Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 283 "Epoch-making youth film"

Brooke Shields gave Spiccoli a sum of money as a thank you for going into the sea to save people, and he changed hands to spend it, and invited the Van Halen Band to perform live for his birthday, and became a penniless pauper again.

Ronald worked with the editor to add Spiccoli's comedic ending to the finished film, completing the full-length cut of "fast-paced Richmond High."

"Good job! Ronald." Producer Lin Sen watched Ronald's entire process from casting to shooting to post-production. After Brooke Shields cameo.

"After the negatives are cut, Universal will organize an internal test screening, and then invite young audiences to test the screening on a small scale. You will have some rest time. Where are you planning to go on vacation?"

"Me? I'll go and see how to edit the negatives. I haven't thought about the vacation yet."

Ronald was a little dazed for a while. He prepared for half a year, shot for two months, and then edited and mixed the sound. It seemed that he had some kind of supernatural connection with this movie.

The editor put the edited working copy in the metal box, but Ronald still seemed to be able to tell where in which cassette the Spiccoli episode lay.It seems that as long as I raise my hand, he will jump out of the film and shout to myself, "Okay!"

Ronald shook his head to get rid of this strange thought. He put the thermos in his hand and went to Universal's film editing department with the editor.

For each clip on the working copy, there is a record of the film number.Based on these records, the negative film editor cuts out the corresponding grid on the negative film, and then stitches them together.

The negative editor was a woman, and she wore silk gloves to prevent the negative from being scratched.Then I used an editing machine to find the number on the record, put the film on the machine, and pressed the guillotine.

The sound of "click" seemed to be on Ronald's body, and his heart trembled, don't make a mistake.

The film editor didn't notice the director's strangeness. She used a special metal buckle to connect the two negatives together.

Because the positive copy is being redeveloped in the lab, the negatives cannot be joined with scotch tape.This special buckle must be used to ensure the printing effect.

Negative editing mistakes can cause a lot of trouble, and it is usually the responsibility of careful women.

Ronald felt that he couldn't stay here any longer.Watching her work, I always worry that if something goes wrong, I will ruin my hard work.Staying here won't help her work normally, and maybe it will cause disturbance, so she goes out and goes home.

A few days passed, and the film editing was finally finished.Ronald is going to Universal's screening room to watch the complete film with the producer.

Today he still has to wait for two potential target audiences to watch it together, hoping to get some objective feedback.

A doorbell rang, and Ronald opened the door. It was "Target Audience No. [-]" Diane Lane.

Diane happened to be active in Hollywood. After filming the story of "Miss Beauty Pageant", she started to look for new opportunities with her father again, and participated in auditions for various movies.

Came with her today, and a younger friend, Laura Dern, co-star in "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Amazing Stains," "Target Number Two."

"Hi, Ronald. This is Laura, my friend." Diane drew Laura Dern closer to the room and introduced Ronald.

"What do you want to drink? Coffee?" Ronald went into the room to make coffee for the two little girls.

"This is the potential director you mentioned?" Laura Dunn looked at the room environment after entering the room. It was a bit shabby, and she couldn't help but feel a little regretful. She was called to this small hotel by her good friend Diane Lane.

Originally, there was an invitation for a big party today, and she wanted to ask Diane to go to a luxury resort hotel, soak in the hot springs and have a big meal with many Hollywood foreign reporters.

There is an actress whose husband is rich, and he has booked a hotel to entertain members of the Foreign Press Association who have the right to vote for the Golden Globe Awards, and is nominated for the best new actress award for his wife.As the "Miss Golden Globe" of this year's Golden Globe Awards, she was also invited.

"He is very good, he is a screenwriter, and later he became a director himself, and he won an Oscar last year, but it was the best original song." This time Diane heard that Ronald's movie had been cut, and immediately called and said that he would come Watch the preview.

Laura Dunn got along well with Diane on the set, and they also fought against the members of the punk band "Sex Pistols" who harassed people everywhere, and the two became good friends.

Ronald handed over the coffee, "Laura, I heard Diane talk about you, and you are welcome to watch my movie. You are also from an acting family, and I would like to hear your real opinion when the time comes."

"What kind of acting family, my parents are gangsters." Laura was a bit rebellious and liked to play pranks, and took out a photo from her wallet, "Look, this is a photo of the two of them together."

Ronald took it over and saw that there were two men and women in gang costumes, wearing sunglasses and riding a Harley motorcycle.

"Nice stills, your dad is Bruce Dern and your mom is Diane Ladd, here's a picture of them together in 'The Wild Angels' in 1966, I'm at Roger Corman's Shinsekai worked and watched all the movies he directed."

"Uh..." Laura frowned, and Diane beside her laughed.

The three of them came to Universal's screening room. After editing the film, it was developed into a positive copy with an audio track added. Copy for viewing.

On the big screen, Ronald saw the fruits of his directorial work for the first time.I have watched the plots and performances hundreds of times, but they can still arouse Ronald's feelings.

However, he was not moved by the plot, but kept replaying in his mind how it was filmed on the set and how it was edited in the editing room...

With the ending song of "Goodbye, Goodbye", the six protagonists went their separate ways.A period of youth is over.

Ronald's heart was agitated, this is really an "epoch-making" youth film.The previous youth films were either acted like adults, or childish like cartoons.It is unprecedented for a film that truly reflects ordinary high school students like this!
"It's great! It's really great." The producer Lin Sen next to him was also very excited, "Congratulations, Ronald! The movie will definitely be a hit."

The two embraced.

"Thank you, thank you." Ronald was a little moved, his eyes were a little blurry, how many tense days and nights, how many people's talents and hard work, turned into this copy.

He secretly rubbed his eyes, turned around and hugged the editor, director of photography, art director and others who came to watch the copy specially.

"congratulate."

"Great."

"Congratulations."

The praise from everyone made Ronald feel high-spirited and secretly refreshed, "Let Ronald teach Hollywood how to make youth films."

"How is it? Do you like it?" Ronald looked around and saw Diane and Laura Dunn sitting in their seats.

"That's right, the last actor who played Spiccoli was very capable."

"Well, I think Jennifer Jason Leigh does a good job too."

"Hahaha, of course, they all acted very well." Ronald held his head high, "And I edited it very quickly. Universal will organize a trial screening for the audience next week."

"Your 'Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fantastic Stains,' would have been edited if I had been directing it."

Seeing Ronald turning back to chat with someone else, Laura Dunn took the hand of her friend Diane, "This friend of yours?" Pointing to her own mind, Laura Dunn circled twice.

"I'm so excited to be a director for the first time." Diane covered her mouth with her hands and whispered in her friend's ear.

"Is he really going to be able to cut 'Amazing Stains'? I'm about to give up. It's been almost a year since I cut it."

"Ask him at that time, if he has a way, let's talk to the producer."

Ronald chatted with the crew for a while, and then came back to talk to Diane and the two.

"What's your first impression? Is it good-looking? Would you recommend it to your friends? If so, what would you say?"

"Well, I think the story is very interesting, but some characters speak too much valley accent, and every sentence starts with the words I am like and he is like?" Diane thought for a while and asked a question.

"Ah, yes, I deliberately enhanced the valley accent of some cheerleaders. They are the Southern California valley girls in the movie. The children from middle-class families here like to learn this way of speaking."

"What do you think, Laura?"

"Very good, very good. But we are actors, and the final effect depends on the reaction of the test audience."

"Yes, you are also Hollywood actors. Then what do you think of the actors' performances..."

After finally coping with the overexcited Ronald, Diane and Laura walked out of the screening room with Ronald.

Ronald was going to take her back to the hotel twice first.

"Excuse me, is it Ronald?" The lady at the front desk stopped him, "Here is your number."

Ronald snorted and went over to answer the phone.

"I'm Ronald."

"Ronald, this is Jane. I called your agent and he said you were at Universal."

"Ah, Ms. Fonda, what can I do for you?"

Diane and Laura also came over quietly when they heard Fonda's name.

"I have some personal matters to ask you, can you come to my house? I have some champagne and snacks here."

"Ronald..." Diane poked Ronald, and she and Laura Dunn looked expectant.

"Okay, Jane. I have two other companions here. Can they come together? Yes, it's Diane Lane, who was at your party last time. The other is the daughter of a friend of your brother Peter's. Yes, It's Laura."

Putting down the phone, Ronald smiled at the two little girls, and nodded to indicate that they had agreed with Jane Fonda.

"Yeah!" Diane and Laura clapped their hands in congratulation.Jane Fonda and her father Henry, Katharine Hepburn co-starred in "Golden Pond", which won several Golden Globe nominations this time.Jane is in the limelight.

Moreover, it is also a rare experience for two young actors to be able to listen to Jane Fonda, a double Oscar queen, chatting.

(End of this chapter)