Exploiting Hollywood 1980

  Chapter 746 Social Class Division

  Helen went to the set the next day, she wanted to see how Ronald directed.

   Unlike the director of "Secret of Success", Herbert Ross, Ronald respects the actors relatively, and if the actors have any ideas, they can come up with them before shooting, and they can be discussed and resolved.

   Commanding a team of more than 100 people on the set is very impressive, but Ronald is also very busy. Every morning, he has to come to the scene in advance and solve problems with the director of photography on the spot.

   In the evening, I have to watch the samples of the first two days and solve all kinds of trivial problems. From the position of the camera, to the contradictions between the actors, and even the clothes the actors wear and the makeup they paint, he finally has to nod.

   "Girls, come to our hair show, a professional hair stylist will guide you."

  Today’s footage was shot on the beach by the lake. Early in the morning, Ronald was here waiting for the right light. After the crew had run in and rested, it was now like an automatic car, driving very smoothly.

   "We also have Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe wigs here. You can try them out and look in the mirror to see which one suits you."

  Ronald sat on the rocker arm, and the camera looking down from a high altitude gradually descended, and gradually turned to a close-up view of the dressing class at the seaside.

   "If you can tip a little more, then I can buy an Alfa Romeo."

   The waitress boyfriend of the dancing girl Penny came here and started to hook up with Baby's sister Lisa.

   "Alpha, that's my favorite car." Lisa, wearing an Elizabeth Taylor-style wig, teased the waiter's chin with her fingers.

   "Wait a minute to help me cover at night, I'm going out." Lisa said to Baby, she wanted to go out for a tryst with the waiter at night, "Oh, damn, I have a pimple on my face."

   "I asked you to use Keliying acne cream." Baby took out a tube of acne cream and handed it to her sister. "Where are you going tonight?"

   "The golf course, the 'view' on the first hole is good."

   "Cut!"

   "You acted very well. Let's try another one. You can try a different acting method. Lisa is not stupid, she just put all her energy into the competition to make herself look the most beautiful."

   Ronald used to direct the acting of Jane who played Lisa.

  “OK”

   "Honey, I'm leaving." Taking advantage of the break, Helen came up to say goodbye to Ronald.

   Generally speaking, people who visit the class cannot interfere with anything in the crew according to the rules, and can only stand outside the circle and watch a few shots.

   Ronald was too busy to touch the ground, so Helen left early.

   "I'll send you off." Ronald felt that he didn't have enough time with Helen.

   "You are really good at guiding actors. When I was filming 'The Secret of Success', the director Herbert Ross was very rude. When he saw that my acting was not good, he would attack my acting skills."

   "This old bastard", Ronald had seen the tyranny of this old director, but he didn't expect to be so rude to Helen.

   "But he's a stage director, and he's used to playing with actors as props."

   "Yes, you never seem to scold actors."

   "Because movies are one-off art, as long as one is good. I don't get angry at the actors. Because that slows things down, I end up losing money."

   sent Helen away and Ronald came back to continue shooting.

  The dancing girl Penny saw her boyfriend and was courting the wealthy girl who was on vacation, her face changed, and she started to pack up and leave

  Cynthia Rhodes's performance is very good, the woman in the underground love, seeing the expression of the man flirting with other women, mixed with jealousy, hatred, and grievances about her situation, it is vivid.

   "Ladies, your hairstyles are beautiful." Johnny knew Penny's inside story and came over to help the dance partner.

  Baby smiled like a flower, quickly took off the Elizabeth-shaped black wig, and then combed her blond hair, trying to impress her dream lover.

  Johnny did not continue, he turned away.

  Baby came over to chat with Penny, she envied Penny who was very good at dancing, and could also be a dance partner with Johnny, so she couldn't help but want to get close to her.

   "I envy you so much, you dance so well."

   "I was kicked out of the house by my mother when I was sixteen. I can only dance, and that's the only thing I want to do." Penny was in a bad mood and didn't tell her about dancing as Baby thought.

   Unexpectedly, what Penny said was a tragic past, but Baby still felt nothing. She felt that since she could escape from the family and do what she wanted to do, wouldn't it be a good thing? And Penny dances so well.

"I envy you."

   "Heh..." Penny's mouth showed an unpleasant wry smile. This eldest lady knew nothing about the life of the poor. If she didn't dance, where would she get the money to support herself. And also to face these ignorant rich girls.

   "Cut!"

   Cynthia Rhodes's wry smile and then pretending to pack up and turn away is very good. Penny was a backing dancer and she couldn't make any guests angry. The sentence "I envy you" deeply stabbed him, and he had to pretend that nothing happened and quickly escape from this embarrassing scene.

  The camera is turned to take a close-up of Jennifer Gray's face.

  Baby's face was confused at first, and then he was deeply puzzled that he first showed his goodwill to Penny, but was ridiculed. This girl who participated in Kennedy's "Peace Corps" program and wanted to change the world still doesn't understand.

   There are many people in the world who did not have the privilege of being born with a good education, and rich parents like her.

   "Cut!"

  Ronald looked back at the director of photography, who nodded to indicate OK. Ronald turned back and gestured to screenwriter Eleanor.

  This script is worthy of being written by Eleanor for several years, and many details are accurate and rich in content. This love story is not just about talking and dancing, but because of the gap between the two protagonists.

  Ronald likes this kind of script that is provocative and unpublished. It fully expresses various details of life, but does not break it. Only those who know more about social reality can see the light and unfocused background story.

This is the first time that Ronald has made such a script with a deep life as the foundation. The previous films, more or less, tend to be more simplified and cartoonish than life. You can't live in reality. In life, I see Daniel who uses the crane kick to win the karate championship, and it is impossible to see the cool lone ranger who can one-on-five and shoot down three MiG-28s.

   But every high school student has the experience of secretly falling in love with a handsome and beautiful person in school. Because of certain classes, interests, and social gaps, they cannot succeed.

   Many times, this kind of movie looking for dramatic conflict in ordinary life relies on the screenwriter's grasp of a large number of facts, and then writes it out on a whim. And as long as the cast is right, it's a lot of fun to shoot.

   When it's getting better and better, there is no need for more acting guidance, because of the character, good chemistry and interaction between the characters, no matter how you play it.

   As if the God of Movies was taking a nap, he accidentally opened his eyes and saw Ronald, and then lowered his luck, and the whole performance was in a state of automatic progress.

Apart from……

   Two protagonists, male and female.

  Jennifer Gray finished filming the opposite scene with Cynthia Rhodes, and turned her head back again, giving Patrick Swaytz a head back.

   embarrassed Switz too.

   When the two of them face the camera alone for a close-up, their expressions are very good, but when they enter the camera together, they lack the ambiguity of love.

   "Hmm..." Ronald cleared his throat. Gray, who came from an acting family, began to be petty again. He gave Cynthia Rhodes a look and asked her to find out why.

  Cynthia gave him an OK look.

  …

   "What did you tell Jennifer Gray's father Joel when you took him to the airport that day?"

   Late in the evening, Ronald got an echo from Cynthia. Jennifer seems to be having some trouble with her father Joel. Those father's advice to her, because she no longer trusts her father, was thrown away by her again.

  Cynthia's phone call also mentioned Emile Adolino, the assistant director of the crew. But what is the specific thing, it is not clear.

   So Ronald called Emil into his room and frankly asked him what was going on. Immediately after the filming of the Shanhu Villa scene, the scene is about to change. There are also a lot of rival scenes between the male and female protagonists on the North Carolina side. Such a chemical reaction must be a mess, and Ronald's whole family is going to fight Floating.

   "It's nothing, Joel is one of us, I thought Jennifer already knew, so I accidentally missed a sentence."

   "What one of you? Oh..."

   Ronald understood that it was a matter of orientation, and then he responded, "No way? Are you sure?"

   "I'm sure, he told me personally when I sent him off."

   "This? He can't see it at all? Besides, doesn't he have a wife and daughter?"

  "Ordinary people can't see it", Emil touched his nose, this kind of tacit understanding can only be found by fellow members. He then explained:

"In those days, we all had to be careful to cover up our differences. Many people were married and had children, but this was very difficult to change, and it would pop up again when we got older. Joel was also with Jennifer because of this. mother is divorced.

   "I have no experience with this kind of thing. How should I comfort Jennifer?"

   "Only let her figure it out by herself. Compared with her mother, the average child will be easier to understand."

  Ronald was completely speechless, who would have known such a thing would happen.

   During the filming period, the actors encountered things in their own lives that disrupted the mood and rhythm of the performance. It was a difficult thing to do, and they had to adjust them slowly.

   But Ronald's crew budget is tight, and adjusting slowly means that the money will be overrun again.

   "I'm sorry, Ronald. It's my fault." Emile had to apologize, and the actor couldn't get back to his status because of his words.

   "I can't completely blame you for this, but you will never talk about your own orientation in the crew in the future. I don't ask, and you don't take the initiative to say it."

   waved Emil away, Ronald was lost in thought.

   At such a time, what should be done so that Gray and Switz can regain that good chemistry?

   Scratching his guts, Ronald thought it best to get Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swaytz to do a dance scene or two as soon as possible to give them some physical contact.

  Perhaps this feeling of rubbing each other's ears will change the secretion of hormones, so that the two of them, who have already had a little knot, regain their strong affection.

   (end of this chapter)