Tourists act in their own microdramas at 'China's Hollywood'

Visitors to Hengdian World Studios in Zhejiang, known as China's Hollywood, are starring in personalised microdramas shot on sets such as a Forbidden City replica. Crews with a director, camera operator and lighting staff guide them; one 19-year-old called playing an empress 'liberating'. The vertical, soap-style series, with episodes as short as 30 seconds, have become hugely popular in China on apps like Hongguo and Douyin.