Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Ronald, the guest role you asked me to play is interesting. Coppola and others were unwilling to give me a few lines, but I was able to go tit-for-tat with the protagonist in your movie and have a lot of fun. You don't know, I was in When I was in acting school, one of my classmates was Jack Nicholson."

Roger Coleman was sitting in a dressing room set up in a corner of the California State University gymnasium, putting on his makeup.

Ronald asked him to make a guest appearance as a judge in the final dance competition, and he had a lot of lines.

"Oh? Now that you are retired, you can develop your career as an actor, and maybe you can even get nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor." Ronald smiled and handed over a cigar.

"Ha, this thing is good, a sign of successful people." Roger Coleman took the prop, picked up the match, struck it and lit it slowly.

Ronald remembered his promise. Every time he made a movie, he would always ask his former boss to make a cameo. This final dance competition also has such a judge, who just suits Roger Coleman's gentle look.

In addition, he wears gold-rimmed glasses, speaks in an organized manner, and has a more elegant temperament. I really don’t know how he managed to make so many plasma horror movies despite his majestic appearance as a university professor.

Roger Corman put on his makeup and took his seats behind the table with several actors playing judges. The entire set is somewhat copied from the "Flashdance" set-up, except that all the sets and props were downgraded two notches to fit the budget of an exploitation film.

But Roger Coleman obviously liked the tune. When he lit the cigar again and a puff of smoke came out, Ronald got all the departments ready to start.

"!"

Franco, the teacher of Kelly's jazz dance training class, is played by Ben Lodge, who looks very feminine and bad. He and his team had just finished dancing, retreating from the judges, and ran headlong into the trio of Motor, Tornado, and Kelly.

Franco saw that with the help of their manager, they had overcome his own obstacles and came to compete anyway. He immediately went back to the dance competition to protest against the judges played by Roger Corman.

"They are street dancers and are not eligible for this dance competition. Do you want them to go to Broadway to perform in musicals and dance those black dances?"

"There is no problem with your qualifications, but the purpose of this dance competition is to select actors for a new Off-Broadway musical. You..." Roger Corman looked at the registration form and found the names of the trio.

But he also kindly advised them not to waste time.

"Okay, next one! Let me tell you what kind of dance you will perform." The judge, played by Roger Corman, saw that the trio was speechless by this accident and thought they wanted to quit.

"I'm next, Tornado!" Tornado, played by Sabado, finally got angry. Why can't blacks and Latinos perform musicals on Broadway?

He pulled hard on the suit he was unwilling to put on to participate in the dance competition, and two sleeves were ripped off by him, "What I want to perform is street dance-break dancing!"

"cut!"

Ronald raised his head and glanced at the director of photography, who said OK. Roger Corman has always played this type of role with ease.

"Take care of the table here." Ronald called the assistant director, and led his assistants to clear up the documents and chores on the table, leaving a lot of space.

"Sounds!" Ronald asked the recording department to turn on the recorder that played the soundtrack, and the music of "Nothing Can Stop Us" came out.

"!"

The camera shot from the side, and the leader was Roger Corman. The trio began to dance a very rhythmic break dance. The judges had never seen this kind of dance before, and they all tapped their feet in surprise.

Franco was angry, "You promised me not to let them compete!"

"Get out of the way!" Roger Coleman waved his hand in disgust, telling him to get out of the way and not to hinder him from watching the dance of the trio.

"Okay, in that case, I'm withdrawing from the competition." Franco thought that he was forcing the other party in this way. The dance competition did not have his own dance group to support the scene. The judges persuaded him to keep him and expel the Kelly trio.

"Yeah!" The trio quickly ran over from behind. The three of them used their strength at the same time to jump onto the judges' table, and then jumped up while standing on the table.

The director of photography motioned to the coolies to move the camera slightly, and then zoomed in. The entire lens was filled with Kelly's pantyhose-clad thighs dancing in front of Roger Corman.

The yoga clothes with high slits, paired with the bottom leg warmers, a sexy Jane Fonda-style dress, Roger Coleman matched it with a happy look, and he really looked like a sanctimonious university teacher.

"cut!"

Valley haze

"Where's that iron arm?" Ronald yelled to the director of photography, "Quickly, let him come."

The camera operator, who had strong arms and was carrying a camera similar to a Steadicam, was called over.

"...Remember everything? You control the speed yourself." Ronald gave instructions.

"!"

The trio of Tornado, Motor, and Kelly, who received the highest scores, hugged each other in the middle of the dance floor.

The iron arm held the camera, photographed it from a low angle, and began to rotate around the three people.

The effect of shooting in this way is as if the trio is the center of the circle, and the camera is like the audience's gaze, drawing a circle.

"Cut!" Ronald saw that the iron arm operator was still very tired and shook his arm repeatedly. "Take a break for ten minutes and let's do it again."

This kind of lens is prone to problems, so I’m still worried if I don’t shoot it a few times. At this time, the benefits of the television camera come into play. You can use the video tape to play it back at any time, and you can quickly see whether the effect is good or not.

The movie camera does not have this ability, and the photographer must be trusted.

The judges, played by Roger Corman, awarded them the trophies. But after the awards were given, they were told directly that Broadway could not accept them as protagonists now. Maybe in ten years, they would have the opportunity to enter the highest art palace.

The important thing is not to conquer Broadway now, but to promote break dancing as a form. America is a commercial society. As long as people like to watch it, there will be greedy businessmen who will take advantage of it to make money.

After shooting this morning's footage, most people had no other plans for the afternoon, but everyone still stayed where they were. The news that Michael Jackson was coming was somehow leaked out. Everyone wanted to stay and meet the most popular singer in America.

"MJ!" The crowd suddenly cheered, and a group of people walked in from outside the stadium and surrounded this lean black man.

Michael Jackson was still wearing diamond-encrusted clothes and sunglasses. When he saw Ronald, he took the initiative to hug him.

"Let me introduce to you, this is the Boogaloo Shrimp, and this is Falcon..." Ronald introduced him to the main members of the crew, the most important of which were the two choreographers who were highly accomplished in break dancing. Dancing talent.

MJ first chatted with Boogaloo Prawn and Falcon. The two dancers were so excited that they dragged off their coats and danced their best moonwalk and popular mechanical dances.

Michael Jackson's eyes lit up when he saw it. His dance steps at the Motown concert had two shortcomings. The first was the backward dance step of the moonwalk, which was more powerful than graceful. Secondly, the movements of the upper body are too stiff. With the help of two talented choreographers, wouldn't it be even more exciting?

Michael Jackson nodded to the assistant who came with him, and he went to discuss cooperation with the two master choreographers.

MJ just took some time to sign autographs for the fans at the scene. Dozens of copies were signed one by one until the assistant came out and announced that time was over.

The group heads to a nearby beach, and Ronald directs the camera to focus on the walk leading to the dance venue.

MJ walked over from there and filmed it twice consecutively for editing. Then there was a close-up shot. MJ took off his sunglasses and said to the camera, "You guys dance very well, can we dance together?"

"cut!"

Michael Jackson is a star who often faces the camera, and he plays himself here, so the filming was not difficult. Just waiting for the editing afterwards to make his appearance the real ending of the movie. Finally, try to sway the audience's emotions.

"Is it that simple?" MJ came over and asked Ronald in a soft voice, "When I shot a movie last time, every scene had to be rehearsed and shot several times."

"Because you are playing yourself, MJ. Your natural performance is to act naturally, and your acting skills are also very good." Ronald replied, "I heard that you are also filming a TV commercial for Pepsi Cola? When will the filming start?"

"At the end of this month, we are going to shoot abroad, and I also wrote part of the script." Michael Jackson was very proud when talking about this matter, "I just used the Billie Jean single I mentioned last time as the background music."

"That's great." Ronald knew that there is a strong trend of adapting popular pop music into movies. In addition, many record companies have made a lot of money by entering the film industry. Many people are thinking about this idea and change the track. Make a fortune.

"I also want to adapt this billie jean single into a movie script. My agent told me about it, which sounds very interesting. Can you come and help me then? Ronald."

"Of course, I will help you read the script when I have time." Ronald agreed immediately. This song was sung by MJ at the Motown Memorial Concert, which was also the first time he danced the moonwalk break dance. Ronald wanted to see what kind of story he would adapt the song into.

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