Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Ronald yawned and put on his sunglasses to cover his red eyes from revising the script for a long time under the reading light on the plane. Got off the plane.

"Ronald, here", Richard came to pick up Ronald at the boarding gate early in the morning.

"Minahan has gone to the Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio to prepare for auditions and meet the filming team, which is all held there. Here's the coffee for you."

"Okay." Ronald, a little tired, took the double espresso from Richard and drank it all in one gulp.

The two got into Niceta's BMW and Richard drove Ronald to the dance class.

"We're here, Ronald", Richard woke up Ronald from his nap in the passenger seat.

After taking a nap, Ronald regained his energy. As soon as he entered the dance studio, he found Minahan already waiting for him. There were many "Soul Train" dancers waiting for auditions outside.

"Gaga, you're here, Ronald. This is the director of photography I found for you, Hanania Bell. He is a veteran and my fellow Israeli."

"Hello, Ronald." Hanania Bell is a photography veteran born in Israel. It turned out that I was filming the "After School Special" series of TV movies on ABC TV.

"Hello, Hanania." Ronald has worked with such photography directors who have backgrounds in making TV movies. He knows that they are technically proficient and are particularly good at shooting quickly, because the shooting progress of TV movies is faster.

I have some deficiencies in my grasp of cinematography. Because I was shooting an exploitation film, the impact was not outstanding. In short, speed is the most important thing.

Moreover, he is a fellow Israeli recruited by Minahan, so he should be reliable.

"This is Ivo Cristante, the art director I'm looking for."

"Hello, Ronald. I haven't seen the complete script yet. What important scenes do you have and what color style are you going to use?"

Ivo Cristante also knew that time was tight and skipped the small talk part and went straight to the important issues he wanted to solve as artistic director.

"Here are some of the changes I made on the plane," Ronald handed over part of the script he had just finished writing. "I only have one request. When I am filming, you must supervise the setting of the next few scenes. In order to compete for time, we have to shoot on a rolling basis.

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"No problem, let me take a look..." Ivo Cristante saw several scenes that needed to be designed, "an open-air banquet, an apartment for dance practice, a basement for dance fighting, and a solo dance in front of a convenience store... "

Ronald and he quickly agreed on the style of the scene, and Ivo Cristante made a list of the order of shooting first and then shooting. Basically, he could shoot at Ronald one or two days in advance. Before, modify the scenery.

“This is Pamela Basco,” Minahan finally introduced, “our casting director.”

"Hello, Ronald. I know time is very tight. What is your casting principle? We try to compress two auditions into one."

"Is Lucinda Dickey here?" Ronald didn't answer the question, but turned to ask Minahan, who was the first major role confirmed in the film, playing the heroine.

"Here, Lucinda," Minahan called back to Lucinda Dickey.

Lucinda is a good-looking beauty with a good figure and smooth muscle lines. It seems that she has a background in jazz dance with both strength and skills.

"You will participate in the casting with us, and then... where is the hairstylist? Later you will help her change her hairstyle. I want a youthful and uplifting one."

"By the way, Pamela, I'm sorry, my casting principles..." After Ronald ordered the hairstylist, he went back to discuss with the casting director Pamela.

Pamela smiled. It turned out that she was conflicted when she heard that it would take two weeks to complete the filming of an exploitation film. Now I see that the young director acts like he is the only one and everyone has to obey my orders, so I feel relaxed.

Directors are monarchs on the set, and those who are very democratic cannot be good directors.

"...There is only one principle: I would rather dance well than act well."

This was a lesson Ronald learned the hard way during the filming of "Flashdance." If "Break Dance" were like that back then, if the heroine was asked to perform a scene, she would have to be accompanied by four or five stunt doubles, and the filming would definitely not be completed in two weeks.

"In addition, I try to find actors with outstanding personalities, which are easier to use in fast shooting. Even if they are different from the script, I can rewrite the story conflicts and character personalities on the spot."

"Understand, you want them to act as they are, with distinct personalities, rather than good acting skills." Casting director Pamela became even more confident. This is not only a qualified director, but also a qualified exploitation film that will be in high demand.

Seeing Ronald's calm and composed assignment, Minahan was a little relieved, but he still secretly asked the casting director Pamela, "What do you think of Ronald?"

"If you're trying to make an exploitation film, there's nothing more reassuring than a director who knows how to adapt to circumstances."

Pamela smiled and started walking out to sort the actors waiting to audition. The two rounds of auditions were condensed into one round. She and Ronald discussed that they would interview three actors at once, and then pick out the good ones and audition with Lucinda Dickey to see the chemistry of the supporting roles.

"Please introduce yourself." Pamela began to put in the dancers from "Soul Train."

Three at a time, she and Ronald soon saw more than a dozen actors.

Two of them, Ronald and Pamela, were quite satisfied.

One was Bruno Falcon, a Latino. Ronald recognized that he was the villain who competed with the protagonist during the three-person group dance dance in the dream.

The other one is Timothy Solomon, a black man. He happens to play Bruno's partner and form a team.

"Please take a rest nearby. There will be another round of auditions later." Pamela called the next wave in.

All the dancers wear their own clothes for the audition. The costumes are full of bright colors like blacks and Latinos. The men also wear a lot of earrings and jewelry.

Ronald could see from the degree of fading of their clothes that none of them were very wealthy. Apart from selecting a few of the best to play the main roles, others who were willing to participate were all cast as extras and received the minimum wage.

"Please introduce yourself"

"My name is Jeff Parker."

“My name is boogaloo shrimp”

"My name is shabba doo"

"Please dance your best dance steps."

As soon as the three of them started dancing, Ronald recognized them immediately. The two guys with strange names are the two male protagonists in the dream, "Tornado" and "Motor".

“These two are great,” casting director Pamela said quietly to Ronald, “Shabado’s robot dance is very powerful, and his eyes are full of anger, which is exactly what you want to stand out.

Gu Ha

That Boogaloo shrimp dances like Mikhail Baryshnikov in break dancing. This kind of person must integrate his own personality into the dance. "

Ronald looked at Pamela, but he didn't expect her to think so highly of the prawns. Baryshnikov is a defected ballet star who was once the idol of his ex-girlfriend Antonia. This puts Da Xia on the level of top experts.

"Ahem," Ronald said to the two people who stopped dancing, "What are your real names?"

"My real name is Sabado, and my friend is Boogaloo Prawn. We earned our own names in hip-hop."

Ronald nodded secretly in his mind. These two people have become famous in the industry. In fact, they are almost the same as the crazy legs in New York. However, since the two of them are so quarrelsome, they need to understand who has the final say in the crew.

"Boogaloo prawns, and Sabado? Then the pay check I give you will also say the same...?"

The two of them were very excited, saying that they were selected, but the bank did not recognize this fancy name.

"My name is Adolfo Quinones." As the leader of the two, the Latino Sabado knew when to give in. He quickly announced his real name and then poked the Boogaloo prawn.

"My name is Michael Chambers." Daxia showed his white teeth that are unique to black people. He was young and relatively naive. When Sabado said this, he quickly followed.

"Prawn, Shabadoo, you and Lucinda break dance together and see the chemical reaction." Ronald said to the two of them.

Lucinda Dickey finished her hair, returned to the dance studio where she auditioned, put on her practice clothes, and started dancing with two breakdancing masters.

Daxia and Shabadoo found that Lucinda was not very good at this kind of street dance, and they began to show contempt for Lucinda, especially Shabadoo, who seemed to be angry that Lucinda could not keep up with their rhythm.

"You two show Lucinda how to find a slower-paced action combination." Ronald also felt that Lucinda was a bit out of tune with them, as if the three of them cooperated much better in the dream.

The two of them looked embarrassed, but decided on a slow pace for the sake of their roles.

Lucinda Dickey had just arrived from Arizona. She was very professional at jazz dancing, but she had never practiced break dancing, so she couldn't keep up with this slow-paced dance.

Ronald saw the problem. Jazz dance and break dance have different ways of exerting force. The same jump and landing, jazz dance pays attention to softness, overall strength, and the sense of strength is expressed in the overall movement of the body.

The take-off and landing of break dance are very hard, which requires high local force exertion of muscles. When other parts of the body are relaxed, the arms or legs where the dance movements are located can generate powerful force.

"Lucinda, you can also dance a jazz dance that you are good at." Ronald saw that the prawns also began to show contempt, and quickly asked Lucinda Dickey to show her skills.

Prawn and Sabado's critical eyes finally softened. However, they still don't like this kind of professional jazz dance. They highly admire their free break dancing and believe that this is the embodiment of free spirit.

This is indeed a problem, break dancing is done by poor kids on the street who can't even afford clothes. Jazz dance practice generally costs money, and dancers cannot at least be said to be destitute.

Ronald thought for a moment and asked Falcon, who was about to dance the villain dance, and Solomon to come and try dancing with Lucinda Dickey.

"These three seem to be more harmonious." Minahan whispered from the side.

"Strange", the three of them were more harmonious, but Ronald couldn't see any chemical reaction between the three of them. It's like... it's like a break dancing teacher leading a student.

Unable to think clearly, Ronald wanted to put aside the casting for the time being. He was not sure whether it would be better to follow the matching in the dream, or if it would be better to change it? Falcon and Solomon are more photogenic, and are more popular with female viewers than the skinny monkey-like Sabado and Daxia.

"Ronald, your friend the Handyman is here." The assistant opened the door, and in walked the Handyman on crutches, Eddie Rodriguez.

"Hi Eddie" Ronald stood up to greet him and gave him a hug.

"Are all your students here? Are you ready to appear in the movie?"

"Yes, I asked them all to wait outside."

The hand man still looked shy and talked softly to Ronald.

Sabado and Boogaloo Prawn began to feel dissatisfied again. They spoke as if this disabled person with crutches had to play a role in a movie. What does that mean?

Ronald heard Sabado mutter, "Show your skills to them, hand man, they are all professionals."

The hand man smiled shyly, threw away his crutches, and then did a full Thomas spin on the floor, then a back spin, and finally a head spin. His feet were weak, but the speed of the spin was very fast, and soon it was like Normal people use inertia to drive their legs to start making various movements.

"Oh, shxt!"

The four hip-hop masters were very shocked. They stepped forward to hold the hand man and asked him questions. These moves were very technical and they couldn't do them.

Several masters began to communicate. While chatting, he began to demonstrate his actions. Break dancing dancers have no reservations. They always communicate with each other when they meet masters and respect them very much.

Watching them warmly welcome the hand man, Ronald was very happy because he wanted to give the disabled dancer a chance. His enthusiasm and selflessness were touching.

After watching for a while, Ronald frowned again. He seemed to have figured out the problem with the cooperation between Sabado and Lucinda Dickey.

Jazz dance represents the orthodox middle-class white children, and break dance represents the poor Latino or black children on the street. No wonder Sabado looks like he wants to eat Lucinda alive.

He wanted to show off in front of her, and belittling her was the best way. Just like in school, some bad boys always like to pull pretty girls' hair and bully them to attract girls' attention.

The Boogaloo Shrimp is like Ralph Mazio who played the role of Longwei Kid. He has not yet developed. He does not deliberately provoke Lucinda. He is purely disgusted with Lucinda's lack of skills.

Which pair should I choose to match Lucinda?

"Do you feel that there is a strong confrontational pressure between Sabado and Lucinda, as if the swords are on the verge of breaking out?" Ronald asked the casting director Pamela quietly.

"This is sexual antagonism. Only with this kind of antagonism and attraction between men and women can they go to bed. The Boogaloo prawns haven't developed yet, so you can't see it. As for Falken and Solomon, they are already attracted to each other. The default Lucinda is fearful and does not have the challenge and conquest of the bad boy like Sabado."

Ronald looked at the casting director in amazement, this insight was very wise and he benefited a lot.

Pamela smiled, "This is what the screenwriter Neil Israel said to me when I was just casting for a movie called 'Police Academy'. He insisted that a girl would be more suitable and convinced the director. My impression of this theory is Very profound.”

"Who is that girl? Did the actor who starred with her also bully her in this way?"

"It's not exactly the same. The actor's name was Kim Cattrall. She looked a bit like Monroe. She was the kind of gorgeous actress who exuded infinite beauty and attracted men to open their tails in front of her. At that time, we all felt that she was a little different. Only Nick I said it most clearly, it's the kind of sexual confrontation that the audience will immediately be immersed in."

"Okay, then let's choose Sabado and Prawn to team up with Lucinda Dickey." Ronald made up his mind.

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