Hollywood Drawing

The TV suddenly turned completely black, and at the same time it caught the attention of agent Lloyd Connor, who stopped his voice and looked at the TV involuntarily.

The darkness flashed past at this moment, "Den!" With the sound of low background music, the TV turned from pitch black to instantly lit up at the same time. This background music is almost familiar to fans who have seen Batman's previous works, especially those who have seen it more than once. It comes from another Hollywood soundtrack master, Hans Zimmer.

The whole piece of music is low and empty, like a classical symphony, which is very easy to give people the feeling of blood boiling. In the first shot of the trailer, the camera directly replaces the audience's perspective. From a top-down perspective, you can see most of Gotham City in the dark.

The next second, Batman in dark armor appeared in the center of the camera. The camera did not show Batman's face, but followed his back and jumped down from the upstairs.

The camera's perspective closely follows the jumping Batman, while also giving the audience a glimpse of Gotham City's lights. The signal is clear, this is a thriving metropolis, this is a gigantic city shrouded in darkness.

The short shot flashed by and lasted only three or four seconds, but through the wide-angle lens and the towering spatial layout in the dark, it brought a strong shock to the audience in front of the TV.

The fierce screen went dark again, this time for a shorter time, less than a second, and two huge letters suddenly appeared in the middle: DC.

"How shall I begin?"

The voice-over appeared at the same time as the bright picture, and when Officer Gordon opened the door, the brightness also reached its peak. The design of the trailer is exactly the same as that of the main film. Wayne deliberately sets the scene where Officer Gordon appears to be brighter, and has obvious visual differences from others.

The reason is also very simple. Although this is a movie with dark tones as the main body, he is also constantly using the lens tones to tell the audience that Gotham, a metropolis full of sins, also has a ray of light that cannot be ignored. The representative of the light is Officer Gordon.

"The police and lawyers didn't dare to touch you a year ago. What happened after that?"

The Joker's back flashed by, the high-tech Batmobile crashing through everything flashed by, and the double-faced man's shot flashed by, and the shots were switched quickly and continuously, simply explaining the theme of the movie.

At this point, another voice-over sounded. "Do you have any good ideas?"

"It's very simple, kill Batman!"

At the moment when the answer appeared, the camera spun sharply, showing the audience in front of the TV all over the world the face of the speaker. Yes, it was exactly the same as what people had guessed, that is, a face of white makeup, painted with Dark circles under the eyes and clowns with long red lips!

The trailer did not give the audience time to react. After showing the main characters through the flashing shots, darkness flashed past again. This time, what appeared on TV was a neat big explosion, accompanied by the fire snake. The building fragments flying all over the sky are flying wildly, as if this huge explosion happened right in front of you.

Seeing the big explosion in front of him, his agent Lloyd Connor's face turned dark red in an instant. The contagious low-pitched background music, combined with the super special effects picture, made his emotions agitated. Incomparable, and at the same time, there is a deep sense of expectation for the film.

After the big explosion, the camera quickly switched again. Batman rode a motorcycle and shot violently and flew quickly through the dark Gotham City. The clown wore a mask and robbed a submachine gun. The car was blown directly into the sky. The sky falls and smashes the car...

Various exciting pictures flashed continuously, leaving no time for people to breathe and think. At the same time, the background music also entered the high nest part, and the drums began to be more low and violent, and a wonderful picture that flashed quickly formed. a good fit.

Suddenly, the background music stopped abruptly, and the streets of Gotham at night appeared in the shot. The Joker came to the center of the shot wearing the iconic trench coat, and his monologue appeared again.

"It's a good show!"

"go!"

"There should be more senior criminals in this city, and I'll show them a good look!"

For seven or eight seconds at the end, all the scenes of the clown causing chaos, creating explosions, and committing crazy crimes. Finally, as the clown tilted his head slightly and clapped his hands together, a more violent explosion filled the TV screen!

Just like the beginning of the trailer, the screen returned to pitch black again, with a few lines of huge, dazzling blue words lined up on it: 1997.5.9 (Friday), Majestic returns to the big screen! Batman 2: The Dark Knight! Wayne Greenberg works!

It's just a short 30-second trailer. Although the fast-switching shots are filled with all kinds of explosions, crimes, actions, car chases, and so on that are full of visual feasts, as long as you observe carefully, what is revealed in it There is enough information.

"Excellent production! It's like a **** dark epic opera, it's absolutely stunning!"

The Dior commercials that had started later did not attract Lloyd Connor's attention at all. He was still immersed in the wonderful pictures just now and all kinds of vague guessing information. What made him suddenly alert was that he did not know Unconsciously, the short trailer instigated the whole person's emotions and blood.

"Self-fallen! Humph!"

A cold snort interrupted his agent Lloyd Connor's thoughts and made him realize that he was sitting in the living room of his client's luxury villa at the moment.

"I guessed it without seeing the finished film. It is obvious that an excellent villain can be used to better discuss the people at the bottom of North American society and dig deeper into the disaster caused by corrupt human nature, but I like to add too many explosions and chases in the film. Cars and special effects are vulgar and low-level means to attract the attention of the audience, and I am willing to fall!" The agent shrugged, in fact, he did not agree with the so-called evaluation of his client, without those wonderful explosions, action shots and The big special effects scene, should the audience sit down and watch the two hours of slow literary scenes? Can it still be called a DC comic super blockbuster? It is better to simply shoot low-cost independent literary and artistic films directly, and avoid being scolded by the audience for being a sheep's head and selling dog meat.

"Roger."

Seeing that his client's face was gradually getting flushed, he hesitated and persuaded again: "He has no fundamental conflict of interest with us, if it weren't for that time you were going to sell Michael Ovitz's favor and help spread the word in the column. "Criticizing" The Departed, there is no conflict between us. Roger, maybe, we can try to let go of everything..."

"shutthef**kup!"

Roger Albert's angry voice hissed like a poisonous snake, and his blush became more dense, and his anger was obviously reaching its peak. "If it wasn't for that **** guy who asked Warner Bros to help and squeeze me from various channels, I wouldn't have been knocked down by the disease, and I wouldn't have been diagnosed with cancer. What are you trying to say? Ah ha? Tell me!"

"hey-hey."

Lloyd Connor immediately raised his hands, made a gesture of surrender, and said in a hurried tone: "You know Roger, I will always stand with you, we are on the same boat."

Contrary to the atmosphere in the faraway Chicago villa, at the Greenberg estate in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Naomi Watts holds little Fendi in her arms and holds up her daughter's The two snow-white chubby hands kept flapping.

"Fendi, let's congratulate Dad, you see, he's doing a great job, right? You should be proud of him."

Different from the Super Bowl the previous year, in addition to Sergey, Hella and his wife, the Cruises were also invited in the living room today. Obviously, Wayne is a person who understands the relationship between you and me, and the other party can take the initiative. Showing good, he is not stingy with his friendship.

Although I know that this couple has many flaws, in this circle, who can say that he is a real little white flower?

"Damn, it's so shocking!" Tom Cruise patted the arm of the man sitting next to him and raised the beer bottle in his hand. "Congratulations, Wayne, I knew it must be a dark epic destined to shock everyone."

The two touched the beer bottle with a smile, raised their heads and drank a few gulps together, and didn't watch the second half of the game that was about to start.

Tom Cruise is very satisfied with the current relationship between the two, and he seized the opportunity to take the initiative to make a good relationship, which had a good effect. In Hollywood, who can guarantee that they will always be brilliant? In fact, in the ever-developing history of Hollywood, even the superstars have their fortunes up and down.

Although he is now one of the biggest box office guarantees in the circle, as the superstar with the most box office appeal, his sense of crisis will never disappear.

That's right, the styles of the two really don't match, and the possibility of being able to cooperate is very slim, but one day your face will not be as popular as it is now? No one can say such a thing. Once there is a real need for transformation, at least the other party can give him a better choice.

In the eyes of most film critics and professionals, Tom Cruise seems to know how to act handsome and sell his face in front of the camera, but those people do not consider that his face is the most recognized box office by fans in the 1990s. Guarantee, in fact, to be able to reach the superstar status, is there really a lack of subjective acting skills?

If you are willing to look at his performance in the first two years of "Rain Man", most audiences will be surprised to find that his brilliance is just overshadowed by Dustin Hoffman's superb performance.

"Is the nomination for The Departed no problem?"

As the second half of the Super Bowl continued, Tom Cruise leaned against the couch with his arms outstretched, sipping a beer every now and then, and the two chatted casually.

"Normally, it's not a big problem."

Wayne smiled wryly and shook his head. "During this period of time, I have been participating in public relations receptions and various activities. There should be no problems with the nomination. The difficulty is later."

"I will call on my friends to vote for you."

"Thank you, Tom."

Holding up the wine bottle for a moment, Wayne smiled and nodded, making it clear that he accepted the favor. Under the circumstance that everything is still uncertain, even if it is a vote that can be drawn, he will not let it go easily. After all, the matter of Chong Ao will not happen to him again for many years to come.

The production of "The Dark Knight" plus the budget for publicity and distribution has already exceeded 200 million US dollars. The more investment in such a huge project, the more resources the production company usually invests in publicity and marketing. .

Before the Super Bowl, the film had already used the leak to win the sympathy of most ordinary audiences. After the Super Bowl halftime commercial show ended, the influence of "The Dark Knight" reached another level, which is different from other summer commercials. The marketing strategy of the blockbuster, "The Dark Knight" began to bombard the entire North American region gradually through various media channels as early as the end of January.

Wayne knows very well in his heart that, compared to the production style that the academy members appreciate on the surface, he is actually a commercial film director. Even he himself will not deny this.

It is because of this that even though "The Departed" has a considerable advantage throughout the awards season, he has never relaxed his public relations lobbying. As long as he is required to appear, even if it is a small internal review. During the film meeting, he would take the trouble to nod and say hello to the invited guests.

Especially at the critical time point in early February, he simply gave up the post-production work on "The Dark Knight" and let Charles Rowan stare at it temporarily, and since then he has devoted all his energy to various social activities. For example, Warner Bros. and Greenberg Studios jointly hold a movie viewing party every three or five days. The target group who can receive invitations is very wide. The local film critics in Los Angeles, headed by Kenneth Turan, have The members of the voting academy, the media reporters who helped a lot in the promotion of the film, as long as they are related to the Oscar event, all appeared on the invited list one after another.

Of course, those guests who are invited through various relationships can not only get a good social platform, some people like hot girls models, some people like spirits, but the most satisfying thing for these people is that each No one who comes to a movie party will come home empty-handed.

Perhaps the hardcover videotape of "The Departed" will not attract most people, and there are many people who haven't seen this film until now. However, the latest VCR used to play these videotapes is definitely sought after by most people, and these goodies specially customized by Warner Bros. were all sent out in the name of "borrowing".

It should be noted that this is a large-scale public relations method, which has actually touched the bottom line of the college's expression of the spirit of free competition. Oscar is indeed a game with special rules, but the fancy operation of Wayne's public relations team is the first time that insiders feel that the Jin Yuan offensive has no offline.

Many competitors who also had ambitions for this year's Oscars did not wait for the warning from the academy. The PR parties over there continued to be held one after another, and the bigwigs in the academy seemed to have seen nothing. It is tacitly accepted that such a wonderful existence with a copper stench appeared in this year's Oscar public relations feast.

"Frank Pearson, president of the academy, has hinted at Bruce, and after the official nomination is announced, I hope we will stop all over the line."

Wayne leaned tiredly on the sofa, the sarcasm on his face unconcealed. Those powerful and powerful old men have indeed promised themselves more than once, but the reason for keeping them silent is not because of their bloodline and surname, but because of the brand-new luxurious audio-visual room at home, as well as in various slightly extravagant small rooms. hobby satisfaction.

Nina raised her hand and pushed her glasses. After looking up, she didn't answer the topic of her boss. She lowered her head again and flipped through a few sheets of paper, which were densely printed with dazzling names and numbers.

"I feel like a disgusting fly right now, and those people must have been annoyed by me."

After confirming it again, Nina mocked herself a little bit.

The phone calls shown above are all the family phone numbers of some academy members living in remote cities. In the past two days, she made almost all calls herself to sell The Departed to each other. The phone bombing was an idea that Wayne came up with. , although she didn't know if it worked or not, she did so anyway.

Everything went to the most critical time. The assistant didn't care about the impatient replies of the judges, or even some grumpy foul language, provided that all these actions could play a sufficient role.

"No, no, no."

Wayne shook his head amusingly. "You're not yet a successful fly, the work is not over, you know, this kind of work can't be done by others."

The assistant stood up resignedly, the corners of her mouth twitched twice, and she walked towards the second floor with the printer paper. The next job is to bombard the mail. As long as she confirms the members of the academy who have mailboxes, she must make sure to send the recommended videos to the other party's mailbox. s mail.

This is also the idea that Wayne came up with. No one can tell whether it is shameless or not. Anyway, everything has to be done before the nomination list is announced the day after tomorrow.

It wasn't until Nina's back disappeared on the stairs that he turned his head and lit a cigarette leisurely, looked at his daughter, nanny and Australian actress who were having trouble with three puppies on the grass outside the window, and muttered to himself: " Phone bombing, email bombing, media manipulation, Jin Yuan PR... Harvey, I have to admit, your set is really easy to use!"

The only thing that made him laugh out of his wits was probably the smearing of his competitors that he had not yet had the chance to use. Now that his "The Departed" is in an advantageous position, such means of smearing are not necessary. The vicious Bruce Rosenblum didn't even wait for the Oscars to end, so he took the time to find a lot of things for Miramax, and now that big fat man shouldn't be able to stop being busy.

Like Warner Bros. distribution chief said, if you want to keep Wayne busy without thinking about the Oscars, keep you busy too.

Every year during the awards season, especially in the days before the Oscar nominations are officially announced in early February every year, the whole of Hollywood will enter the atmosphere of a riotous dance. It can be said that the public relations team and public relations agents are everywhere. This is the most valuable publicity show in the whole Hollywood. , the last chance to get admission tickets.

Whether it is a first-line commercial superstar or a young actor who has just emerged in the entire circle, no one wants to lose this ticket.

The stars who hope to follow the crew to the awards scene are okay, those big and small stars who have no works this year, or whose works will definitely not appear in the list, their agents are like ants on a hot pot, frequent Appeared at various public relations parties to raise relationships and seek favors, and scrambled wildly before the final list was announced.

The significance of the Oscars to the insiders is not just a small number of participants who have the hope of winning, becoming special guests of the awards ceremony, award guests, etc., it is the hope for these stars to participate, can they be in this big show? Showing your face, the test is your own coffee position and the relationship within the circle.

This year is different from previous years. Almost every year when this time comes, some stars or crews will receive a vague warning from the academy. This is a reminder to those who have crossed the line. Probability will expose you directly to the media to show your fairness and impartiality. But the situation this year is just the opposite. It seems that the whole of Hollywood was taken aback by the Jin Yuan offensive of Wayne's team. When some people started to realize that the academy did not warn about these actions, it was actually too late.

On February 6, 1997, the Organizing Committee announced the nominations for the 69th Oscars nearly two months in advance as usual. At the same time, it was notified that the award ceremony would be held at the Shrine Theater in Los Angeles on March 24. At that moment, Wayne's heart, which had been half-hanging, finally fell to the ground.

There was no accident in everything. He has won almost all outpost awards, and "The Departed", which has won most of the union's internal awards, has also won awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Nominated for 9 awards, including the best editing, it can be said that the early efforts were not in vain, and the first battle was a big victory.

At the same time, all the crews who participated in the public relations in the early stage of the Oscar event secretly praised the operation of Wayne's team. It was like a battle switch that lowered Oscar's bottom line. His team taught everyone what is The spirit of "free competition"~www.wuxiamtl.com~ Putting aside the means of public relations, strictly speaking, Wayne is obviously different from Lao Ding in the language of the whole film of "The Departed". But compared to the award-winning environment that Old Martin encountered at the time, he was much better and had too many advantages.

As the leader of "The Departed", his influence is much stronger than that of the low-key old Martin in the same period. He has been in Hollywood in the 1990s. He is one of the banners of the entire North American film. Next, his success is more like a road that people can't replicate.

Now people think of Wayne when they mention Hollywood film noir, and when they think of him, they have to admit that he succeeded in making film noir, a genre so niche that it could no longer be niche. Putting it in front of the public fans, there is a faint trend of moving closer to the mainstream.

With the realization of this process, as well as his dominance in business, he has even spawned a superhero series with even more amazing business prospects, so objectively speaking, as long as interests are not involved, no one in the circle does not admit that he Contributions made by the whole of Hollywood.

Of course, this is also the main reason why those old European film circles who have scolded Wayne several times have disdain for Hollywood and Oscar. In the hearts of those who stick to art, Oscar is like a word, enjoying the so-called art. The halo also bows to commercial influence from time to time.

But in Wayne's eyes, he also doesn't think the three major European film festivals are very artistic, and even more exaggeratedly commercialized than Oscar in some aspects. Everyone is sharing the cake, but the rules of the game are different.

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