Chapter 343 "Legend" Storm - Sweeping the United States!

In the next few days, Zhou Shaoming was very busy, because he had planned to go to China at the end of January 2003, so the release of "I Am Legend" had to be advanced, tentatively scheduled for around mid-January, North America for a month, and then released in China.

Jon is in charge of publicity, about publicity, Zhou Shaoming has already had ideas before, first of all, the influence of Bloomberg, the mayor, must not be ignored, and then with the popularity of "The Walking Dead", another masterpiece of the Father of Chainsaw zombie films, and finally some TV stations, the Internet, and media interviews.

It's pretty much the same for the dubbing, and now all that's left is the most critical special effects.

Regarding special effects, Zhou Shaoming has the highest requirements, not only hoping to have scenes, but also hoping to be realistic, realistic and immersive.

Fortunately, the special effects department of Supernova is very powerful, and with the amazing big scene of the production of "The Day After Tomorrow", the special effects part of "I Am Legend" is progressing very quickly.

"Lyle, the words nimble and swift must be remembered, the zombies in "I Am Legend" are different from the ordinary dead zombies, more like a mutated monster, muscular, irritable, and agile." In the special effects room, Zhou Shaoming said to the special effects artist beside him.

Lyle nodded and continued to work, while Zhou Shaoming kept watching.

For a whole week, Zhou Shaoming basically took it with him in the special effects room, and regarding the special effects of "I Am Legend", Zhou Shaoming's requirements reached a demanding level, and the slightest flaw was not good.

Regarding the image of zombies just appearing, the bravery of fighting, these things are becoming more and more vivid. In the end, it's the same as the real thing. Zhou Shaoming is satisfied.

Then there are some special effects for the explosion scenes. This kind of special effect is much easier to do, and the kind of large-scale disaster in "The Day After Tomorrow" can be realistically made, and this kind of small-scale explosion scene is certainly not a problem.

On December 10th, "I Am Legend" was basically completed. Only the final cut remains.

With nearly a month to go, Supernova's official website finally gave the exact release date - January 15, 2003.

As soon as the news came out, the whole United States shook again, no doubt. Big media outlets like the Washington Post and the Chicago Daily News need some fresh advice, and those who are pure fans need great movies.

The imminent release of "I Am Legend" has aroused great expectations.

is different from before, this time there are more positive comments about "I Am Legend", perhaps because my face was hurt before, and those media who liked to attack Zhou Shaoming in the past rarely made sarcastic remarks, but more expectations.

How hot the outside world is, what kind of hot discussion, these don't care about Zhou Shaoming, Zhou Shaoming and his employees are working hard in the company.

Christmas is coming. And Zhou Shaoming's plan is to get out the land of "I Am Legend" before Christmas, and promote it greatly after Christmas. It's good to release it in mid-January.

The film only has a few small aspects such as cuts and posters, and with the efforts of all the employees of Supernova, it is progressing very quickly.

Regarding tailoring, Zhou Shaoming shortened many of Robert's boring and bland plots, and lengthened the scene about zombies.

Especially the two scenes where Sam died in the mouth of the zombie dog and the zombie attacked the villa at the end, Zhou Shaoming lengthened it all.

The film can be divided into quite a few segments.

First of all, there are memories interspersed in the film, that is, the zombie outbreak in New York City, these paragraphs, Zhou Shaoming cut them a little, but focused on the part about the young mother begging the protagonist to take away her child, and the part about Robert loudly ordering the police to retest his wife.

These two scenes fully reflect the outbreak of the virus, the horror of zombies, the pathos of weak human beings in the face of disasters, and the purity and greatness of maternal love and love.

Then there are some one-man shows by Will Smith, these scenes are very bland, but indispensable, and are the key to the composition of this film, part of the idea conveyed by the movie "I Am Legend" is loneliness, so these bland scenes can be simple, but not all omitted.

Especially about the focused portrayal of several scenes.

One is Robert talking to himself at the store, the other is Robert working hard in the laboratory, and the other is driving Sam in a car in the desolate New York City.

A few seemingly boring and bland pictures in just a few pictures outline a lonely, sad, but hopeful, and determined protagonist.

Of course, a few of the irrelevant scenes were omitted, and in general, Zhou Shaoming made a lot of changes to the bland scenes, and in the end only the general was left, which accelerated the development of the plot.

One of the climaxes of the film, that is, the first appearance of zombies, the scene in the dark, Zhou Shaoming asked the special effects artist to focus on the portrayal, and strive for perfection, the zombies first appeared, and the scene of chasing Robert was portrayed quite wonderfully at Zhou Shaoming's request, the scene was particularly shocking, and the image of a strong and brave zombie was easily conveyed.

The subsequent capture of female zombies, the battle of zombie dogs, the drug battle against the corpses trying to find death at night, and the final zombie battle are all described with strong special effects, which makes this zombie film full of science fiction.

In the end, "I Am Legend" was frozen in about two hours.

In the office, Zhou Shaoming enjoyed this basically completed film alone.

At the beginning of the appearance, the desolation of New York City, all kinds of dilapidated weeds, and dilapidated cars gave people the feeling of desolation and loneliness, Zhou Shaoming nodded slightly, quite satisfied.

This is followed by a number of interspersed and bland episodes, all the way to the first climax, the appearance of zombies.

It took a total of 30 minutes, which seems like a long time, but compared to the previous plane, I am a legend, and the progress is much faster.

The appearance of the first climax is quite powerful, even Zhou Shaoming, who already knows the result, is still a little nervous, the dark and gloomy environment, the terrifying music, as the protagonist falls more and more into the dark, Zhou Shaoming's heart can't help but hang.

When the zombie appeared for the first time, the powerful shock chase gave people a visual enjoyment, and the dark depression just now was cathartic in an instant. Zhou Shaoming let out a deep breath. The look of satisfaction in his eyes became even stronger.

A whole film down. Zhou Shaoming's feelings were nervous, exciting, moved and admired.

Compared with "I Am a Legend" in the last time and space, this one I shot by myself is obviously more cool! The probability and time of zombie appearance have been greatly improved, and the exciting and exciting fights have kept people's hearts hanging.

And about Sam's death and the woman who saved him from the zombie leader, he was a little moved.

The ideological connotation and scene special effects seem to be there. How could Zhou Shaoming not be satisfied?

On December 15, the post-production of "I Am Legend" was officially completed, and there are two posters, the first of which is the protagonist Robert standing on the streets of New York with a gun and a dog.

And the second paragraph. It's the zombie leader and Robert staring at each other!

In the end, Zhou Shaoming chose the first paragraph, because the image of zombies was revealed in the second paragraph.

"The production of "I Am Legend" has been completed, and it will be released on January 15th, so stay tuned!" On the same day, an eye-catching news appeared on the official website of Supernova. ”

At the same time, some other news about the film was released.

1 - "I Am Legend" Director - Smith Chow!

2 -- Two large males, Will Smith and Hugh. Jackman is playing, and at the same time, the chocolate beauty Jessica joins, and of course, Sam Dog and Evela, the cast is very strong!

3 - Another zombie blockbuster after Smith Chow's "Resident Evil".

4 - The film genre is a sci-fi zombie film, which contains a lot of lost elements, sci-fi elements, love, family affection, and so on.

5 - "I Am Legend". New York City Mayor Bloomberg kindly joined.

These five pieces of news have come out and have caused a huge sensation immediately. Especially about Bloomberg's joining, although many people knew about it as early as the time of filming, there has been no official recognition, and now the announcement on the official website of Supernova is very powerful.

How will the mayor of New York City perform when he joins "I Am Legend", and will the mayor be interested in entering the entertainment industry in the future?

There has been a lot of talk about this in the last two days, and even the phone calls from the New York City government are almost bursting.

Of course, Bloomberg himself responded, that is, he was honored to be involved in the filming of "I Am Legend", he has a great interest in acting and film, and at the same time, he admires Smith Chow's film talent.

After these remarks, Bloomberg's popularity soared, and his approval rating increased a lot, and many fans who were not very popular in politics supported Bloomberg, making other officials envious.

"As we all know, the father of chainsaw is a talented director, from "Chainsaw" to "Happiness Knocks on the Door", basically every movie will surprise people and cause a trend, what kind of surprise will "I Am Legend" bring us? Let's wait and see! —The Atlanta Daily Journal

"Everyone is looking forward to the arrival of "Legend", will "I Am Legend" really create a legend again? Smith Week's "Legends" storm, are you ready? —Washington Daily News

"Zombie films, Smith Chow's forte, and the main work of supernovas, whether it is "Resident Evil" or "The Walking Dead", have achieved great success, so, there is no doubt that "I Am Legend" will definitely not disappoint, but what kind of innovation will Smith Chow have when he makes a zombie film again? Perhaps this is what we are looking forward to the most, let the time pass quickly, come to 2003! —The Philadelphia Daily News

"Zombie films? Has Smith Chow's talent run out? Shoot repetitive subjects? —Chicago Daily News

"Why is "I Am Legend" a zombie movie? If it is an inspirational film about Smith Zhou himself, it is best to star Smith Week himself, I think this film will be even more exciting. —Los Angeles Daily News

The outside world has good and bad evaluations, Zhou Shaoming himself is indeed calm as usual, and everything is waiting for January 15, 2003!

A week before Christmas, Supernova has its last hustle of hustle, and that is about publicity.

"I Am Legend" has a total of three promotions, the first of which is in New York, the largest city in the United States.

New York is the first stop of the publicity, and Zhou Shaoming is going to take Will Smith, Harry, Jessica, Hugh. Jackman and the others went together.

New York is very special, first of all, a strong economic and demographic base is there, it is definitely a big box office, and secondly, "I Am Legend" was filmed on the Brooklyn Bridge and Washington Square, and there were so many New York locals who became extras at that time.

Of course, the most advantageous point is the involvement of New York City Mayor Bloomberg.

Prior to this, Zhou Shaoming had spoken with Bloomberg on the phone, and on December 18, Washington Square will usher in the first promotion of "I Am Legend".

Mr. Bloomberg will be in attendance, and Serena, the beautiful reporter of the New York Daily News, will be filmed all over the city.

On December 17, Zhou Shaoming, Will Smith, Hugh. Jackman and the others, along with Sam Dog, once again stay at the Brooklyn Hotel.

The next morning, Benjamin woke up early and went to Washington Square to arrange the stage costumes.

Big red stalls and high stages stand in Washington Square.

As time went on, it came to eight o'clock in the morning.

Zhou Shaoming and the others had already gotten up and cheered up and headed towards Washington Square.

As early as two days ago, the media had already carried out a large area of media coverage of today's first propaganda, especially the newspaper network in New York and so on.

So almost all New Yorkers know -- Smith Week is coming to Washington Square this morning.

From seven or eight o'clock in the morning to nine o'clock, in just one or two hours, thousands of people gathered in Washington Square, and the stage was enclosed on ten floors inside and outside.

Many of them were extras who participated in the filming of "I Am Legend" at that time.

At this time, they were bragging to their friends.

"Jack, you didn't go to the filming site at the time, you don't know how spectacular it was, police cars, cars, planes, reporters, mayors, everything!"

"I heard about it, and I regret it, it seems that you still have a photo with Smith Zhou after you finished shooting, right?"

"Of course, the photos are still at home, and Smith Chow's real people are even more handsome than the ones on the photos and online. My daughter is a big fan of his, and now so am I. ”

"Haha me too, I missed the opportunity to be an extras last time, it's a pity, I must participate if I have the opportunity in the future."

"Where's your turn? Millions of people across the United States are waiting! ”

"Hehe, that's what I said, but I'm here today, and I'm satisfied to be able to see the real person of Smith Zhou!"

"Who's to say it's not, just wait, Smith Chow won't let you down!"

There are endless discussions like this, and before Zhou Shaoming and others arrived, the atmosphere at the scene seemed to be a little high. It's tidal! (To be continued.) )