Exploiting Hollywood 1980

After Heckerling finished speaking to the two heroines, he returned to his original position and motioned for Ronald to come forward.

"You also know the rules. No one on the set can give orders except the director." Ronald felt a little more comfortable. He raised his hand to signal the first assistant director Al to call the command. He didn't want to have anything to do with the one taken by Heikelin, lest he couldn't explain it clearly when he saw the samples in the future.

I know where Heikelin's fatal problem lies. As long as he maintains his normal performance, everyone will be able to distinguish the good from the bad when he watches the samples tomorrow, not the morning after tomorrow.

"Recording? Camera?!" Al called the command to start filming.

In the same over-the-shoulder position, the camera motor began to rotate, capturing the performances of the two actors.

"Do you want to serve his table instead of me?" Stacey was a little shy, wanting to strike up a conversation but afraid of being rejected.

"Don't you think he looks like Richard Gere? Look at that sexy little butt." Linda replied.

"After ordering, look him in the eyes, and then whenever he tells any joke, pretend it's the funniest joke in the world and laugh loudly at him. ... Well, and don't forget to smile."

"What are you waiting for? If I didn't have an amazing boyfriend in Chicago, I would have done it myself."

"Go ahead and just give her her order."

Linda followed Heckerling's instructions and spoke the lines with a sweet memory.

"Maybe Phoebe Cates really remembered her boyfriend? Emotional memory is indeed a powerful method. But no matter how good it is, it still goes in the wrong direction."

Just as Ronald was thinking, Jennifer and Phoebe had finished their performance, but Heikelin didn't stop. They didn't know what to do next and started to turn their heads to look at the camera.

Ronald poked Al, the first assistant director.

"cut!"

Al stopped filming and looked at Heikelin.

"Yes, cut." Heikelin, who was directing a theatrical film for the first time, was too involved and forgot to stop.

"Do you want this?" Al asked Heckerling.

"Yes, I want another one.

"

"One more."

The camera crew did it again.

"Very well, let's take a shot of Stacey going to order from the handsome man Ron Johnson. When you look at him, you have to show a..."

Heckerling caught Jennifer Jason Leigh about making a scene.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute." Ronald smiled and stepped forward. "The over-the-shoulder shot of Jennifer from another angle has not been taken yet, and there is also a reaction shot of the two of them."

"Oh, right..." Heikelin made a joke. She has never been a director of a Hollywood theater movie, and is not familiar with the Hollywood production method of one master and two shoulders. I still shoot graduation short films and documentaries as before, and follow the camera's perspective to get closer to the plot.

This joke was seen by some technical staff on the set, and some couldn't help laughing.

"It's not a big problem, it's just a lack of experience." Ronald relieved her in turn and looked back at the direction where the laughter came from. They are some old electricians from the periphery who often work with me. When they saw the look Ronald sent them, they immediately stopped laughing.

"I think Heikelin has expressed what she means and has taken the number of shots that she understands. How about we move on. There will be some scenes with children later, and we will shoot them first."

Ronald asked steadily for advice.

Mount glanced at Heikelin, who nodded to indicate that he had captured what he wanted.

Tom Mount shook his head inwardly. Since he wanted to do something and compete for the director's position, he shouldn't think about any nonsense about fair competition and use any method. Just like his fight with Shenberg, this is also his own. A small battlefield.

"I thought it would be better to have you all take an over-the-shoulder shot of Jennifer to complete the set so we can compare better."

"Is this an unscrupulous way to squeeze out the time to shoot the children's scene so that I can't finish it and make another mistake?" Ronald immediately became convinced of Mount's bad behavior.

We could have shot the scene where the kids were already lit first, so that the pizza shop could be lighting the over-the-shoulder shot opposite. Lighting and shooting were carried out on both sides, without wasting time. We can’t make full use of our time by shooting this side now. Next time we’ll be shooting the children’s scenes, which will be very tight.

Ronald looked at his watch. It seemed that he had to ask MCA President Shenberg to see the samples through Spielberg. Only with his presence could he suppress Mount.

Moreover, Sheinberg originally had conflicts with Mount over the ET matter. If he had the opportunity to suppress Mount, he would be willing to do so.

Heikelin looked at Mount and then at Ronald, her mouth opened into an O-shape. I didn't expect Mount to be so ruthless. Taking advantage of the situation to find trouble could easily really anger Ronald.

In fact, I have found Ronald's weakness, and I can win in a fair competition.

Moreover, Ronald is very efficient in doing some details of shooting, and the technicians all obey him. He became a director, and wanted to ask him to stay on the crew to help him handle some management work.

She walked toward the camera crew, and when she passed Ronald, where Mount didn't see her, she made a "sorry" mouth gesture to him.

Then Heckerling signaled the assistant director to start preparing for filming. She was confident that she would not need to use this method to defeat Ronald head-on.

The photographer re-set up the camera, went through the lighting and focus measurement, and finally signaled to Ronald that he was ready. The camera focuses on Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Heikelin didn't waste time talking about the scene. She whispered a few words in Jennifer's ear, and then called the command to start filming.

"Would you like to serve his table instead of me?" Jennifer began her line.

"Huh?" Ronald stood behind the camera and said nothing, trying to buy time. I was suddenly surprised when I saw Jennifer Jason Leigh's performance.

"Jennifer's performance is different from what he imagined." Ronald glanced at Heikelin. This woman is not a complete idiot. She has some skills in directing performances.

This is another way to show that Stacey is inexperienced with dating men but also wants to try it out.

The way Ronald imagined the shot mainly showed Stacey's shyness.

She had never been asked out by a boy and wanted to make up for this life experience as soon as possible in high school. So I have a lot of yearning for dating, and I don't want to go on a date. I just maintain the reserve of a girl. Whenever a handsome customer asked for her phone number, she would give it to him.

And Heikelin didn't know what she said to Jennifer just now. This time, her performance added a little bit of other emotions, which seemed to be shrinking and hesitating.

"No, it's fear." Ronald accurately caught a trace of fear in Jennifer Jason Leigh's eyes.

How is this going?

Although Ronald couldn't understand it, judging from his own life experience, it is true that girls will be a little scared when facing a boy on their first date.

If you can understand this subtle and true emotion, it will greatly improve the performance quality of the entire film.

Despite the numerous characters and trivial plot of this youth film, in fact the entire film is about one theme: coming of age.

How boys and girls go through things and grow into adults who can take responsibility for themselves.

Stacey's growth is mainly about emotional improvement.

Why does this little bit of fear arise? And how was it inspired by Heikelin’s words?

Ronald didn't understand it for a moment, and he didn't have time to think about it anymore. He hurriedly directed everyone to finish shooting their own version of the reaction shot, and quickly urged the camera crew to move to the entrance of the cinema opposite.

The Screen Actors Guild stipulates that young actors under the age of 16 must not work more than 5 hours a day, and filming must end before 12:30 pm.

Because two more over-the-shoulder shots were taken, the camera crew set up an extra light, which wasted an hour.

From 9pm to 11:30am, only four or five shots were taken, and most of the time was wasted on lighting. This is because the art director and photography director came up with a unique trick to reduce the lighting time by half.

Most of the time when making a movie is not shooting, but waiting to be shot.

Ronald directed the camera crew to install the camera at the designated location while talking to the two children.

"Do you have any bands you like to listen to?" Ronald asked them while squatting on the ground.

"We like to listen to Van Halen," the two young actors looked at each other and answered Ronald.

"Well, wait a minute, this Mike has two tickets for their concert, and you want to buy them. But his asking price is very expensive, and you were unwilling at first, but in the end you still wanted to go to Van Halen's concert, so you had to give in. .”

"Oh, what about our lines?"

"No lines, just think that he really has two concert tickets. If he performs well, I will pay for you to buy Van Halen records."

"We wanted tickets to a concert, and Van Halen was having a concert in Los Angeles."

"make a deal."

Ronald stood up, and Romanus, who played scalper Mike, began to instruct, "Don't follow the lines, improvise, and try to get it right in one go."

The lighting team began to measure the light quickly. The photography director Matthew knew the importance and forced them to put in all their efforts, and finally completed the lighting and positioning at 12:15.

"Get ready to start shooting." Ronald directed the recording team and stretched the long microphone pole over the child's head.

At this time, the two people, accompanied by Azoff, another producer of the film, quietly walked into the filming scene on the top floor and watched Ronald directing the filming from a distance.

"Oh, he's a veteran. Is this the Ronald you recommended? No wonder you asked me to come and take a look. It reminds me of you when you were young." MCA President Sheinberg said softly.

"I didn't expect him to be a great director. I wasn't as skilled as him when I was filming 'Jaws.'" Spielberg responded in a low voice.

"!" Ronald gave the order to start filming.

"Did Dolly Parton give you a share of the box office? Are you working so hard?" Scalper Mike said jokingly when he saw his good friend Mark, the nerd, working at the ticket gate.

Shenberg heard this line from behind, and saw the poster for Dolly Parton's new yet-to-be-produced movie "The Best Chicken Room in Texas" posted above, and immediately understood what was going on. Can't help but smile.

This line is interesting and humorous, and it pokes fun at Dolly Parton's crew for allowing them to place ads.

Mark, the ticket collector, did not answer his friend's joke, but pointed at the two children walking on the right.

"I heard that you have tickets for Van Halen's concert?" the child asked.

"I may have." Romanus waved his hand and motioned for the two children to go further away with him to talk.

The camera operator began panning the camera to keep up with the actors' movements.

“How much do seats before row 10 cost?”

"Twenty dollars a piece."

"But the original price is only 12.5 yuan."

"Then don't buy it!"

"You scalpers also make too much."

"Did you just call me a scalper? Listen, I provide ticket purchasing services, and the service costs money."

"Okay, let's buy it."

"Wait a minute, how much did I say just now, 25?"

"20!" The two children handed over the money, got the tickets for the prop painting and turned away.

"cut!"

Ronald was very satisfied. The young actor gave a true performance, and Romanus’s ability to improvise lines as a ticket seller was also very good. He was worthy of coming from the streets of the Bronx, New York.

“Pa…papa…” Two people applauded from behind, and then all the actors and staff in the audience began to applaud, applauding Ronald’s wonderful control.

He will complete the shooting before 12:30 with more than 10 minutes.

Among them, there were also many staff members who expressed their dissatisfaction with Ronald and applauded him.

Heikelin also applauded. This level is really impressive. Just improvising like this, 10 minutes passed, and the results were very good.

Tom Mount did not applaud. His eyes were fixed on the person coming, Sidney Sheinberg, the president of MCA.

I was ridiculed by Sheinberg at a dinner celebrating Spielberg's box office success. Leave the meeting early to support Heikelin. Hopefully there will be a chance to counter Sheinberg with the blame for his poor choice of director.

The president of this parent company has repeatedly put his hand into Universal Pictures' own pocket to show his power. He invested more than 10 million to let Spielberg shoot ET, and also intervened in the project to choose Ronald to direct it. This was an opportunity for him to restrain himself a little.

Movies always make money while others support them. Spielberg lost "1941" and won "The Lost Ark of the Covenant". Can ET guarantee a big hit? It would be unwise for Sheinberg to tie his authority to ET's box office.

"Ronald, your work is wonderful." Spielberg stepped forward to hug Ronald and congratulate him.

"Yes, I haven't seen a young man with such potential for a long time." Sheinberg followed up with a compliment. His most important job now is to tightly bind Spielberg to Universal.

Since Steven admires this young man, he will help him out, "It seems I was right about you. Do a good job! If you have any questions, you can come directly to my secretary."

Shenberg found Mount on the other side, and the words were actually meant for him.

Ronald quickly thanked them. It was an unexpected surprise. Now the director's position was secure.

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