Making Cinematic Dreams Reality(2) | 一切为电影：不可能的任务

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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』

Along with big things like closing roads, Taiwan's civil servants have also helped out in various smaller, less obvious ways. For example, for better ambience in Taipei night scenes, Au Revoir Taipei needed some street lights on and others off. However, the lighting system is totally computerized, so the Parks and Street Lights Office sent someone to manually take down the lights the filmmakers didn't need.

"The support of the government is a huge confidence booster for the film industry," says Lee Yong-ping, a former theater worker and the current deputy mayor of Taipei. In the past, she explains, there was no officially sanctioned intermediary between the government and filmmakers, so even scriptwriters were stymied from the beginning. Now, with the support of the public sector, filmmakers have the opportunity to make their dreams come true.

This support is not only helping local filmmakers, but also enticing foreign filmmakers to shoot in Taiwan. "We need to win over the film industry before any tourism benefits start coming in; otherwise we may as well just do tourism marketing," says TFC's director Jennifer Jao, adding that as Taiwan tries to woo the film industry, what is needed is more practice and more opportunities to prove itself. Only then will foreign productions come to shoot here, which will provide valuable in-field training for Taiwan's film foot soldiers.

Now that using cinema as a marketing tool has become popular, Taiwan is going all out to develop its film industry. As Deputy Mayor Lee has said, "It's like dominoes—when one goes, the next will fall, and the next, and so on. Taiwan is on the verge of a golden age of film!"

除了大场面的封街外，在观众察觉不到的细微部分，公部门其实也作了很多配合。以《一页台北》为例，为了要拍出台北夜晚的氛围，剧组要求街上的路灯要几盏亮、几盏关。但因路灯完全由计算机控制，无法一明一灭，公园路灯管理处只好派人将剧组不要的灯一个个拆卸下来。

『政府的加持，给了影视产业很大的信心。』早年曾是剧场工作者的北市副市长李永萍说。以前没有公权力介入协拍时，连一开始的剧本都写得绑手绑脚，现在有了公部门当『靠山』，剧组就能放手拍片。

协拍除了扶植本土影视产业外，也有利于吸引国外剧组到台湾来取景拍摄。『先活络电影产业，才能顺势带出观光，否则直接推观光就好了。』台北市影委会总监饶紫娟认为，对正在扶植电影产业的台湾而言，需要的是更多练习与证明能力的机会，而外片来台拍摄，正是台湾电影产业练兵、升级的机会。

藉影视营销风潮正热，台湾卯尽全力的协助拍片，正如李永萍所说的：『彷佛骨牌效应，一张倒了，后面也都会跟着响应，现在是台湾影视产业的黄金复苏时代！』

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