Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 393 Dreaming of a Mermaid

   "There's an electronic keyboard glissando at the beginning of this song, do you think we can key out Cindy Lauper's portrait and play her across the screen like she's playing it on a piano?"

   Ronald and the staff of the ADO computer digital special effect machine added a lot of special effects to the MV together. In addition to showing various special effects as much as possible, the rhythm of the special effects and the MV must also be considered.

This special effect of panning on the screen after keying, after thinking about it, there is still no good place to arrange it. Finally, Ronald thought of putting him after the prelude, and let Cindy Lauper's grimace swipe across the screen to make a kind of funny atmosphere.

   "Dangdang..." The secretary at the front desk knocked on the door and came in. "Ronald, I think your cousin called to remind you to go home for dinner."

   "Oh? It's half past five? Thank you, we'll be here today, and we'll continue tomorrow. I promise my family to go home for dinner." Ronald said to the staff, got up and dressed and went home.

   "I will finish this special effect tonight, you can see the final effect when you come tomorrow."

"thanks!"

   Ronald, who came back home, hugged Aunt Karen as soon as he walked in the door. We had not seen each other for several months. Aunt Karen and he both missed each other a little.

   "What are you watching?" Ronald saw Aunt Karen watching CBS TV again, as if it was a TV show. There was a military Bell helicopter, and a military jeep with a wounded man underneath.

   "Today is the finale of the Army Field Hospital (M.A.S.H)," Donna told Ronald.

"Oh," Ronald smiled and sat down on the sofa. This TV series reflecting America's war in Northeast Asia in the 1950s has been on CBS for more than ten years, even longer than that war. much longer.

My aunt likes to watch it, mainly because the TV series doesn't actually have too many backgrounds to exaggerate the war. She actually sees it as the Vietnam War. Many weapons and plots in it are actually based on the Vietnam War. Anyway, soap operas are not so elegant. .

   "I like watching this TV series very much. I didn't expect it to end soon. The last episode today is very long, two and a half hours. The name is also good, it's called 'Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen'"

  Aunt Karen was watching the finale while eating dinner. With the end of the final scene, Colonel Porter, Max Klinger and Father Mulcahy, who have accompanied my aunt and countless American families for twelve years, finally waved goodbye to everyone.

   "Honey, I'm going to bed first, it reminds me of your uncle Steve." Aunt came to hug Ronald after watching the finale, don't make it too late.

   Ronald didn't follow this TV series very much, so he went to the room early to watch the two scripts Diane Lane gave him, and was going to give Diane a recommendation tomorrow.

   "Hi Ronnie, are you free?"

   Donna knocked on Ronald's door and walked in.

   "Which movie are you going to recommend Diane for? Is there any news?"

   "Uh, I haven't read the script yet." Ronald rubbed his eyes. He had done a lot of things today, and he was a little out of energy by the end of the night, but he had to finish what he promised.

   "I think mermaids are good, what do you think?"

"I don't know, picking a script is actually a difficult choice. As a director, of course, I hope that actors can play my script, but on the other hand, from the standpoint of actors, it is not so easy to choose, it is difficult to judge which Movies will accelerate my career.”

  Ronald sat Donna down, just to chat with her and take a break.

   "Hey? Don't you just choose based on the script?"

"It's hard to say, some movies don't actually read much from the script. You know Spielberg's ET Alien, I read the script before filming, and honestly when I watched it, I couldn't see the final The film is so touching.”

   "Then what should I watch?"

"Apart from the script? It also depends on the performance of the actors, as well as some special effects. Sometimes, the actors' improvisations are better than the script, and some directors will give the actors more room for improvisation, while others are more strict. , stick to the plot and dialogue on the script.

For example, in this mermaid book, it can be seen that the screenwriter and director have a general grasp of the film's screen, so the script is very detailed, and I can see that in some places, they have already thought about how to assume the camera and how to put these words. Take an image.

   But this untitled project leaves a lot of blanks. I can't tell if the director doesn't pay attention to the script, or he has already thought about those places for the actors to improvise..."

  Ronald explained to Donna the difference between the script and the movie. In fact, he was not very optimistic about the untitled project, and it seemed very crude in many places. If he came to direct, he would definitely rewrite the story and add details.

   "Oh," Donna nodded, secretly taking what Ronald said in her heart, "Ronnie, what kind of director do you belong to?"

   "Me? I'm probably somewhere in between. When you meet good actors, let them play a little more. When the budget is tight, follow the script to speed up the progress."

   "Okay, I'm going to bed, I won't disturb you." Donna stood up and walked out of the room.

"The script depends on the performance of the actors and the director. It doesn't necessarily mean that the script is good, but the movie is good. It depends on the performance space and the effects of special effects..." Donna muttered to herself, ran into the room, picked up the phone and dialed, "I I asked for you, he said that the script is not necessarily good, the movie is good... um..."

  The night was getting dark, Ronald also lay down on the bed, and then read the script from the lamp.

   "Untitled Project" is a thin script that Ronald reads quickly. The copper staples for binding came through and protruded a lot on the back cover. Ronald was stabbed twice when he saw it, and he simply threw it away.

   Besides, Ronald doesn't like that the characters in this script are exaggerated, like a cartoon. The main story is very old-fashioned. From the beginning to the end, you can guess the direction of the plot a few steps in advance. It's not too different from the "North African Spy" story.

   He prefers to see "Mermaid (Splash, the story of this movie is very interesting. Almost the same beginning as Andersen's "Daughter of the Sea", but with a lot of modern American values ​​added.

  For example, The Little Mermaid quickly accepted modern civilization and learned to buy things with money. At the end, it is not the tragedy of the original version that turns into a bubble, nor is it a cliché that becomes a happy life with the male protagonist, but that the human protagonist becomes a fish and goes to live in the sea with the mermaid.

   This kind of escaping from the busy work of the urban forest and returning to the end of a happy childhood may really resonate with some men and women in the city. After all, who doesn't want to put aside the helplessness of reality and return to a carefree childhood?

"There is a plot here. After the little mermaid came ashore, she arrived at the Statue of Liberty. She couldn't understand the language and customs. The little mermaid couldn't communicate with the tourists, but she was kind and beautiful, and she quickly won the hearts of tourists from all over the world. It is more suitable Diane's acting." Ronald made some pencil marks on the script, then wrote a commentary of his own.

   A drowsiness hit, Ronald only felt that the hand holding the pencil was getting heavier and he struggled a few times. The script fell to the ground with a snap, and Ronald fell asleep.

   A familiar feeling came to his mind again, Ronald vaguely felt as if he was watching TV, and the voice on the TV was Chinese that had been missing for a long time.

   "Next is 'Modern Mermaid', Splash"

   A burst of theme music sounded, and a large TV screen began to play the movie "The Mermaid".

  Ronald felt very tired, his eyes were close to being closed, he always fell asleep watching TV, and there seemed to be Chinese subtitles at the bottom of the screen.

   "Where is this? Why are the subtitles still in traditional?"

  On a yacht, two small children are looking at the sea off Cape Cod. A chubby child threw a handful of coins at the lady's feet, then got down to pick up the coins, and peeked by the way.

   On the other side, a thin and melancholy child stared at the sea. He seemed to see a little mermaid, jumping down and jumping into the water.

  The little mermaid rescued him who couldn't swim, sent him back to the boat, and was rescued ashore by adults. And his wallet was left on the bottom of the sea and was picked up by the Little Mermaid.

   "Is this the scene where the two protagonists meet when they were young? Don't say this mermaid flashed by, it's a bit like Diane." Ronald thought in a daze.

   "Hey hey..." When the camera turned, a fat young man started playing the trick of tossing coins and peeking again, and was caught. Ronald opened his eyes and saw that the fat man was an old acquaintance who asked him to see John Candy in the NFL playoffs.

   "Hey? Wasn't it because of Diane that I dreamed of it?"

Next to    is Fatty's brother, the little boy who was rescued by the Little Mermaid, still so thin and melancholy.

   "Hey, this is also an old acquaintance. I participated in a fast-paced audition, and later gave up because of the conflict of the TV schedule. What's the name? I remember the name is Tom."

   Ronald fell asleep again.

"Ah ... ah ..." A screaming screamed to wake him up, a blonde beauty, looking at the back of his back, on the sea from the sea, and was found and yelled by a group of tourists visiting the statue of Liberty.

   "Is there a **** scene here?" Ronald thought to himself.

   "Huh? It's not Diane, but a tall and beautiful actress with blond hair. It's more charming than Brooke Xiaosi."

   "Ah..." Ronald was awakened by a sharp scream again, and the TV screens on the wall exploded in a place that looked like a department store on the screen.

  The mermaid learned human language by watching TV. When she said her real name to the hero, the frequency was too high, causing the TV to explode.

   "Buzz..." There was a sound of a hair dryer. The mermaid encountered water in the bathtub and showed her tail. The hero Ellen wanted to see her. She dried the tail with a hair dryer and turned into legs again.

   "Crack, snap", and finally the mermaid and Alan escaped from the scientist's laboratory, and the police car came after them. The mermaid asked Ellen's heart, and the two jumped off the pier and started a happy life in the sea.

  …

   "Wow", the next morning, Ronald opened the window and the sun shone into the room. The movie in the dreamland was shot at a good level, but the untitled movie was not dreamed, so I would recommend choosing "The Mermaid" with Diane.

   (end of this chapter)