Chapter 259 Time Limit

  After Hekelin finished speaking with the two heroines, she returned to her original spot and motioned for Ronald to come forward.

   "I still know the rules. No one in the crew can give Action orders except the director." Ronald felt a little better. He raised his hand to signal the first assistant director Al to call the password. He didn't want to have anything to do with the one shot by Heikelin, so as not to be confused when watching the samples later.

  I know where Heklin’s fatal problem lies. As long as I maintain my normal performance, tomorrow, not the day after tomorrow, when I watch the samples, everyone will be able to distinguish the good from the bad.

   "Recording? Camera? Action!" Al called the command to start shooting.

  In the same over-the-shoulder position, the camera motor began to rustle, capturing the performance of the two actors.

   "Do you want to serve his table instead of me?" Stacy was a little shy, wanting to strike up a conversation but afraid of being rejected.

   "Don't you think he looks like Richard Gere, look at that **** little ass." Linda replied.

   “Look him in the eyes after ordering, and then whenever he says any joke, pretend it’s the funniest joke in the world and show him a big laugh. … Well, then don’t forget to smile.”

   "What are you waiting for? If I didn't have a fabulous boyfriend in Chicago, I'd **** myself."

   "Go ahead, just give her an order."

  Linda really followed Heikelin's guidance and spoke the lines with a sweet memory.

   "Maybe Phoebe Cates is really thinking about her boyfriend? Emotional memory is a powerful approach. But no matter how good it is, it's still going in the wrong direction."

   While Ronald was thinking, Jennifer and Phoebe had already finished their performance, but Hekleen didn't stop. They didn't know what to do next, and turned their heads to look at the camera.

   Ronald pokes first assistant director Al.

   "Cut!"

  Al stopped the filming and looked at Hekelin.

   "Yes, Cut." Heikelin, who was directing a theatrical movie for the first time, was too involved and forgot to stop.

   "Do you want this one?" Al asked Heklein.

   "Yes, I want another one."

   "One more."

  The camera crew came again as it was.

   "Fine, so let's do the shot where Stacy goes to order from the handsome guy Ron Johnson, and you look at him like…"

  Heikelin grabbed Jennifer Jason Lee to talk about the scene.

   "Wait a minute, wait a minute." Ronald stepped forward with a smile, "The over-the-shoulder shot aimed at Jennifer from another angle has not been shot yet, and there is also a reaction shot of the two of them."

   "Oh, yes..." Hekleen made a joke. She has never been a director of Hollywood theater movies, and she is not familiar with the Hollywood method of "one master and two shoulders". I still shoot graduation short films and documentaries as before, and follow the camera's point of view to get closer to the plot.

   This joke was seen by some technicians on the set, and some couldn't help laughing out loud.

   "It's not a big problem, it's just a lack of experience." Ronald in turn relieved her, and looked back to the direction where the laughter came from. They are old electricians who often follow the group. When they saw Ronald's eyes, they immediately stopped laughing.

  “I think Hekleen has already expressed her meaning and filmed the number of lines she understands. Why don’t we move on, there are still some children’s scenes later, let’s finish filming theirs first.”

   Ronald asked steadily for advice.

  Mount glanced at Hekelin, and Hekelin nodded to indicate that she had captured what she wanted.

Tom Mount shook his head inwardly. Since he has to do something and **** the director's position, then don't think about any nonsense about fair competition, and use any method, just like the battle between himself and Simberg, this is also his own A small battlefield.

   "I think it's better to have you all take an over-the-shoulder shot of Jennifer to complete the set of shots so that we can compare them better."

   "This is unscrupulous, squeezing my time to shoot children's scenes, so that I can't finish filming, and make another mistake?" Ronald immediately understood Mount's bad approach.

  I could have gone to shoot the scene where the kids had already been lit first, so that the pizzeria could just do the lighting for the over-the-shoulder shot on the opposite side. The lighting and shooting on both sides are carried out alternately, without delaying time. Now shoot this side first, I can't make full use of the time, and the next time I will be very tight when shooting children's scenes.

   Ronald looked at his watch. It seemed that MCA president Simberg had to be invited to watch the sample through Spielberg. Only with his presence could he suppress Mount.

  Besides, Simberg had conflicts with Mount because of the ET matter. If he had the opportunity to suppress Mount, he might be willing to come.

  Hekelin looked at Mount, then at Ronald, and opened her mouth into an O. I didn't expect Mount to be so ruthless. It is easy to really anger Ronald by taking advantage of the situation to find fault.

  In fact, I have already found Ronald's weakness. If there is a fair game, I can win.

  In addition, Ronald was very efficient in doing some shooting chores, and the technicians served him well. I became a director myself, and I wanted to ask him to stay on the set to help me with some management work.

  She walked to the camera group, passing Ronald, where Mount didn't see, and made a "Sorry" mouth shape to him.

   Then Heikelin signaled the assistant director to start preparing for shooting. She is confident that she can defeat Ronald head-on without this method.

  The cameraman set up the camera again, and after setting up the light and measuring the focal length, he finally signaled to Ronald that he was ready. The camera is on Jennifer Jason Lee.

  Heikelin didn't waste time talking, she whispered a few words in Jennifer's ear, and then called the password to start filming.

   "Do you want to serve his table instead of me?" Jennifer began to speak the lines.

   "Huh?" Ronald stood behind the camera and didn't speak, trying to gain time. Seeing Jennifer Jason Lee's performance, I was suddenly surprised.

   "Jennifer's performance is different from what he imagined." Ronald glanced at Heklein. This woman is not a complete idiot, but she is a little good at directing performances.

   It’s another way of acting that shows Stacy’s inexperience with dating men and her desire to try.

  Ronald's imaginary shooting method mainly shows Stacy's shyness.

  She has never been asked out by a boy, and she wants to make up for this life experience as soon as possible in high school. So I have a lot of longing for dating, saying that I don't want to go is just a kind of reserve for girls. Whenever a handsome customer asked for a phone number, she would give it.

   And Hekelin didn't know what she said to Jennifer just now, this time her performance added a little bit of other emotions, as if she flinched and hesitated.

   "No, it's fear." Ronald accurately captured a trace of fear from Jennifer Jason Lee's eyes.

How is this going?

  Although Ronald can’t understand it, judging from his own life experience, it is true that girls will feel a little scared when facing a boy on a first date.

   If you can understand this subtle and real emotion, it will be a great improvement to the performance quality of the whole film.

   Despite the many characters and trivial plots in this youth film, the whole film is actually talking about one theme: Coming of Age.

  How boys and girls go through things and grow into adults who can take responsibility for themselves.

  Stacy's growth is mainly about her emotional improvement.

  Why did this little bit of fear arise? And how was it inspired by Heikelin with only a few words?

   Ronald didn't think about it for a while, and he didn't have time to think about it. Hastily directed everyone to finish filming their own version of the reaction shots, and hurriedly urged the camera crew to move to the entrance of the opposite cinema.

  The Actors Union stipulates that young actors under the age of 16 shall not work more than 5 hours a day, and must finish filming before 12:30 pm.

  Because two more over-the-shoulder shots were taken, the photography team set up another light, which wasted an hour.

  From 9pm to 11:30 am, only four or five shots were taken, and most of the time was wasted on lighting. This is based on the fact that the art director and photography director came up with a trick to reduce the lighting time by half.

  Most of the time in filmmaking is not shooting, but waiting to be shot.

  Ronald directed the camera crew to install the camera at the designated location, while chatting with the two children.

   "Do you have any bands you like to listen to?" Ronald squatted on the ground and asked them.

   "We like to listen to Van Halen (VanHalen The two young actors looked at each other and answered Ronald.

"Well wait a minute this Mike has two tickets to their concert and you guys want to buy it. But his asking price is very expensive and you guys don't want it at first, and you end up wanting to go to a Van Halen concert, so you have to give in .”

   "Oh, what about our lines?"

   "No lines, just treat him as if he really has two concert tickets. If the performance is good, I will pay you to buy Van Halen's records."

   "We want tickets to a concert. Van Halen happens to be playing a concert in Los Angeles."

"make a deal."

  Ronald got up, and Romanus, who played the scalper Mike, began to ask, "Don't follow the lines, improvise, and try to have a sex."

  The lighting team began to pay close attention to metering. The director of photography, Matthew, knew the importance and forced them to put in all their efforts, and finally completed the lighting and positioning at 12:15.

   "Ready to start shooting." Ronald directed the recording crew, extending the long microphone pole to the top of the child's head.

   At this time, accompanied by another producer of the film, Azoff, the two quietly walked into the shooting scene on the top floor, watching Ronald directing the shooting from afar.

   "Oh, I'm a familiar, is this the Ronald you recommended? No wonder you want me to take a look, it reminds me of you when you were young." MCA President Simberg said softly.

   "I didn't expect him to be a great director. I wasn't as skilled as him when I was filming 'Jaws'." Spielberg responded in a low voice.

   "Action!" Ronald gave the order to start shooting.

   "Did Dolly Parton give you a share of the box office? You worked so hard?" Mike the scalper jokingly said when he saw his good friend Mark the nerd who worked at the ticket gate.

Simberg heard the line in the background, saw the poster for Dolly Parton's yet-to-be-finished film "Best Chicken House in Texas," and immediately understood what was going on. Can't help but smile.

   This line is a bit interesting and has a sense of humor. It ridicules the behavior of Dolly Parton's crew for letting them place advertisements.

  Mark, the ticket inspector, didn't answer his friend's joke, and pointed to the two children walking to the right with his fingers.

   "I heard you have tickets for Van Halen's concert?" the child asked.

   "Maybe I have." Romanus waved his hand and signaled the two children to go further away and talk with him.

  The camera operator starts to pan the camera to keep up with the movement of the actors.

   "How much is the seat before row 10?"

   "$20 a piece."

   "But the original price is only 12 yuan 5."

   "Then don't buy it!"

   "You scalpers also earn too much."

   "Did you call me a scalper just now? Listen, I provide ticketing services, and the services cost money."

   "Okay, let's buy it."

   "Wait, how much did I say just now, 25?"

   "20!" The two children handed over the money, got the tickets for props and paintings, turned around and left.

   "Cut!"

  Ronald was very satisfied, the young actor performed in his true colors, and Romanus's impromptu lines as the ticket dealer scalper are also very good, as expected from the streets of the Bronx, New York.

   "Pa... papa..." Two people applauded behind him, and then the entire audience of actors and staff began to applaud, applauding Ronald's wonderful control.

  He will finish shooting with a gap of more than 10 minutes before 12:30.

   Among them, there are also many staff members who complained about Ronald and applauded him.

  Heikelin also applauded, this level is really good, just improvised, 10 minutes passed, and the results were very good.

  Tom Mount didn't applaud, his eyes fixed on the person who came, Sidney Simberg, the president of MCA.

  I was ridiculed by Simberg at the dinner celebrating Spielberg's box office. Leave the table early to support Heikelin. Hopefully there will be a chance to hit back at Simberg with responsibility for the wrong choice of director.

  The president of the parent company has repeatedly reached into the pockets of Universal Pictures to show power. Another investment of more than 10 million was made for Spielberg to shoot ET, and he also intervened in the project to choose Ronald as the director. This happened to be an opportunity for him to restrain himself a little.

  Movies always make one profit and one loses. Spielberg lost "1941" and won "The Lost Ark of the Covenant". Can ET guarantee a big hit? It is unwise for Simberg to tie his own authority with ET's box office.

   "Ronald, your work is very wonderful." Spielberg stepped forward and hugged Ronald, congratulating.

   "Yes, I haven't seen such a young man with such potential for a long time." Simberg then praised, his most important job now is to bind Spielberg and Universal tightly.

  Since Steven appreciates this young man, he should help him by the way, "Well Done! Ronald. You made me believe that I made the right choice. If you have anything to do, you can come to my secretary directly."

  Sinberg found Mount on the other side, and he actually said this to him.

   Ronald quickly thanked them, which was a pleasant surprise. Now the director's seat is secured.

  (end of this chapter)