How strong a belief does a director need to create a unique world of light and shadow with a lifetime of creation? On the 26th, the movie " Snow Leopard ", which will be released on April 3, officially opened for pre-sale, and a special feature film directed by Wanma Tseden was released. Through light and shadow retrospection, Wanma Tseden was presented in a warm and narrated tone. The director's inner journey in creating the story of "Snow Leopard" also reviewed the Tibetan film world he built over time along the way.
Director Wanma Caidan guided the actors in the rehearsal on the set. The
movie "Snow Leopard" was created based on a piece of news that director Wanma Tseden accidentally learned. It took three years to complete the script and overcame difficult conditions such as the severe cold on the plateau to complete the filming. The film tells the story of a snow leopard that broke into a herdsman's sheepfold and killed nine Jie sheep, which triggered conflicts and conflicts between humans and leopards, and between humans. It was directed by Jinba, Xiong Ziqi, Tsai Ding Tashi leads the cast.
continues to break through itself!
"Snow Leopard" is a "jigsaw puzzle" of Wanma Tseden's Tibetan world of light and shadow.
"I have many stories and ideas in my heart, and I want to show a pure hometown." Director Wanma Tseden's original intention to embark on a career as a director was pure. It's as simple as the origin of the movie "Snow Leopard" presented at the beginning of the special. A story about "a snow leopard jumped into a herdsman's sheepfold, killed several sheep and then fell asleep in the sheepfold" has become a lingering "obsession" in Wanma Tseden's mind. After three years As time goes by, the movie "Snow Leopard" adapted from this movie has finally been put on the screen and will be released to everyone soon. This film combines "reality" and "surreality" and reflects the plight of mankind with all living things. While continuing the style of director Wanma Tseden's previous works, it also adds corresponding dramatic tension and plot conflicts, which is very exciting.
Director Wanma Caidan was thinking alone on the vast plateau.
As a writer, Wanma Caidan writes freely and calmly, and in a few words, he can restore the details and authenticity hidden in the long years. As a director, he is a calm observer, silently watching behind the camera the collisions and changes that occur when his hometown culture enters modern culture. The director's special features a special review of director Wanma Tseden's 7 Tibetan-language films that have won multiple international film festival awards from 2005's "The Silent Mani Stone" to 2020's "qi·ball". The film witnesses that Wanma Tseden has used unique narrative techniques and extreme camera scheduling to carry the banner of the "New Wave of Tibetan Film" in more than ten years.
As the 8th Tibetan-language film directed by Wanma Tseden, the movie "Snow Leopard" is undoubtedly an important "jigsaw puzzle" in his Tibetan-language films - through "Snow Leopard", we can get a glimpse of director Wanma Tseden's continuous self-breakthrough creations. , using a richer imagination and world view to construct a far-reaching, true, and impurity-free light and shadow picture of the snow-covered plateau for the audience.
The story never ends,
Wanma Caidan strives for perfection to create a "surreal" context
"Film creation itself is a long process, from script to shooting to post-production, it takes two to three years, this pair It was a very special period for me." Director Wanma Tseden treats his work with rigor, meticulousness and dedication. The special episode also focuses on the filming scene of the movie "Snow Leopard". Through these little-known behind-the-scenes content, we can see Director Wanma Tseden repeatedly emphasized and debugged the actor's subtle expressions and drinking water details, always putting creation first and using real images to talk to the world. As he said, "I don't want to change reality, nor do I want to beautify reality. I hope to present more of the current situation of Tibetans, or the situation of language, to the audience."
And his words and deeds also made the actor Xiong Ziqi, who plays the photographer Wang Xu, very admired, "Director Wanma requires a lot of long shots, and we will rehearse very carefully. Sometimes a scene takes about ten minutes. (Wanma Caidan ) To ensure that it is in the most accurate, realistic and best state."
Director Wanma Caidan checked the monitor in the trunk of the prop truck.
In addition, in order for the audience to better distinguish between "reality" and "surreality", under the leadership of director Wanma Caidan, the entire crew overcame many difficulties and, after waiting for snow to no avail, directly transported the snow from 70 kilometers away. Trucks were transported back to the shooting camp, and all the staff went to work artificially spreading snow to create the scenery, and finally created a whole hillside snow scene during the shooting. Shooting in the snowy areas of the plateau has never been an easy task, but Wanma Tseden persisted for more than ten years, and it became a part of his life like breathing. At the end of the
special, faced with the question "What if I can't write a novel or make a movie?", Director Wanma Tseden fell into deep thought. After an endless silence, he answered with a slight smile: "Films and novels belong to In my inner world, I can live the same life, but it won't be as rich." Behind his calmness lies his deep attachment to creation and his inseparable love for the world of light and shadow. Wanma Tseden has dedicated his life to Tibetan-language films, presenting to the audience a rich, multi-layered, multi-dimensional world of the plateau Tibetan people. His images will continue to flow, and his story has never ended. We look forward to the upcoming release of The movie "Snow Leopard" continues the plateau story of Wanma Tseden.
Written by: Nandu reporter Xu Xiaolei and intern Zhou Yuting
