Hubei Daily News (reporters Sun Bin, Zhou Peng, correspondent Pan Xiekai) August 16, Hongbin Honglian Lake Hotel, Huarong District, Ezhou City, Honglian Lake micro-short drama shooting base The red hijab is officially lifted here.
Hubei Network Audiovisual Association Micro-Short Drama Branch (in preparation) was unveiled. (Photo by Zhou Peng, all-media reporter of Hubei Daily)
The base uses the Hubei Cultural Tourism Hongbin Honglian Lake Hotel as the main shooting location. It covers an area of 100,000 square meters and has high-end suites, banquet halls, conference halls, swimming pools, gyms, etc. Ten shooting scenes of different styles and scales.
"After many on-site inspections, we have found that 70% of the shooting scenes can be covered here!" said Liu Kun, founder and CEO of Wuhan 23 Floor Culture. The entire hotel is in European garden style, with lakes next to it and golf courses nearby. With facilities such as hospitals and schools, the company immediately gravitated to this place, and many dramas have been filmed here. Now the “costumes, makeup props” and so on have been moved from the Wuhan company. In the future, we will use this place as the core to build a complete short drama industry chain with our peers and produce more high-quality short dramas.
“Clothing and Makeup Props” Center. (Photo by Hubei Daily reporter Zhou Peng)
In order to welcome the micro-short drama production company, Hongbin Honglian Lake Hotel vacated the business center early and transformed it into a "Fuhua Road" venue. Liu Xiaowei, general manager of the hotel, led his staff to arrange in advance and has put the "Fuhua Road" on display in sections for micro-short drama production companies to choose from. "In the future, going here will be like going to Hengdian, with everything you need for micro-short drama shooting." He said.
Ren Wei, deputy mayor of Ezhou City and secretary of the Huarong District Party Committee, said that the Honglian Lake micro-short drama shooting base is located in the core area of Wuhan New City, with a beautiful natural environment and complete surrounding supporting scenes. It has the conditions for micro-short drama shooting and geographical transportation advantages. The official opening of the base will effectively drive the popularity of hotels and related industries and promote the integrated development of "film and television + cultural tourism".
At the ceremony, the Hubei Provincial Internet Audiovisual Association Micro-Short Drama Branch (in preparation) was unveiled at the same time. Chen Zhiyi, Secretary-General of the Provincial Internet Audiovisual Association, read the "Honglian Lake Initiative for the High-Quality Development of Micro-Short Dramas", and 10 companies signed contracts to station in the base, saying We will take content as king to help micro-short dramas move forward steadily.
The filming scene of a short drama from Wuhan 23rd Floor Culture. (Photo by Zhou Peng, all-media reporter of Hubei Daily)
Chen Zhiyi said that micro-short dramas are on the rise. Due to the lack of professional and large-scale shooting bases, lack of facilities and equipment such as studios and service roads, the talent pool of film and television arts is also limited. Insufficient, restricting the output and quality of micro-short dramas in Hubei Province. The Honglian Lake micro-short drama shooting base is just in time, and will provide micro-short drama-related companies inside and outside the province with a comprehensive platform that integrates creative incubation, script creation, filming and production, post-editing, publicity and promotion, and exhibition promotion. Promote the improvement and development of the micro-short drama industry chain in Hubei Province, from "light weight" to "high quality".
0 companies have signed contracts to enter the base. (Photo by Hubei Daily all-media reporter Zhou Peng) 