Chapter 66: The Work of Playing Tickets
After going to the United States for almost a month, two groups of contestants have been eliminated after four episodes of "Happy Comedian", and the good news is that the second class of hip-hop is not among them, and they are in the middle of the three votes, and once they won the first place. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
In the face of opponents whose strength is indeed much stronger than them, and their influence is incomparable, this result is already good, and after four episodes of the show, the second class of hip-hop has also gained a lot of fans, and everything is moving in a good direction.
The first to be eliminated was a certain pantomime performer, who didn't have a single line in the whole process, and relied on his rich body movements and expressions to please the audience, this kind of performance is difficult, and his performance is actually very exciting.
However, pantomime has never been interactive, the audience does not have that sense of participation, if you just watch him perform, many people will be happy, but if you have to vote for the ranking among the six groups of contestants, you will suffer, so he was the first to be eliminated.
Then the elimination was a burlesque team, which is a traditional opera, and everything with the word traditional is in an embarrassing situation these years, although many people feel sorry, but they are still eliminated.
However, it is precisely because of their wonderful performances that the ratings of the fourth episode of "Happy Comedian" have soared to 2.36, sweeping the same period and crushing the programs of other TV stations.
Because the contestants are very hard-working, the show has become a phenomenon, and the show has attracted more and more attention, the more they have gained, and at the same time, they have become more and more hard-working. Of course, the pressure is getting bigger and bigger.
It's not easy to come up with a show every week, everyone is scratching their heads, Zhang Yao and Xia Yaohan came to the studio of Imperial Satellite TV, and Hao Yiwen and they were still trying to think of ideas and ideas in the venue arranged for them by the TV station.
"Looks like they're all in good shape." Xia Yaohan nodded approvingly as soon as she entered, patted Hao Yiwen's shoulder fiercely, and said, "Yes, I didn't embarrass me, I thought that when we came back, you would have been eliminated a long time ago." ”
"How dare you, if that's the case, you'll be skinned." Hao Yiwen laughed and said, "Eldest sister, we have completed the task, right?" ”
Xia Yaohan nodded and said, "Of course, this has exceeded my expectations, and I feel that I can't say anything without rewarding you, so I decided to give you a little gift." ”
The reward or something is a joke, these gifts were originally bought for them, who goes out to travel and doesn't bring something back to relatives and friends, especially when they go abroad, they also save the sea shopping, right?
Hao Yiwen said as soon as he saw it: "Eldest sister, I'm embarrassed to say the following things when you do this." ”
"Why, isn't it enough to have gifts, what else is there to think about? Don't let me be your matchmaker, I won't hand over Ning Xue to you. ”
"Eldest sister, why did you say he brought me?" Ning Xue was shy, in fact, everyone knew that the two of them had a leg, and they had been in the second class of hip-hop for so long, supporting each other in the predicament, even if there was no relationship, they would have already supported the relationship.
"Where's that?" Hao Yiwen said: "Actually, I want to say that since we have met your expectations of the eldest sister, then it doesn't matter if we are eliminated next, right?" ”
"Get out." Xia Yaohan scolded and said, "Don't think about being blind, if you don't take down the championship, I'll skin you, have you heard of the top ten tortures?" I've been working on this lately, and I'm just using you to practice it. ”
Hao Yiwen's scalp tingled when he heard this, and said: "Eldest sister, no, this show is very difficult to do, we don't even know who the comedian is now, but judging from the previous experience, it is bound to be very strong, not to mention the champion, if you want to avoid being at the bottom, you have to take out the strength to breastfeed." ”
"Then go home and feed and eat more." Xia Yaohan said so seriously.
"Well, let's get out of the way." Hao Yiwen looked very depressed, and then said: "By the way, Zhang Yao, didn't the movie you made in Hollywood say that it has already been broadcast, show us, maybe we can get inspiration from it." ”
Zhang Yao was reading their script, and he didn't join the gag team, so he looked up and said: "My movie is not a comedy, but it is still a little depressed, how can it give you inspiration." ”
"There is a master of comedy who said well, every comedy has a sad core, why not."
Zhang Yao said: "If you want to see it, then go to the Internet to find resources by yourself, but there is no other way." ”
TV movies themselves are broadcast on TV, and HBO will not take them to theaters, let alone do overseas copyright operations, so domestic audiences can only go to the Internet to find resources to download if they want to watch them, and there are not a few people who do this.
The god of the subtitle group has already obtained the source of the film and completed the subtitles, because of the gimmick of Zhang Yao's first Hollywood movie, coupled with the cooperation with heavyweights like Lao Martin, there are countless people in China who are paying attention, and a little news is circulating everywhere.
The poster of the movie is very distinctive, only black and white are used as if it were the yin and yang fish pattern of Tai Chi, and the old Martin is a black man, and the top of the poster is his probe from the black side to the white side.
At the bottom of the poster is Zhang Yao, from the white side to the black side, forming a clear contrast.
Strictly speaking, Zhang Yao is a yellow race, which seems to be more appropriate for white people, but there is no way, and he doesn't think there is anything wrong with this, why does it have to be white?
So he still set the character with peace of mind, and did not give the character a name, but only gave two symbols, one black and one white.
The whole movie is done in a single room, just like Martin Sr. said, this is his forte, he has already used it freely, in addition to the screenwriter, he also has a good grasp of acting.
Martin Sr. plays a black pastor, devout religious, while Zhang Yao plays a young but erudite student at Harvard University who is an atheist.
From the moment the priest saves the students on the platform, an esoteric debate over life and death begins. Religion, life and death, two different people with different points of view, and the collision of words that inspire people to feel like they are going through turbulent waves.
In the first half of the film, the priest has the upper hand and holds the students steadily, and the audience seems to be able to see the result of the students being redeemed, but as the students begin to fight back, it is all shattered.
What makes sense and what doesn't? In the ninety-minute movie, the duality is as if one is an angel and the other is a devil.
The ending of the movie is the opposite of mainstream movies, but this is Zhang Yao's usual style, and in the end, the audience does not see the priest redeeming the students, but because the students waver in their beliefs, casting a shadow over the ending.
The name of this movie is "Sunset Train", a work that tortures each other's bottom line.
"Who would have thought that Zhang Yao would go to the film festival and make such a movie, compared to the previous works, this one should be considered a dark department, right?"
"Despair is concise, it's a hymn to death."
"It's a pity that I can't see it in the cinema, otherwise there will be at least hundreds of millions of box office."
"That's not necessarily, after all, the theme is a bit negative, although it is indeed a rare good movie, but the style of the work may hinder the box office, maybe it is precisely because of this that Zhang Yao wrote such a theme, and TV movies don't have to worry about box office results."
"In addition to the movie itself, Zhang Yao and Martin Berry are also surprised, I didn't expect him to cooperate with such an old actor without falling behind."
Domestic audiences have seen a lot of praise, and they are not the only ones who are surprised, HBO is the same, and the movie has also attracted wide attention from the American media after it was broadcast, and it has also received rave reviews.
Zhang Yao himself didn't pay much attention to it, after all, this is a work with ticket restrictions, although it is also an addition to his resume, but it feels as if it has nothing to do with him after the shooting.
In comparison, he is of course more interested in the film festival that won the award, after winning the award, it has pushed the attention to a new height, and the box office should be better if it is released with this momentum.
So the first thing I did when I came back was to communicate with Starlight Media and determine the release date, Zhang Yao still thought that the sooner the better, but after two cooperations, Starlight Media also became interested.
If it is released immediately, it can only be borrowed, and Starlight Media still wants to build momentum and make the movie hotter, which will take time to operate, so it is still a month of publicity period.
Zhang Yao is also happy about this, originally Starlight Media released his films, and it felt like lying down to collect money, but now they are willing to spend money on publicity, after all, it is beneficial to both parties.
It is indeed necessary to set aside enough time for publicity, Zhang Yao went to the film festival non-stop after the film was completed, and the official poster in China was not announced, let alone a trailer, and everyone was still confused about the movie.
Releasing posters and trailers, hanging all the audience's expectations and then releasing them is the best result, Starlight Media is familiar with this, but Zhang Yao doesn't know much about it, anyway, there is no need to worry about it, just wait for the result.
In this way, he is idle, Zhang Yao, who has nothing to do, can just shift his attention to "Happy Comedian", the second class of hip-hop is so hard-working, it is not bad to have time to participate, and it is also interesting to be a starring guest, and there are still many people on the Internet who are looking forward to him being on stage.