On December 11, the main activities of the China (Guangzhou) International Documentary Film Festival have been carried out for most of the time. 95 forums have been launched one after another, and domestic and foreign guests took turns to bring the freshest views. Among the various forums, "international co-production" is still a major topic this year, and Chinese and foreign institutions and big coffees have come to the scene to chat with the audience.
B Station: "New School Documentary on Nets" is more down-to-earth.
At the Global Documentary Industry Summit, Zhang Bo, senior producer of Bilibili Documentary Production Department, shared the development of station B documentaries. As an important platform for the Internet, Station B has produced many "new-style documentaries on the Internet", and there are many high-quality works co-produced by China and foreign countries, which have become popular on the platform. The first co-production work "Unreached Realm" is a typical example.
"On the basis of preserving the true core of the documentary, the online documentary makes the form of the documentary more diverse, eclectic, and the presentation method will be more grounded, and will pay more attention to the experience and feelings of the audience", Zhang Bo shared , And this form is actually helping co-productions.
At the same time, more high-quality Chinese and foreign co-productions were born. "I have been working on Chinese themes for about seven or eight years before. For such works broadcast abroad, they are called co-production documentaries for the international communication of Chinese stories. In the first few years, we were cautious and hoped that Western audiences could see it. China has a more diverse and diversified appearance," said Zhang Bo, "and now, we will see that our audience is willing to be heard by the outside world and the Western world with a more culturally confident attitude. On the one hand, I have enough confidence to appreciate the unique culture and unique stories of any country or region. I think this is a more positive and upward two-way communication than before."
BBC: There have been many co-productions and will continue in the future. At the BBC content sharing session, Shen Ling, the marketing director of the BBC Studios Greater China marketing team, shared a number of co-production examples with the audience.
"Seven Worlds and One Planet" is China's first annual BBC natural history mega system to be broadcast simultaneously on TV channels and Internet platforms. It has been broadcast simultaneously with BBC 1 within 24 hours, and the Chinese audience is the first in the entire Asian region. To criticize the audience who saw this drama. Shen Ling mentioned: "The reason why we can achieve all this is inseparable from the support of our two co-production partners in China. They are the CCTV Record Channel of China Central Radio and Television and Penguin Movies."
and the other BBC and China The co-produced blockbuster "Dynasty" has achieved a new breakthrough. "Seven Worlds, One Planet" still observes the world from the perspective of God. And "Dynasty" really spent time with animals, truly understood their stories in depth, and spent four years creating a boutique.
And the emergence of these works is inseparable from the efforts of the BBC. Lisa Opie, managing director of British content production at BBC Studio in the United Kingdom, shared their experience of shooting a documentary on "China Story" in the keynote forum.
Chinese audiences have a growing demand for new cultural-related documentary stories, and the BBC has also seized this opportunity. Lisa Opie said that they have established a small business development team in their Beijing office and are actively looking for local Chinese documentary filmmakers to cooperate more directly with the Chinese documentary industry. In the end, the content created by the BBC was applied, and works such as "Blue Planet 2", "Dynasty" and "Stars" appeared in the Chinese market and were very popular.
Sino-Italian Co-production: Explore the possibility of co-production and bring more opportunities for directors
This festival specially invited the director of the International Business Department of the Italian National Film, Audiovisual and Multimedia Industry Association (ANICA), and the Italian Foreign Trade Commission (ITA) Audiovisual Affairs Project coordinator Robert Stabili and Marco Spagnoli, representative of the Rome International Audiovisual Market (MIA), jointly explored the possibility of co-production between China and Italy, bringing more opportunities for domestic directors.
Robert Stabile mentioned that although the entire policy of co-production between Italy and China has only been formulated soon, I believe there will be more opportunities for co-production in the near future. ANICA, where he works, is a private association. Through cooperation with the government, it is supported by public funds to promote Italian audio-visual companies in markets around the world. At the same time, they have also contacted the Chinese government to discuss the possibility of co-production. .
For those who wish to shoot in Italy, andFor the documentary industry practitioners working with the Italian industry, MIA is also an unmissable choice. As the first Italian market that integrates all areas of the audiovisual industry, MIA covers movies, TV series and documentaries. It provides a high-quality platform for film industry professionals at home and abroad, promotes film and television drama transactions, and assists in the start of multinational co-productions. People provide a platform for establishing and strengthening relationships with leading global companies.
Robert Stabile also mentioned that there is a representative office in the Shanghai office of the China-Italy Foreign Trade Commission. Those who are interested in the Sino-Italian co-production can get more information here. In addition, ANICA will organize a delegation to arrange meetings between Italian producers and domestic people who are willing to make film, and at the same time give more opportunities to jointly select films.
And Marco Spagnoli shared that if domestic directors want to film Chinese stories that take place in Italy, MIA market will create a platform to help obtain funding from Italy and also help distribute screenings worldwide.
Wang Yuanyuan: Co-production is a journey of peers
As director of the Film and Television Production Center of Wuzhou Communication Center, Wang Yuanyuan served as producer, chief producer, and supervisor of co-productions for more than 100 hours. Representative works include "A Bird's Eye View of China" and "Chinese New Year——" "The World's Largest Event", "A Guest in China: Encountering a Good Life", etc.
Wang Yuanyuan said that in the process of international co-production, whenever a new partner comes in, one will find a new perspective, a new perspective, and open up a new journey. “International cooperation builds a bridge and brings together Producers and production forces in different countries around the world apply new technologies to continuously spread their works to more countries and regions in the world."
Takes "China's Past Five Years" as an example. Wang Yuanyuan feels that it is a good fit. In fact There are two aspects to do well, one is topic selection and the other is teamwork.
"I think the most basic criteria for selecting a topic for any documentary is that it is typical, has characters, and the vivid stories that are happening right now that you can photograph," said Wang Yuanyuan in "The Past Five Years of China". In this way, the topic is focused on the story of China's change that the audience is most looking forward to, and the people behind the grand theme.
and co-production works, in addition to topic selection, teamwork is also indispensable. Wang Yuanyuan will first determine a goal, and then let each production organization have a corresponding communicator, working for the set goal, often three or five people sit together to discuss and collide, to achieve 1+1>2, 1+1 A win-win process of +1>3 is not just a process of division of labor.
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