mousepad-d2 Chapter 229 Technology Changed Movies
Chapter 229 Technology Changed Movies
Every year from the end of June to the beginning of September is the summer slot on the American film screening schedule, which is a golden slot second only to the Christmas diamond schedule.The reason for saying this is because the movies released on the Christmas file are generally the annual masterpieces of each film company, and they are all blockbusters with high artistic and commercial qualities.After all, summer movies only care about the box office, while Christmas movies are aimed at the Hollywood awards season at the end of each year.
In addition to summer and Christmas, there are so-called Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Thanksgiving and other small schedules within the distribution company.However, after so many years of operation, only the Valentine's Day and Thanksgiving schedules have improved a bit, and the Easter and Mother's Day schedules are still just concepts in the promotional copy.
The first film released by the Galaxy Film Group this year is the sequel to last year's critically acclaimed film "Kill Bill". The film was postponed until its Easter release date.Because this is a literary film, the Galaxy Film Group mainly spreads it to the art film theaters and independent movie theaters, and secondly arranges some mainstream theaters to show slots in the spare time slots.Because of the reputation of the first episode, the box office of the second episode has won nearly one million box office.Although it is not comparable to the previous commercial films of Galaxy Pictures, it is already a leader in the box office of art films.
The movie released on the same day as "Kill Bill 2" also has a small-budget superhero movie "The Punisher" launched by Marvel Entertainment Production Company, a subsidiary of Galaxy Pictures Group.This is the first time that Marvel Entertainment has launched a film produced by itself after Galaxy Pictures was restructured.In the past, Marvel Entertainment used the title of "assisting production". In fact, it did nothing but authorize the image and copyright, but this time Shannity asked Marvel Entertainment to participate in film production, and stipulated that in the future, superheroes The production of the film is entirely in the charge of Marvel Entertainment Production Company.
In order not to screw up its own brand, Marvel Entertainment deliberately chose an unremarkable superhero as its debut to test the waters.Perhaps it was the first time to make a movie, and the image of "The Punisher" was really not popular enough, so this movie can barely recoup the cost.Even so, Marvel Entertainment is still very fortunate. After all, it is the first time to take the lead in the production and the cost can be recovered. This is already a very good achievement.
Although some distribution companies forcibly created a so-called Easter schedule in April, the box office was not very satisfactory.Soon the days came to the end of May, the enthusiasm of Hollywood was also ignited, and the annual summer vacation came.
Produced by Galaxy Pictures and produced by Galaxy Films, the sci-fi disaster film "The Day After Tomorrow" was released nationwide on May 5.Jed still didn't hold any special premiere ceremony, but just attended the premiere ceremony at the flagship hall of AMC Star Theater in Los Angeles according to the rules. The release schedule of "The Day After Tomorrow" is not very ideal. Originally, Jed hoped that there would be at least two weeks between "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", but Jed did not expect it Surprisingly, DreamWorks actually lined up their animated blockbuster "Shrek 28" in that schedule.As the sequel to the popular cartoon "Shrek", Jed certainly knows the power of "Shrek 2".In desperation, Jade had to arrange for "The Day After Tomorrow" to be released a week after "Shrek 2".
Iku Kuramoto is one of the columnists of "Los Angeles City Weekly" and is in charge of writing film reviews for this weekly magazine.Originally, Iku Kuramoto didn't plan to watch a purely commercial film like "The Day After Tomorrow". Unfortunately, the package ticket provided by Galaxy Pictures for second-tier film critics in Los Angeles is that they must watch "The Day After Tomorrow" to get a copy of "Harry Potter". Tickets to the premiere of The Prisoner of Azkaban.This made Iku Kuramoto very dissatisfied. If he was a first-line film critic, how could Galaxy Pictures dare to ask him to watch a movie he didn't like in order to watch the movie he wanted to watch?I'm afraid that the blond public relations lady has long been begging herself to go to the movies with the best Rose Valley red wine and the premiere tickets.
However, Iku Kuramoto just muttered from the bottom of his heart that "Los Angeles City Weekly" is already considered a magazine outside the third tier in the United States. Only by occupying the media city of Los Angeles can the Galaxy Film Group take a higher look.When Iku Kuramoto came to the AMC star theater arranged by Galaxy Pictures, he stopped complaining, after all, the theater arranged by them was of a good enough grade.If he met other film companies, I am afraid that Iku Kuramoto would be given tickets to mid-to-low-end theaters, unlike Galaxy Pictures who would give tickets to high-end theaters.
Thinking of this, Iku Kuramoto decided to advocate for "The Day After Tomorrow" in his column as long as the movie is not particularly ugly.Iku Kuramoto has been in the industry for four or five years, long past the age of youth and enthusiasm.Since it is impossible to go on the road of becoming the most authoritative and credible independent film critic in the United States by relying on your own maverick, then you should be a queen film critic, at least the film company will still think of you.
The story of "The Day After Tomorrow" was not so attractive at the beginning, Iku Kuramoto almost thought it was a family ethics film.Couples who have been married for many years have begun to have mutual suspicions, and the father and son will always be friends like "enemies".In addition to family dramas and campus dramas, a boy who has just begun to love is always at a loss as a "stupid" in front of the girl he loves.
Kuramoto Yu watched for 15 minutes, wondering inwardly, where is the so-called sci-fi?Where is the so-called disaster?But fortunately, Jed didn't sell it for too long, and everyone soon knew where the so-called sci-fi disaster appeared.The boy's father in the film is a meteorologist who has been concerned about the issue of "global warming".But according to research by a group of scientists, ice melting in the Arctic and Antarctic is intensifying due to the continued warming of the global climate.A large number of glaciers melted into the ocean, causing the sea water to become thinner, which in turn caused changes in ocean currents.If the sun is the engine of the earth's climate, then the ocean current is the booster of the earth's climate.Under the arrogant and arrogant attitude of human beings, the earth has become tired of human beings, and an unexpected disaster is imminent.
The first thing to change is the ocean current detectors in the Greenland Sea and the Canadian Sea. It is well known that the North Atlantic warm current is an important element affecting the global climate.Unknowingly, the warm North Atlantic Current, which is related to the lifeline of all creatures in the world, quietly changed, from a kind mother who cared for human beings to a ruthless killer.
New York City is one of the cities affected by the warm North Atlantic Current. Boys participating in the National High School Quiz Competition in New York were trapped in the city by heavy rain.His father knew that this was a very bad omen, but even he did not expect that the earth had changed from a human-inhabitable paradise to an icy hell.He could only warn his son, try to find a warm place to take refuge.Of course, the son who thinks he has grown up will not obey his father's words, and still chooses to stay with the goddess in his mind.To Kuramoto Iku's surprise, as the rain became heavier and heavier, the rain showed signs of flooding New York, and then it snowed heavily.
"My God! How was this shot made?" Iku Kuramoto was taken aback.
Iku Kuramoto is a top student who graduated from the New York University School of Film. It stands to reason that he should become one of the many independent film directors or film artists in the United States, but he chose to become a film critic.His common sense told him that this scene must have been produced in a studio; but his profession told him that this was definitely beyond the reach of ordinary special effects skills.
Lucas was also surprised. As a partner of Industrial Light and Magic, he is not unfamiliar with special effects technology at all, but this technology is definitely not owned by Industrial Light and Magic.He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it turned out that his partner had gone so far back then.Because Lucas has always rejected Jed's transformation of Industrial Light and Magic, Jed has long established his own special effects company - Digital Field.It seems that this effect is a masterpiece in the digital field.While everyone was still marveling at the special effects of the ice and snow sealing the city, a huge cruise ship actually sailed into New York City under the influence of the seawater influx.This shock made the general audience scream!
With these special effects foreshadowing, "The Day After Tomorrow" began to enter the next theme, which is "adventure".A father in a safe place plans to rescue his son, but the only support he has is a wife who he thinks doesn't know him at all.A impromptu rescue team was set up without any foreign aid, and even the country did not give them hope.Their only backyard is the man's wife, who stays in a safe place and uses the radio to report the weather to her man.Everyone knows that this is actually just a placebo. After entering the frozen New York City, how can the shortwave radio station in Miami have a way to notify everyone?
But the male protagonist encouraged his wife: "No matter what, you have to insist on reporting the weather changes to us, we can hear it."
"I know, you must be able to hear it." The wife, who is a doctor, did not know that the transmission capacity of the short-wave radio station is limited, but the equipment of the long-wave radio station is not something they can find.She can only trust her husband.
Fortunately, when the rescue team set off, the group of brats trapped in New York City found a good place of refuge - the Metropolitan Library of New York.The boy trusted his father more and more. In the final phone call, the father warned his son never to go outside and promised him that he would come to save him.The boy tried to persuade those who planned to leave the library to find a way out, but in the end, less than 20 people chose to stay, and more than half of them were his classmates or "opponents" who participated in the high school quiz competition.Fortunately, this group of brats temporarily put aside their hostile attitude during the game, and with the help of the librarian, they found the most closed room with a fireplace and hid.
Then they found a number of discarded or forgotten coats in the library cloakroom, and a few nice blankets from the office of the clerk on duty.But conflicts arose between students and administrators over whether to burn books for warmth.But facing the issue of survival, the administrator compromised, but said that books on tax law should be reduced first, and those philosophy books that concentrate human wisdom should be burned last.
When everyone agreed to burn tax-related books first, the audience generally smiled knowingly.The U.S. government has always been treated as an enemy by the American people, and the biggest enemy is the Internal Revenue Service.Even the Americans lament that there are only two things that cannot be escaped in the United States, "death" and "taxation".