Chapter 427: The captain arrived, and the audience was amazed
"Is this really the premiere of a movie?"
Polliver was annoyed by the crazy fans behind him, "No novel, no predecessor, no adaptation of the original, nothing." It's just an original movie, and it can make fans go so crazy. ”
The companion said with a natural expression: "This is the charm of the movie, Polivier, you can't deny that this Chinese is very popular now." ”
Looking at the fans around, a considerable number of them were holding posters of Jack Sparrow, and there were many more, but they were holding posters of the dragon Gregory, "It seems that the publicity of the matrix has indeed been successful." ”
Indeed, after more than half a year of promotion by the Matrix Distribution Department, the spread of the topic, the continuous symphony flash mob, the dragon burning the talk show studio, and the starring team's tireless national roadshow in the United States, coupled with the viral promotion of the good trailer, the spontaneous enthusiasm of netizens has successfully promoted the film to the whole of North America.
In Chinese parlance, this is called "sow melons and get melons, sow beans and get beans." ”
Tens of millions and hundreds of millions of netizens around the world have watched the "flash mob that turned New York's Central Park Plaza into a symphony concert hall" and "the video of the outbreak on the Gregory talk show of the dragon", and then in the curious laughter, most people searched for the real "Pirates of the Caribbean" trailer to watch, wonderful and enthusiastic!
Who called this publicity so fresh, most people are not even interested in the movie, but after this "fun" Internet phenomenon. Will also be interested in movies.
For "Pirates of the Caribbean", as long as everyone knows its existence and knows that this "Chen Tiandu's big-budget magic new film" is a success.
Sort of. Even the starring Heath Ledger, Keira Knightley and others don't need to come in handy, as long as Chen Tiandu, the most beautiful Oscar-winning director and "savior" Leo in recent years, is enough!
Of course, the higher the popularity, the better, and the promotion of a movie is not just as simple as viral marketing, otherwise Chen Tiandu would not have worked tirelessly to promote it in the United States.
Because Chen Tiandu has always had the ability to save money when making movies. In the end, Pirates of the Caribbean was actually produced at a cost of only $100 million, while the matrix invoiced the same amount for the film's global publicity and distribution, with the possibility of additional investment at any time as appropriate.
$100 million in publicity is enough to make a blockbuster movie and ten "Juno." It's not the kind of pseudo-blockbuster "temporary cramming" type of publicity, but from the day the plan was announced, and the battle with Disney before filming began. The conversation never stopped. Up to two years of uninterrupted bombing, uninterrupted eye-catching propaganda, almost at all costs!
The energy is immense, with theatrical trailers, posters, TV commercials, tidbits, outdoor advertisements, magazine covers, interviews, day/late night talk shows, ...... It's pervasive.
It has always been a movie that invests a lot of publicity money, even if it loses money, it will have a relatively high box office performance. Now with such an astonishing scale of publicity, no one dares to underestimate the box office performance of "Pirates of the Caribbean", although it has such and such innovative risks and other doubts, but with his fame status. According to the predictions of media organizations, even if it suffers from Waterloo, the global box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" will easily exceed 300 million.
"Chen Tiandu! Chen Tiandu! Chen Tiandu! ”
"Kate! Kate! Kate! ”
Fans nearby suddenly shouted wildly.
I saw Chen Tiandu holding Kayla with one hand and his mother with the other, and walked to the red carpet. These two women. is the biggest guest tonight.
Not to mention that Chen Tiandu's mother attended her son's movie premiere for the first time, and Kate has not appeared in public for a long time since she was pregnant, and she is smiling at the moment. Her skin is getting more and more shiny, and she seems to be glowing wherever she goes, and everyone can see that she is very happy.
"Chen Tiandu, Kate, who is this lady, can you give an interview?"
Although he didn't like Chen Tiandu very much, in order to work, Polivier quickly picked up his small tape recorder and followed. Unlike most reporters who want to interview his mother and girlfriend, Polivier points to the "point" and exclaims, "Who do you think will win this week's box office rankings?" ”
Chen Tiandu finally stopped, looked back and said: "My movies have never failed. As soon as this film is released, there will be no rivals at the same time. ”
Throwing this sentence down, he turned and walked out of the interview area, leaving only a messy reporter in the wind.
"Sorry, I didn't hear what he just said?"
"There are no rivals in the same period, stupid. This time there's big news, defying any opponent. ”
There were many celebrities who participated in the premiere, but Chen Tiandu has been concentrating on accompanying his mother and did not take the initiative to greet people in the circle. Although he does not have the compulsion of a truck driver, his status and voice are not comparable to that of a truck driver, and he does not need to take care of the cumbersome interpersonal relationships.
The long red carpet is lit with stars and dazzling photographic flashes.
The appearance of the little British witch "Hermione" also made the red carpet excited for a while, "I play the heroine in the movie...... of youth. Emma made a little joke.
It's almost time for everyone to arrive, and Chen Tiandu, Kate, Heath, Kayla, Robert Downey Jr. and others with their families and companions, as well as everyone who has sweated for the film in the past, are here to reap the fruits.
As night falls, everyone walks into the cinema.
Under the air conditioning, the hot air outside was finally dispersed, and the audience calmed down. As a grand premiere, it's not just the red carpet. In the room, a grand symphony performance was arranged.
The song "He's a Pirate", which has been given top reviews by many music magazines in North America, was played again, and the top-notch music enjoyment really made people can't bear to watch the movie.
After this series of activities, the curtain finally opened.
"Let's start seeing the magic of Pirates of the Caribbean!"
Natalie also moved her ass arrogantly to make herself sit more comfortably, she couldn't see Kate in this position, and she was a little sulking and couldn't vent, "Let me see the charm of Gregory, I'm not here to see Jack Sparrow." ”
Reporters and film critics also began to take their seats, and after waiting for a few minutes, "Pirates of the Caribbean" slowly kicked off.
Like classic films like The Matrix, Fast & Furious, and Infernal Affairs, the film gets straight to the point after the iconic matrix opening credits, and it opens with a beautiful suspenseful scene.
In the midst of the stars, the dark gold title of the movie, "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl", appears, followed by a panoramic shot. A misty fog that completely covered the sea. A huge wooden ship with hideous corners breaks through the fog and sails into the camera,
"Cheers, sailor, yo!"
"We are tortured and robbed, mercilessly!"
The natural voice of the little girl resounded on the deck of the big ship, and little Elizabeth, played by Emma Watson, appeared in the camera dressed as a lady. The first shot was herself, which made Emma a little excited, her little butt twisted a few times on the seat, and she looked sideways at Chen Tiandu on the side.
Chen Tiandu felt her gaze and gave her a thumbs up.
Emma was encouraged and turned her head. Although it wasn't me who actually sang the song. But the "Pirate Song" was already very familiar to her, and she could still sing it.
Through the suspenseful picture specially created in the opening scene, after the slightly terrifying shot, little Elizabeth found an umbrella with Xuan'er on the sea, and a boy floating on the board, she finally screamed. The sailors were alarmed and rushed to rescue the children under the command of the captain.
However, the big ship did not stop on the surface of the sea, and before the audience could find out who this little boy was, a tattered and flaming ship on the sea broke the silence. -- The appearance of the pirate.
The scene turns, little Elizabeth holds the Aztec gold coin, wakes up from a dream, and the time shifts to when she grows up. That little girl has grown into a beautiful, intellectual lady.
Generally speaking, you can feel the style of the whole movie from the beginning of the movie, but watching the beginning of this movie makes people scratch their heads. "Is he trying to express suspense or horror, isn't he saying that this movie is a fantasy movie?" The film critic was a little confused, "But Elizabeth's role is really good, her name is Keira Knightley, and it's hard to think about it if she doesn't want to be popular." ”
Under Chen Tiandu's concise and gorgeous production techniques, the film experienced a seemingly ordinary but left a lot of suspense at the beginning, and finally opened the text. As the daughter of the governor, the scene of Elizabeth wearing a cuirass and breathlessness reminded many people of the joke that Chen Tiandu had teased for her flat chest before.
"Said to be the most popular style in London?" "I'm afraid the London woman has to learn to hold her breath." Elizabeth was almost out of breath, but it attracted laughter from many audiences.
"At that time, did women need to be tied like this, so scary?" A few little girls whispered.
In the eyes of film critics, "the film is clean, well-dressed, and colorful." From the point of view of details, this is definitely a quality work with a lot of thought through. ”
Then the handsome little blacksmith Heath Ledger also appears, and Elizabeth is about to be introduced to the brigadier general, but where is Jack Sparrow? The audience is already a little impatient.
Chen Tian didn't let the audience wait too long, and the camera suddenly turned to the magnificent sea. A passionate and rich music suddenly sounded, and the audio-visual enjoyment was suddenly upgraded. Through thick and passionate brass, colorful percussion, witty and soulful strings, the majestic symphony creates an epic soundtrack with the temperament of the sea.
The appearance of the first soundtrack of the whole film also indicates that an extraordinary story is about to happen. (To be continued.)