Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Chapter 21 Expertise in saving money and shooting

"Caterina, don't look at the camera, just make your quiche like you usually do." Ronald smiled at a fat middle-aged Italian woman and taught her how to act in front of the camera.

With an egg in her hand, Katarina knocked on the edge of a large bowl and poured the egg white and yolk into the bowl, "Is that so?"

"Very good, very good," Ronald hinted that the photographer started to shoot at her, "just knocking eggs one by one."

Caterina is Cindy Lauper's real mother, who is Italian and has the kindness of a middle-aged Italian woman.

In order to save as much as possible, Ronald made a very economical plan for the MV shooting of "girls just want to have fun". Cindy came to play the protagonist of the mv, a girl who went out to play. Her mother plays the mother of the protagonist in the mv.

Cindy's biological father and stepfather were both divorced from her mother, so the role of father needed an actor. . Lawyer Hoffman approached another of his clients, professional wrestler Lou Albano, nicknamed "The Colonel" in the wwf league, to play her father.

"Colonel" Albano has retired from the front line, mainly as a manager. He is fat, has a long and messy beard, and wears a tattered vest, but he and Cindy's mother look like a middle-aged couple from the bottom.

The two were chattering in the kitchen, as if they were worried about their daughter not coming home overnight. In fact, they were discussing that next time Cindy and her mother went to cheer for the "Colonel" at the wwf game.

"cut!" Ronald, who was on the side, saw that they were chatting vigorously, and he had already captured the necessary pictures. The secret to dealing with amateur actors is not to tell them that filming has started, otherwise it is difficult to avoid the nervousness of amateur actors facing the camera.

"You're amazing, Ronald. Amateur actors can be trained so well, I think they can finish filming in two days." The beard looks like Detective Poirot's lawyer Hoffman, who accompanied him throughout the filming. He told Ronald The ability to save money is very admirable. With such a small amount of money, just grab someone and take pictures. It seems to be well-intentioned.

"As long as I'm a professional, it's fine." Ronald smiled, in fact, film and television shooting is very tricky, as long as one of the multiple shots meets the standard, it's not like a drama that has to be performed in its entirety to have a chance to go on stage.

"Girls, it's your turn."

Ronald finished shooting this kitchen scene,

With another wave of hands, eight ordinary girls of different ethnicities rushed up to the makeup artist and hair stylist to start makeup and hair styling.

There is a scene in this video where the protagonist Cindy Lauper calls eight of her friends and comes to the house for a party.

For a group performance like this, the salary is close to a thousand dollars a day, which is not cheap. When Ronald was about to shoot, he and lawyer Hoffman went to Portrait Records to borrow a group of female secretaries to appear.

"Choose slowly, each person has a pair of sunglasses, and I will give you a small gift after the shooting." Ronald stepped forward to chat with each secretary, told a joke, and said a couple of flirtatious words to make them relax.

Among the eight secretaries, there are one Chinese, one Japanese, two blacks, and Latinos, and the rest are white. Anyway, what mv is after is a specious plot, Ronald picks some from each ethnic group, so that the young audience can feel that they are also rebellious girls like them.

"Do you know how to make the action of wearing glasses sexy?" Ronald stepped back a few steps and asked a female makeup artist to come forward and teach them the action of wearing glasses.

Cindy Lauper started, and nine beauties posed in a row, one by one wearing sunglasses with one hand. Black, white, pink, sunglasses of various colors and shapes, selected by the hair stylist, all match the hairstyles of the secretaries, wearing them makes them more sexy and beautiful.

Including Cindy, the nine women started chatting about makeup and sunglasses accessories, Ronald applauded them, "We rehearse and walk, the camera will take close-ups of you, from left to right, everyone is captured by the camera. When you take pictures, give me a sexy look. Think about your boyfriend, husband, or any male star you like."

"Ronald, I think you can do it," a secretary shouted boldly to Ronald.

"Whatever you want, as long as it makes you happy, I don't mind acting as your fantasy object for a while." Ronald had been with these secretaries for a long time, and knew that they were very hot in private conversations.

Hearing what they said, Ronald knew they were relaxed and satisfied, and took off his jackets and made a biceps pose.

"Oh, come here, mom," another secretary, a slightly higher-ranking secretary, even took out a bill to put in Ronald's belt.

"Keep it like this, I also want to see you so coquettish in the real shoot, Mindy." Ronald continued to bicker with her, gesturing at the photographer with one hand.

The photographer understood, turned on the camera, and started to shoot quietly while the actors with the full number of secretaries relaxed and rehearsed.

"cut!" Ronald turned back and discussed with the photographer, "Very good, thank you for your appearance."

"What? Are you filming just now?" The secretary named Mindy was surprised that his appearance was captured by the camera just now, and he came over and asked Ronald to delete her footage.

"Don't worry, Mindy, you did a good job just now. I suspect you're not working in a record company, and you have a future in Hollywood."

"How do you want to shoot the dance scene in the room below?" the dance instructor came up and asked Ronald.

The dance instructor was a cameo by a backing dancer on Cindy Lauper's team. Cindy didn't have many resources to promote, and the dancer was one of the sisters who traveled around with her.

"I'm going to have a three-by-three matrix first, with Cindy in the center, and then the three rows of people shaking their heads to the left and right." Ronald discussed with the dance coach and took this shot first.

Eight secretaries surrounded Cindy Lauper, rocking left and right in each row to the beat of the music. Then, in behavioral units, continue to swing.

"cut!"

It's the old way, don't tell them that they are already filming. During the filming, the girls immediately began to stiffen their bodies and deformed their movements, but Ronald still mainly encouraged them, always saying that they did a good job.

After filming the close-ups of the girls answering Cindy's phone alone, Ronald waved to them, "Girls, go practice dancing first, we'll see you later."

"Ronald, goodbye." Everyone waved goodbye to Ronald. Mindy came over and gave him a special hug. Valley

"Colonel, I want Cindy Lauper to give you a grappling move."

Ronald turned to Lou Albano, a wrestler who played Cindy's father, to discuss the effect of his wrestling moves.

"!"

Cindy turned to the Colonel, and the two looked at each other head to head. Lou Albano stretched out a finger, pointing at Cindy one by one in line with the rhythm of the lines in the music.

"At midnight, the phone rang.

My dad yelled, what the hell are you going to do with your own life! "

The lyrics are just right.

Cindy grabbed the Colonel's hand, then pulled back, pinned his arm to the back of his body, and pushed it forward, and the Colonel was caught and his body was against the wall.

"Oh, Daddy, you are still Namba Wan in the family,

It's just that the girl wants to have some fun. "

The father, played by the colonel, was held by his daughter and strode to the kitchen with a depressed heart to cry to his mother.

WWF's staff wrestlers are all veterans who are proficient in acting. At first, they accused Cindy of anger, and then was caught by Cindy and pushed against the wall. Ronald trains and plays very well.

"cut!"

Ronald was very satisfied with the performances of the two. Cindy Lauper was a bit crazy and was quite comfortable in front of the camera. She also played the image of a daughter who was dissatisfied with family rules and insisted on throwing a party all night long.

"You know, I think you wwf wrestlers don't need training to act in movies, you are all born performers." Ronald praised.

"You're not too bad, kid. I see you instructing Cindy on those two tackles. You're very professional, and it's no problem going straight to the wwf wrestling ring."

"Hahaha" Ronald hugged the colonel, wwf wrestling competitions are actually performances, it's quite interesting to watch, but the fall is very hard, he doesn't want to try it.

"The next dance scene." Ronald called a group again, this time it was all the record company employees, including Cindy's manager, Cindy's brother Butch, and the bearded man Features Attorney Hoffman.

"Everyone follows the rhythm of the dance instructor. You form a train like in a disco, follow the rhythm of the locomotive, and play by yourself. Well, let me see everyone's movements first."

"One, two, three, four, two, two, three, four," Ronald watched everyone play freely, making it like a dance of demons.

However, the plot in this section is about Cindy's friend, who brought her friend's friend, and danced with the neighbors in the apartment building. It was originally eclectic and did not pursue the professionalism of dance, but danced like an ordinary person.

"Oh oh oh, what is this? You have to practice more, Mr. Lawyer." Ronald saw the stingy lawyer Hoffman, and he danced with the same feet.

"Teach Mr. Lawyer well." Ronald whispered to the dance instructor. This lawyer is also an old scumbag, and he has to save money on everything. Ronald felt that he was still a bit taken advantage of by him, and used his expertise in saving money to shoot.

For a little "revenge", he specifically asked the dance coach to teach Hoffman an "impressive" dance step.

"!"

"Girls just have some fun,

Have some fun! "

The rhythm is the same, Cindy begins, and a series of group performances begin to dance. As expected of someone from the record company, everyone danced decently.

The lawyer Hoffman in the middle, even if he was well trained by the dance instructor, did not solve the problem of his dancing with the same hands.

The coach simply taught him the duck dance. The front hands are in front of the duck mouth, and the back hands are behind the buttocks to form a duck butt, so that he can dance with the same hands and feet, and he can keep up with everyone's rhythm.

"Girls just have some fun,

Have some fun! "

Lawyer Hoffman followed the rhythm, stretching and shrinking his forehand, even his neck, and upturned mustache, just like a duck walking.

"cut!"

"Hahahaha..." Ronald was very satisfied with this dance, and he sat on the director's chair and laughed non-stop after calling it quits. After the film was completed, the lawyer Hoffman's image was absolutely wonderful.

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