Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 290 The MV should be shot like this

After winning this short-term project, Ronald asked his agent Richard to search for the MV tapes he could find since the MTV channel started broadcasting, and watched them at home for a day and two nights.

He watched all kinds of music videos all at once.

Although it is new, music video is developing very fast, and now there are various shooting genres and editing styles.With a plan in mind, Ronald began to storyboard the music video at the end of "The Fantastic Stains."

"The editing rhythm of the MV is different from that of ordinary movies. A movie has a plot first, and then there is a soundtrack. The MV is based on the rhythm of the song, to match the picture. It does not need a complete story. The audience will imagine what is missing. part."

Ronald picked up the storyboard sketch he had drawn and showed the original director Lou Adler the ending shot he imagined.

Lou Adler carefully looked at the storyboards, "Your idea is very original, and it's not exactly the same as the music videos on MTV."

"Yeah, the MVs on MTV now are either clips of live scenes of singers singing, or splicing of various symbolic scenes. If there is 'victory' in the lyrics, there will be fireworks, and if there is 'love', there will be a kissing scene. , What we make is still a movie after all.”

Ronald divided the storyboard on the table into three pieces and said to Adler:

"Here is the 'Magic Stain' band singing live, here is the happy life they lived, and finally here is their record sales, awards, etc. Although it is relatively loose, the audience can still use their imagination to synthesize these shots. A whole story."

Lou Adler was quite satisfied in his heart, this fresh way of shooting music videos looked very interesting. MTV station should also be satisfied with this innovative approach, rolling in the channel.

Before it is released, this MV can also be used as a movie advertisement and trailer on the MTV channel. The audience there is mainly young people, which happens to be the main audience of the movie.

So he affirmed Ronald's idea, and started calling the shooting team, and the three leading actors who played the band members, and started shooting the day after tomorrow.

"I'm very satisfied, I will add your name to the director's team." Lou Adler found the team, gave Ronald a glass of whiskey, and said with satisfaction.

"Huh?" Ronald was actually unwilling in his heart, he didn't want to leave his name on this kind of bad film, as long as he could get the money and the director's gratitude.

"Actually, I don't care much about my name appearing in the subtitles, Mr. Adler. To be honest, the price you offered is already very generous, and I am very satisfied.

And I've already directed a film on my own, and it's not an improvement for me to appear in other directing positions. "

"I understand what you mean, that's all."

Lou Adler was also very satisfied with Ronald's professionalism in handling things with money. Why did he never meet such dedicated practitioners when he was filming? They are all salary thieves who don't work hard.

On the day of filming, Ronald came to the location ahead of time, which was Lou Adler's mansion, a large villa in the middle of the mountain.

"This roof can be used as a stage for band performances, and the satellite antenna there can be used as a decoration to express a modern element." Lou Adler took Ronald to see various performance locations.

"Uh, okay." Ronald felt that this shooting method was also a way of thinking, at least he didn't need to find a large performance venue again, and spend another day working to waste money.

"This is my room of honor, with various recording awards."

Ronald looked at it, picked up a gold disc certification, and read "The Mamas and Papas, 'All the Leaves Are Brown'—1967."

"This is good, let Diane hold it then."

"This is my practice room, with all kinds of sound equipment."

Ronald felt that Adler's family could start a small record company and have a recording studio.

When the dressing room and the costumers finished dressing up the three protagonists, Ronald had already seen the samples, or was surprised by the makeup of Diane Lane and the three of them.

"It's a girl punk rock band, ha!"

During that time, Diane Lane wore a one-piece miniskirt with an Indian-style Van Gogh-style pattern, with bright red stockings underneath, and a pair of lavender high-heeled shoes.

"Hey, Ronald, why are you here?" Diane Lane wore a long crimson wig, brushed away her bangs blown by the wind, and was surprised when she saw Ronald's figure.

"Didn't the director tell you guys? I'll shoot today's reshoots."

"No, Burt and I have been busy with auditions these days, and there is a big-budget movie that calls actresses from all over the country to Los Angeles." Diane replied.

"Is it really you?" Laura Dunn also came over after finishing her makeup.After she conveyed Ronald's suggestion to Paramount through her mother, she did not expect to get the call to reshoot the ending scene so soon.

After the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, she also gained some popularity as "Miss Golden Globe Awards". If the film can be released... there should be a chance to play the leading actress next time.

Ronald looked at Laura. She was wearing a purple vest and pink skirt, similar to Diane's dress, except that the stockings were white.

"You two stand side by side, let me have a look." Ronald found that Laura Dunn was already taller than Diane. When shooting in [-], Laura was obviously shorter.

"When the time comes, you stand on the right, and the one who plays Diane's sister stands on the left, and Diane moves forward." Ronald took out the director's viewfinder, stepped back and observed the positions of the three of them in the camera, and asked Diane to move forward. The height difference between her and Laura is not obvious.

"Just a little bit further. Okay, let's rehearse and put on some music."

Lou Adler asked the staff to drag a pair of top-end high-fidelity speakers out of the room, and put them on the roof to play a pre-recorded song, "The Fabulous Stains", which was recorded by Diane.

"Not me, Not me." Diane Lane spoke to her own voice, opening her mouth.

"My God, Diane really can't sing." Ronald thought to himself, this out-of-tune voice is really terrible.

"Clothes, clothes?" Ronald called the costumer, "Add a dark coat to Diane, otherwise the pair of bright red stockings and the light blue top won't hold you back."

"What kind of coat?"

"It's just mine." Ronald took off his navy blue uniform with metal buckles, called Diane over, and tried to put it on for her.

"That's it, the dark blue on the top and the bright red on the lower body match, black is also fine."

"This is a grass-roots team, and they don't know how to match clothes." Ronald shook his head and thought to himself as he watched the costumer go looking for clothes.

"You rehearse the clothes first." Ronald walked behind the camera and looked at Diane through the viewfinder. His coat was too big for her, with shoulder pads to support the shoulders, but the sleeves were still too long , a bit ridiculous.

"Fine, that's all."

Ronald went to check the recording equipment again. There was wind on the roof and the recording rod was relatively long. Ronald saw that the sound engineer's arm strength was good, so he was relieved and ready to start shooting.The level of this work team is average, and you have to read it once before you can do it.

With the electric guitar on his back, Diane made a few strumming gestures with his right hand, squeezed a chord with his left hand, and sneaked a few glances at Ronald who was talking to the sound engineer below.

After he finished speaking, he looked at himself again, and Diane immediately withdrew his eyes and began to pretend to play.

"Recording, Camera, Action!"

After shooting this performance shot, Ronald took some more shots of Diane celebrating with a gold record, playing with her two sisters in the swimming pool, and various fake magazines with Diane's headshots.

"Let's just stop here. After I finish editing, the director should arrange to release it."

"Okay, Ronald." Several actors went to remove their makeup.

Ronald looked directly at the end of the original film on the editing machine at the director's home, thinking about how to connect the re-shooting shots today.

The original ending shot was fixed on a close-up of Diane, whose protagonist was kicked out of the tour, but heard her single being played on the radio.It's a dumbfounding expression. If it ends like this, the audience will really be dissatisfied.

"Here, let's add a narration of Diane. She said that she would not give up. She turned out to be an unnoticed little girl, and now she is the lead singer of a punk band that hit the charts. I won't give up, and neither should you. "

Ronald pointed to Diane's skunk makeup on the monitor and said to director Lou Adler.

"I think it's okay, I'll ask Diane to record."

"I used to be like you, nothing. But I didn't give up, and you shouldn't give up. It's you who made me who I am now." Diane, who had finished removing her makeup, faced the whiteboard opposite in the recording studio, Finished my narration.

"Very well, that's it." Director Lou Adler manipulated the tape recorder himself.

Ronald is still outside the glass of the recording studio, holding a whiteboard against the glass, on which are the narration lines he just wrote.

Now Diane is back to her usual look, her long brown hair pulled back in a braid.Her face shape is very suitable for filming, and the left and right sides are very beautiful.

"The general idea of ​​editing is like this..." Ronald put down the whiteboard and chatted with director Lou Adler about editing.

Diane came out of the recording studio and stood by watching Ronald for a while, watching him discuss with the director how to edit, until Laura Dern came to her.

"What are you laughing at, Diane? What do you think of this movie? Will it come out?"

"Huh? I don't know. It would be better to add an ending. You should have confidence in Ronald. I think he understands movies better than the original director."

The two walked out of the room together while talking.

"That's my line of thought. What do you think, Mr. Adler?"

"Very well, I don't have any comments, we will follow this. I have an editing machine here, and it can be finished here after it is developed."

"Okay, then I'll go back first." Ronald bid farewell to the director and was about to go home.

"Hey, where's Diane?" Ronald looked up and found that Diane was gone, and it was already dark outside the window, "Let's go first? I forgot to ask her what movie she auditioned for. It shouldn't be Coppola's world." The urchin', the release contract has not been signed, the loan has not been in place, and Coppola has no money to pay wages."

A few days later, Ronald completed the editing of the "Magic Stains Band", and Lou Adler had some new ideas. He added a lot of shots of his early bands to the ending MV. pay tribute.

Ronald didn't take it seriously, the whimsical editing might be okay for a pure music video, but the ending of the movie is obviously inappropriate.

However, my mission has been completed, and there is no need to say more about taking the money and leaving.

Lou Adler was very excited and wrote a check on the spot, expressing that he would cooperate with him again in the future and shoot MVs for his singers.

"You can contact Eddie, my agent in New York for things other than movies."

A few days later, Ronald waited for a call from his agent Nisita.

"Hey, Coppola got the loan, are you ready to form a crew?" Ronald was eager to learn Coppola's secrets.

"Don't worry, he's gone to Europe to sign and will be back soon.

It's another thing for me to find you.It seems that someone copied your idea and made a movie with many similarities to the plot of 'fast-paced Richmond High School', I asked Richard to pick you up..."

(End of this chapter)