Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 618

"Hi everyone, I'm Jane Fonda. I'm standing at the door of AM's recording studio in Hollywood. At the end of January this year, a great thing happened here..."

"Cut!" Ronald yelled to stop the filming. This monologue was still directed by him.Anyway, it is a public welfare project, and it would be great to leave a subtitle on it.

"Jane, you are such a great actor, I don't need any guidance at all." Ronald sighed.This kind of talented actor who comes from a family of actors is very worry-free to shoot. A random narration can achieve perfect lines and emotions.

After Jane Fonda finished filming one of her monologues, she sat down in an adjacent chair and chatted with Ronald.

"The business of leg warmers is very good. I have asked them to find a factory in Southern California and plan to relocate here in advance."

"Except for the New York State Taxation Department, I think everyone is satisfied." The Coca-Cola stock that Ronald bought after selling his business has gone up well, and Jane Fonda's business integration has made higher profits. Both of them are very satisfied.

"Actually, it's really good for you to shoot this kind of short video. The cycle is short, the price is not bad, and your strength can also be responsible. You can consider it as your own business." Jane Fonda drank vegetable juice and said to Ronald mentioned.

"I have this idea, but Jane's aerobics video tape was shot and edited by your own company. I can't compete with you for business."

"Hahaha...", Jane Fonda laughed, "My friend Debbie Reynolds, you also know her. She is going to shoot a version of fitness aerobics for the elderly, and she is looking for the right person, you You might as well go next."

"Why, aren't you worried about her competition?" Ronald blurted out, how could Jane Fonda introduce a producer to a videotape competitor like this?
"Maybe in another 20 years, I'll be worried. Debbie is targeting the aerobics market for seniors, and her videos are selling well and will only elevate the aerobics market as a whole."

"Oh," Ronald was taught a lesson, "I'll go talk to her right away."

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"Oh, my sweet little Ronnie." Debbie Reynolds happily made tea for Ronald in her dance classroom.

"This is the set map I drew. If I hadn't been an actor, I might have found a set job in Hollywood. Take a look at it."

Ronald took a look and saw that it was an ancient Roman-style hall with several pillars inside.This is where Debbie Reynolds wants to do the old-school version of calisthenics.

"When the time comes, you can find some young and beautiful beauties for me, and I will teach them how to dance. I am not used to jumping up and down like Jane. I have to tell some jokes and chat with the girls so that I can keep up, you know ?"

"No problem, what kind of girl do you want to complement you?"

"At my age, it's past the time to compete with young girls. You can find it wherever you want, and you don't need to have a foundation in dance. We can dance as we learn, and maybe the effect will be better."

"Then I recommend my person?"

Ronald and Debbie strike up a deal for an older version of gymnastics.His partner, Douglas Hansen, Jr., flew here with New York agent Eddie to participate in the shooting business of "Daydream Films"'s first feature film of more than three and 10 minutes.

"Debbie Reynolds has a wide range of friends, and the price we give her is guaranteed not to lose money." Eddie calculated very well.He has also accumulated a lot of experience shooting company promotional videos in New York, and he can be regarded as a competent project director.

"Great, can I invite her daughter, Princess Leia, to shoot?" Douglas Jr. also wanted to use this to break into Hollywood and get to know more female stars.

"I'm afraid it won't work. Carrie Fisher is transitioning to become a screenwriter now." Ronald actually has plans to let Debbie, the daughter of a sexy idol, appear on the screen.However, the old lady flatly refused, saying that her daughter had already started to transform behind the scenes.

"Good morning, good noon, good evening... I don't know when you watch this video. I never thought I'd make a video like this, but I bought Jane Fonda's calisthenics and I found out that I don't Can't keep up with her.

Maybe it's time for me to like my own rhythm, so I specifically asked Ronald Lee, the director who worked with me on 'Breakdancing', hi Ronald.You may not know, but he was the shot of breakdancing and fighting in this dance studio of mine..."

Debbie Reynolds was very light-hearted and improvised a line on the spot.

"Debbie's video may be more about exercising the tongue than the whole body." Little Douglas didn't see any beauties, and many of the people who appeared with Debbie were older women, and began to complain.

"Doug, if you are not convinced, you can put on gym pants and leg warmers and dance with me." Debbie, who has seen a lot in Hollywood, teased little Douglas on the spot.

"I'm not...I haven't...I mean you're in great shape."

In one day, Ronald finished shooting the aerobics, and he will not be in charge of this kind of simple business in the future.

"Very good, I can already imagine the scene where the videotapes are sold out." Debbie Reynolds looked at the rough-cut videotapes and liked her performance very much.

"Wish us success."

"Very good, when the time comes for the second and third episodes, I'll also ask you to shoot them. I can't find a production company as cost-effective as yours in all of Hollywood."

"Isn't that the reason why I hired college film majors to work?" Ronald sent checks to several college students who came for internships, and signed the internship records.They work here not only to earn money, but also to get school credits.

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"Ronald, Mancuso called us, he couldn't take it anymore." Don Simpson called Ronald.

"Great, it looks like we're going to take back the dominance of the movie."

"Is this what you edited?"

Ned Tanin saw a rough cut of Top Gun by two editors.The pilot communicated with other people on the radio for a while, and then the two fighter jets passed by, and the screen switched to the real shot of the navy launching an air-to-air missile. There was a burst of white smoke and a loud noise, and the MiG-28 was shot down.

The two editors were very nervous, and it took them a lot of effort to piece together this air combat shot.

"We picked some shots that were long enough, and this is just the first cut... We can still continue to modify..."

Frank Mancuso waved his hand to prevent Tanin from further questioning, "This is not just a problem with editing, I think there is a flaw in the shooting." After a period of adjustment, he finally caught Ronald and the two arrogant The producer's sore feet are too lazy to argue with the two editors now.

"At least Ronald won't cut the air battle like this." There was no logical relationship between several shots, and Tanin looked displeased.

"Uh, there's not enough material," the editor explained cautiously.

"Then let them come back and participate in the editing. If there is a need for reshoots, you can also approve... However, we have other projects to invest in funds now, and this 'Top Gun' can't increase the budget. Let the three of them try their best in the original Some are resolved within the budget.”

"This...?" Ned Tanin was discouraged for a while, and Mancuso plugged the gap in his additional budget in advance. With these materials, can a good-looking movie be edited?

"Don't worry, audiences won't expect too much from this movie, seeing missiles launching and enemy planes exploding is enough for them.

Mancuso was very satisfied looking at the camera. Those short shots ranging from three to five seconds were difficult to stitch together.The editor tried his best, but in the two long shots of the missile launching that lasted more than ten seconds, he barely picked up the story.

The two heroes and heroines fell in love with each other inexplicably without any foreshadowing.They were still scolding each other in the previous paragraph, and then the good brother's wife said something, and the two kissed on the motorcycle.The audience will definitely not buy it.

"Just throw the garbage back to Ronald and the two producers and let them deal with it. When the box office fails, I will have an excuse to clean up Ned Tanning and the others. At that time, I will not be the producer. Power up."

Mancuso smiled all over his face, "Ronald is a kid who made himself a fool of himself in the company's top management, and he must be 'thank him' properly. And those two arrogant producers Don Simpson, and Jerry Bruckheimer.

These two people shot two blockbuster movies in a row, and now when they face themselves, they play a game that can no longer be called a good employee or a bad employee.It's bad employees and worse employees.This time it happened to let them taste the power.

"This clip was cut too rough." Ronald also watched the first few episodes of the first cut by the two editors, Chris and Billy.

"You don't give us your script and storyboards. This is the best we can do." The two editors now believe that Ronald has a secret storyboard script.

"We have nothing to hide from you," Ronald chuckled. In fact, he just didn't draw out the detailed shot sketches in his mind, and they were all typed into belly drafts.

The two editors didn't quite believe Ronald's statement, but they were just working for a job. Soon Ronald would become their boss and the leader of editing. Let's see what secret weapon he has.

"Now we have to do two things." Ronald read all the first cut versions, and none of them could be used.

"First, ask the laboratory to send a copy of the work again, and I will start editing from the beginning." Ronald took a thermos, poured a cup of tea and began to drink.He likes to use a thermos when editing.

"Secondly, it's time for the creators of those episodes to hand in their manuscripts. Before editing, I have to see the episodes first, and then confirm the rhythm of the editing according to the music."

"Set the editing rhythm according to the music? Are you going to shoot a MV?" Chris and Billy, the two editors, looked at Ronald. Very few filmmakers do this?The current practice is to add soundtracks and interludes after the film is completed, and let the composer revise if there are rhythmic problems.

"Bingo!" Ronald had an expression of "you guessed it". He and the two producers had discussed early on that they would edit "Top Gun" with the fast pace of the MV.

(End of this chapter)