Exploiting Hollywood 1980

  Chapter 747 Finalize the Theme Song

   "Action!"

  Ronald got on the rocker again, he wanted to see the atmosphere of the lights, in line with his own preset ideas.

  A wooden bridge leads to a platform that extends out of the Mountain Lake Villa, where it sticks out from the mountain, just so you can see the lake.

Ronald had seen in the viewfinder beforehand, the lighting arrangement was pre-designed, red, yellow, green paper lanterns, in the evening when the light rain was falling, emitted a misty light, as if each lamp All covered with a halo.

The    rocker arm rose from the ground, and then a distant view opened.

  The lights in the rest of the surroundings were deliberately turned off, and they were all black. Only the viewing platform opposite the wooden bridge is brightly lit, which makes people want to go there and participate in the dance party there.

   "Cut!"

  Francis Coppola invented this technique of using lighting in his blockbuster "Old Love, New Love", which is really very good, and can easily create an intoxicating atmosphere.

  , another servant street film after   , also used this kind of warm red light throughout the film to create an atmosphere on the actors' faces. As well as setting the lights on the wet ground to reflect the colorful light on the ground are very useful techniques for creating atmosphere.

   Although these directors were unsuccessful at the box office, they explored a new audiovisual language for later directors.

   No wonder Coppola is always called a director's director. Other directors in the industry can always get more inspiration from his films than the average audience.

   "Move the camera to the viewing platform." Ronald ordered the camera crew.

   I'm about to let Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze dance together, I hope that what I have prepared can ease the perception of the two.

   "Am I going to clear the stage?" Ronald asked the costumed assistant choreographer Miranda Garrison when he reached the viewing platform.

  Today is a scene where she seduces Johnny, played by Switz. All the dancers came to see their choreography performance.

   "No need, let them see my strength."

  Miranda wore a black halter evening gown with an expensive white fur cape around her shoulders.

   Ronald smiled, reached out and held Miranda's hand, allowing her to step into the center of the viewing platform.

   "Oh oh..." The group performers began to boo.

  Patrick Switz also smiled and took Miranda's hand.

   Both of them are professional dancers. Ronald motioned for the cameras to turn on, and while they were rehearsing, they started recording the film.

  Miranda reached out to reach Swayze's neck, and the cape slipped off. She simply took off the shawl with the other hand and threw it on the ground next to it.

   I saw the props, and I felt bad. The crew borrowed them from the store. If they touched the ground and got water, they would lose money.

   Ronald grabbed him and glared. Miranda's improv performance is very good. She is the kind of middle-aged housewife who sees a dance teacher with a very good figure and wants to eat the other party's state in one bite, and she plays very well.

   What a bad thing about a little shawl? If it is interrupted, what if there is no such state during the official shooting?

  Experienced actors are often the first to get the fullest and most authentic emotional response. After you have experience, you will become clichés.

   "Hi, Max? Is my dance class starting to work?" Vivian, the lady played by Miranda, asked Max, the hotel owner, with a smile.

   "Very good, first class!" Of course Max knew what the **** Vivian was up to, but as long as she was allowed to stay at the resort, she usually turned a blind eye to this kind of thing. Besides, this fee was paid by Vivian's husband.

   Weiwei turned around in peace, and ran a finger across Johnny's face.

   "Cut!"

   "Bravo!" Ronald was the first to applaud, leading the group to applaud Miranda's lovely acting skills.

   "Really? When we were filming, I was afraid that the performance would be worse." Miranda quickly picked up the fur shawl and patted the ashes on her hand.

   "It doesn't matter, I have already recorded it." Ronald made an inquiring gesture to the photographer, got an OK gesture from him, and then gave a thumbs up to express his appreciation.

  The camera goes back and shoots the boss Max and Dr. Hausman's family greeting. Max wants his youngest son to pursue the doctor's youngest daughter, Osman. So take good care of them.

   His son was admitted to Cornell, and Baby was going to Man Holy Women's College in Massachusetts. It happens to be a traditional marriage school.

   "Doctor, aren't you going to dance?"

  The camera is aimed at the Hausmans, only Lisa who is out for a tryst is missing.

   "We're waiting for a waltz."

  The doctor's wife answered instead of her husband. The waltz is a more orthodox social dance. Compared with current music, the flirtation between men and women is not so strong.

   "Vivian Pressman. She's the kind of woman we're used to talking about who lives in Kellerman all week. Her husband is a car dealer and tends to come on the weekends."

   Boss Max explains to the doctor the origin of this romantic woman.

  Baby was hugged by Dr. Hausman's shoulders, as if she didn't want her to hear the dirty side of society.

  Jennifer Gray looked helpless, as if to say, why wasn't I the one who teased Johnny?

   "Cut!"

  Ronald stopped, but this part was played very well, and Gray's mood was exactly in line with Baby's feeling in this part. She was also envious of Mrs. Thwaites.

  The so-called wrong in and out, this kind of mentality, at least before the baby and Johnny are officially married, is very suitable.

   "Record of the scene..."

  Ronald called the field recorder, and she started recording the position of each shot. Immediately, the lighting team will change the lighting, and the scenery team will also change some small props.

   In order to save money, "Spicy Body Dance" uses jump beats. On this viewing platform, there are many scenes that will be filmed at the same time.

   "Baby!" Swayitz called out to Gray with an affectionate expression.

   "Johnny, I..."

  Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swaytz slowly embraced and began to dance to the music and mambo.

   "Cut!"

  Ronald has taken this scene for the seventh time. The two of them were stiff and stood there without speaking, as if there was no communication.

   During the audition, the feeling of blending in water and milk, and the feeling of blush and heartbeat just by dancing without speaking, has disappeared.

   "We're here today."

   Ronald's attempt to use physical contact to bring the two leading actors back to their state also failed shamefully.

   When you feel it, you look at each other and want to touch with your fingers, all of which make people tremble.

  When you don't feel it, even if you kiss passionately, there will be no waves in your eyes.

   "Ronald, here is a sample of the theme song for the application."

   Back in the hotel room, Ronald couldn't stop, and continued to choose the theme song with the screenwriter Eleanor.

   Music director Danny Goldberg was underwhelming. Although he has a lot of experience working in a big studio, when he encountered a stingy crew like Ronald, many of his working methods could not be developed here, and he could not handle anything by himself.

   For example, he did a very poor job of collecting the theme song. Originally, in a big studio, you only need to make a request, make a few calls to friends from major record companies, and you can provide good candidate songs.

   But Ronald has no money, only fame. Big record companies are reluctant to send their ace songs to Ronald's small productions at low prices.

  Finally went to an independent songwriter and producer he was not familiar with. It was already halfway through the filming of the film, and he still hadn't found a suitable song.

  The impatient Ronald directly called Jimmy Reiner, the music broker who had secured the copyright of the old song. Send a message through him, sending out invitations to all interested indie producers.

   Finally, after the urgent collection, Reiner arrived at Shanhu Villa with more than 50 Demo tapes.

  It was late at night, Ronald dragged his tired body and was still listening to the screenwriter Eleanor.

   Maybe the price was too cheap, or maybe the director Goldberg’s idea was justified. Good songs will not be missed by big record companies and end up in the hands of independent producers.

   I have been listening to more than 40 discs, but I am still not satisfied.

   "None of these, we want a song with the basic structure of 1950s music, but with some new pop elements. It also needs to be in tune with the dance at the end."

   Eleanor complained incessantly.

   "The quality is indeed a little worse." Ronald also scratched his head.

   "It really doesn't work. We only play a mambo dance song when we shoot the final dance scene, and then collect new songs and record them in post-production."

   "But then, the actors lacked the vibes of the scene and the proper theme song. And Jennifer and Patrick lacked chemistry."

"Forehead……"

   Ronald, annoyed by this, opened the last tape and put it in the tape recorder.

   "Now, I have found the time of my life

   No, I've never felt this way before

   Yes, I swear, it's true

   I owe it all to you

  Because of being with you, I had the best time of my life"

   "Huh?" Ronald and Eleanor sat up at the same time. Although the rhythm of this song was not fast at the beginning, the melody and lyrics fit the atmosphere of the scene very well.

   Then in the second paragraph, the rhythm is accelerated to the normal rhythm of the Mambo, which can be used to make a fuss about the editing, with the cross-cut of the face close-up and the close-up dance.

   "Who sang this? The voice is so magnetic?" Ronald was overjoyed, and he must let the two singers in the demo sing this song.

   "It's Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes," Jimmy Reiner replied.

   Seeing that Ronald didn't quite understand, he added, "Bill Medley is the one with long hair in the 'Justice Brothers' group."

  Ronald knew the group, their most famous song "You\'veLostThatLovingFeeling" was the song the Lone Ranger sang with a microphone in the bar in "Top Gun" to pick up on Charlie. It was also the one Charlie ordered on the jukebox after the last two reunited at the bar.

  Bill Medley is the powerful baritone at the beginning.

   "Ah, it's him. I'll fix this song, and help me get the recording of the two of them."

  Ronald made the decision immediately.

   "I'll do it right now, get a studio version and send it to you."

   "Don't send it here, we're going to transfer to North Carolina soon."

   (end of this chapter)