Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 262 Super "Card" Piece

   "The electric film winder seems to be stuck." Director of photography Matthew looked at the camera and whispered to the director Ronald next to him.

   "This broken camera should have been replaced long ago." Ronald scolded in his heart, "cheap is not good, it really is the garbage left by Universal for the "fast paced" low-cost production crew.

"what is the problem?"

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

   "Can it be repaired?"

   "It's hard to say. I don't think it needs to be repaired. Put on a spare film cartridge and take it to Universal tomorrow so that the manufacturer can repair it. Make sure to shoot first."

   "Well, be careful next, I'm always worried about this camera."

  The film needs to expose 24 frames of film in one second. The film is placed in the film cassette, driven by an electric motor, and passes through the shutter at a constant speed of 24 frames per second. After the motor failed, the film winder could not rewind the film, and an 11-minute roll of film was stuck in the box and could not move.

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

   "Okay, we'll start when you replace the spare case."

   After the spare parts were replaced, Ronald finally took a complete shot of the game hall. The crew moved to burger joints across the United States.

   Sean Penn and his little brother, played by Eric Stoltz, are going to eat at Burger All-American.

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

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

   "Spicoli, you come in with your little brother played by Eric Stoltz, take off your shirt when you get to the table, and then we all pool together to buy a hamburger."

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

  Eric Stoltz and Sean Penn got to know each other very well. He admires Sean's acting method. He happens to be just an adult. After he has an idol, he wants to learn everything.

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

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

   "It's okay, bro, as long as you find the right way, you'll be a successful actor." St... Sean Penn is preaching to Stoltz.

   Nicholas Coppola, on the other side, is also making preparations.

   "Hi, Brad."

   "Hey, Brad."

   "Hello, Brad."

  Nicholas is practicing different tones for this line.

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

   Save your energy and desire to perform, and I will give you some positive shots when you wait for the next episode. Then it will be your time to explode, okay? "

   "Thank you, Director Ronald." As expected, Nicholas Coppola stopped practicing his lines, took out a small mirror from his pocket, and began to comb his hair carefully.

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

   What gang of lunatics did you choose? This is just a low-cost youth exploitation film, do you want to act as the "Godfather"?

   Ronald smiled silently. In any case, it is a good thing for an actor to have a strong enterprising spirit. As long as it is within his control, there is no problem.

  The two **** played by Sean Penn and Eric Stoltz got into the All-American Burger where Brad worked.

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

​​​And taught them a lesson, let them find a part-time job and earn money by themselves, so they can't even afford a hamburger.

  Spicoli and the younger brothers, after Brad left, instead loudly imitated Brad's tone of teaching them, and began to laugh at Brad's seriousness.

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

   "Cut!"

  Ronald stopped the filming, these shots were good, and the camera didn’t have any more problems. Everyone started to move around to shoot the high school cheerleaders and a few shots in the mall.

   "Hi Pamela" novelist Cameron Crowe greets a cheerleader.

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

   "It's an acquaintance of my girlfriend, and she's not small, Pamela, the sister of 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 the rock circle.

   It happened that he didn't care much about the casting of group performances and minor supporting roles, so Crosse brought in a few acquaintances from the rock circle.

  "Are you interested in her? I'll introduce you to her", Crow smiled, "Everyone in the rock circle wants to appear in the movie, Pamela also mentioned you to me and said that I had seen your 'Rock and Roll High School'"

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

   "It's a girl with buck teeth, not my cup of tea." Ronald smiled, but the cheerleader next to him was in better shape, and he didn't know what it was called.

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

   "Oh, Carrie Maloney. From the National Shakespeare Company, who used to play Shakespeare."

   still plays Shakespeare. Forget it, such actresses are generally very ambitious. She may not be able to pay the price she wants.

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

   On the other hand, Sean Penn took a fancy to Pamela Springsteen and approached her in the past. I don't know if he is going to strike up a conversation in his own identity, or is he playing Spiccoli?

  During the filming of the crew, the actors, actresses and staff were far away from their families, and they worked overtime and night shifts. In fact, there are many dew couples in the crew.

   After filming, everyone went their separate ways. When we meet again, we will smile and be friends. This is the modern romance between men and women in the film and television industry.

   "Prepare for the next scene." Ronald motioned to the assistant director to speak.

   Stop flirting, it's important to get down to business first.

   Today’s shooting is a bit slower than yesterday. Aside from the fact that there are no two venues taking turns lighting and shooting, the speed of the camera crew is slower than yesterday.

  Ronald found that the director of photography, Matthew, was very nervous. Before each shoot, he repeatedly checked the film magazine of the camera to avoid the situation of film jam.

   Being so cautious, the entire photography team is also very cautious, but it still slows down the overall shooting progress.

   Moving forward slowly, I finally captured the last few shots of the night.

  Ronald asked the cheerleaders to lean against the end of the escalator to take a few reaction shots of them and Brad, who was looking up to work and earn money.

   "Recording? Camera? Action!"

   Pamela Springsteen, and Kelly Maloney, posing for one of the few frontal close-ups of themselves on film. "

   "Cut!"

   Matthew stopped, and the film stuck again.

  Ronald stepped forward and looked at the clunky camera in annoyance.

  What "UltraCam", I think "UltraJam"

   (end of this chapter)