Exploiting Hollywood 1980

When Ronald, Spielberg and Sheinberg hugged and thanked each other, the crowd's applause had not stopped.

Ronald came back and thanked all the cast and crew again, applauded them, expressed his gratitude, and then stretched out his hands and pressed down, trying to get them to stop so they could continue filming.

"yeah!……"

Unexpectedly, this move suddenly ignited everyone's enthusiasm. Everyone continued to applaud vigorously, and many people shouted to express their support.

Ronald was moved by this unexpected scene, everyone was so supportive of him. He looked into the crowd...

Al, the first assistant director, clapped vigorously.

He wanted Ronald to continue to be the director without interruption so that he could do what he did best, dispatch and manage a group of blue-collar technicians, such as electricians, camera crew coolies, drivers, etc., to assist the director. Complete the artistic creation.

Instead of devoting a lot of energy to being a nanny for novice directors and reminding some of the ABCs of filming, for example, after taking an over-the-shoulder shot, you have to turn the camera around and shoot again...

If you get a simple salary, you shouldn't do things that are not part of your job. Otherwise, why not give yourself a raise?

If the director has to remind himself or make up for everything, then why not do the director's work for himself?

Art director Dan and photography director Matthew looked at each other and smiled.

Both of them are technical experts. Whether they are overwhelmed by Ronald's own technical knowledge or satisfied with the trust and respect he has shown, they have decided to contribute all their abilities to this small production crew. .

Technical experts have their own arrogance, and not just any director can convince them.

When interviewing the director at the beginning, they will ask one or two testing questions to gauge the director's ability.

If you understand technology, know what you want, and respect experts, then they will give 100% work attitude. Experts who have been in the industry for many years have some unique skills that allow the director to achieve his goals with high quality and save costs.

But this is not something that can be done to any director. Some directors lack knowledge and if you use some tricks, they will think you are perfunctory. There are also some directors who don’t know what effect they want and can’t express it clearly. They can deal with these people casually and it’s enough to fool them.

For example, Ronald asked them to design the lighting system inside the mall.

Simple and effective, it can also save a lot of lighting time. But some directors will think you are lazy when they see you don't use expensive and complicated lighting fixtures.

Only directors like Ronald who understand film photography and have complete trust and respect for them would bother to design and debug. The first day of shooting was indeed a success.

Robert Romanus, who plays scalper Mike, likes this director even more. He was born in the slums of the Bronx, New York. For the opportunity to audition, he sold his old car and borrowed some money from his sister before buying a plane ticket to Los Angeles, trying to change his destiny and become an actor.

The director singled him out among actors with formal theater education. The reason is that he doesn't have to act, he is the Mike in the script.

This also makes sense. In the script, Mike is a poor student who transferred from the slums of Philadelphia to Los Angeles. In school, he had to work as a scalper and sell tickets to earn living expenses. His situation is very similar to his.

Moreover, Ronald asked his accountant to reimburse his air tickets and arranged to live in Universal's actors' dormitory. In the past month, he even stayed in the guest room of the heroine Jennifer Jason Leigh's house. Man, I have never lived in such a nice house.

The director asked him to improvise, and he had no problem at all. In New York, I often go to Broadway to make money by reselling musical tickets. How can I tell tourists to take out their wallets and happily spend money to buy high-priced scalper tickets? This is all life experience.

This movie will bring him money and fame, a weekly salary of US$1,100, an eight-week shooting schedule, and he can get it regardless of whether he has a role or not. This weekly check will allow him to live in Los Angeles and continue to be a good actor. Actor's Courage.

And maybe he will become famous after the movie is released next year. Thinking of the happy place, Romanus put his fingers in his mouth and whistled loudly.

The whistle made the two actresses in front, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Phoebe Cates, shrink their necks in fright, and then they both patted Romanus back and giggled.

Both of them are actors who have filmed film and television dramas, and are not newcomers. The profession of an actor is not easy to get into. It is difficult for others to imagine the pain of expressing one's inner emotions in front of the public. And the worst part is, sometimes you have to take several shots over and over again.

Compared with Heikelin's method of directly instructing how to shoot and where to apply force, they still prefer Ronald's method of guidance and inspiration. This allows actors to relax more and perform better in front of the camera.

Although Ronald doesn't quite understand girls' thoughts, he is different from the acting method directed by Heckerling. But after Heikelin revealed the girl's thoughts with a few words, they actually didn't like this feeling very much.

Some people regard the method as the right way to perform in movies, but this method actually gives actors a bad inner feeling. Thinking about those unhappy memories of themselves makes people nervous, and they all felt depressed after filming that scene.

It was Ronald who prohibited speaking loudly before filming started, and carefully protected their psychological emotions, which made them feel relaxed and comfortable. Besides, who doesn’t like a handsome guy telling a story for him?

The applause lasted for more than a minute and then slowly stopped.

"Tell them something?" Spielberg came up and held Ronald's shoulders, reminding him in a low voice. This is a great opportunity to establish your authority on the set.

"Well done! Thank you everyone, this shot was very good. We still have four and a half hours of filming tonight waiting for us to play. Now we will take a ten-minute break and everyone can go eat some French fries and pizza.

We then move on to the pizza shop scene. If you try to slack off, I'll kick your ass for Mr. Sheinberg, who pays your salary. "

"Oh...hahaha"

Everyone laughed and then dispersed.

Ronald was satisfied.

From a small film crew to a large film and television industry, technical staff can be divided into two types.

One kind of person has his or her own professional abilities, they tend to be convinced and understand technology, and they also respect their bosses.

The other kind of people do jobs without high technical content. All they want is more money, more benefits, and obey the instructions of high-level people.

From the establishment of the crew to the start of filming today, his actions can be said to have won the hearts of first-class experts. The second type of people saw that the higher-ranking Shenberg was on their side, and they knew which side they should stand on.

As for those actors, all they want is a salary and the possibility of a successful movie. After becoming famous, their salary can also be greatly increased, they will receive more praise from film critics, they will receive more challenging roles, and they can even expect to win various awards.

The effect of the boss personally standing up is very obvious, whether it was Mount standing up for Hecklein just now, or Sheinberg standing up for himself.

Everyone on the crew was more convinced of Ronald's authority. After Ronald, Sheinberg and Mount chatted for a few words, they were about to send them off to the crew.

Shenberg pushed him back into the director's seat and said, "Keep up the good work and remember, you are the boss here."

Mount also smiled and said goodbye to him and Heikelin, as if he had done nothing just now, "Well done, boy."

The two walked to the elevator together. After all, this was not their main battlefield, and there was no need to show any signs of discord among Universal executives in front of a group of crew members.

Spielberg also said goodbye and left. He hasn't finished shooting ET's scenes yet, and there are still many special effects scenes for ET's aliens that need to be filmed slowly. The special effects team is working hard to improve the model's mechanical movements to make him more realistic in close-ups and close-ups.

"Thank you, Mr. Spielberg." Ronald thanked him sincerely. It was an unexpected surprise that he invited Sheinberg here today.

"Don't let these things distract you. Remember your original dream when you first wanted to direct this movie."

Taking a deep breath, Ronald sat back on the director's chair, picked up the thermos cup, poured a cup of black tea and drank it slowly.

My original dream... I must make a film that people will recognize and love, and that can stand the test of time.

He looked at Heikelin beside him. She looked a little anxious, as if she already knew that his replacement plan had been shattered.

She should understand that she is still a complete novice in the directing profession. After all, there is a big difference between Hollywood theater movies and student projects.

It was her discovery and guidance of female actors that gave her a little surprise and inspiration.

Thinking of this, Ronald smiled at her, then closed his eyes to rest, waiting for the break to end and start filming again.

Heikelin saw Ronald smiling at her and said nothing. Her dream of becoming a director seemed to be delayed. Now, should you continue to stay on the crew to figure out and study, or should you find another script and start a new project?

Hey, it's a pity that I am also a newcomer, so I can only choose from the script warehouse, which are all old goods that other directors have not shot.

Ten minutes later, "The break is over, get ready to shoot." Assistant Director Al picked up the electric speaker and announced...

The crew resumed the rhythm of filming, and Ronald began to be busy again. The cinema on one side was preparing the lighting for the next set of shots, and the pizza shop on the other side was filming. When done, switch it up.

"Cut! Very good, ready for the next one." Ronald stopped with satisfaction.

"We have finished shooting all the shots on the schedule." Al came over and said to Ronald.

Everyone worked together very efficiently, and by 4 o'clock in the morning, all the scheduled shots had been shot.

"Is that so? Let's check tomorrow's schedule and see if there's anything we can shoot in advance. It seems we have to re-plan the shooting schedule. This lighting system saves us a lot of time."

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