Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

The news that the Academy Awards lost its simultaneous ratings crown for the first time since it began live televised didn't take long before everyone was discussing the news about Harry Potter's upcoming movie.In fact, with the popularity of the "Harry Potter" series of novels, it is strange not to make a movie.However, the shooting method adopted by the Galaxy movie this time made all the practitioners in the film and television industry feel strange.

This made many celebrities in the film industry angry. When did the film as an artistic device have to be confused with the cheap family entertainment like TV!In the history of Hollywood, there are indeed examples of such popular classic TV series that were made into commercial films a few years later, but that was just a last resort for some directors to make ends meet.Under normal circumstances, when does a movie need a TV series to supplement it!

Although the TV series produced by the BBC are known for their excellence and high quality, a TV series is a TV series, even if it is made into a TV movie, it is not a movie.Jed's double-version of "Harry Potter" completely annoyed some professional associations and labor unions in Hollywood. up the shadows.Jed is also thinking about whether he has taken too big a step. It is not until 2013 that later generations have "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", a TV series that has accumulated popularity for "Avengers 2".And even so, people don't dare to say that they are the TV version of "The Avengers", they only dare to say that they are a derivative series, taking advantage of the movie's popularity to earn attention.

But Jed is not the kind of person who will change his original intention because of outside opinions. In fact, TV series are not as good as movies. In addition to the fact that the production cost of TV series is far lower than that of movies, more importantly, the production hardware of TV series is not as good as movies.There will be no distortion even if the movie film is converted into a Blu-ray disc, but it is absolutely unbearable to convert the standard-definition analog TV signal popular in the United States into a Blu-ray disc.

Not only is the clarity not as good as movies, but the sound of TVs is also not as good as movies.Now the standard configuration of movie theaters around the world is to achieve at least Dolby 5.1-channel, flagship cinemas are all Dolby 7.1-channel, and even Dolby Laboratories is already working on the large-scale application of Dolby 11.1-channel.But what about TV?TV can achieve Dolby 2.1 channel is not bad.

You must know that only the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan, which are at the forefront of TV technology in the world, can barely popularize stereo sound. In Hong Kong and Taiwan, only some programs can achieve stereo sound, and as for the programs in the mainland, they are all mono sound.To put it bluntly, the movie is the extremely glamorous Wang Xifeng, while the TV is just the entertaining Luo Yufeng. Can you expect Luo Yufeng to play a role like "a generation of princess" well?

It's no wonder that the film industry looks down on the TV industry, and has lost several generations in terms of hardware.Fortunately, the TV version of "Harry Potter" co-produced by Jed and BBC this time uses the latest high-definition cameras, and the picture quality is basically above 1080p.And the sound recorded on the spot also adopts Dolby 4.1 channel technology.

Because just like Jed's focus on TV technology, the BBC is also committed to the innovation of TV technology.Even bbc is more advanced than Jed. They have launched the "bbc premium channel" in small areas such as London, Manchester and Liverpool. This is a channel that uses digital signals to broadcast high-definition stereo programs.It is also because of knowing that the BBC has launched the "Premium Channel", Jade is more interested in cooperating with them.Because Jade also plans to launch a high-definition digital channel "weplus" for the we TV network during the summer vacation.

Jed had to wear several hats due to the co-production of film and television.In addition to being the director and producer of the film version of "Harry Potter", he is also the producer and part-timer of the TV version of "Harry Potter".The director of the TV version of "Harry Potter" is also famous, one is Mike Neville, and the other is Brian Percyville.

Mike Neville has filmed "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "The Traitor", and he is also the director of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire".Jed chose him as the director of the TV version and the assistant director of the film version in order to coordinate the progress of the two parties.And Brian Percywell is still not well-known at this time, but Jed knows that he will produce a classic British drama-"Downton Abbey" in the future.

So far, the film version and the TV version of "Harry Potter" each have three to four directors or assistant directors to form a director team, and the director teams of the two versions also have fixed joint meetings to ensure that the style and progress of the two versions are consistent. question.Fortunately, Jed has recruited BBC, a senior TV station, as an assistant this time, otherwise Jed would be exhausted just coordinating the work of both parties.

When Jed was filming "Harry Potter" in the UK, Michael Bay called Jed overseas. His "Pearl Harbor" had finished filming and was entering post-production editing.Michael Bay disappeared for three years after filming "Clash of Heaven and Earth", but he has not been idle for these three years, and has been preparing for the filming of "Pearl Harbor".

Jed attaches great importance to this movie. He not only personally served as the producer of the movie, but also made the final check on the script of the movie.The previous version of "Pearl Harbor" is indeed an excellent movie, but too many portrayals of the love of the three made the audience lose their focus.The important thing is that the heroine suddenly loves the male lead, suddenly loves the male lead, and then falls in love with the male lead again, which makes many viewers feel like a failure. It is better not to write this portrayal than to highlight the contradiction between the two men. up.

Therefore, in this version of "Pearl Harbor", Jed described the feelings of Evelyn's character more faithfully. She did not have an affair with Rafe's good friend Danny after Rafe disappeared.Instead, Danny met a barmaid at this time - Janet.Jed deliberately split the relationship line into Evelyn and Rafe, and Janet and Danny.Since Danny was the last one to die, Jed also took some time to portray Janet.

Janet was originally a fun-loving party girl, but after the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, she trained as a nurse and immediately joined Evelyn's hospital to help the wounded.After learning the news of Danny's sacrifice, Janet gave birth to a posthumous child for Danny without hesitation.Although the Americans are open, the plot of Rafe's wish to become a father did make many conservative Americans cry out.They think it’s okay to help their good friends raise their children, but it’s a bit too thunderous for the mothers of their good friends’ children to also take care of them.

Because there was an extra supporting actress, Jade had to find a list of actresses, and finally chose the British actress Rachel Weisz who starred in "The Mummy" to play the seemingly rebellious but kind-hearted and persistent girl— — Janet.As for the movie's theme song, Jed didn't interfere, and Michael Bay also found Fischer to sing it as in history.

"I hope the movie will premiere at Pearl Harbor, yes, in the military port," Michael Bay said. .”

Although Michael Bay is a commercial film director, he is a very patriotic director. From his cooperative relationship with the US side, we know how "rooted and young" he is.Jed doesn't think there is anything wrong with having such a director with such a theme under his banner, and the premiere of "Pearl Harbor" at Pearl Harbor is indeed a good publicity stunt.

Although Michael Bay didn't plan to invite reporters, it's not a problem to arrange a few enthusiastic fans to go in.With this in mind, Jed agreed to Michael Bay's publicity plan.Although there was no publicity about the premiere of "Pearl Harbor" at Pearl Harbor, the American media is not a vegetarian, and they quickly reported the news.

At the same time, the Galaxy Film Distribution Company also broadcast the promotional video of "Pearl Harbor" on major channels across the United States. Because of Jed's filming of "Saving Private Ryan", the photographers of the Galaxy Films are very interested in filming the war. Every scene has its own meaning.Zero bombers circling in mid-air, warships constantly exploding, the ruthlessness of the Japanese army and the haste of the US military, the wounded and doctors who are constantly being sent to the hospital shaking their heads helplessly, all kinds of conflicting images are intertwined together, and finally formed a freeze-frame subtitle , "Pearl Harbor", released nationwide on May 5.

The huge momentum of "Pearl Harbor" naturally attracted the attention of other film companies, especially the attention of Paramount, a subsidiary of Viacom Group, and Disney.However, the distribution company's film schedule naturally considers movies of the same schedule. Although Miramax under Disney released "Bj's Single Diary" in April, it got a good direction.But Disney will not be so stupid as to think that romantic romantic comedies can compete with war history movies, not to mention that they have been in theaters for so many days.Paramount's only two films are "Clues and Traces" and "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles". .

DreamWorks, which also belongs to the Viacom Group, released an animated film "Shrek", but Summer's order to snipe "Pearl Harbor" was selectively ignored by Spielberg and others.The only thing that worries Mai Ruibo is "The Mummy Returns" launched by Universal Pictures. Although there are few outstanding works in Hollywood sequels, but this movie uses the same actress as "Pearl Harbor", it is inevitable that people will take it For comparison, and Universal Pictures is eager to take advantage of the "Pearl Harbor" craze to bring itself a wave of box office revenue.

But Jed has no time to care about the release of "Pearl Harbor", because the filming of "Harry Potter" has already driven Jed into a state of madness.It's not that Jed hasn't shot big scenes, whether it's "Schindler's List", "Saving Private Ryan", or "The Patriot", but none of them are as tiring as "Harry Potter".In particular, the action director changed the way the characters use the wand into fencing, which made Jed laugh bitterly. After asking the action director to modify it, everyone changed from fencing to pistol shooting the next day.So Jed had to temporarily suspend the filming, and then studied the wand swing method with some paranormal scientists, and everyone came to the conclusion that it should be like using a band conductor, not a pistol or fencing or something.

In addition to these details, the high-definition cameras used in the TV version also drove Jed crazy.At this time, the lightweight high-definition camera has not yet come out, and the high-definition camera used for shooting is more bulky than the camera used in the movie. In addition, the radio equipment that needs to comply with Dolby 2.1 sound is also heavy, which makes the camera assistants and the TV crew in the TV version. Recording assistants were temporarily understaffed.

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