Chapter 137: Chapter 137: Your Song and Dance, My Youth
Shooting "Song and Dance Youth 3" than the first two to be a lot of hard work, because it is a new 3D photography, and the shooting time is only five weeks, and at the same time there are a lot of song and dance scenes, can only be rehearsed once or twice on the official shooting, but also try not to make a mistake, the pressure on each staff is very big, the actors and actresses while filming but also improvised, but fortunately out of the effect is good, the hard work has a payoff.
Become an actor is Megan's dream since childhood, for which she gave up in the formal school to receive education, chose to study at home, so did not participate in the high school prom, the shooting of "Song and Dance Youth 3: Graduation Season" just to make up for this regret.
Because of Lin Mingyang's appearance, the "Cabaret Youth" series appeared in advance, and Megan Fox's growth trajectory also followed a big change, with a multinational ancestry, Megan because of its unique and beautiful appearance to become the film's leading lady. And with the success of the Follies series, Megan became a hot youth icon.
Now that Megan is a full-time entertainer, she is able to do what she has always wanted to do. Most importantly, the Follies movie series laid a solid foundation for her entry into Hollywood, and she is no longer the same Megan Fox who burst onto the silver screen overnight from being an obscure young model. Headed with the idol halo of youthful beauty, Megan is realizing her dream step by step.
Because her aunt is Julia Roberts, Emma Roberts also attracted a lot of media attention during the filming of Follies 3. Although she was still a little girl who hadn't grown up in front of Lin Ming Yang, she still showed the maturity and sophistication of the Roberts family when facing interviews when she was interviewed by reporters.
Emma confessed that when she first walked into the cast, she felt a little nervous when working with several of the lead actors who had already become stars among them, but their friendly attitudes soon eliminated this mentality of hers, "They all treated me as a little sister, and soon incorporated me into their team, and if they chatted in one of their rooms after filming the scene, they would also make a special effort to call or text me and ask me to join them." She considers it a once-in-a-lifetime good fortune that she was able to join the team.
And director Kenny Ortega has nothing but good things to say about the young girl, saying that Emma's addition to the cast injected fresh blood into the whole movie.
More than a month of intense filming flew by, during which Disney had launched an overwhelming publicity campaign. What began two years ago as a made-for-TV movie for kids with cable TV has quickly become a global phenomenon: fans from Caracas to Colombia; an incredibly broad platform: stage shows, tours, reality TV, a series of publications (50 million copies sold in 24 languages); and tons of ads for everything from breakfast cereals to Bible guides. The overwhelming popularity and rising fan enthusiasm built up by the film's first two episodes directly pushed Disney to move the film's release date up to March.
In early February, when the film had just finished production, Disney held a small internal test screening, and after watching the film with special glasses, the company's executives gave it good reviews, but the senior critics they invited to the next day's newspaper, launched a fierce attack on this first-class screen 3D song and dance movie.
"Are you sick of this form of entertainment? I know I've been tired of this stuff for a long time, but 'Cabaret 3' is one of those movies that, despite the fact that director Kenny Ortega puts the audience in special eyes, and I'll admit that there is something to be said for the film's excellent 3D effects paired with the hilarious song-and-dance scenes, it doesn't change the nature of the movie, which, like a bad movie like 'The Beverly Baywatch Dogs,' will always be overpriced by the audience to pay for it."
The review from the New York Observer bordered on name-calling, while the reviewer from the Washington Post was a bit more euphemistic.
"Labeled as an iconic star, Disney's 3D song-and-dance movie, made with heavy money, is as empty in content as many commercial big-budget movies, with hilarious song-and-dance scenes and 3D special effects merely taking that superficial grandeur to the extreme. Disney wasn't wise to bring this movie to the screen, as Kenny Ortega has created what is still just a TV movie for sitting on the couch and watching while eating potato chips. But if you enjoyed the first two episodes and love Felix Lim and Megan Fox, then you'll only see the third episode if you pay to see it in theaters."
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The other creators of Follies 3 weren't affected by these movie reviews, but at the new movie release, both Lin Ming Yang and Kenny Ortega's faces were a bit grim. However, the reporters on stage favored which pot to piss in, and Kenny Ortega, who had become in a terrible mood, refused to answer any more similar questions after making a sharp sarcastic comment about that review.
Lin Mingyang's heart was already not in a good mood, and when those unwilling reporters aimed their questions at him, his venting answer immediately triggered the atmosphere in the room.
"I'm afraid the leap from the small screen to the big screen couldn't get very good media reviews, which isn't surprising in my opinion. All of those people who have commented on the movie, all of them were forced by their jobs to see the movie. I would imagine that most of them were middle-aged, older men, and a bunch of old ladies who had never seen the first two episodes, and would never have seen the third if they hadn't been forced to see it on the big screen. There's not a trace of youth to be found in them, and they complain about the generation gap between themselves and the next generation while they chatter away through invisible glasses made up of stereotypical ideas. If they weren't free to watch, these guys wouldn't even be in the screening room for a movie like this, and they'd be sitting there with a pained look on their faces, mentally figuring out when they can go home and shuffle off to bed ... So what kind of nice things can you expect them to say?"
Just when all the other reporters were still froze up over Lin Ming Yang's shocking statement, the special correspondent of the New York Times had already jumped ahead of the crowd and stood up to ask a question.
"So, you should have high expectations for the success of Follies 3, so do you think the movie will be able to attract more viewers?"
"I think it will be difficult to expand the audience base to those who haven't seen the first two episodes after the release of this movie, this has to do with the positioning of the movie, our advantage is that we know who our real audience is. Simply put, youth films nowadays can be divided into two kinds: those that please kids and those that please adults. If the audience is older than puberty, they naturally prefer the latter. But those alternative youth films that don't have the 'Disney' traditional Prince and Princess fairy tale model, usually can only appear in a small-budget posture, and even dare not be released on a large scale, because of the difference between being appreciated by adults, but missing the audience that youth films should really take care of: children under 18 years old. "
Lin Mingyang held the microphone with one hand, while the other kept gesturing some hand signals. He had been very emotional, and his current state was not at all like answering a reporter's question, but more like expounding on his understanding of the movie. At this moment, he was like a sword out of its sheath, and his whole person appeared to be sharp.
"And on the contrary, the character and style of Disney products have endured for many years precisely because they are always applicable to young people. Think about it, when everyone here was in middle school, they were equally fond of innocent and wholesome love stories, handsome and sunny male protagonists, and energetic and youthful characters, and now that you are older, your tastes have become different from those of the young."
"Most of the lead actors sitting with me, this movie has been with us for four whole years, and we're finally graduating. But even though we've grown up with the main characters in the movie, in the movie we're still high school students, and expecting us to mature, both in the movie and the characters, is not to be expected. But it's safe to assume that the original fans of the film will be even crazier this time around than when they were watching it on TV at home, because in addition to getting high on their own, they'll also be able to join in the revelry with fellow theatergoers they've never met before, and the song-and-dance scenes that they used to love have become even bigger this time around, with even more color and sound effects, so what's the reason for not going crazy?"
These words made all the people present, see another side of Lin Mingyang that was very different from the previous gentle and modest smile. Everyone had a strange feeling that the Lin Ming Yang of this moment seemed to be the truest version of him.
"People who like this film won't care at all about what those balding critic uncles say, as long as Felix Lin doesn't turn into a balding uncle and can still sing and dance, they'll drag their friends and family to rush to the movie theater and sit there screaming for all they're worth as they playfully rush at him who's become even more handsome on the big screen!"
For his part, Lin Mingyang ended his speech in a tone so high pitched that it bordered on arrogance, amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd. Applause as such did not normally exist at the scene of a press conference, but when Lin Mingyang put down the microphone of the microphone, a loud applause still rang out from the stage. Because of his arrogant capital, and Hollywood has never favored actors with personality.
The expression star aura has always been esoteric, something that doesn't appear in every star. However, at that moment just now, the unrivaled and intense confidence released from Lin Ming Yang's body did allow many people to feel the presence of this kind of aura on him.
The reporters' questions related to this movie were answered by Lin Ming Yang in his own speech. After the speech, he changed back to the familiar Lin Mingyang, and this back and forth transformation put everyone in a trance for a while.
Lin Ming Yang's high IQ was notorious among Hollywood stars, and so was his cunning. What he wanted to say would be told to you very directly, but what he didn't want to say, the reporters just didn't want to get anything useful out of him even if they possessed even more superior questioning skills. The reporters present did not make fun of themselves, the focus of the question was naturally shifted to Megan Fox, who was sitting next to Lin Mingyang.
Megan today, light makeup and plain face, wearing a gray knit sweater, black shorts with black knee socks and brown boots, not only well exposed her sexy legs, but also not too exposed, charming and sexy exudes a kind of early spring sunshine like lazy breath.
Because she didn't need to worry about the danger of getting naked, at the conference, Megan was the most relaxed of all the female lead actors, but the reporters' cameras were still firmly fixed on her, especially the newly appeared tattoo on her arm. With the presence of this tattoo that attracted attention and curiosity, the reporters' questions at the very beginning all ran off the topic without exception.
"This tattoo was there before the filming of Follies 3 started, and the makeup artist helped me to treat it to match the movie, so people won't see this tattoo in the movie." Megan raised her hand demonstratively, cooperating with the reporters on stage to take a few pictures, "But I personally love this tattoo, in fact I have more than this one on my body."
"So you're going to get away from your characterization in the Follies movie series for future performances?"
"People always have to grow up and I hope to challenge myself with some more difficult roles in the future." Megan answered the reporter's question by tucking her long hair on this side of her left shoulder with her hand, then clasped her hands for a more comfortable sitting position.
"Of course I don't deny that this movie has been a very memorable experience for all of us, and I don't know if I can turn it all into the most special memories, and what I will miss the most will be this special environment, and it's this safe and creative environment that has allowed us to work without fear for the past four years, and to grow along with this movie. The most special thing was that moment in the movie when we sang "Here We Are" and there seemed to be some kind of magic emanating from the frame and we became a family, it felt like magic. I remember Monica and I both cried during the performance, it was such an amazing moment for me and I will remember it forever!"
The media was most concerned about the development of the "romance" between Megan and Lin Mingyang, and when asked about this, Megan said with great emotion:
"Felix's scripts are always great, but the ending of the relationship is one of my favorites. At the end of the movie, the prom didn't have to end in the traditional movie way where the hero and heroine are named king and queen of the dance. Kudos to our director for making the prom a group performance for all while the actual prom was 'skipped'. I'm sure the girls who enjoyed the movie will be able to take away from this ending that prom is just a formality for those who truly love each other, and that the most important thing is not what you wear or where it's held, but who you dance with."
"And perhaps even more importantly, what guys can take away from this movie is that girls sometimes say break up or take a stance of rejection, which isn't necessarily their intention, and the implication is really a test to see if you're willing to go further to prove how strong and tough your love is. So as a guy, you can learn at least one thing from this, when the woman turns around to give up, what you have to do is not also give up and turn around, but to go after them. A lot of love ends because you 'don't know better' than to give up, and a lot of love begins because you 'don't give up'."
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