All In This Together (eBook)

THE UNOFFICIAL STORY OF HIGH SCHOOL MUCICAL

Edward Gross (Autor)

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2010 | 1. Auflage
120 Seiten
ECW Press (Verlag)
978-1-55490-764-9 (ISBN)

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A comprehensive look at the making of the wildly successful Disney Channel film High School Musical, this unofficial guidebook explores the cultural phenomenon and loyal fan base the movie spawned. Providing detailed profiles on the film's cast members-including Zac Efron, Ashley Tisdale, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, and Corbin Bleu-this companion follows the cast around the world as they promote the film and supplies all available information about the upcoming sequel. A perfect collectible for the film's millions of fans, readers will also find trivia on the chart-topping soundtrack and DVD, which sold more than 400,000 units the day it was released.

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When the Disney Channel aired its original movie High School Musical in January 2006, they were expecting a solid ratings response. What they got was a cultural phenomenon that not only launched the film into the stratosphere - it also turned its young cast into superstars. With spinoffs multiplying and stage shows poised to rake in yet more cash, Edward Gross takes readers on a comprehensive tour through the creation and making of this landmarkl film. Unmissable.

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THE START OF SOMETHING NEW 'We're writing the book for the first time. We've never had a TV product that's become this big a property so quickly.' - Rich Ross, Disney Channel Worldwide President When the Disney Channel gave the green light to High School Musical, the decision was made to treat this particular TV movie a little bit differently from ones that had preceded it in terms of schedule and budget. More time would be spent making sure that the music was just right, and an increased budget from the Disney Channel norm would ensure that the filmmakers could accomplish what they needed to in order to make it appeal to its intended audience.And given all that has happened since the film premiered a year ago, it really was a decision that has paid incredible dividends. High School Musical began with executive producer Bill Borden, who had actually produced several films for the Disney Channel, among them Tiger Cruise and A Ring of Endless Light, as well as the feature films La Bamba and Play'd: A Hip-Hop Story. 'I used to love watching Grease and other movie musicals,' he explains, 'and it occurred to me there hadn't been a really good one in a long time. I wondered if we could do the new West Side Story or the new Hair. One of my favorite movies is Romeo and Juliet. And I have three kids. As a family, if you're going to put on movies together and watch them, the ones that keep coming up over and over again are things like Romeo and Juliet, The Sound of Music and - at least in our house - Grease. 'The original concept,' he continues, 'was to sell this as a feature film. [Executive producer] Barry Rosenbush and I went around trying to sell this as a feature and no one would make it. They kept saying, 'Well, what's the music? Who are the stars?' Then one day Gary Marsh, who's the president of the Disney Channel, and I had ameeting and I said, 'You know, for years I've been wanting to make a Romeo and Juliet musical, kind of Grease-like with dance.' After a few minutes he said, 'Sounds perfect for us. Let's do it.' If you're going to copy, you might as well copy from the best. We used Shakespeare to inspire us to make this.' For the Disney Channel, something like High School Musical was a natural progression. The cable network had its beginnings back in 1983, when it was launched as a commercial-free premium channel. In those days, it was a showcase for basic family programming representing shows largely from the Disney TV and feature film library. Things had kicked off on April 18th at 7 a.m. with a series called Good Morning, Mickey, which consisted of older Disney cartoons featuring its original staple of stars, among them Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto. Other such compilation shows were accompanied by Dumbo's Circus and Welcome to Pooh Corner, which (kind of creepily, in retrospect) had humans dressed as characters from the big top and the Hundred Acre Wood who dished out healthy doses of basic morality tales. Flash forward to 1998, and the Disney Channel went through a...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.11.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Kunst / Musik
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• ISBN-10: 1-55490-764-0 / 1554907640
• ISBN-13: 978-1-55490-764-9 / 9781554907649