Jia Zhangke said that in October this year, the advanced film finance class will officially open at the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy.
on August 27th, a chic and grand graduation ceremony was held in Daning Music Square. The new graduates of Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy received two "no difference" diplomas from Gong Siyi, president of Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy, and James Griffin, president of Vancouver Film Academy.
graduation ceremony
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 training craftsmen, want to become masters, but also add personal talent, hard work and opportunities. " So said Liu Haibo, executive vice president of the Vancouver Film Academy in Shanghai.
at the same time, the highlight of the graduation ceremony was Jia Zhangke's on-the-spot acceptance of the letter of appointment as the dean of the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy. Jia Zhangke said that the advanced film finance class will officially open at the Vancouver Film Academy in Shanghai in October this year. I hope to build Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy into the best film teaching institution in Asia in 2 to 3 years. I also believe that more film and television organizations will regard it as the first choice for recruiting talents in the future. in addition, the ceremony unveiled outstanding student works and outstanding graduates. Unlike last year, apart from awarding Huayi Chuangxing Best Director Award and Best work Award, this year's special "Liberation Daily View most Communication Award", the short film "upstairs and Downstairs" stood out among many finalists and won this award. strong > Jia Zhangke promises to spend more time with students / strong >
Jia Zhangke, dean of Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy
Jia Zhangke explained: "what is missing in China's film industry chain, just refer to the resources of Vancouver Film Academy and develop much-needed majors within the scope of resources and capabilities. We will also learn from the existing international education models and experience, but like film financial management and crew cashiers, this is a major that no film school can teach, but it is extremely lacking, and we will also make our own teaching plans. " ? Jia Zhangke revealed that according to the allocation of teachers, the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy will gradually increase to 21 majors in the future. "for example, screenwriters, subtitles, curators, and so on, will be among them. Students in the advanced film finance class began to be enrolled in September this year. The Vancouver Film Academy has six majors of its own. On this basis, we will work with warm current to develop new majors. At present, the first major in research and development is the advanced finance class. " in Jia Zhangke's view, film is an applied industry. With the current development of Chinese films, from film creation to financial management, professionals are urgently needed in every link. "what the Vancouver Film Academy in Shanghai provides is practical teaching, and it is a combination of college-style education and studio-style master-led apprentice education. I hope to build Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy into the best film teaching institution in Asia in 2 to 3 years. I also believe that more film and television organizations will regard it as the first choice for recruiting talents in the future. " strong > original intention: "authentic" introduction of North American film education / strong > introduction of North American film education is the original intention of Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy. founded in 1987 at the Vancouver Film Academy, graduates make up half of Hollywood's post-production staff. In order to train a new type of filmmakers with advanced film production technology and international vision 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 of Canada officially opened.
Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy
all these are authentic "copied" to the teaching mode of the Vancouver Film Academy in Canada. The authentic flavor is also reflected in all aspects of the college teaching: the design drawings of the teaching space and the purchase list of teaching equipment are provided by foreigners; the first batch of teachers are sent entirely by the Canadian side, most of them are the backbone teachers of the school; the organizational structure of the college also draws lessons from the experience of the Vancouver Film Academy, with an industry department and a marketing department, which are used to connect the industry and the market. A safeguard measure for "authentic" is China's insistence that graduates of the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy must also obtain an undifferentiated diploma from the Vancouver Film Academy in Canada, which is a constraint on the quality of foreign teaching and investment in cooperative education. in addition to regular teaching, Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy also gives full play to its advantages as an international academy and has close ties with North America, bringing in world-class masters to hold short-term master classes open to the society from time to time. So far, there have been two Oscars for best makeup award winner Michelle? Burke held the first international makeup master class in Shanghai. Juan, the toner of Transformers 4 and Star Wars 7, held the master class of "Post-blending and 3D Design". Vince, producer of American TV series Game of Thrones. Gladys, Prison break screenwriter and co-producer Zack? Aichun, Elizabeth, producer of "the Law of Business"? Dale and director Emily? Dale and others held a "Hollywood screenwriting master class". The preaching and teaching of these global film and television "bigwigs" have also attracted a large number of people in the industry and film lovers from Shanghai and even the whole country. graduate Chen Linjun said: "90% of the knowledge learned here is practical information, and the amount of knowledge and practicality of each class is obvious to all." strong > original intention: the introduction of Chinese stories that tell "authentic" stories / strong > "authentic" does not mean a rigid copy. Through the introduction of "authentic", the production of "authentic" Chinese story is the original intention of running a school. A market survey conducted at the beginning of the school of the Vancouver Film Academy in Shanghai shows that there is an urgent shortage of good film and television writers in China, and a large number of international co-productions and film exchanges between China and foreign countries also need a certain number of international performers. The reason why these two majors are not on the list of the first phase of the college is due to the sobriety of the organizers. In the school's view, the students of the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy are mainly from China, the script creation is mainly based on Chinese stories, and the performance is mainly aimed at the domestic audience, simply introducing a team of teachers and courses from North America. It will create practical difficulties in teaching: what language will be used to write the script? Will the lack of Chinese line training form a new deficiency? attentive people may find that, unlike the four majors when they were founded, the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy now has two new majors in its enrollment catalogue: film and television screenwriting and film and television acting. After the joint research and development of Chinese and foreign teams in the past two years, these two professional teachers are made up of both Chinese and foreign teachers, among which Chinese teachers are required to be proficient in bilingual teaching. The two professional courses have also been redesigned for the Chinese market and students. The screenwriters focus on Hollywood genre films and the screenwriting skills of North American season broadcasters, while taking into account the writing of adapted screenplays and animated screenplays; film and television performances emphasize the latest professional requirements such as pre-camera performance and virtual performance in front of the green screen. in the eyes of the industry, these "adjusted" courses no longer look "authentic", but they are actually more "authentic" at a higher level. To quickly respond to the market and follow the needs of the industry to develop courses is one of the characteristics of the Vancouver Film Academy. strong > the strategy of promoting and revitalizing Shanghai's film industry has achieved initial results / strong > as a pathfinder of film and television education, Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy has the responsibility of upgrading the film and television discipline level of Shanghai University at the beginning of its establishment and driving the surrounding film and television industry agglomeration. in the past two years, the college has successively accepted more than 30 teachers and students from Shanghai University to study in different majors. On the one hand, it has trained a number of much-needed professional teachers for the school, on the other hand, it has also explored the interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary cooperation model of credit exchange and joint training with fraternal colleges. It is reported that in the next step, the college will further extend the experience of teaching cooperation in Shanghai University to fellow 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 the whole country. while the college was established, the Shanghai municipal government also planned and built Huanshang University International Film and Television Industrial 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 film and television enterprises at home and abroad, including Bona Pictures, Kirin Pictures, Rice Grain Pictures, and Chimei Pictures. Malcolm, a well-known international filmmaker? Clark, Junji Iwai, Jia Zhangke, Andrew? Four Masters of Morgan and a group of young cutting-edge directors have also set up camp here. A large number of graduates of Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy choose to work or start a business in the park. The strategy of promoting and revitalizing Shanghai's film industry with talents is beginning to show results. on September 23rd last year, 71 of the 80 students enrolled in the first class of Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy graduated successfully, adhering to the principle of wide entry and strict exit. 62% of these graduates joined large and medium-sized film and television enterprises in Shanghai, such as Shanghai Film Group, Li Ding Film, and Rice Grain Pictures, and 30% of the students formed their own teams. they chose to register their own companies or studios in the Huanshang International Film and Television Industrial 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, 25 of the first graduates have participated in the production of 29 cinema-level films and feature-length TV dramas in less than a year by July 2016. active in recording, makeup, special effects production, director, production, packaging and other aspects of film production. Another 9 people participated in the production of 13 TV documentaries, cartoons and large-scale TV programs, mainly undertaking the work of directors, producers, animators, special effects and so on. A team of 15 people have produced 16 online blockbuster movies, online dramas and microfilms. The movies "Youth", "Shawang Zhu Zhuan", "Asura", "Kung Fu Panda 4", "Elf Throne", "Avanti", "New Zhu Bajie", TV series "three generations, Ten Mile Peach Blossom", "that Starry Sky, that Sea" and "because of meeting you" and other film and television production team there is no lack of Vancouver Film Academy graduates. In addition, a number of short films of the first graduates have also won professional awards at home and abroad, which have been recognized by the industry. these graduates directly add new strength to Shanghai's film and television industry. He Chuan, general manager of Liding Pictures, Asia's largest post-production company, commented: "Film and television graduates from ordinary schools simply cannot enter the threshold of movies, and students from the Vancouver Film Academy in Shanghai can get in." just a few days ago, the graduation season of Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy held a special job fair. At the scene, nearly 30 well-known companies in the field of film and animation, including American Arts EA, Ubisoft Ubisoft, Oriental DreamWorks, Huayi Brothers, Hippo Animation, wandering Pictures, Kirin Pictures, Rice Grain Pictures, Shanghai Film Group, Liding Culture, Xiao Jin Special effects and make-up Studios, came to the scene to recruit students. "Film is an applied industry, and practical teaching is a feature of Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy. I believe that in the future, more film and television production companies will regard Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy as the first choice for recruiting talents. " Edit: yvonne