Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Ronald returned home and began weaving stories from The Rocky Horror Picture Show into Doris' script.

Jewish girl Doris. Shy and shy by nature, her mother is a strong mother who has to control him in all aspects. Even when she went to an art high school for an interview, her mother took her there.

Doris, who had no self-confidence, although her singing voice was moving, could not break through her own psychological barriers and perform in front of everyone.

It wasn't until Ralph Garcia, a Latino student in his acting class, invited her to see the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show that Doris discovered that many members of The Rocky Horror Picture Show club had no professional vocal training.

But they had the courage to show themselves, rushed to the stage, started singing, and achieved very good results. Many audiences were applauding below.

Doris took off her coat, rushed on stage to sing with them, and finally broke through her own psychological barrier.

Ronald pulled the letter from the typewriter and read it aloud. It seems to be a bit blocked.

It seems that being a singer is less likely to have psychological obstacles, while performing in public has more obstacles. Moreover, during the interview for admission, a shy actor can still be favored by his appearance and body shape. How can a singer be admitted if he can't sing?

Besides, for this part, I have to ask Jean and Antonia to write life scenes into the script. Ronald is very cautious now, especially since they are already actors in the group.

As for Lucy's metaphor, she had already agreed to use it in the script.

It can be put into the scene where Hilary and CoCo are jealous of Leroy and have a quarrel during dance practice.

Hillary: "I love his black ass. (to Leroy)"

CoCo: "Go to other places to pry men, Leroy already has a master."

Hillary: "Don't be so confident. My dear."

CoCo: "I'm not your dear, I'm my dear (Fubsp;MyDear)

Hillary: "Thank you, you're welcome then." (looking at Leroy with a pun).

CoCo: "No way, Leroy doesn't like white girls."

Hillary: "It would be nice to switch things up once in a while and skip the blackberries."

CoCo: "The darker the blackberries, the sweeter the juice, sweetheart."

Hillary: "That's good, but who wants diabetes?"

"How on earth did you come up with this girl bickering dialogue, Ronnie?"

Director Alan Parker saw this section and was full of praise, "If you ask me, you are a genius at writing dialogue."

"Huh? I didn't come up with it. I just listened to what others said. I moved it here and put it together again."

"What about the ending of Doris? Why don't we see the passage where Doris breaks through obstacles and sings bravely?" Alan Parker is still more concerned about Doris' plot.

"Honestly, I'm running into some logistical obstacles, Director Parker. I'm still trying."

"Okay, use more snacks."

Ronald ran to producer Da Silva again, "Mr. Da Silva, there is something wrong with 'Hot Lunch'. Someone took the picture..."

"I've said it many times, let professionals take care of professional matters. Ronald, you don't understand film distribution. Don't show off your poor knowledge anymore."

Irene Kala succeeded in taking over, which made the producer very satisfied. Ronald felt that the other party was not as patient with him as before.

"Well, maybe he is right. Let the professionals in charge of distribution consider it. I just accidentally made a distribution business. I don't know how the box office will be and whether I can get a share of it."

After Alan Parker got the girl's dialogue written by Ronald, he immediately asked his assistant to make dozens of copies on blue colored paper to replace the white paper in the original script.

This is a rule for British people to make movies. If the script has been finalized, it needs to be revised. The page number that needs to be modified will be taken away from the original white copy paper, and then the copy paper of a different color will be replaced with the modified page number.

In this way, the actors can clearly see where they have made changes and need to recite their lines. It is also easier to manage the staff on the set, because the director may be on the set at any time and temporarily modify the script. This way, it is marked with different colors so that the version will not be messed up.

Ronald is writing more and more characters, including Gene's story and Hillary's story. CoCo's story. The key plot points modified by Ronald account for just over one-third of the entire protagonist. If you add in the complete story of Doris that hasn't been changed yet, it's close to half.

Not to mention that Ronald changed all key plots, plots that changed the characters, and subsequent plots of the characters' endings.

The script with the latest version of dialogue replaced will be sent to the various actors and assistant directors. The copier smell has not gone away and the re-binding marks are clearly visible. The scripts were sent to the actors' hands by the assistant.

"Antonia, this is yours."

"Gene, this is yours."

"Antonia, what does it say above? Have my lines been changed?"

"Pfft..." Antonia couldn't help laughing when she saw the dialogue written by Ronald about two women competing for a man.

She pointed to the revised part and explained it to Gene. Gene took a pen and marked the phonetic notes that only he knew under the words he didn't know.

"Hahaha, you girls, can you really talk like this?" Gene asked with a smile.

"It's about the same. Several rich girls in my class all speak in this tone."

Antonia recalled the "Hillarys" in the ballet class and laughed again. Ronald's words were so mean, reflecting the faces of these characters very realistically.

Ronald walked into the rehearsal room and began to distribute Coke.

"Brother, your lines are really amazing. I don't want to get diabetes. Hahaha, I laughed to death." Gene ran to stuff the script to Ronald, "How did you come up with it, Man?"

"I just reassembled what I heard."

Ronald picked up the script with a smile and flipped through it casually.

A lot of the script papers have turned blue one after another, and some are pink. The pink paper indicates that this part has been revised twice.

Ronald closed the script. This is the origin of the movie. All the scenes, shots, characters, dialogues, and actions are marked in the script. The pictures and sounds presented on the screen in the end are all based on this thick script.

The text was captured by the camera lens through the joint efforts of the director and the actors, and the light fell on the film, causing some wonderful chemical reactions, and finally reacted with the silver powder to leave beautiful dynamic pictures.

The cover of the script is a slightly thick yellow cardboard, with a big "Hot Lunch" on the top and the title of the film in small words below.

In the lower right corner are a few lines of small words: "The content of this script is confidential to the crew, the copyright belongs to MGM Pictures, and it cannot be reproduced without permission."

In the middle are the words "Final Draft", and the name of the playwright is marked next to it in the annotation format

Original script: Christopher Gore.

And Ronald...

"No, there is no and, why is there no my name in the signature column?"

"Why is there no my name in the signature column?"

Ronald put the script on the table and pointed to the cover and asked Director Parker.

"It's not my business, Ronald. You can ask David."

"Have you got any inspiration for Doris's script?"

"I'm still thinking, director. I've encountered some difficulties and I'm thinking about how to get around them."

Ronald went back to the producer David Da Silva.

"Why is there no my name in the signature column of the script? Mr. Da Silva?"

Ronald pointed to the signature position on the cover and asked the producer.

"I remember you didn't sign a screenwriter contract with us, right? Modification is one thing, and signature is another. Alan also modified a lot of the script, and he didn't sign it."

"But I had a verbal agreement with the director, Mr. Parker. He promised me that if I wrote well, he would add my name to the list of screenwriters."

"Then you have to confirm with Alan. Signature is a serious matter, and the Writers Guild will take care of it. You'd better let Alan give you a written confirmation." Producer Da Silva sent Ronald to the director again.

"Director, Mr. Da Silva said that my signature must be confirmed by you before it can be put in the screenwriter column. You promised me that as long as what I wrote was accepted, you would let me sign the script."

"Yes, yes, I promised. This may be just a typo, and they will correct it soon. I will ask my assistant to follow up on this matter and add you to the next draft of the script."

"I'm very busy now, Ronald. You see, I have a lot of things to do with dance rehearsals and the next drama rehearsals. You should think more about how to write Doris's plot? How to make her overcome her shyness and become brave enough to perform in front of everyone."

Performance? Your performance is not very good. Ronald's heart gradually cooled down.

The cover of the script says Final Draft (FalDraft). After the final draft, Ronald's changes were all replaced with colored cardboard. The previous changes were simply re-photocopied.

That is to say, there is no next draft.

According to Ronald's experience in the "Rock High School" crew, the production company will send the final list of names for the film to various industry unions. The list of actors is sent to the Screen Actors Guild, and actors with salary payment records can get the Actors Guild card. The list of directors is sent to the Directors Guild, and they will invite those who meet the requirements to join.

If the Writers Guild is the same, then the final draft will be sent to the union. If he is not on the list of screenwriters, he will not be able to enter the Writers Guild with the script of this movie.

This does not make sense. In the Rock High School crew, there are two screenwriters' signatures on the cover of the script, which shows that the Writers Guild does not require only one screenwriter to sign a movie like the Directors Guild does.

This does not make sense, why can't you add your own name?

"Mr. Parker, you may not know that I used to work in a Hollywood crew. This is already the final version of the script. Why don't you add my name to the screenwriter signature?

Ronald asked directly.