The European emperors of this era were not as leisurely as later generations. The reason why later generations were so leisurely was because their power was completely eclipsed.
In today's era of great ideological chaos, the absolutist monarchists, constitutional monarchists, liberal republicans, and social republicans are all full of vitality.
Today's Europe is dominated by monarchies, but there are still a lot of troubles caused by republicans, and they will make big news if they are not careful.
Fortunately, in the Portuguese Empire, the thinking was relatively unified, and almost everyone agreed with the monarchy.
Whether it is Portugal or Brazil, people have suffered a lot under the republic. Since the restoration of the country led by Pedro, the political chaos has ended, the economy has developed, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and there is a scene of vigorous vitality and all things competing.
With the end of Spain and Portugal's victory, domestic stability was further stabilized and international status was significantly improved.
As time goes by, four years into the recovery, Portugal's domestic development is finally on the right track. Pedro finally no longer has to focus on all aspects of the country all the time, and now has more time to enjoy a free life.
It's a pity that there are too few entertainment methods in this era. The stage plays, music, and art advocated by the aristocrats were something Pedro enjoyed when he was a child, but he became less and less interested after that.
In Tangning Pedro's free time, apart from writing books and talking about romance with her lover, her biggest hobby is raising big cats and dogs.
Movies can also be considered part of Pedro's entertainment.
Although the movies of this era are only at the elementary level, it is better than nothing. Apart from movies, there is nothing else that can make Pedro more interested.
In addition to entertainment, movies also serve as cultural propaganda. For various considerations, Pedro has been promoting the film industry of the Portuguese Empire.
Although Pedro has the knowledge of later generations, unfortunately this knowledge has very little involvement in film technology. Therefore, most of the time he lets professionals improve film techniques, and he provides some scripts to make movies, and then the movies become watchable.
In 1900, the first talkies were shown in Paris, and it was ten years before reliable synchronized sound technology matured and became commercially available. In April 1923, the first synchronized sound film was released in New York. In October 1927, the first feature film with sound, The Jazz Singer, was released. This film made the singing and dancing comedian Joelson famous. After 1930, sound films entered a period of great development.
Early films only had pictures, and the film itself did not make any sound. The characters' speeches were indirectly expressed through actions, gestures, and inserted subtitles. The operating rate for shooting and showing silent films is 16 frames per second. During the silent film period, film developed into a purely visual art.
When shooting, two films with different photosensitivities are used, one to capture the picture, and one to record the sound track. After a series of processes, the sound track and the picture are combined on one positive film. When the film is made into a copy and shown, the projector is attached with the film. Sound device, while reflecting the picture, can restore the sound track to sound
With the development of technology, the production of sound films gradually became possible. However, in the early days, sound films were a completely new thing to the public, and it took some time for development to become mainstream.
The birth of talkies marked the coming of an era of great development for the film industry. Pedro knew that now was the time to develop Portugal's film industry.
After all, cultural output comes faster than movies!
Compared with movies, traditional books, music, and art can only affect a small number of people, but movies can affect the whole world!
Although the film market is very small now, it does not mean that it will be the same later. Accumulation is the way to go.
As early as 1900, when news of the first talkie showing in Paris spread to the world, Downing paid attention to talkies.
Very soon! Petro formed his own Alpine Film Company.
Over the years, the film company's technology accumulation has been considerable, and it has produced many short films during this period. Now it is the leading company in Portugal and ranks first in the European film industry.
On July 1, Atlantic Film Company reported to His Majesty the Emperor that they had finally achieved complete film and television synchronization.
Complete synchronization of film and television, this is a leap in film technology, of course Pedro is very concerned about it, this is an important moment in promoting the development of Portuguese films.
Movies of this era had not attracted people's attention, and they only regarded him as an entertainment tool, but Tang Ning knew that it was more than that.
That same day, Pedro summoned Bain, general manager of Atlantic Films.
"Bain, Atlantic Film Company will make more films about Portuguese history in the future. You will make all the histories I wrote for me. Don't make those short historical short films like before.
I will give you special funds to shoot boldly and carefully, give me meticulous work, give me a big series, and give me at least 30 minutes for each film.
I'll watch the movie after it's finished. Not only do I watch it, I want all Portuguese people to watch it. "
"Okay, Your Majesty! I will execute it immediately after I return." Bain replied seriously.
"After the film is shot, it will be released in Portugal first, and then slowly promoted to other countries. This is to promote Portugal, and we must be careful."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Pedro also focused on cultural export, first on the Imbrian Peninsula and South America, then on Western Europe, then on to North America, Oceania, and Asia. As for Africa, that was naturally ignored.
Africa in this era was full of colonies. Except for the Portuguese colonies, which had propaganda value, the rest were gone.
As for the only two independent countries, Liberia and Ethiopia, they are both poor and scumbags. There is no need to show them at all. These two countries are transparent in the world.
Anyway, there are no restrictions on movies of this era. As long as they do not promote revolutionary ideas, they can be circulated all over the world.
In the early stages of the development of movies, it is good if people can watch them. High-quality historical movies will definitely leave an impression on moviegoers. This is what Pedro wants to do.
Once you have an impression, you may be able to understand Portuguese culture and then become interested. If this continues, won’t cultural promotion be effective?
Although, the current film export is still a loss-making business. In many places, there are only a few cinemas. When the time comes, you will definitely have to spend your own money to build cinemas.
But this is all small money, and it is not a waste to spend money to build it. In the future development trend of movies, if you build it, you will make money.
In addition to building cinemas at home and abroad, ticket prices will not be too high by then.
But it doesn't matter. Originally, Pedro was all about exporting cultural values, and it didn't matter whether he made money or not.
Pedro is the emperor and he is not short of money.
