Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 526 Finally Feeling Proud

Nisita asked Ronald to watch this period, to find invitations from his major producers, and independent producers who wanted Ronald to direct.

"Paramount wants to find you to shoot a movie. They contacted me and said that Mr. President Michael Eisner has been paying attention to you. The success of 'Breakdance' this time made him feel that the long-term training has reached When the results come out." Nisita first turned to the outlines of the two scripts.

"Do I have a relationship with him? He trained me?" Ronald wondered.

"Didn't he ask you for your opinion? He also asked you to participate in the filming of 'Lightning Dance'. In the eyes of such a big man, this is an opportunity for you."

Nisita noticed Ronald's strangeness and explained it to him.

"What movie does he want me to make?"

"There are two candidates, the first is 'Young Sherlock Holmes'. Young character, 500 million production budget. It's a Spielberg project, his Ann Bolling and Paramount co-produced. Steven I appreciate your ability."

"Hmm..." Ronald raised his legs proudly.

"The second one is a story about NASA, a sci-fi film. Paramount invested in it. It's a story about young people building a spaceship and exploring in deep space. The budget is no less than 500 million.

Both films are made with your past résumé, young lead, sci-fi, high concept, exploitation genre.It belongs to the kind of way to shoot B-grade exploitation films with the budget of A-grade movies. "

Ronald listened with a smile on his face. Three of his movies were hits one after another, and finally got the approval of the big studio. The invitation to the big production came soon.

"Any more?" Ronald wanted to listen.

"Yes, Frank Price, the president of Universal. He is more optimistic about you. He called me personally and said that your first script caught his attention back then, and your skills have been honed and gradually matured. , now it's time to give you the chance to direct."

"What project does he have?" Ronald still remembered the only high-level executive in Hollywood who could understand the script, and he was his Bole.

"There's 'St. Elmo's Fire,' a story about young people. Your friend Cameron Crowe wrote it. It's a group drama, a group of college graduates going out into the world. And the 'Big Chill' before it. Very similar. But it was ten years after graduation, so they gave him a code name, 'Xiaohan'."

"Group portrait drama, youth drama", this is another project aimed at my resume.

"The other one, which has been in the works for a long time, is a script based on Mikhail Baryshnikov, a ballerina who defected from the Souverne League, 'White Nights'. It tells a ballerina who defected because The story of a plane failure and an emergency landing in Siberia."

"Dancing drama, the story of young people" is based on Ronald's history.

"So I can pick and choose?" Ronald was very satisfied.

"Of course, you can choose as you please, and then go to negotiate with them. Of course, they are also picking you at the same time." Nisita replied.

"It's already pretty good, which one do you recommend? Which one should I choose?"

"Look at the outline of the plot first, and then talk about which one you have feelings for." Nisita smiled and moved over the scripts sent by another bunch of independent producers, "There are these. Of course, I suggest you wait for 'Long Wei' Kid is released, if it sells well, we will have a high bargaining chip."

"Hahaha, okay, finally the day when they send me the script." Ronald happily broke danced twice.

The screenwriter works very hard, and has to endure the rude revision opinions of big stars. Now it's my turn to choose others.

The marketing of "Longwei Boy" will not start until next week, and Ronald will start vacationing in Los Angeles.

Wearing a T-shirt, shorts, riding a Honda motorcycle, wandering around, having a good time.

"cheers!"

At noon that day, Ronald came to the home of friends Jim Cameron and Gail Hurd. The three moved out of the stainless steel barbecue grill together and ate barbecue and beer in the yard.

"The Terminator" has just finished shooting. Under Ronald's modification, the scenes of the movie have been condensed a lot. With a budget of more than 600 million, the shooting went smoothly. On the day of packing, the shooting part of the budget was just used up. Mellon is very proud.

"Your method is really useful. In the Sherman Oaks department store you recommended, I set up the lighting according to the 'fast-paced' storyboard drawings you used to shoot. The shooting speed is really fast."

"And your guerrilla shooting, I asked Schwarzenegger and a few supporting actors to do their own makeup, secretly rode a Harley motorcycle to the bar in the middle of the night, and then Jim rushed to shoot there, just before the police came over after shooting, Just go back home."

Gail added a glass of beer for them. Ronald's tricks really saved them a lot of money.

"Boom!"

While chatting, there was a sudden burst of thunder, and Ronald was so startled that the forks fell to the ground.

"Tianxiaying...not...why is there such a big cumulonimbus cloud?" Ronald said, pointing at the layers of cumulonimbus clouds in the sky, hiding his embarrassment.

"God, call the photographer. Come on...Gale, give me the phone number."

Cameron jumped up, walked into the room in a hurry, and dialed the phone.

It turned out that there was one ending scene left in the whole movie.The protagonist Sarah Connor, pregnant with the future leader of the Human Resistance Army, drives a jeep to a distant place.

This shot requires the cooperation of the weather, but recently Los Angeles is always sunny. Since Ronald today, it has finally had a particularly suitable cloud and light. Cameron and Gail immediately contacted the photographer.

"Damn it, the photographer is on vacation." Cameron came out cursing.

"It's just a long-range shot, right? We can't shoot it ourselves." Ronald can still operate the camera, and he has been a photographer, so he has a little aesthetic quality for the picture.

"Thank you!" Cameron patted over solemnly, "Let's go quickly, this celestial phenomenon will disappear at some point."

Cameron and Ronald carried the temporary movie camera and film box at home to a jeep, covered it with canvas, they jumped into the car, Gail started the car, and drove towards the interstate highway in the suburbs.

Next to the interstate, the group found an ideal shooting location.

"I think it's good to take a shot from here." Ronald held the director's viewfinder, squatted on the ground beside the road, and looked at the picture in the viewfinder.

On the vast land, a straight road leads to the distant skyline.The clouds in the sky are getting thicker and thicker, and it seems that it will rain at any time.

There is a feeling that the end of the world is approaching, and the protagonist is advancing towards the unknown and overcoming all kinds of difficulties and dangers on the vast land.

"It's here, it's here." Cameron was so excited. Today is God's cooperation. Such an ending scene will definitely upgrade the movie's grade.

"Hurry up, hurry up," he kept yelling, urging Ronald to set up the camera.

"Don't rush," said Ronald angrily, "I've never loaded and unloaded a movie film before. If it's exposed, it's all over."

"Okay, hurry up," Cameron ran to Gail Hurd to instruct Gail Hurd again that she was going to sit in the driver's seat and pretend to be the lead actor Linda Hamilton.Anyway, it's the camera behind it, so it can't be seen that she is acting as a stand-in.

"Why are you more like a studio tyrant than me?" Ronald muttered, Cameron is not usually so irritable.

After finally installing the film in the black bag in the dark, Ronald shouted, "The camera is ready."

"Okay", Cameron took a slate and hit it in front of Ronald,
"Action!"

In order to save time, no synchronous recording will be done, and dubbing will be done later.

Gale started the jeep and drove slowly down the road behind Ronald.The weather is about to rain heavily, and there is no car on the road, which is a blessing.

Ronald operates the camera, facing the road.

The jeep drove onto the road from behind Ronald and slowly moved away.Gail's hair was blowing in the wind.

In the distance are green mountains, and thick cumulonimbus clouds are moving fast in the sky.A big tree on the side of the road adds the center of gravity to the whole picture.

"Cut!"

Cameron didn't call to stop until the jeep shrunk to a small spot in the camera after driving a long way.

"How is it? Ronald, can it be used?" Cameron asked impatiently.

"Okay, do you want another one?"

"Jeep ahead, please pull over. In California, it's illegal to shoot a movie on an interstate highway without a permit."

A police car slowly approached in the distance, and state troopers yelled at the three men on a loudspeaker.

"Oh, Shxt!"

Cameron was frustrated. The cost of filming had been spent and he had no money.The rest of the budget was for special effects, and if he was caught as a fine, he would have to pay thousands of dollars out of his own pocket.

"It's the state police, can we run away?" Gail, who drove the jeep back, was very courageous, "Ronald, are you sure you can get rid of them?"

"Don't be impulsive, they must have written down your license plate." Ronald stopped Gail's thoughts, "Let me tell them."

"Sir, hello. We are film students at the University of Southern California. We are here to shoot graduation works. Our teachers haven't taught us the laws of film shooting. We don't know the rules. Please do us a favor and give us a break." .”

"USC? A student?" The state police looked at Ronald's youthful appearance, and he was convinced that two of his classmates looked old.

"Trojans!"

"Defeat the Grizzlies!"

Ronald yelled the cheering slogan of the USC football team, which was to defeat the rival UCLA Grizzlies.He knew that when he made his first film, "Fast Pace."

"Show me your library card. My brother's at USC." The state trooper relaxed.

Ronald froze. He didn't have a library card.

"This is mine, Sir"

Cameron took out the library card he got when he was watching movies and books at USC, and handed it over.

"Well, you have to abide by the law in the future, you know? If you want to shoot on the roads in California, you have to apply for a shooting permit from the Film Association in advance, understand?"

"Huh..." The three of them heaved a sigh of relief and returned to the jeep.

"It seems that I can only shoot this one, go back and print it." Cameron started the car.

(End of this chapter)