On November 12, the 2022 Chinese Screenwriters Theme Forum with the theme of China, Story, Power --- the "New" Power of Chinese Screenwriters, as a series of supporting activities of the 35th Chinese Film Golden Rooster Awards of the China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, was successfully held in Xiamen Lake.
This year's Chinese Screenwriters Forum is still committed to the "youth" group, taking the content industry, film and television industry, and screenwriter profession as the starting point, focusing on market-oriented film and television creation hotspots, cultivating popular potential screenwriting talents, and gaining insight into the development trend of the screenwriting industry and the film and television industry. It is reported that this event is the third year of the Chinese Screenwriters Forum landing in Xiamen, co-sponsored by Xiamen Huli District Cultural Development Office and Beijing Minghe Group, organized by Beijing Minghe Film and Television Culture Development Co., Ltd. and Youyu Youhan Film and Television Media (Xiamen) Co., Ltd., and the Film School of Xiamen University as the academic support unit of the event.
Secretary of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial People's Congress, former member of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee, Minister of Publicity, Liang Jianyong, Deputy Mayor of Huli District of Xiamen City, Deng Xiaoda, Deputy Dean and Professor of the Film School of Xiamen University, Member of the 8th Drama and Film and Television Discipline Review Group of the State Council, Li Xiaohong, as well as top Chinese film and television screenwriters, senior filmmakers, experts and scholars from professional colleges and universities and many other guests attended this forum and gathered together with young screenwriters to interpret and discuss the development of the film and television industry and market change opportunities from different angles.
"New Strength" Helps "New Youth" Develop "New Development"
In recent years, many excellent works such as "The Age of Awakening", "1921", "Homecoming", "The World" have appeared, which not only break stereotypes, but also inspire young audiences to resonate and complete the iteration of the main theme to the new mainstream. In the future, the number of new mainstream film and television works will blow out, and the quality will also make a huge leap, allowing more audiences to draw spiritual power from Chinese stories. In this regard, Zhao Ningyu, the screenwriter of "The Great Cause of Building an Army" and "1921", said: "With the continuous progress of China's film industry, new requirements are also being put forward for content, and there is no shortcut to success in creating good works, and screenwriting needs to travel thousands of miles, break ten thousand books, and need craftsmanship!" The film industry is constantly improving, and the economic volume, technical capabilities, and creative concepts are constantly improving. And now young students also have to study film technology, and most of the progress of film concepts comes from the progress of technology!" Lei Zhilong, the screenwriter of "Ten Thousand Miles Home" and "The Nameless One", said, "When I write the script, I rarely have preconceived concepts, I think more about what characters and things to write, and the story is only a medium, giving the content to the audience, in the hope of getting the emotional resonance of the audience." It's an emotional exchange thing!"
Compared with the spiritual excitement of the new mainstream theme, major platforms have also appeared "Disappearing Child", "Jiang Zhao Dawn", "Nian Nian Wuming", "Fusheng Yin" and other types of online student content out of the circle, the rapid development of streaming media, and the sudden rise of short and medium-sized dramas, undoubtedly further expanded the market and development space for young screenwriters, accompanied by opportunities, but also brought difficulties and breakthroughs in creation. In this regard, Zhao Bin, Deputy Secretary-General of the Organizing Committee of the Chinese International Screenwriters Festival and General Manager of Beijing Minghe Film and Television Culture Development Co., Ltd., together with Yuan Yuan, screenwriter of "Get Out, Tumor Jun" and "Later Us", Xu Yuting, tutor of the Department of Drama, Film and Television of Xiamen University Film School, and other teachers provided young screenwriters with different new ideas and creative directions.
In addition, the short and medium drama track has blossomed in full swing, and Douyin, Kuaishou, Youku, iQiyi, Tencent, Mango, Yingke, Pepsi and many mini program theaters have tested the waters. The strong content demand and short and fast landing cycle, as well as the audience's aesthetics and preferences, all present a rich and diversified development posture. Film and television platforms, production companies, academics and many other industry insiders have jointly discussed the future development trend of online student content that is more popular with audiences from a series of industrial links such as the creation, incubation, production and distribution of short and medium-sized dramas.
Li Tian, Associate Professor, School of Film, Xiamen University (first from right)
Head of Ciwen (Xiamen) Film and Television Culture Communication Co., Ltd. Chen Yiyong (second from left)
Founder CEO, producer, producer and producer of Bean Sprouts Planet Ao Xin (second from right)
Literature and art are the clarion call for the progress of the times, which can best be represented? The style of the era, the most leading? To realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, excellent literary and artistic workers have great prospects! This event firmly implements the spirit of the "20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China", releases relevant plans, actively promotes outstanding young screenwriters, creates more excellent works that disseminate contemporary Chinese values, embody the spirit of Chinese culture, and reflect Chinese aesthetic pursuits, and promotes the implementation of the whole chain of incubation, investment, and production, and systematically builds a domestic screenwriter industry upgrading system.
Ba Fujian Residency Creation Program:
Create professional skills practical training to drive the development of the film and television industry and industry in Fujian
The Film School of Xiamen University joined hands with the Chinese International Screenwriters Festival to jointly release the eight Fujian residency creation plan. With the purpose of "bringing together film and television talents for permanent creation", the plan invites outstanding screenwriters at home and abroad, especially outstanding young creators, to be stationed in Xiamen, Pingtan and Taining to create local stories, activate the characteristics of Fujian and the connection of multiple film and television elements, among which excellent creative content can enjoy special financial support for the subsequent development of works, cooperate with professional skills practical training, and unite with outstanding film and television enterprises inside and outside the province to output high-quality projects, and gradually establish a content library and talent pool for film and television production.
【Zhong Yuan, General Manager of Xiamen Media and Television Industry Service Center Co., Ltd., Xiamen Film and Television Industry Service Center Co., Ltd., and Xiamen Film DreamWorks Co., Ltd. (first from right)
Ding Ruiwu, Director of the Film and Television Industry and Publication Management Division of the Publicity and Film and Television Development Department of the Party Working Committee of Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone (first from left)
Shi Ming, person in charge of Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone Film and Television Service Center Co., Ltd. (second from right)
Taining County Party Committee Publicity Director Liu Juan (second from left)
2022 Chinese International Screenwriters Festival [Short and Medium Drama] Venture Capital Works Selection:
Gather the power of film and television, promote the dream to set sail, and help the sustainable development of the film and television industry
The Chinese International Screenwriters Festival adheres to the core of "screenwriters who tell Chinese stories", takes the needs of the cultural industry as the guide, excavates excellent scripts, and creates literary and artistic masterpieces; Cultivate excellent screenwriters and help the industrialization and development of screenwriters. The selection was officially launched under the joint witness of industry filmmakers, experts and scholars, film and television institutions and platforms, and solicited Chinese screenwriters [short and medium drama] venture capital works from all over the world, and through the review of all parties, a number of works and their screenwriters will be finally selected, enjoying a series of rights and interests such as support funds, author contracts, brand activities, etc., and is committed to providing more young screenwriters with creative guidance and participation in projects, conditions and platforms for entering the market, and opening up more opportunities for script content creation.
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