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MEDIA GENRES I · CLASS TALK
ONE TRAILER.
A NEW KIND
OF MOVIE.
The Wandering Earth — how China got its sci-fi
This trailer did not just sell a film.
It made a new genre — a new kind of movie — in China.
It made a new genre — a new kind of movie — in China.
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WATCH THE TRAILER
Watch this. Look for three things.
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- PICTURES what do you see?
- SOUND what do you hear?
- STORY what does it promise?
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POINT 1
Pictures nobody saw before
- Planet engines. Frozen cities. Jupiter in the sky.
- Part 2 is bigger: space elevators, robot planes, the Moon.
- Before this, China had almost no sci-fi films to copy.
new picturesplanet enginesfrozen citiesJupiter
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POINT 2
The sound tells you the big idea
- Big orchestra music. It feels huge.
- Voices in many languages. One message: we are one family.
big musicmany languageswe are one
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POINT 3 · THE BIG ONE
It breaks the Hollywood rule
| Hollywood movies | The Wandering Earth |
|---|---|
| one hero | everyone together |
| leave Earth | move the Earth |
| save the day | protect our home |
Do not run away from Earth. Take Earth with us.
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THE END · THREE ANSWERS
Hot? Loved? A win?
- Hot — it was new. Nothing like it. The trailer was big news.
- Loved — people move a mountain together. An old Chinese story.
- A win — after it, Chinese sci-fi films kept coming.
ONE TRAILER.
A NEW KIND OF MOVIE.
A NEW KIND OF MOVIE.