“five, private x, ven, eight!”

In the orchestral sonata, a sound like a countdown sounded, and a pair of blue eyes full of desire appeared on the picture, and then directly turned to the "chicago" subtitles made by neon lights under the dark background. The bright red neon lights were like a high-hanging signal light, telling the audience that this would be a gorgeous movie. +◆

The film begins with a singing and dancing. The close-up of the audience's mouth is instantly cut to a dizzying stage. The cool tune of the stage background and the warm tune in the wine pool form a sharp contrast and a strong visual impact.

The echoing jazz music, the indulgent audience, and the theater with bright lights and wine fully demonstrates the richness and confusion of the nightlife of "Chicago".

The good show has already begun. Velma, who had just killed her sister, rushed over. Just for a short journey into the theater, the tone of light and shadow is constantly changing, which also shows that Duke uses almost the ultimate technique in terms of light and color - the blue charming light in the dance field is revealed from the window, and the wet street reflects the light onto the screen. A kind of panic, mysterious, and eager anxiety appears at the beginning of the film.

Although the camera only shows off a pair of feet at a low angle, a short distance is created between light and shadow, and also reveals the black temperament of the film.

In addition, the close-up of the eyes that pointed directly into the heart at the beginning of the film. In fact, Duke has used his own techniques to send signals to all audiences. The story he re-arranged, which is familiar to the audience, will use the singing and dancing films to externalize, concretize, and amplify the inner states of various people, so as to cover up the black film technique under the gorgeous singing and dancing, depicting a strong black flavor.

"After reading this beginning, my concern for Duke has disappeared for half."

George Lucas tilted his head slightly and said to Mrs. Leah. "As long as there is no problem with singing and dancing, I believe that with Duke's ability, the film will definitely be above the level."

Mrs. Leah nodded. She knew that the level line Lucas mentioned was not the passing line, which meant an excellent movie.

"Chicago" is a musical and dance film after all. No matter how outstanding it is in other aspects, if the actor's musical and dance fails, it means that the whole film actually fails.

As a fan of the old "Chicago" drama, Gru is very clear about this. The beginning of the film is indeed done well. The gorgeous light and shadow switching and sound screen processing are definitely incomparable to the stage play. The movie has a natural advantage in this regard, but the next opening song and dance is the top priority. Velma is beautiful enough, but she doesn't know how the song and dance are.

"A typical Duke-style video starts."

Allen told Coonitz, "He gave up on the long shots that were frequently used in Save Private Ryan and switched to the fast pace of short shots."

Kunitz stared at the screen and lowered his voice, "The heroine was chosen well, Zeta Jones is really beautiful and sexy. His acting skills are also good, no wonder Duke fell in love with her."

"If her singing and dancing fail."

Even if he is not a singer and dance movie lover, Allen knows this. "Duke will definitely be criticized for his actor selection, and some unfavorable rumors will spread..."

The stage lights on the picture suddenly lit up, and the stage slowly rose. Zeta Jones stood in the white halo, and the background turned completely black. Black and white intertwined together, forming a huge color difference, instantly lit up the audience's eyes.

",baye..."

Amid the music, Velma has already started the first song and dance. This is the signature song of the entire play - "all."

Catherine Zeta Jones's voice is full of magnetism, thick singing, wild and tempting dance, which is extremely in line with the character's own settings, and captures the audience's attention as quickly as possible.

"She sang pretty well."

Hearing Kunits' words, Allen nodded quickly, "Her expression is so tempting. When I blinked, I thought I was throwing my eyes at me, and my legs were so beautiful! This actor Duke chose great! "

Gru was nodding, and the actress's dance was slightly worse than the Broadway re-arranged musical, but her singing was even better. She deserved to be a singer in the West End opera.

He counted three rows ahead, and Whitley, a drama critic of the New York Times, was remembering something in the notebook. Although she was not a film critic, she came to the premiere to see what a classic drama like "Chicago" would be adapted into by Duke Rosenberg.

However, it seems that the beginning of the film is quite successful. Not to mention the film technique that the other party is good at, even the singing and dancing scenes are definitely excellent.

In addition to being a little worse in the dance, Verma in the film has a complete hit of the opera version of Verma in other aspects.

This is a normal thing. Whitley was not surprised. Even though she was just a drama critic, she knew that the movie had many advanced post-production techniques that could modify singing and dancing performances and even acting skills. Not to mention that the actress named Catherine Zeta Jones in the movie already has strong singing and dancing skills. Even if she is one or even two levels behind the heroine of the stage play, the movie can still rely on production technology to narrow this disadvantage infinitely, even beyond.

This is a very unfair comparison, and it is also a completely different artistic form. Moreover, movies are popular and musical operas are relatively niche. Only fools will compare musical actors with musical actors. The mere post-production technology can make the two sides separate from each other.

So, Duke was not worried about whether the nostalgic audience could accept singing and dancing. Lily Fred was born on Broadway and was nominated for the Tony Award several times, so his ability is definitely not a problem.

Indeed, during the live shooting, the black man Velma had a great performance in singing and dancing, but don't forget that he was a director or a technical director, so he was so stupid that he stuffed the original song and dance scenes into the movie, but with Lily Fred, he carefully edited several songs and dances, and removed the flaws in the character dance as much as possible.

Perhaps the dance is still a bit deficient after editing. After all, no professional stand-in was used throughout the whole process. However, in terms of songs, Duke believes that the studio dubbing version of the film will definitely be the live singing version of any theater.

The shooting was indeed live recording, but in post-production, Duke did not consider it at all, so he replaced all the singing and dancing scenes with studio recording versions. After a variety of post-technical modifications, how can it be compared on the live? Not to mention these opera actors, even Michael Jackson's live singing is also significantly different from the studio effect.

Yes, compared to all the musicals that require live performances, the movie version is cheating, and it is an open cheating. No one can say anything like this kind of cheating, otherwise it would be just a joke.

There is also appearance. Duke has seen pictures of previous opera actors in "Chicago". Naomi Watts, Catherine Zeta Jones and Tom Cruise have an absolute advantage. Not to mention appearance is not important for such movies, the effect of singing and dancing with handsome men and beautiful women is often amazing.

Moreover, on the basis of ensuring acting skills and singing and dancing standards, being beautiful and handsome is the bottom line.

Everyone has a love for beauty.

When the audience was deeply attracted by singing and dancing, another color change, another heroine, Lockhee Hart, appeared on the picture, and the fate of the two beautiful killers was intertwined. Velma was dazzling on the singing and dancing field, and Lockhee was envious of the dance field.

The film crochets a ** projection through Lockhee's viewing and Velma's viewing, which is manifested through Lockhee's explicit eyes.

Then there is a parallel montage technique. This is an extremely simple and ordinary film technique, but it brings a completely different effect from a stage play. I want to show a parallel montage in the form of a stage play... Forget it, there is no comparison between the two sides at all.

Whitley added a lot to her notebook. This adaptation is obviously more attractive than the straightforward narration of the stage play. Moreover, the intricate entanglement of the two heroines also perfectly reflects the theme of the film.

Judging from the clips that have been screened so far, it seems that the director Duke Rosenberg, is completely different from the reviews she heard from film critics.

Especially under the light of blue, romantic and mysterious stages, Velma is particularly charming, while the eye-catching red lights behind Lockhee hint at her inner mania and **.

As the camera continues to advance, the scene gradually becomes smaller. Locke connects with Velma's gaze while staring, and finally replaces Velma's stage role with his inner fanatical self in the moment of looking back. The real space under the stage and the performance space on the stage are replaced and unified under the ** projection of Locke.

It is no exaggeration to say that while the film attracts attention with its colors and gorgeous singing and dancing, Duke Rosenberg uses a large number of technically streamed film techniques.

The singing and dancing part and Lockhee's affair are intertwined, constantly intertwining, the filth of human nature and the explosion of ** are infinitely magnified in a fast editing, and the two scenes are also transformed through similar compositions, the same and opposite movements, and the transition is natural and meaningful.

Whitley couldn't understand how the director who only exploded in the film critics could produce such profound shots and scenes. Not to mention anything else, just the use of light and color in the film can be called a master level!

Thinking of this, a very appropriate description popped up in Whitley’s mind about the critics and Duke – interests and prejudice!

She is just a drama critic. Although she occasionally comments on movies, she has no interests in Hollywood, so she feels that her evaluation is more fair. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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