my movie years

Chapter 229 Super Bowl Announcement

On the contrary, Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark also lost their parents, but he chose to bear the painful past and let himself always struggle with pain and moral boundaries.

If so, I am afraid that the movie "The Dark Knight" is destined to hit the street, because this movie magnifies the struggle of Bruce Wayne, and even the struggle of Gotham.

However, things are not static. If he made the same easy choice as Marvel, Zhang Hao dared to conclude that DC would definitely not be able to beat Marvel.

The popularity of superhero movies with light-hearted stories does not mean that there is no room for serious dark-style superhero movies.

On the contrary, Marvel and DC are like two rivals. It is the existence of Marvel that makes the existence of DC, and it is the existence of Marvel that makes the existence of DC meaningful.

In this kind of serious and dark style super British movie, the shaping of the villain is very important.

If it is set as a villain with a facial makeup like Marvel next door, there is a high probability that the film will hit the street, and Zhang Hao will also be scolded to death by Batman fans.

But unfortunately, what Zhang Hao prepared for movie fans is an unprecedented villain in movie history: the clown.

Throughout all super-English movies, the clown of "The Dark Knight" can also be called a bursting existence.

After Jeff Robinov went to visit the crew and saw Heath Ledger's Joker, he said to Zhang Hao: "If it wasn't for the title and it was called "Batman: The Dark Knight", I almost thought this movie was "clown"."

In fact, when the theater version is officially released, Zhang Hao will remove the word "Batman" and use only the title "Dark Knight".

The purpose of this is to remove Batman's impression of the film in comics and past impressions.

What Zhang Hao wants to tell everyone is, put aside the narrow view of Batman in the past, this is a brand new super-English movie.

With a film like The Dark Knight, the production process is absolutely torture.

In fact, there is only one film with a heavy style like "The Dark Knight". Even in the next "Dark Knight Rises", the heavy dark style has been seriously weakened.

After this film is over, Zhang Hao must change his mind and make a few films with a relatively relaxed style.

From mid-January to the Super Bowl on February [-]th, the post-production of "The Dark Knight" was just a rough idea.

However, the film still edited a 30-second trailer, ready to be put on the Super Bowl halftime commercial.

Similarly, the "Avengers 2: Age of Ultron" that is in post-production next door also edited the trailer and put it on the Super Bowl commercial.

Since the last time "Iron Man 3" and "Batman: Begins" contested, Marvel and DC movies have once again fought in the Super Bowl.

According to the schedule announced by Disney and Warner Pictures, "The Dark Knight" will be released on the weekend after the premiere of "Avengers 2: Age of Ultron".

Therefore, the competition between the two films has also attracted a lot of attention in North America, as well as in China.

After Marvel entered the mainland market, it accumulated a lot of fans through the accumulation of film after film, but "The Dark Knight" is also not a vegetarian.

This is Zhang Hao's base camp, and the previous work "Batman: Beginning of War" has achieved good box office and reputation.

So from the very beginning, Warner Pictures and Disney Pictures have tried their best to promote not only in North America, but also in the Mainland.

But as mentioned above, this is Zhang Hao's base camp, which not only has a huge number of movie fans, but also means that Zhang Hao has a strong network here.

Do you think the director of "Avengers 2: Age of Ultron" knows more Chinese stars, or does Zhang Hao know more Chinese stars?
How about meeting you Joss Whedon?Anyway, most Chinese stars can only hang out in the Chinese market, and they can't go to Hollywood.

But Zhang Hao is different, he can go to Hollywood, and he can also come back.

Therefore, in terms of publicity in the mainland, Warner Pictures and "The Dark Knight" are undoubtedly the big winners.

This Hollywood super-English movie produced by the Chinese team led by Zhang Hao has been listed as the most anticipated movie this summer.

In North America, the situation is slightly reversed.

Batman's previous work can be regarded as rescuing the series, but compared to the position where Marvel has reached its peak, the Batman movie still cannot compete with it.

Therefore, it is basically North America, Europe, America, South America, Australia and other markets. "Avengers 2: Age of Ultron" is bigger than "The Dark Knight".

In Asia, including the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea, etc., "The Dark Knight" is bigger than "Avengers 2: Age of Ultron".

Disney headquarters, Robert Iger's office, he watched this year's Super Bowl with Kevin Feige, and there was a halftime performance, and the fruit sister Katy Perry appeared on the stage riding a mechanical tiger, which ignited the atmosphere of the audience.

But this is not the most important thing. Robert Iger is most concerned about the time of the halftime commercial show.

Last year, the NFL officially increased its publicity in China. This year, [-] media outlets, including Penguin Sports and Sina Sports, broadcast the Super Bowl simultaneously.

Similarly, the wonderful Super Bowl halftime show was also broadcast together, and more importantly, even the time of the commercial show was also broadcast.

Among them, the biggest reason is the promotion of interests. If this broadcast is not ideal, it is estimated that not many Chinese sports media will pay attention to NFL.

The NFL has always envied the influence of the NBA in China and is also committed to promoting football. Naturally, it does not want this broadcast to end hastily.

But unfortunately, at the end of the first half, the data from the Chinese broadcasters was mediocre, not even comparable to the broadcast data and popularity of an NBA regular season.

However, with the Super Bowl halftime performance and the time for the commercial show, the broadcast data has increased significantly.

Apparently, Chinese audiences are less interested in the game of rugby than they are in the halftime show and the segments of the Hollywood trailer during commercial breaks.

One of the most interesting clips is the first preview of "The Dark Knight".

Robert Iger and Kevin Feige watched the entire halftime commercial show, and also saw the trailer of their new movie, as well as the trailer of the new movie of Warner Bros.

In just 30 seconds of the trailer, the quality revealed by "The Dark Knight" has already made Robert Iger feel frightened.

"Kevin, what do you think of the trailer for The Dark Knight?" Robert Iger asked.

Kevin Feige frowned, as if he had encountered some huge difficulty.He recalled the trailer carefully before answering: "Only from the perspective of the trailer, this trailer is undoubtedly more attractive than the trailer of our movie."

"What if the final quality of the movie is the same as this trailer?" Robert Iger asked again.

Kevin Fitch shook his head and said, "I don't know, I can't predict, Bob. All I can say is that "The Dark Knight" is coming. Maybe we underestimated this movie."

Robert Iger faintly felt that perhaps Marvel would face a huge challenge this time.I don't know why he felt this way, but it was very strong.

Unlike Robert Iger's strong anxiety, Zhou Yang, who is far away in China, also watched the Super Bowl.

He's not interested in football, he just wants to see the Hollywood blockbuster trailer show at halftime of the Super Bowl.When he saw the trailer for The Dark Knight, he also had a strong premonition in his heart.

Zhou Yang had a premonition that he might see the birth of a masterpiece in film history.

Of course, the trailer is just a trailer, and everything will not be known until it is released in theaters.

After the Super Bowl, Hans Zimmer and Zhang Hao edited the soundtrack together.The complete soundtrack is not suitable for full play in the entire film, and a trade-off must be made.

Which segment needs which soundtrack, what kind of mood should be matched with what kind of soundtrack, are all particular.

Hans Zimmer and Zhang Hao said that he used a lot of depressing electronic music to highlight the evil of the clown in his soundtrack.

Full of depressive feeling is the distinctive feature of this clown theme soundtrack.

It uses a seemingly uncoordinated monophonic transposition, combined with special sound effects produced by an electronic synthesizer, to directly give people a strong auditory stimulus.

Hans Zimmer obviously used a lot of cold timbre to create the dark atmosphere of the soundtrack, many dissonant chords and almost crazy weird melodies.

Coupled with an unusually rich electronic element, there are even analog stopwatch countdowns and explosion-like sound effects integrated into it.

The mixture of various timbres not only makes the electronic sound effects describing the clown not aurally weak, but also makes the emotion more full and real.

Then came the background score of Batman, which inherited the tone of "Batman: Begins", but was richer and more gorgeous.

The violin keeps playing a sixteenth-note jumping bow, which is strong and powerful. With the sense of urgency created by the percussion instruments, it shows an unstable and uneasy mood.

Coupled with the long notes stretched out by the strings, it is completely a release of passion. With the accelerated Batman theme with a strong sense of rhythm, it is full of movement.

This soundtrack combines the effects of electronic music and orchestral music, which is quite commercial and full of modernity.

This technique often appears in Hans Zimmer's soundtrack works, and the effect is quite good.

The last one played was Harvey Dent's background music.

This soundtrack uses a large number of beautiful piano solos and a large number of Batman theme variations, which are clearly divided into two parts, just like Harvey Dent's life.

However, even in the bright first half, the piano melody of the soundtrack uses a series of cool notes, the melody is quite divergent, and seems to tell a poignant story.

The soundtrack also tells the story. A movie is not only the plot screen, but also the soundtrack must match the story.

After the soundtrack was added, "The Dark Knight" gradually acquired the attributes of a theatrical movie. On the eve of the Chinese New Year, Zhang Hao completed the first cut of the film.

　Another chapter tonight...

　　
　
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