1novels Chapter 231 This Is Not a Children's Movie
Chapter 231 This Is Not a Children's Movie
After "The Day After Tomorrow" led the weekend box office in North America for a week, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", the annual blockbuster of the Galaxy Film Group and also known as "one of the summer blockbusters of the year", officially landed in North American theaters.As usual, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" has already landed in UK theaters before its official release in North America.The obvious reason is that the original work of this film is a British novel, so the producer and distributor are only courteous to British audiences.
In fact, this is a marketing method that Jed learned from later generations, provided that social networking sites are extremely developed.With the layout of Jade, FACEBOOK and Twitter have begun to become frequently used websites by students, young people and social elites.Moreover, according to the feedback from Google, TUMBLR, a light blogging social networking site that is in beta testing, has also been well received by testers.
Compared with smartphones, Twitter's functions are too simple, while Facebook's functions are too complicated. On the contrary, only the light blog Tumblr and photo social networking site InStagram are the most suitable for smartphones.When marketing many American blockbusters in later generations, they deliberately placed the premiere of the film in some secondary ticket warehouses, such as: the United Kingdom, Japan, and even mainland China. Then enter the North American market.This method of operation is a bit similar to the operation of the Backstreet Boys, but the Backstreet Boys are forced to do so, and these film studios are doing this on their own initiative.
Sure enough, with the official release of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" in the UK, a large number of details and clips about the movie invaded the United States through the Internet, and the unanimous applause of the British media also provoked the American media to have to Follow up report.But for the United States, where copyright control is very strict, there are no more details about the movie except for a few promotional films that have been released.Although some unruly viewers will secretly shoot some clips and put them on the YouTube website, unfortunately, with the advancement of the video comparison and audio comparison search technology developed by Google, these infringing videos are often deleted without review.American audiences had to wait an extra week in anxiety.
In fact, when Jed was making the third Harry Potter movie, he discussed with Rowling about the positioning of the movie, whether it was a "children's movie" or a "teenage movie".According to Rowling's original idea, this is a novel written for children.But with the development of the storyline, the protagonist is growing up, and the author has also received financial temptations, so the "Harry Potter" series of novels has actually changed from a children's book to a juvenile book since the fourth book.Similarly, the style of the movie is bound to change.If it follows the positioning of children's movies, then Jed can make this movie a PG rating.Of course, a G rating is impossible, because "Harry Potter" is a wizard movie, which violates the taboo of the MPAA.
If it's a teen movie, Jed can naturally add some sexually suggestive jokes, fights, and emotional dramas that are more youthful.However, the rating of the movie is bound to rise from PG to PG-13.However, after thinking about it, Rowling also agreed with Jed's change, because after the first film of Harry Potter reached the box office peak of the series, the box office of the second film dropped a lot. The department's box office will also be affected.
Rowling is an author, but also a businessman. She knows very well that if her work will not be adapted into a tragedy after the movie.In Rowling's view, it was nothing more than making the movie closer to older children, and not shooting an immoral movie. Rowling believed in Jed's method, so she agreed.
With Rowling's authorization, Jed made a lot of adjustments to the script.The first is to aggravate the drama of Harry who is in the rebellious period. Harry will become more reckless and rude in this episode due to the effect of hormones. protagonist to treat.
You know, some readers of the Harry Potter series are entangled in his love triangle with Harry and Hermione.Although it was messed up by Ms. Rowling in the end, it is undeniable that this will be a sideline plot that attracts the audience.Secondly, Jed intends to shoot in detail the places that are repeatedly named in the novel Azkaban but hardly appear in the movie.
The opening scene of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" is the description of Azkaban. Jed set up this Azkaban on a remote island in the North Sea of England, surrounded by countless magic to protect this place Undetectable by Muggles.At the same time, there are turbulent waves and countless hidden reefs and vortexes... But these are not the most terrifying, the most terrifying are those dementors that seem to have no trace but actually exist.
Jed used the darkest tones to shoot this plot, and the interior of the prison refers to the darkest prison in British history-the Tower of London.Jed didn't let the prison be filled with screams of fear, because the prisoners held here had a history of at least several years. Under the influence of the dementors, I'm afraid they were no different from the walking dead.The camera kept wandering around the prison, and emotions of despair and fear spread across the screen.
Peter, who was taking his little girlfriend to watch the movie, was full of praise for this scene. This is Harry Potter!If it's so soft, just make it into an animated movie to coax the little brothers.Seeing the body of his little girlfriend leaning over out of fear, Peter felt that he had definitely chosen the right movie.The camera finally stopped in front of a dirty man, his face was not shown, but he went to read a newspaper about Harry Potter.He raised his head suddenly, but the screen went dark, and the opening title appeared.
The camera quickly turns from dark to bright, because the plot of the story has reached the point where Aunt Maggie is visiting relatives.This episode was handled poorly in the original film, starting with not explaining why Harry got angry.It is clearly stated in the original book, how could Harry not be angry because Aunt Marge insulted Harry's mother again and again?Although Harry was in the rebellious period of youth at this time, he was not a violent maniac after all, how could he lose his temper casually?The second is that the movie's treatment of Aunt Maggie is actually not pleasant enough, so the movie seems a little awkward.
In Jed's version, the reason for Harry's anger was clearly explained, and at the same time, the balloon transformed by Aunt Maggie became a mascot and floated on Uncle Vernon's roof for a long time, until it was finally reversed by the incident team. Save it.In the end, there are actually too many shots about the knight bus. Jed understands that the original director wanted to use this shot to show off his computer skills.But Jed has a better way of expressing it, so he gently brought this shot over.
The first half of the Harry Potter series is always as lukewarm as plain water, and the second half is so tight that you can't find a pee point.However, because of the support of the simultaneous TV series, Jed cut off all the lukewarm plots with a swipe of the pen.
In the third movie, Professor Lupine joined, so there are more descriptions about magic in this episode. Jed's digital field special effects studio not only adds a lot of dazzling special effects for the release of magic, but also for the movie production. Many realistic magical creatures.Creatures such as the "red hat" originally mentioned in the original book also officially appeared in the classroom, and the Boggart lecture plot that brought a lot of jokes was used by Jed to show off his own hands computer special effects.In the end, this episode left the audience in amazement, but the faces of the opponents were completely black.
Although "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" moved closer to "teen movies" earlier because of Jed's intervention, it received praise from young audiences on social networking sites after the screening.Jessica wrote on her FACEBOOK, "I am very happy to see that my Hermione has become more fashionable and feminine. Think about it too. How can a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl not dress herself up? It's just that the director doesn't Let’s just let it go? The previous directors didn’t even come to see what we are like in real life, they would use the standards of their era to ask us. It’s a good thing that Hermione isn’t, and it’s a good thing that Harry Potter isn’t.”
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", which was loved by young audiences, immediately succeeded "The Day After Tomorrow" and became the weekly box office champion.However, the film's success at the box office is far from being so popular in public opinion, because the National Parent-Teacher Association, which always pays attention to the married life of Jed and John, jumped out to speak, to the effect that "Harry Potter and Azkaban The movie "Prisoner" excessively promotes wizard culture and is disrespectful to American Christianity.
When Jed saw that the "New York Times" and other major newspapers were excitedly reporting this news, something was definitely wrong. When he saw the content of the report, he immediately remembered an old Chinese saying, "If you don't die, you won't die."On the day when the New York Times published the news, major current commentary programs in the United States slammed the National Parent-Teacher Association as "stinky shit."Although many Americans think that the United States is a Christian country, but the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits the establishment of a state religion, so the elites will not miss this opportunity to educate the American people about the law.Under the unanimous condemnation of the TV and newspaper media, the president of the National Parent-Teacher Association had to announce his resignation.
And on the day the chairman resigned, without knowing who instigated it, the Federation of American Film Distributors suddenly announced a survey.According to the survey of the past five years, members of the National Parent-Teacher Association have the lowest record of watching movies, and about half of the members have not watched movies in the past two years.So some media ridiculed, "An organization that doesn't watch any movies is actually qualified to call on everyone not to watch any movies? I really don't know the reason and confidence they came from!"
Under the hype, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" continued to lead the weekend box office until it was squeezed into the runner-up position by "Crazy Dodgeball" in the third week.Even so, it actually beat the third-ranked new film-"The End of Happiness", which caused Spielberg to call and complain about Jed.
By the fourth week, the summer schedule was even more chaotic. "Fahrenheit 911/3" came on strong, "Miss White" and "The Notebook" also appeared together, and "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" was finally squeezed to the fifth place.But at this time, the film has already grossed [-] million US dollars in the North American market, which has far exceeded the expectations of Galaxy Pictures.