When Ronald, Spielberg and Sheinberg hugged and thanked each other, the crowd's applause had not stopped.
Ronald came back to thank all the actors and crew again, applauded them and expressed his gratitude, then stretched out his hands and pressed down, trying to make them stop so that they could continue filming.
"yeah!……"
Unexpectedly, this move suddenly ignited everyone's enthusiasm. Everyone continued to applaud vigorously, and many people shouted to express their support.
Ronald was moved by this unexpected scene. Everyone supported him so much. He looked into the crowd...
First Assistant Director Al clapped vigorously.
He hopes that Ronald will continue to be the director without interruption, so that he can do what he does best, dispatch and manage a group of blue-collar technicians, such as electricians, coolies in the camera team, drivers, etc., to assist the director.
Complete artistic creation.
Instead of allocating a lot of energy to be a nanny for novice directors, reminding some of the ABCs of filming, such as turning the camera around after taking an over-the-shoulder shot and shooting again...
If you get a simple salary, you shouldn't do things that are not part of your job. Otherwise, why not give yourself a salary increase?
If the director has to remind himself or make up for everything, then why not do the director's work for himself?
Art director Dan and photography director Matthew looked at each other and smiled.
Both of them are technical experts. Whether they are overwhelmed by Ronald's technical knowledge or satisfied with the trust and respect he has shown, they have decided to contribute all their abilities to this small production crew.
.
Technical experts have their own arrogance, and not just any director can convince them.
When interviewing the director at the beginning, they will ask one or two testing questions to gauge the director's ability.
If you understand the technology, know what you want, and respect the experts, then they will give 100% work attitude. Experts who have been in the industry for many years have some unique skills that allow the director to achieve his goals.
Achieving high quality also saves costs.
But this is not something that can be used by any director. Some directors lack knowledge. If you use some tricks, they will think you are perfunctory. There are also directors who don’t know what effect they want and can’t express it clearly. They can do whatever they want with these people.
Just do it, as long as you can fool it.
For example, the lighting system inside the shopping mall that Ronald asked them to design is simple and effective, and can save a lot of lighting time. However, some directors will think that you are lazy when they see that you do not use expensive and complicated lighting fixtures.
Only directors like Ronald, who understand film photography and have complete trust and respect for them, would they bother designing and debugging. It was indeed a success on the first day of shooting.
Robert Romanus, who plays scalper Mike, likes this director even more. He was born in the slums of the Bronx, New York. For the opportunity to audition, he sold his old car and borrowed some money from his sister before buying a plane ticket.
Come to Los Angeles and try to change your destiny and become an actor.
The director singled out him among the actors with formal theater education. The reason was that he didn't have to act, he was actually Mike in the script.
This makes sense. In the script, Mike is a poor student who transferred from the slums of Philadelphia to Los Angeles. In school, he had to work as a scalper and sell tickets to earn living expenses. His situation is very similar.
Moreover, Ronald asked his accountant to reimburse his air tickets and arranged to live in Universal's actor dormitory. In the past month, he even stayed in the guest room of the heroine Jennifer Jason Leigh's house. Man, he has never lived in such a place.
nice house.
The director asked him to improvise, and he had no problem at all. In New York, he often went to Broadway to make money by reselling musical theater tickets. How could he persuade tourists to take out their wallets and happily spend money to buy high-priced scalper tickets?
life experience.
This movie will bring him money and fame, a salary of 1,100 US dollars per week, an eight-week shooting schedule, and he can get it regardless of whether he has a role or not. This weekly check will allow him to live in Los Angeles and continue to be a good actor.
The courage of an actor.
And he might become famous after the movie is released next year. Thinking of the happy place, Romanus put his fingers in his mouth and whistled loudly.
The whistle made the two actresses in front, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Phoebe Cates, shrink their necks in fright, and then the two of them patted Romanus back and giggled.
Both of them are actors who have filmed movies and TV series, and are not newcomers. The profession of actors is not easy. It is difficult for others to imagine the pain of expressing one's inner emotions in front of the public. And the worst thing is, sometimes you have to
Take several shots repeatedly.
Compared with Heikelin's method of directly instructing how to shoot and where to apply force, they still prefer Ronald's method of guidance and inspiration. This allows the actors to be more relaxed and perform better in front of the camera.
good.
Although Ronald didn't quite understand the girls' thoughts, and the acting method directed by Hecklin was different. However, after Hecklin revealed the girl's thoughts in one or two sentences, they actually didn't like this feeling very much.
Some people regard the method as the right way to perform in movies, but this method actually gives actors a bad inner feeling. Thinking about those unhappy memories of themselves makes people nervous, and they all felt depressed after filming that scene.
Or Ronald forbade speaking loudly before filming started, carefully protecting their psychological and emotional well-being, which made people feel relaxed and comfortable. Besides, who doesn’t like a handsome guy telling a story for him?
The applause lasted for more than a minute and then slowly stopped.
"Tell them something?" Spielberg came up and held Ronald's shoulders, reminding him in a low voice. This was an excellent opportunity to establish his authority on the crew.
"Well done! Thank you everyone, this shot was very good. We still have four and a half hours of filming tonight waiting for us to play. Now we will take a ten-minute break and everyone can go eat some French fries and pizza.
And then we continue with the pizza shop scene. If you try to be lazy, I'm going to kick your ass on behalf of Mr. Sheinberg, who's doing your payroll."
"Oh...hahaha"
Everyone laughed and then dispersed.
Ronald was satisfied.
From a small film crew to a large film and television industry, technical staff can be divided into two types.
One kind of person has his or her own professional abilities, they tend to be convinced and understand technology, and they also respect their bosses.
The other kind of people are doing jobs without high technical content. All they want is more money, more benefits, and obeying the instructions of high-level people.
From the establishment of the crew to the start of filming today, his actions can be said to have won the hearts and minds of the first type of experts. The second type of people saw that the higher-level Shenberg was on their side, and they knew which side they should be on.
As for those actors, what they want is nothing more than a salary, plus the possibility of a successful movie. After becoming famous, their salary can also be greatly increased, they will receive more praise from film critics, and they will receive more challenging projects.
role, and even expect various awards.
The effect of the boss personally standing up is very obvious, whether it was Mount standing up for Heckerling just now, or Sheinberg standing up for himself.
The entire crew was more convinced of Ronald's authority. After a few words with Shenberg and Mount, Ronald sent them off to the crew.
Shenberg pushed him back into the director's seat and said, "Keep up the good work and remember, you are the boss here."
Mount also smiled and said goodbye to him and Heckerling, as if he had done nothing just now, "Well done, boy."
The two walked to the elevator together. After all, this was not their main battlefield, and there was no need to show any signs of discord among Universal's top executives in front of a group of crew members.
Spielberg also said goodbye and left. He has not finished shooting the scenes with ET, and there are still many special effects scenes with ET aliens that need to be filmed slowly. The special effects team is working hard to improve the mechanical movements of the model so that he can perform in close-ups and close-ups.
more realistic.
"Thank you, Mr. Spielberg." Ronald thanked him sincerely. It was an unexpected surprise that he invited Sheinberg here today.
"Don't let these things distract you. Remember your original dream when you first wanted to direct this movie."
Taking a deep breath, Ronald sat back on the director's chair, picked up the thermos cup, poured a cup of black tea and drank it slowly.
My initial dream... I must make a film that people will recognize and love, and that can stand the test of time.
He looked at Heikelin beside him. She looked a little anxious, as if she already knew that his replacement plan had been shattered.
She should understand that she is still a complete novice in the directing profession. After all, there is a big difference between Hollywood theater movies and student projects.
It was her discovery and guidance of female actors that gave her a little surprise and inspiration.
Thinking of this, Ronald smiled at her, then closed his eyes to rest, waiting for the break to end and start filming again.
Heikelin saw Ronald smiling at her and said nothing. It seemed that her dream of becoming a director was going to be delayed. Should she continue to stay on the crew and study, or should she find another script and start a new project?
Alas, it's a pity that I am also a newcomer, so I can only choose from the script warehouse, which are all old stuff that other directors have not shot.
Ten minutes later, "The break is over, get ready to shoot." Assistant Director Al picked up the electric speaker and announced...
The crew resumed the rhythm of filming, and Ronald began to get busy again. The cinema on one side was preparing the lighting for the next set of shots, and the pizza shop on the other side was shooting. After completion, they would switch.
"Cut! Very good, ready for the next one." Ronald stopped with satisfaction.
"We have finished shooting all the shots on the schedule." Al came over and said to Ronald.
Everyone worked together very efficiently, and by 4 o'clock in the morning, all the scheduled shots had been taken.
"Is that so? Let's check tomorrow's schedule and see if there's anything we can shoot in advance. It seems we have to re-plan the shooting schedule. This lighting system saves us a lot of time."