Chinese: 1. Thoughts after viewing the exercise "Burning Image".

Starting from September 1st, a documentary film called "Burning Image" has been screened in some cities across the country in

Chinese: 1. Thoughts after viewing the exercise "Burning Image".

Starting from September 1st, a documentary film called "Burning Image" has been screened in some cities across the country in a low-key manner; on September 18th, the film was officially released nationwide, and slowly It caused quite a shock in the film industry - this is not a movie in the ordinary sense. This is a digital collection of more than 500 documentary films shot during the Anti-Japanese War collected by the China Film Archive and the China Film Art Research Center. In the end, more than 133,000 frames were carefully edited from 284 films, restored and produced into a completed film.

Just after New Year's Day in 2015, the creative team of "Burning Images" entered the intense preparatory stage The door to the warehouse was opened, and no one knew how many secrets were hidden in those film boxes that had not been touched for a long time. After many days of professional special processing by technicians, batches of digitized videos became usable basic materials. .In the small screening room, everything on the screen shocked the whole team:

The "128" Incident, Zhabei became a scorched earth, Cai Tingkai was deploying the 19th Route Army; the Marco Polo Bridge Incident In Wanping City in Japan, the city wall was full of bullet holes, and people spontaneously expressed condolences to the soldiers who defended the city; during the great victory of Pingxingguan, Lin Biao and Nie Rongzhen were commanding the battle on the battlefield; in the Battle of Songhu, known as the Flesh and Flesh Mill, Feng Yuxiang used a charming speech to boost morale ; On the banks of the Suzhou River, the lone soldier in Sihang Warehouse is still holding on to his position. The famous eight hundred warriors are actually less than 400; on the battlefield in Taierzhuang, there are actually children digging trenches; in the air battle in Wuhan, a fighter plane was filmed rolling The scene of exchanging fire with the enemy and finally shooting down the enemy plane...

There are also some special shots about specific times: On December 12, 1937, when the Chinese army was forced to evacuate Nanjing, the camera captured Looking back at the last shot of Nanjing, it was a blurry scene, like a tearful child caressing its mother's face;

On October 10, 1945, the Square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City in Peking was packed with 20 people. Thousands of citizens witnessed the invaders signing the surrender document. At that time, the population of the entire city was only 2 million...

The feeling at that time was very strange, as if these images were waiting for us. They The sources are different, but they were all taken during the Anti-Japanese War. Some came from private companies, some came from foreign journalists, and a small amount of films were seized from the Japanese army and the enemy and puppet governments. The vast majority came from battlefield films sent by the National Government's film agency at that time. Team. Countless war scenes flashed before our eyes, and many camera positions were obviously within range. How did the cameras record them? Obviously, the war reporters at that time risked their lives to leave these images for us. When "Burning Image" was screened, a reporter once asked: "What special techniques were used to shoot these films at that time?" I He answered this way: "This film may have used the most complex technology, that is, the photographer clearly captured the battlefield and was still alive." By consulting the information, we learned that many of the people who took these images were really Sacrifice on the battlefield. "Let people in the future see it" - this matter is more important than their lives. We must faithfully present these scenes so that more Chinese people can see them and let the audience become witnesses of history. We must not let down These gifts from our predecessors transcend time and space.

Time is tight, and it will take several months just to read all the materials. The whole team has been working overtime, translating, restoring, writing copy, researching, editing, and post-processing. At the same time; a large number of tragic scenes have also brought psychological discomfort to young people, and some people have even had nightmares. However, in order to have the film released in time for the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, there is not enough time to make psychological adjustments. Feeling the weight of this video legacy, everyone is working hard to overcome it and encourage each other. "Victory belongs to us" is the usual slogan at the end of the copywriting team's emails; three people in the film restoration team fell ill; and almost all the directing team had food and accommodation in the second half of the process. In the computer room.

Many documentaries in the past may have used early images, but the use of materials may be misplaced. In "Burning Images", the fit between the images and the copy is very high. , except for a few scenes, most of the pictures are from corresponding historical scenes, and we try to avoid borrowing materials. The events, characters, army numbers, and even military uniforms, weapons, and badges that appear in the images have all been verified. Original Most of the materials are silent films, and many of them don't even have titles. It's difficult to sort out the clues just by looking at the images. The film crew purchased a large amount of anti-war documents and found that for the same historical data, the data was often inconsistent, and the details were described in different ways. For this reason, we

Experts from authoritative institutions such as the Academy of Military Sciences, the China World War II History Research Association, and the Institute of Modern History of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences were specially invited to provide professional guidance. Some experts on the history of the Anti-Japanese War discovered that using the material and images of this film as original historical materials, they also revised It has eliminated some errors and omissions in some historical materials in the past.

In the selection of historical materials, we try to choose materials that the audience has not seen before, such as Soviet aid to China, "Sino-British New Testament" and "Sino-American New Testament" signing, student soldiers studying in Japan posting slogans, the surrender ceremony of the North China War Zone held in the Forbidden City, the trial of Kawashima Yoshiko, etc.; for historical facts that are familiar to the audience, try to show details that everyone has never seen.

On September 18, "Burning Image" was officially released nationwide, and we adopted the lowest ticket price. Most viewers who watched it described their feelings as "shocked," "touched," and "unforgettable." Although the box office of domestic documentaries has always been It’s not ideal, but there are also enthusiastic movie fans who traveled across the city just to see the film, and there are also charity people who have seen multiple screenings and decided to book the theater to invite all the children in the school to watch it.

Chinese Movies Sun Xianghui, director of the museum and producer of the film, said: "We are only doing it for public welfare. We hope that more viewers can see this film and plant the seeds of maintaining peace. When we choose to put the film in theaters , the box office issue that everyone is very worried about, we will not make too many comparisons about it. On the one hand, there is no comparison between documentary films and commercial films. On the other hand, our biggest hope is that everyone can see the film recorded 70 years ago in the theater. images and our great national spirit."

Director Li Tao said: "This film may still have imperfections, but please believe that our creative attitude is sincere; this film pays tribute to the Anti-Japanese War period. Pay tribute to the ancestors who fought bloody battles, and also pay tribute to the filmmakers who recorded these images." Producer Xue Ning also prepared a special gift for film researchers, military history enthusiasts and movie fans. She organized the data team to compile "Burning" The book of the same name will be published soon. The book not only contains the complete script of the film, but also details the little-known background information of some precious materials in the film.

As one audience member said: "We have all studied history and think we understand it, but compared with seeing history with our own eyes, it is still very different." This movie has no color, no high technology, no stars, only the truth. As long as you enter the theater and sit down, You will be moved by the truth; and there are always some scenes that you will never forget.