Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 743 No Physical Contact
"Lynne needs to stay in the hospital for a long time. She needs surgical treatment and a period of hospital observation." On-site manager Eddie came back from the hospital and poured warm tap water on his face for a long time.

"Fortunately, you bought insurance for everyone on the set." Ronald took out two bottles of Coke from the refrigerator, threw one bottle to Eddie, and then opened it with a snort and drank it down.

Medical bills are expensive, and when added to the ambulance costs, the numbers on the bill can be dizzying.Fortunately, the crew bought insurance for everyone, and with Lynn's own medical insurance paid by the actor's union, the crew didn't have to pay too much extra costs for this accident, and most of it was covered by the insurance.

"I feel that the weather in recent years is very abnormal. I asked the waiter at the hotel. It is already possible to wear a coat at this time in previous years. But it coincides with the time when the story in the movie takes place in summer."

Eddie drank the ice-cola and let out a sigh of satisfaction, "Ronald, I think we need to call in an on-site doctor for the crew. You still have several group scenes. If one or two actors suffer from heatstroke by then, you will be in trouble." gone."

"Come on, you can find one that suits you." Ronald sighed, all kinds of accidents, the final result will become a reason for overspending.The reserve funds in the account are being rapidly consumed in various unexpected things.

The on-site doctor, who was originally needed only for shooting dangerous scenes, is actually unnecessary in this musical.But the weather, near 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius), is still worrying.

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"Cut!"

Ronald called a halt to filming.

As soon as Jennifer Gray heard Cut, she immediately turned her head and walked straight to the waiting room without talking to Patrick Switz, who was acting opposite.

Ronald looked at Switz, he shrugged and shook his head to himself, expressing that he didn't know what was going on.

"What the hell happened? Is it too hot?"

Ronald picked up a bottle of water, poured it into his mouth, and poured a little on his neck and chest.

The weather was frighteningly hot, and with the baking of the indoor lights, it looked like 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius), and I was almost scorched.

Facing the actors who were baked by the headlights, it was even worse.Ronald tried it with a thermometer, and it was about over 110 degrees Fahrenheit (44 degrees Celsius).

After a 10-minute break, Ronald asked his assistant to call Jennifer Gray.

"It's coming, hey, don't bother me, don't rush." ​​Gray came out of the lounge, with a look of you don't mess with me, and stood angrily at the starting position.

"Action!"

This time the filming went relatively smoothly. After the filming, Jennifer walked up to Ronald, "Director, how was my filming?"

"Very good, this time is very good. To be on the safe side, I want you to change to another performance, using... to express your yearning and enthusiasm for dancing."

"Okay... I'm going to rest first."

After Gray and Ronald finished communicating, they pointed the back of their heads at Switz, and walked back to rest.

By noon, Ronald had already discovered that the signs were bad.The male and female protagonists only make eye contact during filming.Before and after filming, they were unwilling to look at each other, and left after filming.

The scene here at Mountain Lake Villa is easy to handle, but when we go to North Carolina, there are many intimate scenes between the two of them. Such an atmosphere is definitely not good for filming.

"Is Mrs. Switz gone?"

Ronald asked screenwriter Eleanor.

"Already gone, the airport I sent you to."

The episode by Thwaites was selected for the film, and his wife stayed one night before returning to Los Angeles.

"I thought Jennifer would be professional enough, hey..."

Ronald felt depressed for a while.If I had known, I wouldn't have let Thwaites' wife send a demo of the episode.

What can we do now?
It is necessary to coax the heroine well before the transition to North Carolina.

"How about I temporarily cancel the ban on male and female actors not being in contact with them?"

Ronald asked Eleanor.

"Is...isn't that unfair to the other actors? And it's too obvious what you did."

Ronald was talking about his ban on physical contact between actors and actresses.

The key to the success of this movie lies in the chemical reaction between the dance partners when the protagonists dance Mambo.In many cases, it is necessary to see the sexual tension between men and women in the camera.

The two parties are in love with each other, and their hearts are full of longing, but they have not been able to get relief.At this time, the hormones of both parties will make both parties full of desire for the upcoming things.

And the mambo dance with this desire is the original meaning of "dirty dance (literally translated as dirty dance)", which uses the body instead of words to flirt between men and women.

This desire will be recorded in the camera. When the audience sees it on the screen, the special instinct of young men and women will make them immediately discover the unusual ambiguous atmosphere in the middle.That's one of the big selling points of this movie.

All people, especially young people, crave romantic love and physical involvement.

In order to be in front of the camera, all actors and actresses can present this sexual tension.

On the one hand, Ronald agreed and even encouraged. Every night, all the actors held a dance party in the hall, danced disco, and accumulated the attraction between men and women.

But on the other hand, he strictly forbids any contact between men and women, even hugging and kissing are also prohibited.

The hormones that are provoked by the dance every day will gradually accumulate in the body, but will not be released, and finally reach the peak, and they will be released in the dance shots.

But Jennifer Gray and Patrick Switz had a misunderstanding, and Ronald was worried that they would not get together when the transition was over, so he wanted to temporarily relax the ban on the two of them while there was still time, so that they could Rediscover the feeling of intimacy during the audition.

"Your idea is good, but it's too direct. This is a natural process. If you do it too deliberately, it will be difficult for Jennifer to get back to feeling with Patrick under the watchful eyes of everyone."

The screenwriter Eleanor understands girls' minds very well, especially Jewish girls who grew up in a slightly conservative and closed environment, so they are a little more reserved about such things.

"What you said makes sense, let's watch while filming."

Ronald put the annoying things aside and continued to direct the filming.

"All the guests disperse and leave the central position to Patrick and Cynthia. They will show the highest skills of ballroom dancing, and all actors must leave enough space for them to perform. Please watch the signs on the ground."

Ronald sat on the big crane and directed the scene with the director of photography.

Johnny and Penny, theoretically hired by the resort to dance with people.They not only want to show people a fun dance to keep the guests interested.What's more, he has to be their dance teacher, and for the very generous VIP guests, he has to dance with them as a professional gigolo or dancer.

What was filmed tonight was the first time the two showed off their abilities in front of Housman and other guests.

"Boom... boom, boom..."

The unique rhythm of the mambo dance sounded, and piles of guests were chatting.The actor who plays the hotel owner is introducing two performers.

The camera moved along the line of sight and began to film the professional dance of Switz and Cynthia, while taking a panoramic view of the lively scene in the lobby of the holiday villa.

This is the first big scene after the opening, and it is also a scene that sets the tone of the movie, and it is a scene that makes Baby discover the charm of a dancer, and the idea of ​​​​being Johnny's partner instead of Penny is born.

"Who's that?" Baby, played by Jennifer Gray, dances with the resort owner's son.

"Ah, the dancers. They're here to entertain the guests."

"Cut!"

After filming the scene where Baby secretly looked at Johnny, Jennifer Gray immediately turned her head away from Schwyz.

"Make a circle..."

Ronald didn't have time to deal with Gray's problems. He directed all the extras, formed a circle, and gave way to Patrick and Cynthia.

Cynthia Rhodes wore a special dance dress, pink, with thin straps at the back.

The two danced very well. Switz's footsteps were strong, and Cynthia's high-heeled shoes, driven by her knee movements, were inserted into the ground very powerfully like a model's catwalk.

A hook twirls, the skirt flutters.Then there was a high-leg raising in a showy style, surrounded by a circle, and the guests who danced Mambo exclaimed.

"Cut!"

Ronald called Switz, "Turn down the difficulty a bit. The Johnny you play has no professional dance training. He came from a wild background, so he can't dance as well as you."

"Okay," Switz made an OK gesture, and then raised his hand to ask Cynthia to continue.The two tried to dance for a while, and Ronald nodded in agreement.

"Why don't you let Cynthia lower the difficulty too?" Switz looked at Ronald and joked.

"Pretty girls are free," Ronald smiled, nodding to Cynthia.

What a joke, I have to rely on Cynthia's charming figure to sell tickets.

"Hmm..." Cynthia Rhodes' eyes shone brightly. Her previous starring role in the movie "Flying Dragon" did not allow her to earn resources.Although she is the second female this time, she got this opportunity to show herself to the fullest.

"Action!"

The two continued to dance the mambo, the camera focused on them, and the group performances spread out automatically, showing a circle around them.

All the audience, the focus of their eyes, will be gathered on them.

Cynthia spun a few times in a row, then turned her back to Switz, and the two made several moves.

"So, so..."

Under the strong drumbeat, Cynthia raised one leg high above her head, and then placed it on Switz's shoulder.

Switz took her leg and stepped back.This gesture made the surrounding group performers exclaim.

The drumbeat started to pick up again, and the camera suddenly moved closer to Cynthia's side, and the lens became a close-up of her alone.

Cynthia spun a few more times and moved towards the middle of the hall. The camera closely captured her graceful dancing posture, and her skirt flew up like a peacock opening its tail.

She turned back again, jumped, and landed on Switz's shoulder.

Switz held Cynthia up, let her head hang down like a beautiful swallow, and spread her arms like a swallow's wings. This thrilling action made the group performers exclaim.

"Cut!"

After dancing again, Cynthia was sweating on her forehead, and Ronald personally delivered towels and ice water.

"It's too hot, ask the assistant to bring more ice cubes, I'm afraid someone will suffer from heat stroke." Ronald ordered the assistant Emil.

"Okay," Emil went to arrange.

"Ronald...director...how is my performance?" Cynthia asked while looking at Ronald.

Cynthia stopped, and the sweat started to break out non-stop.Her face is very beautiful, she doesn't wear too much makeup under the sweat, but under the strong light, she is still a very outstanding beauty in the frame of the camera.

"Great job, you and Patrick worked really well together. Well done, Patrick."

Patrick Switz turned his head quickly.

Ronald took a look, and there was Jennifer Gray waiting to take a shot.

Switz was so annoyed by Gray's behavior that he ignored Jennifer now, turned his head and left after taking his own shots.

"Oh, Shxt!" Ronald covered his head.

"Um, Ronald, don't be angry, they just haven't grown up and are angry at each other." Cynthia came over to comfort
"It's okay, your face is covered with sweat." Ronald picked up the towel and wiped it for her twice. When he found that his movements were too ambiguous, he handed the towel back to Cynthia.

"Ahem, we are preparing for the next shot."

The camera is reversed and the same music is played, this time for Baby and her dance partner, the hotel owner's son.

"Um, they shouldn't show off their skills, so why would the guests buy their dance lessons? Anyway, they can't learn." The hotel owner's son is also a Jewish actor, with a typical Jewish nose, and he has a very businessman's rhetoric. persuasion.

The camera shifted slowly, and took a picture of Baby next to him.

Then slowly pull in closer.

Jennifer Gray looks at the camera with Patrick Thwaites in the background.

Her eyes sparkled, and she looked as if she had discovered something remarkable.

Baby saw the dance between Johnny and Penny, she felt envious, and wanted to dance that exciting dance with Johnny by herself.

"Cut!"

Ronald watched Jennifer Gray's performance and it was brilliant.The expression she looked at the camera was like a girl's first pregnancy.It's the first time chasing an idol again, and I want to replace it, just like the actress next to the idol.

"It seems that there is still a chemical reaction. It's just that I was angry and jealous for a while, and I didn't want to talk." Ronald thought to himself.

"Boom", a loud sound came from behind Ronald.He looked back and saw an old lady fainted on the ground.

"Doctor, where's the doctor?"

Ronald cursed in his heart, this is another accident.

Eddie invited it, and the resident doctor quickly walked to the front, loosened the neckline for the old lady, and then took her body temperature.

"Get some ice..." the doctor called.

In such hot weather, the air conditioner cannot be turned on for filming, which will disturb the operation of the camera.The old lady has heatstroke.

"She's in good condition. The shooting scene was too hot, and the lights made the scene feel like the temperature was over 115 degrees Fahrenheit. But I had to send her to the hospital for infusion, otherwise it might develop into a fatal heat stroke."

The doctor put the old lady who played a supporting role into the car and drove down the mountain.

"Put more ice cubes, more iced drinks, and the set will no longer suffer from heat stroke." Ronald hurriedly made amends, and ordered his assistants to purchase another batch of iced drinks from the hotel.

"This is a lot of money again, and iced drinks in hotels are not cheap."

Thinking of filming at night, Ronald felt a heartache again, and the shooting overspend was a bit serious.

(End of this chapter)