Made in Hollywood

The second day of the awards ceremony was a feast of media reports. Many media criticized the academy. The reason was that Martin Scorsese should indeed take a figurehead, but instead of relying on "Infinite Walker", quite a few media criticized the academy. It is balancing.

These media completely forgot. Before the awards ceremony, they also said that if Martin Scorsese could not get the best director, the Oscar would lose the most basic fairness...

It can only be said that they are worthy of the media, no matter how they say they always have enough reasons, they always stand in a righteous position.

The Oscar tragedy encountered by "The Dark Knight" Duke did not care at all. This is the most normal treatment for a superhero movie on Oscars. The post-production of "Transformers" has not yet been completed. He has neither time nor energy. Go Sigh about Oscar.

Returning to the Transformers Studio, supervision of editing and special effects are still Duke's main work. The film's soundtrack and theme song have also completed the first version. After they are sent over, they are waiting for his review.

The soundtrack is still the handwriting of Hans Zimmer, this famous commercial soundtrack master, just like John Williams to George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, gradually became Duke’s exclusive soundtrack The trend of the division.

The soundtrack of the film is dominated by rock and electronic music. The first version submitted by Hans Zimmer did not completely satisfy Duke, and a lot of revisions were required.

In addition, it’s the theme song. The ending theme song’s style is opposite to the soundtrack, but it continues the scene of the affectionate scene of Sam and Michaela at the end of the film at sunset. It is a country-style pop song based on love.

Frankly speaking, Duke didn't know much about pop music. After the "Last Parting" of "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King", he did not use the singer's theme song in the film. Add a song this time, mainly to take care of Nancy Josephson.

For his films, one more song and one less song are nothing at all.

But adding a singer to the crew can open her market visibility.

In the studio's recording studio, Duke put down his headset and looked at the other people. Asked, "What do you think?"

Anna Prinz sorted her long hair tousled by the headset, and said, "I think it's good, Swift's singing is very distinctive."

"I think it's good too." Tina Fei agreed.

In the recording studio, Taylor Swift had taken off his headset, eyes full of anticipation, constantly shifting back and forth on Duke and a few others.

"Just use it." Duke nodded.

Taylor Swift exhaled slightly, and secretly let out a cry of excitement. She has the self-control ability that a girl of this age rarely has, and she comes to the crowd with an expression of excitement while maintaining her calm.

"thanks, thanks……"

She thanked Tina Fey, Anna Prinz and Duke one by one, and stood by Nancy Josephson's side.

Duke looked at his watch, "Come here first, Anna, let's go back to the editing room."

See Duke going. Taylor Swift over there quickly said, "Can I visit the studio?"

"Yes." Duke motioned to Nancy Josephson. "You can take her around."

After speaking, he and Anna Prinz left the recording studio and returned to the editing room.

Post-production is never an easy job. Ninety-nine percent of the post-production of movies takes more time or energy than shooting, after nearly three hours of busy work. Duke walked into the spacious lounge of the studio, and just sat opposite a row of Transformers models, and there was a crisp sound of footsteps behind him.

"Can I sit here?"

Hearing this sound, Duke turned his head slightly, only to see a pair of legs of amazing length. Taylor Swift, wearing jeans and a long-sleeved T-shirt, stood by this resting table and said, “I just went to the special effects studio with Nancy. As a fan of Transformers since I was a child, I think The special effects in the movie are simply unimaginable."

Would a girl like Transformers?

Duke shook his head secretly and motioned to the seat opposite, "Sit down."

"Thank you." Taylor Swift sat opposite him and asked curiously, "The robot in the movie looks incredibly complicated. Why did you choose this way of expression instead of more..."

She scratched her face, seemingly unable to find the right words.

"Easier? Like an animated character?"

Seeing Taylor Swift’s characteristic head, Duke couldn’t help laughing. “In that case, it’s basically equivalent to filming a movie, um...

He thought for a moment, and said, "It's equivalent to filming "Ghostbusters". Transformers are just a mushroom man with a new face. That's not good."

Taylor Swift is very clever and found a common topic easily. She blinked her big navy blue eyes, revealing a curiosity, and asked, "Why?"

"On a 40-foot-tall screen, you have to show the audience as many details as possible, all kinds of things fly around, firmly occupying the audience's eyes; the mechanical parts are extremely complex, dazzling the audience."

The girl’s fresh dress and her innocence from time to time make it easy to give people a good impression. At least on the surface, Duke rarely said a few words, "In the beginning, the film production was not very smooth. The original robot was simply called People are disgusting. Then I have been busy making the whole visual effect real and beautiful little by little."

"I see," Taylor Swift was very active, and he took Duke's words and said, "My own heart is the hardest to deceive. I see imperfect things..."

She deliberately made a disdainful expression, "There was a voice in her head saying ‘huh, cartoon! Bad cartoon!’"

Seeing her funny expression, Duke couldn't help thinking of Scarlett Johansson of the same age, whose nerves strained because of his busyness gradually eased.

He shrugged and said, "You have some truth in what you said. During the preparation period, I watched the 1986 "Transformers" animated film again, but I can't find the previous feeling anymore. I only watched the beginning. Five minutes, and then I wanted to shoot myself."

Duke laughed. "I can't stand this kind of thing. I have to figure out the effect of this movie I want to make by myself."

Taylor Swift also laughed, "In this way, you become the target of those diehard fans?"

Duke nodded slightly, and the tall blond girl said indignantly, "Who among those criticizing you has seen what a robot in the 3D world is like?"

"I should go to work." Duke stood up. "You can continue to visit."

The post-production of the film continued to advance. By April, it was nearing the end. Duke also cut out the first official trailer and gave it to Warner Bros. for promotion.

"Twenty years ago, a group of living robots came to our earth from the planet Cybertron and fought an extremely fierce war. More than 20 years later, they came back and started a new desperate battle. , The catastrophe is approaching, which side are you on, is it an Autobot or a Decepticon?"

With Optimus Prime posing in a sturdy fighting pose, the first trailer was frozen on the big screen in Times Square in New York, and then a large line of subtitles lit up.

"Their war, our world!"

This is the slogan of "Transformers".

A large number of pedestrians stopped to watch, leaving the big screen and moving on. Before they had gone far, they saw the huge movie poster on the billboard.

This is the latest poster, composed of four pieces.

One is Optimus Prime vs. Megatron. Megatron seems to have fallen from the sky and enveloped the world; while Optimus Prime on one side is a huge head glaring at him, completely plunged into darkness.

The other three character posters are the three protagonists of Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Bumblebee. These Transformers posters are full of three-dimensional and metallic feelings, which are extremely eye-catching.

"Bumblebee's body is covered with mud and scars." Someone who followed the film murmured in front of the poster, "I don't know what kind of long road this most kind Autobot has driven."

"Go to the Internet and take a look." His companion reminded him, "While the movie hasn't been released yet, please add some knowledge of "Transformers"."

Just like this person said, starting from April, the publicity of "Transformers" has entered the final stage of tackling tough problems. In addition to the usual publicity methods, in order to help viewers who are not fans of animation to watch the film better, "Transformation" King Kong's studio also launched a number of thematic columns and viral videos on the official website and several cooperative websites, such as the "Transformed Machine Life Form-"Transformers" Series Chronicles" Watch "Transformers" What You Must Know .

Many sponsors also launched a series of promotional activities.

For example, as the number of Bumblebee exposures increased and the sales of that Chevrolet Camaro sports car soared, General Motors launched a special event ‘Transforming the Future with Chevrolet’.

There is also Hasbro. As the original toy manufacturer, they have launched several toys developed based on this film. These toys use the latest "automatic deformation technology". When a component "transforms", other related components will "Deformation" follows automatically.

In the past, Hasbro rarely developed toys based on the settings of film and television works. Generally, toys were developed first, and then the film and television images created around these toys were produced. However, this is a commercial production directed by Duke, which will bring toys to toys. They naturally know what pulling action is.

North America is just one of many regions where "Transformers" is simultaneously screened globally. At the global premiere of the film, due to the investment of China Film Group, the publicity work of this film is on a scale that has never been introduced before. (To be continued...)