On August 13, the press conference for the new project of "Never Ending Beijing Film Festival - Night of the Forbidden City" was held in Beijing Radio and Television Building. At this press conference, Forbidden City Films released a total of 8 film and television works: the movie "Qia Classmate Boy" and "Red Scarf", the TV series "Kunpeng Hit the Waves", "Life", "One Step Forward", "The Wall", "The Bell and Drum Tower" and "Heavenly City".
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Looking back on the past, in April 1997, in the tide of film marketization, Forbidden City Films came into being. "The Days of Leaving Lei Feng", "Party A and Party B", "Mother of the Judge", "Be There or Be Square", "Gada Merlin" and other film masterpieces with a win-win reputation and market have come out one after another. Big dramas such as "Serious Cases Group Six", "The Young Emperor" and "Jade Guanyin" have become popular on the screen, and have become the talk of countless people after dinner. For a period of time, heavyweight awards such as the Huabiao Award, the "Five One Project" Award, and the Golden Rooster Award have been frequently won by the Forbidden City Films.
In recent years, due to changes in the market environment and corporate strategic adjustments, Forbidden City Films has significantly reduced its investment in film and television production, and its output has been drastically reduced. This new start, on the basis of retaining the company's traditional project of film, Forbidden City Films will also undertake the layout of Beijing Satellite TV in the field of self-produced dramas.
Focus on important historical nodes and create major revolutionary themes
This year marks the 130th anniversary of Comrade Mao Zedong's birth. The TV series "Kunpeng Clashes the Waves" and the movie "Qia Classmate Boy" are both created to commemorate and commemorate the great leader.
"Kunpeng Hitting the Waves" has been filmed in Hengdian, Zhejiang Province for more than 100 days. It is expected to be completed on August 20 and will be broadcast on the eve of Mao Zedong's 130th birthday at the end of December 26. As a drama with a mission, it mainly tells about the young Mao Zedong from 1918 to 1921 who went to the Northeast to seek the truth, organized young students to go to France for a work-study program, led the Hunan Expulsion Movement, carried out the student movement and labor movement, founded the "Xiangjiang Review", and established the Hunan Communist Party. The group explores the passionate story of China's revolutionary road.
Ma Jihong, screenwriter of "The Kunpeng Fights the Waves"
Ma Jihong, the screenwriter of "Kunpeng Hit the Waves", said that the generation of promising young people represented by Mao Zedong in the play, including Cai Hesen, Xiao Zisheng, Xiang Jingyu, Yang Kaihui, Cai Chang, Deng Zhongxia, etc., were mostly in their twenties at the time, and the The actors for these roles are also played by post-95 young actors. "This is the first time that young actors of 'Generation Z' have gathered to portray the portraits of revolutionary ancestors in a major revolutionary TV series. We strive to reproduce the strength of history, the charm of poetry, the romance of youth and the sincerity of blood."
Chen Guoxing, director of "Cha Classmate Boy"
The movie "Qia Classmate Boy" also focuses on the growth story of young Mao Zedong. It tells the story of Mao Zedong and his classmates who were determined to save the country and seek the truth when they were studying in the First Division. They used their summer vacations to travel thousands of miles to the countryside, visited workers and peasants after school, and learned about the conditions of all social classes. Director Chen Guoxing said, "This is the third film I have made for the Forbidden City Film Industry. It is not easy to film the youth of a great man. It requires everyone's collective efforts. After decades of film and television work, I respect more and more Movies, respect audiences, respect beliefs. I hope this movie can bring empathy and inspiration to today's young audiences."
The musical film "Red Scarf" is directed by Ye Daying, director of "Red Cherry" and "Red Lover", with Zhang Heping as the art director. The film tells the story of the nine-year-old martyr orphan Lin Dalin joining the Young Pioneers and wearing a red scarf. Among them are the admiration for the parents, the misunderstanding of the mother, and the helplessness of a child who is not accepted by others, and the heart is shocked after learning the truth.
Zhang Heping, Artistic Director of "Red Scarf"
At the press conference, Ye Daying said with emotion: "25 years ago, Mr. Zhang Heping, the founding leader of the Forbidden City Films, invited me to the 'Forbidden City' to film "The Red Lover". It is worth mentioning that on September 12 this year, this The movie will be released soon. Today, 25 years later, he invited me to direct the "Red Scarf" of the "Red Trilogy", which will be a tribute to the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Republic and the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Young Pioneers." Zhang Heping was at the scene He was also very excited, and he expressed his feelings with self-written couplets: the upper and lower couplets read "Recalling the past and the long years, and looking at the infinite scenery of the present, it is more romantic", and the horizontal comment is "Come on, Forbidden City!"
Anchor the theme of realism and trace the humanistic roots of the ancient capital
"There is no major event outside of life and death", the TV series "The Fate of Life" is adapted and created based on the IP of Beijing Satellite TV's large-scale medical documentary program. It tells about people's reason and emotion, fragility and strength, helplessness and miracles, caring and being loved in the face of the two major events of life and death, as well as the extreme desire to keep and the selflessness beyond human nature after loss.
Screenwriter Wang Xiaoqiang said when talking about this film and television adaptation, "Medical subjects are difficult to write, and it is even more difficult to adapt a TV series from a documentary. We used many real cases as references this time, and at the same time fabricated a group of graduates who have just returned to China. Overseas students reproduce their two-line growth process from work to life."
"One Step Forward" Director Yu Zhen
The TV series "One Step Forward" is also based on Beijing Satellite TV's ace program "One Step Forward", which has won two China News Awards, focusing on hot topics in the public domain that are concerned by the general public. The play's director and well-known actor Yu Zhen said that as a native Beijing child, he is very familiar with the life in old Beijing and understands the differences between parents and people. "This time, if we want to re-create a well-known column into a TV series, we still have to follow the creative principle of 'crested head, pork belly, and leopard tail', and strive to present the human touch of old Beijing and the difficulties of grassroots cadres."
The TV series "The Wall" is written by Yu Geng, the author of "I Am Yu Huanshui". "I Am Yu Huanshui" set a precedent for domestic absurd drama series, and "The Wall" has been upgraded again on the basis of the previous work. After combining the realistic theme of marriage + absurd suspense comedy, popular theme + brand-new genre, create a realistic topic of "spy marriage". The author uses a refined urban sketch to describe the unusual encounters of ordinary couples in life with ease and humor. Under the bold setting and absurd style, it expounds a truth: contemporary middle-aged people are stepping into the complicated depths of real life and married life...
"The Bell and Drum Tower" director Liu Jiacheng
The TV series "The Bell and Drum Tower" is the sixth collaboration between director Liu Jiacheng and screenwriter Wang Zhili. The play not only continues the quality of Beijing-style children's drama, but also vividly shows the customs, cultural heritage, and etiquette rules from the Bell and Drum Tower to Yongding Gate and under the red walls and gray tiles on both sides of the central axis.
Director Liu Jiacheng said that standing on the Bell and Drum Tower overlooking Beijing's southern city and northern city, one side is tradition and the other is fashion, and the other side is history and the future. "In fact, there were fashion elements in Beijing in the 1980s. At that time, a model team composed of garment workers and textile workers once appeared in national competitions and even world competitions. This time we told the story of two generations of textile workers in the play. An inspirational story of love and family. The characteristics can be summed up in one sentence: it has both the style of old Beijing and the style of new Beijing.”
"City of Heaven" Director Zheng Xiaolong
The historical drama "City of Heavenly Craftsmanship" takes the 14th year of Yongle as the background and tells the story of a group of skilled craftsmen who built the Forbidden City more than 600 years ago. Liu Heng, the screenwriter of the play, said that he hopes to use this work to shape the spirit of craftsmanship, and at the same time shape ourselves and our souls. Chief director Zheng Xiaolong said, "I have already read the outline of the story written by Mr. Liu Heng. This time he wrote it himself, and the script will definitely have a very solid foundation. At the same time, "City of Heavenly Craftsmanship" and previous historical dramas in costumes There is a big difference. It does not tell the story of emperors, generals, talented scholars and beautiful women, but focuses on the craftsmen at the bottom of the construction of Beijing. With the attitude of historical materialism, it portrays the tenacity and superb skills of Chinese craftsmen , highlighting the people-centeredness, and the people 'building' history."
