When Pitch Perfect first came out, it caused quite a stir in the North American film market. Not only did it earn several times the box office at a low cost, but it also made Akabella’s music form known and loved by more audiences in an entertaining way. The arrangement of popular songs and the fun and amusing dance moves give the original instrumental accompaniment to the hit songs have a different and pleasant feeling.
The fact is that although in the United States, the form of Akabella in colleges and universities has developed relatively mature (as mentioned in the movie), in fact, this is only a branch of Akabella music that is not professional; people are concerned about such a This kind of purely vocal music form is still not well understood. As seen in the second movie, Akabella music in Europe is more mature and professional. Compared with the United States, where college students play and play in clubs, Denmark, Sweden and other countries have emerged with a number of highly qualified Professional Acapella group, release albums, do performances, and tour the world. For the American akabella music, the film has also done enough self-deprecating—yes, we are too entertaining and unprofessional, and we are indeed the target of chattering by the European aka musicians.
But it is undeniable that this form has greatly expanded Akabella's audience. For this and a better understanding of the Pitch Perfect series of films (yes, there is a third one), I have to mention Sing Off, the "the Voice of the Acapella world" event. Hosted by NBC Radio, hosted by Jessica Simpson’s ex-husband Nick Lachey (this guy was also a member of a male idol group when he was young), and three authoritative judges (Ben Folds and Shawn Stockman are resident, and a popular beautiful singer outside) sits in the town , The nationwide Akabella group came together to make a bright move. By 2014, five seasons have been broadcasted: the first season has few combinations and is still trying to find ways, and only made 4 episodes; the second season began to look a little bit, with more registration combinations, but the quality is not too high, only five. set. The third season is highlight, 12 episodes, many combinations, high quality, and the remaining five or six have their own characteristics, and there is a combination of PENTATONIX that has absolute strength and a futuristic label turned out (and only 5 Personally suitable for signing a record), it is very enjoyable. The fourth season is obviously smoother and more entertaining. In order to make the audience watch happier, highlight the combination characteristics and behind-the-scenes stories, the judges were brought in to play together, and a new trick of Douge PK was also developed (isn’t it familiar? The Douge in PITCH PERFECT comes from this ), but the quality of the players is also not bad. The composition of the contestants in each season can basically cover all kinds of Aka styles: the old three-person barbershop, the high school Akabella, and some groups of various colors that cannot be said to be classified; in the fourth season there is even a Latin group, dancing is more than singing Good... But anyway, SingOff has done it now, giving birth to a signature combination like Pentatonix. After making a formal debut, three consecutive EP albums (there are also Christmas EPs? It’s not clear at a glance). The tour is not only in the country. Two rounds came, and I even went to Australia and other friendly countries. This year, I daft Punk’s Akka adaptation took Grammys, and his career was in full swing. Due to Penta’s SingOff origin, it has an absolute popular taste that Akka in Europe does not have. It refreshes everyone’s ears with the arrangement of various ghosts and animals. It is also an effort to gradually bring the non-mainstream music form of Akabella into the public eye. And the results are outstanding. Although SingOff was also complained by European colleagues (see my other film review, directly translated from their blog discussion), what distorted the audience's understanding of Akabella, the real Akabella does not sing like this Singing and dancing; but to put it bluntly, after all, it is popular, and it has indeed become a good promotion. The Sing Off competition also sold the copyright to Asia (the Korean version is of the same high level, and the combination EXIT is amazing; the Chinese version...hehe, Shenzhen Satellite TV has been working for a year and named it a cappella, but the domestic version is not considered. The environment, plus the quality itself is not high, this show is not watched at all...)
After talking about so many things that should belong to another item, let’s return to PITCH PERFECT—the film’s music consultant is Deke Sharon, the producer of Sing Off. He is responsible for the selection and arrangement of the film, the singing rehearsal of the actors, and himself I also sang a part-in this way, everything is explained! Even, in the second part of the movie, a large number of former SingOff players in the final World Akka Contest ran out to play soy sauce: PENTA is the largest soy sauce, representing Canada, and the shots gave the male low a few close-ups; and the fourth season. The Philippine cream boy group Philharmonic’s true performance and Latin group singing and dancing; others also have some familiar but unimpressed faces from the previous seasons. There is also the PK link of the impromptu song mentioned above, all because Deke Sharon, a veteran Aka, smiles triumphantly behind his back.
So this can be regarded as a soft advertisement promoting Sing Off-this competition is really pretty good! Resources should be found in season three! Everyone, go check it out!
Then, I actually wanted to seriously discuss the development of Akka in China at the beginning. The domestic Akabella is in its infancy and is still in the stage of organizing a group in colleges and universities. In addition to Beijing, Shanghai and Xiamen, other places also need to be more promoted. After all, this matter can't be rushed. Judging from the appreciation preferences of domestic audiences and the level of some existing combinations, it may take a long time for Akabella to become popular in China. Fortunately, a small group of people have started to do this. The work of Akka China (yes, this is also an advertisement! It can be found on all social platforms!). Some high-level European groups come to China to sing and music festivals. It started gradually; we slowly watched the wind blow up, hoping that Akabella could go further and further in China.
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