Exploiting Hollywood 1980

The winter surfing spot on Venice Beach in Los Angeles, today there are a lot of people shooting movies, which makes the teenagers who are still surfing in winter very excited, because they have the opportunity to be background actors, and several top players have the opportunity to appear.

Thanks to the wet suit invented by surfing legend Jack O'Neill, surfers can finally surf on the beaches of the West Coast in winter. Clothes made of this foamed neoprene can also maintain the temperature of the human body in the presence of water.

"We only shot three seaside shots today, looking for a rolling wave to take a panorama of Sean Penn's surfing, then the shot of him running with the surfboard, and finally the shot of him walking up from the sea."

Ronald is communicating with the filming team on set.

It turned out that the crew cooperated with the tacit director of photography, and the first assistant director had already found a new job, and it was impossible to come back and make up the scenes of the surfing competition.

Working with the temporary team today, many things require Ronald to confirm all the details with the team members one by one.

"Sean, how are you?" Ronald asked Sean Penn, who flew in from Chicago to make up the film. He's gotten out of his Methodist stupor and no longer requires directors and crews to call his characters Spiccoli.

"I'm ready." Sean Penn, wearing a wet surfing suit, has been running in place for a long time to warm up. The weather is still a bit cold in the water, so be prepared to warm up fully.

"Okay, let's start." Ronald ordered.

Sean Penn himself is a surfing enthusiast. Although he does not have the level of those real professional players, he still runs on the beach with a surfboard in his arms.

"Yeah...huh..." Sean Pan yelled, throwing the surfboard coated in cold water wax into the sea, then jumped into the water and swam towards the surfboard floating on the surface.

"cut!"

Although wearing a wet surfing suit, Sean Penn was still shivering from a gust of cold wind. Ronald glanced at the unresponsive assistant, and had no choice but to pick up the blanket and rush up to put it on Sean Penn.

"Shishe... Ronald." Sean Penn, who was shivering in the cold and couldn't speak clearly, got into the RV on the side of the road and recovered in the heating.

"Next time, remember to give him a blanket as soon as I call it off." Ronald turned around and explained to his assistant.

The assistant who just graduated from college smiled embarrassedly. Grab another blanket and prepare it by the side.

"Fortunately, it was only shot for one afternoon.

"Ronald himself was also tightened by the cold wind. In Los Angeles towards the end of January, it was still a bit cold in the seaside environment.

"!"

After Sean Pen rested, he plunged his head into the sea again, then stood up straight from the sea, brushed his hair, and walked up from the water step by step with a smile on his face.

"cut!"

The assistant rushed up to put a blanket on him. Sean Penn seemed to have run out of energy suddenly and kept shaking while hugging the blanket.

"Dry first, then go to the RV to warm up."

Sean's professionalism cannot be doubted, he tried hard to hold it, took the landing scene with a happy look, and then began to shiver coldly.

But when I opened the car door just now, an unpleasant smell wafted out. Ronald was only now sure who was smoking the things that should not have been smoked on the set. Sean Penn hides well.

The last shot is a long shot of Spiccoli surfing in the sea. Ronald personally directed it with an electric horn, and let the professional surfers who usually surf here go into the water together and make various background actions.

"Let's shoot a scene without Sean now. You can show what you have. After he goes into the water, you can close it a little and highlight Sean's level."

Ronald shouted to them that most of these surfers who still have to go into the water in winter are good players who have the level of professional competition. It is difficult for Sean to surf among them and overwhelm them. Only let these people let him a little.

"Director, we all have a high level of surfing. When will we be the protagonists and make a movie?"

"The four million dollar package was released, from the script to the shooting one-stop service." Ronald also joked with them.

"Hahaha……"

While they were happy, Ronald picked up the electric horn again and said, "If anyone wants to show off their skills too much, I will cut all your pictures. Supervise each other, just listen to me, and I will give them to you. One of your shots lets you show yourselves."

"No problem, Director."

"who do you think You Are?"

There are all kinds of mentalities in the crowd, Ronald doesn't care about it, it's a long-term vision anyway, if it's not good, just cut it short, and the audience can't see it.

"Cut!" The last shot of Spiccoli surfing in the ocean was also filmed, and the whole group started to pack up and moved to the Universal Studios studio for a cameo shot of Brooke Shields and David Letterman.

The team drove to a studio in the middle of Universal Studios, where the scene of the talk show had been set up in advance, waiting for the two guest stars to play with Sean Penn.

"Borgy Shields, do you think she can be on my show? My talk show is about to change from morning to evening." David Letterman came to the studio early in the morning, saw Ronald walking in, and chatted with him stand up.

"Her work is arranged by her mother Terry, you can talk to her. But Terry is not an easy negotiating opponent, you have to think about it."

"It would be nice if you could find Brooke Shields for the first premiere."

"I know she was on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, your..."

"Yeah, the ratings. It's definitely not as good as Carson. But I'm in line with his show, so some viewers will stay on nbc and watch it."

"I can't help you with this..."

"Nothing, I'm just saying, caa helped me find Bill Murray as a guest for the first show."

Letterman has a curiosity, he watched the lighting team lighting, and also came up to ask some questions. Finally Ronald asked him to sit still on the couch and let the camera assistant measure the focal length.

"Is this about to be filmed? I'm here to interview him?"

"Yeah, like your talk show. But the movie isn't copyrighted, so we set it up a bit differently than your morning show."

"Understand, understand."

After rehearsing a few times, Ronald called the official shooting, "!"

"Spicoli, you not only won the International Surfing Grand Prix Los Angeles Station, but also saved the presenter Brooke Shields, how do you feel?" David Letterman showed a signature smile, facing Sean Penn opposite. speak.

"cut!"

Ronald stopped, "Very well, let's take another shot. It's still Letterman's question."

"Why, don't you film his answer?" Letterman was making a movie for the first time, and he was not familiar with the process. He thought that the movie was similar to TV, and he followed the order with questions and answers.

"No, the lighting takes a lot of time, we'll finish your part first, and then we'll shoot Spiccoli and Brooke Shields' answers. It's just a matter of editing them together."

The camera was aimed at Letterman again. He glanced at the assistant who was prompting on the opposite side and said, "Borgy, what did you think when you were rescued by him?"

"cut!"

Ronald checked with the cameraman, "David, you've finished filming your solo part. When Brooke arrives, take another main shot."

"Okay," Letterman's excitement hadn't passed yet. He sat on the sofa and leaned against the table to feel it. "This arrangement of yours is very good. I'll let them do it in the studio."

While they were talking, Brooke Shields and her mother Terry walked in. Her hairstyle today was made into big waves, the hair on the top of her head was blown high, and a gray and white plaid men's coat made her look very capable.

"Hi, Ronnie." Brooke greeted Ronald.

"Borgy, let me introduce you, this is Sean, and he plays Spiccoli. This is David Letterman, the guest host, his old business."

"Hi David, I saw your morning show."

"Hello Brooke, my talk show will move to evening time, when are you free to come on my show?"

"My mom takes care of everything. I love your show. Were you there last time I went to the Johnny Carson show?"

"Yes, I was still writing for Johnny at the time."

Ronald sat them down and gave Brooke a play next to him while he was putting on makeup.

"You play yourself, a teenage idol, giving out prizes to the winner of the Surf Grand Prix, Spiccoli. You fall into the sea, and Spiccoli jumps into the sea and rescues you. Then you both get on Letterman's talk show.

Letterman will ask you what you thought when Spiccoli rescued you. You just look at him affectionately and say..."

"With him by my side, I feel very at ease and safe." Bo Ji read the lines in advance and recited them.

"Yes, do you usually have someone standing next to you that can make you feel at ease? You can imagine Spiccoli as him, and then act according to the feeling of ordinary life.

For example, your mother, does it make you feel more at ease when she is standing next to her? You feel it, and if you need it, I'll ask Terry to stand beside you when I take the close-up. "

"No, I can do it." Bo Ji waved her hand not to invite her mother over. Terry's drinking problem has been well controlled recently, but standing next to him, Bo Ji doesn't feel nervous.

"Okay, let's try it now."

"Recording? Camera?!"

"Borgy, what did you think when Spiccoli rescued you?"

Brooke Shields glanced at the camera, and Ronald stood behind the photographer watching her. Brooke felt a little relieved. She herself knows that her acting skills are terrible, and the rare two times her acting skills are outstanding, both are guided by Ronnie on the spot. No, it was four times, and I was pinched twice by him.

"With him by my side, I feel very at ease and safe." Brooke spoke to the camera.

"Cut!" Ronald said after confirming, "Very good, Brooke, you played very well!" It seems that Brooke is a little enlightened?

"Next is a main shot, and we are going through the conversation just now."

"!"

Letterman started asking the same question again, "Borgy, what did you think when Spiccoli rescued you?"

"I feel very at ease, very safe." Brooke Shields looked at Spiccoli played by Sean Penn.

Ronald was surprised that this time Brooke's expression was not as natural as last time, but fortunately it was a panorama, and the editing was enough to insert the close-up just now.

"What do you think? Spiccoli?"

"Okay!" Spiccoli showed a stupid signature smile, hehe smirked.

"cut!"

After a few more shots, Ronald stopped. Today's reshoots are done, just wait for it to be printed and added to the unfinished copy to make a complete working copy that can be used to make a copy that can be played in front of an audience without the clips and pops .

"Thank you, Brooke. Thank you, Mr. Letterman." Ronald stepped forward to thank them.

"I told my mother, and she agreed that I should start learning acting and become an actor." Brooke Shields shared with Ronald her recent movements in a low voice.

"Congratulations, you must have received a lot of audition invitations, right?"

"There are quite a few, and I'll pick them out with Mom. Goodbye, Ronald." Brooke waved goodbye to him with her wavy hairstyle.

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