Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 282 Remake

  The winter surfing spot on Venice Beach in Los Angeles, today there are a lot of people filming movies, which makes the teenagers who are still surfing in winter very excited, because they have the opportunity to be background actors, and several top players have the opportunity to appear.

  Thanks to the WetSuit invented by surfing legend Jack O'Neill, surfers can finally surf on the beaches of the West Coast in winter. Clothes made of this foamed neoprene can also maintain the temperature of the human body in the presence of water.

   "We only shot three seaside shots today, looking for a rolling wave to take a panorama of Sean Penn's surfing, then the shot of him running with the surfboard, and finally the shot of him walking up from the sea."

   Ronald is communicating with the shooting team on site.

   It turned out that the film crew cooperated with the tacit director of photography, and the first assistant director had already found a new job, and it was impossible to come back and make up the scenes of the surfing competition.

  To cooperate with the temporarily formed team today, many things require Ronald to confirm all the details with the team members one by one.

   "Sean, how are you?" Ronald asked Sean Penn, who flew in from Chicago to make up the film. He's gotten out of his Methodist stupor and no longer requires directors and crews to call his characters Spiccoli.

   "I'm ready." Sean Penn, wearing a wet surfing suit, has been running in place for a long time to warm up. The weather is still a bit cold in the water, so be prepared to warm up fully.

   "Okay, let's start." Ronald ordered to start.

   Sean Penn himself is a surfing enthusiast. Although he does not have the level of those real professional players, he still runs on the beach with a surfboard in his arms.

   "Yeah...huh..." Sean Penn shouted, throwing the surfboard coated with cold water wax into the sea, then jumped into the water and swam towards the surfboard floating on the surface.

  “Cut!”

  Although he was wearing a wet surf suit, Sean Penn was still shivering from a gust of cold wind. Ronald glanced at the unresponsive assistant, and had no choice but to pick up the blanket and rush up to put it on Sean Penn.

   "Shishe... Ronald." Shaking in the cold, Sean Penn, who couldn't speak clearly, got into the RV by the roadside and recovered in the heating.

   "Next time, remember to give him a blanket as soon as I stop." Ronald turned around and explained to his assistant.

   The assistant who just graduated from college smiled embarrassedly. Grab another blanket and prepare it by the side.

   "Fortunately, it was only shot for one afternoon." Ronald himself was also tightened by the cold wind. At the end of January in Los Angeles, it is still a bit cold in the seaside environment.

   "Action!"

  After resting, Sean Pan plunged his head into the sea again, then stood up straight from the sea, brushed his hair, and walked up from the water step by step with a smile on his face.

   "Cut!"

  The assistant rushed up and put a blanket on him. Sean Penn seemed to have run out of energy suddenly and kept shaking while hugging the blanket.

   "Dry first, then go to the RV to warm up."

   Sean's professionalism cannot be doubted. He tried his best to hold his breath, took the landing scene with a happy appearance, and then began to shiver coldly.

   But when I opened the car door just now, an unpleasant smell came out. Ronald was only now sure who was smoking the things that should not have been smoked on the set. Sean Penn hides well.

  The last shot is the long-range view of Spiccoli surfing in the sea. Ronald personally directed it with an electric horn, and let the professional surfers who usually surf here go into the water together and make various background actions.

   "Let's shoot a scene without Sean right now. If you have any unique skills, you can show it. After he goes into the water, you can take it a little bit and highlight Sean's level."

  Ronald shouted to them that most of these surfers who have to go into the water in winter are good players at the level of professional competitions. It is difficult for Sean to surf among them and to beat them. Only let these people let him a little.

   "Director, we are all very good at surfing. When will we be the protagonists and make a movie?"

   "The four million dollar package was released, from script to shooting one-stop service." Ronald also joked with them.

"Hahaha……"

While they were happy, Ronald picked up the electric horn again and said, "If anyone wants to show off their skills too much, I will cut all your pictures. Supervise each other, just listen to me, and I will give them to you. One of your shots lets you show yourselves."

   "No problem, Director."

"who do you think You Are?"

  There are all kinds of mentality in the crowd. Ronald doesn't care about it. Anyway, it's a long-term vision.

   "Cut!" The last shot of Spiccoli surfing in the ocean was also shot, and the whole crew started to pack up and head to the Universal Studios studio for a cameo shot of Brooke Shields and David Letterman.

The    team drove to a studio in the middle of Universal Studios, where the scene of the talk show had been set up in advance, waiting for the two guest stars to play with Sean Penn.

"Borgy Shields, do you think she can be on my show? My talk show is about to change from morning to evening." David Letterman came to the studio early in the morning, saw Ronald walking in, and chatted with him stand up.

   "Her work is arranged by her mother Terry, you can talk to her. But Terry is not an easy negotiating opponent, you have to think about it."

   "It would be nice if we could find Brooke Shields for the first premiere."

   "I know she was on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, your..."

   "Yeah, the ratings. Certainly not as good as Carson. But I'm in line with his show, so some viewers will stay on NBC to watch."

   "I can't help you with this..."

   "It's nothing, I'm just saying, CAA helped me find Bill Murray as a guest for the first show."

   Letterman has a curiosity, he watched the lighting team lighting, and also came up to ask some questions. Finally Ronald asked him to sit still on the couch and let the camera assistant measure the focal length.

   "Is this about to be filmed? I'm here to interview him?"

   "Yes, it's like your talk show. But the movie isn't copyrighted, so we set it up a bit differently than your morning show."

   "Understand, understand."

  After a few rehearsals, Ronald called the official shoot, "Action!"

"Spicoli, you not only won the International Surfing Grand Prix Los Angeles Station, but also saved the presenter Brooke Shields, how do you feel?" David Letterman showed a signature smile, facing Sean Penn opposite. speak.

   "Cut!"

  Ronald stopped, "Very well, let's take another shot. It's still Letterman's question."

   "Why, don't you film his answer?" Letterman was making a movie for the first time, and he was not familiar with the process. He thought that a movie was similar to a TV, and he followed the question and answer in an orderly manner.

   "No, the lighting takes a lot of time, we'll finish your part first, and then we'll shoot Spiccoli and Brooke Shields's responses. Just edit them together at the end."

  The camera was aimed at Letterman again. He glanced at the assistant who was teleprompting on the opposite side and said, "Borgy, what did you think when you were rescued by him?"

   "Cut!"

  Ronald checked with the photographer, "David, you've finished filming your solo part. When Brooke arrives, take another main shot."

  "Okay", Letterman's enthusiasm has not yet passed, he sat on the sofa and leaned against the table to feel it, "Your arrangement is very good, I will let them make such a set in the studio."

While    was talking, Brooke Shields and her mother Terry walked in. Her hairstyle today was made into big waves, the hair on the top of her head was blown high, and a gray and white plaid men's coat made her look very capable.

   "Hi, Ronnie." Brooke greeted Ronald.

   "Borgy, let me introduce you, this is Sean, and he plays Spiccoli. This is David Letterman, the guest host, his old business."

   "Hi David, I saw your morning show."

   "Hello Brooke, my talk show will move to the evening slot, when are you free to come on my show?"

   "My mom takes care of everything. I love your show. Were you there when I went to the Johnny Carson show last time?"

   "Yes, I was still writing for Johnny at the time."

  Ronald sat them down and gave Brooke a play while he was putting on makeup.

"You play yourself, a teenage idol, giving out prizes to the winner of the Surf Grand Prix, Spiccoli. You fall into the sea, and Spiccoli jumps into the sea and rescues you. Then you both get on Letterman's talk show.

   Letterman will ask you what you thought when Spiccoli rescued you. You just look at him affectionately and say..."

   "With him by my side, I feel very at ease and safe." Brooke read the lines in advance and recited them.

   "Yes, do you usually have someone standing next to you that can make you feel at ease? You can imagine Spiccoli as him, and then act according to the feeling of ordinary life.

   For example, your mother, does it make you feel more at ease when she is standing beside her? You feel it, and if you need it, I'll ask Terry to stand beside you when I take the close-up. "

   "No, I can do it." Brooke waved her hand not to invite her mother over. Terry's drinking problem has been controlled recently, but standing next to him, Brookee doesn't feel nervous.

   "Okay, let's try it now."

   "Recording? Camera? Action!"

   "Borgy, what did you think when Spiccoli rescued you?"

   Brooke Shields glanced at the camera, Ronald stood behind the photographer and looked at her. Brooke felt a little relieved. She herself knows that her acting skills are terrible, and the rare two times her acting skills are outstanding, both are guided by Ronnie on the spot. No, it was four times, and I was pinched twice by him.

   "With him by my side, I feel at ease and safe." Brooke spoke to the camera.

   "Cut!" Ronald said after confirming it, "Very good, Brooke, you played very well!" It seems that Brooke is a little enlightened?

   "Next is a main shot, let's repeat the conversation just now."

   "Action!"

   Letterman started asking the same question again, "Borgy, what did you think when Spiccoli rescued you?"

   "I feel safe and secure." Brooke Shields looked at Spiccoli played by Sean Penn.

  Ronald was surprised that this time Brooke's expression was not as natural as last time, but fortunately it was a panorama, so the editing was enough to insert the close-up just now.

   "What do you think? Spiccoli?"

   "Okay!" Spiccoli showed a stupid signature smile, hehe giggled.

   "Cut!"

   continued to take a few more shots, but Ronald stopped. Today's reshoots are done, just wait for it to be printed and added to the unfinished copy to make a full working copy that can be used to make a copy that can be played in front of an audience without the clips and pops .

   "Thank you, Brooke. Thank you, Mr. Letterman." Ronald stepped forward to thank them.

   "I told my mother, and she agreed that I should start learning acting and become an actor." Brooke Shields shared with Ronald her recent movements in a low voice.

   "Congratulations, you must have received a lot of audition invitations, right?"

   "There are quite a few, I'll pick them out with my mom. Goodbye, Ronald." Brooke waved goodbye to him with her wavy hairstyle.

   (end of this chapter)