Exploiting Hollywood 1980

  Chapter 495 Boogaloo Prawns and Sabados

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

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

   "Meinahan has gone to the Debbie Reynolds dance studio, getting ready for auditions, meeting 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.

   After taking a nap, Ronald regained his energy. As soon as he entered the dance studio, he found that Minahan was already there waiting for him. There were still many "Soul Train" dancers waiting for audition.

   "Gaga, here you are, Ronald. This is Hanania Bell, the director of photography I asked for you. He is 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 that they are skilled and are especially good at shooting fast, because TV movies go faster.

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

   And he is a fellow Israeli who was hired 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 knew that time was tight and skipped the greeting part and went straight to the important issues he had to address as an art director.

   "Here are some of the modifications I made 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 very tight, what are your casting principles? We try to squeeze two auditions into one."

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

   "Yes, Lucinda", Minahan called back and called out Lucinda Dickey.

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

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

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

   Pamela smiled. I heard that an exploitative film would be finished in two weeks, and she was conflicted. Seeing the young director coming up now is a state of self-reliance, and everyone has to obey my orders to relax.

  The directors are all monarchs on the set, but those who are very particular about democracy cannot be good directors.

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

   This is the 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 personalities and outstanding personalities. It is easier to play in fast shooting. Even if it is different from the script, I can rewrite the conflict of the story and the character of the characters on the spot."

   "Understood, you want them to perform in their true colors, distinct characters, better than good acting." Casting director Pamela is 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 Pamela, the casting director, "What do you think of Ronald?"

   "You have to grab time to make an exploitative film. Nothing is more reassuring than a director who knows how to adapt to changes."

   Pamela smiled and started out to sort 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.

  Three, and soon she and Ronald watched a dozen actors.

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

  A man named Bruno Falcon, Latino, Ronald saw that he was a villain who competed with the protagonist when the three-person team danced in the dream.

  The other is Timothy Solomon, a black man, who happens to be Bruno's partner and makes up 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, the costumes were full of bright colors like black and Latino, and the men also wore a lot of earrings and jewelry.

  Ronald can see from the washing and fading of the clothes that they are not very wealthy. Except for choosing a few 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 ShabbaDoo"

   "Please dance the dance you are best at."

   As soon as the three of them 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 anger, just the personality you want.

   That bougainvillea prawn danced like Mikaya Baryshnikov in breakdance, this kind of person 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 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. In hip-hop, we earned the name ourselves."

  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.

   "The bougainvillea prawns, and the sabadu? Then that's what I wrote on the paycheck to you...?"

  The two were very excited. This means that they were 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 he should be soft, 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 relatively naive. Seeing Sabade saying this, he quickly followed.

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

   Lucinda Dickey finished her hair and went back to the dance studio where she auditioned, put on her practice clothes, and danced with two master breakdancers.

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

   "The two of you will show Lucinda a demonstration, 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 the dream cooperated a lot better.

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

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

  Ronald saw the problem. Jazz dance and breakdance have 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 take-off and landing of breakdancing are hard, and require 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 do a jazz dance that you are good at." Ronald also began to show contempt when he saw the prawn, and quickly let Lucinda Dickie 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.

   This is really a problem, breakdancing is for the poor boys 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 with Solomon and try to dance with Lucinda Dickey.

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

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

  I can't think clearly, Ronald wants to put the casting aside for the time being. He is not sure whether to follow the match in the dream, or if it is 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 the handyman on crutches walked in outside, Eddie Rodriguez.

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

   "Are all your students here? Are you ready to show up in a movie?"

   "Yes, I made them all wait outside".

  Shouman still looked shy, and spoke softly to Ronald.

  Sabadu and Boogaloo prawn 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 masters of hip-hop were very shocked. They stepped forward to hold the hand man and asked him questions one after another. These movements were very skillful and 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, Ronald is very happy, this is what he wants to give this disabled dancer a chance, his enthusiasm and selflessness are touching.

   After watching for a while, Ronald frowned again. 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 breakdancing represents the poor Latino or black children on the street. No wonder Sabado seems to want to swallow Lucinda raw.

   He wanted to be in the limelight in front of her, and belittling the other party was 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.

   And the bougainvillea prawn is like Ralph Mazio who played Longwei Kid. He has not yet developed. He doesn't have that kind of deliberate challenge to Lucinda.

  Which pair should I choose to go with Lucinda?

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

"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 this insight was very insightful and benefited him a lot.

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.

   (end of this chapter)