Chapter 749 Tacit cooperation

  Maybe Jennifer Gray and Patrick Thwaites' huddle in the room worked.

  From the second day on, the cooperation between the two was very tacit.

   There are a lot of scenes where only the two of you are on camera, which requires chemistry.

   Judging from the reaction at the scene, Jennifer always looked at Patrick with affectionate eyes, and no matter what she did or danced, she seemed to be sending out a signal of love.

   And Patrick also changed his dislike of Jennifer's poor dancing skills, and truly replaced the mentality of a gigolo who dances with guests.

"whee…"

  In the holiday cabin originally prepared for the boy scouts, it has been transformed into a simple room for the back-up dancers.

  Although it is simple, it is very clean, with white sheets, tidy floor, and tidy chores. At first glance, Johnny who lives here is a man who has plans for his future.

  Patrick stood behind Jennifer, let her hand rise, and then used the back of his hand to stroke Jennifer's arm and underarm.

  Jennifer Gray is very ticklish, and every little touch makes her laugh out loud.

  Patrick had no choice but to show the helplessness of a lover. Although he really looked down on the clumsiness of this Jewish girl, he always treated her with the greatest patience.

   "Dancing is not only about paying attention to the dance steps, you also need to pay attention to your own heart."

  Patrick took Jennifer's hand and placed it on his chest.

   "Click, click, do you hear it? Follow the rhythm of your own heartbeat."

   "Hmm..." Jennifer nodded vigorously, and gradually her dance steps became smoother.

   "Cut!"

   Following Ronald's call to stop, everyone on the scene began to applaud.

   "Wow..."

   "The acting was great." Screenwriter Eleanor covered her cheeks with her hands, almost moved to tears.

   Ronald waved his hand and let the assistant director Emile lead the lighting of the next scene.

  He hurriedly sat on the exclusive director's chair, picked up the thermos cup and drank a cup of wolfberry black tea.

  My own investment feels different when photographed. Wanting to do everything to the best within a limited budget, Ronald was exhausted a bit.

  Although his body can still support more than ten hours of work every day, his mental exhaustion still makes him sit down and rest whenever he has the chance.

  He also took out a copy of "The Teachings of Confucius" from his bag, and began to change his mind.

   “It is indeed a joy to gain knowledge and put it into practice as you gain it…”

   Indeed, my control over the director is getting stronger every day. Ronald had a lot of fun in directing acting, casting, and how to find out the audience's preferences and avoid certain sensitive points of social trends.

   "Okay, we can take a set of shots."

  Assistant director Emile came to report.

   "Clear the field." Ronald put down the book and issued an order.

  All the idlers left the room.

   Screenwriter Eleanor looked at Ronald, "I want to go out too?"

   "You can ask Jennifer if she would like to have you present when she makes out with the handsome guy with single eyelids that she admires." Ronald laughed.

   Screenwriter Eleanor is good at everything, and she also dedicated herself to doing a lot of consulting work outside of her duties.

  But she just likes to be a baby. She likes to watch Jennifer Gray play her young self on the spot, and play with Patrick Switz.

   "Okay." Eleanor knew that an intimate scene was going to be filmed, and one more person would hinder the performance of the actors. "But when the sample is here, I want to watch it with you."

   Ronald nodded in agreement.

  The scene was very quiet, only the director Ronald, the director of photography, a lighting engineer, and a sound engineer were on the scene, and they couldn't be more streamlined.

  Jennifer Gray, wearing old-fashioned white underwear, walks in.

   "You brew it up, and if you feel that your emotions are in place, tell me, I don't call Action, we'll start when you give me a signal."

  Jennifer Gray was still a little shy, she nodded and sat on the white sheet.

  Ronald looked back and saw Switz, who was bare-chested and showing his muscular body, quickly waved his hand to let him come over, put his hand to his mouth, and made a small gesture.

  Intimacy scenes are a big burden for any actor. An actor is a profession that exposes his inner emotions to the camera. And intimacy scenes are the most intimate and vulnerable part of a person. It is best not to give orders loudly in this kind of scenes, so that the emotions that have been brewed with great difficulty will be scared away.

   After more than ten minutes, Gray finally sent a signal to Ronald.

  Ronald signaled the director of photography to turn on the camera with his eyes, and then the sound engineer raised the recording rod above the bed.

  Grey pulled back the white quilt, and Switz was already there waiting for her.

  Jennifer Gray hugged Thwaites, showing her smooth back.

  The close-up shot is to shoot the scenes of the two protagonists, which are very close. The camera lens was just a foot away from the pair. Gray is very brave, as if the camera and people are not there, he completes this scene very ambiguously.

   "Cut!" Ronald called softly, and then gave a thumbs up, indicating to Gray that this one is very good.

   "Hee hee..." Gray shrank back on the bed, got into the quilt, then put on a blanket and came out to drink water and rest.

   "Makeup, hairstyle, come in and touch up." Ronald yelled.

  In this hut, there are many scenes to be filmed.

   Next up is Cynthia Rhodes' abortion scene.

When Baby learned of Penny's plight, she went back to her father, Dr. Hausman, and asked for a few hundred dollars, which was still very valuable at the time, and secretly gave it to Penny, asking her to hire an "underground doctor" to secretly give it to her. Do the surgery yourself.

  Because the Supreme Court had not passed the "Roe v. Wade case" at that time, it was illegal in New York State, and only a "doctor" with a dirty scalpel could be found.

  After Penny’s surgery, she had a fever, pain in her lower abdomen, and her whole body was not feeling well.

  Baby had no choice but to ask his father, Dr. Hausman, to save Penny in order to save others.

  Dr. Housman was kind-hearted and saved Penny. But he was very dissatisfied with the fact that his daughter borrowed money for the gangster Johnny to use for his girlfriend's surgery.

   "Action!"

  The most powerful frontal headlights were used at the scene, shining brightly on the face of Penny played by Cynthia Rhodes.

   This time Ronald told the makeup artist not to put makeup on Cynthia.

   Illuminated by headlights like this, the face without powder will become a bit sick and pale.

  The camera moved forward slowly, and Cynthia was lying there, covering her stomach with her hands, and the drops of water that had been sprinkled on her forehead in advance flowed down her neck, as if she was in a cold sweat from the pain.

   "Cut!"

  Ronald turned his head to look at the director of photography who called to stop.

  Generally, it's not the director who can't stop shouting, it's because of some technical problems that have to stop. For example, it was found that the film was not installed, or the tape recorder was broken and did not record the simultaneous sound and other technical failures.

   "Cynthia's face is still too pretty", the director of photography motioned Ronald to come to the viewfinder to see for himself.

   "Huh?" Ronald quickly walked behind the camera, "Didn't you let me put on makeup?"

   Sure enough, looking through the viewfinder, Cynthia Rhodes' face was rosy and pale, with a natural beauty.

  Ronald went to the window and stared at Cynthia's skin for a long time. The color of her face was exactly the same as that of her neck. Ronald took her hand, rolled up the sleeves, and found that the color was similar.

   "You really don't have makeup on," Ronald couldn't help but marvel. It is really rare for an actor to maintain this level of skin without makeup, and it may have something to do with Cynthia's insistence on dancing.

   "Make up, make her look ugly." Ronald called the makeup artist and explained the request.

  The makeup artist went up and put on a pale foundation in a few strokes.

   "Well, yes, we have a real shot."

  The director of photography is satisfied with this makeup.

   "Action!"

  Cynthia lay down, acting uncomfortable. Dr. Hausmann held her hand, questioned her patiently, and asked everyone to go out again to give Penny another checkup.

   Ronald was standing behind the camera, watching the scene.

  The lines were requested by Ronald, and Eleanor revised them. Just looking at their performances and lines, most people really can't figure out what kind of operation accident this is.

   Several actors performed very well. During the first rehearsal, Ronald turned on the camera. It brought out all the strong emotions needed for a plot that hadn't experienced any formal performances.

   This trick taught by Jonathan Demy is really easy to use. Especially for this kind of movie that focuses on the inner interaction of the characters, it is totally worth spending a little more money on the film.

  If it’s an action scene, then you need to spend more time on rehearsals, and wait for the moves to be set before filming.

   There is no one trick that can deal with all movies, and Ronald is constantly learning.

  Penny was lying on the bed. Dr. Hausmann called all the people and told them that Penny was not in danger. Then he called out Baby alone, let her go with him, and refused Johnny to see him off.

   also taught him that he must know how to be responsible when doing things.

  This scene has been performed, and the next scene needs to be re-lighted, the camera moved, and the filming will take place two hours later.

   After everyone finished the performance, I don't know why Ronald didn't stop. Just when the actor wanted to turn around to see Director Ronald behind the camera, is there any problem?

   "Cut!"

   Ronald shouted loudly to stop and announced a break.

   Everyone thought what effect Ronald needed, but they didn't ask.

   Actually Ronald was distracted.

  Cynthia was lying on the bed, but her feet were still tightly together, and her toes were stretched out, which was completely different from the sleeping posture of ordinary people.

   This is a conditioned reflex of doing dance training for many years since childhood. No matter sitting, lying or walking, there is a demeanor of a dancer who pays attention to his posture.

  Many years later, when he saw this sleeping posture again, Ronald could only smile to himself, and waited for the camera crew to move the camera to a new shooting location, and only went to eat after seeing it satisfactorily.

  Baby and his father, Mr. Hausman, left the cabin together. She knew that her father had misunderstood Johnny (Penny was actually carrying the waiter's child, but the tacit understanding between father and daughter had been broken.

  Mr. Hausman began to intervene in the life of his youngest daughter, Baby, and ordered his daughter not to associate with these "bad influences" in the future.

   Later, because Johnny had an affair with Baby who sneaked over, he was seen by Vivian, the lady who also had an affair with the waiter who made Penny pregnant.

  Vivian seduced Johnny, but failed because of Baby's existence, so she reported that Johnny was the thief who stole the expensive bag.

   As a result, although there was no evidence in the report, it was found that Johnny and Baby were having an affair, and the hotel owner who also wanted his son to marry Baby was fired.

  Johnny lost his job and couldn't keep dating Baby. They had no choice but to drive away. The two hugged each other and wished each other good luck. In the song "She's Like the Wind" sung by Switz himself, the pair of lovers were still separated by reality.

  The relationship between Baby and his father, Mr. Hausman, also fell to the bottom. He was very dissatisfied with his daughter's close association with this group of "bad influences", and in order to protect Johnny, her daughter lied to herself and lent him hundreds of dollars.

  Dr. Hausmann felt that his favorite daughter had changed. It seems that she is no longer the considerate daughter who can communicate with herself.

   "Cut!"

  After the filming of the second act, the plot has reached the irreversible third act. All the contradictions are superimposed here, and it is about to quickly rush to the end.

  (end of this chapter)