Exploiting Hollywood 1980

After Heckerling finished speaking to the two heroines, he returned to his original position and motioned for Ronald to come forward.

"You also know the rules. No one on the set can give orders except the director." Ronald felt a little more comfortable. He raised his hand to signal the first assistant director Al to call the command. He didn't want to have anything to do with the one taken by Heikelin, lest he couldn't explain it clearly when he saw the samples in the future.

I know the fatal problem of Heikelin. As long as I maintain my normal performance, when I watch the samples tomorrow, not the morning after tomorrow, everyone will be able to distinguish the good from the bad.

"Recording? Camera? A!" Al called the command to start filming.

In the same over-the-shoulder position, the camera motor began to rotate, capturing the performances of the two actors.

"Do you want to serve his table instead of me?" Stacey was a little shy, wanting to strike up a conversation but afraid of being rejected.

"Don't you think he looks like Richard Gere? Look at that sexy little butt." Linda replied.

"After ordering, look him in the eyes, and then whenever he tells any joke, pretend it's the funniest joke in the world and laugh loudly at him. ... Well, and don't forget to smile."

"What are you waiting for? If I didn't have an amazing boyfriend in Chicago, I would have done it myself."

"Go ahead and just give her her order."

As expected, Linda followed Heckerling's guidance and spoke the lines with a sweet memory.

"Maybe Phoebe Cates really remembered her boyfriend? Emotional memory is indeed a powerful method. But no matter how good it is, it still goes in the wrong direction."

Just as Ronald was thinking, Jennifer and Phoebe had finished their performance, but Heikelin didn't stop. They didn't know what to do next and started to turn their heads to look at the camera.

Ronald poked Al, the first assistant director.

"cut!"

Al stopped filming and looked at Heikelin.

"Yes, cut." Heikelin, who was directing a theatrical film for the first time, was too involved and forgot to stop.

"Do you want this?" Al asked Hekelin.

"Yes, I want another one."

"One more."

The camera crew did it again.

"Very good, let's take a shot of Stacey going to order from the handsome man Ron Johnson. When you look at him, you have to show a..."

Heckerling caught Jennifer Jason Leigh about making a scene.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute." Ronald smiled and stepped forward. "The over-the-shoulder shot of Jennifer from another angle has not been taken yet, and there is also a reaction shot of the two of them."

"Oh, right..." Heikelin made a joke. She has never been a director of a Hollywood theater movie, and is not familiar with the Hollywood production method of one master and two shoulders. I still shoot graduation short films and documentaries as before, and follow the camera's perspective to get closer to the plot.

This joke was seen by some technical staff on the set, and some couldn't help laughing.

"It's not a big problem, it's just a lack of experience." Ronald relieved her in turn and looked back at the direction where the laughter came from. They are some old electricians from the periphery who often work with me. When they saw the look Ronald sent them, they immediately stopped laughing.

"I think Heikelin has expressed what she means and has taken the number of shots she understands. Why don't we move on? There will be some scenes with children later. Let's shoot them first."

Ronald asked steadily for advice.

Mount glanced at Heikelin, who nodded to indicate that he had captured what he wanted.

Tom Mount shook his head inwardly. Since he wanted to do something and compete for the director's position, he shouldn't think about any nonsense about fair competition and use any method. Just like his fight with Shenberg, this is also his own. A small battlefield.

"I thought it would be better to have you all take an over-the-shoulder shot of Jennifer to complete the set so we can compare better."

"Is this an unscrupulous way to squeeze the time you have to shoot a child's scene so that you can't finish it and make another mistake?" Ronald immediately became convinced of Mount's bad behavior.

We could have shot the scene where the children were already lit first, so that the pizza shop could be used to light the opposite over-the-shoulder shot. Lighting and shooting were carried out on both sides, without wasting time. We can’t make full use of our time by shooting this part now. Next time we’ll be shooting the children’s scenes, which will be very tight.

Ronald looked at his watch. It seemed that he had to ask CA President Shenberg to see the samples through Spielberg. Only with his presence could he suppress Mount.

Moreover, Sheinberg originally had conflicts with Mount over the ET matter. If he had the opportunity to suppress Mount, he would be willing to do so.

Heikelin looked at Mount and then at Ronald, her mouth formed an O-shape. I didn't expect Mount to be so ruthless. Taking advantage of the situation to find trouble could easily really anger Ronald.

In fact, I have already found Ronald's weakness. If there is a fair competition, I can win.

Moreover, Ronald was very efficient in doing some shooting details, and the technicians all obeyed him. He became a director, and wanted to ask him to stay on the crew to help him handle some management work.

She walked toward the camera crew, and when she passed Ronald, where Mount didn't see her, she made a "sorry" mouth gesture to him.

Heckerling then signaled the assistant director to start preparing for filming. She was confident that she would not need to use this method to defeat Ronald head-on.

The photographer set up the camera again, went through the lighting and focus measurement, and finally signaled to Ronald that he was ready. The camera focuses on Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Hecklin didn't waste time talking about the play. She whispered a few words in Jennifer's ear, then called the command to start filming.

"Do you want to serve his table instead of me?" Jennifer began to speak the lines.

"Huh?" Ronald was standing behind the camera without saying anything, thinking about how to buy time. Seeing Jennifer Jason Lee's performance, he was suddenly surprised.

"Jennifer's performance is different from what he imagined." Ronald glanced at Hecklin. This woman is not completely a fool. She has some level of directing performance.

This is another way of acting that shows that Stacey lacks experience in dating men and wants to try it.

Ronald's imaginary shooting method mainly shows Stacey's shyness.

She has never been asked out by a boy, and she wants to make up for this life experience as soon as possible in high school. So she has a lot of yearning for dating, and she is unwilling to go just to maintain a kind of reservedness of a girl. As long as the handsome customer asks for her phone number, she will give it.

And Heklin didn't know what she said to Jennifer just now. This time her performance added a little bit of other emotions, as if she was retreating, or as if she was hesitating.

"No, it's fear." Ronald accurately caught a trace of fear in Jennifer Jason Lee's eyes.

What's going on?

Although Ronald couldn't understand it, from his own life experience, girls do feel a little bit of fear when facing a boy on their first date.

If you can figure out this subtle and real emotion, then the performance quality of the whole film will be greatly improved.

Although this youth film has many characters and trivial plots, the whole film is actually talking about one theme: growing up (gofage).

How do boys and girls go through things and grow into adults who can take responsibility for themselves.

Stacy's growth is mainly about emotional improvement.

Why does this little bit of fear arise? And how is it stimulated by Heklin with just a few words?

Ronald didn't figure it out for a while, and he didn't have time to think about it. He hurriedly directed everyone to finish shooting his own version of the reaction shot, and quickly urged the camera crew to move to the entrance of the cinema opposite.

The Actors' Union stipulates that young actors under the age of 16 must not work more than 5 hours a day, and must finish shooting before 12:30 in the evening.

Because two more over-the-shoulder shots were taken, the camera crew set up the light once more, wasting about an hour.

From 9 pm to 11:30 pm now, only four or five shots have been taken, and most of the time was wasted on lighting. This is based on the fact that the art director and the director of photography came up with a trick to reduce the lighting time by half.

Most of the time in filming a movie is not shooting, but waiting for shooting.

While directing the camera crew to install the camera at the designated location, Ronald talked about the play with the two children.

"Do you have any bands you like to listen to?" Ronald asked them half-squatting on the ground.

"We like to listen to Van Halen (vanhalen)" The two young actors looked at each other and answered Ronald.

"Well, Mike has two tickets for his concert, and you want to buy them. But he wants a high price, and you don't want to at first, but you still want to go to Van Halen's concert, so you have to give in."

"Oh, what about our lines?"

"No need for lines, just pretend that he really has two concert tickets. If you perform well, I will pay for you to buy Van Halen's records."

"We want concert tickets, and Van Halen is having a concert in Los Angeles."

"Deal."

Ronald stood up and told Romanus, who played the scalper Mike, "Don't follow the lines, improvise, and try to get it right in one go."

The lighting team began to measure the light quickly, and the director of photography Matthew knew the importance of it, and forced them to put in all their efforts, and finally completed the lighting and positioning at 12:15.

"Get ready to shoot." Ronald directed the recording team and extended the long microphone pole to the top of the child's head.

At this time, the two, accompanied by another producer of the film, Azov, quietly walked into the shooting site on the top floor and watched Ronald directing the shooting from a distance.

"Oh, he is an experienced person. Is this the Ronald you recommended? No wonder you asked me to come and see him. It reminds me of you when you were young." CA President Sheinberg said softly.

"I didn't expect him to be a great director. I was not as skilled as him when I was shooting "Jaws." Spielberg responded in a low voice.

"A!" Ronald gave the order to start shooting.

"Did Dolly Parton give you a share of the box office? You work so hard?" The scalper Mike saw his good friend, the nerd Mark, working at the ticket gate and said jokingly.

Sheinberg heard this line from behind and saw the poster of Dolly Parton's new film "The Best Chicken House in Texas" posted on it. He immediately understood what was going on and smiled.

This line is a bit interesting and humorous. It ridicules the behavior of Dolly Parton's crew asking them to insert advertisements.

Ticket collector Mark did not answer his friend's joke and pointed to the two children walking to the right.

"I heard you have tickets to the Van Halen concert?" the child asked.

"I might have." Romanus waved his hand to signal the two children to go further away with him to talk.

The camera operator began to pan the lens to follow the actors' movements.

"How much is the first 10 rows?"

"20 dollars a ticket."

"But the original price is only 12.5 yuan."

"Then don't buy it!"

"You scalpers are making too much money."

"Did you call me a scalper just now? Listen, I provide ticket purchasing services, and services cost money."

"Okay, we'll buy it."

"Wait, how much did I say just now, 25?"

"20!" The two children handed over the money, took the tickets with the props and turned around and left.

"Cut!"

Ronald was very satisfied. The little actor performed in his true colors. Romanus's improvisation skills as a ticket scalper were also great. He was worthy of coming from the streets of the Bronx, New York.

"Pa...pa..." There was a sound of two people clapping behind him, and then all the actors and staff began to applaud, applauding Ronald's wonderful control.

He will complete the shooting in more than 10 minutes before 12:30.

Among them, there were also many staff members who applauded for Ronald to speak up for him.

Heckerling also applauded. This level is really amazing. He improvised and shot it in 10 minutes. The result was very good.

Tom Mount did not applaud. His eyes were fixed on the person who came, Sidney Sheinberg, the president of CA.

He was ridiculed by Sheinberg at the box office celebration dinner for Spielberg. He left the table early to support Heckerling. He hopes to have the opportunity to fight back against Sheinberg with the responsibility of choosing the wrong director.

The president of this parent company has repeatedly reached into Universal Pictures' own pocket to show his power. He invested more than 10 million to let Spielberg shoot ET, and intervened in the project to choose Ronald as director. It was just an opportunity for him to restrain himself.

Movies always make money and lose money. Spielberg lost "1941" and won "The Lost Ark of the Covenant". Can ET guarantee a big sale? Sheinberg tied his authority to the box office of ET, which was unwise.

"Ronald, your work is wonderful." Spielberg stepped forward and hugged Ronald to congratulate him.

"Yes, I haven't seen such a promising young man for a long time." Sheenberg followed with a compliment. His most important job now is to bind Spielberg and Universal tightly.

Since Steven admired this young man, he might as well help him. "It seems that I was right about you. Do a good job! If you have any questions, you can come directly to my secretary."

Sheenberg found Mount on the other side. This was actually meant for him.

Ronald hurriedly thanked them. It was a pleasant surprise. Now the position of director was stable.