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- A video purportedly showing "Men, women, old and young people who were 'suffering persecution' in Zhejiang" was uploaded from a domestic short video platform account. The video actually shows the scene in Hengdian Film and Television City, Zhejiang, where extras filming online TV series queue up to receive box lunches during a break on the set.
- The staff of Zhejiang Hengdian Film and Television City confirmed the location of the video shooting to The Paper and stated that the person who posted the video was not a staff member of the film and television city. At the same time, because the show is still in the filming stage, the studio and the filming crew have signed a relevant confidentiality agreement, so the staff cannot reveal more information about the extras in the video and the related plot.
Background of the incident
Recently, a user named "sharing travel" on the social platform Ragged, queuing up to receive meals.
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Where was the video taken?
According to the watermark displayed in the lower right corner of the online video, it can be found that the video was released by the Chinese short video platform user "Zai Hengdian" on January 5, 2024. The publisher of the video marked in the lower left corner that the video was taken in Hengdian Film and Television City, Zhejiang, and wrote in the copy: "The workers behind the scenes of the film and television movies have worked hard" and "It's cold in winter", and also attached the hashtag "shooting scene".
Public information shows that Hengdian Film and Television City was founded in 1996 and is located in Hengdian Town, Dongyang City, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province. It covers a total area of more than 50,000 acres and is the largest film and television experience resort in China.
Relevant screenshots of videos posted by Douyin users. The video publisher
said in the comment area that the online video showed the filming scene of the online TV series "Fish", and the extras were queuing up to receive lunch boxes while taking a break on the set.
According to Douban, "Fish" is adapted from Fuyao's novel "Salted Fish to the Master", starring Chen Feiyu and Wang Yinglu. Filming will start on December 15, 2023, and is expected to be broadcast in 2025.
The opening photo of the costume fairy tale "Fish". Image source: "Fish Offering" official Weibo.
In addition, if you browse the homepage of the video publisher "In Hengdian", you can see that most of his works show the daily life of the filming studio in Hengdian Film and Television City, Zhejiang, including scene layout, filming site, actor makeup, and behind-the-scenes filming. The video publisher has now changed his username and deleted the related video.
A screenshot of Douyin user @在hengdian's homepage
"The Paper Mingcha" asked Zhejiang Hengdian Film and Television City for verification. Relevant staff said that the video was indeed shot in the film and television city, but the person who shot the video was not a staff member of the film and television city. . The weather in Hengdian was good during the days when the video was released. The extras in the video were wearing black plastic bags to protect their makeup and make it easier to eat. In view of the relevant confidentiality agreement signed between the film and television city and the filming crew, it is inconvenient to disclose the plays and series in which the actors in the video appear.
To sum up, the video purportedly showing "men, women, old and young people who were 'suffering persecution' in Zhejiang" was uploaded from a domestic short video platform account. The video actually shows the scene in Hengdian Film and Television City, Zhejiang, where extras filming online TV series queue up to receive box lunches during a break on the set.
In addition, the staff of Zhejiang Hengdian Film and Television City confirmed the location of the video shooting to The Paper and stated that the video publisher was not a staff member of the film and television city. At the same time, because the show is still in the filming stage, the studio and the filming crew have signed a relevant confidentiality agreement, so the staff cannot reveal more information about the extras in the video and the related plot.
