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Crazy, overnight, it seems that the whole world is crazy, everyone is crazy for the movie "High School Musical" (Full text novel fastest)

Different from the personality of "Little Sunshine" and the sensitivity and complexity of "Brokeback Mountain", "High School Musical" is actually an authentic mainstream taste work. Once the excitement of the audience is triggered, then the next step is to use The sweeping gesture, making waves in the entire film market

When "High School Musical" was released, it topped the North American box-office chart with an astonishing attitude. In the cold and windy January, it set off a youth craze called musicals. In fact, teenagers have always longed for a movie. The musical that really belongs to them, "High School Musical" satisfies their needs. The actions of the characters in the movie 1240 Chain Reaction have triggered a crowd of teenagers to follow suit, such as breaking small groups, being free, and trying things. , and most importantly, express yourself by singing and dancing

For a long time, among the groups of junior high school and high school, sports such as basketball and rugby are the value orientation of mainstream American culture. Boys yearn for sports, while girls choose cheerleading as their first choice. The objects that are clearly reflected on the screen and excluded in the high school culture are often nerds, Frankensteins, and small groups of drama clubs and musical theater clubs. The mainstream high school culture's worship of music and dance will only reflect When it comes to idol stars, such as teen idols like Lindsay Lohan and Hilary Duff, when high school students actively engage in stereotyped, partial groups like musicals, they are considered sissy, The group of geeks is excluded and cannot be integrated into the school environment

Although the story in "High School Musical" is simple, it actually shows the value orientation of American high school culture. However, this film breaks this mainstream thinking, showing all teenagers the charm of musicals, and most importantly, it shows that chasing oneself 1240 Chain Reaction Dream Freedom

Under this situation, the popularity of "High School Musical" is a matter of course, and it was only released less than a week after the film was enthusiastically sought after by teenagers Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ash Leigh Tisdale and others quickly became hot teen idols, and the music in the movie was a huge hit

The soundtrack of "High School Musical" is available for simultaneous download on itunes. In just one week, the number of downloads of the album has reached 250,000, which is enough for the soundtrack to land on the Billboard album chart and reach a high level. occupy the runner-up position

As a result, Kurt Laporte, who was in charge of the release and promotion of "High School Musical", also launched the physical album soundtrack of the movie soundtrack. It landed on the top ten of the Billboard chart in a week, and won the number one album chart with 350,000 sales in the third week of February. With such power, everyone saw the huge trend of singing and dancing. power

The "High School Musical" soundtrack has sold 4 million copies in just two months, a result that could have been among the top five on the year-end album sales list in 2005

The big sales of the soundtrack of the North American box office blockbuster movie can only be regarded as part of the "High School Musical" trend. The really outstanding part of this film is actually the huge wave set off in the cultural aspect. The sales of a series of related teen novels It has grown exponentially in a short period of time; Disneyland has also seized this business opportunity, or arranging related musical shows; the movie stars have become famous overnight, and interviews and fans have emerged one after another...

Subsequently, under the strong call of the fans, Eleven Studio opened the North American tour concert of "High School Musical". After careful arrangement, Curt Laporte chose 45 cities in North America to carry out this tour. In terms of the overall scale, it is naturally not comparable to the stage and the number of conveners of the ongoing "first" world tour "High School Musical", but the sales of tickets are still very gratifying. In March, the tickets for the 45 tours were all sold out, which once again proved the high popularity of the film, and even Brazil, Chile, Argentina and other countries in South America have also issued invitations, hoping that the stars of "High School Musical" be able to tour their country

The young actors of "High School Musical" have just finished their busy movie promotions, and then they began to prepare for the concert. Soon, Warner Bros. cooperated with Eleven Studios and began to prepare for "High School Musical". The stage play version, this time the stage play version will not be limited to Broadway performances. Warner Bros. plans to tour this stage play in the United States. So far, it has planned as many as 1,000 performances. This number is enough to make most Broadway plays lose their luster.

A musical cultural trend called "High School Musical", just like the **** trend of "Little Sunshine" and the **** trend of "Brokeback Mountain", has swept across the United States, from books to TV to talk shows, etc. Programs, as well as the Internet, life, advertising, promotional activities, etc., can all see the shadow of "High School Musical", this is a process of revolutionizing youth culture

At this time, it is not appropriate for professional film critics to speak again. Most of the people who appear in the media are sociologists and cultural scholars, analyzing the chain reaction caused by "High School Musical".

"High School Musical" represents the pursuit of dreams by teenagers, which is advocated by mainstream thinking; and this film mostly represents the desire of teenagers to vent their true thoughts, just like Troy in the movie, he loves Basketball also loves musicals, but the school environment makes him timid, and there are definitely many young people like this in real life: No one says football quarterbacks can't love singing, right? The most important thing is that "High School Musical" most directly shows the curiosity of teenagers about music and dance, which is what popular music and popular culture actually admire. Teenagers used to be in a state of passive acceptance, and now they can also Join it and experience the fun brought by music and dance. This is the direct reason for the formation of the trend of "High School Musical"

It is also feasible to put these analysis on North American teenagers and the responses of these North American markets to the world. It can be directly seen from the appeals of several countries in South America that the desire of North American teenagers is in the Europe, Asia, and Oceania are all the same. Teenagers at this age may have different cultures, thoughts, and values, but they still have something in common in the troubles of life, the construction of dreams, and the cultivation of hobbies.

So, when "High School Musical" was screened outside of North America, it was met with a frenzied response.

"High School Musical" has been released in more than 100 countries around the world, among which 23 countries including the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, and Japan have won the box office championship for at least one week. This achievement is better than "Broken Back". "Mountain" and "Little Sunshine Beauty" are much better. After all, "High School Musical" has a wide range of positioning, and the audience is suitable from ten-year-old children to families with children - this is the fundamental difference between movie ratings, the audience face size

"High School Musical" began to swept the global box office with a suffocating posture. The North American box office of 120 million US dollars simply cannot reflect the popularity of this film among the audience. Outside North America, "High School Musical" "It won the box office of 230 million US dollars in one breath, which made the global box office of "High School Musical" cross the threshold of 300 million and reached the figure of 350 million - this result is better than "Broken Back". "Mountain" is even more sturdy, which shows that the whole world is going crazy for this movie

With an investment of 5 million, a group of unknown people, grabbed 350 million US dollars at the global box office. This achievement is enviable in any film company, especially at Eleven Studios just completed. After a splendid 2005, creating such a result is even more enviable. At the same time, "High School Musical", as a "**" work that Evan Bell is just playing soy sauce, has achieved such staggering results, It also makes people see the potential of Eleven Studio. No matter what the future holds, at least Eleven Studio has a good start.

Beginning with movies~www.readwn.com~ radiating to novels, stage plays, concert tours, shows, and even culture, "High School Musical" is indeed developing in a situation that surprises everyone, even Broadway no small benefit

According to incomplete statistics, in the half year after the release of "High School Musical", Broadway's attendance rate has generally increased by 10 percentage points. The point is that the number of young people has increased a lot. -Bell starred in "Nine" and successfully hosted the Tony Awards, but the effect was obviously stronger this time, because the power of a movie must be farther than the Tony Awards, besides, now Evan Bell's appeal is also better than two years ago

Under this situation, the sequel of "High School Musical" seems to be a sure thing, but what is surprising is that there is no sound from Studio Eleven. Travi Nunn said in an interview that he will first Focus on the rehearsal of the stage play, and don't think about the sequel for the time being, and Kurt Laporte said lightly in an interview, "Not sure, everything is uncertain, even if you want to shoot a sequel, you have to wait until after the summer vacation. Besides, I still need to do a good job of the tour now.”

At this moment, everyone deeply felt the rebelliousness in the bones of Studio Eleven.

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