Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 747 Finalize the Theme Song

"Action!"

Ronald boarded the rocker again, he wanted to see the atmosphere of the lights, which was in line with his preset ideas.

A wooden bridge leads to a platform protruding from the mountain lake villa, where it protrudes from the mountain and you can see the lake.

Ronald had seen it from the viewing frame in advance, and the lighting arrangement was designed in advance. In the red, yellow, and green paper lanterns, in the evening when there was light rain, a kind of misty light was emitted, as if each lamp All put on a halo.

The rocker arm rises from the ground, and a vista opens.

The lights in other places around were deliberately turned off, and they were all dark.Only the viewing platform on the opposite side of the wooden bridge is brightly lit, which makes people want to go there and participate in the dancing dance there.

"Cut!"

Francis Coppola invented this technique of using lighting in his blockbuster blockbuster "Old Love, New Love". It is indeed very good, and can easily create an intoxicating atmosphere.

In the subsequent street-shopping film "Streets of Rage", this kind of reddish warmer lighting was also used throughout the film to create an atmosphere on the actors' faces.And setting the lights on the wet ground, so that the ground reflects colorful light, is a very useful technique for creating an atmosphere.

Although these directors were not successful at the box office, they explored a new audio-visual language for later directors.

No wonder Coppola is always called the director's director.Other directors in the industry can always get more inspiration from his films than ordinary audiences.

"Move the camera to the viewing platform." Ronald ordered to the camera crew.

Jennifer Gray and Patrick Switz are about to dance together, and I hope that the things I prepare can ease the perception of the two.

"Should I clear the set?" Ronald asked Miranda Garrison, a costumed assistant choreographer, on the viewing platform.

Today is a scene where she seduces Johnny played by Thwaites.All the dancers come to see their choreographers perform.

"It's not necessary, let them see my strength."

Miranda wore a black backless evening gown with an expensive white fur cape wrapped around her shoulders.

Ronald smiled, reached out to hold Miranda's hand, and let her step into the center of the viewing platform.

"Oh..." The group of performers started booing.

Patrick Switz smiled too, and took Miranda's hand.

Both of them are professional dancers.Ronald motioned for the cameras to turn on, and while they were rehearsing, film began to be recorded.

Miranda reached for Switz's neck, and the shawl fell off.She simply took off the shawl with her other hand and threw it on the ground beside her.

When I saw the props, I felt distressed. They were borrowed by the crew from the store. If they touched the ground or got water, they would lose money.

Ronald grabbed him and glared.Miranda's impromptu performance is very good. She is the kind of middle-aged housewife who sees a dance teacher with a very good figure and wants to eat the other party in one bite. She performed very well.

Where's the bad thing about a little shawl?If it is interrupted, what if there is no such state during the official filming?
Experienced actors are often the first to shoot the fullest and truest emotional responses.After gaining experience, it will become clichéd instead.

"Hey, Max? Is my dance class starting to work?" Miranda, played by Miranda, asked the hotel owner Max with a smile.

"Very good, top-notch!" Of course Max knew what Vivian was up to, but as long as she could continue to live in a resort hotel, he usually turned a blind eye to such things.Besides, Vivian's husband paid for this fee.

Vivian turned around with peace of mind, and ran across Johnny's face with a finger.

"Cut!"

"Bravo!" Ronald applauded first, leading the group of performers to applaud Miranda's lovely acting skills.

"Really? I'm afraid we'll perform worse when we're actually filming." Miranda quickly picked up the fur shawl and patted the ashes on her hands.

"It's okay, I've already recorded everything." Ronald made an inquiring gesture to the camera, got him to sign an OK, and then gave a thumbs up to express his appreciation.

The camera rewinds to take a shot of the boss Max and Dr. Housman's family saying hello.Max wants his youngest son to court the doctor's youngest daughter, Osman.So take good care of them.

His son was admitted to Cornell, and Baby was going to Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts.It just happens to be a good school for traditional marriages.

"Doctor, are you not going to dance?"

The camera focuses on the Housmans, except for Lisa who is out on a tryst.

"We're waiting for a waltz."

The doctor's wife answered instead of her husband.Waltz is a more orthodox social dance. Compared with current music, the meaning of flirting between men and women is not so strong.

"Vivienne Pressman. She's what we call a woman who lives in Kellerman all week. Her husband is a car dealer and usually comes in on the weekends."

The boss Max explained to the doctor the origin of this romantic woman.

Baby was hugged by Dr. Housman's shoulders, as if he didn't want her to hear the dirty side of this society.

Jennifer Gray looked helpless, as if to say, why wasn't I the one who teased Johnny?
"Cut!"

Ronald called a stop, but this part was very well acted, and Gray's state of mind also matched Baby's feeling in this scene.She was also envious of Mrs. Switz.

The so-called wrong in and out, this kind of mentality is very suitable at least before shooting Baby and Johnny.

"log……"

Ronald called the clerk, and she began to note the location of each shot.Immediately the lighting team will change the lighting, and the scenery team will also change some small props.

In order to save money, "dirty dancing" uses skip beats.On this viewing platform, there are many scenes that will be filmed at the same time.

"Baby!" Switz called Gray affectionately.

"Johnny, I..."

Jennifer Gray and Patrick Switz slowly hugged each other before starting to mambo to the music.

"Cut!"

This is the seventh time that Ronald has taken this shot. The two of them stood there stiffly and did not speak, as if there was no communication.

During the audition, the feeling of blush and heartbeat that can make people feel blush and heartbeat just by dancing without talking has disappeared.

"We're here today."

Ronald's attempt to use physical contact to bring the two protagonists back into shape also fails ignominiously.

When you feel something, looking at each other and wanting to pick it up with your fingers, it's a thrill that makes people tremble.

When you don't feel it, even if you kiss passionately, there will be no waves in your eyes.

"Ronald, here are the demos of the theme songs for the recruitment."

Back in the hotel room, Ronald had to stop, and continued to choose the theme song with the screenwriter Eleanor.

Music director Danny Goldberg was incompetent.Although he has a lot of experience working in major studios, when he encountered a stingy crew like Ronald, many of his working methods couldn't be developed here, and he couldn't handle anything by himself.

For example, he did a poor job of collecting theme songs.Originally, in a big studio, it only needed to make a request and make a few phone calls to friends from major record companies, and they could provide good candidate songs.

But Ronald has no money, only fame.The major record companies were unwilling to give their trump songs to Ronald's small production at a low price.

In the end, he went to find an independent songwriter and producer he was not familiar with, and it was already halfway through the filming, and he hadn't found a suitable song yet.

Ronald, who was already impatient, directly called Jimmy Reiner, the music broker who had secured the copyright of the old song.Send out a message through him, inviting all interested independent producers.

Finally, after an urgent solicitation, Reiner rushed to Shanhu Villa with more than 50 demo tapes.

It was already late at night, and Ronald dragged his exhausted body while listening to screenwriter Eleanor.

Maybe the price was too cheap, maybe the idea of ​​the director Goldberg made sense, a good song will not be missed by the big record companies, and will flow into the hands of independent producers.

I have been listening to more than 40 discs, but I am still not satisfied.

"None of those things. What we wanted was a song that had the basic structure of '50s music, but with some new pop elements. It also had to be in tune with the dance at the end."

Eleanor babbled and complained.

"The quality is indeed a bit worse." Ronald also scratched his head.

"It's really not possible. We can only play a mambo rhythm dance song when filming the final dance scene, and then collect new songs and record them in post-production."

"But then, the actors lacked the resonance of the scene and the proper theme song. And Jennifer and Patrick lacked chemistry."

"Forehead……"

Ronald got annoyed when he heard this, and he opened the last tape and put it in the tape recorder.

"Now, I've found the time of my life

No, I've never felt like this before
yes i swear it's true

I owe it all to you
Because with you, I had the best time of my life"

"Huh?" Ronald and Eleanor sat up at the same time. Although the rhythm of the song was not fast at the beginning, the melody and lyrics fit the atmosphere of the scene very well.

Then in the second paragraph, the rhythm speeds up to the normal rhythm of Mambo, which can be used to make a fuss about the editing, matching the cross-editing of the close-up of the face and the close-up of the dance.

"Who sang this? The voice is so magnetic?" Ronald was overjoyed and insisted that the two singers in the demo sing this song.

"It's Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes," Jimmy Reiner replied.

Seeing that Ronald didn't quite understand, he added, "Bill Medley is the one with the long hair in the 'Justice Brothers' group."

Ronald knew this combination. Their most famous song "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" is the song that the Lone Ranger sang on the microphone in the bar in "Top Gun", which was used to talk to Charlie.It was also the one that Charlie ordered on the jukebox after the two finally reunited at the bar.

Bill Medley is the powerful baritone at the beginning.

"Ah, it's him. I'm going to decide on this one, and you help me get their recording done."

Ronald immediately made a decision.

"I'm going to do it right now, get a studio version and send it to you."

"Don't send it here, we're going to North Carolina soon."

(End of this chapter)