Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Several days of filming passed in a blink of an eye. After Ronald finished his cameo, he just wandered around the crew every day, just keeping an eye on Gene and not letting him get mad.

The New York Actors Guild also sent observers to the crew to supervise the crew to get off work on time every day. Ronald just had to get off work on time from 9 to 6. Ronald was very satisfied with the regular work and rest schedule, and he resumed the habit of eating breakfast while watching ABC's "Good Morning America" ​​every morning.

Producer David gave Ronald the minimum wage for an actor, $785 per week. He was an actor in name, but the main job David assigned him was to keep an eye on Gene and his mother.

In fact, Gene and his mother would not do anything strange for the sake of the big dollars in the future. So what was Ronald's actual job? In fact, he was observing Alan's every move and learning secretly. Of course, if he wanted to ask Alan why he shot it this way, forget it.

Director Alan was still a little dissatisfied with him, and the relationship was not good enough for him to teach him selflessly like the directors in the New World.

The filming continued. The team moved to the dance rehearsal room and began to shoot the scenes of the girls in the dance department.

"Ahem, ahem..." Joanna played a dance teacher and had some scenes today, "What kind of poison gas are you releasing?"

The director of photography Michael Seresin directed the lighting assistant to add scented powder to several charcoal stoves, and then fanned them with his hands after lighting them, so that the scented powder floated all over the room.

"This is our traditional lighting method on the English set. The director said that a warm and mysterious light atmosphere is needed. The specific gravity of scented powder is the same as that of air, and it can float in the air for a long time, and the light has a unique effect when it is illuminated."

"Ahem, ahem, can't you not use scented powder? I think it's not good for my health."

"If you don't use it, you need to use multiple lights to achieve the same effect, and every time you switch the lens angle, you need to re-light it. This scented powder is a traditional method, only one light is needed, and the light is very evenly distributed, so you can move the camera at will without re-lighting."

Ronald also covered his nose with a handkerchief and listened to the director of photography explaining to the actors. Lighting is indeed the most time-consuming part of indoor shooting. If you need to start over again every time you move the camera, you can only shoot four shots a day.

"A-choo." Someone sneezed. The smell of this scented powder was too strong, and Ronald was also tempted to sneeze.

Fortunately, after a while, the actors got used to the smell and the discomfort caused by it was much better.

There are many dance moves in today's play. After the lighting is completed, it is time for the choreographer to come on stage.

The choreographer choreographed a ballet move for each actor, and then asked them to dance out one by one according to the path of the camera movement.

"One, two, three... Go... Antonia takes over... One, two, three, Lucy is you..."

Because the scented powder needs to float evenly in the room, the electric fan that blows the scented powder away was removed from the room and placed in the corridor. The actors can only go out to blow the wind during the break.

After rehearsing twice, the dancers sweated a lot and quickly fled the room to blow the electric fan to cool down.

Ronald also hurried out and helped scoop ice cubes into the ice bag. The temperature is very high today, and the four burning charcoal stoves are constantly steaming up the powder, making it very easy to get heatstroke and dehydrate in the room.

These actors, who are mainly high school students, have no agents or assistants, and Ronald helps them a little when he is free.

"It's really hot." Gene took the ice pack that Ronald had packed and put it on himself. He was wearing shorts and a short-sleeved top today, which was the best for heat dissipation.

"Yes, the people in the costume department also forced us to wear thick woolen tights for autumn and winter." Several girls sweated so much that their dance costumes were soaked, which was a bit unsightly. They took out towels and were working hard to wipe the sweat from the back of their necks.

The makeup artist took powder and brushes and hurried forward to touch up their makeup. Sweat melted part of the makeup, and they had to touch up their makeup for every shot.

The hairstylist also rushed up to fix their hairstyles. Sweat spread the hair of some people. High temperature is really the enemy of filming.

The costume designer also came up to check the sweat-soaked clothes. For those protagonists who were more seriously soaked, they would be asked to change into spare clothes.

In order to save time, people from multiple departments surrounded several protagonists, helping them to get everything done like octopuses.

Antonia is the absolute protagonist, and her sweat has melted a lot of her makeup. The makeup artist is repairing the scene.

The plot of "Famous" is set in autumn, so all the costumes are also like autumn. In the hot summer, wearing thick woolen dance tights in a closed room is simply a torture.

Ronald could only give Antonia and the others some more ice water and prepare ice cubes to cool down. Fortunately, in order to become famous in the movie, these girls have good endurance.

After filling another ice bag, Ronald put the long ice bag on Antonia's neck.

"Ah..." Antonia felt so comfortable that she wanted to scream, and turned back to thank Ronald.

Ronald continued to fill the ice bag and put it on the rest of the girls.

"Get ready to shoot," the first assistant director urged, and the girls reluctantly put down the ice bag and walked into the oven.

After the rehearsal, it was time to shoot. Allen changed his previous style of striving for perfection and did not make very detailed requirements. As long as the director of photography nodded and there was no problem with the picture, he would pass it. It seems that he could not stand the furnace-like indoor temperature.

After shooting comes scheduling. The director and the director of photography work together to plan the camera movements and actor movements for the next shot. The lighting team plans the lighting according to the director's requirements. If there is a situation where the lighting will be caught by the camera, they have to discuss it again with the director.

Scheduling, lighting, rehearsal, shooting, one cycle after another, the crew moved forward slowly in the hot weather according to the plan.

During the lighting breaks, the dancers did not have the strength to dance and entertain themselves as they had in the past few days. Ronald went to producer David and asked for more ice to ensure that no one on the crew suffered from heat stroke.

The director and actors can also take turns to rest. The worst part is the operator who operates the camera. Help push and pull the camera while filming. When the director and actors went out to cool down, they added fragrant powder to the charcoal stove indoors to maintain the concentration of fragrant powder in the room.

Most of these operators were found by director Allen from England and have worked with the director of photography and director for a long time. This time we spent money to move them from overseas to reduce the friction and enable them to start filming immediately.

Due to their old relationship as directors, they received a lot of subsidies, which annoyed several Americans who were also camera operators. There is also no rest time and no additional subsidies for suffering under high temperatures.

One of the American operators secretly took a glass bottle during his lunch break and put some fragrant powder in it.

"You asked Gene to stand on the corner of the table and look like he was watching Hillary dance. Do you understand?" After the last conflict, Alan Parker didn't dare to make direct requests to Gene. If anything happened, he usually went through Luo Nader conveyed.

"You're going to stand on your toes here, do an arabesque, and then go back to Leroy and walk around him in closer than normal human space. Confuse him as to what you're trying to seduce. I walked closer by chance. After I walked around him, I looked into his eyes and made a come-with-me look."

Alan Parker then went to tell Antonia the play. In the afternoon we filmed the scene where Hillary seduces Leroy. The carpenters came in during lunch time and built a men's locker room door inside the dance rehearsal hall.

The door is very fake and can be opened and closed. Of course, there is nothing inside the door. The two actors can only open the door and close it after entering. The camera shoots it from the outside, so it looks like a room.

Jean, who plays Leroy, stands at a table outside the door, waiting for Antonia's Hilary to seduce him. His task in this scene was relatively simple. He was puzzled at first, and then after receiving Hillary's signal, he stayed for half a second, made an expression of realization, followed Hillary into the men's locker room, and closed the door.

"Okay, let's rehearse."

"No, no, no, you have to get closer, to a distance that makes both parties nervous. Do you understand?" Alan Parker looked directly at Antonia and got closer to Gene.

"No, no, you were too close this time. This is the distance for a thief to steal something. It's either far or not close. It just happens that the two parties are a little embarrassed. Do you understand?"

"Take a 10-minute break." Alan Parker saw that Antonia, who was usually very perceptive, could not understand the awkward distance this time. He thought she was too tired, so he called for a 10-minute break.

Ronald still put the ice pack on Antonia's neck, "What's wrong with you, Antonia? You are always the first to understand the scenes the director tells."

Antonia tilted her neck to feel the coolness of the ice pack: "Jean is...well, you know what I mean. So I can't feel his reaction. Acting is actually about reacting. If the other party doesn't react, it will be difficult for me." Keep playing."

"Have you ever acted before?" Ronald felt that what Antonia said made sense.

"Yeah, I did a supporting role on 'Grease' two years ago, dancing behind Travolta and Olivia Newton-John," Antonia said, laughing. "So I have a union. Card."

"The temperature is really killing me. How about you cooperate with me and help me find a sense of distance. I don't want to have to take many more photos." Antonia saw that makeup and hair had been done and left, and she said to Ronald Said something quietly.

"Well, I feel better after finishing the filming earlier." Ronald felt that if the filming continued in the hot room, the girl might faint, so he took a step forward and got closer to Antonia, "This way you can feel me Did it invade your privacy?"

"Well, it seems it's not close enough." Antonia stretched out her hand to feel the distance between the two.

"What about this?" Ronald took another half step forward.

"It seems we can get closer." Antonia's body was still more than an cubit away from him.

"What about this?" Ronald took another half step forward.

"Okay, okay..." Antonia took half a step back. The manly scent of Ronald suddenly rushed into her forehead, making her face feel a little hot. Fortunately, it was already very hot and her face was red. "I got the feeling."

Ronald also felt that it was a little abrupt just now, so he picked up the towel and handed it to Antonia, indicating that she could wipe the sweat on her neck, "It's really too hot."

"Cut! Very good, this one is printed." Allen was very satisfied with the subsequent shooting.