Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 348 NG Twenty Times

On the first day of filming "Lightning Dance," Ronald arrived early.

He was intoxicated by the beauty of the lens in the dream, and wanted to see how director Adrian Lane could realize all kinds of dreamlike scenes earlier.

Today, according to the shooting schedule, it is to shoot the sex dance in the bar.

Some junior directors like to shoot a simple scene at the beginning, so that the crew can easily get into the state.Other senior directors like to shoot a difficult shot that tests artistic accomplishment and teamwork at the beginning to set the standard for the crew's future work.

Adrian Lane falls right in between the two, picking a scene where he can showcase his skills without challenging the crew's not-yet-know-how to work together.

As a Briton, coupled with the American director of photography, art director, and other full-set American teams, he needs to show some real skills to convince everyone.

We arrived half an hour earlier than the assembly time, and there was no one there, only the second assistant director who had to arrive earlier than everyone else was checking the list.

"Hmm, um..." A young female voice hummed softly.

Ronald looked around to see Marlene, Jennifer Beals' dance double.She was humming a French song, and Ronald didn't understand the meaning of the words.I just felt that Ma Lin sang very easily. She was wearing dancing shoes and leg warmers on her ankles, and she was slowly warming up.

"Marlene, are you here so early?" Ronald greeted her, "There is still a long time to set up the lighting, you can take a rest first."

"It's okay, I was going to do morning classes at this time." Marlene saw that it was Ronald, and hurriedly brought a man over to say hello, "This is my husband Peter, Peter Tram. He is also a dancer , this time I came to Pittsburgh to accompany me, and I also acted as a group dancer in the crew."

Ronald said hello to the Chinese couple. If they are resident group performers, they can get the weekly minimum wage and free housing. The couple can count as a small income.But compared to the real heroine, the stand-in is nothing, and can only be credited in the credits at the end of the credits.

When it came time for the official start, director Adrian Lane was discussing lighting with the DP.Jennifer Beals, the main character of today's shoot, came for a look, and then went to make up.

Ronald carefully observed Director Ryan's lighting ideas.A small stage above, behind a white background, reveals a uniform white light.There are two small blue light bulbs above, the front of the stage is aimed at the audience, and there are two red neon lights.

Overall, this is a bright ambient light.When the actors stand on the stage, the red neon light will render the environment a little warmer and make the audience feel comfortable, while the small blue light bulbs will give the actor's face a little cool color, and the bright makeup on Jennifer Beals' face Complement each other and add a cool feeling.

"Quiet at the scene." Adrian Ryan issued an order.

The sound engineer indicated that there were still some noises.

"The scene is quiet..."

"Quiet at the scene!"

Ryan yelled several times, but there was still some noise, and the sound engineer signaled no.

"Shut the fuck up!" Ronald saw the on-site staff and the group performers whispering, and shouted loudly with the electric horn.

Ronald returned the electric speaker to director Ryan, thinking that the crew was really out of touch.

"recording?"

"opened."

"camera?"

"full speed."

"Hit the board!"

"The first lightning dance, the first scene, the first line!"

Ronald's yelling had some effect, and the scene was very quiet.

"Action!"

The sound department played dance music, and the smoke from the photography team began to fill the air, and the stage was soon enveloped in faint smoke.

Jennifer Beals looked playful in a masculine coat and trousers that were clearly one size larger than hers.

The camera took a close-up of her face, and Bills turned his head, showing a sexy figure to the camera.

"Cut!"

Adrian Lane called a stop immediately.

"Jennifer, relax..."

Jennifer Beals has only filmed some supporting roles before, and the close-ups of her face, the close-ups of her face, made her a little nervous.

"Let's do it again... the scene is quiet."

"Cut, Cut..."

"Imagine, this is your boyfriend, give him a look that will drive him crazy."

"Cut!"

"Jennifer, I need a look that makes men crazy..."

"Cut!"

"Jennifer, you relax, let's do it again, remember to sit on the chair and then turn around."

"Cut! Makeup! Her makeup is messed up."

"Cut! Who coughed?"

"Cut! Good this time, this print."

Adrian Ryan's scheduling was rigorous and effective. Ronald watched for a while, and the film crew had already entered the state.

Seeing that there was no new lighting method, he went outside to take a rest.

This shooting method of releasing smoke made him a little uncomfortable. He almost coughed just now, but luckily it didn't cause the shooting to stop.

"Cough cough..."

"Ronald, what's the matter with you?"

Ronald looked up and saw the producer Don Simpson.He was approaching with a man in a suit and leather shoes.

"I was smoked...Mr. Guber?" Ronald found out that the person behind him was Peter Guber, the president of Polygram Films. When "Endless Love" was casting, Ronald had seen this president.

"Ronald, long time no see." Gubel hugged him affectionately, "You did a great job."

"Thank you. Why are you in Pittsburgh today?"

"We Polygram Films is one of the producers of Lightning Dance." Guber replied.

It turns out that the movie Lightning Dance was first sold to Polygram Pictures, and then it went through many places before being sold to Paramount.

Seeing Don Simpson's questioning eyes, Ronald immediately said, "Everything is fine with Director Ryan."

"Okay, let's go and have a look." Don Simpson invited Peter Gubel inside.

After a while, they came out, probably also smoked.

"That's it. We'll talk to Paramount when you get back to Los Angeles." Gubel and Ronald nodded and left.

"Ronald, you did a good job. PolyGram Pictures may buy part of the distribution rights, and Guber is quite satisfied." After a while, Don Simpson came back to find Ronald, and the two entered the shooting location together .

"Can distribution rights be sold separately like production rights?"

"Yes, it's like shares." Don Simpson obviously didn't want to talk about it, "How was today's shooting?"

"Adrian did a good job, but Jennifer Beers is a newcomer, so the number of entries is a bit more, which is still within the normal range."

Ronald just said that the number of recordings was still within the normal range, and immediately the next shooting began to be abnormal.

Most of the dance shots were done by double Marlene, Jennifer Beals only had a few unavoidable frontal shots.

In one shot, Bills is wearing a sexy red lingerie and doing a run in place dance move, which is one of the few dance moves she can pull off.

"Cut!"

"Cut!"

"Cut!"

After being NG several times in a row, Bills was a little tired.She had to run a few times in place, then nodded, ran a few more times, nodded again, and finally shook her head left and right, letting the water droplets on her wet hair go left and right.

At the same time, she has to make sure that she keeps a seductive look on her face while doing these actions.

After all, he is not a professional dancer, and Biers' movements are either not strong enough or wrong.Sometimes the dance barely meets the requirements, and the expression is not enticing enough.

Jennifer Beals is not only a novice dancer, but also a novice actor, so she often loses focus on the two places of acting and dancing.

Because there is not enough rehearsal, Bills's dance moves and performance status need to be found from scratch, and it is inevitable that he cannot allocate his attention reasonably.

The third time, the fourth time, the fifth time...

Seeing that Bills' emotions were all exhausted, she just mechanically repeated the dance moves.

For the first three questions, Biers was quite emotional and could make a very seductive expression, but he couldn't do it at all when it came to the eighth or ninth time.

"Shall we take a break?" Ronald took the opportunity to quietly ask director Ryan during the tenth NG.

"No, let her be a rehearsal. Bills' dance moves are still rusty."

Ronald glanced at Don Simpson, and Simpson had no problem with this extremely wasteful filming method.

"Well, anyway, you directors and producers have no objections, and the budget of seventy-eight million yuan is not a waste." Ronald thought to himself, if this film is handed over to him, today's shots may be all shot.

"Cut!"

No. 11 times, Biers' expression is still the same empty.

"Cut!"

No. 12 times, Bills' emotions have completely disappeared, but the dance moves have become more and more proficient, and she basically can't make mistakes.

"Cut!"

No.15 times...

"what!"

Ronald suddenly discovered that Jennifer Beers' emotions had been exhausted for a long time, and at No. 15, her emotions suddenly returned.

It's like a fountain that has been dry for a long time, after repeated repetitions, it began to gurgle again.

No.16 times...

Bills's seductive mood actually returned, as if he made this expression for the first time, it was very natural.

No.17 times...

"Cut! Very good, be careful not to make any mistakes in the recording."

This time it was the technician who was holding the recording pole that had a problem and got too close to the actors.

No.18 times...

"Cut!" Before it even started, Director Ryan stopped, gesturing to spray some more water on Bills' hair.

No.20 again...

Jennifer Beals started to jump up, nod, nod... and toss her hair left and right, sparkling drops of water burst out in left and right directions.

"Cut!"

After confirming with the director of photography, Ryan finally said the phrase "print this!"

"Oh..." Jennifer Beers collapsed to the ground from exhaustion.Ronald hurriedly waved his assistant to go up and bring her dry towels, water, and energy bars.

The subsequent shooting was relatively smooth.

Dance stand-in Marlene Jahan is a professional dancer, her movements are very skilled and her artistic expression is first-rate.

In addition, as a stand-in, the shots facing her are all medium shots and distant shots, or the back view of her on the stage facing the audience, basically there is no requirement for performance.

Basically, it can be summed up as, point a camera at the stage to start shooting, and then let Ma Lin start dancing.

"After this NG for many times, the actor can suddenly perform the phenomenon of natural emotion again. I wonder if Ryan did it on purpose?" On the way back to the hotel, Ronald was still thinking about what happened during the shooting, "Fortunately, it didn't let Guber saw NG [-] times, otherwise he would have to re-evaluate the cost of shooting."

Today's movies cost tens of millions of production costs and millions of distribution costs. It seems that finding peers to share risks is also a common practice in the industry.

"Ah, ah, ah..." Ronald sneezed several times as he walked into the hotel. The air pollution in Pittsburgh was serious, and it was rare to see blue sky and white clouds.Ronald's nose may be a bit allergic to air pollution.

Turning on the TV, Ronald turned up the volume, then went into the bathroom to take a shower.

"Welcome to The Phil Donahue Show. Today my guest is Lily Chen." The TV is showing a TV show from Ohio. Phil Donahue is a local talk show host. Last year his show Started playing on syndicates across the country.

His talk shows always talk about some big issues, world peace, disarmament negotiations, and many ugly social phenomena in America.Some viewers like to watch his program content very much.

"Choo, choo..." Ronald started sneezing again, walked to the sink in front of the mirror, and started blowing his nose.

"Shxt! Why is the snot black?"

(End of this chapter)