The time saved allowed Ronald to shoot a few more scenes. Assistant Director Al, all the scenes that were originally assigned to be shot in the next two days, as long as they involved two heroines or two male protagonists.
Try to be as early as possible.
"Cut!" Ronald finished shooting another segment, and after confirming it with the director of photography, Ronald called the next one.
Not hearing the expected answer from the assistant director, Ronald looked back. It was the resident representative of the union, standing behind him and pointing to his wrist.
"Oh, it's almost five o'clock in the morning." Ronald suddenly realized that actors can only participate in filming for eight hours a day. This is an iron law of the Screen Actors Guild. During filming in Los Angeles, union representatives will be present to supervise.
After discussing with the assistant director Al, the crew announced that the filming was complete. Everyone took the notice sheet for tomorrow night's filming and began to gradually exit.
The lighting team took out a big lamp and illuminated the ground at the entrance downstairs, so that the actors and staff who were leaving the scene would not trip because they could not see the steps clearly.
These are all methods used by experienced technicians in other crews' night scenes, and Ronald was left to the assistant director team for coordination.
Ronald himself stared at the photography team, unloaded the film from the machine, carefully installed it, locked the box, and asked the professional film processor to send it to the lab to be developed into a positive film. It will be ready tomorrow
See the sample photos taken today.
In the first week of filming, Ronald specially rented a cinema in the mall to show daily samples, so that every actor could see the moving images they shot yesterday on the spot.
"Crack... click..." A young man from the photography team was yelling at the camera. The manufacturing process of this ultracam movie camera was really not very good, and a lot of force was required when disassembling the parts.
"Be careful," the photography director came up to give advice.
"Here's the shooting plan for tonight." The second assistant director, a female staff member, handed Ronald the shooting plan for the next day.
"There's Sean Penn in the video arcade and the All-American Burger scene, and there's Judge Reinhold, and Eric Stoltz." Ronald went through the shooting plan and called a
A production assistant asked, "Has Sean Penn arrived in Los Angeles? When did he fly from Chicago to confirm."
All the shooting equipment has been packed up, and the personnel have gradually evacuated from the shooting location. The prop team is cleaning up some temporary posters posted during the shooting, and the remaining second assistant director still needs to be left to take inventory. She can get one hour a day for this.
high allowances.
Ronald greeted Al, Matthew and other group leaders who were organizing equipment, and then left the mall.
A red sun is rising, the morning in Los Angeles is beautiful, and everything is a new day.
After five hours of sleep, Ronald showed up at the filming office in the shopping mall on time that afternoon. Filming is a strenuous job, with very little sleep time every day, especially for the director, the boss of everyone on the crew.
The only thing that matters is the quality of your sleep. You can still take a vacation after the shooting.
"Hello, Sean. Welcome to the crew. Your role tonight is..." Ronald handed over the shooting plan to Sean Penn, who had just flown to Los Angeles from Chicago the day before.
"Call me Spicoli." Sean Penn said to Ronald in an exaggerated tone.
"What?"
"My name is Spicoli, man, and I'm going to win the Grand Prix this year." Sean Penn replied in the tone of the character in the play.
"Very good." Ronald praised. Sean Penn's acting skills are very expressive. He portrays a high school student who often smokes and gets high and dreams of winning the surfing award all day long. He can portray it in just a few words.
Moreover, he looks a bit silly, his brows are deliberately wrinkled, as if he is doubting life, which is very similar to the characters in the script.
"Very good, Sean, keep it like this." Ronald told his assistant, "Let the hairstylist come and put the wig on him again to see the effect."
Sean Penn seemed not to have heard Ronald's words and was still immersed in the role. He looked around at the surrounding furnishings and said, "Hey, man, do you have French fries here?"
"Yes, during filming, the staff of the fast food restaurant will also go to work to provide late night snacks to the crew."
"Fries, hahaha, delicious."
Ronald smiled, this Sean Penn is very dedicated.
Soon the hairstylist came in with two wigs, "This is a full-wear style, and this is a two-piece combination, with the hair piece on top and the wig around it."
"Sean, please let the hairstylist try on your makeup." Ronald was very polite to the crew, always saying please and thank you.
Sean Penn ignored him at all and seemed not to hear him.
"Sean, Sean?" Ronald called several times. He looked back at the hairstylist and found that she didn't know what was going on.
"Sean!" Ronald shouted again, louder in voice.
"Call me Spicoli, man."
"Spikoli?"
"Yes, what do you want me to do?"
"Please try these two wigs." Ronald asked tentatively.
"All right!" Sean Penn sat down cooperatively and let the hairstylist work on his head.
"The top part of this top is a wig, which increases the volume of hair on the top of his head, and the bottom part is a wig that starts from the ears and extends the hair. This top is a fully covered wig set to tie up Sean's real hair.
"
"Which one do you think is more comfortable? Sean?" Ronald felt that the effects of both wigs were acceptable.
Sean Penn showed a silly expression and said nothing.
"Spikoli? Which wig do you feel comfortable with?"
"This one makes my head very tight, but this one is more comfortable." Sean Penn pointed to the two-piece wig and said.
"Take him to his dressing room, thank you." Ronald said to the hairstylist.
Sean Penn steps out with his hairstylist.
"Huh..." Ronald sighed. Isn't this Sean Penn too deep into the scene through a method that made him confused? On the set, people were not allowed to call him by his real name, but by his character name.
If other technical staff perform poorly, they can use the authority of the director to decide whether to criticize or replace them.
Actors are the only ones whose performances are needed in movies. It would be difficult to mess with them and act haphazardly. Actors are sensitive and fragile creatures. To make them perform well, sometimes they must be coaxed.
"The name of this dressing room is wrong. My name is Spicoli."
Ronald heard Sean Penn's voice again and walked out of the office to take a look. Sean lost his temper at the door of the dressing room, tore up the paper with "Sean Penn" printed on it, then got a piece of paper for himself, and used a pen to
Write "Spicoli" and stick it on the door.
"Hey," Ronald covered his face and sighed. It's not a big problem anyway, so let him make trouble.
It’s finally time to shoot in the evening. Today’s shooting scene is in the video game arcade on the third floor of the mall. It is full of children and teenagers who are extras. Everyone is very happy and can play games for free.
"The camera is on this missile orgmand game, Sean, no, Spicoli takes off his shirt and looks at kids with change playing here."
"Missile Commander" is an arcade game developed by Atari, which is very popular now. Players must act as a missile commander to counterattack USSR nuclear missiles flying in the sky. As the game progresses, there are more and more incoming missiles.
In the end there is only destruction.
Ronald specifically picked this most popular game to feature.
"O...k..." Sean Penn still answered in that drawn-out tone.
"You grab him from behind and ask him to pay back the 25 cents that Spicoli lent you." Ronald said to the young actor playing opposite Sean Penn.
"Then you, Xi... Piccoli, pointed at his chest as if to threaten him, and then made a joke with him. You are a poor guy, not a villain who bullies elementary school students. Okay?"
"o...k..."
"Recording? Camera? Action!"
The recording rod stretched over and recorded the music of the arcade game and the explosion of the player destroying the incoming nuclear missile.
Sean Penn's performance was very real. When a child pulled him from behind, his reaction was very natural. He was surprised at first, then wanted to have an attack, and finally saw that it was a child, and returned to a state of indifference, which made Ronald
very satisfied.
"Very good, let's print this one and do it again."
"Spikoli, try another way of acting."
Sean Penn made an OK gesture to express receipt.
This time his performance was different. When he was pulled by a child, he still looked down at the screen of the game console without paying much attention. He saw the child who had "borrowed" a coin from him and showed no trace of disbelief.
A good-natured look.
Then he pointed his hand at the child's chest, making a threatening gesture. Finally, he moved his finger up, pressed the child's nose, and then ruffled the child's hair with his hand.
The child actor's reaction was brought out by him. While showing a smile, he reluctantly said to him, "e on" and held Spicoli's hand with his hand to prevent him from rubbing it.
"Cut!" Ronald was more satisfied with this one.
"Although these method actors have many quirks, they can perform something new every time."
Actors mainly perform their own reactions based on the reactions of their opponents. If they perform according to a certain formula every time, their reactions will become more and more deviated from reality every time after the first time.
Because you have already predicted what actions the other party is going to make.
Spicoli... no, the great thing about Sean Penn is that he can perform different feelings in each scene, and it also inspires natural reactions from the actors opposite him.
The audience is very sensitive to unnatural and contrived performances. Ronald is very satisfied with this kind of actor who can perform natural reactions. He gives him an extra line every time and thinks of adding more scenes to him in the future.
"Very good. Let's all take a 10-minute break. The photography team will re-imagine the machine. Next, we will take a set of close-ups of the game console's screen."
Ronald gave the order, and today's shooting went smoothly.
"Bah bang bang..." Everyone clapped.
It seems that I was inspired by yesterday's applause. Now every time a shot is completed with high quality, the staff and actors will spontaneously applaud to congratulate me.
Because this boosted morale and made the actors who had finished filming feel that they had done something great, and they were more confident and relaxed about their performances. Ronald did not interfere, and this became a routine for the "fast-paced" crew.
"Recording? Camera? Action!"
After setting up the camera, Ronald called the start command again.
Sean Penn started playing the game on the game console, and the camera started filming his game screen from the side and back.
"cut!"
Sean Penn called a halt.
"What's the problem? Spicoli?" Ronald popped up from behind the camera.
"Who is that? I can't meet unrelated strangers while filming."
"Sorry, sorry, I just wanted to come and watch a movie." A mall security guard apologized and withdrew from the crowd.
"I will arrange it for other scenes next time, please step away first." Ronald still looked kindly to the mall security guard.
"Clear the place, Spicoli, there are no strangers anymore, can you start?"
"o...k..."
Ronald shook his head. These method actors are very capable and have many quirks. Sean Penn is pretty good. No matter what, he must meet his requirements.
These eccentricities of his are also to get into the drama. It is easy to cause drama when irrelevant people are present. People are not allowed to call him by his real name, but also to enter the Spicoli state at any time.
Ronald tolerated these harmless quirks.
"Recording? Camera? action."
Spicoli started playing "Missile Commander" again, and the game console made a biu biu biu sound.
"cut!"
This time it was the director of photography, Matthew, who temporarily stopped.