Exploiting Hollywood 1980

  Chapter 380 Roger Coleman's Acting

  Roger Coleman was facing the direction of the camera, and the bright light from there was shining in his eyes, and he could barely see anything. Fortunately, he has guest starred in many movies before, and he knows how to deal with the daily life of this movie shooting.

  He cheered up and tried not to let himself sweat from the headlights, and introduced the special merchandise of the movie theater on the night of the comet to the actor who played the customer. He picked up the most expensive headdress and put it on his head and introduced it to the other party.

   "Look, the comet headgear we have here is the cheapest. This one is 9 yuan and 50 cents, this one is only eight yuan, and this one is seven yuan and five yuan. However, if you blow this, the comet's tail can still move."

  Roger Coleman asked the other party to blow on the comet planet that he was wearing on his head. Behind him was an advertisement, "Night of the Comet". The movie theater business was sluggish, so while the comet came, all night movies were put on, and when the comet came, the audience could come out to watch the sky.

   Teenagers and girls like the discounted price of this all-night screening, and they come here to celebrate this rare astronomical phenomenon that occurs once every 60 million years with others.

   "Cut!" Ronald shouted, then quickly exchanged a wink with DP Arthur Alexander, "This is great, print, Roger, you're such a good actor."

  "Bang!" A staff member opened the champagne and put some in the disposable glasses for everyone. Everyone congratulated Roger Coleman, one of the investors, on the successful shooting of the first shot of the whole film.

"Oh yeah!" Cameron, Gail Heard, and longtime Coleman collaborator Mary Voronoff, who had been waiting for a long time behind the camera, shouted, leading the entire crew to Roger Coleman applauds.

"Hey, why are you here?" Roger Coleman wore a dark red cinema staff uniform with glasses and a headdress in the shape of a comet, a comet made of two ribbons. The tail moved with his head. .

   "Hi, Roger. This is your big day. Whether or not you can win the best actor at the Oscars in the future is from the cameo performance of Ronald here today."

  Mary Voronoff was booing next to her. She didn't actually have a role in the show today, she just came to watch the former boss's acting skills.

"Roger, this is the most important role you have played since you started filming, and you can also talk to the heroine. It's not much better than the last time you cameo at Joe Dante's as a coin picker in a phone booth." Camel Long also started joking with Coleman.

   "What do you think, Ronald, how is Mr. Coleman's acting?" Gale pretended to be a reporter and mocked up an interview with Ronald.

   "I think Roger is a very talented actor whose talent is wasted by year after year of low-budget exploits..."

   "Hahaha, don't be stupid." The comet headdress on Roger Coleman's head was shaken by his smile.

   "Seriously, Roger, it's perfect for you to play the boss of a movie theater." Ronald laughed too. Roger Coleman plays a shrewd and stingy boss, and he really does a good job in his performance.

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"This one is also very good, remember to print it, we will take another one." Ronald is very satisfied with Coleman's performance. He seems to be an actor from a professional background. Although he can only play a limited number of roles, the shooting is actually Not slow.

"You know what? I once took an acting class with Jack Nicholson. He didn't get a chance to act in a big studio at the time, and I gave him a lot of roles so he could pay the rent. He paid me back. I wrote several scripts, and I made them into movies."

  Roger Coleman sat on a chair beside him during the lighting between shots and chatted with Ronald.

   "Oh, I didn't know you were taking acting classes with Jack. What genre did you both learn?"

   "The problem I want to solve in the acting class is actually to stimulate the actor's acting talent. I have no acting talent. What I can learn is to relax and be natural, so that I can perform a performance that convinces the audience."

   "Then why didn't Jack work for you then?"

"That was after I did 'Wild Gang', and 'Journey', both of which were starring Peter Fonda, and he felt like to put the themes of the two films together, making a motorcycle and psychedelic The movie market would respond well. They hired Dennis Hope to direct.

  I found AIP at the time and asked for an investment for them, but at the last minute, they asked Peter that they accept the supervision of the producer, and if the two-day dailies were not satisfactory, the studio could change the director and star.

   This condition made them angry, and later Jack Nicholson helped them contact Columbia, and Jack's condition was that he also played a role in the movie. This is the 'Easy Rider'. "

Ronald raised his eyebrows, "Easy Rider" was a blockbuster movie in the late 1960s, ushering in the new Hollywood era, and the prelude to the era of independent production. I didn't expect it to be a missed piece by Roger Coleman. movie.

   earned more than 50 million at the box office in 1969. If Coleman ate this fat, maybe he would really emerge and become the ninth largest studio in Hollywood.

   "Okay, director." The lighting team prepared the lighting for the next scene, and the shooting continued.

   "Look at my mouth, go! Tour! Field!" Roger Coleman stood behind the counter, took out a large flashlight, and pointed at Regina, played by actress Katherine Mary Stewart.

   "Flashlight, patrol the field, now!"

  "OK", Regina walked into the picture from the side, then bent down and took a potato chip from the counter in front of Coleman "I'll help you use up the stock."

  The camera zoomed out a little, and turned a slight angle towards the back of Regina walking past.

   "Hey hey hey...you be careful, keep your flashlights low, be careful the audience throws you with popcorn, and don't go to the screening room."

  Roger Coleman played this stingy and human boss well.

   "Cut! Hmm... this print."

   Ronald is satisfied with the progress of the shooting. The budget is very low, one million to shoot more than three million effects, one of the key is to save film. Ronald said to the actor that if there is any accident, he can play it on the spot and not stick to the lines in the script.

   Katherine Mary Stuart, in her dark red uniform, came back from the end of the aisle. "Ronald, how was my performance?"

   "Perfect. Ready for the next one."

   Ronald did not lead everyone to applaud at the end of each shot like the last time he shot "Fast-paced Richmond High School". Instead, save the time to the greatest extent and let the coolies of the photography team move the camera directly.

   The performance of the mid-ground transition scene like this is not so tight. No hesitation in complimenting Catherine Mary Stuart as long as it's a good performance.

   "Okay, okay, I'll come." The next shot begins, and Kathryn Marie Stuart, facing an Atari arcade game console, begins to put her initials "REG" on the high score record.

  The shot begins with a close-up shot of Stuart's feet, photographing her plaid socks. Then move up, gradually moving towards her face.

   "Regina, third place, REG... Wait, who is this DMK? I have a whole page of Regina, why is there a DMK in the middle, do you know a guy named DMK?"

  The heroine Regina is a master of arcade games. Taking advantage of the convenience of working in the cinema, she has put all the high score records in her own name. But when she came to play today, she found that the sixth place was occupied by a man named DMK, which broke the formation and made her furious.

   "Cut! Hmm... this one is also printed."

   After confirming with Arthur, the director of photography, Ronald called for approval. This one ends with a close-up of Katherine Mary Stuart's face, with the reflection of the video game screen on her face, which many arcade-playing teens would sympathize with.

  This scene will be placed shortly after the opening of the movie, Ronald needs such typical props, typical scenes to quickly portray the characters. He thought of the arcade scenes in "Fast Rhythm", so he added such a paragraph.

   "So, director. Who is this DMK?" Kathryn Marie Stuart was asked by the makeup artist as she was quickly touching up her makeup. She was curious.

   "No one, I wrote it casually, just to describe Regina's personality. Pursuit of perfection, strong ability, and competitive spirit."

   "Well, I thought it was something special, like those posters." Katherine Mary Stuart said to Ronald, pointing to the poster on the wall.

   "Haha, those are movie posters from the Roger Coleman Company before. This one is 'Death on Speed ​​2000', and there's Stallone in it. Mary Voronoff also played a role in it."

"The atmosphere here is really good, everyone is very helpful, and without the director's urging, you know what to do. Unlike my 'Apple' crew in Minahan, there was a dance in a scene, and it took three days to dance. I don't know if I'm good or bad."

Ronald smiled. The reason for the high efficiency of filming was thanks to the help of Roger Coleman. He introduced some acquaintances who had filmed with him before to the crew. They were all used to Coleman's film shooting methods. That's "Quick! Quick! Quick!"

   Soon, the indoor scene of the first day is coming to an end. Roger Coleman's cameo was also done, and he came to say goodbye to Ronald.

   "Ronald, you did a good job. I watched you for a long time, and you didn't forget the way I taught you how to shoot low-budget movies."

   "Of course, I still remember those secrets you told me, I would sit in a chair to rest whenever I was free, hahaha."

   "Seriously, after a lot of people get big investment from big studios, they are not so careful. When Coppola was shooting 'The Godfather 2', it took half a day to set the lights, and there was no room for mistakes.

   And I don’t think you have many people for your group performances, only twenty. You are using close-ups and close-ups to give the audience the illusion of a lot of people. "

   "Haha, Roger, you should look at my shooting schedule for tomorrow night. There are more than 100 group performances, and the streets outside will be filled."

"It's not like that, you need it for filming. You spend every penny you spend on the movie screen, so that the audience can see it at the end. I think your budget of 1.2 million is enough to top others. three million dollars."

   "Keep it up." Roger Coleman patted Ronald on the shoulder, "Good luck shooting too."

"thanks, I will."

   (end of this chapter)