Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Four people dancing one-on-one, it's a bit like pretending to be real.

Tornado and Motor, especially the actor who played the black boy Motor, had a Boogaloo prawn dance that surpassed the rest of the group and visibly surpassed everyone present. So they successfully fought each other and even took off each other's coat.

But the two opponents didn't care at all. They showed an evil smile, split from the middle, and the two pulled out a short female dancer from behind. The female dancer held their hands, swung out like a swing, stood opposite the whirlwind and the motor, and began to provoke.

It turns out they also have a female partner. The three of them formed a team to challenge the whirlwind and motor again.

The fighting dance between blacks and Latinos is actually nothing more than a way to attract the opposite sex. Whoever dances well will be favored by beautiful women. If this beautiful woman can also break dance, she is simply amazing.

The female dancer returned to her side, and the three of them began to dance as a team. They were all simple movements, but they made Tornado and Motor look frustrated.

Now that the opponent already has a female partner, no matter how well Tornado and Motor dance, they have already lost the game.

Ice t, who serves as DJ, also started to get popular:

“At this point in the game, there is no suspense about the outcome.

Don't be discouraged, even you will be defeated! "

"cut!"

After this dance battle, the story will continue to develop. Kelly begins to learn break dancing to help Tornado and Motor regain their place. After their training, Kelly's dance added elements of break dancing and was noticed by an agent. , I want to push her to debut.

However, Kelly said that without Tornado and Motor, she was not willing to sign the contract by herself. If she wanted to sign the contract, three people would have to sign as a team. The agent was persuaded by her and agreed to let her watch a dance battle between Tornado and Motor.

So Kelly and her manager once again went to the basement where dance battles are held all year round.

That's how exploitation films are shot. Everything in one scene is shot at one time. Moreover, it is not as particular about lighting as large-scale productions, and speed is more important than ensuring quality.

So the shooting speed,

It just depends on whether the actors perform well or not.

Ronald waved costume and makeup in, giving all the principal actors a new look. Anyway, several of the important characters are poor people, so they just changed back and forth with a few clothes brought by the actors themselves.

This time it was Ma Da's turn to have Chinese characters appear on his clothes, with the word "famous" written vertically, which made Ronald laugh.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with what I'm wearing?" The Boogaloo prawn was a little confused by the laughter.

"No, the Chinese characters above are very auspicious and mean to become famous. Maybe you will become famous after starring in this movie."

"Oh yeah?" Boogaloo Prawn is also a big boy with no agenda in life. He was very happy to hear what the director said.

Lucinda Dickey wore black and red clothing, a pair of cheap black Nike shoes on her feet, a black gauze skirt on her upper body, a red long-sleeved T-shirt underneath, and light makeup.

At first glance, Ronald was very eye-catching, much sexier and more beautiful than the female dancers on the other side of the dance competition. The most important thing is that she wears a pair of leg warmers on her ankles, which are original products from Ronald's factory. Although according to the background of the script, Kelly, a poor girl working in a burger shop, may not be able to afford it, but it is an exploitation film. , it’s okay to bring the goods for yourself.

"!"

"Wow, is this the break dance fight you're talking about?" The blond manager is played by a handsome actor named Christopher McDonald. He often plays supporting roles in TV series, and he is very familiar with this kind of role.

"I have to find someone to film these dance moves." Manager James couldn't help but start shaking to Ice T's rap. This kind of music really makes people unable to stop.

This time it was Tornado and Motor's turn to show off. They also moved to the sides, revealing Kelly behind them.

Lucinda Dickey practiced gymnastics as a child, and later turned to jazz dance. She landed on the ground with a front somersault, and then started to challenge the other girl with a break dance mixed with gymnastics moves.

"Oh, what will this girl bring tonight? Let's wait and see!"

ice t started improvising again.

The three opponents were stunned. The female dancer even tried to imitate, and then gave up in despair.

It should be said that Cinda Dickey's dancing skills are not inferior to Sabado's at all, but she has a background in jazz dance, while Sabado has a background in break dancing, and neither of them can dance the other's dance well.

"Look at this, look at that, which one can you do?"

ice t no longer cares about the reputation of the rival trio. There is a white girl who can incorporate "noble" jazz dance moves into break dancing, so she quickly improvises lyrics and praises her.

Opponents count, Motor, Tornado, and Kelly celebrate with joy.

"Cut! Let's do it again!"

Ronald's filming went smoothly today, and he finished all the dance scenes on time at six o'clock in the evening.

After the cast and crew were gone, only Ronald and Minahan were left, getting into a van together and starting to direct the editing.

In the editing truck, the editor had synchronized the sound and video of the previous day. In order to ensure the progress, Minahan asked the two editors to work in two shifts.

"This hand man is still the best dancer!" Minahan also squatted next to Ronald and watched the clip played on the monitor. "If I hadn't known that he was disabled, I wouldn't have been able to tell at all just by watching the dance."

"His level is top-notch, and today's Boogaloo prawns were also very good. Both of them are beyond the others. And Falcon's fusion of robot dance and noodle dance is also very good."

"Yeah," Minahan listened to Ronald's opinion, "Boogaloo prawns, Falcon..."

He kept repeating the names of the two actors several times to deepen his impression, "Boogalo, Boogaloo, this name is quite easy to pronounce."

"Boogaloo is actually the name of a black music style," the editor added.

"Their names are all weird anyway." Gu Gu

After a few editing points, Ronald began to yawn, "I'm tired, you continue to make rough cuts. I have to go to bed."

In this way, the first week of filming gradually passed. On Saturday, the rest of the crew went home to rest. Only Ronald and the four male lead dancers were left, sneaking in the RV at night and arriving. A corner of Melrose Avenue.

"We have already agreed with the shop owner not to make any big noise and to leave as soon as we finish filming."

Minahan directed the lighting team to arrange lights at the entrance of a convenience store on the corner.

The camera crew went into the convenience store and started setting up cameras.

Ma Da, played by Boogaloo Prawn, started mumbling to himself with a broom in front of a thief-proof mirror.

Tornado laughed at him, "Who do you think you are? Fred Astaire?"

"Who?" Mada didn't recognize this legendary white musical star.

"Forget it, you'd better take the broom and sweep the floor."

The reason why Tornado and Motor are so close is because they work as cashiers in the same convenience store. The two have the same interests, work together, and have learned many innovative dance moves from each other.

Ma Da is a person with pure interests. When he sweeps the floor, he also brings a dual-card large-speaker recorder to play music. After a few random sweeps, he started dancing with the broom again.

"Departments prepare!" Ronald pointed the camera at the door of the convenience store. "You just need to pan the camera and keep up with the dance steps of the Boogaloo prawns. You don't have to do anything."

"Okay", the photography director went down to explain.

"You can dance how you want later." Ronald pulled the Boogaloo prawn and ordered.

"Ouch...ah...oh...ah..." A heavy breathing sound came from the speaker of the recorder.

Motor began to improvise.

He started with a series of moonwalks, which were very compact, and his feet seemed to be sliding on ice. The elegant feeling was much better than MJ's live performance at the Motown concert that day.

"Hmm..." Ronald touched his chin and thought of a move.

The motor moved repeatedly on the ground, and his shoulders seemed to be equipped with springs, and began to vibrate like a spring-loaded puppet to the tight drum beat.

Then he pushed the broom down to the ground and jumped around the standing broom.

The extremely rhythmic dance steps made Ronald happy to watch.

The motor circled the broom with his hand a few times, then gently pushed it over.

He stepped forward and raised his hand, as if to summon the broom back.

Gradually, the broom seemed to hear his call, jumped on the ground, and then slowly stood up.

"cut!"

"How's it going?" Ronald quickly asked the director of photography, "You're not wearing any clothes, are you?"

"No problem", the photography director made an OK gesture.

"Okay, get ready for the next one."

It turns out this is a magic trick from the Boogaloo Shrimp Club. When his hand was spinning around the broom, he tied it with a very thin fishing line and stuck it on the pre-reserved bayonet.

Then with a gentle pull, the broom slowly returned to its original position.

"!"

The next action was for the motor to surround the broom and perform a magic trick. When he raised his hand, the broom rose into the air as if it was under magic. With the control of the motor hand, it seemed to be attracted by an invisible magnet in the palm of his hand.

Then the Boogaloo prawn controlled the broom with one hand and performed a moonwalk.

His dance steps were gentle, and his broom seemed to be floating in space as he moonwalked, moving forward and backward with the motor.

"cut!"

"How about this time?"

"No problem, I zoomed in to a close-up and there was no blur." The director of photography said it was no problem.

"Is this really a masterpiece?" Minahan saw this "Motor Broom Dance" in the editing car the next afternoon and exclaimed.

"You know what? He reminded me of Fred Astaire, in the old movies, where he jumps up the wall and ends up on the ceiling. A mysterious force... I was As a little kid, I saw this in my dad's screening room. I thought, when I grow up, I'm going to make these amazing musicals."

"Hmm..." Ronald's mind was not on Minahan's whimsical imagination at all, but on his own problem.

The finale of "Break Dance" sees Motor, Tornado, and Kelly team up to compete in a Broadway audition dance competition. Several judges didn't like their break dancing at first, and under the operation of Franco, the dance coach who harassed Kelly, they wanted to eliminate them without allowing them to compete.

But in the end, the judges were convinced by Tornado's speech about freedom and let them break dance, and the trio finally succeeded, winning the dance competition and landing the title role in a new Broadway musical.

"This ending is too much like 'Flashdance.' If it were shot like this, the critics would complain about it." Ronald thought, "And in 'The Kid,' I wanted to imitate Billy Wilder in that The climax and aftertaste of the false ending seems to be something you can try here.”

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