The Best Director

Chapter 155 The Dancing Whirlwind Is Coming Again

After The Hangover was finished, Wang Yang didn't have time to pay attention to it for the time being, and the filmed films were stored first. Shuyou whole_arrangement*provided~provided that because it was almost May, he suddenly became busy again, and there were quite a lot of things waiting in line for him to do.

The biggest thing is naturally the editing of The Ninth District. Since the official launch in October last year, the production of its special effects shots has been carried out simultaneously. It lasted 7 months, and the image engine dispatched more than 300 animators. , and cooperated with 5 other special effects companies including Industrial Light and Magic, and finally completed these more than 800 special effects shots, which can enter the stage of editing.

Wang Yang is very satisfied with these finished images. Each of the aliens with a height of more than 4,000 pixels looks full of texture and perfectly blends with actors and scenes to form a real picture. That effect is no worse than that of Gollum in Lord of the Rings 1. In fact, Weta Studios, the special effects team of Lord of the Rings, also participated in some rendering work.

In addition to aliens, spaceships, mechas and other things have more than 4,000 pixels, which are equally real; there are also fiery, flesh-and-blood battle scenes, whether it is head explosions, severed hands and feet, it will make people feel strong. The level of bloody violence made the special effects team feel too perverted, as well as Robert Downey Jr.'s deformed body parts, the poor and dark ninth district...all are masterpieces that make people give the special effects team a thumbs up.

The promotion of District Ninth has never stopped. After the third round of viral marketing, several websites Relationship between Humans and Aliens were hacked by fans, and Flame Movie released several viral videos. It is a news interview accepted by some experts, professors and ordinary people. There is no substantive story content, but it reveals the relationship between the two civilizations. The aliens are cruel, destructive, hostile, and evil...Humans isolate them in the ninth district built in the Mojave Desert.

The background of this story makes movie fans very puzzled. Aliens are always so powerful, how could they be reduced to the point of being trampled by humans? And what exactly is the story about? When one question is answered, another question arises, and the answer can only be obtained in movie theaters. This is viral marketing.

Flame Films did not open the fourth round of viral websites. Although Christopher Fussen’s blog, the official website of “District 9” and other viral websites will continue to be updated, the publicity plan has entered a new stage. Viruses in the real world marketing.

Nowadays, in major North American cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Toronto, passers-by can often see promotional posters of District 9 at bus stops, subway stations, sites...even elevators and restrooms of some famous buildings. But these posters are not serious pictures of actors, etc., but are printed with images of aliens, marked with a logo such as a red cross. Apart from the official website of the movie, there is no information about the movie, but various promotional posters language, and a toll-free number to report alien sightings.

Propaganda language varies from place to place,

For example, Aliens are not allowed to ride at bus stops, Aliens are not allowed to enter at shopping malls, For human use only at phone booths, and If you encounter aliens, please notify us to arrest them everywhere, and you will get $10,000.  …

The purpose of these methods is not only to arouse curiosity, but also to create a sense of substitution for movie fans and audiences. When they see these official posters pretending to be government posters on the street, they will subconsciously have a feeling that this is true. ? It's true, there really is such an alien slum in the world.

And these alternative poster labels, in the next few months until the movie is released, will spread to more cities and more public places...but not only these, now on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, a nearly two-meter-high The alien sculptures are placed quite conspicuously on the side of the road. In the future, three-dimensional posters like this will also appear in various places in North America, and there are also places where events such as film festivals and animation exhibitions are held.

The release date is approaching day by day, and the publicity work is almost on the verge of completion, but District 9 is still just a bunch of video materials. However, before editing the movie, Wang Yang still has other things to do, that is, Sweetheart will be released soon. Therefore, the task of editing a pre-trailer and a rough cut was temporarily handed over to the editor Lee-Smith (the representative works The Truman Show, The Raging Sea, The Dark Knight, the latter two won the Oscar for Best Editing nominated) at hand.

The work of rough editing is very simple, just connecting the sequence of the shot materials according to the script, and naturally none of the more than 800 special effects shots will be missed. Lee Smith is a top editor with rich experience and unique vision. Wang Yang No worries about any problems.

The pre-publicity of Sweetheart has long been over, and it has already passed the review of the MPAA with a G-level rating, and a copy has been made, and it is ready to land in 2,970 theaters in North America on April 26.

This is a girl who loves dancing, and her dream is to win the dance competition in the dance city... With the voice of the narration in the trailer, on the TV screen, a sweet and sexy girl is walking on the streets of the city, her face full of tears. Looking at the surrounding street scene with a smile, there are young people enthusiastically doing hip-hop, skateboarding, and parkour everywhere... When the camera cuts, she confidently asks a few young men and women dressed in hip-hop: Can I join you guys? Is it your dance team? A handsome guy at the head nodded and said, Okay.

At this time, the narration sounded helplessly: But... The camera on the screen quickly switched, and Jessica groaned, and she fell to the ground when she was tripped by her own feet during dance practice; They were walking on the street in style, their heads hit the lamppost and fell to the ground...

Go away! With the roar of everyone in the dance team, she staggered and fell out of the warehouse door of the team's dance practice, We don't welcome you, Let's go, little girl... She hit the wall again and again, The narrator said again: But... Jessica clenched her hands into fists and growled in a rough voice, gasping for breath, said with a determined face: I want to form a team.

Immediately there was a burst of hahaha laughter. Joseph, with his hair combed brightly, held his stomach, laughed so hard that he was about to shed tears, pointed at Jessica whose eyes were flaming, and said, Team, team, haha... There was a bang , his head was slapped heavily by the guitar, looking at the guitar that was about to be swung again, he hurriedly said: I joined, I joined

With the brisk voice-over narrating the names of the leading actors, the TV screen played their shots in coordination, Michael Peet, in a small dark, dirty and smoky room, Michael with pale face and bloodshot eyes -Peter smoked a cigarette and said decadently: I don't dance anymore. Next to him said Anne-Darren, Anne opened her mouth exaggeratedly, very scared and very excited: What, you mean the participating teams? Me? I can't.

Scarlett Johansson, James Franco. Seeing them wearing black leather clothes and leather pants, they looked like cool guys and cool girls. They snorted disdainfully and said coldly: Why do we join ?”

Because we're going to take away the championship With Jessica's roar, some story scenes were played on the screen, as well as wonderful dances, Justin Timberlake and other supporting characters... The narrator said louder: Annie- Directed by Fletcher and supervised by Wang Yang, on April 26th, Dancing Whirlwind will come back soon, and Sweetheart will debut in full swing

When the picture was silent, in the dance practice warehouse, Joseph smiled and said, Hey, guys, look at my new dance steps. He said while dancing the Hawaiian hula with a wretched smile. Jessica, Michael, Scarlett, Annie, and Franco all looked at him with weird expressions, and Jessica asked, I want to kick him out of the team, does anyone agree? Everyone raised their hands hand.

Haha After watching the trailer on TV, Wang Yang, who was sitting on the sofa, laughed and said, Sweetheart, it's so funny and cute when you growl. He roared loudly and said, I'm a lion. Wang Yang looked at her and said with a smile, No, you are a King Kong. Jessica put her head on his shoulder with a smile, and asked suddenly: Jan, do you think I'm going to mess it up?

What are you messing up? Wang Yang asked in doubt, Jessica shook her head and said, It's nothing, I'm just a little nervous. Wang Yang smiled, lowered his head and kissed her, and said, You messing up means I screwed up, but I don't think so, I don't want to screw up. This movie has all the ingredients to be successful, it may not be like High School Musical, but it has its own market.

The production cost of Sweetheart is 20 million, and the cost of promotional copies is also 20 million, which means that if only the box office is counted, it needs at least a global breakthrough of 100 million to make money. Of course, peripheral income such as soundtrack CDs and DVDs has always been an integral part. As long as the movie can get most of the praise from young people, there will be no mess up.

Don't worry, we will make a good start. Wang Yang's right hand hugged her waist tightly. Not counting the FM company's screening schedule this year, FF company has five large-scale screening plans. On April 26, Sweetheart, and then enter the summer vacation schedule, The Ninth District in May; the Christmas schedule at the end of the year also includes The Hangover and Mr. Hughes.

The success of the two main battle movies in the summer vacation will directly affect the development route of the flame movie. Looking at the advertisement on the TV screen, he swung his fist with his left hand and said, I hit it 10:0 at the beginning, and then quickly entered the garbage time. Jessica frowned, and smiled: No, garbage time No one is watching. Wang Yang suddenly came to his senses, and said, It seems so, so let's stay stalemate until three overtimes.

Yang, when are we going to watch a game at Staples? Jessica asked with interest, and Wang Yang said with a nonchalant smile, Anytime, it's just that our Warriors are too disappointing and boring. The Warriors continued to be at the bottom of the Western Conference this season, and the tactical system was chaotic, which made people see no hope, which made him not in the mood to watch the NBA.

That's a bunch of rotten bastards. Jessica spread her hands helplessly, then grinned and said, Why don't you switch to the Lakers camp? Wang Yang curled his lips disinterestedly, and said, Purple And green will never be my favorite, I don't like traditional giants; more importantly, I started supporting the Warriors when I was 1 year old.

Jessica tilted her neck, pretending to be depressed, and said: Then I can only accompany you to continue losing. Wang Yang smiled, looked at her for a long time, and decided to give her a birthday present in advance, then Patted her on the shoulder, got up and walked to the study: Wait for me for a while

OK. Jessica replied with a smile, picked up the remote control to switch channels, watched the evening news on TV for a while, and saw Wang Yang walking back with a small box wrapped in colored paper : Dangdangdangdang, happy birthday. He sat down on the sofa, handed the box to her with both hands, and said with a smile, This is one of your birthday presents this year, and I gave it to you in advance.

Wow thank you. She took it with a happy face, sent her own sweet kiss to his cheek, and asked, What's inside? Wang Yang put his arms around her waist again, and said with a smile, Hey, open it and have a look. Of course. Jessica said of course, tore off the colored paper and opened the box, only to see a few tickets inside, she took it out a bit suspiciously, looked at it, then turned her head to look into his eyes, and said with a smile : The World Cup in Korea and Japan?

Wang Yang nodded with a smile, and said: Yes, let's go to Asia for a week. These tickets were bought a few days ago. He has always wanted to go to Asia and accompany his girlfriend. Japan's World Cup seems to be a good choice. He looked at Jessica who was playing with the tickets, and asked with a smile, Do you like it?

Well, I enjoy traveling with you. Jessica was full of anticipation and excitement. Recently, she has been very busy for a long time, and they haven't been on vacation for a long time. But thinking of being busy, her happy heart couldn't help calming down a little, and asked with a frown, But do you have time? The Ninth District will be released in August, so don't delay the movie because of me.

She knew how important District Ninth was to him. She worked hard for a year, went to Africa desperately, and was under a lot of sudden pressure... Sweetheart can mess up, but Ninth District Zone absolutely not.

Haha, there is enough time for no problem, it's okay. Wang Yang's voice was full of affirmation, he took two tickets from her hand, and said: Believe me, you also know that I am not the kind of person who disregards work for fun The Korea-Japan World Cup will not be held until May 31, and the week of their tour will also be at that time. If it weren't for the Ninth District, he really wanted to play in Asia for a month.

However, the workload of The Ninth District is indeed very heavy and intense. First of all, the theatrical version must be edited, and then the soundtrack, color correction, and some post-dubbing must be done before mid-July. Then it was released as scheduled. But in terms of soundtrack, Jann Kezmelik is already brewing and creating materials. In terms of editing, he and Lee Smith also have a clear and complete plan, so it is not so rushed.

Besides, he planned to work harder in the past few months. He would spend all day in the editing room and work at night, so he would not miss a week.

And Jesse, although this is your birthday present, I want to play myself too. Wang Yang smiled at her, shook the ticket in his hand, and said: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Beijing, Shanghai ...I've wanted to visit those cities for a long time, but this time it seems that I can't finish it in a week, otherwise we would just spend this vacation on the plane.

Jessica laughed and stopped talking about District 9. All she had to do was to support him, and she believed that he could do a good job. Thinking of traveling to Asia and watching football games, she suddenly smiled, looked at the football pattern on the ticket, and said with a smile: Yang, but I don't know much about football, is it played by 11 people? But apart from this, I don't even know its rules very well.

Ha Wang Yang also laughed immediately. He is not a football fan, and he doesn't usually watch football games, but he is still clear about the rules. He said with a smile: Ask me if you don't know, I am a master fan, you know I Love Beckham, I love Ronaldo, and, well... Let me tell you, actually any game is very simple, you just need to It’s enough to see who’s ahead and who’s behind.”

Jessica rolled her eyes and said with a smile: Then applaud and shout for the side you support heartily. If you win, you will be happy, if you lose, you will feel uncomfortable. It's over.

YES, you are really smart. Wang Yang pushed her head with a smile, looked at the tickets, and said, See? I bought tickets for two games. China: Costa Rica, China is playing for the first time. In the World Cup, I don't know how strong it is; there is also the United States: Portugal. He said the process: Let's go to those cities in Hong Kong for a few days, and then go to the football game, and then I will come back to work, you like to play When is the time.

Jessica also pushed his head and said with a sweet smile, Of course I'll come back with you. It's no fun for me to play alone.

On April 26, Sweetheart officially landed on 2,970 big screens in North America. Countless young movie fans and audiences who love street dance took advantage of the weekend and walked into the cinema to see it first.

They are all very confident about the 8 dollars and 105 minutes that they are about to spend. This movie has a bunch of handsome men and beautiful women. The trailer is relaxed and interesting, and the dance scenes are cool and handsome. , it has the title of producer and screenwriter of Magic Yang.

You need to know that the movies that have a relationship with him, except for Ghost Story 2 that he didn't participate in at all, needless to say the four movies he directly directed. Produced works, there must be something different.

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