has invested in high-tech science fiction "blockbusters", short dramas that incorporate social concerns, individual works that express one's own emotions, and unconventional time-travel plots... On December 15, at Beijing's First Langyuan Station Park, "' In the "Beijing's Colorful Culture·Youth Blooming" 2023 park tour series event - the first China Film and Television New Power Creative Competition, the 10 shortlisted works were displayed one by one and the final competition was held.
The "Beijing Colorful Culture·Blooming Youth" 2023 Park Tour event is hosted by the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, the Education Working Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, and the Cyberspace Administration of the Municipal Party Committee. Since the launch of the park tour, nearly a thousand teachers and students from 7 universities in Beijing, including Peking University and Tsinghua University, have settled in multiple cultural industrial parks and made suggestions for the high-quality development of the parks based on their personal experience.
reporters learned that this event, with the strong support of the Beijing Film Association, was jointly organized by Beijing Capital Langyuan and the School of Cultural Industry Management and the School of Animation and Digital Art of Communication University of China, with the theme of "telling Chinese stories well and building a strong film nation" , aiming to use the cultural and creative industrial park as a platform and communication bridge to connect enterprises and universities and explore the integration of industry and education.
Creative roadshows each have their own unique tricks
What kind of different experiences will the flight major students get when they jump out of the earth and come to Jupiter for internship? "The background of the story we set takes place before the first part of "The Wandering Earth". The Earth sent pilots to explore the asteroid belt around Jupiter in advance." At the road show, this exhibition film has science fiction elements and uses many visual special effects. The main creators of "Falling" Liu Xiaoyu, Yang Xu, and Sun Xu introduced the creative background of the film. "The equipment we used for filming all comes from domestic film companies and is also used by many theater-level film projects. Thanks to the school for having such high-quality resources, which allowed us to take this opportunity to produce such a film. Our film The budget was only 5,000 yuan, and the props used in the shooting were all made by ourselves."
showed the film "Falling". Picture provided by the organizer
What will you do when the person you love most doesn’t remember you? The film "The Emperor" is based on real life and tells the story of the conflict between the heroine Xiaomei and her grandmother. When grandma forgets the protagonist due to Alzheimer's disease, Xiaomei, who lives in an urban village, takes care of her grandma while fighting against the pressure of life. At the end of the film, the protagonist's inner painful and unyielding emotions are vented through the singing of the folk song "Emperor". "We want to express a kind of concern through the film, concern about society, concern about the living environment, concern about the bottom class of society. Concern for the third party is a complex emotional concern for the family in most of us. I hope more people can understand this A little." Han Yuchun, the film's creator, introduced.
"The Mikado" creator's introduction video. Picture provided by the organizer
The reporter learned that since the launch of the event on November 8, the creative roadshow unit has focused on how to tell the "Chinese story" well, starting from the four major themes of "future universe, workplace stories, philosophical thinking, and human nature". Over a month, a total of 35 original works from college students were collected. The themes include game experiments, drama VR, literary youth, female marriage, virtual production, suspense time travel, criticism of reality and other fields. Finally, 10 films were shortlisted for the competition roadshow section, namely "Silicon Age", "Falling", "Postman_MAILMAN", "Xia Xi", "Sorry Boss", "Silent Confession", "Snare Drum, Snare Drum" and "The Emperor" "Emperor", "Thief Beta", "Fireworks, Fireworks". The ten works of
are all from students of Communication University of China, and most of them are junior students. Some works use very professional photography and post-production equipment during shooting, and some works only cost 3 yuan. Student creators used unique perspectives to demonstrate their diverse artistic presentation styles, expressing the fierce collision of technology and culture, as well as their unique thinking about life.
"Film is the most popular art, and student works can also enter the commercial market. Some of the works produced by today's students are no worse than professional ones." After each film was shown, comments from Mojing Tianhe and Yi Judges from Tong Production, Taomeng Technology and other film and television companies commented on the works one by one.From the perspective of film and television practitioners, the judges pointed out the problems and immaturities of these students' works from the details of camera movement, soundtrack, shot scheduling, lighting, etc., and they also expressed their feelings without hesitation. Praise for excellent works.
In the end, after on-site review by experts from the Beijing Film Association, top film and television company executives, university teachers, etc., four awards were selected: Best Content Creative Award "Snare Drum, Snare Drum", Most China Aesthetics Award for "Silent Confession", Best Visual Effects Award for "Falling", and the Most Commercial Potential Award for "Silent Confession".
"Persist to the end because of love"
Best Visual Effects Award "Falling" creators Liu Xiaoyu, Yang Xu, and Sun Xu, sophomores at Communication University of China, told reporters that they will also learn and practice outside the classroom Knowledge in many areas of expertise. "I'm very happy to win the award because we put a lot of effort into this film. It is the most serious project we have done this year, and it also cost a lot of time and manpower. From the beginning, we wanted to benchmark against science fiction films in the industry, although It is a short film, but we have cooperated with many domestic manufacturers to finally present a nearly professional effect."
Several students come from different majors and are engaged in different types of work. "We each research more in different fields. , everyone looks more mature when they are together, but in fact we are just doing our own thing well in various fields." The main creators said that they will participate in more various competitions in the future, "Screenings like this are also part of our film and television process First, a work needs to be put on the public screen and the audience's comments need to be heard, so that we can grow faster."
presented the award to the award-winning film "Silent Confession". Picture provided by the organizer
The main creators of "Silent Confession", which won the Most Chinese Aesthetics Award and the Most Commercial Potential Award, are Zhu Yuanxi, Liang Shuqi, Li Hongxuan, Liu Weiqi, and Yang Yutong, freshmen at Communication University of China. This is also their first official shoot. "We feel that it is not easy to complete this film. It was our first time shooting and we worked together. We are very happy to finally achieve such a result, which exceeded our expectations." The main creators told reporters that there were many teams that had just signed up for the competition. , but many people give up in the process of completing the work step by step. "We persisted until the end because of our love." Several students from
said that this competition was a particularly rare opportunity. "In daily study, the knowledge learned may not be particularly in line with the industry. We need to supplement it after class. This time during the shooting, by adjusting the lighting and shooting angles a little bit, what we learned is It is difficult for us to have the opportunity to experience it in class. I also hope that with such a good competition, more students can participate in the future."
serves the development of the film and television industry, and talent is the core
After the road show, film and television post-production and Representatives of companies that operate the entire chain of film and television IP - Mojing Tianhe, Yitong Production, and Taomeng Technology, together with teachers and students of Communication University of China, "build a film and television talent service platform" and "create a practical film and television talent pool" "The two major themes were discussed in depth to discuss how to promote the park to become a new highland for the production of high-quality film and television works and a highland for the gathering of film and television talents.
film and television talent school-enterprise cooperation forum site. Photo courtesy of the organizer
How to better serve the development of the film and television industry? Talent is the core. Focusing on the cultivation of talents in the digital cultural industry, Yang Jianfei, director of the Cultural Industry Management Department of the School of Cultural Industry Management of Communication University of China, said that the school is now focusing on the cultivation of talents in the two aspects of virtual space cultural production management and digital cultural products. "Through this event, I hope to cooperate more with companies in the future in terms of students' internship practice and research course development."
"Because of love, I will keep moving forward." Liu Guangjie, senior vice president of Beijing Taomeng Network Technology Co., Ltd. mentioned , it is very hard to make a film and television work, and you may need to travel through mountains and rivers and go to remote places for filming.Therefore, students who are interested in working in the film and television industry must be passionate enough about this matter. How does
transform learning in the classroom into work motivation in the enterprise? Chang Liangliang, vice president of Beijing Yitong Legend Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd., mentioned that there is still a certain gap between the current status of young people and the needs of enterprises. "As a company, we hope to visit more universities and communicate with students."
Zhao Haoqiang, vice president of production at Beijing Mojing Tianhe Digital Image Technology Co., Ltd., sent a message to the students: "As students, you may have many wild ideas when making films. . But in the real film and television industry, it is actually very important to let the audience feel what you want to express in a limited time, and to grab the audience's attention at the beginning."
Editor Miao Chenxia
proofreading Zhao Lin
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