After the three presidents sat down, Zhang Ran stood up and introduced: "Let me introduce it to you. This is Mr. Zhang Huijun, the president of Peking Film Academy, Mr. Haruhiko Shimada, the president of Japan University, and Mr. Park Myung-soo, the president of the Central University of Korea. The three of them appeared here for one thing. The three universities are preparing to gather the strength of the three universities to establish a film school that specializes in cultivating talented films, called the Asian Film Academy!"

As soon as Zhang Ran said this, the Chinese, Japanese and Korean reporters at the scene were in an uproar. These three schools are very strong and are all outstanding in the country. Now they are actually preparing to join forces with the forces of the three parties to cultivate film talents. This is a big news!

Zhang Ran looked at Zhang Huijun and smiled and said, "Next, Dean Zhang Huijun of Peking Film Academy, is invited to speak!"

Zhang Huijun is not as long-winded as he usually is at school. He simply said: "In recent years, Asian films have flourished, but there are relatively few newcomers. This lack is not limited to technical talents, but the overall anemia of the entire practical talents. The establishment of the Asian Film Academy is to improve and cooperate with the cultivation of talents and the entire industrial chain, so that students can display their talents, so that they can use their ideas through a creativity, stories, and derivative products, and go to the market, and have the opportunity to complete this industrial chain, so that they can fundamentally drive the development of the entire Asian film industry."

After Zhang Huijun's speech, Haruhiko Shimada said: "Asia has no shortage of art films, nor does it lacks art masters. What is really lacking is genre film directors and commercial film directors. The situation in our Japanese film industry is quite bad. Since 1986, foreign language films, especially Hollywood films, have become the mainstream of the market. It has been almost 20 years since then. We hope that through the Asian Film Academy, through a high combination of theory and practice, students can seamlessly connect with the film industry, cultivate excellent commercial film talents, and change this situation."

Park Ming-soo affirmed Zhang Ran: "At first, I was more skeptical about this project, and it was very difficult to do it well, but after confirming that Mr. Zhang Ran was in charge of the Asian Film Academy, I was completely relieved. Zhang Ran not only has an international vision and huge international influence, but also has a strong and strong life, and is in the peak period of creation. We believe that through Zhang Ran's control of film education and the introduction of European and North American film resources, the Asian Film Academy will become an important force in cultivating Asian film professional talents."

When Zhang Ran spoke, a female reporter from the audience called out "Director Xiao Zhang", which caused other Chinese reporters to burst into laughter.

Zhang Ran felt that he was teased, but this title sounded good, at least he was very beautiful, 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. The course setting is similar to the American Film Academy (AFI). The school focuses on practice and teaches genre films in the first month, and then immediately devotes itself to practice, start making short films, learn shooting, and produce, first shoot about 5 minutes of narrative films, and then go deeper step by step.

The college is committed to cultivating talented genre films, with the purpose of cultivating story narrators, hoping to recruit people who have stories to tell and aspire to make films. The director of genre films must be particularly good at telling stories. This course focuses on narrative, visual language and presentation. Training from script creation to picture production allows students to have a comprehensive understanding. Students will learn to collaborate with playwrights and producers, and complete all production projects with professional actors, cinematographers, production designers, and editors.

Unlike AFI, the Asian Film Academy has one more year, a total of three years. The first year is to shoot short films, the second year is to shoot short films and intern in a professional crew; when the third year is to shoot feature films, each student will get the opportunity to direct. We will conduct screening, and the two or three of the best students will receive school funds to complete the filming and officially release the film. The remaining students will get directed TV series or TV movies.

We have established cooperative relationships with North American Lionsgate Film, Mr. Luc Besson's Europa Films, South Korea's CJ Entertainment, and China's Century Peak. These film and television groups have established cooperative relationships to integrate North American and European film resources with the educational resources of the Asian Film Academy. In the second year, the students will go to the crew of these companies for internships. We emphasize the combination of education and practice, hoping to fit the film industry's requirements for talents and achieve seamless talent connection.

The faculty includes international film masters and world-renowned film educators. So far, the confirmed teachers include Neil Bromkamp, ​​Zhou Xingchi, Ning Hao, Park Zan-yu, Lee Sang-ri, and Alessandro Amaba, the director of "The Deep Sea" and Mr. Luc Besson is our visiting professor and will come to communicate regularly."

All the media were excited. This film school is really awesome!

Not only are famous directors such as Zhang Ran, Park Chan-woo, and Amaba, but they also provide students with opportunities to make feature films. This is simply incredible. Even AFi will not provide students with opportunities to make feature films.

What is the most difficult thing for a new director? In fact, the most difficult thing is the first movie, which is the difficulty in funding. Whether in China or the United States, most directors’ first step of their work is raised by themselves. Now, the funding problem of entering the first movie of the Asian Film Academy will be solved. This is simply fatal attraction for a new director!

The reporters present believe that as long as this news is sent out, it will definitely cause a huge response in the industry.

"Director Zhang Ran, does the Asian Film Academy only recruit students from China, Japan and South Korea, or is it open to everyone? Can students from other Asian countries and even other countries sign up to participate?" A Thai reporter asked.

"It is mainly aimed at Asian regions, but there are no restrictions. As long as students in other regions are strong enough, we will also want them. Students who sign up must submit two five-minute short films, and we will choose the best of our works to be admitted." Zhang Ran replied with a smile.

"Zhang, I think the opportunity to make a film is very attractive to any new director. My question is that AFI cannot provide students with the opportunity to shoot feature films, because it costs a lot of money to shoot feature films, and you are cultivating genre film directors, not small-scale art films. How do you rely on to ensure the implementation of this plan?" An American reporter raised a question.

Many reporters present nodded. The school has undoubtedly many good ideas. The school provides funds to outstanding students to make movies, but where does the funds come from? If this problem cannot be solved, it is just a beautiful soap bubble.

"Our model is different from AFi. AFi is only responsible for cultivating students. We, Nortel, have our own film factory. In addition, we have joined forces with some film and television companies, including Lionsgate Pictures, Europa Pictures, South Korea CJ Entertainment, etc., 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 release DVDs, they can recover part of the cost. At the same time, students also get more exposure!" Zhang Ran briefly talked about his own idea, but did not disclose the plan of the industrial park. The plan of the industrial park will take about two or three years to start, involving billions or even tens of billions of funds. Once it is revealed, I don't know how many departments will come to me and will be annoyed.

After the press conference, media from all over the country conducted large-scale reports, but the focus of the reports was different. European and American media focused on the sequel to "Space-Time Warriors"; while East Asian media was important Asian Film Academy; the most tangled thing was domestic media, "Space-Time Warriors" sequel, Zhang Ran's new film was ready to film the Tangshan earthquake, and the Asian Film Academy. Each one was a big news, and it was not appropriate to omit it, and the newspaper's page was limited, which was too tangled.

Tangshan, Lu Lin, the Minister of Propaganda 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 check it out first!" Lu Lin greeted Zhao Guoqiang and placed the newspaper on Zhao Guoqiang's desk.

"What happened?" Zhao Guoqiang smiled, put down the documents in his hand, and took the newspaper over.

When Zhao Guoqiang saw that the title of the newspaper was "China, Japan and South Korea jointly established the Film Academy, and Zhang Ran served as the dean", he was a little surprised that Lu Lin asked me to read what this was done? Did he take the wrong newspaper? He followed the title and read it down the main text. After reading it, he grabbed the newspaper directly 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, Zhao Guoqiang had just arrived in Tangshan to work and put forward such an expectation to the Propaganda Department, hoping to increase Tangshan's popularity and establish a new image by investing in a well-known film. Everyone believes that making a movie about a major earthquake may have the best effect.

Of course, this is just an idea. There is no clear idea of ​​how to operate and shoot it. Unexpectedly, Zhang Ran was interested in this subject, which was simply a dream come true!

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

Zhao Guoqiang knew that this was a good thing, but it is hard to say how to shoot the movie, what effect it will be, and whether it can achieve the effect of promoting the city. If the movie is shot and makes everyone feel that it is smearing the entire city, how can we explain it to the elders of my hometown? The main purpose of his movie is to promote the city, so the film must be positive and not smearing the city. Zhao Guoqiang said: "It is a great thing, but we cannot completely pin our hopes on others. When shooting this movie, our demands are to express the great earthquake in Tangshan and the suffering of the people of Tangshan, and to express the series of changes that Tangshan experienced in post-disaster reconstruction. If these two requirements are not met, our effect will not be achieved!"

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

Zhao Guoqiang waved his hand: "No, this cannot be done. We not only need to participate, but also take the shares as much as possible, so that we can maintain a voice in the title, script and even scenes of the movie. Our purpose is not to make money, but to promote the city. We just participate. Without controlling rights, our demands may not be satisfied."

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

Zhao Guoqiang pondered for a while and said, "You are right. This matter is indeed difficult, but what should be fought for is still a struggle. I went to Peking and asked the Film Bureau to coordinate, so that the General Administration can do Zhang Ran's work and get control as much as possible." (~^~)
Chapter completed!