Exploiting Hollywood 1980 - Chapter 922

“I guess I didn’t perform well in today’s scene. Mr. Director didn’t invite me to the restaurant for dinner.”

That night, Melanie Griffiths complained to her manager, Phyllis Carlyle, at a payphone near the crew.

“I waited for them to call me, and waited until the crew was gone, but Ronald and Harrison Ford left together first, I thought I would be invited to go together. Ugh…”

“Don’t be like this, be strong, Melanie. I don’t think it’s because of the good or bad acting. I heard that Harrison Ford’s wife also went to that restaurant. I think it’s star wife syndrome…”

The manager, Phyllis Carlisle, has been helping Melanie Griffiths to find out information. Now is the most important stage of filming. This client should not have any psychological problems. Not inviting her seems to be just star wives’ hostility towards actresses who play husbands and lovers in movies.

“Oh, my God. How is that old woman like this…You say that, it makes me more depressing than the director hates my performance…I specially used my mother’s look in the Hitchcock movie today. A fat old man like Hitchcock would be tempted…”

“Stop being sentimental, Melanie, what you need now is a strong heart like Tess. Just stick to it, and you will become a star because of this movie. I asked someone to ask Ronald about your performance, and he I really like your performance.”

Phyllis Carlyle has been behind the scenes, silently protecting Melanie Griffiths, an actress who is talented in acting but has a messy life and is not very good at making money. From before the filming started to the present, there have been people working at Twentieth Century Fox, trying to replace her.

Fortunately, Director Ronald has always been very affirmative of her and said good things to the film crew. Now the filming is about one-third over, as long as this period of time is passed, it is practically impossible to change roles.

Because Harrison Ford’s schedule is limited, the more such scenes with his opponent are filmed, the more stable Melanie Griffith’s position will be.

“Hi, Melanie…”

The next day, Alec Baldwin was cast as an ex-boyfriend. He came to the shooting location of Staten Island early in the morning to say hello to Griffiths.

“Hi, Alec…you look very handsome today.” Melanie Griffiths was not invited to the dinner and was rather disappointed. When she saw Alec Baldwin, whom she hadn’t seen for a week, she thought again. Eyes start to discharge.

“You look good too, where’s our director?”

“Set up in the bar…” Melanie Griffith approached, teasing Baldwin’s upper body with her fingers.

“I’ll go in and say hello to Director Ronald.” Baldwin politely refused.

“Oh, God, have I lost my allure to seduce men?” Griffiths was a little embarrassed, and did not respond to the continued courtship of the male actors on the set. She cleared her throat, opened the door and walked into the bar where the set was built.

“Ricky (·Lake), be yourself and enjoy the atmosphere, OK?”

Ronald is instructing the ensemble performer’s position. He tried it twice before. The ensemble performers from Broadway were a little bit inaccurate of the charm of the disco dance. Ronald had to call in the heroine of “Hairspray”, Ricky Lake, to play a fat secretary enjoying the bar atmosphere and dancing disco. Anyway, she happens to be in “Hairspray,” doing a great disco pre-swing dance.

“Action!”

Following Ronald’s order, the “Pointer Sisters” band was played on the stereo at the scene, and the disco hit single a few years ago, “I’mSo Excited (I’m so excited

“I’m so excited.

I just can’t hide it.

I’m about to lose control

And I think I like that. ”

The camera was pushed all the way on the guide rail, and many actors who could dance the disco charm in the previous dance rehearsals were put together in pairs.

Ronald learned the key points of dance scenes when filming “Dirty Dancing”. The dance partner does not have to be good-looking and sexy. As long as the two people’s movements have characteristics, they can produce good results when they match each other.

Ricky Lake and a fat actor make a couple, and they dance the best of all the ensembles. Ronald also arranged a pair of middle-aged dance partners on the camera movement route, and several other young people with explosive hairstyles.

“Cut!”

In this unimportant cutscene, Ronald still arranged it very seriously. The biggest difference between a first-line big production and a mid-to-low-cost B-movie lies in these shots.

All the extras, even if they only last a few seconds, are carefully cast. All the scenery, even if it only appears for a few seconds, will be done in full accordance with the needs of the plot.

This is a tacit agreement between the audience and the producer, a contract that does not need to be written. If it’s a B-level movie, then the audience will tolerate supporting characters that don’t match the plot, special effects that don’t fit, and scenes that don’t match, because before they watch it, they know that they can’t delve into it.

As for the big production of “Working Girl”, the audience wants to fully immerse themselves in the plot, and follow the director’s arrangement to have an interesting dream that is impossible in life. For this kind of movie, directors who know how to shoot will pay great attention to details. Prevent something from not being careful enough and let the audience play.

“Joan, Alec, it’s your turn.”

Ronald then took a shot, Joan Cusack’s Xin, and Alec Baldwin’s ex-boyfriend Mick, talking together.

The scene record restarts the music, and continues where it was paused just now, which is convenient for editing afterwards. The two actors sit together, Mick is drinking from a glass of schnapps, next to Ricky Lake, who plays Sheen’s friend, is looking the other way, flirting with the off-screen actor of men and women. Make a qualified human flesh background.

“Tess will come, right?” Alec Baldwin raised his neck, drank a glass of spirits, and asked his mutual friend with Tess, Xin who was engaged today.

“Of course, today is my engagement party. If she dares to come, she will be a dead person to me in the future.”

The filming continued. Melanie Griffiths walked in wearing the same clothes and hairstyle as yesterday, holding a leather briefcase. Because the plot just continued yesterday, the scene record recorded the detailed attire.

Xin told Tess that Mick was in a bad mood today, and asked her to give a bone to make the old dog happier. Tess walked over and sat beside Mick.

“Tess…” Mick saw Tess, and this was the first time the two met after he was caught cheating.

“Asshole…” Tess still couldn’t forgive the other party.

“You look different today…”

“Yes, I am no longer the poor, credulous wretch I was a few days ago.”

Tess was very sharp and ordered whiskey to the bartender.

Mick came to Xin’s engagement party today to find a chance to win back Tess. Seeing Tess with a new look made his reunion even warmer.

“I mean your attire…your hairstyle, you look very classy today. Going to traffic fine court?” Mick’s last sentence spoiled the atmosphere, which didn’t help his idea of ​​getting back together at all.

He felt that Tess was a blue-collar worker like him. Dressing up like this kind of boss was a kind of betrayal of the class, and it was impossible to realize her dream. When you get angry, you blurt it out.

“I just got off work from the company. In the past two days… well, I’ve been promoted.” Tess was very angry. This ex-boyfriend never had a good word for her dream, and she would be sarcastic whenever she had the opportunity.

Mick also knew that Tess would not be won back in this way, so he poured two glasses of wine and toasted. “Well, for Sim and Tim, for your promotion, for the fishing boat loan I got…”

“You got it? That’s great…” Tess was happy for him. This is Mick’s dream all along, to have his own fishing boat to go fishing on Long Island.

The atmosphere between the two changed from embarrassment and confrontation to joy. Mick’s well-prepared rhetoric had an effect. The two had talked about the dream that this blue-collar should have many times before. Today Mick’s dream came true, so that the two can at least have a drink as happy as friends.

“Uh… woo…” The disco music stopped, and a soft music came. It’s Chris DeBerg’s Adult Ballad, “Lady in Red”

“I’ve never seen you cuter than tonight.

I have never seen your light shine so brightly.

I’ve never seen so many men ask you if you want to dance.

Given the slightest chance, they’re looking for a little romance. ”

Both Mick and Tess let out a long breath, and the romantic feeling returned. The two got up and jumped together, their heads gradually approaching until they could smell each other’s breath.

“Cut!”

The tacit understanding between the two is very high. If I can insist on letting Alec Baldwin play the leading actor Jack Trainor, it may be a better choice. Ronald shook his head to get rid of this useless thought. Twentieth Century Fox still has the final say on the important casting of this kind of big production.

Melanie Griffiths and Alec Baldwin looked at each other. The eye contact in the plot, and the slow dance afterwards, made her feel that the other party also had feelings for her, but she didn’t know whether it was getting into the drama or…

“Next is the proposal scene, we will rest for two hours.”

After the lights and cameras were in place, Ronald ordered:

“Action!”

Joan Cusack still has a lion-like haircut. She and the actor who played his boyfriend are opening the engagement gift given by everyone.

“Short time together, enjoy the whole family life… Love you Mick and Tess.”

The actor is reading the card that came with the gift. After taking it apart, it is a set of women’s **** underwear, stockings, and garters, a full set of equipment.

Melanie Griffiths looked at Alec Baldwin, and the camera captured an ambiguous and awkward look.

Ronald kept nodding behind the camera. Mick was still a low-level man who didn’t know how to give gifts that made people feel respected. All gifts were related to men and women.

Melanie Griffiths no longer voluntarily excused Mick as she did when she received the same birthday gift, but looked at Baldwin’s Mick with a little scrutiny, and there was a little **** desire in her eyes, The psychological transformation of the characters is well deduced.

“When can we drink your engagement wine?” Xin’s boyfriend thought of his old friend Mick and helped him create opportunities, “To seize the opportunity, you have to ask the woman…”

“Mick, Mick, Mick, Mick…” The group performers in the audience were all cheering for Mick, they thought Mick just missed the goal.

Only Xin, who knew that Mick had been raped, covered his face with his hands, and something went wrong.

Mick, played by Alec Baldwin, got down on one knee, took Tess’s hand with both hands, and was about to ask that classic question.

Tess, played by Melanie Griffiths, pulled her hand hard, but she didn’t pull it out, and then heard Mick ask “Will you marry me?”

“Maybe…”

“Maybe? Is this your answer?” Alec Baldwin’s Mick has a good expression on his face, as if to say: I’ve prepared so much, don’t you want to?

“If you want other answers, just ask other girls…” Tess has completely changed in the past two days. She is no longer the woman who only caters to her boyfriend. Pretending to be a colleague of her boss, she had a smooth negotiation with the best broker on Wall Street, which gave her a lot of confidence.

“Cut!”

Just captured the embarrassing reactions of the extras when they heard this answer, Ronald stopped in satisfaction.

The next thing to do is to shoot an exterior scene of a bar, so that Mick and Tess will break up completely. Today’s scene is considered to be completed with high quality.

“Alec, do you want to have a drink tonight? I have a good Scotch whiskey, we can just refill what we didn’t drink in the scene just now.” Melanie Griffiths stopped Alec who was going to rest · Baldwin.

Griffiths, who was rejected by Harrison Ford’s wife for dinner, feels that she has a good chemical reaction with Baldwin today, and she wants to try again…

“Melanie, as I said last time, my principle is not to be with colleagues… You know, it will be troublesome, you are a very attractive woman, but I’m sorry.”

Alec Baldwin politely rejected Griffith’s attempt again.

“Principle…huh…” Melanie Griffiths was a little annoyed. The other party obviously didn’t like her. The look in her eyes when she was filming just now was just another actor’s performance by an outstanding actor.

Then what am I? I was so indifferently rejected twice when I threw myself into my arms. I was just greedy for Baldwin’s beauty, and I didn’t want to get married like in the movie.

It was dark at night, Ronald was outside the bar, looking at the back door of the bar illuminated by headlights, and called Action.

The back door was pushed open, and Melanie Griffiths put on her windbreaker and walked down the wooden steps slowly, with Alec Baldwin behind her, there seemed to be a wall of gas between them, and their heads were facing Two directions, no eye contact.

“This design is very good.” Ronald nodded vigorously. Both of them are good actors. They were affectionate just now, but now they parted as soon as their eyes crossed. This kind of performance must be enjoyable for the audience.

“You just **** humiliated me in front of so many people” Alec Baldwin said his lines. He was being harassed by Melanie Griffiths again, and he felt bad, and he brought that emotion right into the show.

“That’s what you asked for! What do you expect me to say? Lying in front of so many people?” Melanie Griffiths was not too angry. She invited herself and was rejected like this. Actresses don’t want Is it face-saving?

“I didn’t want you to lie, I thought you wanted me to propose like this.”

The photographer fixed the camera with a stabilizer, stepped back quickly, and the follower next to him operated carefully. The lens always tightly grasped the close-ups of the faces of the two actors, and captured all the subtle expressions on the film.

“Three days ago, I found you and Doreen in bed, today you buy me a drink, dance, and then Duang, you’re going to let me make a decision for the rest of my life?”

Melanie Griffiths face contorted with anger. People like Baldwin, it’s just too bad. Today I am not dressed like the secretary when I took the initiative last time. Today is the costume of the character Ugly Duckling after the transformation. How temperamental, this person just doesn’t want to…

“Okay, it’s just the two of us now, I’ll ask you again, would you like to?” Alec Baldwin raised his voice.

“Does this have to be decided now? I said maybe…” Melanie Griffith’s voice also rose, and this scene was like the conversation they just had was reversed. Taking the initiative himself, Baldwin always objected.

“Christ Jesus, what else do you have to think about, yes, maybe not.”

“I need time to think about it…you don’t do this to me.”

“Fuxk, I want an answer now”, Mick’s volume suddenly increased, and he began to curse. “Who the **** is talking to you about your attitude? Who do you think you are? Grace Kelly?”

Grace Kelly? Melanie Griffiths was completely ignited by this improvisation. Sure enough, I still feel disgusted that I am not beautiful enough. It is everyone who loves me, and I am not looking for a wife. Why do I have such high requirements for appearance?

“Please don’t yell at me, I’m not a steak, you can order (Order) anytime, anywhere…” Melanie also said impromptu lines.

“Fantastic,” Ronald excitedly behind the camera, this line is so clever, almost like written in advance. The lower class people in America like to compare handsome men and beautiful women to steaks (Beef), and “Order (Order has a double meaning of “Order (Order in English.

Today is like a miracle!

“Listen, I don’t accept this from you, think about your priorities, maybe we can talk again. Now we’re officially over.”

Alec Baldwin saw the contempt in Melanie’s eyes, and his reaction was great. He put down a few hard words, turned his head, and walked in the opposite direction of the camera without looking back.

The operator of the camera pans the camera slightly to the left at an angle, following his leaving back.

The focus officer immediately adjusted the hyperfocal distance, and the depth of field was infinite. All the pictures captured by the camera, whether it was Baldwin nearby, fields in the distance, cars in the distance, the road and the road in the background picture. The pipes and deep-focus lens are all clear.

At this time, Melanie Griffiths at the edge of the screen turned her head and faced the camera at a 45-degree side. She, who was originally on the edge, suddenly occupied more than one-third of the width of the viewfinder frame.

The focus follower is an old hand. He turned the focus **** as fast as a flywheel, and adjusted from infinity to the closest close-up in less than a second. With a click, the focus was on the tip of Melanie Griffith’s nose. place.

Melanie Griffiths let out a breath, her shoulders relaxed. The features on her face and the details of her hair are all clear, while Alec Baldwin behind has become a blurred out-of-focus background outside the depth of field.

Melanie Griffiths swallowed, as if Tess was saying goodbye to Mick’s past history.

“Cut!” Ronald was very happy, this shot was done in one go, the work of the camera technicians was perfect, and the performance of Melanie Griffiths was also excellent.

“Great! I love this shot.”

Ronald is going to invite Melanie and Alec to dinner next, as a celebration of today’s extraordinary performance.

“I have an appointment with someone, so I have to go first.” Alec Baldwin proposed to go first, he didn’t want to mess with Melanie.

“I’m going back too, director.” Melanie Griffith couldn’t hold back and offered to go first.

“Well, remember to come early tomorrow, we are going to shoot the scene of Mick’s marriage.” Ronald agreed with a smile, the actor was tired from working overtime at night, “You have to wear ugly green bridesmaid dresses, come early to try on clothes.”

“knew…”

The next morning, Ronald came earlier than all the actors.

This is a church on the South Side of Manhattan, where the scene where Xin and her boyfriend get married was filmed. Tess, as a best friend, will be one of four bridesmaids at her best friend’s wedding.

This episode happened when Tess’s manager, Catherine, came back from the resort. In the meeting between him and Tesker Enterprises to discuss the acquisition of the radio station, it was revealed that Tess was just a secretary and took the idea as her own.

Tess has nothing in her career, and she saw Mick again at Xin’s wedding. He has been with Doreen who was caught in bed and is about to get married.

This is the part where Tess falls to the bottom of the plot, and she is about to enter the third act, heading towards the finale in one go. Ronald put this scene in the middle of the shoot, mainly to coordinate everyone’s schedule, coupled with Melanie’s performance, this scene will be more emotionally coherent after breaking up with Mick, which will help the performance.

Not only the technicians and the actors who appeared on the stage, but even the top executives of 20th Century Fox also came to visit the filming. Wedding scenes are always regarded as a symbol of good luck. Those high-level executives usually choose this time to check the progress and shooting quality, so they won’t be annoying.

“Why hasn’t Melanie come?” Ronald looked at his watch. It was already time for the actors to put on their makeup. If they didn’t come, the magic light in the morning would not be able to catch up.

“The call came to her room, but no one answered…” After a while, the assistant came to report.

“Look for her manager, **** it, today just happened to be Fox’s top executives, isn’t that making me unhappy? Find Melanie’s manager for me”, Ronald has already started yelling.

“Phyllis Carlyle…” The assistant took a telephone in the church and handed the receiver to Ronald. Over there was the manager who was in a hurry when he found out that Melanie didn’t show up on the set.

“I don’t care what you can do, bring her to me within half an hour. Today is the high-level Fox’s visit. You don’t want him to see this scene. Let her go and change roles?”