Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 497 128 Belgian Martial Artist
"Action!"

Ronald called the start again.

The camera once again swept behind the two male protagonists, Whirlwind and Motor, and the audience was intoxicated by the wonderful dance and danced to the rhythm.Slowly approaching, the hairy man in the black spandex one-piece bodysuit did not steal the spotlight again, but danced with the dance, protruding his shoulders and dancing funny dance steps.

"The dance is really ugly, but it's OK." Ronald nodded in satisfaction.

As if inspired, the actor performed a backflip in excitement and landed firmly on the ground.

"He's smart, it's not a foul to steal the spotlight like this, and the audience likes to watch it," Ronald pretended he didn't see it.

"Cut!"

Ronald called a halt to filming.

The director of photography, Hananiya, shouted, "The next shot is a close-up shot, carried on your shoulder. Come here, Bob, your arms are strong."

The crew who rushed to the battle did not have time to line up and rented a camera stabilizer from Steadicam.So I chose a shoulder-mounted shooting method.

"Everyone take a break, the next one will be in 10 minutes," the assistant director yelled with a loudspeaker.

Ronald put on his sunglasses, returned to the chair with his name on it, poured a cup of black tea from the thermos, and tasted it slowly.

"Director," someone called him.

Ronald looked up and saw that it was the Chinese actor Jean-Claude.

"what's up?"

"I want to ask, do you think I can be a leading role in Hollywood? I just arrived in your country not long ago, and I want to find a career as an actor in Hollywood."

"Where do you come from? Hairy country?" Ronald was willing to chat with an actor who wanted to express himself cleverly. To succeed in Hollywood, one must have a tenacious will and the ambition to always get ahead.

"Um... Actually, I'm Belgian. I have practiced karate, judo, won the European Karate Championship, and played full-contact karate. My record is [-] wins and [-] loss..."

"In Hollywood, being able to play does not guarantee that you will be a starring role." Ronald interrupted his self-introduction, Tan Wang took another sip of tea slowly, "You have to play well. You can only be a stand-in if you can play. It’s great to be the protagonist.”

"I can play well, look at my move", Jean-Claude heard that Ronald was willing to communicate with him, and revealed the trick he had prepared long ago.

"Don't move, director," Jean-Claude kicked up suddenly, letting his toes brush past Ronald's nose. During the whole process, his upper body did not move, and he fell steadily.

"Fuxk! You use your shadowless feet to sneak attack!"

Ronald was taken aback. He put down the black tea that flowed out and scalded his hands, and then shook his hands, "You fucking, never, never... don't use this trick in front of me."

"Sorry, director." Jean-Claude quickly apologized, "Do you think my skills can gain a foothold in Hollywood?"

"Skills are good, but you still have to make up acting classes. If you have the skills, you can go to a karate club to work part-time. You can take acting classes while earning money."

"Well, thank you, director! My full name is Jean-Claude Van Daan" Don't forget me if you have a role, "Michael, Mikael, the director told us how to get into Hollywood."

Ronald shook his head. The competition in Hollywood is very fierce. Could it be possible to become famous if you have acting skills?How can it be so simple.

But this Jean-Claude's level is still good. If he had been in the "Longwei Boy", he would definitely be able to play a top four player or something, and he would play well.

The second close-up shoulder-mounted shooting was completed very quickly. The camera operator named Bob was very burly, and there was no vibration when he carried the camera on his shoulders. Ronald was very happy.

"Come on," Ronald led everyone to applaud a few times, and then picked up the electric horn and shouted, "We have no time to waste, move, move, hurry up!"

The third scene saw Kelly, played by Lucinda Dickey, introduced to Cyclone, played by Sabado, by her friend Eden.Cyclone has a crush on Kelly and pulls her off the set to breakdance with him.This arouses the jealousy of the dancers played by Falcon and Solomon next to him.

The two of them were very dissatisfied with Tornado's dominance of the most beautiful dancer, Kelly, so the dancer played by the Latino Falcon stepped forward and challenged Tornado to a duel.

Falcon, the strongest is the robot dance (Popping). His rhythm and rhythm are very harmonious. Compared with other robot dances, he is more agile, and his whole body has a rhythm.

This is also the kind of casting director Pamela said, a master who has jumped a dance to the realm of art.Such a master, because of the low status of break dancing in the entire American society, was invited by Ronald to play a supporting role very cheaply.

Falcon's fight dance is very interesting, starting from the invitation, without saying a word, only using body language and provocative eyes, he completed the insult to the whirlwind.

Whirlwind's robot dance is actually not as good as him. In order to prevent making a fool of himself in front of Kelly, he pretended to sneer with disdain, and then took Ma Da and Kelly away.So much to the disappointment of Ma Da who had been urging him to fight on the sidelines.

"Cut!"

Ronald took the lead in applauding after the filming, and he called his assistant, "Go ask Minahan to come over."

"What's the matter?" The chubby Minahan kept staring at the crew, and he very much hoped that this movie would turn him around.So all the supplies, talents, he personally watched.His character can still supervise this kind of thing, but he is a very competent production director.

"The dance just now is at a world-class level," Ronald said softly to Minahan, "you and the shot of the hand-man in the back today, print a copy of your work as soon as possible, and we will cut out the work while shooting. A trailer, maybe sent to some cable stations and let them play it for free, that's great marketing."

"So good?" Minahan was a little disbelieving when he heard the world-class level.He stayed to feast his eyes.

"Quick, quick, let's move to the venue by the beach." Ronald began to mobilize the technicians of the crew to move various equipment to another terrazzo venue suitable for hip-hop.

This place is closer to the beach than the roadside venue just now.This scene was skipped. Exploitation films do not have the luxury to shoot in the order of the script. Ronald asked his assistant to arrange the scenes shot in one place as much as possible.

Soon, a new scene was set up under Minahan's urging and supervision and the concerted efforts of the crew.

"Action!" The camera pans to a cement road leading from the beach.Cyclone, played by Shabadu, dragged Kelly with one hand and walked into the venue from the road.

This plot is two-thirds of the way through the movie. Kelly, played by Lucinda, was harassed by the original jazz dance coach and asked her to befriend him, otherwise she would not be recommended to participate in the dance competition.

As expected, Xuanfeng and Da Da were troubled by the white coach and refused to be excluded from the dance competition.Cyclone saw Kelly lost her mind and dragged her to watch the original intention of the dance performance.

Here is a young man with disabled feet due to polio, who still breakdances, and is the number one in this street dance hall.

"Cut!"

After Ronald called a stop, his lips turned up slightly, revealing his mood.

Shabadu does not forgive Lucinda, but in his heart he really wants the white beauty Lucinda to lie to him.And Lucinda was often picked on by Sabah, made fun of, and didn't like him.It was only because Shabadu was the chosen male lead that he had to pretend to be admiring.

This is very close to the vague relationship between Cyclone and Kelly in the movie plot.The two people's dissatisfaction with each other, shown on the film, is actually very similar to the sexual confrontation of young men and women.

Some so-called Huanxi friends torture each other and like each other in this way.

"Cut!"

The camera is repositioned inside the set, and Eddie Rodriguez, the Handyman, walks in on crutches.

"Eddie, show them some strength." Ronald patted him on the shoulder.

Hand man Eddie has no nerves about making movies and dancing is his favorite thing to do.Because of his disability, he is good at floor dancing (Breaking).

"Action!"

The man put on the hood of his off-road jacket and zipped it up.He leaned on the ground with a cane, made a Thomas full spin with the cane, and then performed a series of gymnastic pommel horse movements such as climbing a pommel horse.In the last handstand, begin to spin like a hand on stilts.

Kelly, played by Lucinda Dickey, is thrilled to watch him let go of himself, confident and unaffected by his disability.

She began to gradually put aside the worries of not being able to participate in the dance competition.

"Cut!" Ronald stopped. Lucinda Dicky's performance is very layered. This has something to do with her own gymnastics. Seeing the hand man's movements, she knew how difficult it would be to do these movements with both hands .Therefore, the opponent in my heart admires the man very much.

Then the camera pans a little closer, and Ronald looks through the frame, covering the terrazzo-floored dance floor.

He walked to the hand man, "It's up to you next time, this is your performance time."

"Action!"

Handman Eddie Rodriguez nodded and walked to the center of the field with a happy smile on his face.He suddenly let go of his hands, and the two crutches fell to the ground.

He fell to the ground one by one, took a ready position, exerted strength with both hands, and began to spin from slow to fast.

It starts with the hands as the center, then the back, then the shoulders, then the head, a headstand, and the legs are thrown up and rotated like helicopter blades.

"Look at him, look at how he dances." Cyclone, played by Shabadu, pretended to be teaching Kelly next to him, "Did you see this kid? He's still dancing, Kelly, dancing to please myself and myself." audience."

Kelly's face was heavy, as if she was dissatisfied with her withdrawal, and then she gradually became infected by the hand man's dance and began to smile.

The camera slowly zooms to the far end, and there is a curly-haired girl in a silver bikini in the audience, wearing a pair of sunglasses and dancing to the rhythm, occupying a large part of the viewfinder frame.

"Cut!"

Ronald still doesn't forget Roger Coleman's teachings. When the plot is a bit didactic, let the audience's eyes eat some ice cream.

Soon, the reaction shots of other people and the dialogue shots with Kelly and Cyclone were also shot.Ronald watched as the DP took down the film.

"That's all for today, everyone come to me to get tomorrow's shooting schedule." The assistant director began to distribute personal schedules in the sunset.

"Minahan, hurry up and develop the printing, I can make a part in the editing car tomorrow."

"Really? I'll personally escort it to the printing factory, and I can get it tomorrow morning." Minahan now admires Ronald's shooting ability very much. He doesn't use much force, and he can shoot casually with good results. Put the camera there and say to the actors, just dance.

(End of this chapter)