Sorry that this week’s mailbag is a day late. I had some business to attend to. Namely, there were ghosts to be busted, and I was the best Ghostbuster for the job. On Tuesday, a game that I had been waiting for most of my life to play was finally released. Not only that, but it was released in roughly three variations, two of which I know for sure used the actors from the original movies. Ghostbusters The Video Game was released for most systems, of which I got it for Xbox 360 and Wii as well as DS. I have beaten the game on the 360, and just started playing the Wii version, which is a very different experience from the 360 version so far. And I’ve loved almost every minute of it, save for some small problems, and the difficulty level of the game when sometimes, even on easy. When I was 8 or 9, I went to the arcade (!) to play the Ghostbusters game, only to be disappointed by it for not having a similar style of play to that of the movie, and it’s about time they’ve made the game that I dreamed up at such a young age. But this isn’t what you’re here to read about, you want to hear answer to Narnia fan mail, so here we go.
This post is partially about satiating a geeky desire and partially about looking at what went right and wrong in the two Narnia movies (specifically the marketing aspect). This will not be in-depth, just to warn you.
First, let’s take a look at the “teaser” trailer (it’s a long teaser at around two and a half minutes) for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and see what stands out.
Courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures, Cinematical is happy to bring you the first official one-sheet (click here for larger image) for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
From Jim Hill Media comes this conceptual teaser poster artwork for Prince Caspian. One part features a look at Peter’s Sword, Rhindon, with a cloak over it and a field behind it. The other features a castle. Perhaps the castle home of King Miraz?
We’ve just posted the second edition of the NarniaFans Mailbag. (Just a day later than planned.) We’ve answered seven letters this week, including such topics as the music in the teaser, interviews, when Dawn Treader may be filmed, and more!
Short snippets of the Chronicles of Narnia have been shown to a handful of film critics in the UK, giving a taste of what to expect when the movie is released on 8 December.
Such is the complexity of the film-making involved in making The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first in a series of seven planned films, that the finishing touches to the special effects are still being added just weeks before it officially opens.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe opens with the Pevensie children being evacuated to the country during the war, arriving at a large house lived in by an eccentric professor.
Then the horror of real life blends with fantasy as the four children enter the magical world of Narnia.
The 10-minute teaser trailer was preceded by extracts of what will probably become the DVD extras, with the cast and crew involved in the making of the film giving an insight into the challenges they faced.
These included creating the vast snowy landscapes which was tackled by mixing scenes using fake snow, to allow the children to act without freezing, and real snow-covered vistas achieved when the entire set moved to the Czech Republic.
The music used in the teaser trailer for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is very epic and well placed here. The following list is a list of the music used in the teaser:
“Here Comes The King (Drums)” – X-Ray Dog
“Here Comes The King” – X-Ray Dog
“The Black Legend (Non Choir)” – Immediate Music
Treasure Planet (track 7) “The Map” – James Newton Howard
Black Beauty (1994) – Danny Elfman
Emile from James-Newton-Howard.com tells me that the music heard on the official Narnia website is the same music as the teaser trailer from ‘Treasure Planet!’ Thanks Emile!
If anyone can narrow it down more specifically, please e-mail me!
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