Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"There's an electronic keyboard slide at the beginning of this song. Do you think we could cut out Cyndi Lauper's portrait and have her move across the screen like she's playing on a piano?"

Ronald and the staff of the ado computer digital special effects machine worked together to add many special effects to v. In addition to trying to display various special effects and surprises, they also had to consider the rhythm of the special effects and v.

After much deliberation, there was still no good place to arrange this special effect of panning on the screen after keying. Finally, Ronald thought of placing it after the intro, so that Cyndi Lauper's grimace could flash across the screen, creating a scene. A funny atmosphere.

"Dang-dang-dang..." The secretary at the front desk knocked on the door and came in. "Ronald, I think it's your cousin calling to remind you to go home for dinner."

"Oh? It's already half past five? Thank you, let's stop here today, and we will continue tomorrow. I promised my family to go home for dinner." Ronald said to the staff, got up, dressed and went home.

"I will complete this special effect tonight, and you can see the final effect when you come tomorrow."

"Thanks!"

When Ronald returned home, he hugged Aunt Karen as soon as he entered the door. They hadn't seen each other for several months. Aunt Karen and he both missed each other a little.

"What are you watching?" Ronald saw Aunt Karen watching CBS TV again. It seemed like a TV series, and a military Bell helicopter appeared, r /\u003e"Today is the Army Field Hospital (·a·s·h) 's finale," Donna said to Ronald.

"Oh," Ronald smiled and sat down on the sofa. This TV series, which reflects the American war in Northeast Asia in the 1950s, has been on CBS for more than ten years, longer than that war. Much longer.

My aunt likes to watch it, mainly because the TV series does not actually have much exaggerated background of war. She actually views it as the Vietnam War. Many weapons and plots in it are actually based on the Vietnam War. Anyway, soap operas are not so sophisticated. .

"I love watching this TV series, but I didn't expect it to end soon. Today's last episode is very long, two and a half hours long. The name is also good, it's called 'Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen.'"

Aunt Karen was having dinner while watching the finale. As the last scene ended, Colonel Porter, Max Klinger and Father Mulcahy, who had accompanied their aunt and countless American families for twelve years, finally waved goodbye to everyone.

"Honey, I'm going to bed first. It reminds me of your uncle Steve." Aunt came to hug Ronald after watching the finale, so don't make it too late.

Ronald didn't follow the TV series much, so he went to the room early to read the two scripts Diane Lane gave him, preparing to give Diane a recommendation tomorrow.

"Hey Ronnie, are you free?"

Donna knocked on Ronald's door and walked in.

"Which movie are you going to recommend Diane to star in? Do you have any news to share?"

"Um, I haven't finished reading the script yet." Ronald rubbed his eyes. He had done a lot of things today and was already a little out of energy at night, but he had to finish what he promised.

"I think mermaids are good, what do you think?"

"I don't know, choosing a script is actually a difficult choice. As a director, of course I hope that actors can act in my script, but on the other hand, from an actor's perspective, it is not that easy to choose. It is difficult to judge which one to choose. Movies will speed up your career.”

Ronald sat Donna down so he could chat with her and take a break.

"Huh? Can't you just choose based on the script?"

"It's hard to say. Some movies actually don't tell much from the script. You know Spielberg's E.T., I read the script before filming, and to be honest, when I watched it, I couldn't tell the final part at all. The finished film is so touching.”

"Then what should we watch?"

"In addition to the script? It also depends on the performance of the actors and the effects of some special effects. Sometimes, actors' improvisational performances will be better than those in the script. Some directors will give actors more room for improvisation, while others are more strict. , stick to the plot and dialogue on the script.

For example, in this Mermaid book, it can be seen that the screenwriter and director have a general grasp of the movie scene, so the script is very detailed. I can see that in some places, they have already thought about how to assume the shots and how to put these words. Take pictures.

But this untitled project leaves a lot of blank spaces. I can’t tell whether the director doesn’t pay attention to the script, or whether he has already thought of those places for the actors to improvise..."

Ronald explained to Donna the difference between a script and a movie. In fact, he was not very optimistic about the unnamed project. Many parts seemed very rough. If he were to direct it, he would definitely have to rewrite the story and fill in the details.

"Oh," Donna nodded, secretly remembering what Ronald said in her heart, "Ronnie, what kind of director are you?"

"Me? I'm probably in between the two. When you encounter good actors, let them play more. When the budget is tight, shoot according to the script to speed up the progress."

"Okay, I'm going to bed. I won't disturb you anymore." Donna stood up and walked out of the room.

"The script depends on the performance of the actors and director. A good script does not necessarily mean a good movie. It depends on the performance space and the special effects..." Donna muttered to herself, ran to the room, picked up the phone and dialed, "I I asked you about it, and he said that a good script doesn’t necessarily mean a good movie... Uh-huh..."

The night was getting late, and Ronald also lay down on the bed, reading the script under the lamp.

The script of "Unnamed Project" was very thin, and Ronald read it very quickly. The copper nails of the binding came through and extended a long part on the back cover. Ronald was poked twice when he was reading it, so he simply threw it away.

Besides, Ronald didn't like the exaggerated characters in this script, which were like cartoons. The main story was very clichéd, and you could guess the plot several steps in advance from the beginning to the end. It was not much different from the story of "Casablanca".

He preferred to watch "The Little Mermaid (spsh)", the story of this movie was quite interesting. The beginning of the story was almost the same as Andersen's "The Little Mermaid", but many modern American values ​​were added.

For example, the little mermaid quickly accepted modern civilization and learned to buy things with money. At the end, it was not the original tragedy of turning into bubbles, nor was it the cliché of turning into a human and living happily with the male protagonist, but the human protagonist turned into a fish and went to live in the sea with the mermaid.

This ending of escaping from the busy work in the urban forest and returning to a happy childhood might really resonate with some men and women in the city. After all, who doesn't want to leave behind the reality and return to a carefree childhood?

"Here is a plot where the little mermaid comes ashore and arrives at the Statue of Liberty. She doesn't speak the language or understand the customs, so she can't communicate with tourists. But she is kind and beautiful, and soon wins the love of tourists from all over the world. It's more suitable for Diane to show her acting skills." Ronald made some marks on the script with a pencil, and then wrote down his own comments.

A wave of sleepiness came over Ronald, and he felt that his hand holding the pencil was getting heavier and heavier, and he struggled a few times. With a snap, the script fell to the ground, and Ronald fell asleep.

A familiar feeling came to his mind again, and Ronald vaguely felt that he seemed to be watching TV, and the voice on the TV was in Chinese that he hadn't heard for a long time.

"The next one is 'Modern Mermaid', spsh"

A theme music sounded, and a large TV screen began to play the movie "The Mermaid".

Ronald felt very tired, and his eyes were about to close. He kept falling asleep while watching TV, and there seemed to be Chinese subtitles at the bottom of the screen.

"Where is this? Why are the subtitles still in traditional Chinese?"

On a yacht, two children were looking at the sea of ​​Cape Cod. A fat child threw a handful of coins at the lady's feet, then bent down to pick up the coins and peeked.

On the other side, a thin and melancholy child was staring at the sea. He seemed to see a little mermaid, and jumped into the water.

The little mermaid saved him who couldn't swim, sent him back to the boat, and was rescued by adults. His wallet was left on the seabed and picked up by the little mermaid.

"Is this the scene where the two protagonists met when they were young? Not to mention that this mermaid flashed by, and she looked a bit like Diane." Ronald thought vaguely.

"Hey, hey..." The camera turned, and a fat young man started to play the trick of throwing coins and peeking again, and was caught red-handed. Ronald opened his eyes and saw that the fat man was played by an old acquaintance, who invited him to watch the NFL playoffs, John Candy.

"Hey? Isn't it because of Diane that you dreamed about it?"

Next to him was the fat man's brother, the little boy who was rescued by the little mermaid, still as thin and melancholy as before.

"Hey, this is also an old acquaintance. He participated in the fast-paced audition, but later gave up because of the conflict in the TV series schedule. What was his name? I remember his name was also Tom."

Ronald fell asleep again.

"Ah...ah..." A scream woke him up. A blonde beauty, naked from the back, walked from the sea to Liberty Island. She was discovered by a group of tourists visiting the Statue of Liberty and screamed.

"There is a nude scene here?" Ronald thought.

"Huh? It's not Diane, but a tall blonde beauty. More charming than Brooke Shields."

"Ah..." Ronald was awakened by a sharp scream again. On the screen, in a place that looked like a department store, the TV screens on the wall exploded one after another.

The mermaid learned human language by watching TV. When she told the male protagonist her real name, the frequency was too high, causing the TV to explode.

"Buzz..." There was a sound of a hair dryer. The mermaid encountered water in the bathtub and her tail was revealed. The male protagonist Allen wanted to see her, so she used a hair dryer to dry her tail and it turned into legs again.

"Snap, snap", finally the mermaid and Allen escaped from the scientist's laboratory, and the police car came to chase them. The mermaid asked Allen about his feelings, and the two jumped off the dock and started a happy life in the sea.

...

"Wow", the next morning, Ronald opened the window and the sun shone into the room. The movie in the dream was well shot, but the unnamed movie was not dreamed of. I still recommend "Mermaid" with Diane.