Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Roger Corman faced the direction of the camera, and the bright light from there shone on his eyes, making him unable to see anything. Fortunately, he has guest-starred in many movies before and knows how to handle the daily life of filming.

He cheered up, tried hard not to sweat under the bright lights, and introduced the cinema's special products for the night of the comet to the actors playing customers. He picked up the most expensive tiara, put it on his head, and introduced it to the other party.

"Look, the comet headdress we have here is the cheapest. This one is only nine and a half yuan, this one is only eight yuan, and this one is seven and a half yuan. But if you blow on this one, the comet's tail can still move."

Roger Coleman asked the other party to blow the nine-and-a-half-dollar Comet ball he wore on his head. Behind him was an advertisement, "Night of the Comet." . The movie theater business was sluggish, so they took advantage of the comet to show all-night movies. When the comet came, the audience could come out to watch the sky.

Teenagers and girls alike liked the discounted price of this all-night screening, and came here to celebrate this rare celestial event with others, which occurs once every 60 million years.

"Cut!" Ronald yelled, and then quickly exchanged a look with the director of photography, Arthur Alexander, "This is very good, develop it, Roger, you are such a good actor."

"Bang!" A staff member opened the champagne and gave some to everyone's disposable cups. Everyone congratulated Roger Corman, one of the investors, on the successful shooting of the first scene of the entire film's cameo.

"Oh yeah!" shouted Cameron, Gale Heard, and Corman's long-time collaborator Mary Woronoff, who had been waiting behind the camera for a long time, leading the entire crew to give Roger Coleman applauded.

"Hey, why are you here too?" Roger Corman was wearing a dark red cinema staff uniform, glasses, and a comet-like headdress on his head, with two comets made of ribbons. The tail moves with the movement of his head.

"Hi, Roger. This is your big day. Whether you can win the Best Actor statuette at the Oscars in the future will depend on your guest appearance with Ronald today."

Mary Woronov was making noises from the side. She actually had no role to play today, but she just came to observe the acting skills of her former boss.

"Roger, this is your most important role since you started acting. You can also talk to the heroine. Isn't it much better than the last time you guest-starred in Joe Dante's movie as a guy who picked coins in a phone booth." Kamei Long also started joking with Coleman.

"What do you think, Ronald, how is Mr. Coleman's acting skills?" Gale pretended to be a reporter and simulated an interview with Ronald.

"I think Roger was a very talented actor, and his talent was squandered by making low-budget exploitation films year after year..."

"Hahaha, don't be stupid." The comet headdress on Roger Corman's head shook with laughter.

"Seriously, Roger, it would be perfect for you to play a movie theater owner." Ronald also laughed. Roger Corman plays a shrewd and stingy boss, and his performance is really good.

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"This one is also very good. Remember to print it, and we will take the next one." Ronald was very satisfied with Coleman's performance. He seemed to be an actor with a professional background. Although he could only play a limited role, the shooting was actually Not slow.

"You know what? I once took an acting class with Jack Nicholson. He didn't have the opportunity to act in a big studio at that time, so I gave him a lot of roles so that he could pay the rent. He paid me back I wrote several scripts and made them into movies."

During the lighting break between takes, Roger Corman sat on a chair to rest and chatted with Ronald.

"Oh, I didn't know you were taking acting classes with Jack. What genres did you learn?"

"The problem I need to solve in the acting class is actually to stimulate the actor's acting talent. I have no acting talent, so what I can learn is to relax and be natural, so that I can perform a performance that is convincing to the audience."

"Then why did Jack stop working for you?"

"It was after I finished filming 'The Wild Bunch' and 'Journey'. Both films starred Peter Fonda. He felt that he wanted to combine the themes of the two films and make a film about motorcycles and psychedelia. The movie market response will be very good. They found Dennis Hopper to be the director.

I found AIP and asked them to invest, but at the last minute, they asked Peter and the others to accept the supervision of the producer. If the two days of samples are not satisfactory, the studio can change the director and starring.

This condition made them mad. Later, Jack Nicholson helped them contact Columbia. Jack's condition was that he also played a role in the movie. This is 'easy rider'. "

Ronald raised his eyebrows. "Easy Rider" was a super hit movie in the late 1960s, ushering in the new Hollywood era and the prelude to the independent film era. Unexpectedly, it was a movie that Roger Corman missed. movie.

With a box office of more than 50 million in 1969, if Corman eats this fat, he may really emerge as a new force and become the ninth largest studio in Hollywood.

"Okay, director." The lighting team prepared the lighting for the next scene and the shooting continued.

"Look at my mouth, go! Patrol!" Roger Corman stood behind the counter, took out a large flashlight, and said to Regina, played by the heroine Katherine Mary Stewart.

"Flashlight, patrol, now!"

"Okay", Regina walked into the frame from the side, then bent down and took a portion of potato chips from the counter in front of Coleman, "I'll help you use up the inventory."

The camera zoomed out slightly and turned slightly to look at Regina's walking back.

"Hey, hey, hey... be careful, lower the flashlight, be careful of the audience throwing popcorn at you, and don't go to the screening room."

Roger Corman played this stingy yet humane boss well.

"Cut! Well...this print."

Ronald is very satisfied with the progress of the filming. The budget is very low, one million to achieve the effect of more than three million. One key is to save film. Ronald told the actors that if anything unexpected happens, they can improvise and don't stick to the lines in the script.

Catherine Mary Stuart, wearing a dark red uniform, came back from walking to the end. "Ronald, how did I do?"

"Perfect. Ready for the next one."

This time, Ronald did not lead everyone in applause at the end of each shot like he did when he last shot "Fast-paced Richmond High School". Instead, we save time as much as possible and directly let the coolies of the photography team move the camera.

The performance of mid-range transition scenes like this is not so tight. As long as Catherine Mary Stuart's performance is acceptable, I won't hesitate to praise it.

"Okay, okay, I'll come." The next shooting started, Catherine Mary Stuart faced an Atari arcade game machine and began to leave the abbreviation "reg" of her name on the high score record.

The camera begins with a close shot of Stuart's feet, photographing her plaid socks. Then move up and gradually towards her face.

"Regina, third place, reg...wait, who is this dmk? I have a whole page of Regina, but why is there a dmk inserted in the middle? Do any of you know a guy named dmk?"

The heroine Regina is an arcade game master. Taking advantage of the convenience of working in a movie theater, she marked all high score records with her own name. But when she came to play today, she found that the sixth place was occupied by a person named dmk, which destroyed the formation and made her furious.

"Cut! Well...this one will be printed too."

After Ronald and Photography knew that Arthur had confirmed, they called for approval. This one ends with a close-up of Catherine Mary Stuart's face. The reflection of the video game screen shines on her face, which makes many teenagers who play arcades feel the same way.

This scene will be placed shortly after the opening of the movie. Ronald needs such typical props and typical scenes to quickly portray the character. He thought that there was also an arcade scene in "Fast Tempo", so he added this section.

"So, director. Who is this DMK?" Catherine Mary Stuart stood aside and was quickly touched up by the makeup artist, and curiosity drove her to ask.

"No one. What I wrote casually was to portray Regina's personality. She pursues perfection, is very capable, and has a competitive spirit."

"Well, I thought it had some special meaning, like those posters." Catherine Mary Stuart pointed to the posters on the wall and said to Ronald.

"Haha, those are movie posters shot by Roger Corman Company before. This one is 'Death Race 2000', and there is Stallone in it. Mary Woronov also played a role in it."

"The atmosphere here is really good. Everyone is very helpful. You know what you should do without the director urging you. It's not like when I was on the set of 'Apple' in Minahan, where I danced for three days for one scene. I don’t know if my photos are good or bad.”

Ronald smiled. The reason for the high shooting efficiency was thanks to the help of Roger Corman. He introduced some experienced people who had shot with him before to the crew. They were all used to Corman's film shooting methods. That's "Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!"

Soon, the first day of indoor scenes came to an end. Roger Corman's cameo was also filmed and he came over to say goodbye to Ronald.

"Ronald, you did a good job. I have been observing you for a long time, and you have not forgotten the shooting methods of low-cost movies that I taught you."

"Of course, I still remember the secrets you told me. I sit on the chair and rest whenever I have free time, hahaha."

"To be honest, many people are not so careful after receiving big investments from big studios. When Coppola was filming 'The Godfather Part II', lighting took half a day, and there was no room for mistakes.

And I see that you didn’t hire many extras, only twenty. You use close-ups and close-ups to give the audience the illusion that there are many people. "

"Haha, Roger, you should take a look at my shooting schedule for tomorrow night. There are more than a hundred extras, and they will fill up the street outside."

"That's not the case. It's just for shooting needs. You spend every penny on the movie screen so that the audience can finally see it. I think your budget of 1.2 million is enough to beat others. of three million."

"Keep it up." Roger Corman patted Ronald on the shoulder. "And good luck shooting."

"thanks, I will."

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