Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 610 Barrel Roll and Roll

   "Diane, not... Dean, Madam Dean." Ronald called the hotel where Diane, who was still in the hair country, was staying.

   "Hey, Ronald, it's you, the Chinese people like our 'Cotton Club' very much, and they invite us to many salon events." Diane received a call in the room.

   "Did you have a good time in the hair country? Come back soon, Diane. Lucas is going to make a new movie, and he needs to be good at acting. I recommend you."

   "Um...uh...you invite me back to the Oscars? Okay, I'll buy a ticket right away."

   "What, the international long-distance noise is too loud, and I can't hear it." Ronald put down the phone and went to Miramar Airport with Bud Jr. to prepare for today's lift-off shooting.

"Why, are you going back? Don't you stay here for a few more weeks? You speak French, people here like you, we can continue to go to the bar at night, there is also a 'Cotton Club' here in Paris. It's just right for you New clothes, and there are many handsome guys in the hair country film industry to know."

   Another actress in the movie "Cotton Club", Lonetra, asked Diane to continue to accompany her, "I heard that there are many male stars in the country who are also going."

   "No, I have a rare chance to appear at the Oscars now, so I'll book a ticket." Diane carefully guarded the secret of Lucas' casting brought by Ronald, and did not let any actress on the crew know.

"Then I'll go by myself. I'll go with Kyber from the crew. He can also speak French and can be my interpreter." Longnet McKee was very eager to try it out. He heard that Christopher Lamber, who was coming to the club tonight, Especially now, the hair country is a popular niche student, very handsome.

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"What do you guys call this action?" Ronald was in the base lounge, watching the pilot "Fool" and former TopGun school instructor, current crew advisor Pete Pettigrew, demonstrate the reality with model airplanes Flight action in air combat.

   "This is barrel roll. The F-14 has strong power, and barrel roll has an advantage over MiG. Experienced pilots can use barrel roll to induce opponents to rush forward, and use the complexity of compound maneuvers to prevent opponents from effectively aiming."

"Yes, in your script, before the Lone Ranger came to support the Iceman, he escaped the cannons of the enemy planes several times, and it was this kind of barrel rolling. TopGun instructor, you can use it to lure you to keep chasing, but It just can't be locked."

   "This movement seems rather rigid, but let's try it out."

The three planes made the sky very clear, the F-14A of the idiot at the front, the MiG-28 simulated by the F-5S in the middle, and the last one was the F-5S with a modified camera gun. Ronald In the back seat, see for yourself what kind of shots you can get. "

   "How is it, are you dazzled? Bozo's flying level is very good, and the plane behind is struggling, and there is no way to lock him."

After    came down, Pettigrew was very satisfied with the pilot's dogfighting level. The pursuit and escape in tandem were first-class in the real TopGun school.

  Ronald didn't speak, barrel rolling was really a very boring-looking action. The tumble radius of the fighter jet moving around the spiral is too large, and when it is shot close, it is always in and out of the camera.

The    is far away, and the details on the fuselage cannot be photographed. The fighter plane looks too small on the screen, and there is no sense of oppression on the anamorphic wide screen.

   "come", and after a few hours, the samples that were quickly developed were loaded into the projector.

   "Oh, this is a disaster."

  Ronald looked at the footage on the screen, and as expected, the F-14 Tomcat was photographed like a toy plane, without texture, and the barrel rolling maneuvers on the screen made it difficult to see any good effects.

   "How can this be a disaster? Bozo flies so beautifully, two more fighters can't catch him."

"I mean it's a disaster for the audience. Trust those Oklahoma moms and dads, they don't know barrel rolls, compound maneuvers, dogfights, they know it's ugly. I would never shoot something that ugly. Maneuver. You gotta think again, Pete, the Navy's planes can do some nice manoeuvres."

   "Okay", Pettigrew scratched his head, these Hollywood young people tortured themselves to death. Be nice, not usable.

   While designing the air combat, several actors who have completed skydiving training are taking turns taking off, sitting in the back seat to shoot the shots in the cockpit.

   "vomit..."

  Most actors still can't get used to such high-G fighter maneuvers. Barry Tabb, who played the "Wolfman", had his vomit bag full, and staggered off the plane. He stumbled and fell to the ground. He was nauseated again, and he fell on the ground and vomited.

   The assistant of the crew hurried up and helped him up, took him aside, washed his face with hot water, and slowly recovered his blood.

   "Although this experience was very exciting, I really vomited a lot. I didn't wear an oxygen mask to avoid soiling the cockpit. I vomited too much, sorry, director."

  Barry Tabu also came to apologize.

  Ronald looked at his pitiful appearance, and was too embarrassed to blame him, so he had no choice but to comfort him.

   "Do all fighter pilots have to wear an oxygen mask?" Ronald asked the "idiot Bozo" beside him.

   "The rules are like this, but people generally don't wear it, it hinders radio calls, and it's unclear when wearing a mask. We usually wear it on one side, show our mouth, and buckle it up when we really do high-altitude maneuvers."

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   "The next time the pilot takes the actors to fly, don't do such a big maneuver." Ronald said hello to several flight instructors at the TopGun flight school at Miramar Base who participated in the filming after seeing the printed samples.

"Please have pity on my actor, look at Barry Tabu, his face, look at his face, it's already blue, I heard that people who have a heart attack look like him. ' Ronald said, pointing to Barry's face on the screen.

   Several flight instructors exchanged glances. Indeed, some actors were really impatient to fly and closed their eyes when doing stunts.

"Only Tom Cruise is getting more and more used to flying now, but high G is the specialty of fighter pilots after all. Make a rule that with actors in the back seat, no stunts exceeding 4G are allowed." Pete Pettig Lu also came out and ordered, and the actors in the past two days have been tossed enough.

   "Then what else can we fly? Can we defeat enemy planes by level flight?" The pilots were also dissatisfied with the movie's inability to show real air combat.

"I learned a little bit of Hollywood knowledge, let me tell you, do you know what Oklahoma's parents are..." Pete Pettigrew took the high salary of the crew, and his heart has "mutated" to Hollywood Here, he is the most suitable person to explain to his former colleagues that the movie is not real.

   "All departments pay attention and start shooting."

   On the second day, Ronald sat in the back seat of the F-5S fighter two-seater, and personally went up to the sky to shoot the aerial combat footage. He gave the order to the radio.

   "Got it, Hollywood. Tommy feels good with me."

  The pilots were a little dissatisfied with Ronald for not letting them do combat maneuvers, so they called him "Hollywood", which happened to be the same as a pilot in the movie, teasing him if he didn't understand and wanted to point fingers.

   "Got it, take your time with the 'groom' and don't do anything more than 4G." Ronald couldn't argue with these daring, oversized Ego pilots, so he had to accept the nickname "Hollywood".

   "Less than 4G..." The pilot with the callsign "Groom" is very dissatisfied, what maneuver is this? He had to pull the joystick, and there was a roll.

   This kind of maneuver that rolls around the axis of the fighter itself has no effect in combat. It is the most basic maneuver. The only advantage is that the load is small.

   "Oh oh, what is this action? 'Viper', why didn't you tell me earlier." Ronald was very excited in the plane behind him, and he called out the callsign of consultant Pete when he was in service.

   "It's not a maneuver, Hollywood. It has no value in combat. Also, next time you call me your callsign, bring your own callsign for easy identification, over."

   "But, this one is really nice. Oklahoma anyway..."

   "Oklahoma's parents love to see it!" Pettigrew recited it.

   "Well, very good, this roll is very good, we need to take more shots, give me a few shots of each aircraft air combat shot."

   After seeing the printed samples, Ronald was very satisfied. How exciting is this roll? Coupled with the special effects of the MiG-28 cannon firing in the later period, it was approaching with air-to-air missiles and was avoided by a roll of the F-14A. The audience must be very excited. "

   "Okay, you have the final say here, Hollywood." Consultant Pettigrew was out of sight, and just rolled like this, the fighter guns in the back didn't need to be adjusted, and a long burst would kill the plane in front.

   "Okay, this is the biggest result of our recent shooting. You can think of a few good-looking stunts. I'm leaving early today to pick up people at the airport."

Pettigrew slapped his eyes, "Okay, I'll pick a few good-looking ones, the ones that Oklahoma's parents love to see... I'll just say that this is the result of my reasonable efforts. , otherwise the director still wants the F-14A to kick the crane."

"Brother Ronnie, do you really want to recommend me to audition for Lucas's crew?" Diane sat in Ronald's Mercedes. She thought about it while sitting on the plane, but she was afraid that she had heard it wrong. The first thing you need to do when you see Ronald is to make sure. "

   "Didn't you say go to the Oscars?" Ronald joked to her.

   "Okay, okay, you know, I have other actresses there, and I don't want them to know."

The two reached the reserved hotel room. Diane waited for little Bud to close them, and then hugged Ronald, "Brother Ronnie, why are you being so nice to me this time? You don't recommend anyone else. Just recommend me."

   Then she kissed Ronald several times.

   "Is it because you think my acting is good?" One of Diane's eyebrows began to rise again, grimacing at Ronald.

   "Go take a bath first, take a rest, you are tired from the journey."

   "Well, I want to hear from you that I am good at acting."

  Ronald stroked her hair, dyed pale gold and not completely faded.

"Your actors always put acting skills in the most important position. In fact, when a film director chooses a role, he first looks at whether you match the character's temperament, then looks at the chemical reaction between you and other characters, and finally considers it. acting."

   "Huh?" Diane looked surprised. "You're telling the truth? I always thought they said it to not make us too sad when we were eliminated. That's not what Bert said."

   "It's true. Specifically this time, it's mainly because Mr. Lucas wants to choose a female rock star. You have played it twice, and you look like a rock singer."

   "Hey hey, I know you like me dressed like that."

   (end of this chapter)