Chapter 214 Source Code Premiere

As the foundational work of the Galaxy Cinematic Universe, the premiere of Source Code had to be a little different.

In the evening of September 9, the red carpet had already been rolled out in front of the Wanda Cinema in Shanghai Beijing CBD.

The reason why the premiere of "Source Code" was chosen here is entirely because in August of this year, following the completion of the Wanda Cinema in Wanjiang District, Dongguan in May, the Wanda Cinema in Shangjing also had a huge IMAX screen.

It was because of Wang Hao's relationship with Lu Zheng that Wanda was able to speed up the renovation of the original cinema.

This IMAX screen, which is 27.6 meters wide and 21.3 meters high and can accommodate 503 viewers at the same time, has also caused quite a stir among movie fans in Beijing.

Now, the IMAX version of "Source Code" converted using DMR technology is about to be played on this screen.

The process of the premiere was no different from the previous ones. Under the introduction of the host Tu Jingwei, the main creators of the film came on stage to meet everyone, talked about their feelings about the film, boasted about themselves, and then the formal screening began.

Because it is the only IMAX giant screen in the entire north, and it is the premiere of "Source Code", even though the ticket price for today's movie has doubled, the hall is still packed.

As the main creative staff on the stage left, the overhead lights went out, the sound of the projector started, and the unique pre-screening show began to play on the huge IMAX screen.

The movie officially begins only after the pre-screening show and the opening animation unique to the "Three-Body" series are over.

Accompanied by beautiful background music, the film begins with aerial photography, showing the audience a modern city scene composed of skyscrapers.

It’s the Magic City!
It's not just the Magic City.

The aerial shots in the opening credits were carefully taken by Wang Hao's photographer, who then processed them with the special effects department, making the effects presented on the big screen more modern and futuristic.

And this scene that he specially shot did indeed have a striking effect.

As the first domestic film to be shown on IMAX screens, although "Source Code" was not shot with an IMAX dedicated camera, it was also converted into the IMAX projection format.

The characteristic of IMAX is its huge picture frame. Now, the city scene of this Magic City is played on the first IMAX screen in the north. Its amazing, crystal-clear visual effects, coupled with the shocking sound brought by the most advanced sound system, give the audience the most immersive movie-watching experience in the world with just an opening.

It was as if they had really traveled to the international metropolis of Shanghai following the movie scene of "Source Code".

Unlike the fifth and sixth generations of Chinese directors in the past, the films directed by Wang Hao, whether it is "The Shallows" or "Fatal Call", have always been intentionally showing the modern and beautiful side of China.

For example, the scenic Shark Beach or the skyscrapers in Shanghai.

After all, he is not one of those directors who needs to film the backwardness of his country in order to take his films to Europe for awards.

In his opinion, winning awards by exposing one's own shortcomings is essentially the same as playing a clown to attract attention.

As a Chinese filmmaker who takes James Cameron, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg as his role models and aspires to shoot commercial blockbusters, Wang Hao has never been willing to be like them. The reason why he chose the element of "science fiction" as the core of the "movie universe" is that science fiction movies can promote the development of the film industry and that the threshold for understanding is low enough. In addition to being able to target the domestic market, it can also take into account the overseas market.

Since the film is to be shot for overseas audiences, he naturally has to try his best to show the good and modern side of his country to them, and have a subtle influence on them.

This is actually the cultural output that Hollywood has been doing, and Wang Hao is just following suit.

This also gave the audience a very novel experience, because they had never seen such beautiful modern scenes of their own country in a movie before.

Even with just one shot, several senior leaders who were invited by Han Sanping and sitting in the front couldn't help but nodded.

At this time, the content on the big screen was still continuing. The camera shot from a high altitude crossed most of the Magic City, passed between the towering skyscrapers, gradually lowered the altitude, and finally arrived at a huge square with a huge crowd of people along with the crowded traffic on the elevated road.

In the square below the camera, there are countless people walking hurriedly in different clothes, dragging large and small bags. Just one glance makes you know that this must be a transportation hub.

At this moment, an airplane flew across the top of the camera. The huge roar, enhanced by the theater's high-end audio system, even caused many viewers to exclaim in surprise.

As the camera continues to move forward, more scenes appear on the wide screen.

Not far away, the lobby of Shanghai’s Hongqiao Transportation Hub, built with special effects technology, sparkles in the sun.

The camera approaches this rather modern transportation hub and directly enters the spacious and bright hall. Then, from a passenger's perspective, it passes through security check, enters the waiting room, and finally arrives at the station.

But at this point, the camera did not enter a particular train, but instead moved higher again, taking in the high-speed trains neatly arranged on the tracks of the train station.

Then the next second, the camera continued to move forward along the rails again, and the speed became faster and faster.

The scenery before the audience soon changed from the modern skyscrapers of Shanghai to square farmlands with a mixture of green and yellow, as if they were precisely measured with a ruler.

Among the farmlands, there are many country cottages with pink walls and black tiles, which are very Jiangnan style. They make people feel relaxed and happy at first sight.

However, as the camera continued to move forward rapidly, these scenes gradually began to become blurred.

Soon, on the viaduct covered with railroad tracks, a speeding high-speed train was finally caught up by the camera.

At this point, the credits for the actors in the opening credits have reached their end, and the soundtrack is gradually fading.

The camera that caught up with the high-speed train seemed to have the ability to penetrate walls. It directly penetrated the transparent glass at the rear of the train, and entered the interior of the high-speed train amid the audience's exclamations, passing through rows of seats full of passengers, and finally stopped at Yu Bo's face, who was leaning his head against the window and falling asleep.

It was at this moment that the opening credits ended, the soundtrack disappeared, and the title of "Source Code" was reflected from the train window, occupying the entire big screen.

(End of this chapter)

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