Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Hey, is Steven filming? I'll just wait here." Ronald found an excuse and came to the studio on the pretext that he wanted to see Spielberg's use of green screens to shoot special effects.

After his divorce, Spielberg now lives with actress Kate Capshaw. After a costly divorce and alimony lawsuit, Spielberg is now more cautious about marriage.

Of course, although they are not married, it does not delay that he and Capshaw gave birth to a daughter last year, and now Capshaw is pregnant again.

Essentially, Spielberg was also a nerd in his teenage years, and he became a film director purely out of interest. Now that he enjoys the company of his girlfriend and loves children, Spielberg tries his best to shoot all of his current movies in studios in Los Angeles.

He would rather spend more money to set up scenes in a shed, but also go back from get off work on time every night to be with his family, which is very similar to Ronald.

"Oh, Ronald. I'll accompany you in. Green screen shooting is more demanding. We watched from a distance outside the cordon for a while. After he finished shooting, I went to tell him to take a rest. The shooting these days is really killing me. Got him..."

Kathleen Kennedy, Spielberg's former secretary and now the general manager of Amblin Pictures, personally accompanied Ronald into the shadow studio.

Green screen shooting is a somewhat historical method. The prototype of this technology existed as early as the 1930s. However, blue screens were mostly used at that time, because this color is farthest from human skin color and is not easily confused by mistake.

But with the invention of new movie cameras and film, they became more sensitive to capturing the color green. So now we mainly use green screen for special effects.

Ronald looked at the green background from a distance. Julia Roberts was wearing tattered short sleeves and shorts, with some bright sequins sprinkled on her head, two wings on her back, and a wire tied to her body. , she plays an elf named Tinkerbell.

"You are too old now, too old. Julia, imagine yourself younger. Tinker Bell is an elf with the mentality of a young girl..."

Spielberg was obviously dissatisfied with the shooting. He loudly told Julia Roberts, who had just been dropped from the air, what effects he wanted.

"Well..." Julia Roberts curled her lips. It was very uncomfortable when hanging the wire. It was pressed tightly against her ribs. Not only was it uncomfortable, but she also always had to worry about whether she would bump into some scenery.

Ronald frowned.

After Spielberg became famous, most of the actors he collaborated with were very talented actors. Even the child actors in ET were the most intelligent ones selected from thousands of young actors...

Since then, he has been working with the top actors in the industry, such as the two leading actors of "Captain Hook", Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams, as well as the supporting actress Maggie Smith. He is the kind of actor who can express the effect he wants and then perform it...

But Julia Roberts isn't...

Julia Roberts basically can't act. She is like the Grace Kelly of yesteryear, and whenever her close-up appears on the screen, the audience will be mesmerized. The face of that beautiful woman who was several meters tall seemed to be speaking beautiful words of love to herself.

Especially those pair of sparkling eyes. When facing them, the audience will be transported to another space, a space only for themselves and Julia Roberts. The two are talking about endless love with their eyes...

And Julia Roberts herself has a shy side on screen, which makes it feel even more real. Regardless of whether they are men or women, their hearts will beat when they see such a face.

But this true beauty can only be expressed when Julia Roberts takes on the role of herself. This is also an important reason why all her boyfriends were actors who played lovers with her in movies and TV series.

She can't act at all, she plays all the roles in her true colors. Or maybe Julia Roberts is the character herself. The actor is also very happy to play opposite such a charming actress. It is also a pleasure to talk to her behind the camera.

interest.

But this green screen shoot…

Unlike other shoots, it's difficult to get an actor to play opposite you. When filming Tinker Bell hanging in mid-air, shaking her wings and talking, it was difficult to get Robin Williams, the actor who plays Peter Pan, to also hang up and play opposite her...

So Julia Roberts, basically performing to the air this time.

This easily explains the low quality of her acting. Performance without physical objects requires technology...

"I think we'd better..." Ronald turned to Kathleen Kennedy, wanting to call a timeout and tell Spielberg his observations. When Ronald was making low-budget exploitation films, the actors could only be described as having average acting skills, but he was really experienced in how to train these actors.

"Hush, Ronald, we are seriously behind schedule. We only need this special effects scene and we have to rush..." Kathleen Kennedy was Spielberg's assistant, so for her, Spiel Berg's words are the truth. Steven had told him that the most important thing now was to seize time.

"A!"

Spielberg ordered another take to start, and Ronald had to shut up.

This time it was even worse. Julia Roberts was obviously nervous after being told by Spielberg. When she became nervous, she performed even worse, and even Spielberg's body language became much stiffer.

Ronald could see the problem even from a distance. Just as he was about to step forward, Spielberg couldn't help but start spraying.

"Cut, cut! Julia, what are you doing? You are like an old woman, an old woman... You have to act younger, Tinkerbell is a young woman who has not grown up..."

"Uh..." Ronald looked at Spielberg, the great director, and seemed confused. Why did he violate the taboo of all actresses?

"ah……"

Sure enough, Julia Roberts was so stimulated by these words that the old woman trembled all over and her eyes were red. As soon as she got off the wire, she yelled, "Then what do you want me to do? How to do it?"

During this period, the gossip media was pursuing her fiercely, and many comments were quite offensive to her. Especially digging out all her love history and telling the story of "the most beautiful female star in Hollywood and three male actors..."

"Play younger, don't act like an old woman..." Spielberg adjusted his glasses. He couldn't understand how such a spiritual actress in "Pretty Woman" could be so clumsy when playing Tinker Bell. ?

Julia Roberts couldn't bear it anymore. She was shaking with anger, "You are all targeting me..."

Seeing this, Ronald quickly stepped forward to pat his cheeks. Both of them are under great pressure, and they are missing someone who can communicate with them. He also found it strange that Kathleen Kennedy was supposed to take on this role...

"Is there anyone here?" Ronald spoke first to indicate that he had arrived at the scene... When the director was filming, ordinary people were not allowed to break into the work site.

"Ah, you are all targeting me..."

Julia Roberts was so angry that she pulled her shoes off her feet and threw them at Spielberg's head...

"Be careful..." Ronald exclaimed, what happened?

"Ah..." Spielberg was also frightened. Is he trying to hit the director?

"Ah..." Julia Roberts was startled by Ronald's loud shout, her movements deformed, and the shoe she threw deviated from the intended direction and flew towards Ronald.

"Oh……"

Fortunately, Ronald moved nimbly and ducked his head cleverly to avoid the shoe, which was regarded as a hidden weapon.

He rushed forward and hugged Julia Roberts, who kept shouting in his arms, "You are all targeting me..."

Seeing that things were difficult to handle, Ronald turned back to Spielberg and said, "That's it for today, right? I can't take any quality shots. I'll take Julia to have a rest first. I think she's hanging on." I stayed on the tightrope for too long and suffered from hysteria caused by poor breathing..."

"Huh? Okay..." Spielberg suddenly heard this professional medical word

Hui, for a moment, really thought it was some kind of illness, and quickly nodded and said to Ronald, go quickly, be careful of something going wrong. There are no doctors in this studio, you have experience..."

In fact, Spielberg is insensitive to women's psychology. Even Ronald could see it, and he was still treating it as a technical issue in the performance.

Ronald nodded to him, "I have something to ask you for later, so I'll take her out first..." Then he half-pulled and half-coaxed Julia Roberts to go out.

"Hey, Katherine, what's wrong with you?" Spielberg covered his head when he saw Katherine Kennedy coming from behind...

…

"Let me go..." Julia Roberts walked outside the studio, took a breath of fresh air, and as soon as the sunlight hit her, she returned to normal.

"I know you are under a lot of pressure right now, but you have to find a way to relieve it. Otherwise, you will become as hysterical as Sean Young, and your future in Hollywood will be gone..."

"Oh, I don't know what to do..." Julia Roberts is also a person who knows what's good and what's good. The blow just now was too impulsive.

"Do you have any family members you can talk to? Friends? Your brother?" Ronald felt that it was best to be accompanied by family and friends at this time to relieve his depression.

"Hmm..." Julia Roberts shook her head. Her relationship with her brother Eric was very bad...

"Hey, you and I can go home later and I'll call Diane..."

Diane worked with her in "Steel Magnolias" and was considered one of her few friends.

Ronald went back to talk to Spielberg. I saw Kathleen Kennedy still there complaining about Roberts' shoes, furious...

"If it weren't for the lack of time, we would have to fire her... It would be best to severely reduce her scenes..."

"It doesn't have to be like this. I heard Ronald say that it is a disease..."

"What disease?"

"Ahem, you may not have hung with a wire before. When hanging, the chest is squeezed, the respiratory capacity is insufficient, the oxygen intake and blood oxygen content continue to be low, and the diaphragm is squeezed, which will cause sympathetic nerve damage. Abnormality, and a poisoning symptom caused by excessive carbon dioxide content in the blood..."

Ronald quickly made up a bunch of reasons.

"Really?" Kathleen Kennedy clearly didn't believe it.

"I don't understand very well, but the dragon and tiger martial arts masters in Xiangjiang can't hang the wire for too long. Many people also worship gods to seek protection from the gods. There will be no hysterical attacks on the set. Of course, it may also be A kind of superstition..."

"You have a point. Is Julia feeling better?"

"I'm still very emotional. I guess we can't shoot today." Ronald told Spielberg about his observations on Julia Roberts' acting problems.

"Well, interesting idea. I'll try it tomorrow..."

Seeing Spielberg say this, she accepted Ronald's explanation completely (in fact, it would be more troublesome not to accept it, so it's better to believe it). Kathleen Kennedy had nothing to say and had to throw the shoe aside angrily.

"Did you use matte painting and travel lens to overlap the green screen, or use a computer to do it?" Seeing that Spielberg no longer bothered Julia, Ronald's curiosity about technology also rose, and he and Spielberg started talking about the green screen on the spot.

"Industrial Light \u0026 Magic are both experimenting. The traditional method is not precise enough in some places, so we try to use computer graphics workstations to supplement it... I heard that you used a computer software in Die Hard 2?"

"Photoshop... But that software is more suitable for still images, just like the traditional large matte painting. You want to replace the images shot on your green screen with real scenes. I'm afraid their efficiency is not very high. If you want, I'll ask them to contact you to try..."

"Okay, one more option..."

"How did your green screen turn out? When I used it, the cutout part and the background were always a little inconsistent..." Ronald remembered the flaw of the Coca-Cola advertisement...

"Industrial Light \u0026 Magic has software specifically for this problem. You can ask Lucas. But in short, it is a special effect that consumes a lot of work time, but the visual effect is really good..."

"Ronald..." The driver and bodyguard outside walked in to see the situation and saw this scene of two technology enthusiasts passionately exchanging their special effects production experience.

"Ah, I should go... That guy is still outside, I'll call you tomorrow..." Ronald said goodbye...

"Ah..." Kathleen Kennedy winked at Spielberg.

"Oh, by the way, Ronald, I have something to ask you..."

Spielberg pulled Ronald aside, "How did you sign the agency contract with CAA?"

"Huh... Don't you want to give them a fixed share?" Ronald thought he was just in time when he heard Spielberg ask.

"In fact, a director like you is a signing they are looking forward to, and we all know the reason... 90% of their clients are actors, but screenwriters and directors are treated the best..."

Spielberg nodded, thinking that Ronald is the one who knows me best.

"I can't say bad things about Ovitz, but there are two points you can pay attention to.

Ovitz has put most of the company's shares into his own name, either by threat or purchase. But brokerage companies are naturally like lawyers and accountants, relying on people. Holding the shares in their hands and operating them as a joint-stock system, and not giving young people the status of partners, in fact, young brokers are very dissatisfied with this matter, but when Ovitz is strong, it can bring them greater benefits, so they just forbear.

"I understand, thank you..." Spielberg talked about movies and business, and his IQ advantage was immediately restored.

...

"Julia, oh, I didn't expect you to come, we haven't seen each other for a long time..." Diane saw Julia Roberts and happily went up to hug her, "Do you want to see the baby?"

"Diane, Julia is very tired, she was hanging on the tightrope on the set, and she has some psychological problems..." Ronald hurried up to explain.

"Oh, then do you want to relax? I have a jacuzzi here, and a movie theater. Over there is a yoga room, and you can also play games, samples sent by a Japanese company..." Diane happily introduced the equipment in her home.

But Julia Roberts still felt a little uncomfortable... Once she calmed down, she thought of the pain of being exposed by gossip reporters.

"Ha, I thought of it. I have an ancient game here, which comes from the Chinese. Do you want to play it? It's called Mahjong. Ronald, Wang Ma, we are missing one..."