Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 391 Morning Snapshot

   An old neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, just getting light. The iron air outlet of the underground pipe on the sidewalk was still bubbling with faint steam. A lucky homeless man snatched a cardboard box, occupied the vent, and slept warmly with a thick New York Post cover.

  This was originally a government-built apartment near Little Italy. The narrow street can only accommodate one car. The window of the apartment next to it is an old-fashioned fire escape installed to comply with fire regulations.

   "Meow!" A cat woke the homeless man, he stood up from the cardboard box, and suddenly found the noise of people on the other side of the street. The camera was set up, and there was a strong man holding a long pole with a fluffy white thing on his head, like a white cat beside him.

   "Sorry, a movie is being filmed here, and unrelated people can't come in." The homeless man was stopped by several security guards, and he looked forward.

  The camera was placed in the middle of the street, with a red and yellow tape in front of him separating him and the camera crew.

   "Action!"

   A young man gave an order, and a nice female song was played on the spot. A grotesquely dressed woman with turkey-like hair walked in from the other side of the street, dancing and dancing.

   "Cut!"

   Ronald shook his head and pointed to the back of Cindy Lauper to the camera crew. A door opened on the side of the street, and a man in pajamas came out from the doorman in the semi-basement with a big dog on a leash. . The dog was very excited to see Cindy and started barking around her.

  "Shxt", the assistant rushed forward and talked to the man.

   Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one on the street in the morning, Ronald came to shoot this scene, but the houses on both sides of the street did not close their doors, or emptied their residents. In addition to the man walking the dog, some people were woken up by the music and looked down through the windows.

  Small budget MV, Ronald just took the opportunity to secretly shoot. It just so happened that the shot was ruined by a resident and the big dog he couldn't wait to get away with.

"Are you filming? My dog ​​is very smart. I can be a passerby and walk behind the heroine." The resident was very interested in such a big battle, and also wanted to be himself and the dog. Appeared.

   "Thank you, no need." Ronald didn't want to make extra troubles. Dogs are difficult to photograph. They are not specially trained dogs. They often bark when they hear the noise of the camera, or run around, causing unnecessary trouble for photography.

"Then I'll stand here. This is my legal apartment. I won't break the law by standing here. You can't drive me away from my house." The middle-aged man was a typical New Yorker as soon as he opened his mouth and knew a little about the law. And then rhetoric for their own benefit.

"Okay, someone here will sign a tentative agreement for him and give you a shot, but you and your dog can only stand under the steps." Ronald looked at the sky, and was entangled by this man again. There are more and more people looking at the fun, and some people who work in the morning shift are about to go out.

   "Action!"

  Cindy Lauper started bouncing along with the rhythm of the music again, and when she walked past the man and the dog, she improvised a bit and knocked her head at him.

On the other side of the street, diagonally behind the camera, a portrait of the son of a record company executive, riding a bicycle, straddling a mailbag, like a child delivering a newspaper, enters the picture from behind the camera, crossing Cindy Lauper .

  Cindy, wearing high heels, jumped into the middle of the road with water stains on the ground again, jumped over a few puddles, and reached the opposite side of the road.

   "Cut!"

The scene where Cindy Lauper danced and came home took a few more shots, the last shot is a close-up, the pajama man and his dog in the back came out to make trouble again, and the lazy dog ​​was lying on the ground and took a dip .

Ronald saw that this part was just at the end, so he couldn't care less, at most cut a part, "Come on, we have to go to the street to shoot, and if it's later, people who get up early to work will come. "

   "Hey, you should pay me and my dog ​​wages. Otherwise, I'll sue you for violating my portrait rights." The pajama man relied on hearsay laws to demand money.

Ronald pointed to Hoffman's lawyer, and he stepped forward to negotiate, "According to our contract, you and your dog excreted in the middle of filming, which violated the contract, and we have to bear the corresponding loss of filming. According to this contract , you need compensation."

   "Hey, I'm just here to help you, what contract?" The man quickly pulled up the dog and ran away in the opposite direction.

   "Hey", Hoffman took the contract, which was not an employment contract, but an informed consent form, and the person who signed it automatically gave up recourse to the portrait right.

   "Girls, it's your turn." Ronald picked up the electric horn and shouted at the eight secretaries yesterday. Today they put on colorful skirts, belts, leather shoes, and exaggerated and towering hairstyles, and began to dance.

   "Squeak..." Several large trucks stopped by the side of the road and were about to back down into the road. It happened to meet the film crew and was blocked at a crowded intersection.

   "I'm here to deliver to the grocery store, please let me go." Several people who looked like drivers got out of the car and shouted at Ronald and the others.

   "We still have a few more shots." The assistant tried to reason with them.

   "Who agreed with you to make the film? We are from the truck union. If you don't let it go, you will be responsible for your damage." The Italian truck driver began to be unreasonable, chewing gum and honking his horn.

   "You young people, have you lost the tradition of respecting the elderly? How did your mother teach you?

ah? whose son are you? Get your mom out and talk to me. Who washes your clothes and makes pasta? How dare you talk like that to a mother. "

  Cindy Lauper's mother, Caterina, came over and gave the Italian youths one by one on the arm. These Italian youths, who have to send stolen clothes home all the year round for their mothers to change and wash, see Aunt Caterina, who is also Italian, and they suddenly become habitual and honest, and they sent a youth to complain to her on behalf of everyone.

   "We are working very hard, Mom Katerina. We have to deliver goods every morning before dawn. If the delay here is too long, it will affect our income."

"We'll take a shot of the girls walking into the street, very simple. If you're interested, you can also have your own cameos here, standing on both sides of the street, welcoming Cindy and her friends home." After listening, Ronald said that he wanted to rush for time, and it would be troublesome to entangle with these people.

   "Oh yeah, 'Godfather'! We're going to make 'Godfather III'!" The Italian-American youth is very keen on filming. Hearing that he can appear in the film, he can forget about any difficulties. They parked the truck and, as Ronald had arranged, stood on either side of the road, applauding the girls, led by Cindy Lauper, who danced into the street.

  Cindy took the lead, a few who were more able to dance lined up behind her, and a few who were average dancers followed behind the team.

   The big truck delivering to the supermarket was parked by the roadside. Ronald asked these Italian drivers to shoot a long team together to cheer the girls on.

  More and more people gathered. Drivers, residents, morning joggers, taxi drivers, and construction workers on the road beside the road were all attracted by the footage and recordings.

  Ronald refused to come, and asked them to sign the informed consent form, and then asked them to stand still on the street.

  Cindy Lauper took the lead, dancing forward with exaggerated movements, followed by a group of secretaries, who were also madly guided by Cindy's people, dancing exaggeratedly one by one.

   "Girls just want some fun, some fun!"

   The rhythm of the drum beat of the song is clear, and Cindy Lauper danced happily. She picked up the hem of her skirt and started shaking.

  The secretaries also cooperated, just like the classic cancan dance, the dancers picked up the skirt and swayed according to the rhythm. Aside from not lifting the thighs, it's done beautifully.

   "Cut!"

  Ronald directs everyone to transition, and then there are some dance scenes to be completed at the dock in lower Manhattan.

"Director, which movie will we appear in?" The truck drivers dragged Ronald reluctantly, wanting to know if the movie they starred in was a gangster movie like "The Godfather", and if so, they would In the circle of friends extraordinarily good face.

"It will be cool to watch MTV radio then." Ronald dismissed these Italian-American group performers. These people have poor cultural quality. They are caught on camera scratching their heads and making poses. They always want to grab a few shots. , there are not many lenses left.

  The team transitioned to the pier in lower Manhattan, facing the Statue of Liberty. There were not many people on the pier, and there were many girls on the scene, with large billboards, to collect donations from the pedestrians who came here.

   "Help us repair the Statue of Liberty."

   There are not many tourists on the opposite island, and the Statue of Liberty is becoming more and more dilapidated. Many Girl Scouts organizations will send Girl Scouts to collect donations.

   "Go get some cookies." Ronald took out some cash and handed it to his assistant. When the Girl Scouts raise funds, they usually sell some cookies that are obviously priced far beyond the market price, and the profits are used to raise funds.

  The camera crew found a well-connected cafe on the edge of the pier. Lawyer Hoffman was sitting on a white outdoor coffee table and drinking coffee.

  The beautiful secretaries, dancing around the lawyer Hoffman, passed him one by one. Hoffman's small eyes, paired with a spiky moustache, is very old-fashioned who is disturbed by beautiful girls.

  Cindy Lauper walked into the picture and pulled up Lawyer Hoffman. The two held hands and started dancing together. Hoffman took Cindy's hand and made her turn around.

   "Cut!"

   Ronald, who was standing on the second floor directing the shooting, was very satisfied with this overhead shot.

   "Bring up the biscuits of the Girl Scouts and let everyone have a rest." Ronald greeted everyone to rest, and the entire MV was almost finished.

   "Leave me some mint." Ronald picked up the shooting plan to check, and a few close-ups, and you were done.

   "Here, mint." A familiar voice came, handing a box of cookies to Ronald himself.

   "Thank you. Huh, Diane? Why are you here?"

  Ronald stood up, "Donna, you're here too? Didn't you say you're going to eat at home tonight?"

   "Diane and I haven't seen you for a long time, let's see you as a director." Donna replied with a smile.

   Ronald also smiled. Today Diane's style is completely high school girl, white shirt, jeans, a pair of Vans espadrilles. The high combed hairstyle looks very imposing. Donna carried a backpack more than her good friend Diane, which was bulging and didn't know what was in it.

   "Oh, a real pleasant surprise."

   Ronald hurriedly hugged his cousin and Diane Lane, and then rubbed their hair, "You wait for me for a while, there are still a few shots left."

   (end of this chapter)