As one of China's four classical novels, The Journey to the West has become a household name and a classic in people's minds. Even now, it will appear repeatedly in winter and summer TV dramas, so that more people know that this drama is mythical, so many pictures will do special effects. But as we all know, it was filmed a long time ago, when the special effects technology was not very high, which was far from the special effects of TV dramas now.

But by 1986, it was already very powerful. The special effects alone are a headache for the director. Many netizens must be curious to see what Journey to the West looks like without special effects. Let's take a look at the Monkey King's action of flying 108,000 Li. It's all made of trampolines and then synthesized by computer. But in order to shoot this action, the six-year-old children also made a lot of efforts, jumping for a long time and repeating it hundreds of times. In heaven, we see immortals floating, just like floating in the sky, without feet, which makes us feel that immortals are very powerful and mysterious.

But in fact, you have a skateboard under your feet, and the back can be covered with smoke, so if there are no special effects, you can see how the Monkey King uses skateboards. The most common scene in Journey to the West is walking on clouds. Whether it is a fairy or a little monster, you can be free in the sky. Actually, it has something to do with little green men. With these, the actors are dragged and then a flying appearance is displayed. Finally, the computer synthesized and formed a flying one, but the actor was actually very tired.

I don't know if you still remember the episode of true and false Tang Priest, because it can't look like Tang Priest, and it can only be done by cutting a picture. Many people may find it strange to put two Tang Taoists together, only to find out later that this is the reason. At that time, the technology was definitely backward, and it was impossible to achieve such exquisiteness.

Then there is the Dragon Palace under the sea. Many people still think this story is more true, because not only is there water bubbling, but it really feels like being in the sea. But in fact, this is all done by the fish tank. Put the fish tank in front of the camera during the pie, then deceive the audience's eyes, and then what kind of underwater appearance appears.

Because there was not much money at the time of shooting, only more than 3 million, it was difficult for us to complete such a huge shooting with one camera. We pay tribute to our former employees. If it weren't for them, we wouldn't have seen such a classic work.