Exploiting Hollywood 1980

The younger sister of the two heroines, Samantha, is played by Kelly Maroney. She put on a magenta and turquoise cheerleading outfit and appeared in front of Ronald.

"Kelly, this outfit is great. We will shoot the scene of you and your sister Regina meeting at home. You just woke up from your sleep and don't know what happened outside. Regina came back from the movie theater and her boyfriend was attacked and killed by zombies, so she is in a state of shock.

I want a pair of sisters with opposite psychological states. One has accepted the cruel fact that there are many zombies attacking humans in the apocalypse, and the other still thinks that everything is normal in the world and is worried about the date the next day. "

"All Right." Kelly nodded and agreed immediately. Ronald gave her this opportunity, which made her grateful.

Kelly Maroney also played a cheerleader in Ronald's previous work "Fast and Furious Richmond High School". Wearing a similar cheerleading skirt, she danced sexy on the football field.

This actress, who made her debut at the New York Shakespeare Theater Company, once played a regular role in a daytime soap opera. "Fast and Furious" was her first film attempt, and she never received another film contract after that. The soap opera was also cancelled at the end of 1982. If Ronald hadn't helped her, she would have been out of the picture.

"Recording? Camera? A!"

An hour later, the lights and actors were ready, and Ronald gave the order, and the camera started to move.

Regina, played by Catherine Mary Stuart, broke through the obstacles of the zombies and returned home. She opened the door. The red light outside the door shone in, and a strange dark red atmosphere after the comet destroyed the world enveloped her home.

"Samantha? Doris?" Regina began to test whether there were any survivors in the house.

She walked into the room step by step, "Samantha?"

"Ah..."

"Ah..."

Samantha, played by Kelly Maroney, and Regina screamed together.

"Cut!"

Ronald was very satisfied with the performances of the two actresses. They both seemed to have improved their acting skills compared to before. After a few shots, Ronald was satisfied with the first take. Sometimes, for safety or to change the way of acting, he would call for the second take.

"Director, do you want a second take?" Kelly Maroney took the cup of water handed by the assistant, drank a sip with a straw, and asked Ronald.

"Well, when you are surprised, I hope there is a difference. Regina already knows the danger of zombies, so when she called Samantha, she was worried and scared.

And Samantha still knows nothing about the situation outside. She is a teenage girl, and she has an impatient attitude when answering her sister."

"No problem, let me prepare, fortunately, we can have a second take for filming."

Kelly Maroney and Catherine Mary Stuart both breathed a sigh of relief, and then sat on the sofa to talk about this scene.

Ronald looked at the actors who played the two sisters. The costumes all had a cartoon feel. The elder sister Regina wore a silver top, which made her look more rational and smart. The younger sister Samantha is brighter turquoise and magenta, suggesting that she is the more "brainless" one of the sisters.

"Why, when you shoot daytime soap operas, don't you have a second line?" Ronald asked casually.

"No, if there is a problem on the scene, we have to continue to perform. We have to shoot a full hour of daytime soap operas every day. If you don't connect the plot dialogue and get stuck with you, we will be fired. It's not as comfortable as shooting a movie with you." Kelly Maroney stretched her legs on the sofa and glanced at Ronald.

"Daytime soap operas are very particular about improvisation. Sometimes the characters forget the words, or there are some unexpected situations. They have to rely on themselves to improvise to cover them up, otherwise the pressure is too great." Catherine Mary Stuart also said.

"In fact, my movie is a small production. If any of you forget the words, improvise a little bit. This saves film and time, and I don't have to do it again." Ronald glanced at the two beauties, especially Kelly Maroney's long legs, and gave them a word of advice.

"Second line, recording? Camera? A!"

"Samantha?" Regina began to look for her sister.

"Here...ah!"

"Ah!"

Samantha opened her bedroom door, and the two suddenly saw each other and screamed in fear.

"Don't do that, you gave me a heart attack."

"Cut!"

Ronald felt that this line felt better, and quickly asked the script supervisor to write it down and print it.

The two actresses who had played in daytime soap operas were actually very suitable for this low-cost small production. There was not much to show in terms of acting skills, but it also met the requirements of general scene scenes. The most important thing is that it was shot quickly.

"Next shot." Ronald ordered the camera crew to move the camera position and the lights began to be set.

This shot was after Samantha was frightened by her sister, and she talked about what happened last night nonchalantly. She was slapped by her stepmother Doris, her teeth were a little loose, and she was sleeping in the bedroom. She still has to go on a date with her boyfriend today.

"A!"

"She slapped me yesterday, and I slept late. I still have to meet my boyfriend." Samantha complained to her sister, then picked up the big speaker recorder on the table and started playing her favorite music.

She walked out of the bedroom with a loud speaker recorder, dancing to the beat. She brushed past Regina and found that her silver top was covered with dirt. "Oh, you look terrible."

The camera shot from behind Samantha, from a low angle. Cheerleader's short skirt and cloth shoes.

Kelly Maroney, who played Samantha, turned around, and the muscles on her legs tensed up, full of the beauty of a young girl. Her legs moved rhythmically and she walked out of the camera to the left.

"Cut! Very good." Ronald also lay behind the camera and looked over. This shot will definitely be liked by young audiences.

After shooting the shots of the two sisters, the camera crew moved to Samantha's bedroom and began to shoot the shot of stepmother Doris slapping stepdaughter Samantha before the comet came the night before.

Sharon Farrell, who played stepmother Doris, put on the same makeup as yesterday, with red nail polish and a velvet collar around her neck. She looked like a vicious stepmother in a wealthy community.

Kelly Maroney changed into a tight yellow yoga outfit, matched with red leg warmers produced by Ronald's family.

"Three times in total," Ronald told the two actresses.

"At the beginning, Doris heard Samantha's words and slapped Samantha with her right hand. Then Samantha slapped back with her left hand, and finally Doris hit Samantha's mouth with a right straight punch."

Ronald then ran behind the camera, Kelly Maroney was on the left side of the camera, and Sharon Farrell was on the right side of the camera. The hands of the two people who slapped each other were at the far end of the camera.

"A!"

"What party? Can I see Chuck, the neighbor across the street, put his hand in your underwear?" Samantha questioned her stepmother to the camera.

This shot is an over-the-shoulder shot, shot from behind the shoulder of Sharon Farrell, who plays the stepmother.

"Chuck is a good man. There is nothing wrong with him coming to help me when your father goes to the tropical island country." The stepmother replied.

"Doris, you are born to be a slut. You don't need Chuck to seduce you."

"Pah!" Sharon Farrell slapped her.

"Cut!"

The slapping was shot using the traditional Hollywood method. The moment the hand approaches the other person's face, the other person starts to dodge.

During the post-editing, the frame before the other person's face starts to move was cut. Such a montage allows the audience to fill in the plot of the slap on the face, although they did not see the slap really hit the face.

Ronald was behind the camera and saw everything. Sharon Farrell's slap was good, but Kelly Maroney started to dodge before the other person's hand approached her face. This is also the normal reaction of actors who have never filmed such a scene.

"Let's rehearse it. When Sharon's hand is here, you start to dodge." Ronald asked the two actors to try the timing of the fake action.

After they tried it twice in slow motion and felt that it was okay, Ronald started the second shot.

"Doris, you are born to be a slut, you don't need Chuck to seduce you."

"Slap!" Sharon Farrell pretended to slap her again.

"Cut! You hid too early." Ronald poked his head out from behind the camera, "Kelly, you should be slower."

"Doris, you are born to be a slut, you don't need Chuck to seduce you."

"Slap!" Sharon Farrell's slap has already hit the other person's face, and Kelly Maroney hasn't dodged yet.

"Cut! Rest for ten minutes."

Ronald was a little anxious because he didn't get a perfect fake move several times. It is generally best not to shoot more than three times, after which the actors will begin to lose their natural emotional reactions.

This shot is not only about the slap, but also about the conversation between the stepdaughter and the stepmother, talking about the stepmother's affair with the man opposite, Chuck. There is an emotional reaction of the stepdaughter catching the adultery and the stepmother's anger and shame that needs to be taken into account.

"Kelly, you still need to get used to the rhythm of this slap. We'll start later. Take a break and relax." Ronald whispered to actress Kelly Maroney, fearing that she would have inappropriate emotions and cause a worse situation.

Kelly Maroney smiled as she saw Ronald was obviously very anxious and had to carefully please her. This director is really good. She didn't throw herself into his arms, but she was able to get the role. And the camera positions given to her are very sexy.

Although the production is a little small, it is not common in Hollywood to respect actresses like this and give her a chance to show up. I must not ruin his business. "

"Director, how about a real slap?" Kelly Maroney said sincerely.

"Real slap?"

"Yes, I am very grateful that you didn't yell at me. If I did that in a daytime soap opera, I would have been fired by the producer a long time ago.

This slap is the only scene facing the camera directly. I am afraid that if I fake it, I will not be able to act out the real reaction, and I don't know how long it will take to shoot it just right. We are ready to slap for real. Then continue. ”

“Sharon?” Ronald turned around and looked at Sharon Farrell, who was acting opposite him.

“Director, sometimes movies need real fighting. Don’t worry, I used to date Bruce Lee and learned boxing, so I know how to slap someone so hard that it looks like you are slapping them hard, but you are actually holding back.”

“Okay,” Ronald didn’t expect the actor to trust him so much, so he used real fighting to shoot this scene.

“A!”

“Doris, you are a natural slut, and Chuck doesn’t need to seduce you.”

“Slap!” Sharon Farrell slapped someone, and held back a little as she approached Kelly Maroney.

This time Kelly Maroney naturally shook her head to the left after being slapped in the face.

"ah!"

"Cut!"

"Ice cubes," Ronald called.

The assistant got an ice pack and put a cold compress on Kelly Maroney's face.

"How was it?" Kelly Maroney looked at the director of photography immediately, wanting to know the results of the shooting.

Director of photography Arthur Albert nodded.

Ronald declared it passed.

"Oh yo." Kelly Maroney opened her mouth. Although she had relaxed her strength this time, it still hurt.

"If that's OK, let's move on to the next one. Samantha fights back against stepmother Doris."

This time the camera was standing next to both of them, and the slap was hidden by Sharon's face, so there was no need for an actual slap.

After Samantha stood up straight, she raised her right hand and slapped Sharon Farrell in the face.

"Ah!" Sharon Farrell shook her head before being slapped across the face. As expected of a woman I have dated, the strength and speed of this head move are acceptable.