Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 603
"Action!"

Ronald crouched inside the hangar below deck, behind the elevator that raised the fighter.The microphone for on-site radio was extended to the front of the motor of the elevator.

The exit of the hangar shone in the unique yellow light of the setting sun on the Indian Ocean. Under the backlight, the staff on the deck reflected only a black silhouette.

"Woo...", the elevator rose slowly, gradually covering the sunlight, and the silhouette of the F-14A fighter jet on the lifting platform also slowly disappeared into the camera, leaving a darkness.

"Clang!", and the elevator closed perfectly.

"Cut!"

Ronald and everyone quickly climbed up the elevator that descended again and reached the deck.

The scenery of the sunset is very beautiful, and the crew seized the time to rush to shoot.

Ronald once again used a large area of ​​backlighting in the setting sun, and the 2.35 to 1 anamorphic widescreen lens left a lot of space for the huge fighter.

On the deck, Tomcat's figure slowly slid across the viewfinder from left to right. It took a full ten seconds for the entire fighter jet to be included in the frame, occupying only half of it.

As the sky gradually darkened, the metal color of the fighter jet on the deck, which was almost invisible, presented a mysterious hue under the white steam from the steam catapult.

"Cut"

Ronald was very satisfied with the results of today's shooting. The dim, beautiful, smoky tones in his dream were indeed the most suitable for shooting the mechanical monster in front of him.

"Tomorrow, the carrier air wing agrees to take a shot of the aircraft ejecting and taking off. I hope the weather will cooperate."

DP Kimball to Ronald.

"The weather in the Indian Ocean changes very quickly. We are prepared. The time for shooting is limited. The Enterprise aircraft carrier formation has patrol missions. We'd better complete the shooting within the scheduled time. I don't want to go to the Secretary of the Navy to intercede."

Kimball smiled and patted the young director on the shoulder.Thanks to him, he became the first director of photography in decades to shoot on-site on an aircraft carrier.

"Tom Cruise, can you sign me?" A carrier-based pilot came over and asked Tom for his autograph shyly.

Tom froze, then smiled and signed him in his notebook.

"Hey, do you want to sign too?" the ground crew teased the pilot with a smile.

"I'm doing it to increase the value. Maybe in a few years, this signature will be worth a lot of money."

The career bigger than a star's ego (Ego) in the world may be a fighter pilot, and the career bigger than a fighter pilot is a carrier-based fighter pilot.

The one-in-a-million quality and master's and doctoral degrees make it difficult for them to look down on these ignorant actors who play themselves.

As the only exception, Tom Cruise, relying on his affinity and popularity of previous movies, made the pilots recognize him as the carrier-based pilot Lone Ranger.

"Shxt!"

Fang Kimmer next to him, and Rick Rossovich next to him scolded disdainfully, and they were regarded as idiots by the pilot.

Yesterday, a pilot explained to the two low-IQ actors with an idiot look in his eyes that nuclear power means a reactor, and it is not as dangerous as a nuclear bomb.Sleeping in their original bunk was actually very quiet, the best bunk that a non-commissioned officer could sleep in.

"I want to give some compensation to the officers and soldiers who cooperated with the filming tomorrow..." Ronald showed a little kindness during dinner with the captain and the flight wing captain, trying to make up for the misunderstanding between the crew and the aircraft carrier officers and soldiers caused by Fang Kimmer's violation of discipline yesterday. cracks.

"Don't forget, the taxpayers pay them their wages." The captain felt Ronald's kindness, but reminded him not to give too much, so as not to cause conflicts between officers and soldiers who participated in the filming and those who did not.

"Ten dollars per person, how about it?" Ronald thought for a while, at least he wanted to buy iced Coca-Cola for people, and tomorrow nearly a thousand officers and soldiers would be extras to fill up the deck and bridge.

"Haha, yes, tell the kitchen to make enough ice cream to sell to the boys tomorrow."

The next day, the sky was clear.

The assistant director is assigning tasks to the neat platoons of sailors.

A large group of officers and soldiers wearing authentic navy uniforms formed a large circle on the deck. Ronald and the others wanted to shoot the scene where the Lone Ranger shot down three enemy planes alone, and the Iceman returned to the aircraft carrier safely, and was celebrated by everyone. .

This is the final climax of the film.

"Everyone listen to me, when the time comes, the Lone Ranger's fighter will turn around and drive here." Ronald picked up the electric speaker and told the "group performers" present.

The soldiers of these disciplined forces are much easier to manage than ordinary group performances.

"Then the Lone Ranger came down from the boarding ladder, and you surrounded the 'Hollywood' who was shot down and came back from the search and rescue, and the 'Werewolf' went up. When they embraced warmly, you cheered around, and now we Come and try."

"Start cheering!"

"Ow..."

"Action!"

After the rehearsal, the official shooting, an F-14A Tomcat fighter jet, the nose slowly circled half a circle, and cut into the picture from the right side of the viewfinder.A group of sailors surrounded them, and everyone began to shout the call sign of the Lone Ranger.

When Tom Cruise got off the boarding ladder, he was surrounded, cheering and celebrating his feat of shooting down three MiG-28s alone.

"The 2.35 anamorphic wide-screen lens is good. With such a wide frame, there is no need to pan the camera to tell the story, and nearly one-third of the picture can be left blank." Ronald was also watching with the director's viewfinder behind the camera. This kind of frame is really suitable for shooting big scenes.

The two actors who played "Hollywood" and "Werewolf" walked over and gave Tom Cruise a big hug.As soon as they fought, they were shot down by MiG missiles, ejected and fell into the sea.If the Lone Ranger hadn't chased off the enemy plane later, the search and rescue helicopter would not have rescued them from the sea so easily.

Hundreds of people surrounded the three pilots and walked towards the deck on the other side. There were the Iceman and the slider who had returned ahead of schedule. The two ace pilots were finally going to face each other and resolve their grievances.

Ronald stands behind the camera, smiling slightly.He saw Barry Tubb playing "The Werewolf," the smart guy who stole the scene wearing a straw hat in the airport scene, and he thought of another way this time.

The others turned their backs to the camera and surrounded the Lone Ranger towards the Iceman crew.

He was the only one, facing the camera, talking to the Lone Ranger and his temporary radar officer Wizard, walking backwards while talking.

This method of stealing the scene is very unique. It does not affect the protagonist, nor does it affect the composition and narrative. It is just a clever little trick to make his own face succeed on the screen for a few more seconds.

"Cut!"

Ronald looked at Barry Tubb and nodded to him that he was doing well.He was not held accountable for stealing the show in private.

Tabb is very happy. As a supporting actor with few roles, showing his face in big productions like this will definitely leave a deep impression on the audience.It seems that the director is quite sure about his improvisation. After being rescued by the Lone Ranger, he definitely wants to chat with him more. It is reasonable to walk backwards.

"Very well, let's hurry up and finish shooting the following shots, and then we have to shoot the shots of fighter jets taking off and landing, hurry up." Ronald arranged for the assistant director, and began to nervously re-set up the camera.

"Action!"

Soon, Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise were thrust into a circle surrounded by hundreds of extras.Iceman was still questioning the Lone Ranger's fighting style regardless of his wingman before taking off.But if the Lone Ranger hadn't sacrificed his life to save him, Iceman would have been beaten by five MiG-28s, and most likely he would have been shot down as well.

The camera captures Val Kilmer walking to the taped spot on the deck and saying, "You're still dangerous, but you've passed the test!"

"Cut!"

Ronald reluctantly stopped the filming, picked up the loudspeaker and said to Kilmer:

"Kimer, you misremembered the lines, read it according to the script."

It's the climactic scene where the two ace pilots reconcile, with the Iceman saying, "You're still dangerous, but you can be my wingman anytime."

This means that the Iceman has recognized the Lone Ranger's fighting style, and the Lone Ranger has also learned a lesson from the stupid goose accident, and is no longer leaving his wingman alone to show off.Here the Lone Ranger completes his role change and grows into a better fighter pilot.

"Action!"

"You are still so dangerous..."

Val Kilmer seemed to have forgotten his words again, got stuck here, and then he looked at the camera.He spread his hands and shrugged, indicating that he forgot the words.

"Cut!"

Ronald became angry, "Shall I make you a teleprompter?"

"Director, I can't say this line."

Val Kilmer approached Ronald with his hands on his hips.He tilted his head and pointed his square chin at Ronald like a shovel, as if provocative.It has the demeanor of ancient ape-man.

"You can't say? What do you mean?"

"I just can't say. I can't bow to Tom's character..."

"You fucking..."

Ronald's blood surged up for a while.

Val Kilmer is doing this for his own coffee position, he doesn’t want his own role, and bows his head to Cruise’s role. He also wants to have the Iceman preach to the Lone Ranger again at the end, so as to highlight the Iceman For the role, he also wants to compete with Cruise.

The Iceman and the Lone Ranger have always been two levels of confrontation.One relying on reason and flying like a textbook to annoy opponents.One relies on intuition, does not think in battle, and acts on instinct.

At the end of the dogfight between the two and the hostile fighter, the Lone Ranger rescued the Iceman, and the styles represented by the two also reconciled here.This is the reasonable plot climax that a commercial film should have.

"Go fuck me honestly and finish that line." Regardless of the remaining face, Ronald pointed to Fang Kilmer's nose and told him to go back to filming.

"I can't promise I'll be able to say it."

"Then you keep talking until you can."

"Hmph," Fang Kimmer put away his unruly eyes, and walked into the middle of hundreds of ensemble performers in disbelief.

Ronald stared at the back of Val Kilmer, a very unintelligent man.

He wouldn't say anything about Barry Tabb's character-inspired scene just now.Scene stealing that completely overturns character and story development like this is downright stupid.

Would I change the priorities of the two male protagonists for him on the spot?

"Cut!"

"Cut!"

……

I shot more than a dozen times in a row, and every time when the Iceman was talking, Val Kilmer either didn't say the sentence "You can be my wingman" or changed the words without authorization.

Ronald put away the anger on the surface, but his heart was already boiling like hot water.

This Fang Kimmer dared to openly challenge the authority of the director on the shooting scene because he said a few good words to Paramount CEO Frank Mancuso at a high-level meeting.

Now the two sides have reached a stalemate, either he overwhelmed himself as the director and changed his lines, or he overpowered him and forced him to say that line.

"Action!"

Ronald's face was like water, if you don't say anything, then I will continue to shoot until you say something.I don't mind doing this shot thirty, fifty times...

"Change film," Kimball yelled.A large roll of film was wasted, but Val Kilmer still looked disdainful, and he just didn't say anything.

The staff saw what Kimmer meant, and they were careful not to speak beside them, for fear of being caught between the two men who were at war with each other and being used as a scapegoat.

"Ronald", the producer Bruckheimer came over, and Tom Cruise also came over, "This is not the way, should we find his agent..."

"Let's continue until we get the effect I need."

Ronald also ignored the two of them. There is no direct dial phone on the aircraft carrier, and sending telegrams back and forth is too time-consuming.This kind of thing is actually a contest of wills between the two sides.

"Hey", Tom Cruise hit his left palm with a powerful right fist and returned to his standing position.

"Boys, here comes the ice cream... Huh?"

In the kitchen of the aircraft carrier, a large bucket of ice cream was brought in to relieve the heat of the officers and soldiers participating in the filming. When they arrived here, they saw the stalemate scene.

"Put down the ice cream tub, and we'll have it when Mr. Kilmer remembers his lines."

Ronald picked up the electric horn and announced to everyone present.

"Boom..." The officers and soldiers had been on the hot and humid deck for a long time, seeing that the ice cream in front of them could not be eaten, thousands of people complained together and made a loud noise.

"Action!"

Fang Kilmer's face was unkind, and the surrounding extras looked at him like they were looking at a clown.Thousands of pairs of eyes watched him, as if he would be knocked down to the ground and beaten if he continued to play tricks.

"You're still dangerous, Lone Ranger..." Val Kilmer distorted the muscles on his face in embarrassment, "but you can be my wingman anytime."

By all accounts, Val Kilmer has never enjoyed this kind of treatment, his legs are weak, his tongue is stiff, and he can't help but speak the lines stipulated in the script.

Tom Cruise on the opposite side showed a wicked smile. He finally won a big victory in this male number one charm competition.

"Nonsense, you can be my wingman." After finishing his lines, Cruise stepped forward to put his arms around Val Kilmer, and patted him on the back a few times.

"Cut!"

Ronald saw Kimball gesturing OK to himself.

"This print is ready for ice cream."

"Oh..." The sailors rushed up happily, consciously lined up, each with a cone of ice cream, and happily licked it.

"Ugh..."

A gust of wind blew over.

The weather in the Indian Ocean is very changeable, immediately overcast, and the sky quickly darkened.

"Mr. Director, the captain of the flight wing asked me to ask you if you still want to take off due to the heavy rain." The liaison officer, Sergeant James, came to look for Ronald.

"Please tell the captain, thank him for his kindness, even if you can take off in bad weather, you can't get a satisfactory shot."

Looking at the heavy rain that was about to fall, Ronald felt very bad in his heart.Fang Kimmer wasted too much time in vain just now, and I am afraid that the good weather will not catch up before sunset today.There is only one day left tomorrow, and I can only pray for God's blessing to take a satisfactory picture.

He looks at Val Kilmer, who is walking towards the cabin, and Rick Rossovich, who plays his partner, the two black apples.

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(End of this chapter)