Exploiting Hollywood 1980

The latest website: On the first day of shooting, Ronald found some relatively simple shots and began to find the status for himself and the entire crew. He first shot the scene where the two protagonists connect with simple dance steps, which is not technically difficult, and is conducive to enhancing everyone's confidence in the director and in themselves.

In the morning, Ronald used a dance rehearsal classroom in Mountain Lake Villa to set up the classroom where Johnny taught baby dancing in the movie.

While the lights were being set, Ronald had Patrick Thwaites and Jennifer Gray put on dance suits and begin rehearsing in the next room.

The weather was very hot, and the air conditioner couldn't be used. The crew had to put a lot of ice cubes in the room to cool down, and then used a large electric fan to start blowing in a location that the camera couldn't capture.

The interior lighting is relatively simple, with several large windows that let in direct sunlight. The lighting group used some curtains and screens to weaken and reflect the light, making the whole atmosphere ambiguous and warm.

Ronald is now more and more fond of shooting with this natural light. Soon after sunrise in the morning, the oblique sunlight gives a feeling of good mood.

"You have to raise your hands, and don't let your shoulders collapse."

As a family dancer whose mother runs a dance studio, Swayze is very good at teaching girls how to dance.

But Jennifer Thwaites is not a good student, she has nothing more than good coordination. I often remember this essential point, forget that, and I have the problem of being ticklish. When I do some intimate actions with Swayze, I often laugh out loud by his gentle movements.

"You have to pay attention to the distance with me, keep a sense of distance. Don't be too far, don't be too close, follow my feelings."

"Hee hee hee..." Jennifer Gray laughed again.

"Ah..." Swayze grabbed his hair and screamed, never seeing such a sensitive girl. Gray is over twenty-five years old, nine years older than the baby in the script, why is she still a little girl,

"Are you ready?" Ronald just walked in, the lighting was ready, and he just waited for the two protagonists to pass by.

"Okay, Director."

Gray stopped laughing and stuck his tongue out at Patrick Swaytz while Ronald turned his back.

"Don't stick this tape on the wall. Our contract with Shanhu Villa states that any damage to the equipment will be compensated according to the price. This tape is suitable for sticking on wood, and the wallpaper here is easy to tear. It was damaged when the tape was put down..."

It was Eddie Cohen who spoke,

General Manager of Ronald Daydream Pictures. Before, he handled the chores of the crew in Los Angeles. He just got the crew list, bought everyone's life insurance in Los Angeles, and rushed to Virginia on a late red-eye flight.

He arrived at the scene this morning, and regardless of fatigue, he immediately helped manage trivial matters of the crew, and in fact became a live production manager.

"Thank you, Eddie." Ronald thanked his old friend, then clapped twice, "Everyone listen to Eddie, don't destroy the wallpaper."

"You guys use these kinds of tape, I just bought them from the home depot in Hollywood. This kind of wallpaper, this kind of sticking on wooden furniture, this kind of..."

Eddie took a roll of tape from the box and threw it to the assistants.

They hurriedly tore off the original tape carefully, leaving no trace, and replaced it with the variety Eddie brought.

Many of the props in the crew are actually fake, and they are temporarily fixed with tape, which is convenient to replace afterwards.

When they were ready to retreat, another ten minutes passed. Ronald had Thwaites and Gray stand on the positioning tape that had been glued to the ground, and then started talking to them about the first scene of the day while the camera crews were measuring focus.

"Johnny taught the baby to dance mambo here, and the baby's level was average, so Johnny was not satisfied when he taught. Then the youngest son of the owner of the resort came over and saw the two hugging each other and dancing this hot dance. It looks like Johnny hastily separated from the customer, which is not allowed, and may lose his job if he is seen by the boss's son."

Seeing that the focal length was measured, Ronald asked the two leading actors to rehearse and walk once.

"Love, love is strange

Many people think of it as a game

once you get it

You never want to give up, no no"

The sound of the scene began to play the famous song of the black group "Mickey and Sylvia" repeatedly, "Love is Strange".

Thwaites raised his hands and swung in a circle, touching Gray's palm in the face, and the two began to do a mambo. This first scene happened to be the song when the two of them were auditioning.

"Watch your arms, don't let your shoulders collapse." Swayze was still reminding Jennifer Gray.

"Got it..." Gray enjoyed the mood of the song, and she didn't want Swaytz to just say these unpleasant remarks.

"Pay attention to the distance, don't get too close to me, follow my guidance, my rhythm."

Gray jumped more and more inattentively, and her heart melted in Swayze's masculine monolid eyes.

"Don't look at your footsteps, look in my eyes, look here." Switz is still teaching

"I know." Gray threw his hand away in anger. He was not a professional dancer like him, so why was he so strict and confused.

"Hey..." Swayze sighed, how could dancing be so stupid? He fell to the ground exaggeratedly, looked up at Gray, and smiled helplessly.

Jennifer Gray was amused by him, and then began to practice dance steps by herself, one da da, two da da. Twist your hips, turn your head.

The music that was playing reached the middle section, and the two singers did not sing for a section, and used dialogue to tell the coquettish dialogue between men and women.

Thwaites was interested, and he lip-synced the dialogue in place of singer Mickey.

"Sylvia?"

"Mickey" Jennifer reacted, and also matched Swayze's mouth to mouth, it seemed that the other party was still very interesting.

"Why did you ask your lover to come over?" Switz lay on the ground and continued to lip-synch.

"Come here, lover boy (orge here, lover boy)" Gray beckoned to the lover on the ground.

"What if he doesn't answer you?"

"Oh, lover" Gray changed a provocative posture, and Sylvia in the record also began to seduce with a gentle tone.

"What if he still ignores you?"

"Then I have to say..." Jennifer Gray looked at Swayze on the ground, and her eyes were as sweet as honey.

"Oh, lover, sweet lover," Gray also knelt down on the ground, getting closer and closer to Swayze, and the two began to get closer, facing each other, getting closer and closer.

"Hahaha……"

Playing like this, Swayze's dissatisfaction with Grey's dancing has been diluted a lot. The two looked at each other and laughed, and the atmosphere of confrontation finally eased into mutual appreciation.

That chemistry was exactly what Ronald needed most.

"Have you started?" Ronald was stunned. The two hadn't practiced dancing together for a long time since the audition. Ronald deliberately wanted to keep Gray's beginner state.

But the fight was right, and Jennifer Gray's admiration for Swayze did not diminish at all, but instead became stronger because of this short-term separation.

This impromptu play, like the little fun between real lovers, sparks everywhere. The chemistry between the two exploded

"No..." Director of photography Jeff Zu shook his head. It was supposed to be a simple rehearsal. Not only did it not turn on, but the recording rod didn't stand.

"Oh, shxt", Ronald can really feel the benefits of the habit of not rehearsing what Jonathan Demme told him.

Afraid of missing out on rehearsals, the actors will give their best performances. Demi has always started rehearsals, even if the film is wasted.

That's because of today's scene.

"Take your impromptu performance just now and do it again, this time we will start."

Ronald hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, and before the feeling of the two disappeared, when the god of movies suddenly favored him, he wanted to repeat the performance just now.

"!"

Ronald moved his head away from the monitor on the camera and gave instructions to the two leading actors.

This time the crew, Ronald also used a new toy, a small monitor on the camera, for the director to see the composition of the shot.

The clarity of the thing was so poor that Ronald had to look up at the live actors to see the details.

"cut, let's do it again. I want the feeling you just rehearsed."

After all, it was a deliberate performance this time, and the feeling of being completely natural was by no means comparable to the improvisation of the last time.

I took several reshoots, but none of the rehearsals were good.

“Very good, we just shot here, lunchtime”

Ronald patted his head with regret. In order to save money, he delayed the wonderful scene. It was really worth the loss.

The production cost of the film is limited, and I don’t prepare enough film for myself. I didn’t intend to waste it, but objectively I shot more and didn’t get good results.

"I want to make extra money, and every time I rehearse, I plan to shoot it. This movie is very particular about the tacit understanding between dances. If it is not the best one, there is a special freshness on both sides. Appeared in rehearsal. The actors are all skilled, and I didn't want to give up this good opportunity to shoot a particularly tacit shot."

At lunch, Ronald and Eddie discussed the budget for the shoot.

"Your budget allocation is very tight. If you shoot rehearsal, it will increase the cost of film by about one-fifth, and you may need to use the reserve fund."

"I know, when I go and talk to Douglas Jr., he should agree. This is where the artistic level is key. This movie is not a fledgling actor, and the supporting role uses a lot of experienced actors. Their The difficulty is to get rid of the stylization, so generally the first one is the best.

And the movie Hot Dance is not breakdance, and the screenwriter Eleanor strictly adheres to the story progression of the three-act play. Therefore, the spark of the opponent's play is particularly important, and the dance is the same. It is very important to seize this impromptu spark. "

"You're the boss, Ronald. I'm fine. I'll give Douglas Jr. a call later and let him talk to you."

In the first day of shooting, except for the dance scene, the most sparkling rehearsal was not caught, and the subsequent reshoots were slightly worse, everything went well.

Ronald was talking to Douglas Jr. about adding a portion of the reserve fund during dinner on set.

"No problem, isn't this part of the money just in case? It's very appropriate to use here."

"Thank you, buddy."

There was no problem with Douglas Jr.

Ronald took a slice of pizza, grabbed a Coke and ate it. He continued to meet with the crew to discuss various things.

"This is an episode of the various submissions I solicited, you can listen to it when you have time..."

Danny Goldberg, the music director, was robbed by the broker Jimmy Reiner because of the purchase of the copyright of the old song, which is very dangerous.

For the three episodes that required new creations, he worked very hard, bringing demos of dozens of songs that he had collected to the ground.

"Don't be free, we'll listen now, please come over with Eleanor."

Ronald took a tape recorder and put the first one in.

Eleanor is the creator of this story. She is very familiar with the music style at that time and has feelings for the situation of each episode, so Ronald always calls her when choosing music.

Those actors, after eating, wanted to start the disco party as a routine, but they were attracted by the sound of the recorded songs here, and they all gathered around.

"Is this an episode that the director intends to use in the movie?"

Many actors are inquiring privately.

Reels of tapes were put in and taken out again. Ronald and Eleanor frowned slowly.

These songs may be because of their small production and not adding their own name, so the songs found are not very satisfactory.

"It's not very satisfying, you have to keep looking," Ronald said to music director Danny Goldberg after listening to it.

"I'll fly back to Los Angeles immediately and continue to recruit..." Danny is working hard now, and he doesn't want to be fired now.

"Director, I've written a song, isn't my character going to sing a song at the resort show? I think this one is quite appropriate."

After a while, Jane Brook, who played the baby's sister Lisa Hausman, came over to look for Ronald with a cassette in her hand.

"Hula, Hana... Hula, Hana..."

The tape was put into the tape recorder, and it was a very strange song, and Jane Brook's voice kept repeating those few syllables.

"What song is this?"

Eddie couldn't hold back and spit out a sip of Coke.

"A witty song, doesn't it suit Lisa Hausman's silly big sister character?"

"Hula, Hana, Allah, Hana, Huna, chant..."

Ronald nodded and smiled, "It's really suitable, and you sing very well." He looked at the screenwriter Eleanor and asked her for her opinion.

"It's really good, but it's not suitable for the finale episode." Eleanor felt a little pity.

"So it's settled?" Jane Brook recommended herself to be successful, and was very happy.

"You wait and sign with music director Danny Goldberg, and I'll buy it."

"Yeah..." Jane Brook is completely different from the character Lisa. She is actually a good actress, she can sing and write her own writing. In this film, it is a bit underpowered for her to play a girl who can only dress up. .

"Congratulations!" Jane Brook gave a high five with several supporting actors. Everyone congratulated her. If she can become the lyrics and music used in the episode in the movie, she will have a long-term remaining dividend to get if the movie is a hit.

Patrick Thwaites saw it all by his side. He went to the hotel room, picked up the phone and asked the front desk to make a long-distance call to Los Angeles.

It was his wife, Lisa Niemi, on the paddock at home.

"Lisa, honey. You bring the tape of that song to Virginia Mountain Lake Villa, there's a theme song missing from the movie... yes, that's..."

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