Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 262 Super "card" piece
"The electric film winder seems to be stuck." The director of photography, Matthew, checked the camera and whispered to the director Ronald next to him.

"This broken camera should have been replaced a long time ago." Ronald cursed secretly in his heart, cheap but not good, it really is the garbage left by Universal for the low-cost crew of "Fast Tempo".

"what is the problem?"

"Maybe there is a problem with the electric motor."

"Can it be fixed?"

"It's hard to say. I don't think it needs to be repaired. Replace it with a spare film cassette and take it to Universal Company tomorrow. Let the manufacturer repair it. Make sure to shoot first."

"Okay, then be careful, I'm always worried about this camera."

A film needs to expose 24 frames of film per second. The film is placed in the film cassette and driven by an electric motor to pass through the shutter at a constant speed of 24 frames per second.After the motor failed, the film winder couldn't wind the film, and an 11-minute film was stuck in the box and couldn't move.

"Fortunately, I replaced the lens that was shot just now, and this new roll of film has just been replaced."

"Okay, we'll start after you replace the spare box."

After replacing the spare parts, Ronald finally took a complete shot of the game hall.The crew moves to burger joints across America.

Here's Sean Penn and his little brother, played by Eric Stoltz, going to All-American Burgers for dinner.

Brad, played by Judge Reinhold, is the foreman in Hamburg, and his subordinate is played by Nicholas Coppola.

Ronald finally gave Nicholas a chance to get a membership card from the Screen Actors Guild.

"Spicoli, you come in with Eric Stoltz's little brother, take off your shirt when you get to the table, and then we all chip in to buy burgers."

"Director, can you be like Spiccoli, instead of calling me Eric, call me the name of the character in the movie?"

Eric Stoltz got acquainted with Sean Penn and admired Sean's acting methods. He happened to be just an adult, and after having an idol, he wanted to learn everything.

"You don't have a name in the script, so you're called Spiccoli's little brother, and I'll call you Spiccoli's little brother from now on?" Ronald said to Stoltz angrily.

"Uh, well, I thought he'd have a name." Eric Stoltz was a little sullen.

"It's okay, little brother, as long as you find the right method, you will become a successful actor." St... Sean Penn was preaching to Stoltz.

On the other side, Nicholas Coppola was also preparing for it.

"Hi, Brad."

"Hey, Brad."

"Hello, Brad."

Nicholas was practicing different tones repeatedly for this line.

"Nick," Ronald pulled him aside, "I know you don't want to insult Coppola's name, but we're a small production, and you don't need to practice this much.

Save your energy and desire to perform, and I will give you some positive shots later in the plot, and then will be the time for you to explode, okay? "

"Thank you, Director Ronald." Sure enough, Nicholas Coppola no longer practiced his lines, but took out a small mirror from his pocket, and began to comb his hair carefully in front of the mirror.

"Now go back obediently and say your line." Ronald patted him on the shoulder.

What kind of lunatics did I choose?This is just a low-cost youth exploitation film, should I play it as the "Godfather"?

Ronald smiled silently. In any case, it is a good thing for an actor to have a strong aggressiveness. As long as it is within the scope of his control, there will be no problem.

The two bastards played by Sean Penn and Eric Stoltz entered the American Burger where Brad worked. It took a long time for them to get together the money to buy the burger.

In order to be cool and show his personality, he took off his T-shirt and talked in the burger restaurant shirtless.

Their classmate Brad, wearing the uniform of a part-time foreman, came out from behind, pointed to the sign in the store, and told the students that the store is not allowed to be shirtless.And taught them a lesson, let them find a part-time job and earn money by themselves, so that they can't even afford hamburgers.

Spiccoli and the younger brothers, after Brad left, instead loudly imitated the tone that Brad taught them, and began to laugh at Brad's seriousness.

After returning to the counter, Brad greeted the clerk played by Nicholas Coppola, "Hi, Brad."

"Cut!"

Ronald stopped the shooting, these shots were good, and the camera did not have any problems again, and everyone started to switch scenes to shoot high school cheerleaders and a few shots in the mall.

"Hey Pamela" author Cameron Crowe greets one of the cheerleaders.

"You know him?" Ronald asked Crowe after he arrived.

"An acquaintance of my girlfriend's, who's well established, Pamela, the sister of the rock star Bruce Springsteen."

"Oh", Ronald knew that Crowe had been a columnist for rock magazines for many years, and he was familiar with the heads of these rock circles.

It happened that he didn't care much about the casting of the extras and small supporting roles, so Croser brought in a few acquaintances from the rock circle.

"Are you interested in her? Let me introduce you," Crowe smiled. "People in the rock circle really want to appear in movies. Pamela also mentioned you to me and said that I saw your film 'Rock High School'"

"I didn't shoot it, I was just the director in the second group." Ronald shook his head and rejected Crowe's kindness.

"It's a girl with buck teeth, not my cup of tea." Ronald smiled, but the cheerleader next to him had a better figure, and he didn't know his name.

"What's that girl's name?" Ronald asked the assistant beside him.

"Oh, Kelly Maroney. From the National Shakespeare Company. Originally from Shakespeare."

Still playing Shakespeare.Forget it, this kind of actress is generally very ambitious.I may not be able to afford the price she wants.

"Hi, my name is Spiccoli, what's your name?"

Instead, Sean Penn took a fancy to Pamela Springsteen and went to strike up a conversation with her.I don't know if he strikes up a conversation in his own capacity, or is he playing Spiccoli?
During the filming of the crew, the actors, actresses and staff are far away from their families, working overtime and night shifts are commonplace.There are actually quite a few dewy couples in the crew.

After the filming was over, everyone went their separate ways.When we meet again, we are still friends with a smile.This is the modern male-female romance of the film and television industry.

"Get ready for the next game." Ronald signaled the assistant director to speak.

Forget about flirting and get down to business first.

Today's shooting is a bit slower than yesterday's.In addition to the fact that there are no two venues to take turns lighting and shooting, the speed of the photography team is slower than yesterday.

Ronald found that the director of photography, Matthew, was very nervous. Before shooting, he checked the camera's film cassette repeatedly to avoid film jams.

Being so cautious made the entire photography team very cautious, but it still slowed down the overall shooting progress.

Slowly moving forward, finally captured the last few shots of tonight.

Ronald had the cheerleaders leaning against the end of the escalator for a few reaction shots of them and Brad looking up at his wage earner.

"Recording? Camera? Action!"

Pamela Springsteen, and Kelly Maroney get ready to pose for one of the few close-up shots of themselves in the film. "

"Cut!"

Matthew called a stop, and the film jammed again.

Ronald stepped forward, looking at the cumbersome camera and getting angry.

What is "UltraCam", I think it is "UltraJam"

(End of this chapter)