Exploiting Hollywood 1980

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Ronald yawned and put on his sunglasses to cover his red eyes from the long hours of revising the script under the reading lights on the plane. Get off the plane.

"Ronald, here", Richard came to the boarding gate early in the morning to pick up Ronald.

"Meinahan has gone to the Debbie Reynolds dance studio to audition, meet the film crew, all there. Here's coffee for you."

"Okay," Ronald was a little tired, took the double espresso from Richard and drank it all in one gulp.

The two got into Nisita's BMW and Richard drove Ronald to the dance studio.

"Here, Ronald," Richard woke Ronald, who was dozing off in the co-pilot.

Ronald regained his energy after taking a nap, and when he entered the dance studio, he found that Minahan was already there waiting for him, and there were many "Soul Train" dancers waiting to audition.

"Gaga, here you are, Ronald. This is Hanania Bell, the director of photography I'm looking for for you. He's a veteran and my fellow Israeli."

"Hello, Ronald." Hanania Bell is an Israeli-born photographer. The original filming of the "School Special" series of TV movies on ABC TV.

"Hello Hanania," Ronald has worked with DPs who have worked on TV movies and know they're skilled, especially good at shooting fast, because TV movies go faster.

Some of the lack of mastery of cinematography, because I made an exploitative film, the impact is not prominent. In short, fast is the most important.

And he was a fellow Israeli who was recruited by Minahan, so he should be reliable.

"This is Ivo Christante, the art director I'm looking for."

"Hello, Ronald. I haven't seen the full script yet. What important scenes do you have, and what color style are you going to use?"

Ivo Kristante also knows that time is tight, skipping the greeting part and going straight to the important issues he has to address as an art director.

"Here are some of my revisions on the plane," Ronald handed over part of the script he had just written. "I only have one request. When I'm shooting, you have to supervise the sets for the next few scenes. In order to beat the time, we only have to roll the film."

"No problem, I'll take a look..." Ivo Cristante saw several scenes that needed to be designed, "an open-air banquet, an apartment for dancing, a basement for dancing, and a solo dance in front of a convenience store... "

Ronald and him quickly negotiated the style of the scene, Ivo Cristante made a table, and worked out the order of shooting first and shooting later, basically he could shoot in Ronald one or two days in advance. Before, modify the scenery.

'This is Pamela Basque', Minahan finally introduces a woman, 'our casting director'

"Hello, Ronald. I know time is tight, what are your casting guidelines? We try to squeeze two auditions into one."

"Is Lucinda Dickey here?" Ronald didn't answer the question, but turned to ask Minahan, who was the first major role set for the whole film, playing the heroine.

"Here, Lucinda," Meinahan called back to Lucinda Deitch.

Lucinda is a good-looking beauty with a good figure and smooth muscles. At first glance, she looks like a jazz dancer with both strength and skill.

"You will participate in the casting with us when the time comes, and then... where is the hair stylist? Later, you will take her to change her hairstyle. I want to be youthful and upward."

"By the way, Pamela, sorry, my casting principles..." After instructing the hair stylist, Ronald turned to discuss with casting director Pamela.

Pamela had a smile on her face. It turned out that she was conflicted when she heard that an exploitative film would be finished in two weeks. Seeing the young director coming up now is a state of self-reliance, and everyone has to obey my orders to relax.

Directors are monarchs on the set, and those who are very particular about democracy can't be good directors.

"...There is only one principle: I would rather dance well than act well"

That's a hard lesson Ronald learned during the filming of "Lightning Dance." If "Breakdance" is like that time, let the heroine play a scene, with four or five doubles to serve her, and it will never be finished in two weeks.

"In addition, try to find actors with outstanding personality and outstanding personality, which is easier to play in fast shooting. Even if it is different from the script, I can rewrite the story conflict and character on the spot."

"Understood, you want them to perform in their true colors, with distinct characters, rather than good acting skills." Casting director Pamela was even more certain. This is not only a qualified director, but also a qualified exploitative film.

Seeing Ronald calmly assigning characters, Minahan felt a little relieved. He still secretly asked casting director Pamela, "What do you think of Ronald?"

"You have to rush to make an exploitative film, and there is nothing more reassuring than a director who knows how to adapt."

Pamela smiled and began to step out to sequence the actors waiting to audition. The two rounds of audition were condensed into one round. She discussed with Ronald, interviewed three actors at a time, and then picked out the good ones, and auditioned with Lucinda Deitch to see the chemistry of the supporting roles.

"Please introduce yourself." Pamela began to put in the dancers of "Soul Train" one after another.

A wave of three, and soon she and Ronald had seen more than a dozen actors.

Two of them, Ronald and Pamela, were more satisfied.

One was Bruno Falcon, a Latino, and Ronald saw that he was the villain who competed with the protagonist during the three-person dance in the dream.

The other was Timothy Solomon, a black man, who happened to be Bruno's partner and made a team.

"Please take a break next to you, there will be another round of auditions later," Pamela called for the next wave to come in.

All the dancers auditioned in their own clothes, full of black and Latino colors, and the men wore a lot of earrings.

Ronald can see from the washing and fading of the clothes that they are not very wealthy. Except for the selection of the best leading roles, the others who are willing to participate, all perform group performances and receive a minimum wage.

"Please introduce yourself"

"My name is Jeff Parker."

"My name is Boogaloo Shrimp"

"My name is Shabba Doo"

"Please do the dance you are best at."

As soon as the trio started dancing, Ronald recognized it immediately. Those two guys with strange names are the two male protagonists in the dream, "Whirlwind" and "Motor".

"These two good" casting director Pamela whispered to Ronald, "Sabadu's robot dance is powerful, and his eyes are full of rage, just the kind of personality you want.

That bougainvillea prawn danced like Mikaya Baryshnikov in breakdance, a person who must have incorporated his own personality into the dance. "

Ronald looked at Pamela, not expecting her to rate prawns so highly. Baryshnikov is a defected ballet star who was once the idol of his ex-girlfriend Antonia. This is to put the prawn on the level of the top master.

"Cough," Ronald said to the two who stopped dancing, "What is your real name?"

"My real name is Sabado, and my friend is Boogaloo Prawn, a name we earned ourselves in hip-hop."

Ronald nodded secretly in his heart, these two people have nicknames in the industry, in fact, they are almost the same as the crazy legs in New York. But the two are so thorny, they have to let them know who is the one in the crew.

"Bougainvillea prawns, and Sabado? That's what I wrote on the paycheck to you...?"

The two are very excited. This statement is that they have been selected, but the bank does not recognize this nickname.

"My name is Adolf Quinones." As the leader of the two, Sabadu, a Latino, knew when to give in, and quickly reported his real name, and then stabbed the bougainvillea prawn.

"My name is Michael Chambers." The prawn showed the white teeth that are unique to black people. He was young and rather naive. Seeing Sabado say so, he quickly followed.

"Prawn, Sabado, break dance with Lucinda and see the chemistry," Ronald said to the two.

After getting her hair done, Lucinda Deitch went back to the dance studio where she auditioned, put on her workout clothes, and danced with two master breakdancers.

The prawns and Sabadu found that Lucinda didn’t know how to dance this kind of street dance very much, and the two began to show contempt for Lucinda, especially Sabade, who seemed to be very angry that Lucinda didn’t follow their rhythm.

"The two of you will demonstrate to Lucinda and find a slower-paced action combination." Ronald also felt that Lucinda was a little out of tune with them, as if the three of them in a dream would cooperate better.

The two looked embarrassed, and they still negotiated a slow pace for the role.

Lucinda Deitch just came from Arizona. She is very professional in jazz dancing, but she has never practiced breakdancing, and she can't keep up with this slow dance.

Ronald saw the problem. Jazz and breakdancing had different ways of exerting force. The same jump and landing, jazz dance pays attention to softness, the overall force is exerted, and the sense of strength is expressed in the overall movement of the body.

The break dance takes off and falls hard, and requires high local muscle force. When the rest of the body is relaxed, the arms or legs where the dance moves can emit strong force.

"Lucinda, you also dance a piece of jazz dance that you are good at." Ronald saw that the prawn also began to show contempt, and quickly let Lucinda Dick show his hand.

The critical eyes of prawns and sabadu finally softened. However, they still don't like this kind of professional jazz dance. They highly respect their free breakdance, thinking that this is the embodiment of the spirit of freedom.

That's a real problem, breakdancing is for the poor guys on the street who can't even afford clothes. And the practice of jazz dance generally costs money, and the dancers cannot be said to be extremely poor at least.

Ronald thought for a while, and asked Falcon, who was about to dance the villain, to come along with Solomon and try to dance with Lucinda Dickey.

"These three seem to be more harmonious." Minahan whispered beside him.

"Strange", the more harmonious trio, Ronald couldn't see any chemical reaction between the trio. It's as if... as if the breakdance teacher was leading the students.

Not sure, Ronald wanted to put the casting aside for the time being. He wasn't sure whether to follow the match in the dream, or if it would be better to change it? Falcon and Solomon are more photogenic, and are more appealing to female audiences than the skinny monkeys Sabado and Prawn.

"Ronald, your friend Handyman is here." The assistant opened the door, and outside came the Handyman on crutches, Eddie Rodriguez.

"Hi, Eddie" Ronald stood up to greet him and gave him a hug.

"Are all your students here? Ready to show up in the movie?"

"Yes, I made them all wait outside".

The hand man still looked shy, talking to Ronald in a soft voice.

Sabadell and Boogaloo prawns began to be dissatisfied again. In their words, it seemed that this disabled man on crutches had to play a role in a movie. What is this?

Ronald heard Sabad's muttering, "Hand man, show them a hand, they are all professional."

The hand man smiled shyly, threw his crutches, and then performed Thomas's full rotation on the floor, then a back rotation, and finally a head rotation. His feet were weak, but the rotation speed was very fast. Like normal people, they use inertia to drive their legs to start making various movements.

"Oh, Shxt!"

The four hip-hop masters were very shocked. They stepped forward to hold the hand man and asked him questions one after another. These movements were very skillful, but they couldn't do them.

Several masters began to communicate. While chatting, start demonstrating your actions. Breakdance dancers have no reservations. They always communicate with each other when they encounter masters, and they respect them very much.

Watching them warmly welcome the hand man next to him, Ronald was very happy. This was because he wanted to give this disabled dancer a chance. His enthusiasm and selflessness were touching.

After watching for a while, Ronald's brows furrowed again, and he seemed to have figured out the problem of Sabadell and Lucinda Dickey's cooperation.

Jazz dance represents the orthodox middle-class white children, and break dance represents the destitute Latino or black children on the street. No wonder Sabado seems to want to swallow Lucinda raw.

He wants to be in the limelight in front of her, and demeaning the other party is the best way. Just like in school, some bad boys always like to pull the hair of beautiful girls and use bullying to attract girls' attention.

On the other hand, the Boogaloo prawn is like Ralph Mazio who played Longwei Kid. He hasn't developed yet. He doesn't have that kind of deliberate provocation towards Lucinda.

Which pair should I choose to go with Lucinda?

"Do you think there is a very strong confrontational pressure between Sabadell and Lucinda, like swords are drawn," Ronald quietly asked casting director Pamela.

"This is sexual antagonism. Only when there is this kind of confrontation and attraction between men and women will they go to bed. The bougainvillea prawn has not yet developed, so you can't see it. And Falken and Solomon, they have been The default Lucinda is fearful, without the challenge and conquest of Sabadell's bad boy."

Ronald looked at the casting director in amazement, and he benefited from this insight.

Pamela smiled, "This is what the screenwriter Neil Israel said to me when I just cast a movie 'Police Academy'. He insisted that a girl is more suitable and persuaded the director, this theory is my impression very profound."

"Who is that girl? The actor who played with her also bullied her like this?"

"It's not exactly the same. That actor is Kim Cattrall. She is a bit like Monroe, the kind of gorgeous actress who exudes infinite beauty and attracts men to peacock in front of her. We all thought she was a little different, only Ni What I said most clearly was the kind of sexual antagonism that the audience would immediately be drawn into."

"Okay, then choose Sabado and Prawn, and Lucinda Dickey." Ronald made up his mind.