"Wonderful!"

After another day of filming, Ronald praised Whoopi Goldberg's performance. This week of filming repeated the same situation almost every day, Whoopi Goldberg shot many good scenes, and Patrick Schwytz also accompanied her

We shot a lot of good scenes, but after the samples came out, not many of them were usable in the end.

Walter Murch, Ronald's editor and sound effects design supervisor, was also on hand, having been invited to see the scene.

As an experienced editor, Murch roughly knew during the shooting stage how likely it was that a certain line could be used in editing, and whether a few more lines were needed to ensure the smoothness of the finished film.

When shooting on location in a studio, it was not the director Ronald or the director of photography Adam Greenberg who ultimately decided whether a certain scene had been shot enough, but the words of Walter Murch.

Ronald also had no choice. After a week of filming, Whoopi Goldberg basically ruled out the suspicion of being a big star. At most, she is a bit addicted to drama, and she likes to do new things just to enjoy the filming.

This is probably because Whoopi is a stage performer, and she has also tried stand-up comedy. What these two types of theatrical performances have in common is that they need to emphasize on-the-spot performance.

Stage plays perform the same play every performance, which can last from several months to several years. Stand-up comedy basically follows the same process every performance.

This creates a situation that drama directors are most afraid of: the actors are too familiar with the performance and do not have the natural reaction of drama.

Imagine that you play Shakespeare's Hamlet on stage every day, saying "To live or to die..." at the same time and in the same position every day.

Or telling the same joke every day in a theater, mocking the current commander-in-chief for not making any political statements unless he has an approval rating of 80%.

When it’s time to reach the climax and convey emotion to the audience, or when it’s the key point of laughter or technique that makes the audience burst into laughter, your performance seems to be too familiar and lacks explosive power. Neither your co-stars nor the audience feel that way.

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This is also a problem that the performance system invented by Stanislavsky needs to solve.

Whoopi Goldberg is an excellent stage actress and comedian. Her solution is also very classic, which is to rely heavily on on-the-spot performance every time. If the lines and performances are different every time, then your opposite actor will not be able to

That cliched sense of expectation for you, every performance will be full of surprises and very real.

But movie performances don’t need to be like this. The biggest difference between movies and dramas is that the audience only needs to see the best performance.

Therefore, the director hopes that the improvisational parts should be limited to a certain general range. It is best if you only have a small difference in lines and actions every time, and the rhythm is generally the same.

But Whoopi Goldberg's performance had already taken shape. After trying it a few times, Ronald knew that it was impossible to change. For the sake of progress, Ronald no longer tried to correct other people's acting methods, but made mistakes and simply followed Whoopi's performance.

Acting method to shoot.

"Isn't it just a matter of getting a few more?"

Anyway, Whoopi Goldberg's comedy talent is top-notch. Every time I watch her live, it's like watching a stand-up comedy talk show. Whoopi Goldberg's performance is a joy, Ronald's shooting speed is very fast, and the photography director also makes the shooting very interesting...

…This great director doesn’t need to spend more film when filming?

When Ronald was shooting in the past, the amount of film used was never higher than that of some famous directors, which made it impossible for the director of photography to brag. This time he could finally brag.

"I shot Ronald Lee's "Ghost" and Whoopi Goldberg's scenes. Oh my god, that's a high level of shooting. The film was filmed foot by foot, and the film boxes had to dry out many boxes in one afternoon.

Guess what? He is indeed a famous director and actor, and his performances are different every time. I have been in the industry for so many years, and I have never seen such a cooperative and smooth crew.

It's different for famous directors. The editor sits directly on the set, and the first cut is almost completed before the film is sent to the lab..."

In the crew, there was only one person with a sad face, and that was the actor Patrick Schwytz. Before the weekend break, he took the time to find Ronald.

"I don't think I can act anymore, Ronald."

"Don't worry, Whoopi Goldberg's acting method is different from traditional Hollywood, it's not your problem..." Ronald patted the other party's shoulder, and he had this kind of performance when acting with such an actor who likes to improvise.

Pressure, you don't know what she will say next.

"No...I feel like there's no rhythm anymore. The scene where Sam turns into a ghost after he dies, I find it very difficult to perform..."

What Patrick Schwytz is most worried about is not playing alongside Whoopi Goldberg. In fact, although it is difficult to keep up with Whoopi's rhythm, he can still cope with it because the other party has enough energy and is very energetic.

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What he was most worried about was that after Sam turned into a ghost, his performance suddenly became unrivaled. Except for Whoopi Goldberg's psychic Odme, and a few supporting ghost characters, his performance was all excellent.

No response.

In other words, his character can see other characters and hear other characters speak. But other characters cannot see him or hear him speak.

Many times, Sam's ghost is just a bystander.

"Today is the weekend, come to my house, let's have a good chat..." Ronald understood the difficulty of this kind of performance. After all, Patrick Schwytz is not a particularly top-notch actor. Such a performance without any response from his opponent,

It put him under a lot of pressure.

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"How was the filming of this movie compared to Dirty Dancing?"

In the hotel, Ronald, Diane and Patrick Schwytz had dinner together. After eating the specially prepared Japanese, Chinese, and Italian fusion dishes, Ronald and Schwytz went to another room together.

Room chat.

This chapter is not over, please click the next page to continue reading! "I feel good. You know I don't like to limit myself to the role of a skater or a dancer. This movie finally didn't let me do this.

Something physically demanding.”

Patrick Schweitz practiced ice hockey and ballet when he was young, and many film crews with characters with similar backgrounds especially liked to submit scripts to him.

And the Sam that Ronald asked him to play this time basically didn't have these side specialties and was completely an "orthodox" character, which he was very grateful for.

"I mean, during the filming, did you feel any different from other movies?" Ronald is an inspiring director, but Schwitz is sometimes not smart enough to know which direction he is leading.

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"It feels good. Most of my movies are very hard, and love scenes like this are a kind of enjoyment for me." After saying this, Patrick Schwytz glanced outside the door, where his wife was having sex with him.

Chat with Diane.

"Hi, Honey!" Lisa Niemi, Schwitz's wife, who was using dance moves to maintain her figure with Diane, saw her husband's head emerging from the door of the room and smiled and waved to him, "What's up?

Something?"

"No, no, I..." Patrick Schwytz didn't expect his wife to be so alert, and he stopped making up lies at once.

"Diane, where do you put the videotape I prepared?" Ronald came to the rescue quickly and took over the conversation.

"Here..." Diane found it on the coffee table and threw it towards Ronald.

"Thank you... We still need to talk about some things in depth. If you feel bored, you can go shopping in the boutique street below..." Ronald smiled at Lisa Niemi.

The two returned to the room, Ronald put the videotape into the machine, adjusted the remote control, and sat down with Schwytz.

Patrick Schwytz didn't know why it looked like he was in an acting training class back then? He stared at the TV screen, and the logos of MGM and United Artists appeared on it.

Then along with rhythmic music, a red Ferrari appeared on the screen and was slowly lowered by a crane at the port.

"Have you seen it?" Ronald pointed to the TV.

"Rain Man? Of course, I watched it twice. Dustin Hoffman is really amazing." Patrick Schwytz thought Ronald was going to analyze the acting skills of twice-time Best Actor Hoffman for him.

"No, you want to watch Tom's show..."

After Ronald ended the first scene, he quickly fast-forwarded to the character played by Tom Cruise who inherited his father's inheritance, only to find that he had an autistic brother who received all the inheritance. Then he and his girlfriend

Together, they planned a plot to abduct their brother and run away.

Patrick Schwytz stared at Cruise on the screen. When he was filming "The Kid", Tom was still his little brother. Why did Ronald ask him to learn his acting skills?

Looking left and right, Schwytz couldn't see how Tom Cruise's acting skills were any better than Dustin Hoffman's. He gradually lost his patience. In addition, he had some face issues, and his butt was on the sofa.

Keep moving.

"Have you noticed? Tom's character is in a very similar situation to Sam after he became a ghost. He became an observer of the action rather than a participant. The main task became to elicit the audience's interest in Hoffman

The interest in that character just keeps getting deeper and deeper.”

"Oh?" Schwyz's butt stopped making squeaking noises, and he gradually looked into it.

"So that's it. As a ghost, Sam actually stands with the audience. His perspective is the perspective of the audience. The audience hopes that he can elicit a response from Molly as soon as possible and make Molly believe him and believe that Carl is the bad guy. Mo

Li, don't agree to fall in love with him and fall into the hands of bad people..."

It lacks interaction with other main characters in the movie, but it can still make the audience sympathize. The secret lies in Tom Cruise's acting method, which mainly guides the audience's thoughts and emotions, allowing them to have a sense of "being anxious" with themselves.

"The empathy, and the main interactive part was completed by Molly, Carl, and the psychic Odme.

And because Sam, the protagonist of "Ghost", will eventually resume communication with the psychic Odmee and Molly, the audience's final emotions will still have to be resolved through this character, and there will be no obvious role played by Cruise in "Rain Man"

The actor is very good, but his acting skills are not recognized.

"I think if you direct Rain Man, it will definitely be great..." Patrick Schwytz sighed after listening to some of Ronald's analysis and discussing some of Sam's acting techniques with him.

According to Ronald, the difficulty of Dustin Hoffman's performance was actually not to the point where he would definitely win the Best Actor Award.

"I've said it before, unless Tom plays that fool..."

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On Monday morning, filming resumed.

"I said Pat, you are in great shape today, I have to step up...otherwise you will overwhelm me. Don't take away all the shots..."

Whoopi Goldberg is a person who likes to speak exaggeratedly, and she was keenly aware of Schwytz's sudden improvement.

Originally, when I acted with him, he always seemed a little weak because he had no one to communicate with. But in the new scene, Schwytz's explosive power has reached a new level. Seeing his own improvisation, he can no longer suppress the other person.

Patrick Schweitz glanced at Ronald behind the camera and smiled.
To be continued...