"Climbers" mainly tells the story about China's first mountaineering team, climbing Mount Everest. This movie about mountaineering may be thought by many viewers to be filmed in Mount Everest, but it is not actually filmed in Tianjin, a city in China. The reason why
did not choose to shoot in Mount Everest is because it is difficult for people to survive and stand on Mount Everest. It would be unrealistic to let the actors act and the staff set up cameras to shoot.
So the creators of the Shanghai Film Studio at that time filmed "The Climber" in an abandoned mine on the outskirts of Tianjin with a real scene and a green screen.
Green screen is simply understood as a variety of special effects, which are many methods used in filming nowadays. Shooting with green screen allows actors to appear where they want to appear, such as the sea, ships, South Pole, North Pole, etc. This "Climber" used a lot of special effects shots. Because
was filmed with a green screen, before the filming started, the lead actor Wu Jing found the director and told him that facing the green screen, it is difficult to perform the feeling of climbing. You must have a mountain climb to play a good role.
So in January of this year, Wu Jing found a professional mountaineering team to climb on the Qinghai Gangshika Snow Peak to experience the feeling of climbers. That is to say, during this mountaineering, Wu Jing's leg injury recurred, but because of the tight schedule and heavy tasks of this "Climber", Wu Jing completed the filming while being treated. Sometimes in order to endure the pain in the legs, I had to take injections and rely on splints to complete the shooting. Since
was filmed with a green screen, producer Tsui Hark admitted that many of the natural bad weather encountered by the mountaineering team and the difficulties encountered by the team members could not be photographed, so a large number of shots were used for the actors facing avalanches and The scene when the wind is strong.
However, although this film was shot in the suburbs of Tianjin, using real scenes and green screen, it was also a successful attempt for a Chinese film lacking mountaineering themes. Judging from the current box office and word of mouth, the movie "The Climber" is a success
