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.
"Aha, did Ronald teach you some secrets?" Whoopi Goldberg smiled happily and half-jokingly came over to act coquettishly, "Director, I also want your private tutoring, um..."
"e on..." Ronald didn't want to talk to an actor like Whoopi, and she might get involved.
"Why, I'm so pathetic, the director doesn't want to flirt with me..." Whoopi Goldberg insisted on hugging Ronald, and then kissed him twice on the cheek exaggeratedly, "Um, ah... Bo, Bo
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"Whoopi, is that okay?" Ronald was helpless by her trick and had no choice but to let the other party control him.
"I didn't kiss enough. The handsome guys on the set were either taken away by Demi, or they didn't belong to us." Whoopi pointed at Schwytz, making Demi Moore laugh out loud. "
"How about you give me more close-ups, I'm going to shoot an intimate scene with Demi soon."
"It will be arranged..." Ronald knew that this black comedian had an excellent sense of proportion, and his jokes were always on the edge of the other party's discomfort. He quickly agreed and stopped playing tricks.
"Uh..." This time it was Demi Moore's turn to feel frustrated.
Still in the apartment set of the studio, what was immediately photographed was that Sam found the psychic Odme, and used the ability to move small objects learned from the ghosts in the subway to make the lucky coin float and persuade Mo.
The scene where Lisam's ghost is at home.
Because the two separated too hastily and missed each other very much, Sam finally touched Molly through Odme's upper body.
Because it’s the upper body, from Sam’s perspective, it’s Patrick Schwytz hugging, touching and kissing Demi Moore. And from Molly’s perspective, it’s Odmee and Odmee cuddling with their past lovers again.
Therefore, this scene is a bit special. When this point was written in the script, a lot of passionate scenes between Odmee and Molly were actually arranged.
"Action!"
The camera focused on Whoopi Goldberg sitting on a chair, and Patrick Schwytz walked over from the side and made an upper body movement.
Ronald's three visual effects supervisors all arrived at the scene. They had to estimate the difficulty of such a shooting, the visual effects that would later be transformed into a ghost's upper body, and the estimated construction period. If it didn't work, they could also suggest reshooting.
"Cut!" Ronald looked at Van Fleet and others, and the three of them nodded to indicate there was no problem.
"Let's continue..."
And then Whoopi Goldberg is going to play Odmee who gets fucked by Sam.
I saw her trembling, then frowning, as if a ghost had regained its body and touch, a little confused, a little excited...
Then she relaxed her brows and turned her head slightly at an angle. Between her brows and eyes, there was actually a hint of Patrick Schwytz's expression.
"Tsk...", Ronald could clearly see behind the camera, and he had to admire that Whoopi Goldberg was indeed a good actor, but he just liked to play tricks on his rival actors, and sometimes even himself, which was a bit outrageous...
Demi Moore sat across from her, her hands on her knees.
The camera focused on these hands, and then Whoopi Goldberg's hands with red nail polish on her ears also entered the frame, holding Demi's hand with the ring...
At first, the white hands seemed a little nervous, holding each other tightly. Then the black hands grasped each other, and slowly separated the two hands.
Gradually, the black hands slowly caressed the white hands, making the owner of the white hands gradually calm down.
Then the camera gradually moved up, from the palms, to the arms, and finally to the chest and neck, and finally settled on a close-up of Demi Moore's face.
Molly had gone from nervous to calm at this time. She still had a lot to say to Sam and a lot of intimate things she wanted to do with Sam. But at this moment, time was very limited. She closed her eyes and found something in her mind.
In the image of her boyfriend Sam, imagine that the person opposite is not the short and fat black Odmee, but the tall Sam.
"Cut!"
Ronald felt good and stopped.
"Hey Ronald, why did you stop shouting? The passionate scene between Demi and I isn't over yet?" Whoopi Goldberg was dissatisfied and came up to Ronald and yelled.
"The drama of passion exists in Molly's imagination, your mission has been completed..."
"Burning bridges..." Whoopi Goldberg knew that the director was replying to his joke, and immediately pretended to be very disappointed and started to complain.
"I prepared for three days for the scene with Demi. When I was practicing such a scene, I wouldn't let my boyfriend enter the bedroom, otherwise when I opened my eyes and saw something other than Demi's face, I would feel sick...
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"Hahaha..." Demi Moore knew Whoopi was being funny and laughed so much that she lay on the sofa and rubbed her belly.
"You can't blame me for this. If you want to blame, blame the MPAA. This is a PG-13 movie. You can't anger the rating officials..."
The implication of Ronald's words is very clear. Even if there is a passionate scene, the MPAA people will turn a blind eye, but you, a fat black actress, want to linger with a beautiful woman like Demi Moore on the screen.
That would be too...
"Hahaha..." Whoopi Goldberg was also amused by himself, "I don't care, director, you have to give me more close-ups."
"Then it's time for us to go to New York to shoot the location. There's room for you to show off..."