Study On The Costume Co-production Between Hong Kong And The Mainland (1979-2012)

Since1979, establishment of the China Film Co-production Corporation directly contributed to the cooperation of Hong Kong and the mainland filmmakers. It has been experienced three main stages during the30years of cooperation:Hong Kong film boom leading stage, Hong Kong film downturn recession phase and the new period since the signing of CEPA. Whether in production quantity and film on the share, the Ancient costume co-productions, occupied the important position in every historical stage.Why? the first is in the abundance of historical resources and domestic film of historical theme creation history inertia; Secondly, from the audience to accept mentally, because after1949, there are lots of differences on institutional, economic i and cultural development between Hong Kong and the mainland, films based on historical can simultaneously cater to Hong Kong and the mainland audience. In business strategy, the ancient costume films, especially in the new period after the:ancient costume blockbusters more in line with the market demand, under the influence of the Hollywood blockbuster. Finally, the two different political climate, ideological differences, as well as film censorship restrictions on sensitive topics are made from real ancient costume films more easily through the review.Ancient costume co-productions, contributed a lot to Chinese movies both on industrial value and cultural value. Especially the ancient costume blockbuster directly promoted the domestic film industry recovery and prosperity. In recent10years, the audience seemed to be feeling fatigued by the excessive number of the ancient costume blockbusters. Homogeneity of excessive development and historical interpretation of personal abuse has been proclaimed clustered at the end of the ancient costume blockbusters’era. Where is the way of the ancient costume co-production? It’s worthwhile to think for twice to the filmmakers form Hong Kong and the mainland.