Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Dong dong, dong... dong dong, dong..."

"cut!"

Ronald stopped the filming, "Tomita, come here." He reached out and called the heroine Tomita Tan Ling, who was wearing a white shirt and overalls, and looked confused after being stopped.

Since the head-on conflict with Ralph Mazio's manager, the two newly-minted stars have become big names in the filming, and there have been fewer requests for various treatments. Ronald's filming progress gradually began to speed up.

However, today's filming of Kumiko, played by Tam Ling Tomita, teaching Daniel traditional Japanese dance, he encountered quite an obstacle.

"What kind of person do you think Kumiko is?" Ronald knew that the girl had no experience in making movies and might not realize what her problem was, so he had to guide her slowly.

"I think he is a typical Ryukyu girl who is very motivated and wants to go to America to pursue ballet studies."

Tomita Tan Ling was a little embarrassed. This was the third time she had been stopped from dancing. His speaking voice has also become much quieter.

"You understand very well, but I think Kumiko may not be a typical Ryukyu girl. A typical Ryukyu girl does not pursue the dream of ballet, are you right?"

"Well... Director, you are right, I didn't expect it."

"Actually, you and Kumiko have similar backgrounds. You came to America from Ryukyu and then pursued an acting career. If you hadn't been influenced by American culture, you wouldn't be so independent and free to bravely pursue your dreams. Am i right?"

Ronald felt that Tomita's understanding of acting was a bit misguided, so he had to teach her slowly. I am not an acting coach. Not to mention I don’t know how to teach deep-seated things, I haven’t learned them either.

Fortunately, as a bystander, Ronald saw Tomita's problem clearly. This is a common mistake beginners make.

"What you need to pay attention to when performing is the reaction of your opponent. Your focus cannot be fixed on your own heart. How do I play this role well?

Instead, you need to integrate the character and yourself into one, and pay attention to the expressions, thoughts, and lines of your opponent's actors. Just like in our daily life, our attention is also outside the body. "

"Director, you are right, I know what you mean." Tan Ling Tomita is very perceptive, and she understood that she was thinking too much.

"Express your own characteristics more,

Rather than wanting to play Kumiko. A little less conservative than Japanese girls, a little more independent and free like American girls. Kumiko is you, you are Kumiko, understand? "

"!"

After filming again, Tomita Tam Ling's performance turned out to be much more natural. Once her mental pressure was gone, she became very relaxed. In some scenes, she even outshone Ralph Mazzio, who played Daniel next to her.

Ralph Mazio also felt this, and he also strived to exert greater momentum in his performance. In this virtuous cycle, the quality of the two's rivalry scenes began to get better every time.

"Dong dong...dong, dong dong...dong" Kumiko danced to the rhythm. This Japanese dance has a unique charm, with the body turning left and right and the hands making various clapping movements at the side.

Ronald watched from behind the camera. It was rare that the screenwriters hired by Weintraub were able to connect Daniel San's trick in the second movie with this kind of dance. Using the rotation of the waist to hit continuously can allow ordinary viewers to understand the beauty of this trick.

"cut!"

The crew moved to a road on Oahu and had already found an electrical appliance store in advance. On both sides of the road, people have stopped cars, and the flow of people on the road is all staged by extras.

"!"

"I'll show you my dream." Kumiko pulled Daniel to the door of the electronics store.

"Do you want to be a salesperson?"

"No, I'll show you my dream."

The salesperson in the electronics store spoke a few words in Japanese to Kumiko, and then put the "Famous" video tape into the machine.

"Is this your dream? To be a dancer?"

"Yes."

The camera shoots from between the two male and female protagonists. Their backs are sandwiched between the TV set in the window, and gradually moves forward. Antonia Franceschi's dance inside is gradually enlarged, and then occupies the entire screen. .

Ronald looked from behind the camera, filled with memories of his youth.

"Ronald," director of photography James Crabbe called softly, but the director didn't respond.

This scene has been filmed, do you still need to do any improvisational performances between the two of you? Crabbe rubbed his chin and thought that many directors would deliberately not stop and let the actors continue to do some improvisational performances. In this way, the lines they forced out would sometimes be more realistic.

"Where did you learn ballet?"

"There is no ballet school on Ryukyu Island."

"Oh, that's too bad."

Ralph Mazzio and Tam Ling Tomita, knowing that the director didn't tell them to stop, didn't dare to look back and see what happened, so they had no choice but to continue talking nonsense. However, what the two of them said was quite interesting, and they fully expressed the thoughts of a Ryukyu girl.

"Huh? Cut!" Ronald suddenly reacted. He was lost in memories and forgot to shout stop. Fortunately, the two improvised their lines well.

…

The filming continued for many days, and the two new stars remained obedient. Although they can no longer be as involved as they were in the first film, using a video recorder to capture all the rehearsal scenes, and then dismantling and figuring it out piece by piece.

But after the baptism of the first film, the images of the two have become household names in America. And the two of them have been playing these two roles in and out of life this year. So although Ronald was not completely satisfied, he still felt that the performance was eight or nine points.

The two stars are certainly different from the actors who debuted back then. What celebrities think about is not the drama and overall effect, but deepening their own image in the minds of the audience.

Ronald also knew that this was a necessary compromise. Sometimes the filming was not perfect, and when he wanted to start over, he would think to himself, "Anyway, this is a sequel. Anyway, this is a sequel. Just make money, just make money. Long live eighty, long live eighty." "

On this day, I took a picture of Daniel just arriving in Ryukyu.

The main villain of the movie, a karate master named Nagazen, was dispatched by Master Miyagi's childhood brother Sato, pretending to be a taxi driver to pick them up and test the master and apprentice.

"Welcome to Ryukyu", the Japanese-American actor Yuji Yiben plays the role of Chang Shan.

He stretched out his hand, took Ralph Mazio's hand, and then shook it hard, "I hope your journey in Ryukyu will be a happy one."

In the close-up view, Youji Yiben's arm muscles are very well defined, and it can be seen that he has been exercising all year round.

"cut!"

Ronald saw Ralph Mazio shaking his hands, and he was pinched hard.

"Ronald, I want to talk to you alone." Ralph Mazzio came to Ronald with a serious face.

"Okay, you come with me." Ronald was discussing the following close-up with the director of photography Crabbe. Seeing Mazzio's serious face, he knew that he had something serious to do, so the two went to his trailer to chat.

"I have to reshoot this one, it doesn't match Daniel's image." Seeing Ronald closing the door, Ralph Mazio immediately pointed out his dissatisfaction directly.

"What do you mean?" Ronald was a little angry because Mazio also started trying to direct his shooting.

"I'm referring to the image of Daniel. In the first part, he is a counterattacking kid who has been practicing karate with Mr. Miyagi. There is no way that in the second part, he is still a rookie who can't stand a handshake. After all, he has The champion of the All-Valley Karate Championship.”

"But have you ever thought about it? The championship is actually a competition for a group of high school students in America to entertain themselves. On Ryukyu Island, Changshun is a real karate master who wins in the ring and fights to the death. The core of the drama of Long Wei Boy is Daniel's counterattack. If he is not allowed to face a master whose strength exceeds his own, how can he realize the ultimate trick and defeat the enemy with the last move?"

The two discussed this issue of Daniel's image for a long time, but could not reach a consensus.

"Ronald" Ralph Mazio lowered his head, "I have always been very grateful for your support. This is the first movie in which I can become famous."

Then he raised his head firmly, "I can't shoot scenes where Daniel is treated too badly, Ronald. My entire career is based on this role. My agent found it for me. In the new film, the character is also an electric guitar enthusiast who learns along the way and finally defeats the electric guitar masters in the industry.

For the sake of my image, for my future, and for me to get more similar roles, I can't take pictures of Daniel's miserable failure. He can fail, but he can't be like this, being pinched hard by Chang Shun, and it hurts. Can't stand it. "

"I hope you can understand the plight of an actor if you insist on filming..."

"What if I insist on filming?" Ronald looked at Ralph Mazio to see what he could say.

"I will ask the manager to raise objections to the crew and use the terms of my contract to deny this scene from appearing in the final film."

Ralph Mazzio still said those words, and then he looked away again, as if he didn't dare to look at Ronald.

"You are already a mature star." Ronald sighed in his heart. The other party disagreed, and he actually had no choice. It would be impossible for the American audience to agree to a different role. Daniel and Mr. Miyagi, the chemistry between the two actors is so good that without them, no one will come back to watch the second part.

"Really? You agreed?" Ralph Mazio breathed a sigh of relief. He was under great pressure to disobey the director who made him famous.

"I'm not against you, Ronald, but I also have my own problems to face." He explained quickly.

"It's okay, I understand." Ronald patted Mazio. He put his arm around the other person's shoulders and walked out of the trailer. He still had to maintain a united image in front of the crew.

"This shot is handled like this. I mainly take a close-up shot of Chang Shun's forearm, and you only take a shot of the hand, so that you won't have the audience comparing the strength of the two of you in the close-up. I will also add a shot of the surprised reaction on your face. .”

"That's great, but Daniel's image shouldn't be too weak."

"Don't worry, tomorrow is the time for you to show off your power."

The next day, the crew came to a bar converted from a warehouse.

Daniel is here, making a bet with the guy at the bar. Teacher Miyagi wanted to help Daniel win back his tuition, so he taught him the trick, to focus.

Finally, under the guidance of Mr. Miyagi, Daniel broke three stacked ice cubes and won $1,800.

"!"

"Ah, ah..."

Ralph Mazio spun and broke three blocks of ice at once.

"cut!"

Great, the props team will get some more ice cubes and we'll do it again. Make more cracks in the ice, don't expose the gaps you made in advance.

"Ronald, can I talk to you?"

This time it was Noriyuki Morita, who played Miyagi, who came to see Ronald.

"My role is more about showing the humorous side of Master Miyagi, but the mysterious, powerful, and philosophical performance in the first film is a little less in the sequel."

"Why don't you..." Ronald sighed, "Forget it, I will give you more mysterious, powerful, and philosophical roles tomorrow."

"Daniel-san, this is the ancestral hall of our Miyagi family. Look at this." Master Miyagi took out a rattle.

"My father used this to teach me karate when I was little. This is the secret to the strength of the Miyagi family's karate."

"This?" Daniel fiddled with the rattle twice and made a "dong-dong" sound.

"Yes, you see, only the waist can be rotated. With two drumsticks, one is always defending and the other is attacking. Then the offensive one becomes defensive, and the defensive one becomes offensive.

Humans have two arms, just like this rattle, which uses the waist as the base point and rotates left and right, so that you can always take into account both defense and offense. "

Daniel suddenly understood, turned the rattle a few more times, and then began to practice this trick on his own.

"Daniel-san, come and practice with me."

The camera slowly pulls back.

Miyagi and Daniel, in a dark room, faced the two open paper sliding doors and practiced the basic techniques of Goju-ryu karate inherited from the Miyagi family.

However, this time the two of them joined in the Miyagi family's secret technique. It was obvious that they had back-up moves in their attacks and defenses, and they paid special attention to the rotation of their waists.

"Very well, Daniel-san. Well done."

Ronald watches from behind the camera.

In the middle of the sliding door, white skylight came in, backlighting the master and the apprentice who were practicing basic skills one by one.

The dark background inside the room was stimulated by the white skylight shining through the sliding door, and the two of them suddenly seemed to be practicing in a paradise.

…

"Oh...that's great!" Noriyuki Morita and Ralph Mazio saw the developed samples one night later and were very satisfied with the shot.

Now the audience was happy, and the two masters and apprentices began the process of enlightenment again. Master Miyagi was full of philosophical teachings. During the sparring between the two, Daniel improved his skills at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Both of them were satisfied and started to applaud.

"Fuck, I hate making sequels. These two have too many ideas since they became stars." Ronald said softly to producer Weintraub from behind.

"I also hate the sequels, both of them got more than ten times the salary increase."

"But it's worth it, the audience will love it, and we'll make money."

"It will definitely make money, big money." Weintraub was also encouraging himself, "The deputy commander's flight will stop in Oahu tomorrow. You should be smarter then. He will also visit Japan. .”

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