Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 283 "Epoch-making Youth Film"

   Brooke Shields gave Spiccoli a sum of money as a thank you for going to the sea to save people. He changed his hands and spent it. He invited the Van Halen Band to perform live for his birthday, and became a penniless pauper again.

  Ronald worked with the editor to add Spiccoli's comedic ending to the finished film, and the full editing of "Fast-Paced Richmond High" was completed.

"Good job! Ronald." Producer Lin Sen watched Ronald's entire process from casting, shooting, and post-production. He also felt that the film had some box office potential, especially if he invited After Brooke Shields made a cameo appearance.

   "After the film is cut, Universal will organize an internal test screening, and then invite young audiences to test screenings in a small area. You will have some rest time. Where are you going to go on vacation?"

   "Me? I'll go and see how to edit the negatives. I haven't thought about the vacation yet."

  Ronald was a bit at a loss for a while. He prepared for half a year, filmed in two months, and then edited and mixed it. It seems that he has had some kind of supernatural connection with this movie.

   The editors put the edited working copies in metal boxes, but Ronald still seems to be able to tell which part of the film box where Spiccoli's episode lies. It seems that as long as he raises his hand, he will always jump out of the film and yell to himself, "Okay!"

   Ronald shook his head to get rid of this strange thought. He put the thermos cup in his hand and went to Universal's negative editing department with the editor.

   For each clip on the working copy, there is a record of the film number. According to these records, the film editor cuts out corresponding grids on the film, and then stitches them together.

   The film editor is a woman who wears silk gloves to prevent scratching the film. Then I used an editing machine to find the number on the record, put the negative on the machine, and pressed the guillotine.

The sound of    "click" seemed to hit Ronald, and his heart trembled, but don't make a mistake.

   The film editor didn't notice the director's strangeness. She used a special metal clip to connect the two negatives together.

   Negatives cannot be attached with scotch tape because the positive copies will be reprinted in the laboratory. This special buckle must be used to ensure the printing effect.

  The wrong editing of negatives can cause a lot of trouble, and it is usually done by careful women.

   Ronald felt he couldn't stay here any longer. Watching her work, I am always worried that if something goes wrong, I will ruin my efforts. Staying here wouldn't help her work properly, and maybe it would be a distraction, so she went out and went home.

   Several days passed, and the film editing was finally done. Ronald is about to go to Universal's screening room to watch the full movie with the producers.

   Today he is waiting for two potential target audiences to watch together, hoping to get some objective feedback.

   A doorbell rang, Ronald opened the door, it was "Target Audience No. 1" Diane Lane.

  Diane happened to be in Hollywood. After filming the "Miss Beauty Pageant" story, she began to look for new opportunities with her father everywhere and auditioned for various movies.

   Came with her today, along with a friend a little younger than her, Laura Dern, who starred in "Ladies, Gentlemen, The Fantastic Stain," "Target Audience No. 2."

   "Hi Ronald. This is Laura, my friend." Diane drew Laura Dern closer to the room and introduced Ronald.

   "What would you like to drink? Coffee?" Ronald went into the house to make coffee for the two little girls.

   "This is the potential director you're talking about?" Laura Dern looked at the room after entering the room. It was a bit shabby. She couldn't help but regret it, and was called to this small hotel by her good friend Diane Lane.

   Originally there was an invitation for a big party today, she wanted to ask Diane to go to a luxury resort together, and have a hot spring with many foreign reporters in Hollywood and have a big meal.

  There is an actress whose husband is a wealthy man, and he has contracted a hotel to host the members of the Foreign Press Association who have the right to vote for the Golden Globe Award, and nominated his wife for the Best New Actress Award for PR. As the "Miss Golden Globe Award" of this year's Golden Globe Awards, she was also invited.

"He's very good. He's a screenwriter. Later, he became a director. He even won an Oscar last year, but it's for best original song." Watch the preview.

  Laura Dern and Diane got along well on the set, and they fought against the members of the punk band "SexPistols" who were harassing people everywhere, and the two became good friends.

  Ronald handed the coffee, "Laura, I heard Diane talk about you, you are welcome to watch my movie. You are also from an acting family, and I want to hear your true opinion."

   "What acting family, my parents are from gangs." Laura was a bit rebellious and liked to play pranks, and took out a photo from her wallet, "Look, this is the photo of the two of them together."

   Ronald took it and saw two men and women dressed as gangs riding on Harleys with sunglasses on.

"Nice stills, your dad is Bruce Dern and your mom is Diane Ladd, this is their 1966 photoshoot for 'The Wild Angels', I'm in Roger Coleman's New World Worked and watched all the films he directed."

   "Uh" Laura slumped, and Diane laughed laughing beside her.

The three came to Universal's screening room. After the film was edited, it was developed into a full-length copy, and the soundtrack was added. This copy is called a "reaction copy" in the industry, meaning that it reacts again according to the working copy and can be developed after being developed. A copy for viewing.

   Ronald saw his directorial work for the first time on the big screen. The plot and performances that have been watched hundreds of times over and over again can still arouse Ronald's feelings.

   However, he was not moved by the plot, but kept in his mind how it was shot on the set and how it was edited in the editing room later...

   With the ending song of "Goodbye, Goodbye", the six protagonists go their separate ways. A period of youth is over.

  Ronald's heart is agitated, this is really an "epoch-making" youth film. The previous youth films either acted like adults, or naive like cartoons. It's unprecedented for a movie that truly reflects ordinary high school students like this!

   "It's great! It's really great." The producer next to him, Lin Sen, was also very excited, "Ronald, congratulations! The movie will definitely sell well."

   The two embraced.

   "Thank you, thank you." Ronald was a little moved, his eyes were a little blurry, how many tense days and nights, how many people's talent and hard work, turned into this copy.

   He rubbed his eyes secretly, turned around and hugged the editor, director of photography, art director and others who had come to watch the copy.

"congratulate."

"Great."

"Congratulations."

   The compliments from the crowd made Ronald in high spirits and his heart was dark, "Let Ronald teach Hollywood how to make youth films."

   "How? Do you like it?" Ronald looked around and saw Diane and Laura Dern sitting in their seats.

   "Yes, the last actor who played Spiccoli is very capable."

   "Well, I think Jennifer Jason Leigh did a good job too."

   "Hahaha, of course, they all acted very well." Ronald held his head high, "And I edited it very fast, and Universal will organize an audience test screening next week."

   "Your 'Ladies and Gentlemen, The Magic Stain Band' would have been edited long ago if I had directed it."

  Seeing Ronald turned back and chatting with others, Laura Dern pulled her friend Diane's hand, "This friend of yours?" Pointing to her own brain with her finger, she turned around twice.

   "It's my first time to be a director, so I'm so excited." Diane covered her mouth with her hand and whispered in her friend's ear.

   "Does he really have a way to cut out 'Magic Stain Band'? I almost gave up, it's been almost a year since I cut it."

   "Ask him then, and if he has a way, we'll talk to the producer."

   Ronald and the crew chatted for a while, then turned back to talk to Diane and the two.

   "What is your first impression? Does it look good? Would you recommend it to your friends? What would you say if you recommended it?"

   "Well, I think the story is quite interesting, but some characters say too much valley accent, and every sentence starts with the saying that I am a like, he is a like?" Diane thought about it and asked a question.

   "Ah, yes, I deliberately strengthened the valley accents of some cheerleaders. They are the Southern California Valley girls of the movie. Children from middle-class families here like to learn this way of speaking."

   "What do you think, Laura?"

   "It's good, it's good. But we are actors, and the final effect depends on the audience's reaction."

   "Yes, you are also Hollywood actors. What do you think of the actors' performances..."

   After finally coping with the over-excited Ronald, Diane and Laura walked out of the door of the screening room with Ronald.

  Ronald is going to take her back to the hotel twice.

   "Excuse me, is that Ronald?" The lady at the front desk stopped him, "I have a phone number for you here."

   Ronald snorted and went over to pick up the phone.

   "I'm Ronald."

   "Ronald, I'm Jane. I called your agent and he said you were at Universal."

   "Ah, Ms. Fonda, what can you do to me?"

  Diane and Laura heard Fonda's name and walked over quietly.

   "I have some personal matters to ask you, can you come to my house? I have some champagne and snacks here."

   "Ronald..." Diane stabbed Ronald, she and Laura Dern showed two hopeful looks.

"Okay, Jane. I have two companions here. Can they come with me? Yes, Diane Lane, who was at your party last time. The other is the daughter of your brother Peter's friend. Yes, It's Laura."

   Putting down the phone, Ronald smiled at the two little girls, nodding to indicate that they had made a deal with Jane Fonda.

   "Yeah!" Diane and Laura gave high fives. "Golden Pond," starring Jane Fonda and her father, Henry, and Katharine Hepburn, was nominated for several Golden Globes. Jane is in the limelight.

   Moreover, it was a rare experience for the two young actors to be able to listen to Jane Fonda chatting with a double Oscar actress.

   (end of this chapter)