Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 499 Broom Dance

   The four people dance one-on-one, which is a bit of a fake.

  The whirlwind and Ma, especially the actor who played the black guy Ma, the dance skills of the bougainvillea prawns, overwhelmed the crowd, and visibly overwhelmed everyone on the scene. So they fought each other victoriously, and even took off each other's coats.

   But the two opponents didn't care at all, they showed a sinister smile, and they scored a point from the middle, and the two pulled out a short female dancer from the back. The female dancer took the hands of the two of them and swung out as if on a swing. She stood opposite the whirlwind and the motor and began to provoke.

   It turns out that they also have a female partner. The three formed a group together to challenge the whirlwind and the motor again.

   The fighting dance between blacks and Latinos is actually nothing more than a way to attract the opposite sex. Whoever dances well can win the favor of the beautiful woman. If this beautiful woman can break dance, it is simply too powerful.

  The female dancer returned to her side, and the three of them began to dance in a team. They were all simple movements, but they made Whirlwind and Momo frustrated.

   Now that the other party already has a female dance partner, no matter how well Whirlwind and Motor dance, they have already lost the game.

   IceT, who served as a DJ, also began to support the fire:

   "The game is here, and there is no suspense about the outcome.

  Don't be discouraged by the whirlwind, even you have to be deflated! "

   "Cut!"

After this stage of the dance, the story will continue to develop. Kelly began to learn breakdance to help Whirlwind and Ma get back to the field. After their training, Kelly's dance added breakdancing elements, which was favored by an agent. , to push her out.

   But Kelly said that she didn't want to sign the contract by herself without the whirlwind and the motor. To sign the contract, three people were required to sign as a team. The agent was persuaded by her and promised her to come to see a fight between Whirlwind and Motor.

   So Kelly and her manager once again came to the basement where dance fights are held all year round.

This is how   exploitation films are shot, and the scenes in one scene are all shot at one time. And it doesn't pay attention to lighting like a big production, and it focuses more on speed than quality.

   So the shooting speed depends only on whether the actors perform well.

  Ronald waved the costumes and make-up in, and changed all the main actors. Anyway, several important characters are poor ghosts, so the actors brought some clothes to exchange.

   This time, it was Motor's turn to have Chinese characters appearing on his clothes, and Ronald couldn't help laughing.

   "What's the matter? Is there something wrong with what I'm wearing?" The prawns were a little embarrassed by the laughter.

   "No, the Chinese characters on it are very auspicious and means fame. Maybe you will become famous after you act in this movie."

   "Anthracene?" Boogaloo Prawn is also a big boy with no scheming in life, and it is very happy to hear the director say this.

   Lucinda Dickie put on a black and red outfit, a pair of cheap black Nike shoes on the soles of her feet, a black gauze skirt over her upper body, a red long-sleeved T-shirt underneath, and light makeup.

   Ronald looked very bright at a glance, much more **** and beautiful than the female dancers on the opponent's side of the dance. The most important thing is a pair of leg warmers on the ankles, which are the originals from Ronald's factory. Although according to the background of the script, Kelly, a poor girl working in a hamburger restaurant, may not be able to afford it, but the exploitative film. , it's okay to bring goods for yourself.

   "Action!"

   "Wow, is this what you mean by breakdancing?" The blond manager is played by a handsome actor named Christopher MacDonald, who often plays supporting roles in TV dramas, and this role is familiar.

   "I have to find someone to film these dance steps." Agent James also couldn't help shaking with IceT's rap. This kind of music is really unstoppable.

   This time, it was Cyclone and Motor's turn to show off, and they also divided one side to the other, revealing Kelly behind.

   Lucinda Dickey grew up practicing gymnastics as a boy before turning to jazz dancing. She landed a front flip, and then began to provoke the other girl with a breakdance mixed with gymnastic moves.

   "Oh, what will this girl bring tonight? Let's wait and see!"

  IceT improvised again.

   The opponent trio was stunned, and the female dancer even tried to imitate it, and then gave up in despair.

   To say that Lucinda Deitch's dancing skills are not inferior to Sabade's at all, but she dances the foundation of jazz dance, and Sabade is the foundation of break dance, neither of them can dance each other's dance well.

   "Look at this, look at that, which one can you do?"

  IceT no longer cares about the face of the opponent trio, there is a white girl who can incorporate "noble" jazz dance moves into breakdance, and quickly improvises lyrics and praises it.

   The opponent conceded, Motor, Cyclone, and Kelly celebrated happily.

   "Cut! Let's do it again!"

  Ronald's shooting today went well, and at 6:00 pm, all the scenes of the fight dance were finished on time.

  After the cast and crew were gone, only Ronald and Minahan were left, getting into a van and directing the editing.

  In the editing car, the editor had already synchronized the sound and picture of the previous day. In order to ensure the progress, Minahan had two editors work in two shifts.

   "This hand man dances the best!" Minahan also squatted next to Ronald, watching the clip on the monitor, "If I hadn't known that he was disabled, I wouldn't have been able to tell just by watching the dance."

   "His level is superb. Today's bougainvillea prawns are also very good. Both of them are better than others. And that Falcon's fusion robot dance and noodle dance are also very good."

  "Hmmmm", Minahan was listening to Ronald's opinion, "Bougallo prawn, Falcon..."

   He kept repeating it several times, deepening his impression of the names of the two actors, "Bugallo, Bougallo, this name is quite smooth."

   "Boogaloo is actually the name of a style of black music," the editor added.

   "They have weird names anyway."

   After a couple of edit points, Ronald starts yawning, "I'm tired, you keep doing rough cuts. I have to go to bed."

In this way, the filming time of the first week gradually passed, and on Saturday, the rest of the crew went home to rest, only Ronald and the four male lead dancers were left, who were sneakily sitting in the RV at night, and came to the scene. Corner of Melrose Avenue.

   "We've already told the owner, don't make any big noises, and leave after filming."

  Meinahan directed the lighting team to set up lights at the entrance of a convenience store on the corner.

  The camera crew got into the convenience store and started arranging the cameras.

  Motor, played by the bougainvillea prawn, started muttering to himself while holding a broom in front of a mirror that prevented thieves.

  Whirlwind laughed at him, "Who do you think you are? Fred Astaire?"

   "Who?" Mada didn't know the legendary white musical star.

   "Forget it, you'd better take a broom and sweep the floor."

  The reason why the whirlwind and the motor are so good is also because they work as cashiers in the same convenience store. The two have the same interests, work together again, and study many innovative dance moves with each other.

  Moda is a person with pure interests. He sweeps the floor and carries a dual-card loudspeaker tape recorder, playing music. After a few swipes, he started dancing again with a broom.

   "All departments are ready!" Ronald pointed the camera at the door of the convenience store. "You just need to pan and follow the dance steps of the bougainvillea prawns, and you don't have to do anything."

   "Okay", the director of photography went on to explain.

   "Wait a minute and you can jump as you want." Ronald pulled the Boogaloo prawn and instructed.

   "Ow...Ah...Ow...Ah..." A heavy gasp came from the speaker of the recorder.

  Motor began to improvise.

   He started with a series of space walks, very compact, his feet seemed to slide on ice, and the elegant feeling was much better than MJ's live performance at the Motown concert that day.

   "Um..." Ronald touched his chin and thought of a trick.

The    motor moved repeatedly on the ground, his shoulders seemed to be spring-loaded, and with the tight drum beat, they began to shake like a spring-loaded puppet.

   Then he put the broom to the ground and jumped up around the standing broom.

  The very rhythmic dance moves made Ronald also pleasing to the eye.

The   motor circled the broom a few times by hand, and then with a little tap, pushed it down.

   He went to the previous one, raised his hand and made a movement, as if calling the broom back.

   Gradually, the broom seemed to hear his call, jumped on the ground, and then stood up slowly.

  “Cut!”

   "How's it going?" Ronald quickly asked the director of photography, "Isn't wearing a suit?"

   "No problem", the director of photography made an OK gesture.

   "Okay, ready for the next game."

   It turns out that this is a magic trick of the Boogaloo Prawn Club. When his hand was spinning around the broom before, he tied it with a very thin fishing line and stuck it on the pre-reserved bayonet.

   Then gently pull, the broom will slowly return to its original position.

   "Action!"

  The next action is that the motor surrounds the broom and performs thaumaturgy again. As soon as he raises his hand, the broom rises in the air like magic. With the control of the motor hand, he seems to be attracted by an invisible magnet in the palm of his hand.

  Then the bougainvillea prawn controlled the broom with one hand and jumped into the space step.

   His dance steps were gently waving, and the broom floated as if in space with the spacewalk, advancing and retreating with the motor.

   "Cut!"

   "How about this time?"

   "No problem, I zoomed to a close-up and it didn't wear out." The director of photography said no problem.

   "Is this really a masterpiece?" The next afternoon, in the editing car, Minahan saw this "Dance of Motor Brooms" and was amazed.

"You know what? He reminds me of Fred Astaire, the scene in the old movies where he jumps up the walls and ends up on the ceiling. A mysterious force... I was As a kid, I saw this in my dad's screening room. I just thought, I'm going to grow up and make this magical musical."

   "Um..." Ronald's mind was completely not on Minahan's whimsical imagination, but pondered his own problems.

The ending of    "Break Dance" is that Motor, Cyclone, and Kelly team up to participate in the Broadway selection dance competition. Several of the judges didn't like their breakdance at first, and were run by Franco, a dance coach who harassed Kelly who failed, and eliminated them if they didn't want them to compete.

   But in the end the judges were persuaded by Whirlwind's speech about freedom and let them break dance, and the trio finally succeeded, winning the dance competition and winning the protagonist status of the new Broadway musical.

"This ending is too much like 'Lightning Dance'. If you shoot it like this, you will be criticized again." Ronald thought, "And in 'Longwei Kid', I want to imitate Billy Wilder. False ending climax and aftertaste, it seems to be a try here."

   (end of this chapter)