Chapter 322 The screening of "Spirited Away" begins

After the funds for the promotion and distribution of "Spirited Away" were allocated, various promotional activities were launched one after another.

Also enabled are early screenings of movies.

Penguin Pictures still has the strength, and it has screened the film in cooperative cinemas in several major municipalities across the country.

Early screening means that a small number of viewers can watch the movie in advance before it is officially released.

Therefore, there are very few screenings, and for ordinary audiences, it is rare to see screenings.

Penguin Pictures invites film critics and teams in the industry to watch movies by giving away movie coupons.

Only the remaining movie tickets will be circulated on the market.

Audiences who are lucky can buy tickets for this part of the movie.

In mid-September, the official Weibo accounts of Ark Culture, Fang Xing Studio, and Liang Jing Studio released the movie trailer of "Spirited Away" and information on screening screenings.

Because Fang Xing is well-known enough, as soon as the movie trailer was released, many netizens forwarded it and commented:

【Come on, come on, this guy is not doing his job again.】

[I have just released an album, and now I am starting to work on movies. The music and TV circles can no longer satisfy this guy, and he is going to the big screen.]

[After two popular TV series, it started to get weird, and it actually dared to make a movie! 】

[Speaking of which, this animated movie was not started after two TV series became popular. It started two years ago, and before the TV series was even made, this animation was made first.]

[The movie industry is not easy to mess around with. Many top celebrities think that fans are fierce in fighting and can kill indiscriminately on the big screen, but they end up with bruises on their noses and faces. ]

[By the way, this guy isn’t considered a traffic star, is he? 】

[That’s right, I only have the popularity to be top-notch, but I don’t have the strength to be top-notch. (Gotou)]

[With the addition of a dog head, you don’t have to die? My forty-meter sword has never been confiscated.]

[Are they all there to watch? Didn’t anyone watch the trailer? To be honest, the trailer is quite attractive. Moreover, there is an advance screening, so I suddenly want to watch it. 】

[One movie ticket, several days of food expenses, the student party can’t afford it. Forget it, let’s not watch it yet. A singer making a movie, or an animated movie, this is a trap no matter how you think about it.]

[They even planned a screening fifteen days in advance. Are they going to decide whether they will live or die before the official release? 】

[I admire you for being a man if you dare to screen it. If it is a bad movie, you will rush to screen it to the end, and it won’t even be released.]

[Courage is indeed commendable, but if you dare to screen it, usually the film crew is very confident. If you don’t have confidence, it is impossible to screen it.】

In the film industry, any film that dares to be screened on demand has confidence in the quality of the film.

Of course, there is no direct relationship between confidence and high quality.

If the film studio dares to screen it, it can only prove that the film studio thinks the film is of high quality, but it cannot prove that the film quality is really high.

In fact, there are many movies that are available on demand.

Moreover, once the reputation of the screening is not good, the box office of the movie's official release will be so miserable that it will be difficult to watch.

Because Ark Culture and other official accounts have released information about the screenings.

When fans see the trailer, there will always be some viewers who want to give it a try.

Therefore, the movie tickets for the on-demand screenings were sold out not long after the trailer came out.

After all, it is an animated film produced by Fang Xing. Even if the audience has no confidence in the film, the tickets for the screenings can still be sold out.

Many viewers even failed to get tickets and were very upset.

【Whoever transfers two tickets to me, we are brothers.】

[Even if they are brothers, they still have to pay more.]

In the past two and a half years, Fang Xing has been at the forefront of traffic.

Whether it's music, variety shows, or TV series, any news related to Fang Xing is indispensable for hot searches.

Therefore, after receiving the movie tickets sent by Penguin Pictures, most of the film critic team in the film industry chose to squeeze out time to watch the movie.

Not only film critics, but also music critics and theater critics all want to join in the fun.

Especially music critics and drama critics who have cooperated with Ark Culture and Songshi Records have obtained movie tickets through various connections and are ready to go and see it.

…

It's mid-September.

The first screening of "Spirited Away" was held at the cinema of Donghai World Trade Center.

At 12:30 noon, moviegoers and film critics gathered in the cinema one after another.

The staff of Penguin Pictures have arrived at the scene in advance to make preparations, and the movie posters and signboards have been put up.

Well-known drama critic Li Xiaobin also came to attend today's first screening.

His drama review account is "Huskies Love Watching Dramas". Through the relationship with Ark Culture, he got a movie ticket and brought three members of his team with him.

He communicated with the staff of Penguin Pictures in the past, hoping to allow all team members to enter the venue. No seats are required, just standing.

However, it was still rejected by the staff of Penguin Pictures.

The staff guided the moviegoers to enter the venue and warned them not to take photos or videos during the movie viewing. They also distributed score cards.

The most important function of screening is to collect feedback from the audience. Therefore, by distributing score cards and taking back the score cards for statistics after watching the movie, you can get a more intuitive feedback.

There are also blank columns on the scorecard, and viewers can fill in their own comments and suggestions about the movie.

"Husky loves watching dramas" has now become a loyal drama critic of Ark Culture's works.

Because of the reviews of the previously produced dramas "Wulin Gaiden" and "The Beginning", it received two major waves of traffic, and the number of fans skyrocketed.

We even exchanged contact information with the staff of Ark Culture’s operations department.

Now, the animated films produced by Fang Xing are beginning to hit the big screen, and Li Xiaobin naturally cannot miss this opportunity.

However, tickets for the screenings are really in demand.

Li Xiaobin only got one ticket, so he couldn't bring his team in, so he had to enter alone.

In addition to drama critics, there are also music critics who attend screenings.

After all, the movie also has a soundtrack, so it makes sense for music critics to participate in screenings.

At most, it is from the perspective of commenting on the movie, mainly focusing on the soundtrack.

Well-known music critic Ni Hongdan can be regarded as one of Fang Xing's earliest supporters.

During the time of "Tomorrow's Star", Ni Hongdan stood up for Fang Xing despite the bombardment from fans of Wu Junchen and Liu Yichen.

She has persisted until now, and her number of fans online has increased from 300,000 to 3 million.

The tenfold increase in the number of fans has brought her a lot.

It also allowed her to frequently cooperate with Ark Culture and Fang Xing Studio, so this time she also got movie tickets for the on-demand screenings.

However, there were too few tickets for the screening, and she only got one.

Today, three people came to their house.

My husband and daughter Qiqi came with me. Like everyone else, only one person can enter with one ticket.

However, Ni Hongdan is different from other film critics. Qiqi is only three and a half years old and does not need votes.

Therefore, she became the only one in the audience who held one ticket but got two people in.

The father-in-law's husband could only wait in the movie theater. Angrily, he bought a ticket for another movie and decided to watch a movie alone.

…

Twelve forty-five.

All the audience in the screening room entered the venue, and the screening of "Spirited Away" officially began.

The movie tells the story of Chihiro, a 10-year-old girl who is a bit squeamish and willful. She moves to a new home with her parents. On the way, she accidentally enters a temple and enters another world.

In this wonderful world, the girl's parents were turned into pigs because they ate the delicacies prepared for the gods.

In order to save her parents, the girl hides her identity and works in this wonderful world, waiting for the opportunity to rescue her parents...

The audience at the screening watched the screen quietly.

The 2D animation slowly unfolds on the screen, using a unique style of painting to tell an amazing story.

The style of this animated movie is completely different from the 3D animation that has been popular in recent years, and the picture is very comfortable.

Moreover, the conflict in the story is very clever and exciting, and it catches the audience's attention right from the beginning.

When the male protagonist of the animation appears, the voiceover comes out.

Ni Hongdan suddenly raised his eyebrows.

Because the sound is a bit familiar, but very different.

She glanced at the audience next to her and found that not many viewers noticed the special nature of this dubbing.

Because this voice uses a higher-pitched voice than usual speech, it is not the dubbing artist's original voice.
To be continued...