China's film industry is moving towards a new era full of unlimited imagination and technological charm. On June 17, the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival Science Fiction Film Week and Shanghai Science and Technology Film City Press Conference were held in Songjiang, Shanghai. This year's Science Fiction Film Week focuses on "artificial intelligence + film", exploring the two-way empowerment of artificial intelligence and science fiction films, and stimulating filmmakers' in-depth thinking and future imagination. As the core hosting place of Shanghai's global film and television creation center, Shanghai Science and Technology Film Metropolis also made a comprehensive promotion of the overall development in recent years and released a number of key projects including the AI creation ecological center to further strengthen Shanghai Science and Technology Film and Television Metropolis. The film city’s brand influence and popularity on the road to high-quality development of the Chinese film industry.
The high-quality development of the film and television industry cannot be separated from the support of film and television talents. Shanghai Science and Technology Film Capital has always attached great importance to the cultivation and support of talents. At the press conference, 8 companies (parks) in Songjiang District were awarded the title of Home of Shanghai Science and Technology Film and Television Talents. Among them, Palmi·link New Territories Future Community is listed as a cultural (film and television) talent apartment in Songjiang District, Shanghai. It will focus on the construction of the Shanghai Science and Technology Film City's characteristic brand, strive to create a gathering place for cultural talents featuring film and television, and continue to optimize the development environment for cultural talents. . At the same time, we will further strengthen the leadership of party building, guide and encourage talents to actively participate in grassroots community governance and cultural services, and promote "two-way rush". The Shanghai Science and Technology Film City AI Creation Ecological Center project, jointly established by the Songjiang District People's Government and Shanghai Film (Group) Co., Ltd., was officially launched and signed at the press conference.
Artificial intelligence always makes people imagine boundlessly. Dai Bo, a young artificial intelligence scientist and an expert in the field of AIGC digital content generation, delivered a keynote speech titled "Bravely Entering the 'Ice Age' of AIGC and Movies" at the opening ceremony of Science Fiction Film Week. In his view, we should not only be in awe of the "AI+" industry and scenarios, but also work together to seize the opportunities and challenges brought by this round of AIGC to jointly build the future digital content production method. The subsequent Science Fiction Film Week themed forum focused on the theme of "Artificial Intelligence + Movies, New Visions of Science Fiction and New Productivity". The well-known director, screenwriter, and producer Huang Jianxin, animation director and mecha designer Masaharu Kawamori, and producer and screenwriter Wang Hongwei , film art director Huo Tingxiao, science fiction writer Wang Jinkang, director/screenwriter Dong Runnian, and young scientist Dai Bo, on how AI technology can reshape the film industry, how to re-understand artificial intelligence from the perspective of science fiction movies and science fiction stories, and the role of AI technology in the film industry The application and future prospects of AI, the aesthetic experience and emotional communication of science fiction movies in the AI era and other topics were discussed in depth.
In the afternoon of the same day, Science Fiction Film Week also held a promotion event for Shanghai Science and Technology Film City’s key projects and science fiction literature IP/film and television projects. It is reported that Shanghai Science and Technology Film City has launched a series of service platform projects in line with the development trends of the film and television industry in artificial intelligence, cloud computing and big data, emerging audio-visual and other imaging technologies, and micro-short dramas.Among them, the Shanghai Science and Technology Film City AI Creation Ecological Center uses a model that combines "computing power pool + film and television application scenarios (base)" to build Shanghai Science and Technology Film City's authoritative public service platform in the AIGC field; Shanghai Film City's one-stop hi production The service platform is a one-stop shooting service platform that integrates Shanghai Film Park, Haopu Base, Shanghai Film Technology Factory and other resources; the "Short Cat" intelligent publicity platform is a collection of policy release, industry information, copyright transactions, etc. A comprehensive service platform with all functions; a trusted digital human certification and management platform, which is based on blockchain technology and distributed digital identity technology and promotes the research, development and promotion of digital human technology; Shanghai Science and Technology Film City International Short The Drama Overseas Research Center is a practical platform that serves the production and promotion of transnational short plays created by Cangcheng National Cultural Export Base in conjunction with Huace Yangtze River Delta International Film and Television Industrial Park, Malaysian Film Trade Union, China-Canada Film Festival Alliance and other units; " The "Film and Television Copyright City Living Room" online platform is a specially developed online one-stop copyright service platform with the functions of "right confirmation and registration - monitoring and protection of rights - incubation and development - transaction distribution". The launch of these projects will further assist Shanghai Science and Technology The innovative development and industrial upgrading of the film capital.
In the science fiction literature IP/film and television project promotion session, a total of 6 science fiction literature IPs with high adaptation value were recommended, including " Foreign ", "Wheat Waves", "Crossing the Rings of Saturn", "Still Water" and "In the North", and also promoted It has produced science fiction film and television projects such as "When the Stars Shine", "François", "Like Father and Son", "Sea of Dreams" and "It's Dangerous Outside the Classroom", aiming to discover young science fiction authors, promote science fiction literary works with the most potential for adaptation, and promote and Promote the transformation of excellent science fiction IP and build a better communication platform for science fiction writers and filmmakers to join forces.
Source: Shanghai Songjiang
