Exploiting Hollywood 1980

At the winter surfing spot on Venice Beach in Los Angeles, many people filming movies came today, which made the teenagers who still surf in the winter very excited, because they had the opportunity to be background actors, and several top players also had the opportunity to appear on camera.

Thanks to the wet suit invented by surfing legend Jack O'Neill, surfers can finally surf on the beaches of the West Coast in winter. This kind of clothing made of foamed neoprene can also maintain the body's temperature in a water environment.

"We only shot three shots on the beach today. We found a rolling wave to take a panoramic view of Sean Penn's surfing, then a shot of him running with a surfboard between his legs, and finally a shot of him walking up from the sea."

Ronald was communicating with the filming team on set.

It turned out that the director of photography and the first assistant director, who had a tacit cooperation with the crew, had already found new jobs and could not come back to reshoot the surfing competition scenes.

Today, working with a temporary team, Ronald needed to confirm many details with the team members one by one.

"Sean, how are you?" Ronald asked Sean Penn, who flew in from Chicago to reshoot. He had freed himself from his Method obsession and no longer asked directors and crew to call his character by his name, Spicoli.

"I'm ready." Sean Penn, wearing a wet surf suit, had been running in place for a long time to warm up. It’s still a bit cold to go into the water in this weather, so you need to be fully prepared to warm up.

"Okay, let's get started." Ronald ordered.

Sean Penn himself is a surfer. Although he is not at the level of a real professional player, he can still run decently on the beach holding a surfboard.

"Yeah...hoo..." Sean Penn yelled, threw the cold-waxed surfboard into the sea, then jumped into the water and swam towards the surfboard floating on the surface.

"cut!"

Even though he was wearing a wet surfing suit, Sean Penn was still shivering from the cold wind. Ronald glanced at the unresponsive assistant and had no choice but to pick up the blanket and rush to put it on Sean Penn.

"Ronald..." Sean Penn, who was shivering from the cold and couldn't speak clearly, got into the RV on the roadside and recovered in the heater.

"Next time, remember to give him a blanket as soon as I tell him to stop." Ronald turned around and told his assistant.

Assistant who just graduated from college,

He smiled sheepishly. Grab another blanket and prepare it nearby.

"Fortunately, we only had one afternoon to shoot." Ronald himself was blown by the cold wind and tightened his coat. It's almost the end of January in Los Angeles, and it's still a bit cold in the seaside environment.

"!"

After Sean Penn finished resting, he plunged into the sea again, then stood up straight from the sea, brushed his hair, and walked up from the water step by step with a smile on his face.

"cut!"

The assistant rushed over and put a blanket on him. Sean Penn seemed to have suddenly run out of energy and was shaking while hugging the blanket.

"Dry it off first, then go to the RV to warm it up."

Sean's professionalism was unquestionable. He tried hard to hold it in, pretending to be happy and took the shot of landing, and then started to shiver from the cold.

But when I opened the RV door just now, an unpleasant smell wafted out. Only now did Ronald find out who was smoking something he shouldn't have been smoking on the set. Sean Penn hides things very well.

The last shot is a long shot of Spicoli surfing in the sea. Ronald personally directed it with an electric horn, allowing the professional surfers who usually surf here to get into the water together and perform various background actions.

"Now let's shoot a scene without Sean. Show off your unique skills. After he goes into the water, you can hold back a little to highlight Sean's level."

Ronald shouted to them that most of these surfers who had to go into the water in winter were experts at the professional competition level. It would be difficult for Sean to surf among them and overpower them. He can only let these people give him a little bit.

"Director, we are all very good at surfing. When are you going to let us be the protagonists and make a movie?"

"Four million dollars for the release package, one-stop service from script to shooting." Ronald also joked with them.

"Hahaha……"

While they were happy, Ronald picked up the electric horn again and said, "Whoever wants to show off their skills too much, I will cut off your scenes. Supervise each other, as long as you listen to me, I will give you You have a lens to show yourselves.”

"No problem, director."

"who do you think You Are?"

There were people with all kinds of mentality in the crowd, but Ronald didn't care about it. It was just a long shot anyway. If it didn't work, he could just cut it shorter so that the audience wouldn't be able to tell.

"Cut!" The last scene of Spicoli surfing in the ocean was filmed, and the whole crew started packing up their things and moved to the studio at Universal Studios to shoot the guest scenes of Brooke Shields and David Letterman.

The motorcade drove to a studio in the middle of Universal Studios, where the talk show scene had been set up in advance, waiting for the two guest stars to come and play with Sean Penn.

"Brooke Shields, do you think she can be on my show? My talk show is about to change from morning to evening." David Letterman came to the studio early in the morning, saw Ronald walking in, and chatted with him stand up.

"Her work is arranged by her mother, Terry. You can talk to her about it. But Terry is not an easy negotiating opponent, so you have to think carefully."

"It would be great if Brooke Shields could be there for the first premiere."

"I know she was on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show, and your..."

"Yeah, the ratings. It's definitely not as good as Carson's. But I ranked it after his show is over, so some viewers will stay on NBC and continue watching."

"I can't help you with this..."

"Nothing, I'm just saying that CAA helped me find Bill Murray as a guest for the first show."

Letterman was curious. He watched the lighting team setting up the lights and asked some questions. Finally, Ronald asked him to sit still on the sofa and let the photography assistant measure the focus.

"Is this going to be filmed? I'm going to interview him here?"

"Yeah, just like your talk show. But the movie rights weren't acquired, so what we set up was a little different than your morning show."

"Understood, understood."

After rehearsing several times, Ronald called the official start of filming, "!"

"Spikoli, not only did you win the Los Angeles championship of the International Surfing Grand Prix, but you also saved the presenter Brooke Shields. How do you feel?" David Letterman showed his signature smile and asked Sean Penn opposite. speak.

"cut!"

Ronald stopped, "Great, let's do another one. Letterman asking questions again."

"Why, don't you film his answers?" Letterman was making a movie for the first time and was not familiar with the process. He thought movies were similar to TV, and he followed the order of questions and answers.

"No, lighting takes a lot of time. We'll shoot your part first, and then we'll shoot Spicoli and Brooke Shields' answers. We'll just edit them together in the end."

The camera focused on Letterman again. He glanced at the assistant who was prompting the person opposite and said, "Brother, what did you think when he rescued you?"

"cut!"

Ronald checked with the photographer, "David, your solo scene has been filmed. Just wait until Brooke comes and shoot another main shot."

"Okay." Letterman's excitement hadn't passed yet. He sat on the sofa and leaned against the table to feel it. "This arrangement of yours is very good. I'll ask them to do it in the studio as well."

While talking, Brooke Shields and her mother Terry walked in. Her hairstyle today was made into big waves, and the hair on her head was blown high. A gray and white plaid men's jacket made her look very capable.

"Hi, Ronnie," Brooke greeted Ronald.

"Brooke, let me introduce you, this is Sean, he plays Spicoli. This is David Letterman, guest host, his specialty."

"Hi David, I've seen your morning show."

"Hello Brooke, my talk show will be moved to the evening time slot. When will you be free to come on my show?"

"My mother handles all my affairs. I like your show very much. Were you there when we went to the Johnny Carson Show last time?"

"Yes, I was still writing for Johnny at that time."

Ronald asked them to sit down and while they were putting on makeup, he told Brooke the drama.

"You play yourself, a teenage idol, handing out awards to Spicoli, the winner of the Surfing Grand Prix. You accidentally fall into the sea, and Spicoli jumps into the sea to rescue you. Then you get on Letterman's couch together. Talk show.

Letterman will ask you what you thought when Spicoli saved you. Just look at him lovingly and say..."

"With him by my side, I feel at ease and safe." Brooke read the lines in advance and recited them.

"Yes, do you usually have someone who can make you feel at ease just by standing next to you? Just imagine Spicoli as him, and then act according to the feeling of ordinary life.

For example, with your mother, do you feel more at ease when she is standing next to you? You have a feel for it, and if necessary, I'll ask Terry to stand next to you when taking a close-up. "

"No, I can do that." Brooke waved her hand not to invite her mother over. Terry's drinking problem has been well controlled recently, but standing next to her, Brooke doesn't feel nervous.

"Okay, let's try it right away."

"Recording? Camera?!"

"Porgy, what did you think when Spicoli rescued you?"

Brooke Shields glanced at the camera, and Ronald stood behind the cameraman looking at her. Poky felt a little reassured. She herself is also aware that her acting skills are poor. The rare two times when her acting skills were outstanding, it was Ronnie who guided her on the spot. No, it was four times, and I was pinched twice by him.

"With him by my side, I feel safe and secure." Brooke said her lines to the camera.

"Cut!" Ronald said after confirming, "Very good, Poji, you played very well!" It seems that Poji is a little enlightened?

"The next step is a main shot, where we go over the conversation just now."

"!"

Letterman asked the same question again, "Brookey, what did you think when Spicoli rescued you?"

"I feel safe and secure." Brooke Shields looked at Spicoli, played by Sean Penn.

Ronald was surprised that this time Poky's expression was not as natural as last time, but fortunately it was a panoramic view, so the editing could just insert the close-up.

"What do you think, Spicoli?"

"Okay!" Spicoli showed his stupid signature smile and giggled.

"cut!"

After a few more shots, Ronald stopped. Today's reshoots are complete. They just need to be developed and added to the unfinished copy to make a complete working copy, which can be used to make a copy that can be played in front of an audience without editing stops or popping sounds. .

"Thank you, Brooke. Thank you, Mr. Letterman." Ronald stepped forward to thank them.

"I told my mother, and she agreed that I should start learning acting skills and transform into an actor." Brooke Shields shared her recent trends with Ronald in a low voice.

"Congratulations, you must have received many audition invitations, right?"

"There are quite a few, I will choose them with my mother. Goodbye, Ronald." Brooke waved to him goodbye with her wavy hair.

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