Roger Corman quickly left the set. He had to go to the hospital to check out Allen, and then took his lawyer to the police station to bail Joe Dante. The life of a multimillionaire is always very busy. However,
Assistant to the president Gale stayed at the scene.
Today is a sunny day, and the sun has risen high. The director of photography said that now we can only take some close-ups and close-ups, and use reflectors to fill in the light. Otherwise, under the direct sunlight from high angles, the shadows on the face will make the film look like Hitch.
Kirk thriller.
Ronald and Jim selected some suitable shots together, and the photography continued after the director of photography approved them.
These scenes are about the new headmistress Evelyn Toga (played by Mary Woronov), who heard someone playing rock music on the radio and came to catch the culprit.
She took a pair of scissors and cut the audio cable of Liv Randall's record player. Then she asked everyone who was the leader. As long as the leader was handed over, everyone else would be innocent.
Kate Lambeau, a good girl, stood up and said that she did it. Of course, Liv Randall was also indispensable. The two were punished by Principal Evelyn Toga's announcement that they would be dismissed from school today.
Ronald discovered that if the actors are well rehearsed and the crew cooperates tacitly, the filming will be very rhythmic. Actor positioning, lighting, actor rehearsal, real shooting, changing scenery and props, arranging cameras, actor positioning, lighting...
The cycle begins again and again.
Maybe it’s because Ronald’s requirements are low (he doesn’t have a dream guide and he doesn’t know if the filming is good), maybe it’s because he respects the opinions of the crew (he doesn’t know if others are fooling him anyway), the filming speed of today’s crew was unexpectedly...
It's three points faster than when Allen and Joe directed it.
By 10:50 in the morning, I had already taken a lot of photos. Only a few panoramas and long lenses were left. I couldn’t use a reflector to fool the light, so I had to wait for the magic light around sunset to take pictures again.
"The morning's shooting is over. It's lunch time. Everyone on the crew needs to take a one-hour break." Ronald shouted with an electric horn.
Daylight Saving Time has just ended, and the time in the Pacific Time Zone is still a bit weird. The sun rises at around 6 am, sets at around 4 pm, and lunch time is set at 11 o'clock.
The extras ran back to the teaching building to eat. The principal of Van Nuys High School welcomed the crew to film. As a high school in the West Hollywood area, there are many artistic students among the students. They have been exposed to filmmaking since they were young.
I join the drama club and hope to enter the film industry in the future. If a film crew comes to the high school for filming, it will be a good thing for the school district's annual assessment and will also help attract students.
So the school treated us to pizza and Coca-Cola today. This made the crew who had a mediocre diet very happy. The stingy crew didn’t have a big budget for food and usually only had cheap hot dogs and instant coffee.
Ronald, Jim and Gail sat together and ate Domino's pizza. This is a popular chain delivery recently. The taste is not amazing, but it was delivered quickly and it was still hot when it was received. Ronald ate a few slices.
I ate pizza, drank a can of Coke, and patted my belly with satisfaction.
Gale ate much more elegantly, using plastic knives and forks at first, but under Jim's guidance, he quickly started to eat directly, covering his mouth with his hand while eating.
I don’t know what joke Jim told, which made Gale giggle and tremble.
Ronald took out a pair of sunglasses from his pocket and put them on. He was considered a senior member of the crew today, so he sat in a better seat, and the chair had a backrest. He leaned back comfortably and felt quite relaxed. There was basically nothing in the afternoon.
It's time to shoot, organize a few actors to rehearse, and try to get a pass around sunset.
The advantage of wearing sunglasses is that others cannot see what you are looking at. Ronald closed his eyes, breathed calmly, and closed his eyes to rest. Unlike most Americans, he liked to take a break at noon.
However, in this country where the culture is proud of physical fitness, taking a nap can easily make people think that it is a lack of energy, poor health or laziness, so Ronald would wear sunglasses to hide it.
He was the temporary director today and was bound to not be able to rest. Soon Jim came over to inquire about the secrets taught by Roger Corman that morning. Ronald took off his sunglasses, took out a small book, and told him one by one. Jim listened while listening.
Nodding, "I wish I knew this when I was making short films."
"Have you ever made a short film?" Ronald didn't know that he had this history. Gale did know a little bit about the situation, "Yes, Jim brought the short film over at that time. Mr. Coleman admired his talent and asked him to join
Company studies filmmaking.”
"Oh, what's the subject? Do you still have your copy? When can I have a chance to look at it?" Ronald became interested.
"It's a science fiction film, 12 minutes and 7 seconds. I transferred it to a VHS videotape. I'll show it to you when I get the chance."
"I don't have a video recorder where I live. I still have the opportunity to go to the company and watch it. How much did it cost to shoot that short film? How did you raise the money?" Ronald was a little envious of Jim. He knew that Jim was by no means a child of a rich family.
Both men secretly used McDonald's coupons to eat.
"For US$24,000, I found 12 dentists and persuaded them to pool their funds for the auction."
"A sci-fi movie? You have to spend a lot of money on props and special effects, right? You can make it for $24,000. It's amazing."
"Ah, the main part that cost money was two machine models, the kind where people sit in and fight. It cost a lot of money, and the actors couldn't perform while squatting in them. I could only shoot them separately, with the actors sitting on chairs and pretending.
I was driving the combat robot, and then I filmed the scenes of the machine models fighting each other, and edited them together to create the feeling that the actors were driving the combat robot."
As soon as he talked about his favorite science fiction movies, Jim started talking endlessly. Ronald suspected that if "Rock and Roll High School" hadn't been a teen movie with lots of music and dancing, Jim would definitely compete with him to be the interim director.
"New World seems to have made a lot of science fiction movies?" Ronald asked Gale.
"Yes. But last year, George Lucas' "Star Wars" raised the bar for science fiction films a lot. Mr. Coleman's original science fiction films that only piu piu emit green light were not easy to sell."
Er smiled and made a laser gun gesture with his hands.
"Ronald, can you give us a closer shot?" came a voice from the side.
As soon as Ronald turned his head, two sexy dancing bombshells, Chris Sommer and Marla Rosenfeld, came to visit.
The two of them had changed out of their costumes and were now wearing T-shirts and jeans, but they still couldn't hide the youthful look on their faces. One had blond hair, the other had brown hair, and two pairs of big eyes stared at the young temporary director.
Ronald suddenly felt a little overwhelmed and put on his sunglasses, "Hi, Chrissy, Marla. My temporary director duties end today. The only scenes left today are the headmistress played by Mary Woronov.
I can let you dance on the roadside as the background. I can't add a one-man show for you."
"Oh, thank you, I wish you were the real director."
"Yes, I think your photos are better than Allen's."
The two beauties immediately started complimenting each other.
"Don't say that. You two are very photogenic (real) and the best dancers (fake). There will be dancing scenes in this movie. I think Siana will definitely recommend you."
Ronald quickly interrupted their complaints and gave them a break to ask the dancer who really had the right to recommend them. The two beauties thanked the dancer and went to find the dancer Siana.
"Pfft", Gale looked at the backs of the two beauties and laughed, "Ronald, you can be a diplomat."
"Well, I'm just telling the truth."
"The truth? You just selectively told them part of the truth." Gale understood clearly, "For such a low-cost movie, the director is the one who can ultimately decide their fate."
"There's nothing wrong with that. Mr. Coleman told me before that his movie audiences don't come to see stories, but to come to see young beauties dancing disco. They best meet the audience's expectations."
"It seems you understand them very well?" Gale wrinkled her nose and asked.
"Yes, I quite understand them. Movies are a magical art that can be seen by dozens or millions of viewers. As a public school student, being able to watch a movie with a few frontal shots is considered achievable.
It’s a dream in my heart, isn’t it?”
Ronald stood up and put the finished pizza boxes and Coke cans into garbage bags. "Today is a school treat. Finally, I don't have to eat hot dogs. I don't have to count people's heads to prevent outsiders from stealing them."
As he said this, he and Jim laughed together. This was one of their usual important tasks, and Gail also laughed.