Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 88 July Stove

   It took several days to shoot the scene. After Ronald's cameo appearance, he just hangs out on the set every day, as long as he watches Gene and doesn't let him go crazy.

   The Actors Guild in New York also sent observers to the crew to supervise and leave work on time every day. Ronald only needs to commute to get off work on time from 9 to 6. Ronald was satisfied with his regular routine and resumed his habit of watching ABC's "Good Morning America" ​​every morning while eating breakfast.

  Producer David, gave Ronald an actor's minimum wage, $785 a week. He is an actor in name, but David's main job is to keep an eye on Gene and his mother.

   Actually, Gene and his mother won't do anything wrong for the future dollars. So what about Ronald's own actual work? In fact, it is to observe Ellen's every move and learn secretly. Of course, if you want to ask Ellen why he shot like this, then don't think about it.

   Director Allen is still a little dissatisfied with him, and the relationship is not good enough to teach him selflessly like the directors of New World.

   Shooting continues. The brigade moved to the dance rehearsal room and started filming the girls in the dance department.

   "Cough, cough..." Joanna played the dance teacher, and she also had some scenes today, "What poison gas are you putting on?"

  Director of Photography Michael Ceresin directed the lighting assistant to add fragrant powder on several charcoal stoves, and after lighting it, he stirred it up with his hands, so that the fragrant powder floated all over the room.

   "This is the traditional lighting method of our English studio. The director said that a warm and mysterious light atmosphere is needed. The specific gravity of the powder is the same as that of air, so it can float in the air for a long time, and the lighting has a unique effect."

   "Ahem, ahem, can't you just use fragrant powder? I don't think it's good for my health."

"If you don't, you need to use multiple lights to achieve the same effect, and every time you switch the lens angle, you need to relight the light. This powder is the traditional method, only one light is needed, and the light is very evenly distributed and can be moved arbitrarily. the camera without relighting.”

   Ronald is also covering his nose with a handkerchief, listening to the DP explain to the actors. Lighting is indeed the most time-consuming part of shooting indoors, and if you had to relight from scratch every time you moved the camera, you could shoot four shots in a day.

   "Ah." Someone sneezed, the smell of this powder was too strong, and Ronald also had the urge to sneeze because of him.

  Fortunately, after a while, the actors got used to the smell, and the discomfort caused a lot better.

  Today's show has a lot of dance moves. After the lighting is completed, it's time for the choreographer to come on stage.

  The choreographer choreographed a ballet movement for each actor, and then asked them to jump out one by one according to the path of the camera movement.

   "One, two, three... go... Antonia picks up... One, two, three, Lucy is you..."

  Because the fragrant powder needs to float evenly in the room, the electric fan that will blow the fragrant powder is withdrawn from the room and placed in the corridor. Actors are only allowed to go out to blow-dry between shots.

  After rehearsing twice, the dancers were sweating profusely, so they hurried out of the room to blow fans to cool down.

   Ronald also hurried out to help scoop ice cubes into the ice pack. The temperature is very high today, plus the four still burning charcoal stoves are constantly steaming fragrant powder, and it is very easy to heatstroke and dehydration in the room.

   These high school students-based actors have no agents or assistants, so Ronald helps them a little when he has time.

   "It's really hot." Gene picked up Ronald's pack of ice packs and put them on his body. He was wearing shorts and a short-sleeved top today, which was the best way to dissipate heat.

   "Yeah, the people in the clothing department also forced us to wear thick wool pantyhose for autumn and winter." Several girls sweated and soaked their dance clothes, which was a little unsightly. They took out towels and were vigorously wiping the sweat from the back of their necks.

  Makeup took the powder and brushes and hurriedly stepped forward to touch up their makeup. Sweat melted part of the makeup, and every shot had to be retouched.

  The hair stylist also rushed over to fix their hairstyles. Sweat spread the fixed hair of some people. High temperature is really the enemy of shooting.

  The costumer also came up to check the sweat-soaked costumes, and for those protagonists who were severely wet, they would also be asked to change into spare costumes.

   In order to save time, people from multiple departments surrounded several protagonists, like octopus, to help them get everything done.

  Antonia is the absolute protagonist, her sweat has also melted the makeup a lot, and the makeup artist is rushing to repair the scene.

   The plot of "Famous in the World" is set in autumn, so all the costumes are aligned like autumn. Wearing thick wool dance pantyhose in a closed room in summer is a form of torture.

   Ronald could only hand Antonia and the others a little more ice water and prepare ice cubes to cool down. Fortunately, the endurance of these girls is not bad in order to make a movie and become famous.

   put another ice pack, and Ronald put the long ice pack around Antonia's neck.

   "Ah..." Antonia felt so comfortable that she wanted to call out, and turned back to thank Ronald.

   Ronald continued to pack ice packs for the rest of the girls.

   "Ready to shoot", the first assistant director came to urge, the girls reluctantly put down the ice pack and walked into the oven.

  After the rehearsal is completed, the shooting will take place. Allen changed his previous style of striving for perfection. There are no very detailed requirements here. As long as the director of photography nods his head and there is no problem with the picture, he will pass. It seems that he can't stand the indoor temperature like a stove.

   After the shooting is the scheduling. The director and DP work together to plan the camera moves for the next shot, and the actors move. The lighting team plans the lighting according to the director's requirements. If there is a situation where the light will be captured by the camera and penetrated by the camera, it must be re-discussed with the director.

  Scheduling, lighting, rehearsing, shooting, one cycle after another, the crew moved slowly according to plan in the hot weather.

   In the interval of lighting, the dancers did not have the energy to dance and entertain themselves as they did a few days ago. Ronald went to the producer David and asked for more ice to make sure no one on the crew suffered from heat stroke.

  The director and the actors can take turns to rest. The worst is the operator who operates the camera. Help push and pull the camera while shooting. When the director and actors went out to cool down, they also added fragrance powder to the charcoal stove indoors to maintain the concentration of fragrance powder in the room.

  Most of these operators were brought from England by director Allen and worked with the director of photography and the director for a long time. This time, I specially spent money to move them from overseas, also in order to reduce the running-in and start shooting immediately.

   Their old relationship as a director received a lot of subsidies, which made several Americans who were also camera operators very annoyed. Also suffering in the heat with no rest and no extra allowance.

   One of the American operators secretly took a glass bottle during the noon break and put some fragrant powder in it.

"You let Gene stand on the corner of the table and look attentively watching Hillary dance, understand?" After the last conflict, Alan Parker didn't dare to ask Gene directly. Anything was usually done through Luo Nader conveyed.

"You're going to stand on tiptoe here, be an arabesque, then go back to Leroy and get around him with a closer distance than normal human space. Confuse him, what the **** are you seducing him, I approached a little by accident. After bypassing him, look into his eyes and make a look that comes with me."

  Alan Parker went on to teach Antonia a play. In the afternoon, the scene where Hillary seduces LeRoy was filmed. The carpenter came in at lunchtime and built a door to the men's locker room inside the dance rehearsal area.

  The door is very fake and can be opened and closed. Of course, there is nothing inside the door. Only the two actors can open the door and then close the door after entering. The camera shoots from the outside, and it looks like a room.

   Gene, who plays Leroy, is standing at the table outside the door, waiting for Hilary, played by Antonia, to seduce him. His task in this scene was relatively simple. He was puzzled at first, then after receiving Hillary's code, he stayed for half a second, made a sudden realization, followed Hillary into the men's locker room, and closed the door.

   "Okay, let's rehearse."

   "No no no, you have to get closer, to a distance that makes both sides nervous. Understand?" Ellen Parker looked directly at Antonia and had to get closer to Gene.

   "No, no, you're too close this time, this is the distance for the thief to steal things, or it's not too far or not, it just happens that the two sides are a little embarrassed, understand?"

   "Take a 10-minute break." When Ellen Parker saw Antonia, who was usually very savvy, this time she couldn't understand what an awkward distance was. Thinking she was too tired, she called for a 10-minute break.

  Ronald still put the ice pack on Antonia's neck, "What's the matter with you, Antonia? You are always the first to understand the scenes the director says."

Antonia tilted her neck to feel the coolness of the ice pack: "Gene is... well, you know what I mean. So I can't feel his reaction. Acting is actually acting, and it's hard for me if the other party doesn't respond. Go on."

   "Have you acted before?" Ronald felt that Antonia was right.

"Yes, I played a supporting role on 'Grease' two years ago, dancing right behind Travolta and leading actress Olivia Newton-John," Antonia said, laughing, "so I have a union. Card."

"The temperature is really terrible. Why don't you cooperate with me and help me find a sense of distance. I don't want to take many pictures." Antonia looked at the makeup and hairstyle and left. Said softly.

"Okay, it's really comfortable to finish filming early." Ronald felt that if he continued filming in a hot room, the girl might faint, so he took a step forward and approached Antonia, "This way you will feel me Has your privacy been violated?"

   "Well, it doesn't seem to be close enough." Antonia stretched out her hand to feel the distance between the two.

   "So?" Ronald took another half step forward.

   "It seems to be a little closer." Antonia's body was more than an cubit away from him.

   "So?" Ronald took another half step forward.

"Okay, okay..." Antonia took a half step back. The smell of a man on Ronald rushed into her forehead, making her face a little hot. Fortunately, it was already hot, and her face was red. "I have a feeling."

   Ronald also felt a little abrupt just now, picked up the towel and handed it to Antonia, motioning her to wipe the sweat on her neck, "It's really too hot."

   "Cut! Very good, this one is printed." Allen was very satisfied with the subsequent shooting.

   (end of this chapter)