Samples are the results of daily shooting, developed and printed. The original appearance without color correction and editing. At this time, a clapperboard appeared on the screen, and it clicked. This was Jenny, the keeper, typing the slate.
Nader thought to himself.
The first shot was shot by directors Allen and Joe. In the end, no one called for a stop for a long time. Dai Yang looked at the camera in amusement, and Ronald's voice yelling "Cut!" was also played.
Immediately after that was the second shot taken by Ronald. After the slap of the board, the scene was almost the same as the previous one. Kate, played by Day Young, was frightened by the muscular man and stepped back when the football team passed by.
Step by step, the expression is more realistic.
This is not just because Ronald feels good about himself. He heard the proprietress Julie in the front row saying, "The second one is better."
Next, the principal took action and threatened the students to kill the chickens to scare the monkeys. Everyone ran away.
After downgrading the filming and playing it back at normal speed, the extras were like early silent film actors, quickly escaping from the playground with weird movements, inevitably colliding and dodging, and some even screaming.
"This one is very good." It was director Joe Dante who was talking. Roger in the front row turned around and asked, "Did you come up with this, or was it determined by Allen?"
"It was Jim's idea to downgrade, and it was my idea to let them run in the opposite direction." Ronald replied.
"Oh, this is very interesting..." Roger wanted to continue, but the sound of the board was heard and the third item started to play. Everyone turned back to read it.
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In the dark screening room, Ronald could not see everyone's expressions, but from the low voices, it seemed that the feedback was good.
A scene of two beauties dancing was shown, and Jerry Zucker yelled "Wow" and then whistled loudly.
Roger turned back and asked, "Is this the shot I saw yesterday? These two dancing girls are very photogenic and they dance well."
"This is Sianna the Dancer. I discovered it from a group performance at Van Nuys High School. I thought they had a good image, so I gave them a close-up shot, followed by a side-mid shot of them."
The next one was a shot of the actor Tom coming out of the building and walking all the way to the table to have breakfast in the crowd. Roger Corman couldn't sit still anymore and turned back and said: "This is really genius.
The shooting method, the loneliness among the crowd, directly conveys an emotion of alienation, how did you do it?"
"I kept the male protagonist Vincent in the center of the picture, but deliberately walked half a beat slowly, so that he was not at the same step as the others..."
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The sample film was shown very quickly. After showing the shot of Liv Randall and Kate Lambeau, two best friends, walking to the grass together under the sunset, the screening room cut off the picture and turned on the overhead light.
Roger Corman seemed to be in a good mood. Joe Dante came over to hug Ronald and said, "Nice shot, good boy." He patted him on the back.
"Thanks, Joe."
"Which film school did you graduate from, Ronald? Your name is Ronald, right?" That Jerry also came over and asked.
"Me? I didn't go to film school, I graduated from high school." Ronald was a little surprised why Jerry would talk to him.
"What? You must be joking after graduating from high school. Is your high school art teacher Spielberg? Or did you date Francis Coppola's sister in high school? Or is your grandfather John Ford?
"
Jerry Zucker named all of them famous directors. Ronald didn't know for a moment whether he was praising them jokingly or sarcastically.
"I was joking." Jerrica explained when Ronald was most embarrassed, and then started telling jokes again:
"Honestly, did your dad buy you a Super 8 camera? You started making short films in the 8th grade? Let the school cheerleaders go to your house to shoot? Hahahahaha."
Super 8 is a home video camera produced by Kodak, which uses Kodak's movie film. Not counting the camera, a roll of film costs $5, and Aunt Karen can't afford it.
Ronald replied "No, I didn't..."
"Hahaha, I understand. Your home must be a movie theater. You sell tickets at the door. Two tickets, two Pepsi-Cola cups, a bucket of salty popcorn, five yuan and fifty-eight cents, your change, sir.
." Jerry Zucker is very good at stealing the conversation and making jokes that are both false and true. If you feel that you are offended by him, just say "I was joking."
Ronald was interrupted several times when he was about to speak, and he felt his blood was rising. Not only did Jerry Zucker's hairline recede sharply, he was also buck-toothed. He walked up to Ronald and threw out another joke.
Ronald became irritated and didn't want to talk to him anymore, but the more Jerry talked, the more enthusiastic he became. He laughed and bowed his back, "Hahaha, you know, I'm going to tell you something funny, hahaha...
...", saying that he was going to hook Ronald's shoulder.
Ronald felt a buzzing sound, and the blood pulsed up to the top of his head through the vibration behind his ears. He instinctively reached out to block Jerry's hand, then stepped forward and inserted his legs to give him a hard blow.
Fortunately, reason prevailed and controlled the wrestler's instinct. Others only saw Ronald holding Jerry's hand and not letting him put his arm around him. Only Ronald's ears turned red.
The proprietress Julie Coleman couldn't stand it anymore, so she came to the rescue and separated him and Jerry. "The filming was very good. I haven't seen such a powerful new director in a long time. Last time, I gave it to Martin Scorsese."
When Stan was a producer on "The Human Torch," he was like you and could draw beautiful storyboards."
Ronald was a little embarrassed by Julie's praise and quickly said, "Thank you, Mrs. Coleman. You are so flattering."
"When we finish watching the rest of the samples, come to the president's office. Roger wants to talk to you." Julie whispered.
As she spoke, Julie glanced at Roger Corman, who was whispering to the producer again. Julie patted Ronald on the shoulder and motioned for him and Jim to go out first. They still had to discuss the filming of the previous two days.
sample. It would be inconvenient for Ronald and Jim to observe these discussions.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Ronald and Jim opened the door of the screening room and walked out. Gale also sneaked out, turned around and blocked the door with his feet to leave a crack.
Said in a low voice: "Ronnie, Julie likes you very much. If you want to leave your name on the subtitles, her opinion is very important."
Ronald made a gesture of thanks, and Gail turned back and went in. Ronald looked at Jim and touched his chin: "It seems that the samples we took are not bad?"
"Yeah, I think it's very good." Jim nodded, "I didn't expect that in the scenes you shot, an ordinary main shot could also convey an emotion to the audience. I have to think about it carefully. Back then Kubrick
This is how the movie shocked me."
"Roger seems to be quite satisfied with the two of us. He might let us do some new work." The two walked out of the office together and chatted in the yard.
"Have you decided what to do?"
"I've always been interested in movie stunts, and I like to think about how to shoot the stunts in '2001: A Space Odyssey.' I heard that director Kubrick built a Ferris wheel to shoot weightless scenes."
When Jim said this, he suddenly turned to a small voice and said: "Gale told me that Roger may be in a big-budget science fiction film next year. He was stimulated by the success of 'Star Wars'. I want to go to that group."
I do special effects design there.”
"Really? Is there a plan for the movie?" Ronald was very happy for Jim. His dream was to make a science fiction movie.
"I heard it's a sci-fi version of 'Seven Samurai', remaking Kurosawa Akira's story into a Star Wars setting."
"Kurosawa? Seven Samurai?" Ronald looked confused.
Jim looked at him and knew that he had never seen this classic film by a famous Japanese director. "Have you seen 'Magnificent Seven'? The theme song of the Marlboro cigarette advertisement was used in this movie."
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"I've seen this. Thump-thump, thump-thump thump, thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump." Ronald hummed the theme song.
"Yes, The Magnificent Seven is the remake of Seven Samurai, and we are going to remake it too." Jim took out a cigarette and lit it, "Would you like one too?"
"no thanks."
"What about you? Have you decided what to do?"
"I will first be a still photographer for the Rock and Roll High School crew. The stills I take can be placed in my photography studio in the future."
"Okay, let's take a photo together then and call Gale up."