Exploiting Hollywood 1980

After Daniel woke up, he found himself lying on Master Miyagi's bed. He eagerly asked who saved him, and Miyagi smiled.

"It was you? Impossible?"

"Why? I'm an old man?"

Miyagi took a cup of tea and handed it to Daniel, persuading him to drink it to feel better.

"Why didn't you tell me? You know karate?"

"You never asked me."

"Where did you learn it from?" Daniel still didn't believe it.

"Father, teach."

"I remember you said your father was a fisherman?"

Miyagi took a sip of hot tea, "Ryukyu, all Miyagi, know two things, fishing, karate."

"Cut!"

Ronald stopped, "No, the mood here is wrong, Ralph. Daniel should listen to Miyagi attentively. In his mind, Miyagi is no longer the kind repairman, but the master who saved himself and beat away four karate students in a few strokes."

"I know, master, master..." Ralph Mazzio thought about it and changed his eyes to admiration.

"That's great," Ronald turned to the camera crew on the camera rail and said, "Let's do it again."

This is a five-minute long shot. Ronald decided not to edit it and let the two actors perform this very important opening scene of the second act in one go.

Ronald told Weintraub and Susan that this scene only had Miyagi and Daniel. He not only talked about the origin of karate, but also introduced Miyagi's different martial arts philosophy. In the end, Miyagi also said the first "aha moment" in the movie when the audience suddenly realized it (meaning that the audience will make an aha cry when they see this).

In fact, Ronald was a little selfish. The emotions of this scene played out in one go are of course more coherent, but it is not impossible to cut it into several shorter shots.

But good directors will shoot a few long shots in their works, whether to show off their skills or deliberately, to show their control over the actors and the crew.

Ronald has made his third movie, and he should have a few long shots that represent his ability. In this way, the big Hollywood studios will give him more big projects.

"A!" Ronald ordered gently, as if he was afraid of scaring away the good chemistry between the two actors.

"Karate was introduced to Ryukyu from China in the 16th century. Te means hand, and Miyagi of Ryukyu, my ancestor, added Kara, Karate."

Morita Noriyuki corrected Ralph Mazzio's posture of holding a Japanese teacup with his hand, asking him to use his hand from

"I thought it came from a Buddhist temple (Shaolin Kung Fu)." It was the first time Daniel heard this theory of the origin of karate.

"You watch too much TV." Miyagi shook his head.

"My mother said so too." Daniel suddenly stared at Master Miyagi, "Have you ever accepted an apprentice before?"

"No," Miyagi squeezed some herbal water with a towel and applied it to the scars on Daniel's face.

"Will you accept an apprentice?"

"It depends on the situation," Miyagi pretended to be reserved, and he picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"What situation?" Daniel asked very eagerly.

"Reason?"

"For...revenge?" Daniel touched the scars on his face.

"Daniel-san, if you want revenge, you might as well dig a grave for yourself and your opponent first. Violence is always the last solution to all problems." Miyagi took a sip of water.

"Oh...Mr. Gong Cen, I have no ill intentions, but I think you don't understand my problem." Daniel was disappointed to hear the clichés on TV dramas.

"Miya...Cheng, I fully understand your problem." Miyagi said while drinking tea, "Your friends are all students of the karate dojo, huh?"

"Friends? Oh, yes, them." Daniel was a little uncomfortable with Miyagi calling the Johnny Four "friends".

"It's a big problem, an attitude problem..."

"Ah? No, the problem is that I get beaten up by them every few days, that's my problem."

"Ah...ah...", Miyagi interrupted Daniel with disdain, "Those kids have attitude problems, karate...self-defense, can only be used..."

"This attitude is not taught by their coaches."

"I can see it," Miyagi put down the teacup, "There are no bad students, only bad teachers. Teachers teach, students learn."

"Oh, I understand," Daniel began to laugh at himself, "I just need to go to the dojo and talk to their teachers, and the problem will be solved."

"Well...you can finally use your brain to think about problems instead of being beaten." Miyagi was very satisfied with Daniel's understanding.

"I'm kidding." Daniel smiled bitterly.

"Why are you kidding?"

"Because if I go to their dojo, I'm afraid they will kill me on the spot." Daniel exaggerated.

"Humph...you're dead whether you go or not." Miyagi picked up the teacup and drank again.

"Can you go to their dojo with me?" Daniel frowned, and he suddenly remembered that Miyagi in front of him was a karate master.

"No."

"Why? Didn't you say it was a good idea?"

"Ah...ah...", Gongcheng shook his head in disgust, "Good idea for you, I'll go. Good idea for me, don't worry too much."

Daniel was speechless, he didn't expect Gongcheng to say such a thing.

"Thank you for leaving me alone. You also caused me trouble and beat them up. Don't help me anymore in the future. Let them beat me up, and I can get beaten less." Daniel stood up and walked towards the door angrily.

"Daniel-san", Miyagi also felt that it was wrong. He had indeed intervened and couldn't let the child be beaten again.

He stood up from the stool and walked towards Daniel who stopped in front of the door.

Ronald made a gesture to push forward, and the coolie who pushed the camera began to push the camera forward at a very slow speed.

Miyagi's body in the frame also slowly became taller as the lens moved forward.

When the audience saw this, there would be a psychological guidance. We always enlarge those important people in our hearts.

Gu Yan

"OK, I'll go." Miyagi nodded in agreement.

"Great, great, Mr. Gong Cen." Daniel ran back happily from the door.

"Miao... Cheng", Master Miyagi handed Daniel a handkerchief with herbs on it and asked him to apply it on his face.

"Mr. Gong... Cheng, what belt are you wearing?" Daniel regained his curious look.

"Canvas, do you like it? Haha..." Miyagi lifted his clothes and showed Daniel his belt, "I bought it at JCPenney, three dollars and ninety-eight cents."

"I'm not asking about that, I'm asking what kind of belt it is for karate." Daniel thought Miyagi misunderstood what he meant.

"In Ryukyu, a belt means that you don't need a straw rope to tie your pants, hahaha"

"Then... this joke is funny." Seeing that Miyagi didn't respond, Daniel thought he didn't have any rank, and turned around to leave in disappointment. "

"Daniel-san..." Miyagi stopped laughing and called Daniel.

Ronald made another five-fingered gesture, and the director of photography began to zoom the lens very slowly.

Everyone held their breath. This long shot finally reached the end. It depended on Morita Noriyuki's performance to draw a perfect end.

As the lens slowly zoomed, Master Miyagi became taller and taller in the frame.

"Karate, here...", Miyagi knocked his head with his fist.

"Karate, here...", Miyagi pointed to his heart again.

"Karate, never here."

Miyagi patted his belt at last.

"You... understand...?"

Miyagi smiled slightly. This young man had a good understanding. "Good night, Daniel-san."

Miyagi leaned forward slightly and bowed to Daniel to say goodbye.

"Good night... Gongcen... Master Miyagi." Daniel hurriedly learned to bow and walked out the door.

"Tomorrow morning? "Daniel remembered that he had not made an appointment before leaving.

"Ten o'clock," Miyagi replied.

"Cut!"

Ronald shouted, and his first long shot of nearly five minutes was completed.

"Bravo!" Weintraub, who was standing next to him, also shouted and led all the staff to applaud.

"You are such a genius. All American boys will fall in love with this wise conversation between master and apprentice." Weintraub was very happy. The long shot that he was most worried about was shot perfectly in the second take.

Ronald and the director of photography confirmed that the lens was available and were also very happy. "No, it's mainly because Ralph and Morita rehearsed very thoroughly. Every action and every line of dialogue here needs a sense of hierarchy."

"It's very well done. We'll stop here today. "Ronald praised the two leading actors highly. Actors need the director's affirmation from time to time.

Unlike actors in a drama, who can get feedback from the audience at any time on the quality of their performance, when filming a movie, in fact, most of the time, the actors only have the director as an audience. Only the director can give them feedback on whether their performance is good or not.

Hearing Ronald say this, the two leading actors also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Humph, let you film critics say that I can't guide acting skills again, and let you film review programs say that I can't shoot long shots again. "Ronald was in a good mood and cursed those critics in his heart.

The next day, the crew moved to the Cobra Hall. They began to shoot the scene where Miyagi and Daniel broke into the Cobra's lair alone.

Martin Kove played the role of coach Chris, who had a ****** background. The philosophy he learned on the battlefield was to take no prisoners and take the initiative. He also began to yell at the students.

"I..."

The students also stepped forward and punched, and then echoed Chris's yelling, "Kill..."

"I..."

"Kill..."

The arrival of Miyagi and Daniel interrupted the training of the Cobras.

"I heard that you beat up my students? And you said my karate is not as good as yours?" Chris was wearing a sleeveless uniform, "Do you want a fair fight? Johnny, come and fight with Daniel, the disciple of this 'master'."

"Yes, Master." Johnny had a dark circle under his eyes and wanted to take revenge, so he agreed loudly.

"Well... you are taking advantage of your dojo. "Miyagi began to make excuses, Daniel still needs training.

"Then you name a place." Chris was full of confidence in his disciples.

"The championship." Miyagi turned to the wall.

There was a poster on the wall, "All Valley Karate Championship, December 19th."

"You really have guts, old man, really have guts," Chris sneered, "but I think I can promise you."

Daniel, played by Ralph Mazzio, had a very scared look in his eyes. Didn't he say he was here to make peace? Why did he have to play in the tournament? I can't do that.

"There's one more thing." Miyagi said to Chris who was walking back to the dojo.

"What's it?"

"The boy needs training. Don't hit him before that." Miyagi said one word at a time.

Chris understood, "You're really an old man who likes to push his luck, but I like it. Everyone, before the tournament, don't touch that boastful kid... Daniel."

"Cut!" Ronald has never been so smooth since he started directing. It seems that he is directing in a field, and all his ideas can be seen in the actors.

It's like Miyagi said in the movie how to cut a bonsai. Before shooting, Ronald had the final film he wanted to shoot in his mind.

Of course... some of it is indeed there, and the several clips he dreamed of are like this.

"Director Ronald..." A small actor, also wearing the white karate uniform of the Cobra Dojo, came over to greet Ronald.

"Hi, Andrew, where's your sister?" Ronald recognized that it was Elizabeth Shue's younger brother Andrew, and he arranged for him to play a small supporting role in the dojo.

"She went to exercise, saying she was afraid you would say she was fat." Little Andrew sold out his sister without hesitation.

"Hahaha, go back and tell her to keep it up, I'm going to shoot her most beautiful scene tomorrow."