Demi Gaines' apartment is a high-end apartment in West Hollywood.
Early the next morning, Ronald drove his orange Volkswagen Hare to the door of her apartment. The gatekeeper saw that he was driving a cheap car and stopped him to ask a lot of questions. Fortunately, Ronald was white and had an English accent.
It's not like he comes from a lower-class community. The gatekeeper agreed to call Demi and let him in after confirming.
After parking the car, Ronald looked around and found that the conditions were much better than his own apartment. Not only was there a caretaker, there was an outdoor swimming pool inside the gate, and next to it was the party venue, which still retained the atmosphere of last night's carnival. The courtyard was deep
Men and women's laughter could be heard faintly, as well as the sound of diving. There was probably a private swimming pool inside.
When they arrived at Demi's apartment, she and her boyfriend were already waiting at the door. "Hi, Ronald, welcome."
Ronald held a tripod in one hand and a camera and flash on his back. He freed up one hand to shake their hands.
Demi has shawl black hair, a very straight nose, thick and black eyebrows, and her eyes are very bright, but one of them is a little inconvenient when turning. Her cheeks are very flat from the cheekbones down to the lower jaw, and are slightly
The sunken, slightly square jaw shows her strong character and is the face most suitable for a movie star.
Her boyfriend's name is Freddy Moore, the lead singer of the rock band "the Kats". Deliberately misspelling names is now fashionable.
Freddy wears a pair of big black-rimmed glasses. He looks nothing like a rock star, but like a high school geek. He was bullied by the football team in high school, but after graduation he was able to get into a good university and find a good job.
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"Do you want to shoot here?"
Demi and her boyfriend obviously made preparations first, clearing out a bedroom and leaving three walls and a large open space for Ronald to shoot.
"Yes, Demi values this shoot very much. She said that the photos you take can bring people to life. So we made some preparations." Freddy put his arm around Demi's shoulders and smiled shyly.
"Do you have a floor lamp or table lamp for the bedroom? The kind beside the bed will do. You will need a supplementary light."
After setting up the tripod three times, Ronald loaded a new roll of film and mounted the camera on the tripod. Then he took out a cable and connected it to the camera's shutter.
"What is this?" Demi asked curiously.
"Wire-controlled shutter."
Freddy brought a floor lamp, and Ronald placed it at a certain angle, adjusting it carefully to make sure that the light on Demi's face matched and formed a synergistic effect.
Ronald set up the position and asked Demi to stay still in the reserved shooting position. The light was carefully designed to illuminate Demi's face, giving her the beauty of an ancient Greek sculpture.
"Audition photos are for the casting director to discover your characteristics and match them with the role in the script. So you can't use too exaggerated light, it must be in line with your own characteristics." Ronald explained while observing Demi.
"You need to wear a solid color top, not black or white, so as not to steal the spotlight from me."
"Okay", Demi went to change into a light green T-shirt next door.
"This light-colored dress will complement your hair color." America rarely sees such pure black hair color, which reminds Ronald of China.
After adjusting the angle of the light, Ronald took out a light meter and placed it at Demi's eyes. After measuring the data, he adjusted the aperture of the camera.
Focusing carefully on Demi's eyes, Ronald said:
"Now try not to move too much back and forth, lest you lose focus and your eyes become blurry." Ronald raised his head, holding the shutter release cable and showing his head from behind the camera.
"It's a bit presumptuous to ask this, because I want to focus on your eyes. Your eyes seem...?"
"Yes, I had strabismus in one eye when I was a child. I have had two surgeries. The doctor said that it will get better as I get older." Demi explained generously.
"Okay, I will use the pupil of the other eye to focus, and it will not affect the film." Ronald liked this frank girl very much.
"Now give me an idea, Demi." Ronald held the wire-controlled shutter in his hand, stood next to the camera, and talked to Demi, but he paid close attention to Demi's expression.
"What?" Demi didn't understand.
"You don't have to tell me what you are thinking about, but you are thinking about one thing."
"No, this thing is not good, change it to another one...this one is good." Ronald pressed the shutter in his hand.
"One more idea. Well, I like this idea."
Click, click, click, the automatic film winder cooperates with the shutter to quickly replace the exposed film and replace it with a new one.
"When you and I were working as graphic models, the photographers were different," Demi said. "They would just ask me to pose in various poses."
"The director mainly looks at your personal temperament. I try to restore your own characteristics. You are a very heroic girl."
Click, click, Ronald was filming, and suddenly there was a girl's scream outside the window, and then someone fell into the water with a plop, "Ah... hahahaha." Another burst of female laughter came, as if someone was playing diving.
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Ronald's hand shook, he frowned, and paused the shooting.
Demi walked to the window, opened the curtains, and shouted to the private swimming pool below:
"Hi, Natasha, are you back from China?"
"Hey, Demi, why don't you come down and play in the water?" a voice came faintly.
"I'm taking audition photos, can you dive in later? The photographer needs to be quiet."
"Okay, I'll come find you later..."
He stood up again, measured the light, and focused. Ronald indicated that he could start again.
"Give me a loving thought."
This set of audition photos was taken for a romantic comedy, which required playful and adoring eyes. Ronald asked his boyfriend Freddy to stand opposite Demi to cooperate.
Click click click click. Finished quickly
"I will send it to the Kodak printing store later. If you are willing to pay an extra $5 to Kodak, you can expedite it. I have selected the photos and enlarged them. It will be done in about an hour."
Demi discussed it with her boyfriend and chose to rush it, and then the two of them went to the Kodak printing store with Ronald.
Kodak has set up printing shops of uniform quality throughout America. No matter which store you go to with your film, the quality of the printing is the same. This is also a reflection of the technology and management strength of this Fortune 500 giant that stands out from the rest.
There were not many customers in the morning, so the three of them waited for 10 minutes before seeing the machine spit out 36 photos.
Demi lay on the counter and looked at her photos carefully. Her boyfriend hugged her lovingly, "Your photos are very beautiful, my dear, I love you."
Demi turned around and kissed her boyfriend, selected 2 photos, and asked Ronald:
"I'll just choose these two, do you think it's okay? Ronald."
At first glance, Ronald saw that they were the most beautiful of the two.
He pointed to the other two and said: "I usually rely on the customer's opinion, but if you were my sister, I would suggest you choose these two."
"Why?"
One of the two pictures is a serious drama face without a smile, and the other is a smiling face suitable for a romantic scene. Ronald pointed to the photo and asked Demi's boyfriend, "What do you think Demi is thinking about the expressions in these two pictures?"
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"This one seems to be full of love, um, no, it seems a bit jealous? I can't say this one, maybe it's happy, but it also seems a bit sad."
Ronald spread his hands and said: "Demi, your face is very suitable for filming. Whether you light it from the left or the right, you can get beautiful close-ups. But let me tell you, your greatest talent is your expression."
"With this face, the audience can see more than one expression and inner emotions. I can't explain why. I only know that the director likes this face very much." Ronald concluded.
"Then choose these two, thank you, Ronald." Demi said and came up to hug him.
Ronald patted Demi politely and said to the Kodak staff: "Please enlarge this one, and this one, 6 inches x 8 inches, five copies. Leave a white border."
After a while, the photo was placed, and Ronald asked again, "Do you have typing equipment here? Please type her name at the bottom of the photo."
Ronald then asked Demi: "What stage name are you going to use?"
"I don't know, can't I use my original name?"
"Of course you can, but most actors will have a stage name." Ronald said, "You should choose a stage name that sounds loud. For example, Sean Connery who plays James Bond 007, and Roger Moore are both.
It has four syllables, a combination of long and short sounds, and is easy to pronounce."
Demi's eyes lit up, and she turned around and hugged her boyfriend Freddie Moore, "Freddie, you will always love me, right?"
"certainly."
"Then when will you marry me?"
"Darling, as I told you, I need some time to make it clear to Lucy. After I am done with her, we will get married."
"Then I don't care, I want to marry you."
"Okay, I will definitely divorce Lucy, believe me, sweetheart."
Demi turned to the stunned Ronald and said:
"I'm going to marry Freddy soon. I'm going to use his last name and my stage name is Demi Moore."