Shenzhen director Lan Hongchun shared his experience in making low-budget films by amateurs. Picture provided by the organizer
Shenzhen News Network, July 23, 2024 (Shenzhen Evening News reporter Wang Yaping) On July 22, as one of the highlights of the "Luohu Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cultural Month", the Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao Film Directors Exchange Conference was held at Luohu Kingkey Park Naguang Time Square has begun. People from the film and television industry in Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macao shared their creative experiences and industry insights around the theme of "The innovation of film directors' narratives is to activate the soul of movies".
Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macao, as important locations for Chinese-language films, have rich cultural resources and creative talents. Wei Wenfang, vice chairman and secretary-general of the Luohu District Federation of Literary and Art Circles, said that Luohu is a pioneer in reform and opening up, the epitome of Shenzhen's miracle, and the literary and artistic undertakings are booming. The combination of tradition and modernity, the blending of fireworks and fashion, provide artists with unlimited creative inspiration and natural film shooting scenes.
How to better cultivate and revitalize film talents and create more better and more outstanding works? The event specially invited Shenzhen director Lan Hongchun, Hong Kong director Li Lichi, and Macau director Hua Tianliang to share the themes.
Lan Hongchun shared his experience in making low-budget films by amateurs. His works have won the "Five One Project Award" of Guangdong Province, the Best Feature Film of the Shenzhen Youth Image Festival, and the second prize of the Guangdong Radio, Film and Television Award. The movies " dad, I can do " and " will take you to meet my mother " are Lan Hongchun's masterpieces. They combine Chaoshan regional characteristics and Hong Kong-style comedy techniques. They were produced with a low cost and created tens of millions of box office results. . He proposed that small-budget films need to find commercially consistent logic, and take actors and narrative as the first principles while controlling costs. He is also grateful for the support of many colleagues and seniors in Shenzhen that allowed him to realize his film dream.
Hong Kong is one of the world's film industry bases and film export destinations, and is known as the "Hollywood of the East". Li Lichi has directed a series of Hong Kong film classics that are well-loved by the audience, such as " The King of Comedy ", " God of Cookery ", "Shaolin Football", " Tang Bo Hu Dian Qiuxiang ", etc., and is one of the founders of Hong Kong nonsensical comedy films. . He said that the creation of comedy movies is a profound art, and he has figured out the md5319 model in practice. md stands for movie dreaming, and 5319 refers to a 50-word outline and a 300-word story flow, which are then expanded into 9 parts, no less than 1,000 words. He also shared his experience from warehouse manager to film director, inspiring young directors to "ideal, work hard, and persist". He will also continue to carry out performing arts education and training to help people with ideals achieve their film dreams.
Macau director Hua Tianliang started film and television production in 2013 and has filmed more than 30 short films, 3 movies and 1 TV miniseries. He talked about the production process of his representative works such as "Against the Wind", "Broken Heartstrings" and "Girl Chasing White Clouds". Among them, "Broken Heartstrings" was screened at the 4th Macau International Film Festival. He said that Macao is the first place in Greater China to have film projection equipment and has a good foundation for development. At the same time, the "Macao Elements" and "Macao Viewing" film and television funding programs have brought new opportunities to film and television practitioners, and he hopes that Macao will Film and television can have more in-depth cooperation with Shenzhen and Hong Kong. At the
event, Luohu’s recently released ten measures to support the high-quality development of the film and television industry sparked heated discussions. Many film and television practitioners believe that in today's increasingly fierce competition, Luohu has introduced policies to provide special support for film distribution and screening, film and television production creation, etc., which has undoubtedly injected a boost to the development of the industry. Bay Area Film and Television The Highlands are rising.
For film and television creators, Luohu is also a natural "rich mine". Luohu is the intersection of Lingnan culture, Shenzhen-Hong Kong culture, and the culture of reform and opening up. It is geographically close and culturally connected to Hong Kong and Macao. It is conducive to the gathering of talents, logistics, capital flow, data and other factors required by the film and television industry. It also has unique natural resources. Ecological resources, you can shoot blockbusters by setting up a camera. In addition, in September 2021, the Guangdong Provincial Film Creation Training Base was launched in Luohu, actively promoting film and television works to go out of Guangdong, to the whole country, and to the world through Luohu.
With the newly released "Luohu Ten Measures to Support the High-Quality Development of the Film and Television Industry", Luohu sends invitations to outstanding film and television industry players from all over the country, and welcomes everyone to choose Luohu and invest in Luohu.
