The fireworks spell out the words "70" and "Long live the people"
A huge national flag was raised above Tiananmen Square
The super-large firework tree bloomed
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On the evening of October 1, the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China was amazing. China. Some netizens commented that this was a theatrical performance that satisfied 1.4 billion Party A. How is this magnificent visual feast created? How to show the small details of the screen? On October 4, the director group of the National Day Gala TV live broadcast entered the CCTV news live room and told the unknown story behind the camera. The huge national flag raised by
has never been seen in previous drills.
The National Day Gala has two directors: Zhang Yimou, chief director of the live director group, responsible for the creative and performance work of the party; Zhang Xiaohai, chief director of the live TV director group, responsible for the show Live TV work. The two chief directors have different divisions of labor. One is to let the audience experience the party's feast in person, and the other is to let the national TV audience experience the spectacle of the party through the lens. Prior to this, the two directors’ teams have worked together in large-scale events such as the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the Hangzhou G20 Summit and the Qingdao Shanghai Cooperation Summit. It can be described as a tacit understanding.
is also based on this tacit understanding, Zhang Xiaohai laid down the principles for the live broadcast of the evening party, "to understand the ideas of the creative team, follow up their rehearsal, enter the rehearsal hall for trial shooting, and freeze our shots by means of standby rehearsals. "For this reason, Zhang Ji, the director of the live TV system A, followed a series of 14 standby drills in the rehearsal hall.
For this large-scale live broadcast, each participant feels different. The chief director and chief writer Lu Yuan remembered the huge five-star red flag that was photographed by the Feimao system when the crowd was singing about the motherland. "This scene has not been rehearsed beforehand," Lu Yuan said. The National Flag Law stipulates that the national flag cannot be raised during the midnight rehearsal. The only time the flag was raised (during rehearsal) was on September 22, when there was no wind. Therefore, there is no way to design this lens. We can only see if this action can be completed on the trajectory during the rehearsal, but no one can predict the state of the national flag and the effect of the light. For the live broadcast team, this is equivalent to fighting an unprepared battle. "
Lu Yuan believes that the reason why this picture became one of the classics of the party after the event depends on many factors, of which two are the most important: one is the experience of the directors, and the other is the help of the computer simulation system. This simulation system is a A computer simulation program similar to a game developed with Unreal Engine can simulate each camera lens and present the shooting effect. How powerful is the
system? Pu Xuan, the visual director of the military parade live, once revealed a detail, "October 1st That morning, when I was standing on Tiananmen Square, I had a feeling of crossing—I think I was already standing here when we started developing the VR version of Tiananmen Square in April. All the details of Tiananmen's layout, every lantern, every lamp post, every lamp pole, every tree, and every roof that can be seen, have dealt with me in the digital world. We have known each other for 173 days. "
It’s a coincidence to find the bald Liu Sir in the auditorium.
Another big idea of this gala event was that neither the performers nor the audience on Tiananmen Square that day were professional actors. How to capture the wonderful moments of these ordinary people? The biggest difficulty in the live broadcast. "There are two very good female directors in our system, and they are all on the side of the ceremony stand, and they are responsible for finding the special guests we have paid attention to in advance. During the live broadcast, the two girls also had to use their own signs with the words'please sing' and'please cheer'... to arouse the emotions of the audience. Not only that, they also have to take cameras to capture the expressions of the audience. "System A director Zhang Ji said that the hardest thing to do on live TV is to improvise. You need to watch and listen to all directions. "When we two female directors came back from the rehearsal day, we couldn't go any further. Think about it, everyone, the whole Jinshui Bridge stretches from east to west in Tiananmen Square, which is equivalent to running dozens of kilometers in one night, which is very hard. During the live broadcast of
, many wonderful moments were caused by the staff, including the Hong Kong Police Force Mobile Force Police Chief Liu Zeji, who was kindly called "Bald Liu Sir" by netizens, watching the scene.I read the news and knew that Liu Sir would come to observe the ceremony, but I didn't know in advance where he would be sitting. At the scene, a female director responsible for capturing the audience found Liu Sir. She took the camera and ran into the audience for several tens of meters to get the composition. At that moment, Sir Liu shouted ‘Long live the motherland’..." Zhang Ji sighed, "It’s a coincidence that I can capture this picture. "
The performance that made 1.4 billion Party A satisfied, but they remember these regrets.
All said that live TV is a regretful art. For the live broadcast team, this performance that can satisfy 1.4 billion Party A still exists. Regrettably. Lu Yuan mentioned that when the fireworks were set off, a panoramic shot was not perfect. "This shot was not centered because the helicopter was trying to catch up to that position. (When the picture was cut out) it hadn't arrived yet. , Some regrets. "In addition, after the live broadcast, some netizens also mentioned that the TV screen showed too few shots of the fireworks tree, which also made Lu Yuan a little sad. "When the fireworks tree was set off, too much happened in the square, and the fireworks were about to be released. With a smiling face, the peonies will bloom soon...We will inevitably lose sight of the other to a certain extent, and just like the flag raising, these seven firework trees were the first time we saw them on the day of the live broadcast. For this kind of situation, one can only "cut" what comes. "
made Zhang Ji regret that during the rehearsal on September 22, after the Great Wall pattern was formed on the scene, a video of the space mission to the moon would be shown. At this time, the rocker cameraman would take a picture of Donghua Watch’s The scene echoing the moon appearance, in the vision of the live broadcast team, this is a concept that history illuminates the reality. "The result is that when I came back to check, it was the third day of the eleventh day. It was a small crescent moon, and the moon was gone. "
C system director Liu Gang once tried to secure a shot, "With a monument with a red flag array, the firework position is right by the side." In order to make this shot, the director team specially equipped the cameramen with fireproof clothing, but The camera was taken, but Liu Gang didn't plan to use it anymore. "From an aesthetic point of view, the picture is very exciting, but emotionally it is too calm, and there is a sense of alienation from the atmosphere of the party in the square. "
The surprises and thrills in the live broadcast are all surprises
For Zhang Xiaohai, the director of the National Day TV live broadcast, all the surprises and thrills in the live broadcast are surprises. In Zhang Xiaohai's career, he has broadcast more than 1,000 large-scale events. "This may be the last time I have broadcast such a big show. The first word that flashed in my mind was cherish. "
Zhang Xiaohai remembered that after the live broadcast that day, he hugged the two staff members. "One was the camera that was taken in the early stage. He took a lot of good things, and the effect was very good. This is our first cooperation, but I can't remember his name. There is also the technical staff of our main system who manages recording and insertion. I can't call him by name, but I am very familiar with his face. These most ordinary staff are very important to us. Finally, I also sent thank-you messages to Director Liu Gang, Director Zhang Ji, and the executive director, production director, B system director, helicopter aerial crew, etc. in front of them. It is with so many very important people that I have such a live broadcast director who has broadcast 1000 events. "
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Zu Wei
