Hundred Flowers Opening Forum Scene
Cover News Reporter Zhou Qin
html On August 2, the 37th Hundred Flowers Award Hundred Flowers Opening Forum was held in Chengdu. Yin Hong, Fu Ruoqing, Wu Ershan, Guo Fan, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, Alai Filmmakers such as and Huang Jianxin gathered together to review the common memories of the past ten years of film progress, sort out and summarize the growth and achievements of Chinese films in the past ten years, and create a soul, focus, and strength for the sustained and high-quality development of Chinese films.Yin Hong:
10 years of development of Chinese films, standing against the wind and facing the sun
Yin Hong, vice chairman of the Chinese Filmmakers Association and professor of Tsinghua University, used 8 words to summarize the development of Chinese films in the past 10 years: "Standing against the wind and facing the sun and born”. He said that the past 10 years have been a decade for Chinese films to keep pace with the times: film output has remained among the top in the world, China is one of the world's largest box office markets, the number of moviegoers has ranked among the top in the world since 2016, and the number of screen The number of films is far ahead in the global market and the domestic film market share is constantly expanding, which has also laid a very solid foundation for film development.
Yin Hong mentioned a data. According to statistics, almost all the top 50 domestic films in the box office rankings of the Chinese film market are works produced in the past 10 years. On the one hand, this is due to the expansion of the scale of the Chinese film market in the past 10 years. On the other hand, it is also due to the fact that in the past 10 years, Chinese films have become more and more competitive in the market in terms of profound thinking, exquisite art, and excellent production, and have become more and more popular among audiences.
In the past 10 years, the steady development of Chinese films has reached a new level. From a creative perspective, new mainstream films have become the backbone of domestic films, including the "Me and Mine" series, " Changjin Lake " series, " Wolf Warriors " series, and " The Wandering Earth " series etc. In the past 10 years, realistic-themed works have become a creative trend; from the popularity of films such as " Nezha ", "Chang'an Three Kilometers", Manjianghong , " Fengshen Part 1 ", it is not difficult to see that Chinese films have great influence on Chinese traditional Culture also undergoes creative transformation.
Yin Hong shared that in the past 10 years, China has completed its mission of building a powerful film country and is now moving towards the goal of becoming a powerful film country. 2035 is the year to achieve the goal of becoming a cultural power and a film power. Therefore, in the next 10 years, Chinese films still have a long way to go and need to increase their overseas market share and cultural influence.
Fu Ruoqing:
respond to the people’s spiritual and cultural expectations with high-quality masterpieces that keep up with the times.
Vice Chairman of the Chinese Filmmakers Association, Secretary and Chairman of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Film Group Corporation, Chairman and General Manager of China Film Co., Ltd. Fu Ruoqing shared with The masterpieces of the past era respond to the people's spiritual and cultural expectations and are the "greatest in the country" among filmmakers. Fu Ruoqing revealed that the second part of the movie "Volunteer Army", the tribute film "If You Don't Come, I Will Not Get Old" to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Macau's return to China, and the movie version of " Only This Green " will be released in the second half of the year. Next year, the film "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" adapted from Jin Yong's classic martial arts work will be released, and the film "Lucky Photo Studio" will be released to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
Fu Ruoqing said that in the future, he will actively explore new business formats and new models, use China Film's "appointment screening" platform to serve diverse film supplies, and create a vibrant film culture and movie fan community. In addition, China Film will further promote the industrial development of high-format film technology, accelerate the application of cinity series products in domestic and overseas markets, and strive to "change lanes and overtake" in the field of international large-screen display technology, so that film products and services can better Serve the people and realize their new expectations for a better life.
Wu Ershan:
Exploring the Industrialization of Chinese Films Don’t hesitate because the road is far away
Wu Ershan
Over the past decade, film workers have made unremitting efforts in exploring themes, and director Wu Ershan is one of the representatives. For ten years, he has been pursuing how to integrate visual feast with profound stories and the wisdom of Eastern philosophy.From " Painted Skin " and "Searching for the Dragon" to "Fengshen Part 1" and the currently being screened "Under the Stranger", these works convey to audiences around the world with sophisticated production and fascinating Chinese stories. It reflects the vitality and charm of the booming Chinese film industry.
What exactly is Chinese film industrialization? In the exploration and practice of film creation in the past ten years, Wu Ershan summarized four points: the expansion of Chinese film genres, the contemporary expression of Chinese traditional culture, the application of high and new technologies, and the training of new actors.
Last summer, "Fengshen Part 1" became a phenomenon-level movie. The film started in 2014. "At that time, after a series of inspections, studies, and research, we decided to use the creative method of the mythical epic genre to retell China's most classic literary works." Wu Ershan said that this decision was a bit risky at the time. But in the end, after nearly five years of script adaptation and creation, more than two years of preliminary preparations, 18 months of continuous shooting, and more than three years of post-production visual effects work, the first part of "The Trilogy of the Gods" was finally released. Will meet the audience in the summer of 2023. From the time the film was released to today, "Fengshen Part 1" has been translated into multiple languages, shown in many overseas countries, and has become a popular movie that impressed overseas audiences. He also expressed his unchanging heart in the exploration of China's film industrialization in one sentence: "Don't hesitate because the road is far away. As long as you set off, you will arrive."
Where there is director Guo Fan, the word science fiction is inseparable. As an emerging film genre in China, science fiction films have extremely high requirements for production level and industrialization. He recalled that in the past ten years, "the biggest challenge in creation is how to make a qualified science fiction movie that does not lose money and that the audience can like."
The lack of methodology, standardization, and industrialization is the key factor in the preparation of "The Wandering Earth" Difficulties and challenges encountered during the season. Guo Fan revealed that after six years of review and summary of various experiences and lessons, and the exploration, practice and application of new technologies, the "Film Industrialization Laboratory" has completed the first batch of project results and is planning to compile them into a volume, which will be presented soon. for everyone.
In the next ten years, Guo Fan said that he will continue to delve into science fiction movies and create more science fiction movies with Chinese characteristics and highlighting Chinese culture. He also hopes to provide more support and help to the younger generation of filmmakers. He modestly said that in the next ten years, he hopes to work hard to become a qualified director.
Wang Changtian:
has planned about a hundred projects to be launched in the next ten years.
Wang Changtian
Wang Changtian, chairman of Guangguang Media, said that film companies and film practitioners must use good movies to speak for themselves, "Everything we do is for good movies. Making good movies is the only reason for our existence." Wang Changtian revealed that Enlight is planning about 100 movie projects, which will be launched one after another in the next ten years.
Yu Dong, vice chairman of the Chinese Filmmakers Association and chairman of Bona Pictures, believes that in the next ten years, allowing Chinese films to win applause from the world is the direction of every film worker here. He revealed that in the future, Bona's films will use a global perspective and an international production team to make Chinese films with Chinese themes, showing a credible, lovely and respectable image of China to the world.
Alai, vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association and chairman of the Sichuan Writers Association, said that readers, audiences, creators, and production institutions have an interactive relationship. I hope this interaction is benign and upward.
Huang Jianxin
Director, screenwriter, and producer Huang Jianxin believes that movies are like ships sailing in the sea, with rough waves but trying to move forward. He mentioned, “In terms of content selection, movies must always move forward, just like Mr. Alai said that we must explore the unknown and cannot always use known methods, so that the freshness can last long."On the other hand, he also said that film is a product of industry, and technology will have a huge impact on it. On the one hand, filmmakers need to learn more from a cultural perspective, and on the other hand, they need to bring themselves into modern thinking. Because science, especially artificial intelligence, has helped humans create a lot of things, it has paved the way for vast possibilities for Chinese films
(Photo from the Hundred Flowers Award Organizing Committee)
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