On October 9th, "Forging a New Journey into a New Era of Films - Exhibition of Chinese Film Art Achievements (2012-2022)" opened at the China Film Museum. The exhibition is sponsored by the China Film Museum, the China Film Association, and the Film Channel Program Center, undertaken by the China Film Art Society, and co-organized by the Film and Television Base Working Committee of the China Film Association. Recently, the surging journalists, together with many audiences, came to the China Film Museum to watch the exhibition and study.

Entrance to the showroom. Unless otherwise stated, the pictures in this article are provided by the China Film Museum

On the first floor of the museum, the large-scale posters of this exhibition come into view first, and the rolling film shapes like red flags flutter on the display, highlighting the gratifying and fruitful achievements of the "New Era of Cinema". Entering the main exhibition hall, the exhibition preface reads: "The 10 years since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China have been extremely unusual and extraordinary 10 years in the development process of the Party and the country. The theme exhibition focuses on the emergence of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The masterpieces of the film, with images, texts, videos, new media and other means of display, focus on showing the wonderful chapters of the film development in the new era."

Showroom interior

"The exhibition is divided into six sections: 'leaders' in history, 'strugglers' in the times, 'dream chasers' under the sky, 'Chinese style' in animation, new achievements in the film industry, and those who persist in the epidemic .The exhibition highlights the ideological, artistic and interactive experience. From the ideological point of view, it mainly selects the masterpieces of Chinese films in the past ten years. With these profound thoughts and profound contents, they can carry forward the great spirit of the whole era and show the film work. The creative achievements of the author." Gao Yue, curator and deputy director of the research department of the China Film Museum, told The Paper.

Highlight the red theme

The exhibition highlights the red theme, showing the chapters of building the party, the army and the country written by the "leaders" with pride. The reporter noticed that "Founding an Army", "Above the Cliff", "Gutian Bugle", "Red Star Shines on China", "Founding of the Party", "My Motherland and Me", "1921", "The Great Cause of Party Founding", "My Country and Me" are vertically printed on the exhibition wall in this exhibition area. Flash lines in films such as Changjin Lake. Among them, "I hope that the next generation will live in an era that is no longer full of gunpowder smoke." It comes from the affectionate remarks of Ping He, a sharpshooter of Qilian in the movie "Changjin Lake".

The showcases under the exhibition wall show the props and related items that appeared in the above-mentioned movies—the letters written by Wu Qianli and Wu Wanli to their parents in "Changjin Lake", and the records of the scene in "My Motherland and Me". On the board, the chief director Chen Kaige and the chief producer, Fu Ruoqing, chairman of the China Film Group Corporation, signed it.

The briefcase used by Guo Xiaodong in the movie "My Father Jiao Yulu". The Paper reporter Wang Zhengtu

In the development and construction of the motherland, talents from all walks of life have emerged in large numbers. The "strugglers" in the era set their sights on the example of the county party secretary, the briefcase used by Guo Xiaodong, the star of the movie "My Father Jiao Yulu"; A white blue tunic; the red vest worn by actor Lang Yueting as the heroine "First Secretary" Huang Wenxiu in the 2020 movie "A Beautiful Life".

It is particularly worth mentioning that the antique printing press that appeared in "1921" has also been moved to the exhibition site. This printing machine has previously appeared in the movie "October Siege". In the movie "1921", Li Da (played by Huang Xuan) ran to the printing factory at the risk of being followed, insisting on changing the word "people" he translated into "people". He explained his thinking - "The people are the general, and the people are the masters."

"Building" a "Bright Cinema" in the exhibition area

Cinema is the bridge that establishes an emotional bond between the film and the general audience. The exhibition area "builds" a "Bright Cinema". On the two blackboards hanging at the entrance of the theater, "Today's Movie News" was written in chalk, instantly filling up childhood memories. The reporter noticed that the changes in the number of moviegoers in Chinese urban theaters and the growth of the number of screens in China are also marked here. In the past ten years, the former has grown from less than 500 million to a high of more than 1.7 billion in 2019; the latter is From the original 13,118 blocks, it will increase to 82,248 blocks in 2021.

A list of global screen statistics and global movie box office statistics. The Paper reporter Wang Zhengtu

The exhibition uses the film art design, brilliant characters, classic lines and dynamic close-ups of many red films to reveal how the film scenes were born from paper manuscripts, present the stories behind the film creations, and vividly show the audience the ambition of the revolutionary ancestors. Pride, so that the audience is always immersed in the red atmosphere full of spiritual appeal and artistic atmosphere.

A brief history of film special effects from a professional perspective

With the release of films such as "Homecoming", "Ordinary Heroes" and "Iron Will" in this year's National Day archives, new mainstream films have once again become the dazzling role of this year's National Day archives. Looking back at the Spring Festival in 2019, "The Wandering Earth" was born, opening the "first year" of domestic sci-fi blockbusters. The director of the film, Guo Fan, once emphasized in an exclusive interview with The Paper, "Only when the country is strong can we make such films. It is with the remarkable achievements of China's aerospace industry in recent years that audiences will believe when they sit in the theater. this story."

In the "Dream Chaser" exhibition area under the sky, the audience can get a glimpse of the current level and strength of the Chinese film industry benchmarking against the international market. A DJI "Wu" 2 aerial photography drone is quietly displayed in the showcase. This equipment is a professional film aerial photography aircraft, which was used for the shooting of "Operation Red Sea" and "Shadow". In "The Wandering Earth", the Sulawesi 03 steering planetary engine model and the emergency communication metal nameplate worn by the heroic astronaut Liu Peiqiang have made many viewers have new expectations for the sequel to the 2023 Year of the Rabbit Spring Festival.

Advanced shooting equipment displayed in the exhibition hall

From a professional point of view, the exhibition sorts out and displays a brief history of the development of special effects in Chinese films since the birth of Chinese films, with the development of special effects technology as clues and the relevant representative films as the carrier. The development achievements in film shooting, post-production, and digital restoration in the past ten years allow the audience to understand the development process and achievements of Chinese film technology in an easy-to-understand way.

On the exhibition wall of the brief history of the development of Chinese film special effects, taking time as the axis and the best films as the nodes and milestones, the domestic film special effects are presented in a panoramic manner, and the physical special effects experienced—film special effects—digital visual effects special effects development process . In this process, what has changed is not only the production method, but also the iteration and evolution of the concept of film creation.

In 1928, China's first film "Burning the Red Lotus Temple", which was filmed with a large number of special effects, was eye-catching. After the founding of New China, the Chinese Film Study Group went to the Soviet Union to study film special effects techniques, including infrared screen synthesis, model synthesis, painting synthesis and scene-setting techniques. In 1955, Shanghai Film Studio produced Shi Hui's "Tianxian Match", which for the first time developed and used the special effect technology of "color separation and synthesis", combined with the physical special effects of the angels flying through the clouds.

In 1978, it was still the Shanghai Film Studio, which produced "Dead Light on Coral Island" directed by Zhang Hongmei. As the first domestically produced sci-fi masterpiece after the reform and opening up, the nuclear explosion scene at the end of the movie must be fresh in the memory of many elderly audiences: it turned out that this scene was completed with physical special effects - pouring fine and dry loess into a In a glass tank full of water, take a picture of the loess scattered in the water, and then flip the picture, and the "mushroom cloud" appears!

CG technology (Computer Graphic) developed rapidly in the 1980s, and war films became the first batch of users of special effects digital production in my country. In 1999, Beijing Film Producer produced "Born in the Sky" directed by Chen Guoxing. It used digital synthesis technology to successfully restore historical scenes such as the old city of Shanghai and the detonation of nuclear bombs. sex videos.

When it comes to film special effects, "Hero", which opened the first year of the "Chinese blockbuster", cannot but be mentioned. The film's director Zhang Yimou and art director Huo Tingxiao designed and produced more than 250 2D and 3D film VFX shots, and filmed special effects scenes such as "Qin Jun's Arrow Formation" and "Sword Piercing Water Drops". As the industrialization of my country's film special effects production begins to take shape, "The Wandering Earth" has finally taken a big step in the development of domestic science fiction films, and it also represents a big step for the domestic film VFX industry to catch up with the top international standards.

"Move" movie posters increase audience acquisition and interactivity

The reporter noticed that this exhibition pays great attention to the audience experience. With the intuitive and vivid film art design derived from the film works, the audience can experience the spirit expressed by the film and gain a deep feeling.

For example, the original character modeling and scene atmosphere map in the film are used to show the artistic creation process and characteristics of the film. Taken from the scene of the movie "Island Keeper", "Being an Island Keeper", build a flag-raising platform and a small island environment with real scenes, use LED screens to reproduce the different weather in the film, and show the prototype of the film Wang Jicai and his wife have been sticking to the frontier of the motherland for 32 years. The touching deeds of the island, perseverance and dedication to the country make the audience feel as if they are in the world of the "island keepers", and feel the persistence and dedication of the "island keepers" for decades.

The Island Keeper scene

In order to increase the audience's interactivity and sense of gain, the exhibition specially selects 80 masterpieces of movies since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and prints them into exquisite movie posters and postcards. "bring home. The exhibition area also set up a professional dubbing room for "Adding Color to the Movie with Your Voice". The two female audience members picked out the movie clips of "Captain China" with great interest, imitating the voice of the flight attendant Yuan Quan, "Please trust our captain, We'll go home together."

In order to get closer to the young audience and enrich and innovate the exhibition form in the way of "moving", the exhibition also specially exhibited the dynamic poster works of excellent domestic animation films, showing the creativity and vitality of excellent domestic animation films that have frequently produced excellent works in the past ten years. The "Chinese Style" exhibition area in the animation presents the classic images and scenes of animation films such as "The Devil Child of Nezha", "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage", "Jiang Ziya", "Big Fish and Begonia", etc., in the form of dynamic posters. , the artistic features are more distinct and expressive, allowing the audience to feel more empathy for the development achievements of domestic animation films.

Reflecting the great achievements since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China from the perspective of film

The theme of this exhibition is the film art achievement exhibition, but it is not limited to the film art itself, but through the perspectives of "striver" and "dream chaser", it shows the poverty alleviation, aerospace and aviation since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The comprehensive victories and great achievements in such undertakings demonstrate the important role that films play as a carrier of ideological and cultural propaganda.

In the section of "New Achievements in the Film Industry", the exhibition shows the development of Chinese films in the film market, base construction, film festival exhibitions, Overall development and achievements in public services, etc. The development and persistence of Chinese films during the fight against the new crown epidemic are also fully displayed in the exhibition.

The exhibition area of adherents under the epidemic. The Paper reporter Wang Zhengtu

Numbers speak. In the statistics of the number of moviegoers around the world, the list clearly shows that in 2016, the number of moviegoers in China surpassed North America for the first time - even during the new crown epidemic, the number of moviegoers in China in 2020 and 2021 still ranks first in the world; According to statistics, as of 2021, China has 82,248 screens, far surpassing North America's 43,646 and Japan's 3,648; and in the global movie box office statistics, China's movie box office in 2012 is still less than a quarter of North America's. , By 2021, the domestic movie box office will surpass North America's 4.480 billion US dollars with 7.438 billion US dollars.

It is understood that in order to welcome the victory of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the China Film Museum also cooperated with the theme exhibition to carry out the exhibition of excellent films to welcome the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in the museum.