Chapter 1387 Film and Television Base
In fact, before World War I, Russia's railway network had covered neighboring countries and regions as much as possible, such as the Far East Empire, Persia, Central Asia, and some countries in Eastern Europe.
East Africa does not have such conditions. If East Africa wants to further extend the railway network in Africa, basically only by going to the West African region can we achieve great success.
To the north is the Sahara Desert, and to the south is only a small area of the British South African colonies.
However, due to the exchanges and trade between East Africa and West Africa, due to the Gulf of Guinea, sea transportation is more cost-effective than railways, and East Africa does not need railways to have an important impact on West Africa.
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The sight shifted to the city of Kitway in the copper belt.
It has been a year since Kitway's city has undergone a transformation in its economic field, but Kitway's road to transformation has not been smooth.
After all, I am used to the long-term directive economy, and many East African officials have not yet adapted to the rules and ways to do things in the market economy. Similarly, the Kitway Municipal Government should also feel confused in reform.
Kitway City has introduced some reform methods and policies that are more in line with the actual situation, but it will either be difficult to achieve results in a short period of time, or it will be subject to huge funding requirements and will be unable to start construction for a long time.
So are there any good projects that can take effect quickly and that the city of Kitway can afford economic projects and meet all aspects of the economic development and development of Kitway!
After more than a year of exploration, Kitway Mayor De Bern has found a shortcut to development, that is, the film and television industry.
"The film and television industry is a completely emerging industry. This industry appeared much later than the automobile industry, almost close to the end of the 19th century, and can be said to be a blue ocean."
"And the film and television industry is also a blue ocean." It belongs to the tertiary industry and is conducive to improving the popularity of Kitway City because of its cultural attributes. With popularity, our other plans can be based on it."
Derbern in Kitway Wei City strongly promoted his subordinates at the economic conference at the end of the year, saying that developing the film and television industry is definitely a more visionary idea, but this may not be recognized by everyone.
"Mayor Deborn, although your idea is good, this year, we have just started comprehensive governance of the urban environment under financial pressure, whether it is closing polluted mines or factories, or Restore forest and river ecology..."
"These all make the municipal government's finances seem precarious. After all, in addition to massive expenses, our economic transformation policy in 1921 also caused a serious decline in government revenue. Sure, the government's financial report will not be very good in the next two or three years."
Kitway City is a typical industrial and mining city, so the first blow to the city's economic artery , that is, copper mining and non-ferrous metal processing.
This can be said to be fatal to Kitway's economy, of course, Deboln doesn't think so.
Derbern said: "It is true that copper mines and related industries surrounding copper mines are the lifeblood of our current Kitwe economy, but there is almost no room for growth in this industry."
"Especially in the increasingly fierce market competition, we can't even compete with Lubumbashi next door, not to mention that a number of coastal cities are also eyeing them."
"If there is no change, then the final The result is that even if we continue to invest in the development of the copper mine industry with high intensity, it will become more and more difficult, and will not be able to achieve good results, and it may eventually be surpassed by coastal areas. "
"So we look for a new economic outlook , is something that the city of Kitway must do. We cannot pursue short-term economic data achievements at the expense of consuming the development potential of Kitway. "
"As for the current finances faced by the city government In my opinion, pressure is not entirely a problem. After all, economic transformation requires some effort, so promoting the implementation of the film and television industry in Kitway is a key economic project for us next year."
"I hope that during the 55th Five-Year Plan, Kitway City can become the fourth film and television center in the country, and even build the first film and television city in East Africa."
At present, East Africa's recognized film and television industry centers are distributed in three cities, the first is East Africa's cultural and foreign exchange center, Rhine, the capital of East Africa.
However, the film and television industry in Rhine City serves politics to a large extent, after all, it is the political center of the country.
The commercialization is more successful in Mombasa and Dar es Salaam. These two cities, as the most developed cities in East Africa, have the economic advantages of developing the industry.
For example, capital, talent, technology and market, these advantages are not available to most cities in East Africa.
In general, Mombasa's film and television industry develops the best, because in addition to its economic advantages, it also has advantages in both external exchanges and natural conditions.
Foreign exchanges are very important to the film and television industry, which means that Mombasa's film and television industry practitioners can better align with the international community, thereby maintaining continuous progress in technology and creative content.
Although East Africa is a country with early development in the film and television industry, the development of the European and American film and television industry is actually not slow. The main reason for this is that the management of European and American societies is more relaxed, or there is almost no Management of the film and television industry.
In this way, they can shoot more content than East Africa. Although it may cause a mixture of things, it is conducive to the opening of the film and television market. After all, only if the content is richer can the market be more satisfactory. need.
The opening of the market in East Africa is only after 1910. After the market is opened, the East African government also had a regulatory role in the development of the film and television industry. Therefore, while the East African film and television industry is developing, it is natural to take on the head. Wearing a tight spell.
This puts higher demands on practitioners in the East African film and television industry, so international exchanges are conducive to inspiring their creative inspiration. Of course, this is also conducive to content plagiarism, but this is a minor issue. .
In addition, Mombasa's convenience of foreign exchanges can also allow him to be exposed to some new technologies, especially exchanges with Germany and Austro-Hungarian Empire, which played a huge role in the development of Mombasa's film and television industry.
Germany is the center of the second industrial revolution, and it is reflected in the film and television industry. In the past life, the Third Reich used films, documentaries and other methods to conduct political propaganda, and achieved quite impressive results. For example, the German army left a large amount of audio and video materials, showing the style of the German soldiers at that time.
As one of the great powers, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had one or two tricks. To a certain extent, the Austro-Hungarian Empire can be said to be the most culturally literate among the three major German powers. Of course, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, like East Africa, was not a pure German country. The Austro-Hungarian Empire's achievements in traditional literature, music and art were greater than those in Germany and even more than East Africa, which made the Austro-Hungarian Empire have a deeper and more fertile soil in artistic creation.
This is also what East Africa lacks the most. The specific manifestation is that before World War I, the East African government organized its own literary and artistic creators to go to Vienna for exchanges and study every year.
After all, the historical and cultural heritage of East Africa is too weak. If we move forward, it is impossible for East Africa to shoot some film and television works that captured and slaughtered black slaves in the East African colonial era, or create related literary and music products.
At present, East Africa prefers to film and television creation in film and television creation to shoot traditional German historical themes, with some historical and cultural themes of the Far East Empire. There is no doubt that the materials of both come from Germany, Austria and the Far East Empire. a country.
Of course, there are local film and television materials in East Africa, especially science fiction themes that are popular in East Africa, which is similar to the United States and the Soviet Union in the previous life. The common point between East Africa and these two countries is that their history is relatively scarce, and the Soviet Union's The situation may be better, but not much.
In general, the weak historical and cultural heritage is an important restrictive factor in the development of the East African film and television industry, and East Africa is more inclined to learn from other countries.
Mombasa is a window city for exchanges between East Africa and the world, so Mombasa's film and television industry benefits from it, and the city of Dar es Salaam cannot compare with this.
In terms of natural conditions, Mombasa is also a city that is very suitable for the development of the early film and television industry.
In terms of climate environment, Mombasa is located in the transition zone between the East African plateau and the coastal plains, the intersection of the central and northern regions, and the transition zone with a semi-humid climate and a semi-arid climate.
Simply put, Mombasa has a drought overall climate, sunny days and suitable temperatures, which is conducive to filming.
Take Hollywood in the United States as an example. Hollywood is located outside the suburbs of Los Angeles, California, USA. It has a mild climate and abundant sunshine. It is mostly sunny during the year, making it suitable for filming.
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Especially when the early film shooting technology was not developed enough and needed to rely heavily on natural light, Hollywood's climate advantage was extremely obvious. For example, when shooting outdoor scenes, sufficient sunlight can provide good lighting conditions, reduce dependence on artificial lighting, and reduce shooting costs and difficulty.
Mombasa is similar to Hollywood in overall situation.
At the same time, because it is located at the intersection of grasslands and deserts, transitional areas of plateaus and plains, and close to the Indian Ocean, the complexity and diversity of climate, terrain and landforms, which makes Mombasa very convenient to take pictures.
Deborn said: "The development of the film and television industry in Mombasa and Dar es Salaam is of reference for us, and Kitwe also has unique advantages, such as our close to Rhine City. .”
The reason why Debirn mentioned this is because, as the capital of East Africa, Rhine has the best educational resources in the country, namely, many of the top universities in East Africa, and these include Talents in the film and television field in the future.
Deborn said: "For example, the National Communication University of Rhine, the Rhine Film Academy, etc., so we don't need to worry too much about talent and technology. We can cooperate with these higher education institutions."
< br>Because Kitway is classified as the Central Province and Kitway is not far from Rhine, this greatly facilitates the cooperation between Kitway and related institutions.
"And there is currently no competition in the film and television field in the central and western regions. As long as we can start first, we can get a share of this new industry."
"The whole thing is In the Midwest, except for Rhine, there are no cities known for their film and television development. Rhine's own film and television industry is actually not very suitable for the market, which makes us cheaper in Kitway." "I think that in the future, a large number of new film and television bases may appear across the country, but by that time, if you invest again, you will definitely not be able to compete with other cities with economic advantages."
"So, starting next year, our city should make relevant arrangements on how to vigorously develop the film and television industry. In my vision, Kitway City should become the first film and television city in East Africa."
"And this is just right Consistent with our new infrastructure requirements this round, we can take advantage of the opportunity of urban environmental governance to build a number of landscapes that are convenient for film and television shooting, thereby laying the foundation for another film and television base in the central region in the future. "
At present, In order to manage the environmental problems caused by the overdevelopment of Kitway from the last century to the beginning of this century, that is, copper mining and non-ferrous metal smelting and processing, Kitway launched the so-called new infrastructure to restore the local ecological environment and Related projects.
Derbern believes that this opportunity can be used to promote the implementation of the film and television industry in Kitwe, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
"For example, how to manage abandoned mines was a difficult problem in our past, but now we want to build a film and television base, we might as well use the waste of abandoned mines and eliminate their safety hazards as film and television shooting places."< br>
"For example, some film and television themes about mine workers, or those mines that have been managed and rectified by us."
"The original mining machinery and equipment have become ready-made props, and we don't need them. Consider how to deal with these wastes. "
"In the process of some urban renovation, we should invite some professional film and television practitioners from Rhine and other places to the city of Kitway Some suggestions are made for the renovation. "
The renovation project of Kitway city is also an important task for this round of Kitway economic transformation. After all, Kitway City was determined to develop other industries, a batch of pollution was shut down. Severe businesses, and at the same time, the city of Kitway's infrastructure is too outdated due to the rough management of the past.
However, now, these outdated infrastructures, such as roads, factories, railways, etc., may not be directly removed, or they can be selectively retained as the past industrial and mining development era of Kitwe City. Unique memory, which is also part of the historical memory of East African countries.
After all, Kitway is one of the earliest industrial and mining cities in East Africa, and it is relatively "long-standing". It has made great contributions to the early industrial development of East Africa.
Of course, the specific landmarks and legacy of the industrial and mining era need guidance from professionals. Before, Deborn did not consider the film and television industry personnel, but now they can be involved. Contribute to the future construction of a film and television base.
In this way, the original industrial and mining heritage of Kitway City can be reused. In addition, under the natural ecological restoration of Kitway City, the local natural landscape will also be significantly improved. Kitway City itself has rich natural landscape elements, including rainforests, grasslands, rivers, mountains, swamps, lakes, hills, etc., which can all help the development of the film and television industry.
(This chapter ends)