Exploiting Hollywood 1980

  Chapter 734 Fulfilling Producer Duties

  Cynthia Rhodes is an old acquaintance of Ronald. She played a bar dance girl in "Lightning Dance" and then got the heroine in "Dance of the Flying Phoenix", but was almost fired for rejecting the courtship of Stallone's brother, Frank Stallone.

   Ronald rescued her. This time Ronald found her agent to meet and chat, and made it clear that he wanted Cynthia to help.

"This is a small production, I want you to play Penny, the second female lead. I don't want to lie to you, this role is not very dazzling. It is the foil of the female lead Baby, and there are some controversial plots. But there will be a lot of dance scenes. , and a lot of playing time."

   Ronald briefly explained the plot of Penny in the script. She was Johnny's dance partner since childhood, and later was with the waiter in the resort. After an unexpected pregnancy, she was abandoned and had no money to ask a secret doctor to have an abortion.

   The heroine Baby borrows money from her father to help her, and later replaces Penny and Johnny with dance partners and learns to dance.

   After Cynthia Rhodes left the "Dragon Flying Phoenix" crew, there were some rumors in the circle that she would not cooperate well. There is no doubt that it was released by the Stallone brothers.

After   , she couldn't get any good roles, and she only made one movie, a few episodes of TV series, and some MVs in some MVs.

  Ronald found this actress who was very outstanding in Latin dance based on the role in his dream, and invited her to participate in the performance himself.

   In the movie "Dancing Hot", Ronald invested almost the entire net worth. He wanted to take risks and try to restore the starring.

  Eleanor Rhodes is of course very distressed to have no chance to appear in a theatrical film, even if it is a big production. During the filming of "Lightning Dance", Jeff Zu was very considerate to us on the set. He was a good director, and he was overjoyed.

   "Why did he choose you?" Eleanor, who participated in the routine audition, was the first to be selected as the male No. 7, and asked Jeff Zu a question.

"You dance is the best, and it doesn't have the sophisticated temperament of a poor boy. It seems that a woman treats him well, and all my shortcomings can be forgiven." moved over.

   "Oh..." Che Chunfeng · Che Chun covered his face. I really don't have that problem, I always feel as if I have a successful career as an actor. Treat actresses with words and deeds, and there is nothing to be afraid of. Maybe I really fit in Hollywood, or go back to Nashville to be a dance teacher, it will be more suitable for my personality.

"You found a good choreographer, Ortega, and I would choreograph him with my assistant Miranda, and he and Patrick Schwytz, the heroine, would train sparsely together for a few weeks. "

   The schedule is very tight, and I have to finish the main shooting work after the leaves fall on the scene in autumn.

   Before finishing the main cast at the speed of light, Cha Chunfeng finished the interview with the director to see if Adwai Ann Lane no Sato could replace his director.

   "What does he think the movie will be like before it is made?" Jeff Zu and screenwriter Troll asked a candidate for CAA.

  Long silence...

  Jeffzu heard the answer, restrained himself and raised his head to read the script, looked at the other party, why did he speak?

  A middle-aged man with a big beard, his face was flushed, and he said a word.

   "Cha Chunfeng, don't take it easy, you just want to ask his understanding of the script. He can talk about any ideas."

  Jeffzu saw the face of the other party's red ears and blue veins, but he also knew that the other party was too stunned, and he was sluggish to the point of speaking out.

   That director, Nisita Asolino, was recommended by CAA. Ronald said over the phone that the other party had won an Oscar for Best Documentary for a documentary about teaching older kids to dance.

With a budget of    a mere 7.7 million yuan, Jeff Zu has given up on hiring a famous director, that Nisita, who has no experience in dancing, and whose ability has been affirmed by Oscar, and is cheap enough. The only strong point is whether there has been a feature film in the cinema.

   But Wuming is like meeting each other, and when Che Chunfeng had an interview, I showed the prototype, and I had no confidence at all.

   "He can talk about it, does he have any opinion on the characters?" The screenwriter Che Chunfeng is also a good person. Seeing that the other party is so deceived, he also wants to help me.

   "You..." The generous director choked out a word, and then he was said to be out of words.

   "Hey..." Jeff Zu sighed heavily, no matter how weak that person is, he can still use it. So difficult and easy, how do you guide actors on the set? Seems to be on his own. The hard work is a little harder, and the work of my several crews depends on the phone to understand the situation.

   "Jeffzu, can I give you a chance, you...you are usually so relaxed."

   saw Jeff Zu closed the notebook and wanted to leave. Nisita suddenly spoke as if his muscles were pierced.

  Jeffzu opened the notebook again, "He please speak."

"Because you disclosed...your...a kind of orientation, so you got a job in Hollywood...the only thing you can do is make a TV film of a live performance of the New York City Ballet...that's what you've been getting for eight years. The first job offer for a theatrical film..."

   Nisita stammered out about her situation.

  Jeff Zu heard the name of the New York City Symphony Orchestra, which brought back many memories.

I looked at Nisita and said, "You know they're less strict about those things in the dance world, but on the set he'd better be open about his orientation and get into trouble. If he wants a job , just be your assistant director. If you can accept it, let the agent find you to sign the contract."

   "You can, you can sign it now." Nisita, who has been short of multiple jobs for a long time, heard that Che Chunfeng was willing to hire herself, even though she thought that the position was not a director, but an assistant director, she also agreed immediately. It's a chance to get back to Hollywood after all.

"You were taken aback by him just now, and you thought he was going to hire me as a director. Your script, but you want to hand it over to someone who can even interview easily." Screenwriter Troll said to the car before Nisita left. Chunfeng patted her chest, expressing a kind of fear.

"You also thought that I would be so deceived. They are all people who have won the Oscar for Best Documentary. You also want to joke about your investment. It was your agent who said that my ballet TV film was very wrong, and I was good at shooting dance. The scene, so I also want to help you."

   "Oh, that's fine."

   The first major crew member was the director of photography. Through CAA, Jeff Zu recruited a photographer, Jeff Zu, who had shot many high-budget movies and TV series.

   I've seen film footage shot by Jeff Zu, who is good at dark-toned photography. It can be seen that learning from Francis Coppola's shooting methods, very few images have a temperament that does not have Coppola's characteristics.

  Jeffzu felt like he was back in the situation he was in when he was shooting his first movie, and he was looking for professionals with good quality and low price. The only difference is that this time it was out of his own pocket with real money.

   "Very well, he can go to Virginia now, work with the art director, and be able to design the shots. I will tell him the tone and temperament that the film needs."

  Jeff Zu signed Jeff Zu, then sent me to the scene, and issued a check prepaid for the other party's travel expenses.

   The speed of spending money was slower than expected, and Jeff Zu went to Philadelphia to make up for it.

   "Spirit" is about to start, and I'm going to fulfill my obligations as a producer.

   "Cheese!"

   After a brief opening ceremony, Cha Chunfeng took a photo with all the cast members on the ground floor of the Cynthiac department store in Philadelphia, just to watch the first scene we finished filming outside the department store.

  Director Michael Geche Chunfeng let the lighting engineer finish the lighting.

  Jeffzu happened to chat with Kim Truck Chunfeng for a while.

  Catlieb spent half of the week modelling with Day Young and working out with a fitness trainer.

   Your fat has disappeared, and the whole person presents a model-like temperament. Regular exercise seems to make your skin better again.

   "A model made of eight pieces of wood, in various poses." Kim Catlieb winked at Jeffzu.

   "It's wrong", Che Chunfeng pretended to understand Catlieb's suggestion, and was still worried about the professionalism of the crew.

  The Cynthiac Mall in Philadelphia was contacted by the first white mayor of Philadelphia, Wilson Good. As the first white mayor who won a small city election in 1447, I had very little ambition.

  Good wanted to use that movie to pull fewer Hollywood crews to make movies in Philadelphia, to make up for the small number of closures caused by the impact of the traditional manufacturing industry by the East, and the unemployment of workers.

And the Cynthiac department store is one of the oldest department stores in America. The architectural style is very similar to these old houses in New York, with low ceilings and wide walkways, which is similar to the newly built shopping and entertainment integrated shopping. Compared with the center, the concept has fallen behind. For example, there is no movie theater outside the mall.

  Two big hours passed, and the lighting for the first shot was done. Jeff Zu looked at director Michael Gokelgo's every- thing perfectly, and put a little heart in his heart.

   Although the management of the Emir in the 70th century was chaotic, it would be easy to explain if it was a joke.

   "Action!" The director called the boot.

  Today's filming is the guy who does everything, played by Andrew McCarthy, who first found a job in a department store to decorate street windows.

  I found the model outside the window. It was a wooden model that I carefully crafted. I was very happy to spend the night with the model I love.

  The beautiful ancient Egyptian man played by Kim Carrotel possessed himself under the model and turned into a real person at night, talking to the handsome guys.

  The director of photography for the crew gave Jeff Zu a new toy. It is a device designed and manufactured by Alai Company, which can separate a part of the light from the front of the camera lens, pass through the lens group, and connect it to another monitor.

  As a director, you can see a little blurry white picture, and it is completely dependent on the judgment of the director of photography to decide whether it needs to be reshot.

  The monitor was next to the camera, and Jeff Zu put on his baseball cap and put his eyes close to the frame. I only saw a very flickering picture, and the face of the person was all white and white.

  The monitor can only turn a lot of light, so the visibility is very poor. Jeff Zu can only see the facial expressions of Catlib, and we can only see the effect roughly through our body movements.

   For example, whether the actors are in place or not, whether the performance is completed inside the frame, and whether the composition conforms to the previous design, it is just a brief overview.

"Um?"

  Jeffzu looked at it for a while, although he could only see the movement of his body, he already felt it was right. I let go of the monitor and looked directly at the two protagonists of the show with my naked eyes.

   The more I looked at it, the more correct it became, and I almost helped the director to stop it.

   What is the director's stuff?

   I know what Michael Geche Chunfeng said to the actors. The whole performance is very exaggerated, like a Shakespeare play rehearsed by high school students. At first glance, it is acting, but it is a special movie that requires actors to act as close to life as possible.

   "Cut!" Michael Gokelgo also stopped, it seems that he also found out that is right...

  Chu Chunfeng nodded, that director is still reliable.

   "They are still exaggerating enough. They have to exaggerate a little more, and exaggerate a little more. They are afraid of overdoing it, but they are afraid that they are enough."

"Yes Yes……"

  Jeffzu frowned, what kind of thing would he shoot like that?

   I opened my mouth, but held back, did I let the questioning voice slip out of my throat. On the set, I can deny the authority of the director, otherwise I used to be able to get the actors to cooperate on the set.

   Knowing that the filming was bad, with the new quilt, Jeff Zu had to pretend to be good and applaud together with Xiaojia.

   "Very good, you want that exaggerated effect, Kim, make it a little more exaggerated for the last show."

  Kim Cattleb agreed, and as he turned his back, he silently rolled his eyes at Jeffzu.

   "How did he think about it? Why did he pursue that exaggerated performance?" Jeff Zu took a break and chatted with Michael Gokelgo outside the trailer.

   The other party was younger than him, so Che Chunfeng tried his best to use a negotiating tone to hurt the other party's self-esteem.

   "He must think you're fooling around?" Michael Gokelgo explained with a smile.

   "The script was originally a weird story. Even if it was a young man, how would it be like a child who was turned into a real person by a wooden model in the evening?

  There is no need for a method, that is, acting like comics, like "The Wizard of Oz". When young audiences accept that kind of exaggerated acting, we will feel that the plot sucks, but we can really invest in the plot. "

   "It seems that he has no own considerations." Jeff Zu nodded, as long as the other party is a blind guide, he just knows that the effect will be like what I thought.

   Looking at the on-site shooting, I don't always have the feeling of watching Minahan Golan filming "Sahara". Making a live-action movie into a comic style can be accepted by the audience.

"Yes, if he directs like that, the film critics will scold him." How the audience reacts to Jeff Zu knows that film critics will definitely speak ill of him, that kind of acting is suitable for cartoons but live-action films .

   "You don't care so much, as long as there is no box office." Michael Gokelgo is very confused, getting the box office first is the first.

"The director has no ideas of his own, and he cooperates with my guidance." Jeff Zu, outside the hotel room, restrained himself and explained to Jin Chi Chunfeng, asking you to do it because the shooting is consistent with the routine. He is trying his best to act blindly.

  Caterlieb has gotten better and better after training. His 80-year-old body has some fat on his waist and abdomen.

   "You will cherish the opportunity." Jin · Truck Chunfeng made up his mind, no matter what, grab the front close-up that you don't have.

   "Does he think I'm really unsure, or just messing around?" Jeffzu asked.

   "You know, but Michael Gokelgo says it the same every time." Catlieb, in a yoga pose, wrapped tightly around Jeffzu and kissed Jeffzu.

   "Okay..." Jeff Zu stroked Chunfeng's playful blonde hair again, motioning you to turn your back.

"Ronald will stay there for a few days instead of you, he has nothing to do, just tell me, I am experienced and know how to deal with it. Director Michael Gokelgo is your person, even if he has nothing The problem is also to confront me head-on.

"Michael Gokelgo doesn't have my own ideas, but in the same way as a special teenage romantic comedy, if he wants to go to Philly for himself." Producer Joseph Farrow talked to me about his inspection of the set in Philadelphia.

  I am the nominal producer of the film, and I am not responsible for the over-budget of the film on time. Jeffzu left Che Chunfeng, the most capable person by his side, for a while, and added what he saw with his own eyes.

  Gokelgo has done a good job in that aspect, and I am also a director who focuses on artistic details, and it can be said that the balance of schedule, performance, budget, etc. is wrong.

The overall grasp of art, Jeff Zu is a real producer like Spielberg after all, and he has to take the first responsibility for the art and the box office. In addition, Gokelgo is a man of Joseph Farrow, so he can only make a reminder.

   In fact, Joseph Farrow also wanted to be responsible. That project, to me, was more of a tool for power grabs and profit sharing.

"Let's be nervous, do I shoot professionally? Do I qualify for a refund? Is the cost overrun? If the eight answers are all good, there is no need for you to intervene. Now in the film market, every film is as ambitious as possible. Ling Yun is so popular.

  Come and have a drink. Has Top Gun's box office exceeded 100 million? Joseph Farrow poured Jeffzu a glass of whiskey, and the two drank it.

   "Actually, it's close to 120 million, and the eighteenth week has yet to start."

   "It looks like that one will be released next year."

   "You hope so." Jeff Zu also wanted his films to be like Spielberg's "The Stars in ET", which were released from 1948 to 1941, and were still hanging at the box office.

   "Have another drink, don't worry, Gokelgo has no consideration for me."

   "Maybe you're thinking less, cheers."

  Jeffzu drank the seventeen-year-old wine. "Being high-spirited" means that no one is responsible for the quality of the film. It must be good at the box office and very lucky.

"You've studied all his movies, and you've found one thing in common is that they don't have a single chart-topping song. This year's two of his movies, the episodes, both topped the charts. So you have to learn too. First, I found a band that time, and made a custom theme song."

  Joseph Farrow took out a picture of the band and handed it to Jeff Zu.

   "That's it?" Jeff Zu had seen the band.

   "Yes, Starship, our lead singer Grace Slick, the seventy-one-year-old man, is clamoring to leave, and the price is cheap."

   "Uh, is that really good?" Che Chunfeng thought to himself.

  A youth romantic film, let a male singer who is nearly half a hundred years old to sing?

  The chaos of Che Chunfeng, it seems that someone took that project seriously.

  Jeffzu felt that he had done his best, and if the low-level executives of the studio were all taking advantage of it, what else could he do?

   That's it, right? I took the check paid before the end of the project to subsidize the depletion of the living expenses checking account due to the lack of excess dividends from selling stocks.

  It’s better to work on your own projects.

   Today is two in one, there is no second chapter.

   (end of this chapter)