After the three presidents were seated, Zhang Ran got up and introduced: "Let me introduce to you, this is Mr. Zhang Huijun, President of the Peking Film Academy, Mr. Haruhiko Shimada, President of Nihon University, and Mr. Park Myeong-so, President of Chung-Ang University in South Korea. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe three of them are here for one thing, the three universities are ready to gather the strength of the three to establish a film school that specializes in cultivating genre film talents, called the Asian Film Academy!"

As soon as Zhang Ran's words came out, the Chinese, Japanese and South Korean reporters at the scene were in an uproar, these three schools are very strong, and they are all outstanding in their own country, and now they are ready to unite the forces of the three parties to cultivate film talents, this is heavy news!

Zhang Ran looked at Zhang Huijun and said with a smile: "Next, please invite Dean Zhang Huijun of Peking Film Academy to speak!"

Zhang Huijun is not as verbose as usual in school, and simply said: "In recent years, Asian films have flourished, but there is a shortage of newcomers, and this lack is not limited to technical talents, but the overall anemia of the entire practical talent." The establishment of the Asian Film Academy is to cultivate talents and the improvement and cooperation of the entire industry chain, so that students can display their talents, so that they can put their ideas through a creativity, through stories, through derivative products, to the market, and to have the opportunity to complete this industry chain, so as to fundamentally drive the development of the entire Asian film industry. ”

After Zhang Huijun's speech, Haruhiko Shimada said: "There is no shortage of art films in Asia, and there is no shortage of art masters, what is really lacking is genre film directors and commercial film directors. The situation in our Japanese film industry is quite bad, and it has been almost 20 years since 86 when foreign language films, especially Hollywood films, became the mainstream of the market. We hope that through the Asian Film Academy, through a high degree of integration of theory and practice, students can seamlessly connect with the film industry, cultivate excellent commercial film talents, and change this situation. ”

Park Myung-so affirmed Jang Ran: "At first, I was skeptical about this project, and it was very difficult to do it well, but after it was decided that Mr. Jang Ran would be in charge of the Asian Film Academy, I was completely relieved. Zhang Ran not only has an international vision and great international influence, but also is in the prime of life and is in the vigorous period of creation. We believe that through Zhang Ran's control of film education and the introduction of film resources from Europe and North America, the Asian Film Academy will become an important force in cultivating Asian film professionals. ”

When Zhang Ran spoke, a female reporter in the audience shouted "Dean Zhang", which caused other Chinese reporters to laugh.

Zhang Ran felt that he was being teased, but this title sounded good, at least he felt beautiful in his heart, and coughed: "The Asian Film Academy intends to promote the maturity of the Asian film industry chain by sharing and learning the complete film industrialization system of the United States, and the curriculum is similar to that of the American Film Institute (AFI), the academy focuses on practice, teaches genre films in the first month, and then immediately puts into practice, starts to make short films, learns to shoot and produce, first shoots a narrative film of about 5 minutes, and then goes deeper step by step."

The academy is committed to cultivating genre film talents, with the aim of cultivating storytellers, hoping to recruit people who have stories to tell and who are interested in filmmaking. Genre film directors must be particularly good storytellers, and this course focuses on narrative, visual language, and presentation, with training from scripting to picture production to provide students with a comprehensive understanding. Students learn to work with playwrights, producers, and professional actors, cinematographers, production designers, and editors on all production projects.

Unlike AFI, the Asian Film Academy has an extra year, a total of three years, the first year of shooting short films, the second year of shooting short films and interning in professional crews, and the third year of starting to shoot feature films, where every student gets the opportunity to direct. The best two or three students will receive funding from the school to complete the filming and release of the film. The rest of the students are offered to direct a TV series or a TV movie.

We have established cooperative relationships with Lionsgate in North America, Europa Pictures in Luc Besson, CJ Entertainment in South Korea, and Century Summit in China, integrating the film resources of North America and Europe with the educational resources of Asian Film Academy. In the second year, students will go to the crews of these companies for internships, and we emphasize the combination of education and practice, hoping to meet the requirements of the film industry for talents and achieve seamless connection of talents.

The faculty includes international film masters and world-renowned film educators, and so far, the confirmed teachers include Neil Blomkamp, Zhou Xingji, Ning Hao, Park Chan-wook, Lee Sang-il, and Alessandro Amamba, the director of "Deep Sea Sleep", and Mr. Luc Besson is our visiting professor and will come over regularly for exchanges. ”

All the media are excited, this film school is really good!

Not only are there well-known directors such as Jang Ran, Park Chan-wook, and Amamba, but it is also incredible that even AFI will not give students the opportunity to shoot feature films.

What is the most difficult thing for a new director? In fact, the most difficult thing is the first film, which is difficult in terms of funding. Whether in China or the United States, most directors have their own way to raise funds for their first work. Now the funding problem for the first film of the Asian Film Academy has been solved, which is a fatal attraction for new directors!

The reporters present believed that as long as this news was issued, it would definitely cause a huge repercussion in the industry.

"Director Zhang Ran, may I ask whether the Asian Film Academy only admits students from China, Japan and South Korea, or is it open to everyone, and can students from other Asian countries and even countries on other continents sign up to participate?" asked a Thai reporter.

"It's mainly for the Asian region, but there are no restrictions, and as long as the students from other regions are strong enough, we will also want them. Students are required to submit two five-minute short films, and we will select the best entries for admission. Zhang Ran replied with a smile.

"Zhang, the opportunity to be able to make a film, I think it is very attractive to any new director. My question is that AFI can't provide students with the opportunity to shoot feature films, because it costs a lot of money to shoot feature films, and you are training genre film directors, not small literary films. How do you guarantee the implementation of this plan?" an American reporter asked.

Many of the reporters present nodded their heads, and the school undoubtedly has a lot of good ideas, and the school will provide funds to make films for outstanding students, but where will the funds come from? If this problem cannot be solved, it will be just a beautiful soap bubble.

"Our model is different from AFI, which is only responsible for training students, while Nortel has its own film studio, and we have teamed up with some film and television companies, including Lionsgate, Europa Films, CJ Entertainment and so on, to build a product incubation platform that can be distributed in China, Japan, South Korea, North America, and Europe. With this platform, students' works can be distributed in many countries, even if they are not released and only DVDs are released, they can recover part of the cost, and at the same time, students will also gain more exposure!" Zhang Ran briefly talked about his idea, but did not disclose the plans of the industrial park. The plan of the industrial park will not be launched until about two or three years later, involving billions or even tens of billions of funds, and once it is revealed that I don't know how many departments will come to the door, I will be annoyed to death.

After the press conference, there was a large-scale media coverage in various countries, but the focus of the report varied. European and American media focus on the sequel to "Time and Space Warriors", while East Asian media focus on Asian film schools; the most tangled are domestic media, the sequel to "Time and Space Warriors", Zhang Ran's new film is preparing to shoot the Tangshan earthquake, and the Asian Film Academy, each of which is heavy news, which one is not appropriate to omit, and the newspaper's layout is limited, too tangled.

In Tangshan, Lu Lin, director of the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, hurriedly knocked on the door of Secretary Zhao Guoqiang's office.

"Secretary Zhao, there is a very important situation, this is today's newspaper, you can take a look at it first!" Lu Lin said hello to Zhao Guoqiang and put the newspaper on Zhao Guoqiang's desk.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Guoqiang smiled, put down the documents in his hand, and took the newspaper.

When Zhao Guoqiang saw that the headline of the newspaper was "China, Japan, and South Korea jointly established a film academy, with Zhang Ran as the dean," he was a little surprised in his heart, and Lu Lin asked me to read this, what was I doing? Did I take the wrong newspaper? He followed the title and looked down at the text, and when he saw it, he directly grabbed the newspaper and read it word by word.

After reading the news, Zhao Guoqiang put the newspaper on the table, pointed at the newspaper with his finger, and said, "Okay, this is a great thing!"

At the end of 2004, as soon as Zhao Guoqiang arrived in Tangshan, he put forward such an expectation to the Propaganda Department, hoping to increase the popularity of Tangshan and establish a new image of Tangshan by investing in a well-known film. Everyone thinks that making a movie about a major earthquake is probably the best effect.

Of course, this is just an idea, and there is no clear idea of how to operate or shoot. I didn't expect Zhang Ran to be interested in this subject, this is simply a wish!

Lu Lin also feels the same way, Zhang Ran is different from other domestic directors, he is not only famous in China, but also has great fame overseas, and can be released overseas. If he can really make a movie about the earthquake, it will be excellent publicity for Tangshan. This is much better than spending money on advertising on CCTV! Lu Lin said with a smile: "Having Zhang Ran to make this movie is equivalent to helping us advertise for free, which is really a great thing." ”

Zhao Guoqiang knows that this is a good thing, but it is difficult to say how the movie will be made, what the effect will be, and whether it can achieve the effect of promoting the city. If the film is made and everyone feels that it is discrediting the whole city, then how can they explain it to their hometown fathers? The main purpose of the film is to promote the city, so the film must be positive and not discredit the city. Zhao Guoqiang said: "It's a great thing, but we can't completely pin our hopes on others." Our appeal in filming this film is to show the Tangshan earthquake and the suffering of the people of Tangshan, and to show a series of changes that Tangshan has experienced in the post-disaster reconstruction.

Lu Lin nodded slowly: "I think we should take the initiative to get involved, participate in the investment of this movie, and then put our demands out, now Zhang Ran is in Venice, and when he comes back, we will take the initiative to talk to him." ”

Zhao Guoqiang waved his hand: "No, this thing can't be done." Not only do we have to get involved, but we also have to control as much as possible, so that we can have a say in the name of the film, the script and even the framing. Our purpose is not to make money, but to promote the city, just to participate, and without a controlling stake our demands may not be satisfied. ”

Lu Lin frowned and said: "Then what should I do? Zhang Ran is not a director who is short of money, I heard that "Time and Space Warrior" alone has earned hundreds of millions of dollars, and it may be difficult for us to lead the project. ”

Zhao Guoqiang pondered for a long time and said: "You are right, this matter is indeed difficult, but what should be fought for still has to be fought for." I went to Peking and found the Film Bureau to coordinate, so that the General Administration could do Zhang Ran's work and get control as much as possible. (To be continued.) )