Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 468 Beach Campfire
On the afternoon of the first day of principal photography for "The Long Way Kid" in Los Angeles, the film crew arrived at Rio Carrillo State Beach in Malibu.Weintraub got permission to shoot.Empty the state beach for filming.

On the beach in autumn, the wind was blowing on the body and it was already a bit cool. Ronald gave an order for the assistant director to start organizing the extras.

Ralph Mazio, wearing a tank top and bare feet, played beach football with a group of Latino extras in a new apartment.Daniel, played by Ralph Mazio, began to show off his dribbling skills, rushing left and right in a group of Latino group performances, dribbling the ball forward, and no one could break his ball.

Suddenly he kicked the ball forward a little longer, and his friends rushed up to fight for it.You kicked and I fought for each other, stirring up countless sand on the beach.

The sand kicked up and splashed over the girls sitting in a circle.Daniel was suddenly hit by the immobilization method, and he stared blankly at the girl in the middle without moving.

"Cut!"

Ronald called a stop to filming, and Ralph Mazio's acting skills are trustworthy, and he played the appearance of a middle school student who fell in love at first sight very well.Director of Photography James Crabbe gave the shot a thumbs-up.

Next came the reverse, with shots of Elizabeth Shue playing Ali.

While waiting for the camera crew to set up the shooting position, Ralph Mazio came over and chatted with Su.

He dropped the football and started bouncing it on his feet and knees. "You see, it's very simple, just do it, one-two... one-two... keep the ball within reach of you."

Elizabeth Su looked at Ralph Mazio, who was serious about teaching, with a smile in her eyes. She stepped forward to squeeze Ralph, who was like a dry chicken, snatched the ball, and quickly took it away.

"Hey..." Ralph Mazio was a little embarrassed when the girl snatched the football, but he was embarrassed to go up and grab it back.

Ronald, who was watching from the side, covered his face, why is he so weak.

"Hehehe..." Elizabeth Su laughed loudly as she looked at his innocent face, "I have been on the school's women's football team since I was a child."

"Oh?" Ralph Mazio put his hands on his hips, "Director Ronald asked me to practice."

"I know." Elizabeth Su glanced at Ronald who was standing in the distance, picked up the football and kicked Ronald.

Ronald, who was relieved to see the two resume talking and joking, was almost knocked down by a football. He glanced at Elizabeth Su, smiled and said, "Go get ready, it will be your turn later."

This is the third scene of the entire movie, after LaRusso and her son arrive in Los Angeles.Daniel went to the beach to play football with his Latin friends in the apartment, and saw Ali, who fell in love at first sight.

In order to ensure the acting skills of the actors, Ronald shot all the scenes basically according to the order in the script.

The camera position was quickly transferred. Elizabeth Su put on her makeup and wore a one-piece swimsuit with blue and white stripes, revealing her white and tender skin.She's lost some weight, but has retained some baby fat.

Ronald looked through the camera's viewfinder, and Elizabeth Sue was smiling at the camera, wearing a headband that was the same blue as her swimsuit.

"Action!"

The next shot begins.

Facing the close-up close-up, Elizabeth Su looked sideways in the direction of the camera.

Standing behind the camera, Ronald, who watched the actors perform, couldn't help but secretly nodded. Elizabeth Sue seemed to have recovered the chemical reaction with Ralph Mazio, and the two showed mutual interest.

The sun that was about to set came from behind the camera, Elizabeth Su squinted her eyes, and a halo was found on her blonde hair.

She looked at the camera, looked at the ground a little embarrassed, then suddenly blinked her left eye with a smile on the corner of her mouth, raised her head and made a face behind the camera.

"Cut!"

"Very good, your wink just now was very good." Ronald immediately went up to praise a few words, the girl was attracted, and then responded, this is a very good improvisation, "But I believe you can do better ..."

"Let's do it again..."

This time Ronald stepped back several steps behind the camera, watching the overall composition and the physical movements of the actors.

Elizabeth Sue looks behind the camera at Ralph Mazio, makes another face, and then breaks into a smile.

"Cut!" Ronald felt that this processing seemed to be a little worse than the last shot, which is always the case when shooting movies. Generally speaking, the first shot is full of emotions.

"The third scene, the second mirror, the first."

After shooting the close-up shot of Elizabeth Sue, the crew immediately moved on to the next shot.

The sun was going to set soon, Ronald seized the time, and instead of applauding with everyone to congratulate the completion of the shot, he immediately moved on to the next one.

Elizabeth Sue was sitting there, and the football ran into her hands, and she took it and threw it to Ralph Marzio.

Ralph Mazio catches the ball with his thigh, then with his legs and feet, he starts juggling the ball.

Elizabeth Su looked at the way she was juggling the ball, pretending to be interested.

Seeing that Ralph was about to fly the ball, a Latino group performer rushed forward according to the agreement, and broke the ball away with his head, "Stop showing off here."

"Who's that in the blue swimsuit?" After Daniel apologized to Ali, he caught up with his companion.

"The Hills (referring to the rich people who live in Beverly Hills)."

"On the mountain?"

"It's just the rich people," the Latin companion told Daniel.

The girls sitting on the ground over there stood up and went swimming in the sea. Ali, played by Elizabeth Sue, stood up last, pulled up her swimsuit, and walked into the sea.She also looked back at the distant camera, then looked again.

"Cut!"

Ronald was very satisfied.Both of these shots achieved the desired effect in one shot.In the beach scene, the hero and heroine meet for the first time, and both of them have a strong interest in each other.This creates a good first impression on the audience.

Especially Elizabeth Sue, in the two scenes of looking back, she played a young girl's curiosity about the boy she met for the first time, and her emotions of wanting to continue to understand and communicate very well.

"It seems that Ralph Mazio's skills are still recognized by her." Ronald was very satisfied with his moves.

"Everyone go to the tent to rest, we will shoot the rest after dark." The first assistant director picked up the loudspeaker and started to inform everyone.

"Is what you said true? Ronald's girlfriend is really Brooke Shields?" Elizabeth Sue and Ralph Mazio, walking back from outside the camera, put on bathrobes.It's really cold in this weather.

"Didn't you see it too? The 'National Enquirer' has published their photos." Ralph Mazio also whispered, "In Princeton, Brooke Shields invited our crew members to dinner. Probably Caught by the paparazzi at night when Ronald was walking her back to campus."

"Really?" Elizabeth Su looked back at Ronald who was discussing with the assistant director and others, and became more and more curious about him.Unexpectedly, Brooke Shields was also captured by him. What is so special about Ronald?
Soon the sun began to set, and the prop team brought a lot of firewood and lit the bonfire.The crew began filming the evening scene.

Here Daniel was encouraged by his Latin friends, and bravely met Ali who wore a blue headband.A friend even assisted directly, picking up a football and kicking it towards the campfire.

With a bang, the football fell to the ground. The girls picked up the football and handed it to the most independent and assertive Ali.

Elizabeth Sue picks up the ball and walks towards the camera.

"Cut!"

Ronald directs the camera to change positions, and then there is a scene where the two protagonists and heroines formally introduce each other.

Elizabeth Sue received touch-ups at the scene and walked towards Ronald.

She was wearing a white cashmere sweater with the same blue headband on her head, and saw Ronald talking to an old man.

She didn't know that it was Charles Okun, the deputy producer of the crew, and only heard that Ronald and him seemed to have a small dispute.

"Why not give Ali a close-up in slow motion? Don't we just need to exaggerate the atmosphere of her and Daniel's love at first sight here?" the old man Charles Okun said, spreading his hands.

"First of all, Ali and Daniel did not fall in love with each other at first sight. Daniel had an obvious affection for Ali, but he was not confident enough to pursue a rich girl. Now Ali is only curious about Daniel, and then he is for himself and his ex-boyfriend Johnny. It was a battle that really made Ali admire him.

In addition, if you have different opinions, you can raise them while watching the sample, and don't challenge my authority in the crew. "

Ronald was very dissatisfied with Charles Okun's behavior of pointing fingers at him in the crew, but he pointed out his problems in public and had to fight back quickly.Otherwise, if the staff see that they cannot convince the public, many people will not trust themselves as a director.

This will cause a lot of problems for the follow-up filming. If everyone comes to their own decision and has to explain something, then don't be a director.So Ronald quickly issued a clear threat to Charles Okun.

Charles Okun shrugged and said he was innocent, but had some thoughts to share.

Ronald waved him off.Then she turned around and saw Elizabeth Su standing beside her, as if she had something to ask herself.

"What? Do you have any questions about the next scene?"

"No, no, I know how to act. I'm actually here to confirm a rumor with you." Elizabeth Su saw the way Ronald scolded the associate producer just now, and thought to herself that this is the one who can get Brooke Shields.

"What rumor?"

"You...Are you Brooke Shields' boyfriend?" Elizabeth Su looked at Ronald, as if she wanted to see from his face whether he was lying.

"What? I didn't, I didn't, who did you hear that from?" Ronald was taken aback, why did the incident between himself and Brooke reach the crew, "Did Ralph tell you? He was talking nonsense Yes, Brooke and I are just friends, and I directed one of her commercials the way I directed your chewing gum commercial."

"Oh", Elizabeth Su looked funny at Ronald's eagerness to deny it. Could it be that he really wasn't?But the average American boy, if he has the opportunity to have an affair with Brooke Shields, he should insist on it.

"I didn't listen to what he said, I was... Anyway, your agent should find you."

"Director, take a look at this angle." The director of photography James Crabbe told him to go over and determine the position of the camera.

Ronald, who was confused, didn't care about this matter anymore, and ran to the camera to get busy.

"Action!"

Under the ingenious arrangement of the lighting engineer, a high-power lamp was hidden behind the bonfire.Generally, the brightness of the bonfire is not enough, and it needs to be filled with light.This kind of light shines like the light of a bonfire, and the audience in front of the screen can't see any flaws.

"You seem to have dropped something." Ali, played by Elizabeth Sue, said to Daniel, who mustered up the courage to come over, holding a football.

"Yeah, I hope I'm not bothering you." Ralph Mazio took the ball, momentarily at a loss as to how to continue the conversation.

"You juggling the ball." Ali made a movement of bouncing the ball with her thigh, "Can you teach me how to do it?"

"Oh, that's very simple." Finally reaching his strong point, Daniel immediately explained, "You first use one foot to bump, and then you can use two feet to do one or two after you are proficient..."

Daniel bent his knees and took turns juggling the ball with his two thighs.

"And then three or four?" Ali can actually play football, so she deliberately found a topic to get to know Daniel.

"Yes, and then three or four... use the back of your feet, it's more difficult."

The two began to practice juggling the ball intentionally and the other intentionally.

"You start like this, and then..."

Daniel is a boy who likes to show off, and he begins to teach Ali various tricks.And Ali became a little impatient, she just gave this stupid boy a chance to get close to her, she took the football...

"And this..." kicked the football out.

"Cut!"

Ronald took the lead in applauding. He felt that the chemistry between the two protagonists was just right.Not all audiences can feel this subtle emotion.But interested audiences, or young audiences who have had similar experiences, can't help but smile knowingly when they see this.

Everyone applauds, today's progress has been filmed.

Only associate producer Charles Okun, who did not applaud, crossed his arms across his chest as if to offer an opinion.

"Hey, everyone, in order to celebrate the successful completion of filming today, I prepared a barbecue and beer." Producer Weintraub walked in, bringing a lot of meat and beer.

He took off his sunglasses and had been watching for a long time just now. At least Ronald's command was light, and all the staff were convinced by him.I also let go of half of my heart.Just wait and see Ronald's field trip and the samples taken in the morning.

After some barbecue and beer, Ronald, Weintraub, Charles Okun, and Susan Akins, among others, came to a screening room at Columbia and watched the dailies that were quickly developed.

The benefits of large-scale production are here. The footage shot this morning has been developed and printed by a special person.

The screen flashed Ronald's shot in New Jersey of La Russo's mother and son leaving home, and the car broke down at the gate of Princeton, and the two pushed the car to start.

Then the camera turned to the apartment with three palm trees at the door. Mother Lucille said to Daniel, "Aren't you happy? There is a swimming pool here. When you wake up every morning, roll to the side and you will arrive at the swimming pool."

"Of course" Ralph Mazio's Daniel captures with great accuracy the resignation to his perpetually optimistic mother, who is still thinking about his friends in New Jersey. "

The next shot was taken by Ronald and the others in the converted repair room on the first floor of the apartment.Mr. Miyagi, played by Morita Noriyuki, made his debut for the first time. He is trying to catch flying flies with chopsticks.

Impatient with Daniel coming to report a broken faucet in the apartment.

This is Miyagi's first appearance, and the audience here will be tricked by Ronald.Master Miyagi, a karate master, appears on the stage as a person who speaks without grammar, and seems to be not very interested in his job as a repairman.

The deputy producer, Charles Okun, took out the notes he had taken, cleared his throat, and was about to start talking about Ronald's inadequacies and shortcomings.

Weintraub put his arms around Susan, and the two sat in the back seat, watching a section of samples affectionately.

The two of them regarded watching the samples as watching a movie, turning their heads to talk from time to time, and then kissed each other.

"Jerry, did I drop my phone book on your car, dear." A middle-aged lady walked in from outside.Go in the direction of Weintraub.

"Oh, Shxt!"

Weintraub, who was kissing Susan passionately, saw his wife Jane Morgan walking in quickly, and she saw her husband kissing with the secretary at a glance.

Jane Morgan shrugged, turned her head and walked out without saying a word.

"Jane," Weintraub pursued.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what happened.

Only Ronald looked at Susan Eakins, as if petrified, then covered his face with his hands, lowered his head, and shrugged his shoulders silently.

(End of this chapter)