feel the youth and passion of campus basketball on the screen
2024-09-17
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"i saw youth, passion, friendship and unity, as well as the spirit of everyone working together, never giving up and persevering." an audience member left a film review after watching "shining boys: aerial relay".
the middle school campus basketball themed movie "shining boys' air relay" is adapted from a real 0.7-second "game-winning shot" by the shijiazhuang no. 2 middle school boys' basketball team. it tells the story of the basketball teenagers who worked hard and united in the face of numerous tests, and finally gained deep friendships on the court and created their own "youth miracle" in the national competition.
in the semifinals of the 2020-2021 china high school basketball league (chbl) between shijiazhuang no. 2 middle school and changsha mingde middle school, the two sides took turns leading within 18 seconds before the end of the game. jia qiyang of mingde middle school's breakthrough layup "kill" left only 0.7 seconds for shijiazhuang no. 2 middle school. in the last 0.7 seconds, shijiazhuang no. 2 middle school used the sideline ball dunk tactic, and yang yufan made a layup, creating a stunning "counter-kill".
the film premiered at shijiazhuang no. 2 middle school, where the story takes place, on the 2nd as part of the "back to school season" and was released nationwide on the 7th. during a recent film viewing event, the creative team told xinhua reporters the story behind the creation and filming, and interpreted the film's thoughts on campus sports.
screenwriter li miao told reporters that about 80% of the film's length was based on the campus of shijiazhuang no. 2 middle school. li miao, who already loves basketball, knows the status of the "once-in-a-lifetime" high school league in the hearts of students, so she decided from the beginning that the film would not cater to traffic, but to show campus basketball to a greater extent. "many creative ideas came from talking to the team, coaches and counselors at shijiazhuang no. 2 middle school, so that we can put specific content into the script." li miao said.
in order to create a more realistic campus sports movie, director ju xingmao said that the production team spent nearly half a year designing technical game scenes such as tactics, offense and defense, and player matchups before filming. the crew also invited people including liu ziqiu, a former professional athlete who witnessed the "0.7-second buzzer-beater", to provide guidance.
actor wei zi, who plays the coach of the shijiazhuang no. 2 middle school basketball team in the film, talked about the difficulty of "casting". "we first screened the basketball skills and then the acting skills. the crew organized no less than 20 'tryouts'. many of the actors who were finally selected were filming for the first time, but they all had a good basketball foundation, including players who had played in high school and college leagues."
in li miao's opinion, a work based on campus sports, in addition to showing the "youth, inspiration and passion" that sports itself brings to young people, must also extend thinking that "goes beyond sports and resonates with people". "shining boys: aerial relay" focuses on the choices students make in the "conflict" between academic pressure, parental plans and their love of basketball.
in the film, chen moyuan (the name of the character in the movie), a student player from shijiazhuang no. 2 middle school, faced with the physics competition planned by his mother and the national basketball competition, finally chose the basketball he loved.
"i think the basketball teenagers i interviewed at shijiazhuang no. 2 middle school are actually quite consistent in dealing with the pressure of academic advancement and basketball, because they really love playing basketball and their parents support them in playing basketball. but i also learned that there are too many children whose 'specialties' are not because they like these things, but are imposed on them. so the character of chen moyuan was designed to highlight the love that 'only happens once in a lifetime'," said li miao.
ju xingmao also said: "this is the desired effect of the movie. like me, many parents in real life may soon face this problem (planning their children's lives). the movie wants to express that if the child really doesn't like it, he won't learn it even if you force him. if he really likes it, the parents don't need to do anything, he will find a way out on his own."
"as long as the child shines on his own, the light he shines is light wherever he shines."
