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Where is the location of the fire hero? Director's account of the difficult years of Dalian 716 inci

We all know that "Fire Hero" is in hot season. It is a film supervised by Liu Weiqiang, directed by Chen Guohui and starred by Huang Xiaoming, Du Jiang, Tan Zhuo, Yang Zi and Ou Hao. The film is adapted from the long reportage work "the deepest water is tears". The story originates from the real event of Dalian 7 & middot; 16 fire in 2011. It tells the story of the fire in the coastal oil tank area, and the fire brigade vows to put out the fire. So, what are the heartache and tears behind this film?

Director Chen Guohui has made love movies such as "battle of the bride" and "love all over the world" before, but he directed a fire fighting movie this time. His request was not to make a special effect movie, but to use real fire. At the beginning, the explosion of hot pot shop cost millions, and he also asked a professional team to spend half a year to study how to 'set fire' on the screen and control the fire when shooting To ensure the safety of the crew, we also spent 6.7 million to buy Fire-Fighting clothes for the staff.

After the film was screened, in addition to the shocking fire scene, many audiences were moved by the emotion of the film and wept in the cinema. When writing a script with another screenwriter, the director also thought about whether it was too provocative for the audience. However, after looking back at the information and video of real firefighters, he found that the film was not so provocative, but it was reduced a little bit, 'because ordinary people can do heroic things in the face of that kind of fire. 'in the script, the details of cigarette ends, drumsticks and helmets all have story prototypes. The director just restores the truth to the audience. Beijing News reporter interviewed director Chen Guohui exclusively, responding to the fire shooting and emotional details that moved the audience.

50 explosive points of explosive costume in paihuo hot pot shop

The first scene at the beginning of the film is the big scene - a three story hot pot shop explodes. At first, the hot pot shop caught fire. After the firemen put out the fire, unexpectedly, there were still some flames that had not been put out, which would detonate the gas tank in the warehouse, and the whole hot pot shop exploded. The director had seen a video before. A restaurant exploded and the whole building collapsed. "As like as two peas, he said to the demolition team," I want to do the same thing, but do not make special effects, but really blow up the building. The production department is going crazy and helps the director to look for scenery outside. After half a year, no one wants to blow up the whole building. Later, the crew simply spent millions on a three story hot pot shop in a film and television base in Hebei Province, using real materials.

Because this play is a real explosion, there is no special effect, it must be a one-time success. The blasting team spent three days studying how to explode. Finally, 50 explosion points were installed in the hot pot shop, and 12 machines were used to shoot. The whole explosion took about two seconds.

There is also an oil tank explosion scene in the film. The director of this scene has set 60 explosion points. The director and the blasting team meet and rehearse every day. In order to pursue the strong impact of blasting, we must calculate the position of each explosion point accurately, so that the explosion has a sense of rhythm, and also calculate the safe distance of the staff after the explosion.

Most fires are on-off

The director didn't plan to make a special effect film, so there was no green screen in the film. Instead, he built a port oil tank farm in a 1:1 live scene and found a professional team to study how to control the fire. "Our arson experts have blasting licenses in Hong Kong. Only two people in Asia have them.". But the blasting expert had never set such a big fire in the film before, so he had to spend half a year with the team to study how to shoot these very dangerous but real scenes. For example, study some fires that are not so hot but look 'real'; how to shoot flowing fire, tornado fire and background fire.

The special effects in the film mainly focus on the top of the oil tank, because the top of the oil tank is too big to put all the real fire. The fire on the ground and next to the actors is real fire. The special effects only add some black smoke and floating fire points.

As for how to control the fire in the film during shooting, the director explained that most of the fires in the film are controlled by switches. "Sometimes when I see that the actors are very dangerous and really can't stand it, I turn off the lights immediately. 'but some fires in the background can only be put out after shooting.

As a matter of fact, the firemen drew the person in charge of the fire scene

After the explosion in the oil tank farm, the fire was completely cut off, and the valves in the oil tank farm could only be closed manually to block the flow of crude oil to the chemical tank farm. Hou Yong, the fire commander, sent a group of seven 'death squads' to the fire to close the valves. At that time, his line: "those who are party members and have brothers at home should move forward" was also based on real interviews. Jiang Liwei, played by Huang Xiaoming, and Zhou Hao, played by Gu Jiacheng, were the first firefighters to rush to the fire and close the valve. The person in charge of the oil tank farm was supposed to turn off the valve in about 15 minutes, but Huang Xiaoming and his teammates turned it for more than 15 minutes, but the valve was not closed. At this time, the person in charge of the oil tank farm said that each valve had to turn 8000 times to close. In the movie, the angry Hou Yong slaps the person in charge of the oil tank farm and says' you don't know firefighters very well '. In reality, the commander directly beat the person in charge. After hearing the news, Huang Xiaoming just said a dirty word on the other end of the phone, just like the archetype.

Video message for family on fire

In the film, the firefighters led by Du Jiang stick to the chemical tank farm, but due to the water cut-off at the front line, the firefighters have been besieged by the fire and have no way out. Du Jiang took out his mobile phone and asked everyone to record a video for his family as his last words. This play is the real story of the 7 & middot; 16 Dalian Petrochemical fire. In this play, Zhang Yilun, a fireman who records his last words, is actually a fireman who has just retired for half a year. When he was a fireman, he was embarrassed to say something to his mother because of his good face. But this time, he finally talked to his parents through the movie.

Du Jiang's lines come from another fire scene

Du Jiang has a line in a play: "we don't want to see the squadron leader die, but sooner or later there will be sacrifices in the fire fighting! We must inherit the will of the captain and do our duty well. The line comes from Li Jin, the former deputy chief of Beijing fire brigade, in a fire scene. Late at night on October 11, 2013, a fire broke out in a four storey shopping mall in Xilong, Shijingshan, Beijing. Two on-site commanders lost contact in the fire fighting. When they found them, they hugged tightly and died. In order to relieve the sadness in the hearts of his comrades in arms and encourage them to continue fighting, Li Jin said this. Du Jiang saw the video online and discussed with the director to put it in the movie.

Interpretation of cigarette ends in father's ashtray

Ma Weiguo, captain of the secret service squadron played by Du Jiang, has always been estranged from his father as a soldier, and he can't get his father's affirmation in his work.

When Ma Weiguo went home after putting out the fire, he found that the ashtray in the living room was full of cigarette ends. His father wore an old military uniform and saluted him. Then he only said one thing: eat. This is the real story of the director when interviewing the firefighters. In fact, in reality, the fire was put out for six days, and the first eight hours were the prime time to put out the fire. In the movie story, only the first eight hours were intercepted. In reality, the father smoked for several days and kept smoking until his son came back. The tea table in the living room was full of cigarette ends, but the director considered that there were too many cigarette ends in the movie, I restrained myself a little bit, but this scene still brought a lot of tears to the audience.

Leave the helmet to my mother

At the end of the film, Du Jiang leaves the drumstick to a sacrifice teammate, who is Zheng Zhi played by Zhang zhehan. Before putting out the fire, he was eating chicken legs. When the alarm went off, he threw away the chicken legs and set out. The film echoed before and after. Zheng Zhi also has a character prototype. This character prototype is very similar to the character in the film. He is about to retire from the army immediately and does not need to take any first-class or second-class merit. Therefore, when fighting a fire, he is usually responsible for water supply in the back and does not rush forward. There's a scene in the movie where his teammates are all in the fire, and he's the only one in the safe area. He turned and disappeared. His teammates all called him a deserter. In the end, he came back to save his brother with water alone. Because the pressure of water was very high and the impact was more than 100 kg, he broke the shield mirror in front of his helmet and knocked out his teeth. These are all based on real stories, including the lines of his teammates scolding him.

However, in reality, Zheng Zhi's archetypal character is not sacrificed, which is that the director puts another archetypal character on him. When the director visited the firemen, he learned a story. Before he died, a fireman took off his fire cap and threw it out of the fire, leaving the last sentence: 'give it to my mother'. After hearing this story, the director wanted to shoot it. He didn't know if he would have a chance to make another fire movie in the future, so he put the story on Zheng Zhi. In the director's opinion, this film is not just about the story of the firefighters in the oil tank farm, but the story of thousands of firefighters sacrificing for us, as long as the spirit of China's fire fighting is filmed.

[behind the scenes protection] spend 6.7 million on fire clothes

The actors of the whole play spent 840 hours in the fire. The crew has strict requirements on the shooting site: all on-site staff must wear fire-fighting clothes. According to the director, a fully equipped fire suit is very expensive, about 10000 yuan. There are more than 1000 crew members in the production team. The production department spent about 6.7 million yuan to buy a fire suit. The staff, whether they are actors, photographers, lighting and so on, are all armed from head to toe. The staff without fire suits have to leave when shooting some dangerous fire scenes.

The director said, "this film can't be made without money." if I shoot a fire scene, it costs 20000 yuan. If I shoot 50 scenes a day, it costs 1 million yuan. '

Every time before shooting the arson play, the director will make an announcement and ask everyone to leave before setting fire. For fear of omission, we have to make a detailed inspection on the set every time. Because the fire scene is mainly night play, some field staff are very hard, sometimes they will rest in the corner of the set, and may fall asleep. It's especially dangerous if you don't leave before setting fire.

Where is the location of the fire hero?

The new fire heroes will be shown in Qingdao, Dalian and Guangzhou, Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, Binhai Avenue on the west coast and Metro Line 3. Finally, the maritime rescue was in the sea in front of the customs building. The cross sea bridge was directly switched to Tianhe District of Guangzhou.