Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 393 Dreaming of a Mermaid

"There's an electronic keyboard slide at the beginning of this song, do you think we can just cut out Cindy Lauper's portrait and let her slide across the screen like this on the piano?"

Ronald and the staff of the ADO computer digital special effects machine added a lot of special effects to the MV. In addition to showing various special effects as much as possible, the rhythm of the special effects and the MV should also be considered.

This special effect of panning on the screen after keying, after much deliberation, there is still no good place to arrange it. Finally, Ronald thought of putting him after the prelude, and let Cindy Lauper's grimace brush across the screen to make a scene. A funny atmosphere.

"Dangdang..." The secretary at the front desk knocked on the door and came in. "Ronald, I think it's your cousin calling to remind you to go home for dinner."

"Oh? It's already 05:30? Thank you, let's stop here today, and we'll continue tomorrow. I promise my family to go home for dinner." Ronald said to the staff, got up, dressed and went home.

"I will finish this special effect tonight, and you can see the final effect tomorrow."

"Thank you!"

When Ronald returned home, he hugged Aunt Karen as soon as he entered the door. We hadn’t seen each other for several months. Aunt Karen and he both missed each other a little bit.

"What are you watching?" Ronald saw Aunt Karen watching CBS TV again. It seemed to be a TV series. A military Bell helicopter appeared, and there was a wounded man on a military jeep below.

"Today is the finale of 'Army Field Hospital (M·A·S·H)'," Donna said to Ronald.

"Oh", Ronald smiled and sat down on the sofa. This TV series, which reflected America's war in Northeast Asia in the 50s, has been on CBS for more than ten years, longer than that war many.

My aunt likes to watch it, mainly because the TV series does not have much background on the war. She actually sees it as the Vietnam War. Many weapons and plots in it are actually based on the Vietnam War. Anyway, soap operas are not so sophisticated. .

"I like watching this TV series very much. I didn't expect it to end soon. Today's last episode is very long, with two and a half hours. The name is also good, it is called 'Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen'"

Aunt Karen must be eating dinner while watching the finale.Colonel Porter, Max Klinger and Father Mulcahy, who have been with Auntie and countless American families for 12 years, finally wave goodbye as the final scene wraps up.

"Honey, I'm going to bed first, it reminds me of your uncle Steve." My aunt came to hug Ronald after watching the finale, so don't make it too late.

Ronald didn't follow this TV series very much, so he went to the room early to read the two scripts given to him by Diane Lane, and planned to give Diane a recommendation tomorrow.

"Hi Ronnie, are you free?"

Donna knocked on Ronald's door and walked in.

"Which movie are you going to recommend Diane to act in? Is there any news to disclose?"

"Um, I haven't finished reading the script yet." Ronald rubbed his eyes. He had done a lot of things today, and he was a little tired at night, but he always finished what he promised.

"I think the mermaid is pretty good, what do you think?"

"I don't know. Choosing a script is actually a difficult choice. As a director, of course I hope that actors can act in my script, but on the other hand, from the standpoint of an actor, it is actually not that easy to choose. It is difficult to judge which Movies will accelerate your career."

Ronald asked Donna to sit down, just in time to chat with her and take a break.

"Hey? Shouldn't we just pick according to the script?"

"It's hard to say, some movies don't really tell much from the script. You know Spielberg's ET aliens, I read the script before shooting, and when I read it honestly, I couldn't see the final scene at all. It’s so touching.”

"Then what should I look at?"

"In addition to the script? It also depends on the performance of the actors, and some special effects. Sometimes, the improvisation performance of the actors will be more exciting than the script. Some directors will give the actors more room for improvisation, and some are more strict. , stick to the plot and dialogue on the script.

For example, in this mermaid, it can be seen that the screenwriter and director have roughly grasped the picture of the movie, so the script is written very carefully. I can see that in some places, they have already figured out how to assume the camera and how to put these words Make an image.

But this untitled project leaves a lot of gaps, I can't tell if the director doesn't pay much attention to the script, or he has already thought of those places and left them for the actors to improvise..."

Ronald explained to Donna the difference between the script and the movie. In fact, he was not very optimistic about the untitled project. Many places seemed very rough. If he came to direct, he would definitely overturn the story and rewrite it to complete the details.

"Oh," Donna nodded, secretly remembering what Ronald said, "Then Ronnie, what kind of director do you belong to?"

"Me? I might be somewhere in between. When you meet good actors, let them play a little bit more. When the budget is tight, you can shoot according to the script and speed up the progress."

"Okay, I'm going to sleep and I won't disturb you anymore." Donna stood up and walked out of the room.

"The script depends on the performance of the actors and directors. It doesn't necessarily mean that the script is good, but the movie is good. It depends on the space of the performance and the effect of the special effects..." Donna muttered to herself, ran to the room, picked up the phone and dialed, "I I asked it for you, and he said that the movie is not necessarily good if the script is good... umm..."

The night was getting dark, and Ronald also lay down on the bed, reading the script by the lamp.

The script of "The Untitled Project" was thin, and Ronald read it quickly.The copper nails of the binding came through and protruded a lot from the back cover. Ronald was poked twice when he saw it, and he simply threw it away.

Besides, Ronald didn't like that the characters in this script were exaggerated and caricatured.The main story is very old-fashioned, and you can guess the direction of the plot a few steps in advance from the beginning to the end.It is not much different from the story of "North African Spy".

He prefers to watch "Mermaid (Splash)", the story of this movie is very interesting.It is almost the same as the beginning of Andersen's "Daughter of the Sea", but with many modern American values ​​added.

For example, the Little Mermaid quickly accepted modern civilization and learned to buy things with money.At the end, instead of turning the tragedy of the original version into bubbles, or turning into a human being and living happily with the male protagonist in a cliché, the human protagonist turns into a fish and goes to live in the sea with the mermaid.

This ending of escaping the busy work in the urban forest and returning to a happy childhood may really resonate with some men and women in the city.After all, who doesn't want to put aside the helplessness of running around in reality and return to a carefree childhood?

"Here is a plot. After the Little Mermaid came ashore, she arrived at the Statue of Liberty. The language and customs were different. The Little Mermaid could not communicate with the tourists. However, she was kind and beautiful, and soon won the heartfelt love of tourists from all over the world. It is more suitable. Diane's acting skills." Ronald made some marks on the script with a pencil, and then wrote a paragraph of his own evaluation.

A burst of drowsiness hit Ronald, and Ronald only felt that the hand holding the pencil was getting heavier and heavier, and he struggled a few times.The script fell to the ground with a snap, and Ronald fell asleep.

A familiar feeling came to his heart again, and Ronald vaguely felt as if he was watching TV, and the voice on the TV was in Chinese that he hadn't seen for a long time.

"The next play is 'Modern Mermaid,' Splash"

A burst of theme music sounded, and a large TV screen began to play the movie "Mermaid".

Ronald felt very tired, his eyes could hardly be opened, and he kept falling asleep watching TV. There seemed to be Chinese subtitles at the bottom of the screen.

"Where is this? Why is the subtitle still in traditional Chinese?"

On a yacht, two young children are watching the waters off Cape Cod.A fat kid dropped a handful of coins at the lady's feet, then got down on his stomach to pick them up and peeked.

On the other side, a thin and melancholy child was staring at the sea. He seemed to see a little mermaid jumping down and jumping into the water.

The little mermaid rescued him who couldn't swim, sent him back to the boat, and was rescued ashore by the adults.But his wallet was left on the bottom of the sea and was picked up by the Little Mermaid.

"This is the scene where the two protagonists met when they were young, right? Don't say that this mermaid flashed by, and she looks a bit like Diane." Ronald thought in a daze.

"Hey, hey..." As soon as the camera turned, a fat young man started to play the trick of tossing coins to peek, and was caught right away.Ronald opened his eyes and saw that the fat man was played by an old acquaintance who invited him to see John Candy in the NFL playoffs.

"Hey? Didn't I dream about it because of Diane?"

Beside him is Fatty's brother, the little boy who was rescued by the Little Mermaid back then, still so thin and melancholy.

"Hey, this is also an old acquaintance. He participated in a fast-paced audition, but later gave up because of conflicts in the TV drama schedule. What's his name? I remember that his name is also Tom."

Ronald fell asleep again.

"Ah... ah..." A scream woke him up. A blond beauty, naked from the back, walked up to Liberty Island from the sea, and was spotted by a group of tourists visiting the Statue of Liberty, and yelled.

"Is there any nudity here?" Ronald thought to himself.

"Huh? It's not Diane, but a tall, blond, beautiful actress. She's more charming than Brooke Shields."

"Ah..." Ronald was awakened by another sharp cry, and there was a place that looked like a department store on the screen, and the TV screens on the wall exploded one after another.

The mermaid learned human language by watching TV. When she said her real name to the hero, she spoke her real name too frequently, which caused the TV to explode.

"Buzzing..." There was a sound of a hair dryer. The mermaid met the water in the bathtub and showed her tail. The hero Alan wanted to see her. She dried her tail with a hair dryer, and it turned into legs again.

"Crack, crack", finally the mermaid and Allen escaped from the scientist's laboratory, and the police car came to chase them.The mermaid asked Alan what he wanted, and the two jumped off the pier and started a happy life in the sea.

……

"Wow", early the next morning, Ronalda opened the window, and the sun shone into the room.The movie in the dream was made at a good level, but the untitled movie was not a dream, so I and Diane recommend "Mermaid".

(End of this chapter)