Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 387 Who is DMK?

"Human beings were hit by the dead light of the comet, leaving only a pile of 'calcium dust'." Mary Voronov, a female scientist, discusses the night of the comet with her colleagues in the "underground research institute" built in the studio disaster.

"What if there were survivors? The radiation would theoretically be blocked by metal or very thick concrete, and I have no doubt there would be many survivors in Los Angeles."

"You're right, but the survivors will be scattered in various places, and those places have zombies that have been partially contaminated by radiation."

"How do survivors find other survivors? Where do they find them? What's their first move? You know it's like nuclear war, the first survivors turn on the radio..."

Mary Voronov turned on the radio and started changing channels non-stop.

"Attention all survivors in Los Angeles, California, and America, this is Samantha, after you hear the broadcast, you should all come to Sherman Oaks..."

"There are survivors at the radio station!" Audrey, played by Mary Voronov, stood up excitedly.

"Cut!"

"Very good, this shot is very good." Ronald hadn't shaved his beard for a few days, and his beard had grown all over his cheeks, and the scene in the studio was about to be finished.

"Ronald, I read the script. Who is the DMK at the beginning?" Voronov was wearing a white coat, dressed as a scientist, with long curly hair hanging down his shoulders, looking young, beautiful and full of professionalism.It's not like the old-fashioned headmistress in "Rock High School".

"I haven't figured it out yet, what's your suggestion?" Ronald sat down on the director's chair with his name written on it, pulled down the brim of the baseball cap on his head slightly to cover the glare of the light, he felt like closing his eyes and resting his mind Take a nap.

Continuous high-intensity shooting, cast and crew have time to rest.Only a few members of the director's team were the ones who kept going. .After getting off work, Ronald still has to worry about tomorrow's storyboard and yesterday's dailies, and he only has four or five hours of rest every day.

Even the body that has practiced wrestling is also a little tired.Sometimes he also seizes the time to take a nap on the set.

"Why not add a male character? The initials are DMK."

"I thought about that, but to introduce a character at the end, what is his role? To show that there are other survivors in Los Angeles, to give the audience a sense of hope?"

"Yeah, that's it. Your movie is supposed to be a light-hearted movie. From the first shot, the audience knows that Regina will be the hero who saves the world in the end, so finally give her and Hector a mission. Go find other survivors and unite, won't you?"

"Good idea, what else?" Ronald took off his hat and sat up. Mary Voronov is the queen of exploitation movies. She knows all the low-budget plots by heart. Listen to her The idea doesn't hurt either.

"And isn't Samantha jealous that her older sister Regina is always more favored by boys? It's better to let this DMK and her make up a pair. This way, the audience's expectations for the two heroines will be explained at the end."

"Yeah, okay." Ronald had already sat upright, took out the small notebook that never left him, and began to shorthand Voronov's idea with a ballpoint pen.

"You know what? Mary, I think you should give screenwriting a try.

"Yeah? Do you think so? Actually, I wrote scripts and stories when I was at the Warhol Factory in New York." Mary Voronov's eyes were full of memories.

"Andy Warhol? I saw him in New York at Christmas. Isn't he the editor of the magazine?"

"Ha, don't young people today know about Andy?" Voronov smiled, "At that time in the 60s, his silver factory was a place where geeks in New York often went. That's where he made screen printing copies. A factory for his own paintings, and this is how he makes money."

"Oh? I didn't expect him to be a man of the day?" Ronald thought of Andy Warhol with messy hair and a camera without film in the 54 Club. "

"Yeah, that's drag queens in NYC, transgender people, and a lot of weirdos, all there. Showing some fake weddings of drag queens, and some sadist show to support his factory, and I hang out there too In a few years.

Fortunately, I left that chaotic place, went to live in Europe for two years, and finally met Roger Coleman before I had a normal job. "

"Oh, I didn't expect that. What kind of person was he then?"

"Er... he never pays the bills..."

"Hahaha……"

Ronald chatted with Voronov for a while and began to develop the DMK story.

He named DMK Danny Mason Keener and gave him a story.Danny was another survivor. He broke Regina's console No. 6 record at the movie theater that day, then returned to his home and spent the night in the basement.

He escaped, drove an empty sports car, wandered in the suburbs of Los Angeles, and met Regina and Samantha at the end of the movie.There is only one scene, who should be cast?
After the day's filming wrapped, Ronald found a phone booth and called Ed Limato, William Morris' agent.

"Ed, I have a role I would like Nick Cage to make a cameo, can you arrange that?"

"A cameo? He's rehearsing on the set now, I'm afraid I don't have time."

"I let him audition for a new movie, and now I'm asking him to come back for a half-day cameo. Ed, do me a favor."

"Half a day? Just half a day? Well, well, Nick keeps whispering about you in my ears, so let him go for a long time."

"Thanks."

Then it was the second Saturday, the last day of the shooting schedule for the film crew.They came to Bunker Hill to shoot the location.

This time Ronald did not ask the police to clear the venue, because there were no people on the road at the weekend.

The cost of filming was running out, and Ronald's filming account had no money left.

So this time Ronald decided to secretly shoot.The actors all put on their makeup in the RV. After the camera found a good position, they got out of the car to find a place to move, and returned to the RV after shooting.

"It's so interesting. If we are seen by the LAPD, will they arrest us?" Nicolas Cage was a little excited. He hadn't shot street scenes like this before.

"No, the LAPD here is an old acquaintance of mine, and it doesn't matter if you see it." Ronald was talking about the two policemen who put on zombie hoods and cameo in the movie to catch Samantha.

"At that time, you just need to remember to drive the sports car slowly, so as not to crash it. I borrowed this from Mr. Roger Coleman, and no scratches are allowed." Ronald threw the keys of the Mercedes-Benz convertible To Nicolas Cage.

"My driving skills are good, don't worry." Cage didn't expect to make a cameo role and drive such a cool convertible sports car, and he would have to buy one himself when he had money.

"Okay, I won't call Action for a while. You go down and take a good position, and then watch my gestures to start shooting. After I stop, you come back and get in the car." It is easy to shoot in broad daylight without the permission of the municipal government. was caught, so Ronald discussed the process with the actors in advance, and quickly evacuated when he was discovered halfway.

Ronald roughly narrated the scene to Katharine Mary Stuart, Nicolas Cage, Kevin Costner, and Kelly Maroney, who was called back to reshoot the scene.

Regina and Hector discovered the conspiracy of those experts at the base, and escaped with some captured children.They formed families and adopted those orphans.Continue to live in Los Angeles.

One morning, they took their children and waited for the red light at the intersection of the street.Samantha felt that her sister and brother-in-law made a big fuss. In a city without people, there is no need to obey the traffic rules.

Regina and Hector teach their kids to follow the rules even when no one else is there.

"Woo..." A Mercedes-Benz convertible sports car drove up, and Samantha was startled and returned to the sidewalk.

A handsome guy wearing sunglasses made a U-turn at the end of the road and drove to Samantha's side, "Hey, you shouldn't run a red light, it's dangerous."

"Did you hear that, sister?" Regina said as much from the sidewalk.

"Good car." Samantha looked at the sports car and said enviously.

"Come and sit, I have picked up more than 30 sports cars like this, do you want to go for a ride together?" Danny Mason Keener, played by Cage, invited Samantha into the car.

"I want to go for a drive with him?" Samantha got into the sports car and turned to her sister.

"Remember to come back before twelve o'clock." Regina still had the rules of life before the catastrophe, and she didn't want to forget the normal modern life.

"Twelve o'clock? I'll make sure she comes back." Danny, played by Cage, stepped on the gas pedal, ready to start the sports car.

"What's his name?" Regina called to her sister Samantha, holding Hector's arm.

"What's your name?"

"Danny, Danny Mason Keener."

"His name is Danny, Danny Mason Keener" Samantha repeated aloud to her sister.

The camera position behind the sports car captured all of this.As soon as Cage stepped on the gas pedal, the sports car drove forward, and the three-letter abbreviation "DMK, Los Angeles, California, Gold Rush State" appeared on the rear of the car.

"Cut!"

With an order, the actor hurried to the RV.The camera team in the back immediately removed the tripod and ran to the car, and finally the recording team carrying the recording pole.

The sports car in front of Nicolas Cage and Kelly Maroney turned around, and Cage was still screaming.

"There are patrolmen over there."

Ronald watched his Mercedes enter and heard what he said.

"You guys drive away. Meet at the studio." Ronald made a trumpet with his hand and shouted at Cage.

Then he jumped into the RV too, "Hurry up! Run!"

The driver put on sunglasses, started the car with one start, and the RV entered the driveway, and drove forward with the accelerator.

Ronald stuck his head out on the RV, and behind him seemed to be a motorcycle driven by a patrolman, patrolling slowly.The people above seem to have changed shifts, not the two familiar LAPDs.Or it could have been patrolled from another block.

"He waved to Cage behind the RV, hurry up and follow."

The two cars went up a slope, and the motorcycle behind them, driven by the policeman, didn't seem to notice their abnormal situation, and was gradually blocked by the road, making them invisible.

"Almost, almost got caught." Ronald felt relieved, the team finished filming the scene here, and walked away.

(End of this chapter)