Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 116 Combination Fist

Elizabeth's mother, Anne Brewster, is the manager of the Personal Banking Department of New York Chemical Bank and is considered a high-income earner.But when Elizabeth was nine years old, she and her husband, James Sue, divorced and moved to New York.

James Sue is a lawyer by training, and now he is doing real estate development business in New Jersey.His income is enough to provide a decent life for his children.Elizabeth Su went to school at the famous Columbia Middle School in New Jersey.

Two days ago, Anne Brewster received a call from her daughter, saying that she would participate in the shooting of Hershey's chewing gum commercial in New York. She supported it and confirmed the signing with Eddie on the phone.

However, early this morning, she received a call from an enthusiastic person from the BBDO advertising company, saying that her daughter was tricked into filming adult products commercials, and that the CBS studio would not rent them to shoot such commercials, and the crew would definitely find another place to shoot , as a conscientious person, I came here to tell her that she must be careful of her daughter being cheated.

"I will never let my daughter get involved in this kind of commercial. Her father James is also on the way from New Jersey. He is a lawyer. We can use the guardian's right to know fraud to sue you and cancel the guardian's filming authorization. So for Hello everyone, you still take the initiative to cancel my daughter's filming contract."

"I have to say that the conscientious person has a very rich imagination." Ronald continued, "We did change the shooting location because the gymnastics equipment shot in the CBS studio is relatively fake. We have contacted Shot in the real gym at Stuyvesant High."

"Stuyvesant High School?" Anne Brewster's expression softened slightly. This is a well-known key high school in New York, which recruits children with outstanding IQs in the eighth grade all over New York every year.Like several other key high schools, candidates must take a special test and pass the test to be eligible to enter.

Presumably they would not join forces with the young "director" in front of them to shoot some adult product advertisements.

"Yes, it is my alma mater." Darcy Maguire saw that Anne Brewster was a strong woman like her, "I am Darcy Maguire who is in charge of this advertising project of BBDO, this is The director I hired, Ronald Lee, who directed the movie 'High School Rock,' we were moving to Stuyvesant High School."

"This is my director's union membership card, Ms. Brewster." Ronald handed over his union card to identify himself, "Our commercial shooting complies with the law and is filed with the union in accordance with the regulations of the television actors' union. "

"As for that conscientious person, it's just because I'm jealous of my status as a woman, which is higher than his level." Darcy Maguire deliberately stomped twice, implying that he is also a professional woman in pants.

The two strong women have a common language, and the misunderstanding can be eliminated in a few words.

"Who wants my daughter to be in an adult commercial." A man hurried in.

"James, it was a misunderstanding." Anne Brewster stopped her ex-husband and explained to him in detail.

Seeing this, Ronald took out his sketches and explained the intention and process of the shooting with Elizabeth Su's parents, reassuring them.

Both James Sue and Anne Brewster are managers of commercial organizations and have been involved in many TV commercial shooting matters.After watching the sub-camera, the remaining doubts in my heart were finally dispelled.

Darcy Maguire simply went to Stuyvesant High School with Elizabeth Su, mother and daughter, and James Su to adapt to the venue.Ronald and Eddie then took the equipment, and the filming team including Spike Lee then went.

Before the creative director Darcy Maguire left, he pulled Ronald aside and said, "Do you feel it? This is a combination punch."

Ronald nodded. First, through his relationship, he influenced CBS not to lend them the filming location today, and then he went to Elizabeth Su's mother to complain, saying that they would change the location to shoot adult products commercials.

If Darcy Maguire hadn't immediately secured the Stuyvesant High School location, they would have had a hard time convincing Elizabeth's mother now.All the details are well inlaid with the rumors in this whistleblower call.It is very likely that the parents did not allow Elizabeth to shoot for the sake of safety, and they had to temporarily find another heroine on their side.

"If we hold back again and find another actor, maybe they have a third uppercut waiting for us." Ronald reminded Darcy by analogy.

"You're right, Ronald. To be on the safe side, we need to cancel the editing arrangement in the CBS post department. You find another place to edit the master tape, but don't tell anyone on the surface."

Ronald signaled his understanding, and they split up.

"Hey, Ronald, I didn't expect us to help you film first." Spike Lee, and Ernest Dixon were already waiting for him at school.

"Yeah, mine was just a TV commercial, 15 seconds. How's your movie doing?"

"The black affirmative organization's money has been spent. After we developed the film, we have no money to shoot the rest of the plot. We are applying for funding from the American Film Institute and New York City cultural institutions." Spike replied.

"This is Ernest Dixon. The cinematographer of my film, and I brought him in this time."

"Hello, Ernest," Ronald shook hands with the burly Ernest Dixon, "only the TV cameras this time."

"Don't worry, it's very simple. I've played with it a lot." Ernest Dixon's accent was not black at all. Fascinated by movies, he went to Tisch College to study film photography.

Ronald took out his own scoreboard and handed it to Spike and Dixon.

"Well, you need to use a zoom lens." Dixon began to design the lens, "I have to go to the scene to see the environment before I can decide on the lighting method."

Spike Lee was not interested in technical details, but looked at Ronald's style of painting and lens design a bit interesting, "Your lens design is very similar to comics, especially the method of switching from the medium shot to the close shot, which is very similar to Superman The method of expression in comics."

"After the pre-action is over, before the character wants to speak, zoom in closer, so that the audience can see the character's expression before speaking." Spike Lee concluded.

"Um, yes, she was going to do the uneven bars before, and she had to be shot in the middle shot. But the screen is very small, so that the audience can clearly see what she is talking behind, and the brand of chewing gum in her hand, they have to get closer. "

Ronald said in his heart that I designed it based on the plot, and never thought of any comics.

"You really are a creative connoisseur, Ronald, I read you right. Those shots of you in 'Rock High' are different from other people's shots. They have their own style and are easy to identify." Spike Lee insists Ronald is a gifted director.

"Well, since you insist, I will reluctantly admit that I am a genius." Ronald thought to himself, "Maybe I watched a lot of movies in my previous life, and some lens designs became my intuition, and people today have not invented these. The way it was shot?"

"We picked up the recorder, and then went to the WNDT New York branch to get the equipment." Ronald beckoned a few people into the car and drove towards the TV station.

Eddie at the entrance of the TV station has already completed all the formalities and moved the equipment into the van.When Ronald arrives, he only needs to sign a signature, and then he can drive away.

After handing Helen's storyboard and script to Gerald Slater's secretary, Ronald quickly ran to the door to open the way,
"This is our driver Johnny, and this is the director Ronald." Eddie winked at Ronald and introduced the driver of the TV station.

Ronald understood, shook hands with the driver Johnny, and handed over a 20-yuan note without showing any emotion. "Thank you, Johnny, today is all up to you."

"Is it Stuyvesant High School? Don't worry, I know all the roads in Manhattan." Seeing Ronald on the road like this, Johnny happily got into the driver's seat, "Just follow me."

In the gymnastics hall of Stuyvesant High School, the creative director Darcy Maguire has already fixed the coach, cleared a large area for filming, and temporarily closed the gymnastics hall.

Ronald helped unload the cargo, moved the equipment into the gymnasium, and was discussing camera placement and actor scheduling with Spike Lee and Dixon.

Soon the students helped to set up the equipment, and Dixon looked through the viewfinder for a while, "The background lighting of the venue is okay, we can just add a few lights."

Spike Lee was a little fascinated by Ronald's lens design and scheduling methods. He walked around the venue and kept chanting words, wondering if he was thinking about how to improve his filming methods.

Ronald threw a roll of tape over, "Help me to stick the positioning point." Then he turned around and told Elizabeth Su about today's shooting plan.

Her mother asked for leave today to deal with her daughter's affairs, and her father also drove here from New Jersey, so he simply accompanied his only daughter to shoot commercials today.

Ronald explained the shooting details half to Elizabeth Sue and half to her parents, "Lisa, I need you to make a move on the uneven bars and the high bars, and choose the one you are most proficient in, regardless of the difficulty, you know? Shooting is safety first."

Her parents nodded frequently beside her.

"Then my make-up artist," Ronald pointed to the female classmate, "she will tape a small bag on the left shoulder of your gym uniform with a piece of chewing gum in it. The same curtain call to the audience, and then take out the chewing gum from inside.

Facing the camera lens, pose a pose, and then keep this pose for a while.Understand? ""

Elizabeth's mother, Anne Brewster, wondered, "Why keep still?"

"Well, our props will replace the old version of chewing gum from Lisa's hand and replace it with the new version. After that, Lisa just needs to say the slogan 'Chewels taste better'. After we edited in post, the audience You'll see that piece of gum instantly become new."

"It's like magic." Elizabeth Su looked expectant.

"Yes, it's like magic." Ronald replied.

(End of this chapter)