Chapter 177: Ancient Myths, Forgotten Inheritance
Young people today are obsessed with the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, but before the release of the Lord of the Rings movie, apart from a few netizens in China, there were several ACG enthusiasts who knew what the Harbys were?
China first launched a fantasy trend in the 1990s. Its originated from the fantasy topic in the 98 supplement of Volkswagen Software. What were you talking about at that time?
Dragon Spear, Lost Kingdom, Talon and Set Sun... After that, the Lord of the Rings movie was released, and the entire fantasy circle was flooded. As for Harry Potter, let alone, without my dear Hermione, would you read the original work with the primary school students?"
"How many people in China knew the name Bruce Wayne in the 1990s? At that time, all DC and Marvel heroes were not as famous as Superman. Transformers were a typical animation enlightenment in China, but now children only know Megatron."
The current domestic film and television situation has not yet met the basic conditions for cultural output. We can only make various attempts while constantly learning, which is also one of the reasons why I filmed "Painted Skin".
"Hello Zhao Wei, I am Huang Min, a reporter from Southern Weekly. The three movies you have participated in in the past two years have not had a very ideal box office. This time I chose to join "Painted Skin". I heard that Director Meng, who you took the initiative to contact, would you think about the box office prospects of "Painted Skin"?"
"First of all, I am an actor. I complete the director's requirements on the crew and successfully shape my role. This is what I should do; as for the specific box office, I believe that the quality of our movie will be loved by the audience, and I personally am very optimistic about the box office of the movie."
I asked Zhou Xun and Chen Kun some topics one after another, and the press conference was over. This was itself a preheating of the film promotion. Zhong Lifang's purpose was to leave seeds in the hearts of the fantasy-themed domestic films as much as possible.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, the conference room of the Hilton Hotel, the experts and scholars attending the meeting, and the staff of Wanchongshan Film and Television were present one by one. Several reporters arranged by the company also installed equipment, including Sohu's timely text live broadcast, which was also ready.
"Dear experts, teachers, friends present, and the special seminar on the integration of Chinese Zhiyi novels and film and television culture organized by Wanchongshan Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd. has officially begun. Now, please give Professor Zhou Ying from the Director Department of Beijing Television to speak!"
Before the meeting, we solicited opinions from all experts and professors and introduced their identities first according to the process. After discussion by everyone, this link was omitted and changed to an introduction before the speech.
"As a teacher in the director department, I agree very much with this seminar organized by Wanchongshan Company, and I am happy to participate in such research and argumentation."
"The charm of movies is: it is an art of dream creation!"
"What we have not realized or cannot obtain in real life can be displayed in movies. Since the birth of film art for more than a hundred years, as a constantly developing system, it has always been updating the topics arising from the thinking of art from one era to another, and at the same time echoes the development of economy, politics, science and technology, and culture. It can be said that generations of new movies are produced with new eras and new technologies, and their creations are closely related to the times and society."
"The famous communication scientist McLuhan once said: The key factors that determine the social form of human history are not politics, economy, culture, but media."
"Ancient Chinese myths and subjects are the art of oral and written, plus a small number of Chinese paintings (static visual effects), shadow puppetry, Peking Opera, etc. (primary dynamic visual effects). Movies are art that mainly dynamic vision and supplemented by auditory."
"From stories and subject matters to filming, it is not simply used, but requires more re-creation. The technical gap, non-technical gap, accumulation of experience, and the industrial level of the entire film industry chain are not something that can be caught up in a short time."
"Then our domestic film and television workers must have a holistic worldview when adapting the novels of our own cultural heritage, and will promote the world in Chinese mythology, that is, man conquers nature;"
"I believe that no one here will doubt this. From Cangjie's creation of characters, to the fifty-year-old path of the Bagua of Zhouyi and forty-nine heavens, all of them are spreading the core value of "man conquering nature."
"I am very optimistic about Xiao Meng's adaptation this time. First of all, he is very young, and secondly, he has the ability to do this well. I also sincerely hope that in the future, more Chinese stories will be brought to the screen and show our own cultural style. Thank you everyone!"
Professor Zhou’s speech seemed to ignite everyone’s enthusiasm. Li Wenmei, a professor of the History Department of Peking University, took the initiative to pick up the microphone after she;
"Hello everyone, I am Li Wenmei, associate professor of the History Department of Peking University. I am very happy to be able to participate in this seminar. Professor Zhou's speech. Even a layman who doesn't know much about movies, I have a great interest in magical movies."
"Before I came, I specifically searched for the general statistics of domestic film and television works in the past decade. So far, the nostalgic theme has been studied and created by many directors. The cake of science fiction is too far away from us, and it has been eaten by European and American countries;"
"Wars are easily immunized by the audience. Criminal investigation and anti-corruption themes are originally very good, but because of their sensitive subjects, they are easily criticized by radio and television. The good detective atmosphere that makes people's bloody is made fresh."
"So I think that increasing the exploration and development of our own myths will be conducive to the development of domestic film and television culture and meet the needs of the market!"
The following discussion went into a lot, including asking about Meng Qingzhou's adaptation ideas and the analysis of the ancient Chinese myth system.
The one with the greatest influence, the most grand setting, and unifying the entire Chinese myth system was the Romance of the Gods of the Ming Dynasty, which was hundreds of years ahead of the Lord of the Rings.
Basically, all novels about myths and fantasies in China are influenced by it [Youyou Reading www.uutxt.co].
The Confucian Universe is well deserved to be the number one.
There is another super ip "Journey to the West" in the same time. In fact, Journey to the West is a super ip, Romance of the Gods, Jinghuayuan and other novels of the entire Ming Dynasty, all of which are influenced by Journey to the West.
The Romance of the Gods was written by the author to surpass Journey to the West. Literary achievements have not surpassed, but the worldview is far beyond.
The world view of Journey to the West can be used as the banner of the domestic film and television industry's future attack on Hollywood, and its influence is unquestionable.
There is also the "Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" written by the master Huanzhu Lou during the Republic of China period.
All cultivation, all martial arts and a large part of fantasy in later generations were influenced by it, including the martial arts master Jin Yong Gu Long.
Chapter completed!