Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 260 Director Authority
When Ronald, Spielberg and Simberg hugged and thanked each other, the applause of the crowd did not stop.

Ronald came back and thanked all the cast and crew again, applauded them too, expressed his gratitude, and then stretched out his hands and pressed down, trying to make them stop so that the filming could continue.

"yeah!……"

Unexpectedly, this action suddenly ignited the enthusiasm of everyone. Everyone continued to applaud vigorously, and many people shouted to express their support.

Ronald was moved by this unexpected scene, and everyone supported him so much.He looks into the crowd...

First Assistant Director Al applauded vigorously.

He wants Ronald to continue to be the director without interruption so that he can do what he does best, dispatching and managing a bunch of blue-collar technicians, such as electricians, camera crew coolies, drivers, etc., to assist the director Complete the art creation.

Instead of devoting a lot of energy to being a babysitter for novice directors, reminding some ABCs of filming, such as turning the camera around and shooting again after shooting an over-the-shoulder shot...

With a simple salary, you should not do things that are not in your job content.Otherwise why not give yourself a raise?
If the director has to remind himself or remedy everything, why not do the job of the director himself?

Dan, the art director, and Matthew, the director of photography, looked at each other and smiled.

Both of them are technical experts, whether they are overwhelmed by Ronald's own technical knowledge, or satisfied with the trust and respect shown by him, they have decided to contribute all their abilities to this small production crew. .

Technical experts have their own arrogance, and not just any director can convince them.

At the beginning of the interview with the director, they will throw out a test question or two to measure the director's ability.

If you understand technology, know what you want, and respect experts, then they will use 100% work attitude.Experts who have been immersed in the industry for many years have some skills to suppress the bottom of the box, so that the director's goals can be achieved with high quality and cost savings.

But this is not something that can be shown to any director. Some directors lack knowledge, and if you use some tricks, they think you are perfunctory.There are also some directors who don't know what effect they want, and they can't express it clearly. They can deal with these people casually, as long as they can fool them.

For example, Ronald asked them to design the lighting system inside the mall, which is simple and effective, and can save a lot of lighting time.But some directors will think you are lazy when you don't use expensive and complicated lighting.

Only a director like Ronald who understands film photography and completely trusts and respects them will bother with designing and debugging.Sure enough, the first day of filming was a success.

Robert Romanus, who plays the scalper Mike, likes this director even more.He was born in a slum in the Bronx, New York. In order to audition, he sold his dilapidated car and borrowed some money from his sister before he bought a plane ticket to Los Angeles, trying to change his destiny and become an actor.

The director picked him out of a group of actors with formal drama education.The reason is that he doesn't have to act, he is the Mike in the script.

This also makes sense. In the script, Mike is a poor student who transferred from a slum in Philadelphia to Los Angeles. He had to sell tickets by himself in school to earn living expenses, which is very similar to his situation.

Moreover, Ronald also asked the accountant to reimburse him for his air ticket, and arranged to live in Universal's actor's dormitory. In the past month, he even lived in the guest room of the heroine Jennifer Jason Lee's house. Man, I have never lived in such a nice house.

The director let him improvise, and he has no problem at all.In New York, I often go to Broadway to resell musical theater tickets to earn money. How can those tourists take out their wallets and happily pay for high-priced scalped tickets? This is life experience.

This movie will bring me money and fame. With a salary of $1100 a week and an eight-week shooting schedule, I can get it regardless of whether I have a role or not. Actor's courage.

And after the movie is released next year, maybe I will become famous.Thinking of joy, Romanus put his fingers in his mouth and whistled loudly.

The whistle made the two actresses in front, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Phoebe Cates, flinch in fright, and they both slapped Romanus back a few times, giggling.

Both of them are actors who have filmed film and television dramas, and they are not newcomers.It is not easy to be an actor. It is hard to imagine the pain of expressing one's inner feelings in full view of the public.And what's worse, sometimes you have to take several shots repeatedly.

Compared with Heikelin's method of directly instructing how to shoot and where to apply force, they still prefer Ronald's method of guiding and inspiring.This allows actors to relax more and perform better in front of the camera.

Although Ronald doesn't know much about girls' minds, the performance method directed by Heikelin is different.But the two of them, who were told by Heikelin about the girl's thoughts in one or two sentences, actually didn't like this feeling very much.

Some people regard the method as the right way to perform in movies, but this method does not give the actors a good inner feeling. Thinking about those unhappy self-memories makes people nervous, and they all have a period of depression after filming that one.

It was Ronald who forbade talking loudly before the filming started, and carefully cared for their psychological emotions, which made people feel relaxed and comfortable.Besides, who doesn't like a handsome guy telling himself a play?
The applause lasted for more than a minute and then slowly stopped.

"Say something to them?" Spielberg came up and pressed Ronald's shoulders, reminding him in a low voice.This is an excellent opportunity to establish authority on the crew.

"Well Done! Thank you everyone, this shot is very good, we have four and a half hours of shooting tonight waiting for us to play, now take a 10-minute break, everyone can go eat some French fries and pizza.

Then we move on to the pizzeria scene.If you want to be lazy, I'll kick your ass for Mr. Sinberg who pays you. "

"Oh...hahaha"

Everyone laughed and then dispersed.

Ronald was satisfied.

Let’s talk about a crew at a small scale, and talk about the entire film and television industry at a bigger scale. Technical staff can be divided into two types.

A kind of people have their own professional ability, they are often convinced that they understand technology, and they respect their bosses.

The other kind of jobs are not too high-tech. What they want is a little more money, a little more benefits, and obey the instructions of high-level people.

From the establishment of the crew to the start of filming today, my actions can be said to have won the hearts of the first-class experts.The second type of people saw that the higher-ranking Sinberg was on their side, and they knew which side they should be on.

As for those actors, what they are looking for is nothing more than a salary, plus the possibility of a big hit movie.After becoming famous, their remuneration can also be greatly increased, get more praise from film critics, accept more challenging roles, and even look forward to various awards.

The effect of the boss standing on the platform in person is very obvious, whether it was Mount standing on Heklin just now, or Simberg standing on himself.

The crew is more convinced of Ronald's authority.After talking with Simberg and Mount for a few words, Ronald was about to send them off to the crew.

Simberg pushed him back to the director's seat, "Keep up the good work and remember, you are the boss here."

Mount also said goodbye to him and Hekleen with a smile, as if he had done nothing just now, "Good job, kid."

The two walked towards the elevator together. After all, this was not their main battlefield, and there was no need to show any signs of discord among Universal's top management in front of a group of crew members.

Spielberg also left.He hasn't finished shooting ET's scenes yet, and there are still many special effects scenes for ET aliens that need to be filmed slowly.The special effects team is stepping up to improve the model's mechanical movements to make him more realistic in close-ups and close-ups.

"Thank you, Mr. Spielberg." Ronald thanked him sincerely. It was an unexpected surprise for him to invite Simberg here today.

"Don't get distracted by these things, remember when you first wanted to direct this movie, the original dream."

Taking a deep breath, Ronald sat back on the director's chair, picked up the thermos and poured a cup of black tea to drink slowly.

The original dream... I must make a movie that people recognize and love, and can stand the test of time.

He glanced at Hekelin, who looked a little anxious, as if she already knew that her plan to replace her had been shattered.

She should understand that she is still a novice in the profession of directing. After all, Hollywood cinema movies are very different from student projects.

It was her discovery and guidance of female actors that gave herself a little surprise and inspiration.

Thinking of this, Ronald smiled at her, then closed his eyes and rested his mind, waiting for the rest to end and start shooting again.

Heikelin saw Ronald smiling at her, but didn't speak anymore. Her dream of becoming a director seemed to be delayed.Should I continue to stay in the crew to figure out how to study, or should I find another script to start a new project?
Hey, it's a pity that I am also a newcomer, so I can only choose from the script warehouse. They are all second-hand products that other directors don't shoot.

After 10 minutes, "The break is over, ready to shoot." Assistant director Al picked up the electric speaker and announced...

The crew resumed the rhythm of filming, and Ronald started to get busy again.The movie theater on one side is getting ready for the next shot, and the pizzeria on the other is filming.Switch it up when you're done.

"Cut! Very good, ready for the next one." Ronald stopped in satisfaction.

"We have shot all the shots on the schedule." Al came over and said to Ronald.

Everyone worked together very efficiently, and by 4 o'clock in the morning, all the scheduled shots had been shot.

"Is that so? Go and see tomorrow's schedule, what can be shot in advance, it seems that we have to re-plan the shooting schedule, this lighting system has saved us a lot of time."

(End of this chapter)