Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"It's very good. It seems that letting the actors adjust the camera in the air is feasible." The fighter jet just stopped on the runway. Ronald took off the oxygen mask and said to the pilot in the front seat of the F-14a, "Idiot (bozo)" said.

In order to shoot the footage in the cockpit, Ronald first sat in the Tomcat's radar officer's seat, turned on the camera in the air, and filmed a segment facing his face. He had to make sure the actors could stay calm at high altitudes and complete the operations of setting up the panels and turning the camera on and off.

"You are different. Those weaklings who get airsick are not necessarily the same," "Idiot" replied with a smile.

"Don't be too harsh on them... When I'm filming here, the rent to the Navy is not cheap." Ronald also laughed.

"Ronald, Ronald", Niceta ran over anxiously as soon as she got off the boarding ladder, "Quick, come with me."

"I'll come as soon as I go," Ronald said goodbye to the pilot calmly and got into Niceta's BMW parked next to him.

"What's wrong?" Ronald asked.

"Paramount CEO Mancuso suddenly called a meeting with all key people on the production team."

"What is he going to do again? Is Val Kilmer going to complain again?"

"It's not clear that producer Don Simpson, Bruckheimer, and vice president of production Ned Tanin were all summoned to a meeting by him. We suspect he has some secret plan, otherwise it is unlikely that he would have summoned all the key Character, I will accompany you to this meeting this time. If you have any questions, just watch my eyes."

Ronald still trusted Niceta's experience, and the two quickly arrived at Paramount's top executive conference room.

A small projector is assumed to be in the conference room, and a small screen is installed on the wall on the other side of the room.

Ronald slid into a seat at the end of the conference table and nodded to Simpson and Bruckheimer who were already sitting there. He found that Paula and Val Kilmer's managers were also sitting there.

"Now that everyone is here, let's get started."

Frank Mancuso and Ned Tanin opened the door from the adjacent CEO's office and announced that the screening of "Top Gun" samples would begin.

On the screen, scenes of female instructor Charlie giving lectures in the airport class, her date with Tom, etc. appeared. Seeing Ronald's deliberate shot of McGillis' legs being shot low, all the men present smiled knowingly.

And then on the screen came Tom Cruise,

Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, and Rosovich are four muscular men playing beach volleyball with their upper bodies bare. The body covered with olive oil exudes a glow of male hormones in the sun, which is impressive.

Ronald found that Mancuso's secretary, a middle-aged woman, was looking at it with gusto, opening and closing her mouth as if to say hello.

Finally, there are some shots of F-14 fighter jets taking off and landing in the sunset, taken on an aircraft carrier. Ronald hummed Top Gun's theme music secretly in his mind, dubbing these shots in his mind, a very powerful combination of music and video.

The film ran out, leaving a white patch on the screen. After seeing these selected samples, Ronald liked them very much. Judging from the pictures, these films have achieved his intentions. He turned to look at CEO Mancuso who had convened the meeting. What did he want to say?

Mancuso leaned forward, put his hands on the conference table, like a bird trying to spread its wings to scare its own kind, and said:

"What kind of crap are you taking pictures of?"

"Huh?" Ronald immediately sat up straight, staring at Mancuso, watching what truth he could say. Why is it garbage? Take a picture of this "junk" and let me take a look.

"Look at McGillis here, with this makeup, this posture, these high heels and stockings. Is she a Navy flying expert or a street girl on Hollywood Boulevard?"

"How the hell do I know what the girls on Hollywood Boulevard look like? It seems you are very familiar with her?" Ronald stood up suddenly and wanted to just yell back.

Niceta pulled his sleeve hard from underneath. He knew that this client really wanted to go all out, and an old-school guy like Mancuso couldn't stand it, which would completely stalemate the relationship.

Ronald glanced at Niceta and saw that his mouth seemed to be saying "calm down", and then slowly sat down.

"And with these four male actors, is it necessary for Beach Volleyball to be made like a low-budget soft porn film? Or is it a male-only version? Do you only make low-budget exploitation films?"

Ronald stopped cursing now. He ignored Mancuso and turned to look at the two actors' agents. Paula looked shocked, while Val Kilmer's manager seemed prepared.

Ronald looked at producer Don Simpson and Bruckheimer. The two people answered with shock in their eyes. They did not expect that Mancuso would completely degrade the sample photos to such an extent this time. Is this a reason to get the upper management of their crew replaced?

"And these, all the shots were shot with backlighting under the setting sun. What does this count? A music video? Or an advertisement?" Finally, Mancuso began to criticize the shots on the aircraft carrier again.

"You are so good at shooting commercials and music videos, why don't you just shoot those in the future? Big Hollywood productions need complete plots and performances that promote character growth. So far, all I have seen of the sample films you have shot is a large music video. "

"And you," Mancuso said, turning his attention on the two producers.

"When you were about to shoot, you told me that this is the inheritance of the golden age, it is patriotism, it is the reappearance of the spirit of John Wayne's great western films in the air. Now look at it, what is it?

Director John Ford, who shot a documentary for the U.S. military on Midway Island during World War II, braved Japanese air raids to capture the scene of the aircraft carrier being attacked. It was a great spirit of sacrifice. It is not such a sissy scene, with men and women, I want What I saw was a Western, not a Western erotica. "

Ronald looked at Ned Tanin next to Mancuso. At this time, he should come out to defend himself. He gave the green light to the film. If Mancuso is allowed to deny it, he will also have to be responsible as the person in charge of production.

Tanin shook his head invisibly at him, signaling Ronald not to have an attack on the spot.

Ronald frowned, he was puzzled. What kind of leverage did Mancuso get? Tanin didn't even say a word?

"The aircraft carrier, beach volleyball, and some important scenes of the heroine must be reshot." Mancuso came back and pointed at Ronald.

"Mr. Mancuso, this movie is rated PG and there will be no excessively erotic or violent scenes..." Ronald couldn't help but stood up and defended himself.

"Sit down!" Mancuso yelled.

"This is Paramount's glorious tradition. If you don't want to shoot it, you can replace it. Paramount has many mature directors who can shoot these scenes. They will know how to use classic Hollywood protagonists like Van Kilmer as actors. The centerpiece of the movie is the real way to make it.”

Ronald sat down angrily and glanced at Val Kilmer's agent sitting next to him. The other party looked at him a little triumphantly.

Ronald looked at Ned Tanin opposite again and motioned him to speak with his eyes. You are his, shouldn't you say something at this time?

Seeing that he was avoiding his gaze, Ronald decided to go in on his own and stood up to argue again.

"Union, two-thirds."

Niceta pulled Ronald desperately and said two words softly.

"snort!"

Ronald held back his anger, he understood what Niceta meant.

The main scenes of the movie have been shot, leaving only some aerial combat scenes. Ronald has already mastered the technical aspects, and it does not necessarily require a director with special talents to follow suit.

If Mancuso gets another director to do those scenes, kick him out. Then we re-shot some important scenes and retained the difficult aircraft carrier scenes that we shot ourselves. In this way, it is easy for the new director to shoot more than two-thirds of the total scene shots.

At that time, he can justifiably remove his name from the director column. Even the entire filming technology, filming logic, and the most difficult rivalry scenes were all handled by myself.

At this time, Don Simpson spoke up, defending Ronald and himself.

"I don't agree with some of your points, Mr. Mancuso. Today's new generation of viewers don't like old-fashioned preaching, but like the fast-paced editing of music videos and commercials.

Ronald's camera scheduling is in line with the lighting of classical oil paintings, and it is also the tone and temperament that the new generation of audiences like. This is so typical of John Ford westerns. "

Ned Tanin breathed a sigh of relief. Someone put the conversation into the rhythm of a normal technical discussion and he could talk.

"Frank, what Don said makes sense. Today's Hollywood is not the golden age. You don't necessarily have to rely on actors to advance the story and develop the characters. This is a high-concept big production, just like Spielberg's ET With Alien and Jaws, the audience is more likely to see a big scene and a big spectacle.”

Don Simpson continued, "Yes, today's audiences can watch TV series at home, where there are all dramas. They go to the cinema to watch those unprecedented scenes of aircraft carriers taking off and landing, flying and air combat, etc."

Mancuso interrupted them, "Of course I know this, but are we hiring Spielberg or George Lucas now? Apart from them, who else in Hollywood can make this kind of movie?"

Mancuso brought the topic back again, accusing Ronald of having gone off track as a director. He raised his hand and looked at his watch. The time was just right:

"I would like to remind you that the Commander-in-Chief is about to give a keynote speech on the current situation in Hollywood. It's almost time."

As he spoke, he turned on the TV and used the remote control to tune to NBC's live broadcast.

"Is this planned?" Ronald looked at the TV. The commander-in-chief had just met him. What could he say?

The leader was on a podium and was about to give a speech. On the wall behind him was a wooden title "Conservative Political Action Conference." This is an event held annually by conservative forces in America. This year the T\u0026T was invited to deliver a keynote speech.

"...I believe that those who seek to overthrow the current government in Nicaragua are morally equal to our founding fathers. I again call on Congress to pass the $14 million appropriation for them..."

"Conservative values ​​are the foundation of the United States, and they have now become the mainstream values ​​​​in hundreds of millions of families. We have a responsibility to them, and we must cherish these conservative values."

The commander-in-chief said a lot of praise for the resurgence of conservatism in America. He stopped to take a sip of water and remembered the commission from his old friend Sinatra.

"We are an American nation, and our movies are our epics. I have noticed that in recent Hollywood, violence and pornography have become easier. Our ordinary American families are worried that their children have been influenced by Hollywood movies. .

We need to have more smart movies like Alien and Star Wars before them. Hollywood should make more movies of this type rather than those with more controversial, violent or adult themes. "

Mancuso heard this and turned around to look triumphantly at the group of people below, especially Ned Tanin. With the leader's speech on conservative values, his actions to eliminate Eisner's bad influence at Paramount are more righteous.

"Speaking of this, it reminds me of something. Two days ago, Nancy and I watched a movie shot by Sewell. This is one of our children. He has the same name as me and is also called Ronald. He has a unique vision. "Introduced." The commander continued his speech.

Mancuso found that the two producers Simpson and Bruckheimer, as well as Ned Tanning, all focused on Ronald.

The young and outrageous director looked at himself with a smile, pointed at his nose, and mouthed as if to say, "Yes, that's me."

"Nancy and I both loved the movie and I regret that it wasn't made in Hollywood.

This kid is directing a movie about naval aviation funded by Paramount. We need more of these Hollywood-produced on-screen heroes who relive America's best qualities, leadership, heroism, and sacrifice on screen. "

Mancuso's face quickly fell, and his face quickly changed from flushed with excitement to livid with anger, and then quickly turned into a dead white color. He touched his heart and felt a faint cramping pain. He felt like he was about to have a heart attack.

The commander continued his speech on television, "My dear friends of the Conservative Union, remember that we Americans are born to lead the world, and the sky - not the streets - is our limit."

"Nancy and I are already looking forward to the release of that kid's movie. There has never been a more exciting time, a time that inspires wonder and heroic achievement. Our space shuttles are sending ordinary people into space, and we're going sky, we don’t need roads.”

The commander-in-chief personally appointed Ronald to direct "Top Gun" and wanted to watch it at the White House.

Mancuso shivered and took out a pill from his pocket, picked up the water glass and swallowed it in one gulp.

Everyone, everyone except Mancuso, was having a hard time holding it in.

Tanin spoke, "Mr. Mancuso, Ronald and the others still have more shots to complete, why don't we break up now."

"Pfft, hahaha", Ronald and the two producers were laughing wildly at the gate of Paramount.

"It's really yours. When did you go to the White House? Is Nancy your aunt? Hahaha." Don Simpson couldn't stop laughing and hammered the front of his newly bought Ferrari. "It's no longer possible. I'm going to cry." Come out, look at Mancuso’s face.”

Nicita pulled Ronald into the car, "Don't laugh at the gate of Paramount, Ronald. This is our little experience as agents, someone will spread the word. We have to respect the CEO of Paramount... Pfft Chi...hahahahaha...get in the car quickly."

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