"I imagine that in the future, the crew may be a sound studio, 500 square meters is enough. Everyone goes in like going to work, most of the scenes and props can be modeled with a virtual engine, without wasting time transitioning. At that time, TV series shooting may really become a new working mode. "Liu Jin, the director of "Ideal City", once imagined it in an interview with us.
Now, from the film and television virtualization production platform and LED high-definition digital studio of Qingdao Oriental Film Capital, it can be predicted that this day may not really be too far away.
Technology is changing filmmaking.
At the beginning of this year, the behind-the-scenes footage of Disney+'s popular web drama "Mandalorian" showed in detail the shooting technology of the LED background screen: the actor was placed in a pre-made LED background display, except for the props and floors around him, all around the LED screen, and the background in the screen could change with the movement of the camera. For a moment, people were amazed.
The TV series "Ideal City" broadcast in this summer also adopted LED screen shooting, which greatly shortened the post-production time.
As an experimenter and forerunner of domestic shooting technology innovation, Qingdao's 5G technology, VR film and television, virtual shooting, script visualization, etc. have always been concerned by the industry.
From the landing of the venture capital project to the planning of the LED studio to the unveiling of the Qingdao Film Academy and the display of the props in the studio, Qingdao West Coast New Area has reached all aspects of the whole industry chain such as project planning, technological innovation, film and television talent training, and one-stop shooting services, and realized the positioning of "the film industrialization production base supporting the whole industry chain".
Yesterday, the film and television monologue has launched its first article ("The magnetic absorption effect continues to be prominent, how Qingdao uses unprecedented policy support to dance with film and television"), sharing the advantages of film and television policies in Qingdao's West Coast New Area. Today, we will focus on what Qingdao's whole industry chain supporting means for the development of Chinese film and television.
Source support: Help newcomers get ahead
At the 2021 Producers Producer Conference, Forum host Zhao Ningyu asked the head of the film and television fund company sharply, "Which film and television companies have you invested in this year?" What direction do you most want to vote in next? Instantly, he asked the most urgent questions for the filmmakers present, and won the cheers from the audience.
This detail reflects a major feature of this Year's Qingdao Film and Television Expo: decisive and pragmatic, and strive to open up industrial resources, support new filmmakers, and promote effective cooperation in the industry.
At the subsequent venture capital conference, the creators saw real money. "Through the Darkness of Me", "Praise Fierce", "Victory Day", "Invincible Ping Pong Rabbit", "Meteorite Jianghu" and other 5 films advanced to the top five, respectively, received 80,000 yuan in cash and other support awards and millions of yuan worth of landing shooting service packages. Not only that, there are 11 films on the scene that have reached intentional cooperation with many investors and completed the signing of contracts, and the amount of cooperation has reached more than 300 million yuan.
Pay attention to the initial creation of the project, but also pay attention to the summary of the creation rules of the work. From the world's "Film Capital" film master class to the science fiction film expert exchange activities, to the "Centennial Style" main theme TV series creation exchange meeting and film boutique creation expert seminar, the film expo brought together many industry experts, scholars and well-known creators to discuss and exchange, pointing out the direction for young creators in the film and television creation of popular fields.
In addition, since the beginning of this year, the total number of film and television dramas in Qingdao West Coast New Area has reached 83 projects, including 26 films, 3 TV series, and 54 online film and television dramas, gradually realizing the transformation from Qingdao shooting to Qingdao production.
From pulling investment to doing project production to film and television companies in the region to produce, Qingdao West Coast New Area has carved out a piece of paradise in source planning.
Production support: both inside and outside
Red tiles and green trees, blue sea and blue sky. The city exterior in the movie "All About My Mother", released in September this year, is quite distinctive and makes a deep impression.
In the TV series "Meritorious Service" "Huang Xuhua's Deep Dive", the academy where Huang Xuhua and his colleagues are engaged in nuclear submarine research and the residence with Western flavor are also clearly distinguished from the framing in other units.
Both works were filmed in Qingdao. Yes, Qingdao, which has always been famous for its natural studios, has made great strides in the construction of film and television locations in recent years. The Oriental Film and Television Industrial Park has 40 domestic first-class high-tech studios, 32 set workshops, as well as a single studio of 10,000 square meters, an indoor and outdoor underwater production center, a digital audio and video center for full-process production, and a film and television virtualization production platform.
In terms of location, such as the film and television location of Zangma Mountain. Relying on the natural scenery of Zangma Mountain, the site also plans to build five major functional plates such as the ancient costume shooting area, the old Shanghai and old Qingdao blocks of the Republic of China, the Oumei block, the old Beiping block of the Republic of China and the Shikumen Building Area, which can be described as a mountain and a sea and a historical imprint, attracting more and more crews to come to station.
Among them, it is worth mentioning the underwater production center, the film and television virtualization production platform and the large-area studio.
In the movie "Peak Explosion", there is a plot in which father and son climb together in the water and join forces to save people, the process is thrilling, and people are very heart-wrenching to see. This clip was completed at the underwater production center of the Oriental Film and Television Industrial Park.
Further back, the movie "Island Keeper" also has a set of key shots of underwater rescue, and the crew specially came to Qingdao for this group of shots for three days.
The underwater storyline is obviously not long, why do they have to come to Qingdao to shoot? Originally, the underwater production center had I-beam at the bottom of the pool and a fixed-point system on the pool wall, which ensured that the photographer could flexibly operate the underwater scenes and shooting equipment, and the water circulation system and ultraviolet chlorine cleaning ensured the safety of water quality.
Years ago, "visual script" was an industry buzzword, and some people asserted that it would bring about a revolution in film and television production.
The film and television virtualization production platform in the Oriental Film and Television Industrial Park makes this concept perfect. The staff demonstrated the generation process of the "visual script" for us on the spot: the action actor made the prescribed action in the studio, captured by the camera and modeled, and then the creator could place the actor in the special effects scene described in the work, the whole process is equivalent to a real-time script pre-shooting.
In short, it is to put the post-work in front. With this work, the communication efficiency between departments can be greatly improved, and the director can intuitively use the video to tell each department the desired effect and avoid shooting risks.
It is understood that Happy Twist's science fiction movie "Lone Moon" used the platform to create a "visual script".
The large square meter studio provides a lot of convenience for the crew to set the scene, eliminating the need for the crew to grab the scene and the boat and car fatigue. The first suspense drama "The Truth", which is being broadcast on Youku, focuses on the assistance of procuratorial technology, has built a technical department of the procuratorate in Studio No. 23, which covers an area of 6,000 square meters in Oriental Film Capital, and at the same time built a nostalgic old Qingdao street in Shed 41.
Close-up shots are best shot with studios, and long-range LED screen technology is perfect. In addition to "The Truth", "Police Honor" produced by iQiyi has opened 3 studios in Oriental Film and adopted LED screen technology. This kind of shooting can effectively reduce the cost of green screen construction and post-production, and effectively reduce the shooting cost as a whole.
During the visit, the staff of the park told us that Oriental Film Capital is preparing to build a world-class LED high-definition digital studio, integrating new technologies and processes in the game and interactive entertainment industry, and improving the level of film and television industrialization.
Now, from the development momentum of Qingdao Oriental Film Capital's film and television virtualization production platform and LED high-definition digital studio, it can be predicted that this day may not really be too far away.
Service Advancement: The time has come, the moment has become
Enrich, expand, perfect.
Looking back at the history of film and television development in Qingdao's West Coast New Area, it can be found that the region has been closely focusing on the core positioning of "film industrialization production base supporting the whole industry chain" in recent years, constantly enriching and improving itself.
For example, the old film and television base has core competitive advantages such as service and film and television talents, and Qingdao has been relatively lacking in the past. But today is different from the past, this summer, the industry's famous Mantianxing (Qingdao) costume props warehouse officially settled in the Oriental Film and Television Industrial Park. The library contains two scene workshops, in which more than 100,000 costumes and props are displayed, and there is no shortage of precious props left by large-scale productions such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Hero" and "Ten Faces Ambush".
Airplane props from the movie "Captain China"
According to the film capital, "Man Tian Xing" was founded by film and television producer Huang Baorong, and the field library in the Film City Park contains a library of costume props and physical special effects equipment, and since 2019, 90% of the film and television projects filmed in Qingdao have used the services provided by Man Tian Xing.
According to the person in charge of Man Tianxing, the significant increase in the number of crews filming in Qingdao is one of the reasons why they finally decided to land in Qingdao for development. With the continuous landing of film and television projects in Qingdao, the prop library will also be continuously improved and enriched.
Secondly, Qingdao has also set up the first local film and television management service agency in China, the Qingdao West Coast New Area Film and Television Industry Development Center, and jointly built a one-stop service platform with the Oriental Film and Television Industry Park and third-party service agencies to provide "one-window acceptance and full-process follow-up" services for the crew and enterprises.
With the concept of "nanny-style, commissioner," the service platform sorts out a list of more than 20 film and television public service matters covering administrative approval, customs, public security and other departments around the needs of film and television enterprises and crews, and implements zero-fee and commissioner-based agency services for approval matters involving enterprise registration, crew filing, and visa handling for foreigners.
In addition, the service platform also introduces third-party intermediary services to provide low-cost, transparent, high-quality and efficient human resources and fiscal and tax bookkeeping services for enterprises in need. For public spaces and public facilities resources such as communities, hospitals, and scenic spots, public security, health, education, streets and towns can be coordinated to provide resource support and filming services for film and television crews.
In addition, Qingdao's film and television talents are also gathering.
First, the Qingdao Film Academy, located in Qingdao's West Coast New Area, was finally officially inaugurated at the Film Expo, and the UNESCO Film Capital (Qingdao) Research Institute, the Beijing Film Academy (Qingdao) Research Institute, the Qingdao Film Academy (Oriental Film Capital Industrial Park) Training Base, and the Underwater Photography Research Institute were unveiled at the same time, providing intellectual support and scientific research support for the construction of Qingdao's "Film Capital".
Second, according to Sun Hengqin, president of the Oriental Film Capital Industrial Park, "In terms of industrial ecology, we are planning to build a number of master studios to attract domestic first-class screenwriters, directors and producers to gather here, and truly build Oriental Film into a film and television industry highland." ”
Years of development have quietly changed the temperament of the city of Qingdao: public resources are open to the crew for free, providing maximum convenience; the citizens have long been accustomed to the shooting of the crew, and no longer gather together for its arrival to interfere with the shooting...
The types of Laiqing dramas are also constantly expanding, attracting more non-visual effects film and television dramas. For example, the movie "Railway Hero" starring Zhang Hanyu, Fan Wei and others, "There Is Her in the World" directed by Zhang Aijia, Li Shaohong, Chen Chong, starring Zhou Xun and Zheng Xiuwen, etc., and the female drama "Their Names" starring Qin Hailu, Bai Bing, Wei Wei and so on.
In order to coordinate the strength of the whole region, Qingdao West Coast New Area has established and improved the working mechanism of the key industrial chain chain chief system, and the main leaders of the working committee and management committee of the new district serve as the general chain chief. The film and television culture industry chain will be regarded as one of the nine key industrial chains in the new district, and the main leaders of the functional area will serve as the chain chief, specifically promoting the development of industrial chain enterprises, "double strokes and double introduction", project construction, technological innovation and other major matters, and coordinating the solution of major problems in development.
At present, qingdao West Coast New Area has formulated a high-quality development plan for the film and television cultural industry chain, developed and operated an integrated platform for online declaration of film and television policies, and the government and enterprises have worked together to plan and implement a number of key projects that forge long boards and make up for shortcomings, and concentrate on stabilizing the chain and consolidating the chain and optimizing the business environment. Focusing on the sub-chain of "production, shooting and production, distribution and screening, infrastructure, film and television finance, 5G high-tech video, film and television +", etc., it has become a fertile ground for the incubation, growth and development of film and television projects.
Source: Mass Press, Al Jazeera