Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 495 Bugaloo Prawns and Sabah

Ronald yawned and put on dark glasses to shade his eyes, which were red from spending long hours revising scripts under the reading lights on the plane.Stepped off the plane.

"Ronald, here", Richard came to pick up Ronald at the gate early in the morning.

"Minahan has been to the Debbie Reynolds dance studio for auditions, meeting with the filming crew, it's all happening there. Here's coffee for you."

"Okay", Ronald was a little tired, took the double espresso from Richard, and drank it all in one gulp.

The two got into Nisita's BMW, and Richard drove Ronald to the dance class.

"Here, Ronald," Richard woke up Ronald who was dozing off in the co-pilot.

After taking a nap, Ronald regained his energy. When he entered the dance classroom, he found that Minahan was already waiting for him. There were many "Soul Train" dancers waiting for auditions outside.

"Quack, here you come, Ronald. This is Hanania Bell, the director of photography I found for you. He is a veteran and also my fellow Israeli."

"Hello, Ronald." Hanania Bell is an Israeli-born photography veteran.Originally filmed the "After School Special" series of TV movies on ABC TV.

"Hello, Hanania", Ronald has worked with this kind of director of photography who was born in TV movies, and knows that they are skilled and especially good at fast shooting, because the shooting progress of TV movies is faster.

Some of the lack of mastery of cinematography, because I shot an exploitation film, the influence is not prominent.Anyway, fast is the most important thing.

And he is a fellow Israeli recruited by Minahan, so he should be reliable.

"This is Ivo Kristant, the art director I'm looking for."

"Hello, Ronald. I haven't seen the full script. What are some important scenes and what color scheme do you plan to use?"

Ivo Christian also knew that time was tight, skipped the pleasantries, and directly raised the important issues he wanted to solve as an art director.

"Here are some of the changes I made on the plane," Ronald handed over part of the script he had just written. "I only have one request. When I'm shooting, you have to supervise the sets of the next few scenes. In order to save time, we only have rolling shooting."

"No problem, let me take a look..." Ivo Christian saw several scenes that needed to be designed, "An open-air banquet, an apartment for dancing practice, a basement for fighting dances, and a solo dance in front of a convenience store... "

Ronald and him quickly agreed on the style of the scene, and Ivo Kristante made a list to draw up the order of shooting first and shooting later. Basically, he can shoot in Ronald one or two days in advance Before, modify the set.

"This is Pamela Busker," Minahan finally introduced a woman, "our casting director."

"Hello, Ronald. I know it's a tight schedule. What's your casting strategy? We're trying to squeeze two auditions into one."

"Is Lucinda Dickie here?" Ronald didn't answer the question, but turned to ask Minahan, who was the first major role in the whole film, playing the heroine.

"Here, Lucinda," Minahan called back to Lucinda Dickie.

Lucinda is a good-looking beauty with a good figure and smooth muscle lines. It can be seen that she was born in jazz dancing with both strength and skill.

"You will participate in the casting with us when the time comes, and... where is the hairdresser? Later, you can take her to change her hairstyle. I want a youthful one."

"By the way, Pamela, I'm sorry, my casting principles..." Ronald finished instructing the hair stylist, and then went back to discuss with the casting director Pamela.

Pamela smiled. She was conflicted when she heard that an exploitation film would be filmed in two weeks.Now seeing the young director come up, he is in a state of dominance, and everyone has to listen to my orders, until he relaxes.

Directors are monarchs on the set, and those who are very democratic can't be good directors.

"...there is only one principle: better dance than good acting"

That was a lesson Ronald learned the hard way during the filming of "Lightning Dance."If "Breakdance" is like that at that time, if the heroine is to play a scene, there must be four or five doubles to serve her, and two weeks will definitely not be able to finish filming.

"In addition, try to find actors with outstanding personalities, which are easier to play in fast shooting. Even if it is different from the script, I can rewrite the story conflict and character personality on the spot."

"Understood, you want them to perform in their true colors, with distinctive characters, rather than good acting skills." The casting director Pamela became more determined. This is not only a qualified director, but also a qualified exploitation film that is quickly in demand.

Seeing Ronald assigning characters calmly, Minahan was a little relieved, and he still secretly asked the casting director Pamela, "What do you think of Ronald?"

"If you want to rush to make an exploitation film, there is nothing more reassuring than a director who knows how to adapt."

Pamela smiled and started walking out to sort the actors waiting for their auditions.The two rounds of auditions were condensed into one round. She discussed with Ronald and interviewed three actors at once, and then picked out the best ones, and auditioned with Lucinda Dickie to see the chemical reaction of the supporting role.

"Please introduce yourself." Pamela began to put in the "Soul Train" dancers one after another.

One call of three, and soon she and Ronald saw more than a dozen actors.

Two of them, Ronald and Pamela, were relatively satisfied.

One is Bruno Falcon, Latino, and Ronald sees that he is the villain who competes with the protagonist when the three-person group dances in the dream.

The other, Timothy Solomon, black, just happened to be Bruno's partner, and they made a team.

"You guys please take a break, there will be another round of auditions later," Pamela called the next wave to come in.

All the dancers came to the audition in their own clothes. The costumes were full of black and Latino colors, and the men also wore a lot of earrings and jewelry.

From the degree of washing and fading of their clothes, Ronald could see that they were not very rich. Apart from choosing the best ones to play the main roles, those who were willing to participate were all doing group performances and getting a minimum wage.

"Please introduce yourself"

"My name is Jeff Parker."

"My name is Boogaloo Shrimp"

"My name is Shabba Doo"

"Please dance the dance steps you are best at."

As soon as the three started dancing, Ronald recognized it immediately.Those two guys with strange names are the two male protagonists in the dream, "Whirlwind" and "Motor".

"Two good ones," casting director Pamela whispers to Ronald. "Sabardo's robot dance is powerful, and his eyes are full of anger, which is the personality you want to stand out.

That boogaloo prawn danced like Mikhail Baryshnikov in breakdancing, the kind of person who must have put his personality into the dance. "

Ronald looked at Pamela, but he didn't expect her to have such a high opinion of prawns.Baryshnikov is a defected ballet star who was once an idol for ex-girlfriend Antonia.This puts prawns at the level of top experts.

"Ahem," Ronald said to the two who stopped dancing, "What's your real name?"

"My real name is Sabado, and my friend is Boogaloo Shrimp. In hip-hop, we earned our names."

Ronald nodded secretly in his heart. These two people have nicknames in the industry, but they are actually almost the same as the crazy legs in New York.But the two of them are so thorny, they have to let them know who is what the crew says.

"Boogaloo prawns, and Sabado? Then it's written on the salary check I gave you...?"

The two were very excited. This statement meant that they had been selected, but the bank didn't recognize this nickname.

"My name is Adolph Quinons." As the leader of the two, the Latin American Sabado knew when to give in, quickly reported his real name, and then stabbed the boogaloo prawn.

"My name is Michael Chambers." Shrimp showed his white teeth unique to blacks. He was young and immature. Seeing what Shabadu said, he hurriedly followed.

"Shrimp, Sabado, break dance with Lucinda to see the chemistry." Ronald said to the two.

Lucinda Dickey finished her hair, went back to the audition dance room, changed into practice clothes, and danced together with two breakdancing masters.

Da Xia and Shabadu found that Lucinda didn't know how to dance this kind of street dance, and they began to show disdain for Lucinda, especially Shabadu, who seemed very angry that Lucinda couldn't keep up with their rhythm.

"The two of you demonstrate to Lucinda, and find a combination of movements with a slower rhythm." Ronald also felt that Lucinda was a bit out of place with them, as if the three of them cooperated better in the dream.

The two showed embarrassment, and negotiated a slow pace for the sake of the role.

Lucinda Dickey just came from Arizona. She is very professional in jazz dancing, but she has never practiced break dancing. She can't keep up with this slow dance.

Ronald saw the problem. Jazz dance and break dance have different ways of exerting force.The same jumping and landing, jazz dance emphasizes softness and overall strength, and the sense of strength is expressed in the overall movement of the body.

The take-off and landing of break dancing is hard, and requires high local muscle force. When other parts of the body are relaxed, the arms or legs where the dance moves can emit strong force.

"Lucinda, you can also dance a jazz dance that you are good at." Seeing that the prawns also began to look contemptuous, Ronald hurriedly asked Lucinda Dicky to show off.

Prawn and Sabado's critical eyes finally softened.However, they still don't like this kind of jazz dance. They admire their free breakdancing very much, thinking that this is the embodiment of the spirit of freedom.

That's a real problem, breakdancing is for poor kids on the street who can't even afford clothes.And the practice of jazz dance generally costs money, and the dancers are at least not destitute.

Ronald thought for a while, and asked Falcon, who was about to dance the villain, to come with Solomon and dance with Lucinda Dicky.

"These three seem to be more harmonious." Minahan whispered beside him.

"Strange", more harmonious three people, but Ronald can't see any chemical reaction between the three.It's like... like a breakdancing teacher leading a student.

Can't figure it out, Ronald wants to put the casting aside for the time being, he's not sure whether to follow the match in the dream, or it would be better to change it?Falcon and Solomon are more photogenic, and they are more popular with female audiences than the thin monkey-like Sabado and Prawn.

"Ronald, your friend Handyman is here." The assistant opened the door, and the handyman on crutches, Eddie Rodriguez, walked in.

"Hi, Eddie" Ronald stood up to greet him and gave him a hug.

"Are all your students here? Are you ready to show your face in the movie?"

"Yes, I made them all wait outside".

The hand man still looked shy, talking softly to Ronald.

Shabadu and Bugalo Daxia began to be dissatisfied again, as if this disabled person on crutches wants to play a role in a movie, what is this?
Ronald heard Shabado's muttering, "Hand man, show them your hand, they are all professionals."

The hand man smiled shyly, threw his crutches, and then performed a Thomas full spin on the floor, then a backspin, and finally a head spin. His feet were weak, but the speed of the spin was very fast, and soon it was like Normal people use inertia to drive their legs to start making various movements.

"Oh, Shxt!"

The four hip-hop masters were very shocked. They stepped forward to hold the man in hand, and asked him questions one after another. These movements were very skillful, and they couldn't do them.

Several masters began to communicate.While chatting, he began to demonstrate his actions.Breakdance dancers have no reservations. When they meet masters, they always communicate with each other and respect them very much.

Watching them warmly welcome the hand man, Ronald was very happy. He wanted to give this disabled dancer a chance. His enthusiasm and selflessness were touching.

After watching for a while, Ronald frowned again, and he seemed to have figured out the problem with the cooperation between Sabado and Lucinda Dicky.

Jazz dance represents the orthodox middle-class white children, and break dance represents the poor Latino or black children on the street. No wonder Sabado seems to want to swallow Lucinda alive.

He wanted to show off in front of her, and belittling her was the best way.Just like in school, some bad boys always like to pull the hair of beautiful girls and bully each other to attract girls' attention.

And Boogaloo Shrimp is like Ralph Mazio who played the Dragon King boy. He hasn't developed yet. He doesn't deliberately provoke Lucinda. He just dislikes Lucinda's poor skills.

Which pair should I choose to match Lucinda?

"Do you feel that there is a strong confrontational pressure between Sabado and Lucinda, as if the sword is on the verge of breaking out," Ronald asked quietly to the casting director Pamela.

"This is sexual confrontation. Only when there is this kind of confrontation and attraction between men and women will they go to bed. Boogaloo prawns haven't developed yet, so you can't see it. And Falken and Solomon, they are very interested in being raped. The default Lucinda is fearful, without the challenge and conquest of a bad boy like Sabado."

Ronald looked at the casting director in surprise. This knowledge was very clever and benefited him a lot.

Pamela smiled, "This is what the screenwriter Neil Israel said to me when I was casting a movie 'Police Academy'. He insisted that a girl is more suitable and convinced the director. My impression of this theory Very profound."

"Who is that girl? The actor who played with her also bullied her like this?"

"It's not exactly the same. That actress is called Kim Cattrall. She is a bit like Monroe. She is the kind of gorgeous actress who exudes infinite beauty and attracts men to peacock in front of her. At that time, we all thought she was a bit different. Only Ni What I said most clearly is that kind of sexual confrontation, and the audience will be substituted immediately."

"Okay, then choose Sabado and Da Xia, and Lucinda Dicky." Ronald made up his mind.

(End of this chapter)