The recording team played the famous song "Unchained Melody" by the Righteous Brothers in the studio.
Ronald feels that this song is very suitable for the theme of the movie "Ghost". The most important thing is that the whole song does not have any superfluous elements and is all about calling for love.
Although there are many interesting plots in Ghost, such as bank money laundering, brothers coveting sisters-in-law, justice and evil, black funny psychics, etc., all of them are to enhance the great love between Sam and Molly.
, essentially this is a much more pure romance film than When Harry Met Sally.
Ronald purchased the rights to the song from RCA Records through Jimmy Lehner, a music business executive in Hollywood.
This Righteous Brothers version was released in 1965 and was very popular at the time. But the advantage of being so old is that singers generally don’t have copyrights and can just purchase them from the record company.
Moreover, Jimmy Lehner negotiated a good agreement. Although the transfer price of hundreds of thousands of dollars is not cheap, the right to use the single is a one-time buyout. Regardless of the box office of the subsequent movie, the sales of the soundtrack album
No matter what, RCA can no longer collect a share from it.
Of course, this is partly because Jimmy Lehner did not use Ronald's name to purchase, but as a supplier to Paramount, he packaged up several old songs and bought them.
On the other hand, it's also because RCA doesn't think this old slow ballad can be anything new. Not all old songs have the potential to become as popular as Ronald's "Dirty Dancing."
.
Apart from buying dance music to learn dance, who else would buy this kind of old-fashioned love song to listen to?
During the lingering singing, Patrick Schwytz and Demi Moore tilted their heads and kissed together. The camera was very close to their faces.
An inexperienced actor would definitely be affected by the size of the nearby close-up shot at this time, and would become nervous involuntarily. What's more, he is shooting such an intimate scene?
But Schwytz and Demi are different. These two are experienced actors and have probably filmed dozens of passionate scenes.
This small disturbance was nothing to them. The two of them had no reaction to the camera or the microphone above their heads. They were very relaxed, as if there was a transparent membrane around them, isolating them from other people in the studio.
.
It really felt like a passionate kiss in a window-side bedroom of a Manhattan apartment.
But they were not just forgetful. When kissing each other, both of them were very professional and tried their best to show the most beautiful part of their faces in the camera's viewfinder.
On the one hand, they are immersed in the scenes of the plot, and on the other hand, the star's intuition allows them to take care of the camera. Ronald is very happy to work with this kind of actor. There is not much that needs to be reshot, explained, or guided, everything is just right.
It happened so naturally.
After finishing the close-up shot, another close-up shot was taken, and then it retreated to the mid-shot range. The two actors performed all the actions again.
Patrick Schwytz is 5 inches taller than Demi Moore, and years of exercise have made him muscular. Shirtless, Schwytz and Demi hugged each other and twirled around. Demi Moore wore a sleeveless white
The shirt and the two bare legs underneath are very sexy.
The two actors got into the mood, but they also knew where the boundaries and propriety of the performance were, and they were often able to tell the difference at the touch of a button. Ronald watching from the side was very satisfied, but also felt that it did not go deeper, and even the camera felt regretful.
Finally, Demi Moore jumped up, wrapped her legs around Schwytz's waist, and kissed her passionately again.
The camera here happened to show the better half of Schwytz's face. As time went by, Demi Moore became dissatisfied. She pulled Schwytz forcefully toward her, and then tried her best to keep her face in the viewfinder.
within the range.
Schwytz was pulled forward two steps by her, and then the two hugged each other and fell on the sofa.
Schwytz exerted force, and Demi Moore squeezed her legs tighter. Although her postpartum period has not been long, Demi has resumed exercise and maintained good muscle lines on her legs.
"Cut!"
Ronald stopped at the right time. In fact, this sofa was a three-person sofa. Demi Moore lay down straight, and there were armrests just under her knees. And Patrick Schwytz had to lie on it, which was very inconvenient for him to exert strength.
Knowing that Schwytz has a knee problem, it would be troublesome if his posture was wrong and the old injury recurred.
"Very good, you can get off work early today." Ronald consulted the director of photography, Adam Greenberg, and then announced that the shooting was completed.
"Well, it's rare for filming to go so smoothly..." Adam Greenberg watched the two people's wonderful performances throughout. He inserted his fingers into the hair and rubbed it, kissed each other's ears, etc., and was about to enter passion.
At the climax of the play, Ronald suddenly stopped. He was actually a little reluctant to let go.
"Tomorrow we will shoot the official passionate scene. Except for those on the list, no one else can enter the shooting location. Everyone should pay attention to the requirements on their own shooting list..." The second assistant director began to distribute the shooting arrangements.
"I'm working overtime now to send it to Paramount's lab. I'll look at the samples tomorrow morning and then decide on the next direction of shooting. Also, call me Lindsay Dolan. I'll watch it with her tomorrow.
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Ronald said to his assistant Fat Girl Lake, who is now Ronald's assistant on the set and handles non-filming matters.
"I'll call Mr. Niceta right away..." Lake has made rapid progress recently, and she is almost able to figure out the Hollywood ecosystem.
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"Ronald, I heard how many good shows did you shoot yesterday?" Paramount's executive producer, Lindsay Dolan, rushed to the studio next to Paramount Pictures early the next morning.
interior screening room.
I worked overtime last night to quickly develop and print the samples of pottery, passion scenes, and other plots that Ronald had shot two days ago, and then sent the samples to the two bosses for review.
"Yes, this is exactly what I need to talk to you about, but you first look at the sample and then tell me what you think..."
In the live speakers, a record of Unchained Melody was played, and along with the silent sample, they kept spinning, kissing, and stroking their hair vigorously, and finally collapsed on the sofa.
Lindsay Dolan's interest lies in the erector spinae of Schwytz's strong back. She wants to transform into Demi Moore and use her own thighs to squeeze Schwytz's sexy waist.
"what do you think?"
"Huh? Oh?" Lindsay Dolan came back to her senses, "You are really a master of photographing the love between men and women, it is simply...I watched your When Harry Met Sally and the final scene of Harry's proposal.
Cried……"
"I'm asking you, does this passionate scene feel like it?" Ronald interrupted the flattery.
"Do you need to say this? I've watched this part..." Lindsay Dolan said embarrassedly and patted Ronald's thigh.
"I mean, if you think that for female viewers, this clip can satisfy their inner imagination, I won't shoot a real passionate scene in bed. This is the Make Love clip in this movie."
"Why?" Lindsay Dolan was very sorry. She wanted to continue watching, but she was a Paramount executive after all, so she guessed what Ronald meant.
The movie "Ghost" is rated PG-13. The MPAA rating is a comprehensive scoring process, including exposure, violence, foul language, etc., and is graded by a specialist.
Then we make a comprehensive score of the entire movie. Coupled with Paramount's director status in the MPAA, we can still gain some space. But in general, with a PG-13 rating, the tolerance of a total T is limited.
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More nudity here, less violence or scare scenes there.
Ronald knew that many of the subsequent plots where Sam was assassinated by a killer hired by Carl and turned into a ghost were quite violent. And those scenes that required the intervention of visual special effects were all a bit bloody and terrifying.
Since here, the link of exaggerating the inseparable love between Molly and Sam can be solved with this relatively slight naked male upper body and kissing scene, then it can earn some points for the real climax scene later.
Moreover, this movie is essentially a romance film, not a romance film. The very closeness of the two protagonists and the enviable love conveyed to the audience do not necessarily have to be expressed through sex scenes.
Now if this kind of shot of making pottery, interlocking fingers, hugging, rotating in the room, and various hints and metaphors can satisfy the female audience, why not just stay here and not shoot more passionate scenes in the bedroom
Already.
That might lower the tone of the entire movie.
"Okay, I completely agree." Lindsay Dolan believed in Ronald's judgment. "But can you not tell them and let them act according to the script..."
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After receiving the support of Lindsay Dolan, Ronald decisively gave up the scene in the bedroom. Visual art can have high-level expressions, and he believed that his approach would inspire the audience more than naked passion.
appreciation.
He did not agree to Lindsay Dolan and let the unsuspecting actors continue to act. (This is a bad taste of many Hollywood directors, who always let beautiful actresses complete passionate scenes that will not be edited into the final version)
Instead, he informed Whoopi Goldberg to begin filming the film's second act.
Molly and Sam went to see a play on Broadway. On their way back, they were robbed by a robber with a knife. In order to protect Molly, Sam was stabbed to death. This part will be shot on location in New York during the last week of filming.
In the subsequent scenes of the film being filmed inside a studio in Los Angeles, Sam, played by Patrick Schwytz, will always appear as a ghost. The psychic played by Whoopi Goldberg also appears in this scene.
Because Sam, as a ghost, cannot communicate with humans, he will automatically pass through things when he touches them, and cannot touch anything. No one can hear his words. Only the medium played by Whoopi Goldberg can hear him for some reason.
say.
Therefore, Odme, the character in Gothenburg, will become the intermediary between Sam and the real world, fulfilling his last wish on his behalf, protecting Molly from being deceived by her "friend" Carl (actually a money laundering villain and a hired killer)
stabbed Sam to death).
"His makeup should be whiter, so that the audience will visually distinguish him from normal people." Ronald told the makeup artist about the makeup requirements for Patrick Schwytz.
"Use more positive light, I need some paleness..." Then he explained to the lighting team.
"When handling the ground marks, you need to take photos and archive them, and then try to keep Schwytz's position consistent in every scene..." The final explanation was given to the camera team.
Many of the scenes of Sam's ghost require the introduction of visual special effects. Sometimes the same scene needs to be shot in different numbers, using techniques similar to multiple exposures to make Sam appear and disappear out of thin air. This all requires precise shooting.
position.
Now when it comes to actual shooting, the more careful we are in processing, the more manpower and time we will save in the subsequent alignment and special effects processes. The better the effect will be.
But no one had experience, so Ronald could only make rough preparations, then cross his fingers and pray for everything to go well.
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"Action!"
Patrick Schwytz sat on a chair next to a round table whose interior was set up as a séance. Whoopi Goldberg, wearing a gold-fringed top, was playing magic there.
She plays Odme, a fake psychic who deceives her clients by using cold reading techniques.
For example, a widow comes to ask for the spirit of her dead husband to appear on Odme. She wants to know where an important insurance policy is kept.
Odeme kept talking about a lot of rules for seance. There are many people in heaven. It depends on whether his deceased husband will pay attention to his wife's request here.
Odeme said she felt her late husband's vibrations, and the widow automatically said her husband's name - Julio.
Odme is saying that he is handsome...it doesn't matter if he is not handsome, anyone who talks nonsense about heaven will become beautiful...
And the ghost played by Patrick Schwytz was just there to make jokes, saying that Odmee was unreliable, but no one heard it anyway.
"What nonsense..." Schwyz said the line.
"Who's talking? Who's talking? Julio?" Whoopi Goldberg stood up and asked loudly to the empty place in surprise.
"Can you hear it? Can you hear me?" Sam found that it seemed as if Odmee could hear his rants.
"Cut!"
"Let's do it again..." Ronald discovered that Whoopi Goldberg bumped into the chair, and the accident was handled well. He asked the director of photography to do it again, which facilitated editing, and also used a more conservative acting method.
Insurance.
"Action!"
"What nonsense..." Schwyz still said the same line.
"Ah..." Whoopi Goldberg suddenly shouted, squatting on a chair and holding his shoulders, "Who is talking there? Who is talking?"
"Cut!"
Ronald was very surprised. The second point was that Whoopi Goldberg's acting method was completely different from the first point. He didn't stop it, but let her perform freely. Actors sometimes have bursts of inspiration, and there will be more performances than the first point.
Excellent performance.
"Very good, let's do it again..." Ronald thought happily. Whoopi Goldberg's acting skills are really strong. No wonder Schwytz strongly recommended her.
"Action!"
"What nonsense..."
"Who's talking there?"
Article 3: Whoopi Goldberg's acting style is different from the previous two times. She stood up and walked towards the gap, as if she thought it was an assistant who was complaining and was trying to ruin her job. She wanted to find out and wait for him.
Teach a lesson.
"Cut!"
Ronald is still satisfied. The different acting methods every time give Schwytz a new excitement every time. In this way, every performance he performs is very real and original.
This is a typical performance master's method, which is different every time, reasonable every time, and can fully mobilize the cooperating actors to give the best performance.
The only shortcoming is that Whoopi Goldberg moves in a different direction, speed, and speed every time, which makes it difficult to edit.
Ronald finally realized what Walter Murch reminded him, that actors who are too original and whose acting is too good are not entirely a good thing for filmmaking.
Moreover, acting like this makes the visual effects a lot more difficult. Each action is different, and it is difficult for them to find the correct positioning.
"Can you repeat the performance from the previous few times?" Ronald went over and chatted with Whoopi Goldberg.
"Dear director, I really want to listen to you, but every performance I perform is from the heart and unique. I forget it immediately after I perform. My emotions are different every time. There is no way to repeat me.
performance.”
"Hiss...", Ronald curled his lips. Is this a showmanship, trying to give yourself some color, or is this really her habit in filming?