Exploiting Hollywood 1980

When Ronald, Spielberg and Sheinberg hugged and thanked each other, the crowd's applause did not stop.

Ronald came back and thanked all the cast and crew again, applauded them, expressed his gratitude, and then stretched out his hands and pressed down, trying to get them to stop so they could continue filming.

"yeah!……"

Unexpectedly, this move suddenly ignited everyone's enthusiasm. Everyone continued to applaud vigorously, and many people shouted to express their support.

Ronald was moved by this unexpected scene, everyone was so supportive of him. He looked into the crowd...

Al, the first assistant director, clapped vigorously.

He wanted Ronald to continue to be the director without interruption so that he could do what he did best, dispatch and manage a group of blue-collar technicians, such as electricians, camera crew coolies, drivers, etc., to assist the director. Complete the artistic creation.

Instead of devoting a lot of energy to being a nanny for novice directors and reminding some of the ABCs of filming, for example, after taking an over-the-shoulder shot, you have to turn the camera around and shoot again...

If you get a simple salary, you shouldn't do things that are not part of your job. Otherwise, why not give yourself a raise?

If the director has to remind himself or make up for everything, then why not do the director's work for himself?

Art director Dan and photography director Matthew looked at each other and smiled.

Both of them are technical experts. Whether they are overwhelmed by Ronald's own technical knowledge or satisfied with the trust and respect he has shown, they have decided to contribute all their abilities to this small production crew. .

Technical experts have their own arrogance, and not just any director can convince them.

When interviewing the director at the beginning, they will ask one or two testing questions to gauge the director's ability.

If you understand technology, know what you want, and respect experts, then they will give 100% work attitude. Experts who have been in the industry for many years have some unique skills that allow the director to achieve his goals with high quality and save costs.

But this is not something that can be done to any director. Some directors lack knowledge and if you use some tricks, they will think you are perfunctory. There are also some directors who don’t know what effect they want and can’t express it clearly. They can just mess with these people and fool them.

For example, the lighting system inside the shopping mall that Ronald asked them to design is simple and effective, and can save a lot of lighting time. But some directors will think you are lazy when they see you don't use expensive and complicated lighting fixtures.

Only directors like Ronald who understand film photography and have complete trust and respect for them would bother with design and debugging. The first day of shooting was indeed a success.

Robert Romanus, who plays scalper Mike, likes this director even more. He was born in the slums of the Bronx, New York. For the opportunity to audition, he sold his old car and borrowed some money from his sister before buying a plane ticket to Los Angeles, trying to change his destiny and become an actor.

The director singled him out among actors with formal theater education. The reason is that he doesn't have to act, he is the Mike in the script.

This also makes sense. In the script, Mike is a poor student who transferred from the slums of Philadelphia to Los Angeles. In school, he had to work as a scalper to earn living expenses by selling tickets. His situation is very similar to his.

Moreover, Ronald asked his accountant to reimburse his air tickets and arranged to live in Universal's actors' dormitory. In the past month, he even stayed in the guest room of the heroine Jennifer Jason Leigh's house. An, I have never lived in such a nice house.

The director asked him to improvise, and he had no problem at all. In New York, I often go to Broadway to make money by reselling musical tickets. How can I tell tourists to take out their wallets and happily spend money to buy high-priced scalper tickets? This is all life experience.

This movie will bring him money and fame, a weekly salary of $1,100, an eight-week shooting schedule, and he can get it regardless of whether he has a role or not. This weekly check will allow him to live in Los Angeles and continue to be a good actor. The courage of an actor.

And he might become famous after the movie is released next year. Thinking of the happy place, Romanus put his fingers into his mouth and whistled loudly.

The whistle made the two actresses in front, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Phoebe Cates, shrink their necks in fright, and then they both patted Romanus back and giggled.

Both of them are actors who have filmed film and television dramas, and are not newcomers. The profession of an actor is not easy. It is difficult for others to imagine the pain of expressing one's inner emotions in front of the public. And the worst part is, sometimes you have to take several shots over and over again.

Compared with Heikelin's method of directly instructing how to shoot and where to apply force, they still prefer Ronald's method of guidance and inspiration. This allows actors to relax more and perform better in front of the camera.

Although Ronald doesn't quite understand girls' thoughts, he is different from the acting method directed by Heckerling. But after Heikelin revealed the girl's thoughts in one or two words, they actually didn't like this feeling very much.

Some people regard the method as the right way to perform in movies, but this method actually gives actors a bad inner feeling. Thinking about those unhappy memories of themselves makes people nervous, and they all felt depressed after filming that scene.

It was Ronald who prohibited them from speaking loudly before filming, and carefully protected their psychological emotions, which made people feel relaxed and comfortable. Besides, who doesn't like a handsome guy to tell them about the play?

The applause lasted for more than a minute and then slowly stopped.

"Say something to them?" Spielberg came up and pressed Ronald's shoulders, reminding him in a low voice. This is a great opportunity to establish his authority in the crew.

"Well done! Thank you, everyone. This one was filmed very well. We still have four and a half hours of filming waiting for us tonight. Now take a ten-minute break and everyone can go eat some French fries and pizza.

Then we will continue with the pizza scene. If you want to be lazy, I will kick your ass for Mr. Sheenberg who pays you."

"Oh...hahaha"

Everyone laughed and then dispersed.

Ronald was satisfied.

In a crew, or in the entire film and television industry, technical staff can be divided into two types.

One type of people has their own professional ability, and they often believe in technology and respect their bosses.

The other type does jobs that are not very technical. All they want is a little more money, a little more benefits, and to obey the instructions of the higher-level people.

From the establishment of the crew to the start of filming today, my actions have won the hearts of the first type of experts. The second type of people saw that the higher-level Sheinberg stood on their side, and they also knew which side they should stand on.

And those actors, what they want is nothing more than a salary, plus the possibility of a big hit in the movie. After becoming famous, their pay can also be greatly increased, and they can get more praise from film critics, receive more challenging roles, and even expect various awards.

The effect of the boss standing on the stage in person is very obvious, whether it is Mount standing for Heckerling just now, or Sheinberg standing for himself.

The crew is more convinced of Ronald's authority. After Ronald talked to Sheinberg and Mount for a few words, they sent them off.

Shinberg pushed him back to the director's seat, "Keep up the good work, remember, you are the boss here."

Mount also smiled and said goodbye to him and Heckerling, as if he had done nothing just now, "Good job, kid."

The two walked towards the elevator together. After all, this was not their main battlefield, and there was no need to show any signs of discord among the Universal executives in front of a group of crew members.

Spielberg also said goodbye and left. He has not finished filming the ET scene, and there are still many ET alien special effects scenes that need to be filmed slowly. The special effects team is stepping up to improve the mechanical movements of the model to make it more realistic in close-ups and close-ups.

"Thank you, Mr. Spielberg." Ronald thanked him sincerely. It was an unexpected surprise that he invited Shinberg today.

"Don't be disturbed by these things. Remember your original dream when you first wanted to direct this movie."

Taking a deep breath, Ronald sat back in the director's chair, picked up the thermos cup, poured a cup of black tea and drank it slowly.

The original dream... I must make a movie that people can recognize and love, and can stand the test of time.

He looked at Heklin on the side. She looked a little anxious, as if she knew that her plan to replace him had been shattered.

She should understand that she is still a pure novice in the profession of director. After all, Hollywood cinema movies are very different from student exercises.

Her discovery and guidance of female actors gave him a little surprise and inspiration.

Thinking of this, Ronald smiled at her, then closed his eyes and waited for the break to end and start filming again.

Heklin saw Ronald smiling at her and didn't say anything. It seems that her dream of becoming a director will be delayed. Should she continue to stay in the crew to study and learn, or find another script to start a new project?

Alas, it's a pity that I am also a newcomer and can only choose from the script warehouse. They are all old stuff that other directors don't shoot.

Ten minutes later, "The break is over, get ready to shoot." Assistant director Al picked up the electric speaker and announced...

The crew resumed the rhythm of shooting, and Ronald began to get busy again. The cinema on one side was preparing the lighting for the next set of shots, and the pizza shop on the other side was just shooting. Switch them after completion.

"Cut! Very good, prepare for the next one." Ronald stopped with satisfaction.

"We have finished shooting all the shots on the schedule." Al came over and said to Ronald.

Everyone worked together and was very efficient. By 4 o'clock in the morning, all the scheduled shots had been shot.

"Is that so? Go check tomorrow's schedule and see if there is anything that can be shot in advance. It seems that we need to re-plan the shooting schedule. This lighting system saves us a lot of time."