Making Cinematic Dreams Reality（1） | 一切为电影：不可能的任务

文．张琼方∕translated by Geof Aberhart

本篇中英文节录自《台湾光华杂志》 九十九年六月第三十五卷第六期

『一切为电影：不可能的任务』

To achieve their aims of marketing through movies, Taipei and Kaohsiung have both established film commissions and other facilities to assist filmmakers, helping many in the film and television industries achieve dreams they once thought impossible.

The first production the Taipei Film Commission (TFC) worked on, No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti, is a perfect example. The script had been in the head of director Leon Dai for a while, but it wasn't until the establishment of the TFC that he had had the courage to give it a shot. One reason was the demands of one particular scene—a daylight scene involving a threat to jump off an overpass. This needed a stretch of a high-traffic area on Zhongxiao East Road closed off, with traffic controls and safety facilities in place. "In the past, we had to do street scenes on the sly, worried that the police would chase us out. I never thought we'd end up with the police helping us shoot by keeping order!" laughs Dai, who is full of praise for the TFC's efforts.

The Office of the President recently provided the Presidential Palace for shooting, even breaking precedent and letting a dog inside. The dog in question, Kangkang from the show Niyada, must have felt like a king that day because the president's own beloved dog hasn't been allowed into his master's offices. Similarly, the mayor of Taipei had yet to set foot on the helipad atop City Hall, but the cast and crew of the film Close to You already have. Not only did the government offer use of the City Hall helipad, but Mayor Hau Lung-pin even came to see how things were going, bringing coffee and pineapple cakes.

为了达到影视营销目的，北、高两市的影委会和协拍中心几乎是使命必达，协助完成许多影视从业人员过去想都不敢想的『不可能的任务』。

台北市电影委员会协拍的第一部影片《不能没有你》就是最好的例子。导演戴立忍剧本酝酿了很久，一直到台北市电影委员会成立才敢拍。原因之一是，要在日正当中拍摄『跳天桥』的抗争画面，势必要在人来人往、交通流量极大的忠孝东路『封街』，做交通管制、架设安全网等。『以前街头拍片偷偷摸摸，就怕被警察驱赶，没想到现在警察反过来协助维护秩序！』戴立忍对影委会赞誉有加地笑着说。

而前阵子总统府不仅出借拍戏，甚至还破例让小狗进入，有人因此说，《倪亚达》剧中那只名为康康的狗在当天一定觉得自己是『天下第一狗』，因为连总统的爱犬都没进过总统府呢！同样的，位于台北市政府顶楼的停机坪，连市长都没上去过，电影《近在咫尺》剧组却捷足先登，市政府不但慨然出借，市长郝龙斌甚至还带着凤梨酥和热咖啡去『探班』。