Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Brooke Shields gave Spicoli a sum of money as a reward for going to the sea to save people. He spent it and invited the Van Halen band to perform live for his birthday, and became a penniless pauper again.

Ronald worked with the editor to add Spicoli's comic ending to the finished film, and the entire editing work of "Fast-paced Richmond High" was completed.

"Well done! Ronald." Producer Lin Sen watched Ronald's entire process from casting to filming and post-production. He also felt that the film had some box office potential, especially after inviting After Brooke Shields makes a cameo.

"After the negatives are edited, Universal will organize internal test screenings, and then invite young audiences to test them on a small scale. You will have some rest time. Where are you going to go on vacation?"

"Me? I'll go see how to edit the negatives. I haven't thought about the vacation yet."

Ronald was a little confused for a while. He took half a year to prepare and two months to shoot, plus the subsequent editing and mixing. It seemed that he had some kind of supernatural connection with the film.

The editor put the edited working copies into metal boxes, but Ronald still seemed to be able to tell where the Spicoli episode lay in which film bin. It seems that as long as he raises his hand, he will pop out of the film and shout to himself, "Okay!"

Ronald shook his head to get rid of this strange thought. He put the thermos cup in his hand and went to Universal's film editing department with the editor.

Each clip on the working copy has a film number recorded. Based on these records, the film editor cuts out corresponding grids on the film and then splices them together.

The film editor was a woman who wore silk gloves to prevent scratches on the film. Then I used an editing machine to find the number on the record, put the film on the machine, and pressed the guillotine.

The sound of "click" seemed to be hitting Ronald, and his heart trembled, don't cut it wrong.

The film editor didn't notice anything strange about the director. She used a special metal buckle to connect the two films together.

Because the positive copies have to be re-developed in the lab, the negatives cannot be connected with Scotch tape. This special buckle must be used to ensure the printing effect.

Errors in film editing can cause a lot of trouble, and are usually handled by careful women.

Ronald felt that he could not stay here any longer. Watching her work, she was always worried that something might go wrong and ruin her hard work. Staying here wouldn't help her work normally, and it might even cause interference, so she went out and went home.

A few days passed and the film was finally edited. Ronald was going to go to Universal's screening room to watch the complete film with the producers.

Today he still has to wait for two potential target audiences to watch it together, hoping to get some objective feedback.

The doorbell rang, and Ronald opened the door. It was "Target Audience One" Diane Lane.

Diane happened to be active in Hollywood. After filming the story of "Miss Beauty Pageant", she began to look for new opportunities with her father and participated in various movie auditions.

Joining her today is a friend who is slightly younger than her, Laura Dern, who plays the lead role in "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Amazing Dirt Band", "Target Audience No. 2".

"Hi, Ronald. This is Laura, my friend." Diane pulled Laura Dern closer to the room and introduced her to Ronald.

"What do you want to drink? Coffee?" Ronald went into the room to make coffee for the two little girls.

"Is this the potential director you said?" Laura Dern looked at the room environment after entering the room. It was a bit shabby. She couldn't help but regret a little. She was called to this small hotel by her good friend Diane Lane.

Originally there was an invitation to a big party today, and she wanted to ask Diane to go to a luxury resort hotel with them, soak in hot springs and have a big meal with many Hollywood foreign reporters.

There was an actress whose husband was a wealthy man. He booked a hotel to entertain members of the Foreign Correspondents Association who had voting rights for the Golden Globe Awards, and served as a publicist for his wife's nomination for the Best New Actress Award. As the "Miss Golden Globe" at this year's Golden Globe Awards, she was also invited.

"He's quite good. He was a screenwriter and later he became a director. He even won an Oscar last year, but it was for Best Original Song." This time Diane heard that Ronald's movie had been edited and immediately called to express her intention to come. Watch the preview.

Laura Dern got along well with Diane on the set, and they also fought against the members of the punk band "Sex Pistols" who harassed people everywhere, and the two became good friends.

Ronald handed over the coffee, "Laura, I heard Diane talk about you, and you are welcome to watch my movie. You are also from an acting family, and I want to hear your true opinions when the time comes."

"They come from a family of entertainers. My parents are in gangs." Laura was a bit rebellious and liked to play pranks. She took out a photo from her wallet and said, "Look, this is a photo of the two of them."

Ronald took it and saw that there were two men and women dressed in gangs, wearing sunglasses and riding on Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

"A very good still. Your father is Bruce Dern and your mother is Diane Ladd. This is a photo of them filming 'The Wild Angels' in 1966. I was in Roger Corman's I have worked in New World and watched all the films he directed.”

"Uh" Laura gulped, and Diane laughed loudly beside her.

The three of them came to Universal's screening room. After the negative was edited, it was developed into a positive copy and a sound track was added. This copy is called a "reaction copy" in the industry, which means that it is developed and can be watched based on the working copy.

Ronald saw the results of his directorial work on the big screen for the first time. The plot and performance that he had watched over and over again hundreds of times could still arouse Ronald's feelings.

However, he was not moved by the plot, but kept thinking about how it was filmed on the set and how it was edited in the editing room later...

With the final ending song of "Goodbye, Goodbye", the six protagonists went their separate ways. A period of youth ended here.

Ronald was excited. This is really an "epoch-making" youth film. Previous youth films were either played like adults or childish like cartoons. Such a movie that reflects ordinary high school students so realistically is unprecedented!

"Great! Really great." The producer Lin Sen next to him was also very excited, "Ronald, congratulations! The movie will definitely sell well."

The two hugged each other.

"Thank you, thank you." Ronald was a little touched, his eyes a little blurry. How many tense days and nights, how many people's talents and hard work, turned into this copy.

He secretly rubbed his eyes, turned around and hugged the editor, director of photography, art director and others who came to watch the copy.

"Congratulations."

"Great."

"Congratulations."

The praises from everyone made Ronald feel high-spirited, and he was secretly happy in his heart, "Let Ronald teach Hollywood how to shoot youth films."

"How is it? Do you like it?" Ronald looked around and saw Diane and Laura Dern sitting in their seats.

"Not bad, the actor who played Spicoli at the end was very talented."

"Well, I think Jennifer Jason Leigh also played well."

"Hahaha, of course, they all played well." Ronald held his head high, "and I edited it very quickly. Universal will organize a preview for the audience next week."

"If I were the director of your "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Magic Stains", I would have edited it a long time ago."

Seeing Ronald turn around and chat with others again, Laura Dern pulled her friend Diane's hand, "Your friend?" She pointed at her head and turned it around twice.

"It's my first time as a director, so excited." Diane covered her mouth with her hand and whispered in her friend's ear.

"Does he really have a way to edit "The Magic Stains"? I'm about to give up. I've been editing it for almost a year and it's still not done."

"Ask him when the time comes. If he has a way, we'll talk to the producer."

Ronald chatted with the crew and turned back to talk to Diane and the others.

"What's your first impression? Is it good? Would you recommend it to your friends? If you do, what would you say?"

"Well, I think the story is interesting, but some characters speak too much in the valley accent, and every sentence starts with "I like it, he likes it"? " Diane thought for a while and asked a question.

"Ah, yes, I deliberately strengthened the valley accent of some cheerleaders. They are the Southern California valley girls in the movie. Children from middle-class families here like to learn this way of speaking."

"What do you think, Laura?"

"Very good, very good. But we are actors, and the final effect depends on the reaction of the preview audience."

"Yes, you are also Hollywood actors. What do you think of the actors' performances..."

After finally dealing with the overly excited Ronald, Diane and Laura walked out of the screening room with Ronald.

Ronald was going to take her back to the hotel first.

"Excuse me, is this Ronald?" The lady at the front desk stopped him, "Here is a phone number for you."

Ronald said "Oh" and went to answer the phone.

"I'm Ronald."

"Ronald, this is Jane. I called your agent and he said you're at Universal."

"Ah, Ms. Fonda, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Diane and Laura heard Fonda's name and quietly came over.

"I have some personal matters to ask you. Can you come to my house? I have some champagne and snacks here."

"Ronald..." Diane poked Ronald, and she and Laura Dern showed their expectations.

"Okay, Jane. I have two companions here. Can they come with me? Yes, it's Diane Lane, who came to your party last time. The other one is the daughter of your brother Peter's friend. Yes, it's Laura."

After hanging up the phone, Ronald smiled at the two little girls and nodded to indicate that they had talked to Jane Fonda.

"Yeah!" Diane and Laura high-fived to congratulate. Jane Fonda, her father Henry, and Katharine Hepburn co-starred in "On Golden Pond", which was nominated for several Golden Globe Awards this time. Jane is in the limelight.

Moreover, it was a rare experience for the two young actors to be able to listen to Jane Fonda, a double Oscar-winning actress, chatting.