Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Phoebe Cates's contract for the special shoot went smoothly, and her father agreed after seeing the description of the swimming pool scene in the script. He also encouraged her that if it was a high-style shot, it would increase the actress's praise.

As for Robert Romanus, he came from a lower class background, signed the contract without any hesitation, and proudly declared that he would let the national audience see the big gun from the Bronx.

The crew successfully moved to Van Nuys High School, where they filmed scenes inside the school and classrooms.

The principal and dean of Van Nuys High School are still the same two from "Rock and Roll High School." But the students have changed. Ronald stood on the roof of the teaching building and looked down. The shooting process was still vivid in his mind.

Only this time there were no dancing hotties like Mara, but a new group of high school beauties watching and filming.

This time it was an official project for Universal Pictures, and Ronald no longer had to write fake scripts to deceive the school. We have our own professional staff to negotiate with the school to arrange everything.

The shooting was during the semester, and students came to school every day. For this reason, Ronald has made an agreement with the school. Students can watch the filming, but they cannot make any noise. If they are interested in participating, they can sign up with the crew to serve as background actors.

Standing on the roof of the Van Nuys High School teaching building, Ronald used an electric speaker to direct the crew to rehearse and move.

Today I filmed the appearances of several protagonists. Brad drove a luxury car that he paid for in installments. Many girls greeted him along the way. A good car always attracts the attention of girls.

After planning the route for the car to enter the scene, and the extra actors who had lines and showed a little face along the way, the two rehearsals turned out well, and Ronald started shooting the main camera.

A camera mounted on the roof shoots down. A royal blue four-door car enters from the left side of the screen and exits from the right side.

"Very good, one more one." Ronald, who was standing on the roof, picked up the electric horn and shouted to the stunt team below.

Stunt driver Debbie Evans, emerged from the car door, gave Ronald a thumbs-up sign to hear, then backed the car back to the starting position and started over. Unless necessary for this kind of shot, the stunt team would help with the driving.

The reason why the actors are not allowed to shoot is to prevent any accidents on the actors from affecting subsequent filming. Driving may seem harmless, but Hollywood has long established a standard approach that has its own logic. There have been precedents of actors jumping off tables and breaking their own bones.

This series of shots is to show that Brad, who works in a fast food restaurant, feels superior to his classmates in school after working hard to make money.

He saw many beautiful girls in the new school year, and he had the idea of ​​dumping his girlfriend Lisa, who also worked in a fast food restaurant, and really find a "girlfriend" to enjoy his last year of high school life.

The camera captures it well, with Ronald signaling Debbie through.

"Fix the camera in the back seat of the car and shoot the beautiful woman over there through the car window."

Ronald then arranges the next shot.

"Hi, Brad." A girl greeted the photographer in the back seat. Of course, when other shots are edited, the audience will think she is talking to Brad.

"Cut, good, next one."

This time Brad had a close-up shot, which was not suitable for a stunt double. He got into the car by himself and drove on the prescribed route.

The camera is placed on the co-pilot and fixed with a bracket, and the photographer and focus puller sit in the back seat to operate it. The focus puller connected an extension cord to the focus knob and adjusted the focus half-lying on the back seat. The focus depth of this close-up shot is very shallow, and it will go out of focus if you are not careful, which will test the skills of the focus operator.

After practicing twice, the director of photography Matthew signaled that Ronald was ready.

The crew had two cars available for filming Brad's scenes. One is a real royal blue four-door limousine used for car panoramic shots.

The other car is the current ordinary car, with the passenger door removed to prevent interference with the large film magazine behind the camera. Mainly used to take pictures of car interiors.

"Recording? Camera?!"

Judge Reinhold, who plays Brad, took out a small clapperboard and tapped it lightly at the camera.

The viewing range of the close-up shot is very narrow, so the slate is also a special small board, only larger than the palm of your hand.

The space inside the car was narrow, making it inconvenient for the scribe to get in every time to hit the slate. Actor Reinhold hit the slate himself, then stuffed the slate next to the chair where the camera couldn't see it, and started the car.

Brad responded to the girl who greeted him, "Hi."

Then he continued to drive forward, rating the girls to himself, "Ah, you have grown up? Have you become more beautiful?"

"cut!"

"Very good, one more."

This one is actually not that good, but Ronald always said it would be okay for the actors to shoot the next one without any psychological burden. This is a trick he came up with on his own.

Alan Parker, the director of "Famous", looked unhappy when he was not satisfied with the shot, which put a lot of pressure on the actors, which was actually not conducive to their performance.

"When you turn to speak to the camera, it should feel like a boss is inspecting the company. Brad is inspecting the beautiful girls in the school. He is now the foreman of All-American Burger, and he treats his classmates with a superior mentality." Ronald told Jia Qi said a few words.

"Cut!" Ronald came over to shoot again, "This time it's better than last time. Let's do it again, this time with a different acting method."

Brad is a celebrity in school, and many people admire him for being the foreman of a "big company" like All-American Hamburgers in the 12th grade. When he arrived at the parking lot, his little brother helped him open the door.

"There are still 6 issues left, and this four-door luxury full-size cruiser belongs to me." Brad got out of the car and high-fived his brothers.

"cut!"

Brad's appearance scene was filmed, and next was the appearance scene of scalper Mike played by Romanus. Both appearances were in the school parking lot.

The part where you work in a mall during the summer is where several characters appear. At about the seven-minute mark, Ronald arranged for them to appear at the school. A good entrance shot can let the audience know what kind of person this character is in a few dozen seconds.

In turn, the audience will understand what kind of story will happen to them and how they will interact with other characters.

Therefore, Ronald attaches great importance to the appearance shots and strives for excellence. The filming progress is not as fast as in the mall, but we try to achieve the accurate performance of the actors.

Anyway, I shot it in the mall for a week and finished it one day ahead of schedule. Both producers were satisfied with the progress and quality of their work, and Ronald had the capital to spend more time crafting it here at Van Nuys High School.

"I'll give you four tickets for the fifth row, the lowest price totaling 140 US dollars." Romanus was telling several customers, hoping to trick them into buying high-priced tickets.

"See that sports car? That's Jefferson's car. He was a linebacker on our high school football team. An alumnus wanted him to join his college and gave Jefferson a sports car when he was in 10th grade. He was a linebacker on our high school football team. I picked it for him.

Football star Charles Jefferson, played by Forest Whitaker, drove a 1979 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 sports car past scalper Mike and parked in the parking lot.

"This is a good car." Two customers praised.

"Yeah, haha, he and I are old friends." Mike, the scalper, wanted to show off his power and walked up to greet Jefferson.

"Hi Charles, how are you today? It's a really nice car and you take good care of it."

"Don't fucking touch it dirty." Jefferson didn't give scalper Mike any face.

"Look, he is really a person with personality." Mike's expression changed, and he immediately turned around and praised Jefferson in another way.

"It's true," the customer said. For a moment, it seemed that Mike was really a man with many connections and great powers.

Forest Whitaker is tall, but not much taller than Robert Romanus, who plays Mike.

For dramatic effect. Ronald asked the prop team to place an apple box next to the car. Ask Whittaker to get out of the car and stand on a 20 cm high stepping wood.

The camera then looks up from Mike's side. When Whittaker got out of the car and stood up, he was suddenly much taller than Romanus. Romanus only reached his chest, instantly giving him the feeling of a giant.

"Cut! Very good, change the camera position and let's do it again." Ronald was very satisfied with the lens design of the photography director Matthew. This kind of Charles Jefferson is the university who did not hesitate to send alumni in order to attract him to join the school to compete in the NCAA. Genius for delivering cars.

The second camera position was shot from behind Whitaker. The camera was fixed on a stand and raised behind Whitaker, shooting from above. The camera operator and focus puller squatted on a small platform above the camera stand.

"!" Ronald ordered.

“Don’t fucking touch it,” Whittaker said the line again.

Romanus stood in front of him. As Whittaker stood up on the apple box, Romanus had to look up and speak to him.

The distortion of the lens makes the scalper Mike played by Romanus look even smaller, which is a bit funny.

The photography director Matthew, who climbed up and stared at it personally, was very satisfied with the shot and gave Ronald a thumbs up.

"Good, let's take another shot from the side."

Filmmaking is complicated, tedious, and boring. Soon the students watching could not stand it anymore. Waiting for 20 minutes and shooting for 20 seconds still showed no effect.

But once these shots are cut together in the editing room, they can smoothly express complex emotions and stories, allowing the audience to immerse themselves in the world created by the director.

In this encounter scene between scalper Mike and football star Jefferson, the front, back, and side shots are cut together to show Jefferson's physical talent and impulsive and irritable character.

The background of Scalper Mike, who is good at bragging and taking advantage of his situation, as he comes from a lower-class poor family, is also clearly visible.

However, the interest of high school students cannot be eliminated at once.

When it came time to shoot the indoor scenes, that is, when Spicoli arrived late and was kicked out of the history class by Mr. Hand, there was still a group of Van Nuys High School students standing outside the classroom door, poking their heads to see the secrets of the filming.

"Spicoli, this camera will focus on your and Mr. Walston's faces. I need an emotional close-up."

Sean Penn nodded to Ronald, indicating that he was ready.

Ray Walston, who plays Mr. Hand, is a veteran actor in Hollywood. He played Uncle Martian Martin in the TV series "My Favorite Martian" and is considered a household name on TV.

"Recording, camera,!"

"Mr. Hand...cut!"

Sean Penn was halfway through his lines when he suddenly stopped.

"What's the matter, Spicoli?" Ronald asked.

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