becoming the collective memory of the public, "Journey to the West" also expresses the dream and passion of the 1980s!
It would be great if there were more classics like this!
(Movie Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Department: An An)
