On the morning of December 28, the Yancheng Film and Television Course Base and the "Encounter with Light and Shadow" Film Machine Hall were officially unveiled in Yancheng Electromechanical Higher Vocational and Technical School. At the event site, in addition to the guests from the Yancheng education and collection circles, a number of well-known directors, performing artists and other celebrities from the domestic film industry were also invited to attend.
The Modern Express reporter learned that the museum is a public welfare film machine museum invested and built by Mr. Liu Xuebing, a senior collector from Yancheng City, with the support of the Yancheng Education Bureau, and is also the only vocational school campus collection museum in Jiangsu Province, which displays more than 400 early precious film projectors from 13 countries around the world.
More than 100-year-old cinema projectors can still be screened
Walking into the museum, the old-fashioned movie projectors with historical rings written on them are shocking, as if pulling people into the long river of time. The museum has a number of functional halls such as the history of world film development, the history of Chinese film development, the Lumière Zone, the Edison Zone, classic electronic posters, the interactive corridor of the cinema factory, the campus red screening hall, the Yan Dance recorder, the centennial sound and the villain collection room.
"Many of these machines are unique in China, and even abroad are extremely difficult to find. What's even more rare is that after hundreds of years, most of the movie cameras are still in use. As soon as the words fell, Liu Xuebing gently shook the handle of the movie machine, and the picture of the movie was presented on the white curtain wall opposite. Liu Xuebing, 53 years old this year, is the chairman of Yancheng Eagle United Vision Culture Media Co., Ltd., and is a senior collector of movie cameras.
The treasure of the cinema hall is the originator of the world's cinema machine, the 1895 French Lumière film projector. "This collection is a rare film machine model in the world, with very few stock in the world, and it is a treasure of the world's film technology development, and it is also the only genuine product in mainland China. After visiting the film machine museum, Jiang Ping, vice president of the China TV Drama Directors Working Committee and a national first-class director, was excited, "All the collections in the museum are mainly imported machines, and it is also the film machine museum with the highest collection value and the highest level of collection in the domestic film machine collection industry, which is the wealth of all mankind." ”
In addition to the Lumière cinema machine, the museum also contains a relatively rare 1896 Edison 35mm wooden hand-cranked movie projector, Edison's 22mm dual-lens motion picture projector for experiments, the first sound device invented by Edison in 1896 - the wax cylinder phonograph, and the first film projector independently developed by China in 1952 - Nanjing Yangtze River 200.
The Modern Express reporter noticed that there are also a series of early European slide projectors and sound devices on display, including: 19th century music cabinets, vinyl record players, steel wire machines, etc. At the same time, some early European small video cameras, classic movie posters, film films, villain books, and the tape recorder of Yanwu Radio Factory, a famous enterprise in Yancheng, are also on display.
"The cinema camera is also an asset of the country and society"
"This museum is just the most simple and simple presentation, and it is not so gorgeous. Liu Xuebing used to be a laid-off worker, and later worked as an equipment agent, and gradually the business became bigger and bigger, which also laid the foundation for his later collection. "When I was a child, it was rare to watch a movie, and the projection team came to the village once, and the whole village was like the Chinese New Year. "His affection for movies when he was a child made him have a strong interest in movie cameras.
Around 1998, on a business trip to other provinces, Liu Xuebing happened to see an old-fashioned movie camera being disposed of as a scrap, and he felt an inexplicable sadness in his heart. Since then, he has the idea of collecting in his heart. In the beginning, he came into contact with domestic machines. In 2009, he went to Europe to negotiate business, and happened to come into contact with old foreign movie machines, so he was out of control.
"In the early days of Europe, the industrial level was relatively developed, and the technology of the projector was more advanced than ours, and it was small in size and light in weight. Over the years, Liu Xuebing has been putting a lot of financial resources and energy into going abroad to find more valuable and meaningful machines. For more than 20 years, he has collected more than 1,000 imported movie projectors from all over the world.
Long-term contact with foreign film machines has made Liu Xuebing gain insight and recognize the gap. "The industrial level of the world's cinema machine is nearly 60 years earlier than China's, and we are also learning from the advanced technology of these European and American countries in the early days Xi we ship the machines back from abroad. Liu Xuebing believes that when studying film machines, it is necessary to objectively and comprehensively look at the national conditions and economic levels at home and abroad at that time, and cannot blindly worship foreign countries.
"This time, the reason why the movie theater is placed in the school is also to allow students to use the perspective of the development of movie machine technology to see the development of China and know that the development of China's science and technology is not easy. In Liu Xuebing's view, these movie machines are not only his personal "treasures", but also the precious wealth of the country and society, "I just have the honor to create some value for the country and society with my personal feelings and abilities, and for me, this is a very meaningful thing." ”
Let more people know about the history and development of movie cameras
Special Exhibition of Nanjing University of the Arts, Exhibition of Guangzhou Xinhai Revolution Memorial Hall, Special Exhibition of Nanjing Confucius Temple Nanjing Capital Theater, Joint Exhibition of Inner Mongolia Film Museum, Special Exhibition of Jiangsu Museum of Modern Art, Special Exhibition of Community Red Theme of Nanjing Xuanwu District Government...... Since 2018, Liu Xuebing has often received invitations, and he is also happy to exhibit his collection publicly, so that more people can know and understand the history and development of film cameras.
Not only that, Liu Xuebing also went to many communities in Yancheng to hold public welfare exhibitions and popular science activities of movie machines; he also cooperated with Yancheng Science and Technology Museum and Dayang Bay Scenic Area to set up a special exhibition of movie machines to let more children and tourists know; and went to Nantong Science and Technology Museum, Taicang Science and Technology Museum, Yangzhou Science and Technology Museum, Yixing Science and Technology Museum and other places to carry out popular science education in primary and secondary schools.
"This film hall is the only vocational school campus collection in Jiangsu Province and the only campus collection in Yancheng, which enriches the campus culture and promotes the development of the integration of industry and education in the school. The organizer said that the "Encounter with Light and Shadow" film machine hall, as a school-enterprise co-construction project, aims to implement the spirit of the Ministry of Education and the Central Propaganda Department's "Guiding Opinions on Strengthening Film and Television Education in Primary and Secondary Schools", deepen the integration of industry and education, school-enterprise cooperation, and strive to enhance the brand and cultural construction of vocational schools.
The completion of the film machine hall has also boosted the self-confidence of Yancheng's regional culture, enriched the protection of history and culture, and activated the development of Yancheng's cultural tourism industry. The relevant person in charge of the Propaganda Department of the Yancheng Municipal Party Committee believes that the integration of the film hall and the school, and the integration of the school and the enterprise, on the one hand, strengthens the display service of the museum, and on the other hand, it also innovates the operation model, "As a window and platform for cultural output, we see the past, but also see the future, and create a high-quality, multi-functional comprehensive cultural output platform while enhancing social influence." ”
"Cinema cameras need to be constantly updated and improved, and these require a lot of investment. Liu Xuebing told the Modern Express reporter that because of the restrictions of the exhibition hall venue, many of his machines are currently placed in the warehouse of friends, failing to play their due value, and he also hopes that more capable and affectionate people will join in and jointly contribute to the popularization of science and shine for the film machine.
The school will apply for the film and television education major
"With the care and support of the municipal education department, our school cooperates with enterprises to build a film studio, actively carries out revolutionary traditional education and patriotism education, fully excavates and integrates Yancheng's local red resources, and inherits traditional Chinese culture and excellent film culture. Han Weihong, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Yancheng Electromechanical Higher Vocational and Technical School, said in his speech that the film machine hall will enhance the humanistic quality and aesthetic taste of teachers and students, enhance students' cultural self-confidence, stimulate students' spirit of technological innovation, and enhance students' social practice ability.
According to Han Weihong, the school will develop film and television education courses, carry out research and study for primary and secondary school students, constantly enrich the connotation of professional curriculum construction, actively apply for film and television education majors, and educate and guide students to enter history, perceive the world, broaden their horizons, and experience emotions in film and television education, and strive to promote the expansion of film and television courses and the research and development of school-based teaching materials, so as to help primary and secondary school students in the city develop through multiple channels and diversify their talents.
"Film is a brilliant star in the history of human civilization, and film art is an artistic treasure in the treasure house of human culture. Dai Hongguang, Secretary of the Education Working Committee of the Yancheng Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Municipal Education Bureau, said in his speech, "Collectors uphold the public welfare purpose of loving education and serving students, and join hands with schools to build Yancheng Film and Television Course Base and Film Studio, which is of great practical significance for the implementation of the fundamental task of cultivating morality, promoting the all-round development of students, inheriting the spirit of artists, and improving the comprehensive quality of young students." ”
"We hope that this curriculum base will always continue the red gene, vigorously cultivate the spirit of innovation, and cultivate students' humanistic feelings. Dai Hongguang said that with the help of the film studio, and constantly improve the humanistic quality and aesthetic taste of teachers and students, we should truly make this course base an important platform for understanding the history of film development, appreciating classic film and television works, learning Xi modern technology, improving comprehensive literacy, and enhancing cultural self-confidence, and make this project a model benchmark for the integration of industry and education and school-enterprise cooperation in Yancheng vocational education.
Modern Express + reporter Jiang Zhenjun text/photo
(Some pictures are provided by the organizer Proofreading Zhang Hongxia)