lip language
is not only the restoration of the picture, because the picture has no language, Jackson tried a way to make the character’s words and words concrete. He found a lip language teacher and showed them the fragments of the soldiers' conversation in the movie. The lip language teacher fed back the content of the conversation to the crew. The crew then invited actors from specific areas in the UK to dub to ensure that the soldiers' accent was mastered Very accurate, because accent is part of the rhythm of speech. "It's really amazing to join the dubbing, and the video becomes vivid."
narration
The only narration in the film comes from veterans who have participated in the war. The content is selected from more than 600 hours of interviews with veterans preserved by the BBC and the British Imperial War Museum. 250 to 300 different people. "It took a lot of time to listen to the audio, but if you don't finish it, this movie will not be completed." In about a year and a half, Jackson looked at the material and listened to the tapes, and slowly explored what the movie should look like. .
[Dialogue Director]
The material can produce 10 or 12 more movies
Beijing News: During the restoration process of , are there any shots that you find meaningful?
Peter Jackson: There is a very special section of . German first responders and even non-first responders help British first responders. They are two opposing parties, but they are saving the lives of injured people. From this time, you begin to understand that this is not a battle of hatred, it is just that these two groups are told that they must be enemies. When we sorted out the documents, we found that the British soldiers felt that the German soldiers were in the same situation as them. They ate the same bad food and lived in the same bad environment. They don't hate each other. Such facts refreshed my understanding.
Beijing News: Can talk about the feeling of repair?
Peter Jackson: I don’t think the photographers of the year wanted to see their images scarred, rough and boring, so I think the restoration is actually saving the photographers 100 years ago.
Beijing News: is said to be just the beginning?
Peter Jackson: Yes, this film is the beginning of this kind of documentary, because this film mainly focuses on the UK, and the material can produce 10 or 12 movies. The archives of France, the United States, Canada, Germany and other countries have not yet been involved, so there are many other films that can be produced. I hope we have opened the door to many similar documentaries.
/New Beijing News reporter Zhou Huixiaowan
reprinted from the Beijing News
