A Study On The Policy Of Counseling In Film Industry In Taiwan

Taiwan film subsidies policy which was formally implemented since 1989, has experienced over 20 years,and it has been more matured as time goes by. Not only the subsidies amount has been increased, but also the type has been completed. However, as a double-edged sword,subsidies has proved endlessly controversial whist it enjoyed great popularity.This paper mainly divided into four parts in the structure. The first is to show information about the film industry’s development in Taiwan, through understanding the overall situation of the film industry in Taiwan region, explore its major difficulties: lack of funding; strikes of foreigner films; arcane films, the unbalance of industrial structure. The lack of funds, makes a lot of films can not be taken as scheduled, in addition, it will be more difficult to build a grand scene. Because of this poor circumstances, a lot of films can only use a few money to shoot low-cost films.Besides,the filmmaking industry lost its advantages and under the film distribution due to restrictions such as capital and themes.As an result,the industrial structure lost its balance. The unbalanced internal Industry makes it hard to against the impact from Hollywood films, under the attack inside and out, the whole situation of the film industry in Taiwan is not ideal.When the market can not adjust the plight that film production encountered,government’s policies will act as “visible hands” and control this situations.The second part of this paper will tidy the film policies which was implemented by the government of Taiwan region.Since the 1950 s,the government of Taiwan region formulates a series of film policies according to the political environments,industry conditions,and so on.Subsidies policy is one of the important policies which attract many people’s eyes.The third part of this article emphatically introduces the related information about Taiwan film subsidies policy,shows the original policies, and colorful types of subsidy.Though all kinds of assistant measures gained some practical benefits more or less,it also has been a controversial topic since 1989.Some people claims that the subsidies policy should keep on continue to execute,the others thinks that this policy should be discharged. Whether thegovernment should use the visible hand to control art market? After this,the purpose will be box-office or international awards?In the circumstance of lack of funds, how to allocate resources? Whether the distributed object is on the basis of fair regulations to assist more people in need of help? Whether the committee can follow the real regulations? The fourth part of this article will discuss three aspects:the role of government,the orientation of subsidies,and the execution of subsidies policy.In this paper, by tidying history, present situation and the plight of the film industry in Taiwan region,analyzing film policy evolution,policy measures,and the dispute of effective implementation to explore the film subsidies policy in Taiwan region.The first purpose is to use the new information to update the research of subsidies policy.The second is to introduce some related information about subsidies policy on the basis of the development of film production and policy,in order to show the subsidies policy from multi-angle.