Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Hello everyone, I'm Jane Fonda. I'm standing in front of am's studio in Hollywood, and at the end of January this year, a great thing happened here..."

"Cut!" Ronald shouted to stop filming, and he still directed this monologue. It's a public welfare project anyway, so it's good to leave a subtitle on it.

"Jane, you are such a great actor, I don't need any guidance at all." Ronald sighed. This kind of big bull actor who came from a family of actors is very worry-free when shooting. Any random narration can achieve perfect lines and perfect emotions.

Jane Fonda, after filming one of her monologues, sat down on the side chair and chatted with Ronald.

"The business of leg warmers is very good. I have asked them to find a factory in Southern California and plan to move here as a whole in advance."

"Except for the New York State Department of Revenue, I think everyone is satisfied." The Coca-Cola stock that Ronald sold the business and bought rose well, and Jane Fonda's business was consolidated and the profits were even higher. Both of them were satisfied.

"Actually, it's really good for you to shoot this kind of short video. The cycle is short, the price is good, and your strength can also be responsible. You can consider yourself as your own business." Jane Fonda drank vegetable juice, yes Ronald mentioned.

"I do have this idea, but Jane, your aerobics video tape was shot and edited by your own company. I can't compete with you for business."

"Hahaha..." Jane Fonda laughed, "My friend Debbie Reynolds, you know it too. She's going to shoot an elderly version of fitness aerobics, and she's looking for the right person, you Go ahead."

"Why, aren't you worried about her competition?" Ronald blurted out. How could Jane Fonda introduce producers to videotape competitors?

"Maybe in another 20 years, I'll be worried. Debbie is targeting the elderly aerobics market, and her videos are selling well and will only boost the whole aerobics market."

"Oh," Ronald was taught a lesson, "I'll go talk to her right now."

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"Oh, my lovely little Ronnie." Debbie Reynolds happily made Ronald tea in her dance studio.

"This is the set I drew. If I wasn't an actor, I would probably have gotten a set job in Hollywood. Let's see."

Ronald took a look,

It is an ancient Roman-style hall with several columns in it. Debbie Reynolds wanted to do the older version of aerobics here.

"When the time comes, you can find me some young and beautiful beauties, and I'll teach them to dance. I'm not used to dancing when Jane comes up like that. I have to tell jokes and chat with the girls so that I can keep up, you know. ?"

"No problem, what kind of girl do you want to set off for you?"

"At my age, it's past the time to compete with young girls. You can find it as you like, you don't need to have a foundation in dance. We can learn to dance while we learn, and maybe the effect will be better."

"Then I recommend my people?"

Ronald and Debbie negotiate a business for an older version of aerobics. His partner, Douglas Hansen Jr., flew in with his New York agent Eddie to take part in the filming of Daydream's first feature film of more than 30 minutes.

"Debbie Reynolds has a wide range of friends, and the price we give her is guaranteed not to lose money." Eddie calculated it well. He has also accumulated a lot of experience in shooting company promotional videos in New York, and is regarded as a competent project manager.

"Great, can you invite her daughter, Princess Leia, to film?" Little Douglas was thinking of breaking into Hollywood and getting to know more female stars.

"I'm afraid it won't work. Carrie Fisher is now in transition to become a screenwriter." Ronald actually has plans for Debbie, a sexy idol-level daughter, to appear. However, the old lady refused, saying that her daughter had begun to transform behind the scenes.

"Good morning, good noon, good evening...I don't know when you're watching this video. I never thought I'd make a video like this, but I bought Jane Fonda's aerobics and I found that I didn't Can't keep up with her.

Maybe I've...get to like my rhythm, so I went to Ronald Lee, the director I've worked with on 'Breakdance', hi Ronald. You may not know, he is the scene of the break dance fight in my dance studio..."

Debbie Reynolds was very lighthearted, improvising a line on set.

"Debbie's video, maybe there are more tongue exercises than the whole body." Little Douglas didn't see the beautiful women, and many of the people who appeared with Debbie were older women, and began to complain.

"Doug, if you're not convinced, you can put on your gym pants and leg warmers and dance with me." Debbie had more experience in Hollywood and molested little Douglas on the spot.

"I'm not...I'm not...I mean you're in really good shape."

In one day, Ronald took a photo of aerobics. In the future, if there is such a simple business, he will not take the photo himself.

"Very good, I can already imagine the scene of the video being sold." Debbie Reynolds looked at the rough-cut video and liked her performance very much.

"I wish us success."

"Very good, I will also ask you to shoot the second and third episodes. Hollywood can't find such a cost-effective production company as you."

"Isn't that the reason why I hired film students from the university to work?" Ronald sent cheques to several college students who came for internships and signed the internship records. They work here not only to earn money, but also to get school credits.

...

"Ronald, Mancuso called us, he couldn't bear it anymore." Don Simpson called Ronald.

"Fantastic, it looks like we're taking back the dominance of the movie."

"Is this what you edited?"

Ned Tanin saw a rough cut of "Top Gun" by two editors. The pilot communicated with other people on the radio for a while, and then the two fighter jets passed by. The screen switched to a real shot of the Navy launching an air-to-air missile. A burst of white smoke and a loud noise caused the MiG-28 to be shot down.

The two editors were nervous, and it took a lot of effort to put together this aerial shot.

"We picked a few shots that were long enough, this is just the first cut... We can go on and revise..."

Frank Mancuso waved his hand to stop Tanin from further questioning, "It's not just about editing, I think the shooting is flawed." After a period of adjustment, he finally caught Ronald and the two arrogant The producer has a sore foot, and now he is too lazy to argue with the two editors.

"At least Ronald won't cut the air battle like this." There is a lack of logical relationship between several shots, and Tanin looks unhappy.

"Well, the material is not enough," the editor explained carefully.

"Then let them come back and participate in the editing. If there are places that need to be supplemented, you can also approve... However, we have other projects that are currently funded, and this 'Top Gun' cannot have an additional budget, let the three of them try their best to be in the original. Some are within the budget.”

"This...?" Ned Tanin was discouraged for a while, and Mancuso had previously blocked the gap in his additional budget. With these materials, can he make a good-looking movie?

"Don't worry, the audience won't expect too much from this movie, and seeing missiles launch and enemy planes explode, that's enough for them.

Mancuso was very satisfied with the footage, those short shots, ranging from three to five seconds, were difficult to stitch together. The editors did a great job, but barely managed to pick up the story in two long shots of the missile launch over ten seconds.

The two heroines and heroines fell in love with each other inexplicably. The previous paragraph was still scolding each other, and then the good brother's wife said a word, and the two kissed on the motorcycle. The audience will not buy it.

"Just throw the rubbish back to Ronald and the two producers and let them deal with it. When the box office fails, I have an excuse to clean up Ned Tanning and the others. At that time, I didn't make the producers myself. Take power."

Mancuso smiled all over his face, "Ronald, this kid, made a fool of himself with all the money at the top of the company, and he must thank him properly. And those two arrogant producers Don Simpson, and Jerry Bruckheimer.

These two people relied on shooting two blockbuster movies in a row, and now when facing themselves, the games they play can no longer applaud employees and bad employees. It's bad employees and worse employees. This time, it happened to give them a taste of greatness.

"This clip is too rough," Ronald also watched the first cuts of the two editors Chris and Billy.

"You don't give us your script and your storyboard, that's the best we can do." The two editors now believe Ronald has a secret storyboard.

"We have nothing to hide from you," Ronald smiled, in fact, he just didn't draw the detailed sub-shots in his mind, and made them into belly drafts.

The two editors didn't quite believe Ronald's statement, but they were just taking a job, and Ronald would soon become their boss and the leader of editing, but to see what secret weapon he had.

"Right now we're going to do two things." Ronald read all the first cuts, and none of them worked.

"First, ask the lab to send a copy of the work over, and I'm going to edit it from scratch." Ronald took the thermos cup, poured a cup of tea and started drinking. He likes to use a thermos when he edits.

"Second, it's time for the creators of those episodes to hand in their texts. Before editing, I'll see the episodes first, and then confirm the rhythm of the cuts based on the music."

"Set the editing rhythm according to the music? Are you going to make an MV?" The two editors, Chris and Billy, looked at Ronald. Few filmmakers do this? The common practice now is to add soundtracks and interludes after the film is completed. If there is a rhythm problem, let the composer modify it.

"Bingo!" Ronald had a "you guessed it right" expression on his face. He and the two producers had agreed very early to edit "Top Gun" with the fast pace of the MV.

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