Exploiting Hollywood 1980

On the first day of "Lightning Dance" shooting, Ronald arrived early.

He was intoxicated by the beauty of the lens in the dream, and wanted to see how director Adrian Lane could realize all kinds of dreamlike scenes.

According to the shooting schedule, today is to shoot the dance part inside the bar.

Some junior directors like to shoot a simple scene at the beginning, so that the crew can easily get into the state. Other senior directors like to shoot a difficult scene that tests artistic accomplishment and teamwork at the beginning to set the standard for the film crew to work in the future.

Adrian Lane is right in between, he chose a scene that can show his level, but not challenge the cooperation ability of the film crew that has not yet been fully broken in.

As a Briton, with Amelica's director of photography, art direction, and the full America team, he needs to show a little bit of real skill to convince everyone.

Arrived half an hour earlier than the assembly time, there was no one there, only the second assistant director who had to arrive earlier than everyone was checking the list.

"Um, um..." A young female voice hummed softly.

Ronald looked around and saw Marlene, Jennifer Beals' dance double. She was humming a French song, and Ronald didn't understand the meaning of the lyrics. I just thought that Ma Lin sang very easily. She was wearing dancing shoes and leg warmers on her ankles and was slowly warming up.

"Marin, you're here so early?" Ronald greeted her. "There will be a long time to light up, you can rest first."

"It doesn't matter, I was going to have a morning class at this time." Marlene saw that it was Ronald, and hurriedly brought a man over to say hello, "This is my husband Peter, Peter Tram. He is also a dancer. , this time I came to Pittsburgh to accompany me, and I also performed as a dance group in the crew."

Ronald said hello to the hairy couple. If they are resident group performers, they can get the minimum weekly wage and free housing. The couple is considered to have a small income. But compared to the real heroine, the stand-in is nothing, and can only get a signature in the end credits.

When it came time to officially start, director Adrian Lane was discussing lighting with the director of photography. Jennifer Beals, the main character of today's shoot, came to shine, and then went to make up.

Ronald carefully observed director Ryan's lighting ideas. Above a small stage, behind a white background with uniform white lighting. There are two small blue bulbs above, the front part of the stage aimed at the audience, and two red neon lights.

Overall, this is a brighter ambient light.

When the actor is standing on the stage, the red neon light will render the environment a little warmer and make the audience feel comfortable, the small blue light bulb will give the actor's face a cool color, and Jennifer Beals's face is sparkling makeup. It complements each other and adds a cool feeling.

"The scene is quiet." Adrian Lane gave an order.

The sound engineer indicated that there was still some noise.

"The place is quiet..."

"The place is quiet!"

Ryan shouted several times, but there was still a little noise, and the sound engineer signaled that he couldn't.

"Shut the fuck up!" Ronald saw the staff and onlookers whispering, took the electric horn and shouted loudly.

Ronald returned the electric horn to director Ryan, thinking that the crew was really out of shape.

"recording?"

"opened."

"camera?"

"full speed."

"Play the board!"

"The first scene of the lightning dance, the first scene, the first one!"

Ronald's roar had some effect, and the scene was very quiet.

"!"

The sound department played dance music, the smoke from the camera crew began to fill, and the stage was quickly enveloped in a faint smoke.

Jennifer Beers looked playful in a men's coat and pants, one size larger than her size.

The camera takes a close-up of her face, and Bills turns her head back, showing a sexy pose to the camera.

"cut!"

Adrian Lane stopped immediately.

"Jennifer, relax..."

Jennifer Beals has only done some supporting roles before, and the close-up of the face, the close-up of the face, made her a little nervous.

"Let's do it again...the scene is quiet."

"cut, cut..."

"Imagine, here is your boyfriend, give him a crazy look."

"cut!"

"Jennifer, I need an expression that drives men crazy..."

"cut!"

"Jennifer, relax, let's do it again, remember to sit in the chair and turn back."

"cut! Make-up! Her make-up is gone."

"cut! Who coughed?"

"cut! Good this time, this print."

Adrian Lane's scheduling was rigorous and effective, Ronald watched for a while, and the film crew had entered the state.

Seeing that there was no new lighting method, he walked out the door and rested.

This method of shooting cigarettes made him a little uncomfortable, and he almost coughed just now, but fortunately, the shooting didn't stop.

"Cough cough..."

"Ronald, what's the matter with you?"

When Ronald looked up, it was producer Don Simpson. He was approaching with a man in a suit.

"I was smoked... Mr. Guber?" Ronald found out that the man in the back was Peter Guber, president of Polygram, which Ronald had seen when he was casting for "Endless Love." President.

"Ronald, long time no see." Guber hugged him affectionately, "You did a great job."

"Thank you. Why are you in Pittsburgh today?"

"We Polygram are one of the producers of Flash Dance," Guber replied.

It turns out that the movie Flash Dance was first sold to Polygram, and then it was sold to Paramount.

Seeing the questioning look from Don Simpson, Ronald immediately said, "Everything is fine with Director Ryan."

"Okay, let's go take a look at the scene." Don Simpson invited Peter Guber inside.

After a while, they came out, probably smoked too.

"That's it, we'll talk to Paramount when you get back to Los Angeles." Guber and Ronald nodded and left.

"Ronald, you've done a good job. Polygram may buy some of the distribution rights, and Guber is still satisfied." After a while, Don Simpson returned to find Ronald, and the two entered the filming location together again. .

"Can distribution rights be sold separately like production rights?"

"Yes, it's like shares." Don Simpson obviously didn't want to talk about it too much. "How was the shooting today?"

"Adrian did a good job, but Jennifer Beals is a newcomer, so the number of entries is more, and it is still within the normal range."

Ronald just said that the number of shots was still within the normal range, and immediately the next shooting began to be abnormal.

Most of the dance shots are done by stuntman Marlene, and Jennifer Beals has only a few unavoidable frontal shots that require her to appear.

One of the shots shows Bills wearing red sexy underwear, doing a run-in-place dance move, which is one of the few dance moves she can complete.

"cut!"

"cut!"

"cut!"

After being stabbed several times in a row, Bills was a little tired. She had to run in place a few times, then nod, run a few more times, nod again, and finally shake her head to the left and right to let the water droplets from her wet hair toss out to the left and right.

At the same time, she must also ensure that she maintains a seductive expression on her face when doing these actions.

After all, he's not a professional dancer, and Beers' movements are either not strong enough or wrong. Sometimes the dance is forced to meet the requirements, and the expression is not tempting enough.

Jennifer Beers is not only a novice dancer, but also a novice actor, so her attention in performance and dance is often lost.

Because there is not enough rehearsal, Beers' dance moves and performance status need to be found from the beginning, and it is inevitable that he can't reasonably distribute his attention.

The third time, the fourth time, the fifth time...

Seeing that Bills' emotions were all exhausted, she was just there mechanically repeating the dance moves.

In the first three items, Bills was quite emotional and could make a very seductive expression. By the eighth and ninth times, he couldn't do it at all.

"Are we taking a break?" Ronald quietly asked director Ryan at the tenth time.

"No, let her be a rehearsal. Bills' dance moves are still rusty."

Ronald glanced at Don Simpson, who had no problem with such a waste of film.

"Well, you directors and producers have no opinion anyway, and the budget of seven or eight million is not a waste." Ronald thought to himself, if this film was handed over to him, today's shots might be finished. .

"cut!"

The eleventh time, Bills' expression was still the same empty.

"cut!"

On the twelfth time, Bills' emotions were completely gone, but the dance moves became more and more proficient, and she basically couldn't make mistakes.

"cut!"

fifteenth time...

"what!"

Ronald suddenly found that Jennifer Beals' emotions had been drained for a long time, and at Article 15, her emotions suddenly returned.

It is like a fountain that has been dried up for a long time. Under the constant repetition and repetition, the gurgling stream begins to emerge again.

Sixteenth time...

Bills' temptation actually recovered, as if he made this expression for the first time, it was natural.

Seventeenth time...

"cut! Very good, be careful not to make any mistakes in the recording."

This time, the technician holding the recording rod had a problem and was too close to the actor to wear it.

Eighteenth time...

"Cut!" Director Ryan stopped before it started, gesturing to spray some more water on Bills' hair.

Twenty-first...

Jennifer Beers started to jump up, nodded, nodded... She shook her hair from side to side, and the sparkling water droplets burst out to the left and right.

"cut!"

After confirming with the director of photography, Ryan finally said the phrase "Print this!"

"Oh..." Jennifer Beers collapsed to the ground with exhaustion. Ronald waved quickly for the assistant to go up and bring her dry towels, water, and energy bars.

The next shooting went relatively smoothly.

The dance stand-in Marlene Jahan is a professional dancer, her movements are very skilled, and her artistic expression is first-rate.

In addition, as a stand-in, the shots facing her are medium and long-range shots, or the back view of her on the stage facing the audience, there is basically no requirement for performance.

Basically, it can be summed up as shooting with a shot aimed at the stage, and then letting Marlene jump.

"After this ng many times, the actors can suddenly perform natural emotions again. I don't know if Ryan did it on purpose?" On the way back to the hotel, Ronald was still thinking about what happened when he was shooting, "Fortunately, I didn't let it go. Guber has seen ng twenty times, or he'll have to re-evaluate the cost of shooting."

Nowadays, the production cost of a movie is tens of millions, and the distribution cost is several millions. It seems that it is a common practice in the industry to find peers to share the risk.

"Ahhh, Ahh..." Ronald, who walked into the hotel, sneezed several times. The air in Pittsburgh is seriously polluted, and blue sky and white clouds are rarely seen. Ronald's nose may be a little allergic to air pollution.

Turning on the TV, Ronald turned the volume up, then got into the bathroom to shower.

"Welcome to the Phil Donahue show, I have Lily Chen as my guest today." The TV is on TV in Ohio. Phil Donahue is a local talk show host who ran his show last year. Started playing in national syndicates.

His talk shows are always about big issues, world peace, disarmament negotiations, and many ugly social phenomena in America. Some viewers enjoy watching his content.

"Ahh, Ahh..." Ronald started to sneeze again, he walked to the sink in front of the mirror and started blowing his nose.

"shxt! Why is the snot black?"

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