The premiere of the large-scale situational epic stage art film "The Great Journey" was held in Beijing

Beijing, September 29 (Xinhua) on the afternoon of September 29, the premiere of the large-scale epic stage art film "the Great Journey" was solemnly held in Beijing. Lu Yingchuan, Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism; Hu Jinjun, Deputy Director of the Central Radio and Television General Station; Mao Yu, Deputy Director of the Film Bureau of the propaganda Department of Communist Party of China Central Committee; Wu Xiangdong, curator of Communist Party of China Historical Exhibition Hall; Bai Yimin, Chairman of Huaxia Film Distribution Co., Ltd.; Yao Yonghui, Chairman of Central News recording Film Studio (Group); Peng Yun, Deputy Director of Literature and Art Bureau of propaganda Department of Communist Party of China Central Committee. Huang Xiaoju and he Yawen, deputy directors of the Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Qian Jun, party committee secretary of the Beijing Film Academy, Chen Wei, chief director of the large-scale epic "the Great Journey", Hou Keming, general director of the film "the Great Journey" and other leading guests attended the premiere and jointly launched the release and screening of the film "the Great Journey".

The film "the Great Journey", produced by the Central New Film recording Film Studio (Group), is a stage art film of the same name based on the literary performance "the Great Journey" to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Communist Party of China's founding. It is the first 4K panoramic epic stage art film in China that integrates music, dance, drama and film. With a grand perspective and vivid narrative, the film reviews Communist Party of China's magnificent and glorious course over the past hundred years, and shows the great leap of the Chinese people from standing up, getting rich to becoming strong under the leadership of Communist Party of China. The film is the second creation of the literary performance "the Great Journey" by means of modern film. In the film, there is not only the magnificent and solemn beauty of opening and closing, but also the beauty of moving details, embellish things silently bring the audience into the "time and space tunnel" of Communist Party of China's hundred-year history, resonating with the difficult brilliance of the hundred-year journey.

Yao Yonghui said in his speech that from "the East is Red" to "strive for the sons and daughters of China," and then to the launch of the "Great Journey" in this creation, this is the glorious mission handed down by the new film of the Central Committee, and it is also an unshirkable and major responsibility. In order to make a blockbuster film by means of modern film, we set up a creative team of more than 100 people with the central new film as the main force, and successively invested 18 8K film cameras to complete all the preliminary shooting work in 15 days. and through editing, post-special effects processing and sound production team's unremitting efforts to restore the performance scene magnificent, shocking sound and painting scene. The film focuses on two "big"-- great momentum and big scene, and embodies three "senses"-- film sense, space sense and artistic sense. To achieve the four "fusion"-- the fusion of large-screen video and stage performance, the integration of live performance and audience performance, the fusion of artistic performance and real image materials, and the integration of large scene shots and detail performance lens. more three-dimensional, vivid, multi-dimensional presentation of this magnificent audio-visual feast.

In his speech, Bai Yimin said that with the combination of ideology, artistry and appreciation, the Great Journey has successfully completed the artistic transformation from live performance to film screen, and has become a rare masterpiece in film history. As the distributor of the film, Huaxia Film has devoted a lot of painstaking efforts to the distribution and promotion of the film. We not only hope that the audience will feel the grand historical narrative, but also hope that people from all walks of life can personally feel the arduous course and brilliant achievements of the founding of the Party over the past century by appreciating excellent literary and artistic works. arouse the broad masses of people's deep friendship towards the party and the country, and inspire more people to participate in the journey of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

In her speech, Chen Wei said: in the creation of the literary performance "the Great Journey," we described the struggle course of the Chinese people under the leadership of Communist Party of China through artistic language such as drama, music, and dance. It shows the spirit of national unity and courageously moving forward. Our goal is to make every audience feel the inspiration and enlightenment from history while appreciating art. This large-scale stage work is presented in the audio-visual language of the film and has a wider communication platform. It is not only the crystallization of art, but also a strong proof of the firm belief and brave pursuit of dreams of artists in the new era.

Hou Keming said that when the film was created, the creative team worked hard to correctly grasp the artistic language transformation of "the Great Journey" from live performance to film presentation, and tried to reflect the magnificent performance on the big screen. let the broad masses of moviegoers witness that glorious historical moment together with the camera. We strive to accurately grasp the clear historical narrative logic, pay attention to the dual narrative functions of historical pictures and music and dance, reconstruct the stage performance with novel and accurate film language, and fully reflect the sense of participation and modernity, so that the situational epic blooms brilliantly in the film.

At the premiere, the Central News documentary Film Studio (Group) presented a digital copy of the film "the Great Journey" to the Communist Party of China History Exhibition Hall, and the film will be shown in the Party History Museum for a long time.

After the premiere, the film creator team shared the behind-the-scenes stories of the film creation with the audience, and discussed the innovative application of film audio-visual language and expression in the film "the Great Journey".

Hu Qiang, president of the Beijing Film Academy, Zhu Qinxiao and Chi Jianxin, deputy general managers of the Central New Film Group, Meng Yan, executive director of the large-scale epic Great Journey, and Bai Haotian, executive director of the drama. Communist Party of China Central Committee propaganda Department, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Central Radio and Television General Station, and responsible comrades of relevant departments such as Communist Party of China History Exhibition Hall, Central New Film Group, Huaxia Film Distribution Company, etc. Members of the creative team, representatives of actors, media and journalists attended the premiere of the literary performance and the film "the Great Journey".

The large-scale situational epic stage art film Great Journey is scheduled to be released nationwide on October 16.