Jia Zhangke became Dean of Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy and created an advanced film finance class

Jia Zhangke said that in October this year, the advanced film finance class will officially start at the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy.

On August 27, a unique and grand graduation ceremony was held at Daning Music Square. The new graduates of the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy received two "no difference" graduation certificates from Gong Siyi, President of the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy, and James Griffin, President of the Vancouver Film Academy.

The graduation ceremony site

For these graduates, the journey of light and shadow in life has just begun. "Speak with your works and grasp the future. We are only responsible for cultivating craftsmen. If we want to become masters, we must add personal talents, hard work and opportunities." Liu Haibo, executive vice president of the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy, said.

It is understood that in September 2015, the first 71 students graduated from the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy, and 60% of the students entered major Shanghai film companies such as Shanghai Film Group, Liding Pictures, Mili Pictures, and Oriental DreamWorks. In the past year, 25 people participated in the creation of 29 theater films and TV series, including multiple international co-production projects. 15 people teamed up to shoot 16 major online movies and online dramas, and 9 people participated in 13 TV documentaries. Production of cartoons and TV programs. It directly supplements the Shanghai film and television industry with international high-skilled urgently needed talents.

At the same time, the biggest highlight of the graduation ceremony was that Jia Zhangke accepted the appointment letter on the spot and officially became the dean of the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy. Jia Zhangke said that in October this year, the advanced film finance class will officially start at the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy. I hope to build Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy into the best film teaching institution in Asia in two to three years, and I believe that more film and television organizations will regard this as their first choice for recruiting talents in the future.

In addition, the ceremony announced outstanding student works and outstanding graduates. What is different from last year is that in addition to awarding Huayi Star's Best Director Award and Best Work Award, this year's "Liberation Daily·Shangguan Most Communication Award" was specially selected. The short film "Upstairs and Downstairs" stood out among many finalists and won this award.

Jia Zhangke promises to spend more time with students

Jia Zhangke, Dean of the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy

In his speech to the new dean, Jia Zhangke said that becoming the dean of the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy is part of his realization of his teaching dream. He hopes to rely on the college's high-quality teaching resources from North America, and invite film professionals from all over the world to join film education, cultivate China film rookies, and bring more refined and ingenious works to the film industry. Jia Zhangke said: "Today, I officially become a member of the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy. Thanks to my 'predecessors' who used very high efficiency to put such an excellent film education institution into place. Although I was busy filming, I promised to spend more time with the students. The movie dreams of these young students have also been reminding me why I chose movies in the first place."? It is worth mentioning that Jia Zhangke will attend the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy freshmen opening ceremony on September 5 and bring the first lesson. Jia Zhangke revealed,"On the basis of doing a good job in the existing six majors, we will develop new subjects to meet the talent needs of the entire industry chain of China and Asian films. In October this year, the advanced film finance class will officially start at the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy."

Jia Zhangke explained: "If China's film industry chain lacks, we will refer to the resources of the Vancouver Film Academy and develop urgently needed majors within the scope of resources and capabilities. We will also learn from existing international education models and experience, but such as film financial management and crew cashier, these are majors that no film school will teach, but they are very scarce. We will also formulate teaching plans ourselves."? Jia Zhangke revealed that the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy will gradually increase the number of majors to 21 majors in the future based on the staffing situation. "For example, screenwriters, subtitles, curators, etc. will all be among them. Students in advanced film finance classes began to be recruited in September this year. The Vancouver Film Academy itself has six majors. On this basis, it will develop new majors together with Warm Stream. The first major currently developed is advanced finance class."

In Jia Zhangke's view, film is an application-oriented industry. The current development volume of China's films ranges from film creation to financial management. Professional talents are urgently needed in every aspect. "What the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy provides is practical teaching, and it is a combination of academy-style education and set-style education of masters and apprentices. I hope to build Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy into the best film teaching institution in Asia in two to three years, and I believe that more film and television organizations will regard this as their first choice for recruiting talents in the future."

Original intention: Introducing North American film education "Original flavor" Original flavor Introducing North

American film education was the original intention of the establishment of the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy.

Founded in 1987, the Vancouver Film Academy produces graduates who account for half of Hollywood's post-production staff. In order to cultivate new filmmakers with advanced filmmaking technology and international perspectives for Shanghai and the country as soon as possible, in September 2014, the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy jointly organized by Shanghai University and the Vancouver Film Academy in Canada officially opened its classes.

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response to the current shortage of talents in some fields of China's film industry, Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy has opened four major majors in film production, 3D animation and visual effects design, visual media sound design and film and television makeup design for the first time. All students complete 2400 hours of class hours in one year, which is equivalent to completing five and a half years of class hours in a general university. The school develops an in-depth immersion training model, and students are like living in the production workshops and factories of a film company. Teaching implements a strict "promotion system". Students form a team to submit their works every two months. Those who fail to meet the production level are not allowed to enter the next stage of study.

These are all authentic "copied" to the teaching model of the Vancouver Film Academy in Canada. The original flavor is also reflected in all aspects of the college's teaching: the design drawings of the teaching space and the purchase list of teaching equipment are provided by foreign parties; the first batch of teachers were completely dispatched by Canada, and most of them were key teachers of the school; the college's organizational structure also draws on the experience of the Vancouver Film Academy, with an industry department and a marketing department to connect industries and markets.

One safeguard measure that is "authentic" is China's insistence that graduates of the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy must also obtain a non-discriminatory diploma from the Vancouver Film Academy in Canada, which is a constraint on the quality of foreign teaching and investment in cooperative schools.

In addition to regular teaching, the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy also gives full play to its advantages as an international college and has close connections with North America, and occasionally introduces world-class masters to hold short-term master classes open to the society. So far, there have been two-time Oscar winner for Best Makeup Michelle? Burke held the first international makeup master class in Shanghai, Juan, the colorist of "Transformers 4" and "Star Wars 7", held the "Post-Color Painting and 3D Design" master class, and Wensi, producer of the American TV series "Game of Thrones", held the first international makeup master class in Shanghai. Gladys,"Prison Break" writer and co-producer Zach? Ai Sichun,"The Laws of Business" producer Elizabeth? Dale and director Emily? Dell and others held the "Hollywood Screenwriter Master Class". The teachings and teachings of these global film and television "big names" have also attracted a large number of industry professionals and film enthusiasts from Shanghai and even across the country.

Graduate Chen Linjun said: "90% of the knowledge learned here is dry goods, and the amount of knowledge and practicality of each class are obvious to all."

Original intention: The introduction of "original flavor" of China stories telling

"original flavor" does not mean a rigid copy. Through the introduction of "original flavor" and producing "original flavor" stories of China, it is the original intention of running a school.

Market research at the beginning of the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy showed that there was an urgent shortage of good film and television screenwriters in China, and a large number of international co-productions and Chinese and foreign film exchanges also required a certain number of international performing talents. The reason why these two majors were not included in the college's first introduction list stems from the sobriety of the school administrators. From the school's perspective, the students at the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy are mainly from China, script creation mainly relies on China stories, and performances are mainly for domestic audiences. Simply introducing faculty and courses from North America will create practical difficulties in teaching: What language is the script written in? Will the lack of Chinese line training create new shortcomings?

Careful people may find that unlike the four majors when it was founded, Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy now has two new majors on its admissions catalog: film and television screenwriting and film and television performance. After nearly two years of joint research and development by Chinese and foreign teams, these two professional teaching teams are composed of both Chinese and foreign parties. Among them, Chinese teachers are required to be proficient in bilingual teaching. The courses of the two majors have also been redesigned for the China market and the actual situation of students. The screenwriters focus on Hollywood genre films and the screenwriting skills of North American seasonal dramas, while taking into account the writing of adapted scripts and animation scripts; film and television performances emphasize the latest professional requirements such as pre-camera performance and pre-green virtual performance.

In the eyes of industry insiders, these "adjusted" courses no longer seem "authentic", but they are actually "authentic" at a higher level. Rapidly responding to the market and closely following the needs of the industry to develop courses is one of the characteristics of the Vancouver Film Academy.

The strategy of attracting talents and revitalizing Shanghai's film industry has begun to show

results. As a pathfinder of film and television education, Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy was responsible for improving the level of film and television disciplines at Shanghai University and promoting the agglomeration of surrounding film and television industries since its establishment.

In the past two years, the college has successively accepted more than 30 teachers and students from Shanghai University into different majors. On the one hand, it has trained a group of much-needed professional teachers for the school, and on the other hand, it has also explored cross-disciplinary and inter-college cooperation models of credit exchange and joint training with brother colleges. It is reported that in the next step, the college will further extend the teaching cooperation experience implemented at Shanghai University to sister universities in Shanghai and even across the country, give full play to the effectiveness of introducing resources, and promote the reform of film and television education in Shanghai and even across the country.

At the same time as the establishment of the college, the Shanghai City government also planned and constructed the Huanshangda International Film and Television Industry Park in Zhabei District (now Jing 'an District) where the college is located. Over the past two years, the park has attracted more than 100 well-known domestic and foreign film and television companies such as Bona Films, Kirin Films, Mili Films, and Kimi Films. Clark, Shunji Iwai, Jia Zhangke, Andrew? Four masters from Morgan and a group of young and cutting-edge directors have also set up camp here. A large number of graduates from the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy have chosen to find jobs or start businesses in the park. The strategy of attracting talents and revitalizing Shanghai's film industry has begun to show results.

On September 23 last year, adhering to the principle of lenient entry and strict exit, 71 of the first 80 students enrolled at the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy successfully graduated. 62% of these graduates entered Shanghai's large and medium-sized film and television companies such as Shanghai Film Group, Liding Pictures, and Mili Pictures. 30% of the students formed their own teams and chose to register their own company or studio in the Huanshang University International Film and Television Industry Park, and some students directly entered international co-production projects such as "The Birth of the Dragon" to shoot in North America.

According to incomplete statistics, as of July 2016, in less than a year, 25 of the first graduates had participated in the production of 29 cinema-level films and full-length TV series, and were active in all aspects of film production such as recording, makeup, and special effects production., directing, producing, and packaging. Another 9 people participated in the production of 13 TV documentaries, animations and large-scale TV programs, mainly undertaking the work of directors, producers and animators, special effects engineers, etc. A team of 15 people produced 16 major online movies, online dramas and micro-movies. Movies such as "Youth","Troubled in the East China Sea","Legend of Shark Pearl","Asura","Kung Fu Panda 4","Throne of the Elf","Avanti", and "New Pig Pig", and TV series "Sansheng III Ten Miles Peach Blossom" and "The Star Sky That Sea" and "Because I Met You" are many graduates of the Vancouver Film Academy. In addition, many short films of the first graduates have also won professional awards at home and abroad and won recognition from the industry.

These graduates have directly replenished new forces to Shanghai's film and television industry. He Chuan, general manager of Liding Pictures, Asia's largest film post-production company, commented: "Film and television graduates from ordinary schools simply cannot enter the threshold of film. Students from Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy can enter and work."

Just a few days ago, the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy held a special job fair during the graduation season. On site, including Electronic Arts EA, Ubisoft, Oriental DreamWorks, Huayi Brothers, Hippo Animation, Youzu Pictures, Kirin Pictures, Mili Pictures, Shanghai Film Group, Liding Culture, Xiao Jin Special Effects Makeup Studio, etc. Nearly 30 well-known companies in the field of film and animation production personally attended the scene to recruit students. "Film is an application-oriented industry, and practical teaching is the specialty of the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy. I believe that in the future, more film and television production companies will regard the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy as their first choice for recruiting talents."

Editor: yvonne