Exploiting Hollywood 1980

  Chapter 26 Taking pictures in high-end apartments

  Demi Gaines' apartment in West Hollywood is a high-end apartment.

   Early the next morning, Ronald drove an orange Volkswagen Hare to the gate of her apartment, and the janitor saw him in a cheap car and stopped him to ask questions. Fortunately, Ronald is white, and his English accent doesn't look like he's from a lower-class community. The janitor agreed to call Demi and let him in after confirmation.

   Parked the car, Ronald looked around, it was really much better than his apartment. Not only are there janitors, but there is an open-air swimming pool inside the gate, next to the party venue, and there is still the atmosphere of last night's carnival. The laughter of men and women and the sound of thudding diving could be heard vaguely from the depths of the yard. It is estimated that there is a private swimming pool inside.

   When we arrived at Demi's apartment, she and her boyfriend were already waiting at the door. "Hi Ronald, you're welcome."

  Ronald held a tripod in one hand, camera and flash on his back, freeing one hand to shake them.

  Demi has black hair in a shawl, a very straight nose, thick and black eyebrows, and her eyes are very charming, but one of them is slightly inconvenient when turning. The cheeks are flat from the cheekbones down to the chin, slightly sunken, and the slightly square chin shows her strong character, which is the most suitable face for a movie star.

  Her boyfriend is Freddie Moore, the lead singer of the rock band "The Kats". Deliberately misspelled names are the fashion these days.

  Freddy wears a pair of big black-rimmed glasses and doesn't look like a rock star at all, but like a high school nerd (Geek). He was bullied by the football team in high school, but after graduating, he was admitted to a good university and found a good job.

   "Are you filming right here?"

  Demi and her boyfriend obviously made preparations first, tidying up a bedroom, leaving three walls and a large open space for Ronald to shoot.

   "Yes, Demi valued this shoot very much. She said that the photos you took can make people alive. So we made some preparations." Freddy put his arms around Demi's shoulders and smiled shyly.

   "Do you have a bedroom floor lamp, or a desk lamp? Just the one next to the bed, you need a supplementary light"

   Three times and two times to set up the tripod, Ronald loaded a new roll of film and set the camera on the tripod. Then I took out a cable and connected it to the camera's shutter.

   "What is this?" Demi asked curiously.

   "Wire-controlled shutter."

  Freddy brought the floor lamp, Ronald put it at an angle and carefully adjusted it, making sure that the light on Demi's face cooperated to form a synergy.

  Ronald placed the position and asked Demi to stay still at the reserved shooting position. The light was carefully designed to illuminate Demi's face, giving her the beauty of an ancient Greek sculpture.

   "The audition is for the casting director to discover your characteristics and match the role of the script. So you can't use too exaggerated light, it must match your own characteristics." Ronald explained while observing Demi.

   "You need to wear a monochromatic top, not black or white, so as not to steal your limelight"

  "Okay", Demi went to change a light green T-shirt next door.

   "This light-colored dress is fine to complement your hair color." America rarely sees this pure black hair color, which reminds Ronald of China.

   adjusted the angle of the light, Ronald took out the light meter and placed it in Demi's eyes, after measuring the data, he adjusted the aperture of the camera.

   Focus carefully and focus on Demi's eyes, Ronald said:

   "Try not to move back and forth too much now, so as not to lose focus." Ronald raised his head and showed his head from behind the camera with the shutter release.

   "It's a bit presumptuous to ask, because I'm going to focus on your eyes, and your eyeballs seem to...?"

   "Yes, I had strabismus in one eye when I was a child. I have had two surgeries. The doctor said that it will get better as I get older." Demi explained generously.

   "Okay, I'll use the pupil of the other eye to focus, it won't affect the film." Ronald likes this candid girl very much.

   "Give me an idea now, Demi." Ronald stood beside the camera with the remote control shutter in hand, and talked to Demi, how could he pay attention to Demi's expression.

   "What?" Demi didn't understand.

   "Think of one thing in your heart, don't tell me anything, but think about one thing."

   "No, this thing is not good, change another one...this one is good." Ronald pressed the shutter on his hand.

   "One more idea, um, I like the idea."

  Click, click, click, the automatic film winder cooperates with the shutter to quickly replace the exposed negatives and replace them with new ones.

   "When you and I were graphic models, those photographers were different," Demi said. "They just made me pose."

   "The director mainly looks at your own temperament. I try to restore your own characteristics. You are a very heroic girl."

Kacha, Kacha, Ronald was filming, and suddenly there was a girl's scream from outside the window, and then a plop someone fell into the water, "Ah...hahahaha." Another burst of female laughter came, as if someone was playing diving .

  Ronald shook his hands, frowned, and paused the shooting.

  Demi walked to the window, opened the curtains, and yelled at the private pool below:

   "Hi, Natasha, have you come back from the hair country?"

   "Hi, Demi, won't you come down to play in the water?" A voice came faintly.

   "I'm taking an audition photo, can you wait to dive, the photographer needs to keep quiet."

   "Okay, I'll come to you later..."

  Re-position, meter, focus. Ronald signaled to start over.

   "Give me a loving thought."

   This group is an audition shot for a romantic comedy, which requires a playful and loving look. Ronald asked his boyfriend Freddy to stand opposite Demi to cooperate.

   Kacha Kacha Kacha. finished soon

   "I'll send it to the Kodak printing shop. If you are willing to pay Kodak an extra $5, you can rush it. I have selected the photo and enlarged it. It will take about an hour to complete."

  Demi discussed it with her boyfriend and chose to rush, and then the two went to the Kodak printing shop with Ronald.

  Kodak has uniform quality printing shops all over America. No matter which shop you go to with the film, the quality of the printing is the same. This is also the embodiment of the technology and management strength of this Fortune 500 giant.

   It happened that there were not many customers in the morning. After waiting for 10 minutes, the three of them saw the machine spit out 36 photos.

  Demi lay on the counter and looked at her photo carefully. His boyfriend hugged her lovingly, "Your photos are very beautiful, my dear, I love you."

  Demi turned around and kissed her boyfriend, selected 2 photos, and asked Ronald:

   "I'll just choose these two, do you think it's okay? Ronald."

   Ronald was the most beautiful of the two at a glance.

   He pointed his finger at the other two and said, "I usually rely on the opinions of my clients, but if you were my sister, I would suggest you choose these two."

"why?"

   These two are a serious face without a smile, and the other is a smiling face suitable for a romantic scene. Ronald pointed to the photo and asked Demi's boyfriend, "What do you think of these two expressions, what is Demi thinking?"

   "This one seems to be full of love, um, no, it seems a little jealous? I can't say for this one, maybe it's happy, but it seems a little sad."

  Ronald spread his hands: "Demi, your face is very suitable for filming. Whether you light from the left or right, you can take beautiful close-ups. But let me say, your greatest talent is your expression."

   "With this face, the audience can see more than one expression and inner emotion. I can't explain the reason, but I only know that the director likes this kind of face very much." Ronald concluded.

   "Then choose these two, thank you, Ronald." Demi said and came up to hug him.

   Ronald patted Demi politely, and said to the Kodak staff, "Please enlarge this one, and this one, 6 inches by 8 inches, in five copies. Leave a white border."

  After a while, the photo was put away, Ronald asked again, "Do you have a typing device here, please type her name under the photo"

   Then Ronald asked Demi, "What stage name are you going to use?"

   "I don't know, can't I use my original name?"

"Of course you can, but most actors have a stage name." Ronald said, "The stage name needs to be loud, such as Sean Connery who played James Bond in 007, and Roger Moore, both are Four syllables, long and short sounds, read smoothly."

  Demi's eyes lit up, she turned around and hugged her boyfriend Freddie Moore, "Freddy, will you always love me?"

"certainly."

   "Then when will you marry me?"

   "Darling, what I said to you, it will take some time to make it clear to Lucy. After I finish with her, we will get married"

   "Then I don't care, I want to marry you."

   "Okay, I will definitely divorce Lucy, trust me, sweetie."

  Demi turned her head to the stunned Ronald and said:

   "I'll be marrying Freddy soon. I'll use his last name and Demi Moore as my stage name."

   (end of this chapter)