Initial D

Initial D is a movie that focuses on the car racing and car drift. Initial D is a Hong Kong movie and published at 2005. Before this movie, in Hollywood industry already have a lot of movies which share the same genre. Thus, in Hollywood movie start to influence third world country to follow the style, technique or so on to capture film. Initial D content is about the main character ,Jay Chow at these five year everyday was drive his father car (Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86) to delivery tofu, then he train out a professional skill at the drift. After that, he having car racing with other people and win all competitor, simulate the interest of car racing. 

First and foremost, how the Hollywood influence for the movie? First is the movie poster. Fast and furious 2 posters all of the main character stand/sit around the main cars of the character drive and make it to become the themes; on the other hands, Initial D poster style have 60% similar with Fast and Furious movie poster such as they also use the main character stand/sit around the main car (Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86) and show out the meaning of these movie. It was the first thing how the Hollywood influence the third world country movie industry. However, for this research not only the Hong Kong movie initial D have this style, at Malaysian movie “Evolusi KL drift” also got similar style at the poster. 

(poster of initial D)

Second is the costume character of the movie. For example, costume characters of Initial D all of them are look alike gangster or both of the characters got smoking or drunk inside the movie, because this was the more simple and basic costume the car racing or gangster style. Initial D has this kind of costume idea because it gets Hollywood influences. For instance, when people watch all different kind about the car racing movie such as Fast and Furious, audience can see all character inside the movie they are costume like gangster, most of the costume are almost Hollywood influence but got a style they won’t influence such as the sexy level because most of the western country are open-minded and always wearing sexy at all time, but the third world country (Asian country) are more conservative so Asian movie character won’t wear too sexy at all. 

Third is the Hollywood influence the technique. The Hollywood movie Fast and Furious selected to compare with the Hong Kong movie Initial D. For example, “close up” shot are keep continue using inside the Fast and Furious movie. The scene use close up shot of the movie such as close up at the character expression when they are driving, most of it are focus on character eyes because can look out the character expression are angry or motivate. Furthermore, the third world country movie and start to use this shot to make the expression shot with a person. Initial D have more close up shot focus at main character Jay Chow and look at his expression when his having car racing or drive at Akina mountain; it would show out how professional or bored when he having car racing. Besides that, when car racing start, it use much low angle camera shot to capture the environment when the car racing, why they need use low angle camera shot because can see the whole environment and look clearly when car racing. When that time Hollywood influence using the low angle to capture the whole environment, so most of the third world countries are start influence by this technique; such as Initial D have most scene are using the helicopter and using the low angle to capture when they are racing at Akina mountain, when wanted capture full road and scene when racing at Akina mountain must using low angle to capture, because Akina mountain got much tree to block all scene, can’t capture when without using the low angle camera shot. 

(face expression and car racing on the character)

In addition, the skills of driving are most important Hollywood influence with the third world country. For example, at the Initial D the drive skills most are influence by Fast and furious movie, like the skills how to drift, how to drive become faster and etc. Besides that, when a car need to drive faster and faster, inside the car add on turbo can become more faster. Inside fast and furious are add on the turbo inside the car, after that it would influence most of the third world country racing movie. Initial D have some part are using turbo to show the car drifting when they are in car racing. 

(It was the part about the driving skill, technique and costume)

After that, Hollywood movie got a much influence on effect. Effect is a special technique. For example, inside the Fast and Furious movie have much effect such as when the car are racing because when make effect then can let the car look like more faster and graphic are more nice. So, at the initial D the director also put a lot of effects and graphics when they having car racing at Akina Mountain. The effects mostly focus around the car. (Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86). 

Moreover, bigger cost also a most important Hollywood influence. Basically, most of the Hollywood movies are using the larger cost to capture movie. Hence, the third world country would influence by them start to using more costly at a movie and try to get a high quality movie. For instance, Initial D need most costly when the scene car racing at Akina mountain, because first problem the places at Japan, another problem they need to block or make sure the safety, so need the highly cost to capture, if without the highly cost to support, their can’t get a good effect of the movie.