"Volunteer Army: The Battle for Survival and Death" reveals that the 10,000-meter trenches have been dug in sincerity to restore the real battlefield atmosphere

The movie "volunteers: the Battle of Survival" today released a micro-feature of "Thousand meters trenches". In order to create a real and shocking battlefield atmosphere, hundreds of staff spent three months building trenches with a length of 10,000 meters, with more than 10,000 design drawings. With great sincerity and sincere emotion, the production team of the film recreates the war smoke of Tiehara more than 70 years ago, giving every audience a double shock of audio-visual and soul. As of 09:30 on October 23rd, the cumulative box office of the film has exceeded 1.101 billion, making it the film with the highest audience satisfaction in the 2024 National Day stalls.

it will be impossible for live shooting to build 10,000-meter trenches to restore the ingenuity of Tieyuan gunpowder smoke.

In order to truly recreate those arduous years, the production team of the film volunteers: the Battle of Survival faces a great challenge. Today's release of the "Ten Thousand trenches" micro-special reveals the behind-the-scenes of the film "Tieyuan Battlefield", detailing how the 10,000-meter trenches are presented from the drawings to the shock on the screen. The purpose of digging 10,000-meter trenches on the spot is not only for the visual reality, but also to recreate the huge construction project and the arduous task of the volunteer soldiers at that time. In order to be able to carry heavy tanks through the trenches, but also to ensure that the actors can freely carry out combat movements and film crew scheduling, trench design and load-bearing problems have become technical problems that the production team must solve. Behind the grand war scene that immersed the audience was the meticulous polishing of tens of thousands of design drawings and the ingenuity of hundreds of staff members who took three months to build.

Lu Wei, the art director, said that how many trenches and fortifications had to be dug to reflect the grandeur of the battlefield when filming the Tieyuan blockade was found out in constant communication with director Chen Kaige, and this film can be said to be a major challenge to his career. More than 100 people are scheduled to complete a 90-second long shot at the same time, trying to restore the appearance of Tiehara 73 years ago. Amid the smoke of gunpowder, the heroic posture of the volunteers' fearless charge made actor Zhu Yawen feel "as if he had traveled through time and space and went back to more than 70 years ago." As the director said, "movies make the impossible possible." it is this sincerity to continue the spirit of volunteers that resonates with countless audiences.

Volunteer spirit connects with contemporary young people across time and space, director Chen Kaige interprets eggs in the hearts of every audience

On October 22, director Chen Kaige and art director Lu Wei walked into the Shanghai Film Academy of Shanghai University. Lu Wei, the art director, shared that during the early preparation and formal shooting of the film, he not only drew tens of thousands of concept maps, but also verified a large number of materials. The wind and sand in Tianmo often bring a lot of mobile changes to the scene, and the crew often need to "compete for time" with nature in the shooting process. But as the little soldier said in the film, "nothing can be overcome", the volunteer spirit infects every staff member. Some audiences said that the film had great staying power and had been immersed in the emotion and shock brought by the volunteer soldiers after watching the movie, and asked why there were no colored eggs in the second film. Director Chen Kaige shared that the audience coming out of the cinema will see the brightly lit moment, the dry flower blooming again at the crisscross of time and space, and the original egg is in everyone's heart. Director Chen Kaige also revealed that the first film is to attack, the second film is about survival, and the third film will launch a new perspective different from the previous war films-"on the negotiating Table", in which "Armistice negotiations" will be a major play. it also makes the audience look forward to the third film of the volunteers.

Since its release, the film "volunteers: the Battle of Survival" has been widely praised by audiences of all ages, and has won the love of many young audiences, imitating Li Xiang on the Internet to wave flags, buy the same candy, share and continue the touching brought by the movie. Some viewers even said that the Li family separated and reunited, Wu Benzheng and Zhang Xiaoheng grew up side by side in the battlefield, Sun Xing and Yang Sandi grew up in the flames of war. These vivid characters make volunteer soldiers are no longer symbolic representations, but flesh-and-blood heroes. Volunteer spirit across time and space, and contemporary young people have a profound emotional connection, but also let this period of history, these heroes, this spirit, passed on from generation to generation through young people, forever.

The film "volunteers: the Battle of Survival" is led by China Film Co., Ltd., produced by China Film Creative (Beijing) Film Co., Ltd., Bayi Film Studio, Beijing Rongyou Film and Television Culture Media Co., Ltd., Beijing Bona Film Group Co., Ltd., directed by Chen Kaige.