Exploiting Hollywood 1980

The Mountain Lake Villa in Virginia, as its name suggests, is surrounded by mountains and lakes. There are meadows, lakes, forests, and hills. All the actors and staff found a place to stay in the villa that Ronald had booked.

Ronald opened the window of his room. This is a very good lake view room. In front of a meadow is the lake, and there is a mountain view in the distance. The scenery is very beautiful and refreshing. But the temperature is unbearable, hot and stuffy. Ronald quickly closed the window and turned on the air conditioner.

"The climate is good. Although it is late summer and early autumn, it is just right to shoot summer scenes." Ronald turned around and said to assistant director Emil.

"It's a little stuffy, but it should improve." Emil picked up the storyboard drawing and began to prepare the shooting plan with Ronald.

At the Mountain Lake Villa, Ronald rented the entire resort, and all tourists were not allowed to enter. There were only actors and staff from the "Dirty Dancing" crew in the hotel. This is the crew's largest shooting expense.

There are only twelve days of shooting time, and not a single day can be wasted.

Fortunately, assistant director Emil was very good at organizing the shooting angles of the dance. He came to survey the scene of the dance scene in advance and drew the split shots and the positions of the cameras. Ronald and he reconfirmed the shooting scenes of several major scenes.

Screenwriter Eleanor was also with them. She was the first person to dream in the collective dream of the movie. Some details of the 1950s were only known to her. The three of them inspected some scenes shot in the previous two days.

The music specified by Eleanor had been bought by copyright broker Jimmy Reiner.

There was no extra money and extra time to ask artists to re-record and perform a version for the movie. Instead, they played the original sound on the scene with a record player, and asked the recording team to record a version of the live sound.

Costs were tight, and Ronald had to save money everywhere.

He personally moved mineral water, packaged snacks, etc. to the warehouse with the crew's coolies. These were all cheap goods purchased from Walmart, with no limit, but don't think about taking them away.

Ronald also told Bud to stand guard at the entrance of the buffet during lunch and dinner, and to ask strangers about their backgrounds when seeing them. Those who couldn't explain clearly would not be allowed in.

Of course, Ronald was unwilling to save money in some places.

For example, except for Jennifer Grey, whose character was set to not dance, all other actors were professional dancers.

Ronald learned from the lesson of shooting "Flashdance". If the main character couldn't dance, using a dance stand-in would cause many problems. The mambo dance this time was a dance of two people. Using a dance stand-in could only take long shots and medium shots, and could not handle the intimacy between the dance partners at all.

The extras were all dancers, and the manpower expenditure of this crew was nearly twice that of crews of the same size.

For example, the actors who played Baby's parents were all dancers.

Jerry Orbach, who played the father, was a major actor in Broadway musicals. He was the first actor to sing the famous song "Trytoreber" in the Broadway dance drama "Chicago".

As he got older, he gradually took on some supporting roles, and Ronald was very satisfied with his choice this time.

The mother was played by Lynn Lipton, who is also a long-time Broadway actress. After entering the 1980s, she began to play supporting roles and voice over for others.

"Hi, Jerry, Lynn." Ronald went up and hugged the two middle-aged actors. "Before we officially start shooting, we will shoot a scene of the Houseman family driving to the resort. After that, we will shoot in the mountain lake villa."

"No problem, director, just tell me."

The two are easy to talk to. At this age, there is no more pursuit, just to make some money for their children or for retirement.

"Find Jennifer and Jane."

This scene is a shot of the Houseman family driving on the road when they arrive at the resort.

In addition to the parents and baby, there is also baby's sister Lisa.

Lisa is a supporting role with a silly personality. Ronald found an unknown actress Jane Brooke. She is also a talent who can sing and dance, and can write her own songs.

Making movies in Hollywood is a little different from making movies in other places in the world. No matter what kind of supporting role, he can find actors with good acting skills and abilities to play it.

Ever since he exchanged filming experiences with Jonathan Demme, especially after watching "Shotgun Lulu" directed by him, Ronald has attached great importance to the casting of supporting roles. He always chooses actors who look like they fit in with the role, and even wants to dig deeper into the stories behind them.

As long as he is interested in the role, the audience will not think that the image and acting skills of the supporting role are not up to standard.

Jennifer Grey came over to say hello to Ronald. This shot mainly shows her thinking in the back seat of the car. When the time comes, she will have to go to the post-production to add an inner monologue, in which Baby recalls her youth when she is old, as the opening of the movie.

"When will Patrick and the others come?" Jennifer Grey was thinking about the male lead.

"They will arrive in the afternoon, take a break and start filming tomorrow."

"Oh, okay." Jennifer Grey's eyes were smiling, and they became slits.

The mountain lake villa is on the road, and there is a billboard one mile before the entrance, indicating the entrance to the villa.

Ronald's location designer David Chapman was very helpful and replaced the billboard with a new logo in advance, which is the name of the resort in the movie, "Kellerman".

"a!"

Ronald called for action.

The photographer sat on a stand attached to the outside of the car, shooting the two Hausman daughters in the back seat.

The Cadillac car showed the wealth of the Hausman father as a surgeon. A tape was playing on the stereo in the car, which was "Big Girls Don't Cry" by the Four Seasons.

Director of photography Jeff Zu was in charge of the camera himself, since there was no union to bother him. He tied himself to the seat belt on the stand and started shooting in the back seat.

The driver was a professional, driving the car slowly and steadily.

Jennifer Gray sat on the left, reading a book. Baby was the daughter her father liked more. She was smart, perceptive, and liked to read since she was a child.

"Cut!"

The car drove a long way and then came back. After Ronald confirmed with the director of photography, he started shooting the second take.

This time, the director of photography changed to a lens with a longer focal length and shot a medium shot.

To the right of baby, Lisa Hausman, played by Jane Brooke, was also captured in the shot.

She held a small mirror and combed her hair.

This daughter likes to dress herself up. Her father doesn't care about her as much as he does about Baby. Her mother loves her more.

"Cut!"

"Another shot of the front row."

The car backed up again, and this time, the parents in the front row were photographed smiling at each other.

The host and hostess of Hausman still love each other.

After taking the shot, Ronald led everyone back to the mountain lake villa.

It happened that the large group arrived.

"Patrick." Jennifer Gray rushed up to hug Sweets as soon as she saw Sweets.

"Hi, Jennifer." Sweets also hugged her and turned around.

"Cynthia," Ronald saw that the person who got off the car behind was Cynthia Rhodes, who played the second female role. He was afraid that she would feel left out, so he also went up to hug her.

"Ronald," Cynthia Rhodes stroked her hair.

After several weeks of dance training, Cynthia's figure has become better. It may be because of more aerobic exercise that her skin is in good condition.

"You look great." Ronald complimented.

"Thank you," Cynthia smiled happily.

It seemed that everyone had entered a holiday mentality in this isolated resort.

In Cynthia's eyes, Ronald looked so handsome, and he was also full of gentlemanly manners when he helped her resist the bullying of the Stallone family.

This feeling became more obvious at the disco party in the evening.

The group of actors who needed dance training also brought their habits at that time to the Mountain Lake Villa. As soon as the recorder was turned on, everyone started dancing disco.

Patrick Schweitzer and Jennifer Gray quickly danced together. Ronald danced with Cynthia Rhodes.

Those actors who did not participate in the training, such as the Hausman family, were also infected by the atmosphere and went down to dance.

For a while, everyone entered the atmosphere of a summer vacation.

"I have something to do first." Ronald danced two songs and apologized to Cynthia Rhodes. He also had to prepare for tomorrow's play.

"Ah, okay..." Cynthia combed her hair behind her ears, her face slightly red.

Ronald didn't notice, he looked at everyone dancing happily and relaxed, and was able to get into the role in advance, thinking that tomorrow's filming would be smooth.

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