Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 337 Hollywood Reds

After   , Ronald spent two days carefully breaking down Cameron's script.

  The story is solid, travel back in time in a time machine and kill the son of the rebel leader by killing his mother. The audience in America has not seen such a plot brain hole, and they will be very curious if they come.

  Cameron started out by doing special effects makeup and special effects machinery, and the script is very well laid out in terms of special effects scenes. Ronald also saw a lot of visual special designs, which were particularly unexpected.

However, the problem may also lie in Cameron's special effects background. Ronald felt that there were too many scenes in this area. Even Spielberg and Lucas did not abuse the special effects scenes, but they used them very restrained. .

  Like the shark in the Great White Shark, the whole film did not appear many times. Using the audience's anticipation, it created suspense early on, and only when it really came out could it startle people.

   marked all the special effects scenes in the entire "Terminator" film, and then Ronald began to score each scene based on the difficulty of implementation and the audience's expected reaction.

   Some special effects will make people unforgettable, such as the transformation of the liquid robot, which turns into the appearance of various characters. Ronald knew that this kind of scene would cause a sensation when he was filmed, but the cost was unknown, so he put a question mark on this kind of scene.

   There are also some scenes, such as another Terminator robot killer, after being beaten, his whole body is exposed. This type of shot can be achieved mechanically, making it feel very real to the audience.

   Divide a large number of special effects scenes into two categories. Ronald suddenly felt as if the film could be made in two parts.

Delete the scene of the liquid robot with unknown cost, and then let the main line focus on the human warrior sent back by the human resistance army, and the Terminator Iron Killer sent back by Skynet. In addition to simplifying the scene, it can also make The audience is more focused on the main line, making it easier to understand the plot.

  When Ronald edited "Fast-paced" himself, he suffered from the fact that the main line of the plot was too scattered. He wrote down his opinions, put them down and put them away, and waited two days to see if there were any new ideas.

   "Bell bell bell..."

   "Ronald, it's me." The agent Richard came to pick him up at the door.

   "Come on." Ronald put on his coat, straightened his hair, and went to the party together.

  Despite setbacks in the sales of the script for "Night of the Comet", Ronald still senses Hollywood's enthusiasm for him.

Perhaps it was the economic policy of the new commander-in-chief that had an effect, or it might be Spielberg's ET aliens and the Lost Ark of the Covenant that gave the box office a boost. This year's annual box office is still more than two months away. , it has exceeded the whole year of 1981.

   The first batch of children born after the baby boomer generation has begun to graduate from high school. Hollywood is still in the exploratory stage about what movies these audiences like to watch. "Fast-paced" is the first movie that targets this audience and is a big hit at the box office.

   The outbreak of "Fast-paced Richmond High School" made Hollywood producers a little confused.

   To be honest, the director’s level is not that strong, and the actors’ performances are not worthy of Oscar nominations. Why can they sweep across the country’s teenage audience and become a phenomenal film with a box office ten times the cost? Everyone is very interested.

   Everyone thought Ronald might have the answer. Since he came to Los Angeles, invitations from various acquaintances have come one after another. For a time, Ronald became one of the most favorite invitations at Hollywood parties. His agent Richard often gave him invitations and took him to and from various parties.

   "Hi Ronald, congratulations, congratulations."

  Tonight Ronald went to the party of Stallone, a big star nicknamed "Sly". His new film "First Blood" is about to be released, and he started a big party to connect the feelings of all parties, hoping to create momentum when it was released.

   Stallone didn't arrive on time, and it was composer Michael Gore who greeted Ronald. Since winning an Oscar with him for the theme song "Famous Around the World," Gore has reaped a large dividend.

Unlike Ronald who only wrote the lyrics for two songs, Gore wrote almost every episode and soundtrack on the Famous Soundtrack, and the Famous Soundtrack sold well every season. Can receive a fat check.

   "How's it going? Still working on film scores?" Ronald was happy to meet old friends. All kinds of strange beauties at the party tried to get together with various purposes, which made Ronald tired, or it was more relaxing to chat with old friends who had worked hard from poor boys.

   "I'm composing music for the TV series "Famous in the World", so I'd better work with old friends." After Michael Gore won the Oscar, it seems that he has similar troubles, and many people want to take advantage.

   "That TV series doesn't seem to have a good rating," Ronald said.

   "Yes, I heard that there are some problems with the renewal of the new season."

   "The other thing is to arrange the music for Erin's MV." Gore pointed to a black girl at the party, the well-known star Erin Kara.

"Or the 'Fame' theme song?" Ronald had seen three or four versions of 'Fame' on TV, and Irene Cara relied on this song and sang it on TV for two years variety show.

   "That's right, the comedians on SNL laughed at Erin for singing 'Same'. She hasn't sang anything else in two years."

"Hahaha……"

Gore took the wine glass and moved the beauties away from the party, then approached Ronald and lowered his voice, "Seriously, Ronald. What projects have you had recently?" Ronald became a director, maybe in the future You can also rely on this old relationship to get some work on the soundtrack.

   "I have a new script, sci-fi, and am looking for producers willing to invest."

   "Oh, God. Why don't you keep making teen movies." Gore's surprise wasn't fake.

   "Because there is no inspiration." Ronald spread his hands, "Many people don't believe it. I really didn't come up with a good story. After reading some old Universal scripts, I didn't like it."

   "I believe in you." Gore patted Ronald on the shoulder. He, who is also the creator, understands the distress of being uninspired.

   "How did you get the inspiration for your screenwriting? When I don't have the inspiration for composing, I often listen to some Elvis Presley or Frank Sinatra songs for inspiration."

   "Looking for inspiration? I'm about the same. I often watch old movies, or watch TV, the news in newspapers, or chat with old friends." Ronald thought of his creative (dreaming) process, probably these ways.

   "Really? I heard a strange thing today, and it was also a movie I saw in the newspaper." Gore Xing raised his head and told what happened to his friend.

  Gore's friend was Dean Pitchford, who turned out to be a lyricist.

   One day he saw a news in the newspaper that in some small towns in Utah, the local pastor and the government have been prohibiting the play of rock music and the townspeople from dancing.

After hearing about it, Pitchford came up with the idea of ​​writing a script based on it. How did a high school student who transferred from a big city break the taboo of a conservative and closed town and let the great invention of the twentieth century, rock music And the wind of disco dancing, blowing into this conservative religious town.

   "This kind of inspiration is hard to come by." Ronald thought for a while, and he was similar. He encountered some news, actors, and scripts, and then he didn't know how to trigger the dream. I think everyone's creative process is similar. It's just that my method is more mysterious and advanced.

"No, Ronald. It's not the end of the story. His script was sold to a producer, and after being put into a turnaround script by Twentieth Century Fox, now Paramount is suddenly interested, willing to invest, give Got him a guaranteed 'play or play' contract. You say it's luck."

   "Oh! It's indeed luck." Even Ronald felt envious when he heard it.

  This is not an ordinary contract, but a guaranteed contract like the one signed by Jane Fonda. Even if the film is not made due to various reasons in the end, Gore's friends can get paid.

   And Paramount took a fancy to it, and the movie that gave the guarantee contract is definitely not a small production of more than 3 million made by itself, at least it is a medium-cost movie of about 8 million.

  Why don't you have such luck? The studio just wants to continue directing youth films by itself, to be a director who repeats the previous work.

   In the past few days, the CAA agent has shown him a lot of scripts, all of which are sexual comedies, with an investment of around four or five million, and the quality of the scripts is not as good as "fast-paced", which made Ronald very angry.

   "Hi, Ronald." Eileen Cara saw Ronald and came over to say hello, "Are you and Gore going to work together again?"

   "Eileen!" Both Ronald and Gore hugged her.

   "No, we just ran into each other. You should ask Gore, I just wrote a few lines by chance, and he's the genius of composition."

   "No, you are all geniuses." Erin Carla has grown a lot in Hollywood after a long time. Her singing career has encountered a bottleneck. No matter how good the old song "Fame" is, the audience is tired of listening to it.

   "I have to ask you guys, I'm also learning to write lyrics and compose by myself..."

   "Let us welcome, great actor, writer, director, His Royal Highness Sylvester Stallone."

   Several people were chatting, several bodyguards pushed open the door, and a master of ceremonies used the etiquette of introducing nobles to announce the arrival of Stallone, the owner of the party.

   "Sly..."

  Ronald saw CAA's Nisita and other agents, including VP Ron Mayer, also come up to hug Stallone.

   For a time, everyone's attention was focused on the big star who wrote, directed and acted.

   This year, Stallone filmed the third part of the self-directed and starred "Rocky" series. The American audience did not express boredom with this Italian bull's boxing drama. The box office of the third part is about to break 250 million.

   and his upcoming "First Blood", based on the novel of the same name, tells the story of the conflict that was discriminated against after Vietnamese veterans returned to civilian life.

   "I heard that the 'First Blood' media film critics' special response was very good." Richard quietly told Ronald.

"I'm here to introduce you, Sly, this is 'fast-paced' director Ronald Lee, who is also a client of CAA." Nisita also appeared beside Stallone, and introduced Luo to Stallone by virtue of being Italian Nader.

   "Nice to meet you, Mr. Stallone." Ronald stepped forward.

   "I know you, keep trying to make some good movies." Stallone patted Ronald on the shoulder and continued to chat with Ron Mayer.

"I think you should take this movie, the fusion of comedy and action, maybe the future direction. That way you can open up your position with that bodybuilding champion, you have acting skills, Sly." Ron Mayer and Rhona De nodded, pulled Stallone away, and the two chatted privately.

   This is a Hollywood celebrity. He has three series of movies with a box office of 200 million yuan, and everyone has to respect him.

  Envy surged in Ronald's heart, and asked Nisita next to him, "Who is the bodybuilding champion he said?"

   "Who else? That Austrian Schwarzenegger, 'Mr. Olympia', world bodybuilding champion, have you seen 'Conan the Barbarian'?"

   "Oh, it's him." Ronald knew, "Conan the Barbarian" is a mythical movie directed by Coppola's younger brother John Milius. Released this year, the box office was not as good as Rocky III, but it also broke 100 million.

   (end of this chapter)