"Caterina, don't look at the camera, just make your omelettes as usual." Ronald smiled at a fat middle-aged Italian woman and taught her how to act for the camera.
Catalina held an egg in her hand, knocked it on the edge of a large bowl, and poured the egg white and yolk into the bowl, "Is that it?"
"Very good, very good," Ronald hinted at the photographer, who started shooting at her, "just like this, cracking eggs one by one."
Catalina is Cyndi Lauper's real mother. She is of Italian descent and has the unique kindness of a middle-aged Italian woman.
In order to save as much money as possible, Ronald made a very economical plan for the "girls just want to have fun" music video shooting. Cindy will play the protagonist of the music video, a girl who leaves her family to go out for fun. Her mother is
She plays the mother of the main character in the music video.
Cindy's biological father and stepfather were both divorced from her mother, so the role of the father needed an actor. Attorney Hoffman found another client of his, professional wrestler Lou Alba, nicknamed "The Colonel" in the WWF alliance.
Lou Albano plays the role of her father.
"Colonel" Albano has retired from the front line and mainly works as a manager. He is fat, has a long and messy beard, and wears a tattered vest. He and Cindy's mother look like a low-class middle-aged couple.
The two of them were chattering in the kitchen, as if they were worried about their daughter not coming home all night. In fact, what they were discussing was that next time Cindy and her mother would go together to cheer for the "Colonel" in the WWF game.
"Cut!" Ronald said on the side, seeing that they were chatting enthusiastically, and had already captured the necessary scenes. The secret to dealing with amateur actors is not to tell them that filming has started, otherwise it will be difficult to avoid the amateur actors' nervousness in front of the camera.
"You are really amazing, Ronald. Even amateur actors can be trained so well. I think the filming can be completed in two days." Hoffman, the lawyer with a beard that looks like Detective Polo, accompanied the whole filming process. He said to Ronald
I really admire my ability to save money. With just such a small amount of money, I can just grab random people and take pictures. It seems like I have a good plan.
"As long as I am a professional." Ronald smiled, "In fact, film and television shooting is very tricky. As long as one of the multiple shots meets the standards, it is not like a play where the entire scene must be acted out to have a chance to be on stage."
"Girls, it's your turn."
After Ronald took the shot of the kitchen, he waved his hand again, and eight ordinary girls of different ethnicities rushed up to the makeup artist and hairstylist to start putting makeup on and fixing their hair.
There is a plot in this music video where the protagonist Cyndi Lauper calls eight of her friends and then comes to her house to have a party.
The salary for an extra act like this is close to a thousand dollars a day, which is not cheap. When Ronald was preparing to shoot, he and lawyer Hoffman went to Portrait Records to borrow a group of female secretaries to appear in the scene.
"Pick slowly, and give each person a pair of sunglasses. I will make a small gift for you after the shooting." Ronald went up to chat with each secretary, telling a joke and a few flirting words to make them relax.
Among the eight secretaries, there is one Chinese, one Japanese, two blacks, and Latinos, and the rest are white. Anyway, the MV is pursuing a plausible plot, so Ronald picked some from each ethnic group.
Just make the teenage audience feel like they are rebellious girls like them.
"Do you know how to make wearing glasses sexy?" Ronald stepped back a few steps and asked a female makeup artist to come forward and teach them how to put on glasses.
Headed by Cyndi Lauper, nine beauties were photographed in a row, each wearing sunglasses with one hand. Black, white, pink, sunglasses of various colors and shapes were selected by the hairstylist to match the looks of the secretaries.
Hair style, wearing it makes them more sexy and beautiful.
Including Cindy, the nine women started chatting about makeup and sunglass accessories. Ronald applauded them, "Let's go through the rehearsal, and the camera will take a close-up of you. From left to right, everyone is photographed."
When you take the photo, give me a sexy look. Think of your boyfriend, husband, or whichever male star you like."
"Ronald, I wonder if you can do it." A secretary boldly shouted to Ronald.
"It's up to you. As long as it makes you happy, I don't mind being your fantasy object for a while." Ronald has been with these secretaries for a long time and knows that they are very popular in private conversations.
Hearing what they said, Ronald knew that they were relaxed and very satisfied. He even took off his coat and made a biceps pose.
"Oh, come to mom." Another secretary with a slightly higher position even took out a bill and wanted to put it into Ronald's belt.
"Keep it like this. I also want to see you so coquettish during the actual shooting, Mindy." Ronald continued to bicker with her and gestured to the photographer with one hand.
The photographer understood, turned on the camera, and started filming quietly while the actors, who were filled with secretaries, were relaxing in rehearsal.
"Cut!" Ronald turned back to discuss with the photographer, "Very good, thank you for appearing."
"What? Were you filming just now?" The secretary named Mindy was surprised that her appearance was captured by the camera, and came over reluctantly to ask Ronald to delete her scene.
"Don't worry, Mindy, your performance just now was very beautiful. I suspect you have a future in Hollywood if you don't work in a record company."
"How are you going to shoot the indoor dance scene below?" the dance coach came up and asked Ronald.
The dance coach is a backup dancer from Cyndi Lauper's team who makes a guest appearance. Cindy does not have many resources to promote, and the backup dancer is one of her sisters who has traveled around with her.
"I want to create a three-by-three matrix first, with Cindy in the center, and then the three rows of people shake their heads to the left and right respectively." Ronald discussed with the dance coach and took this shot first.
The eight secretaries surrounded Cyndi Lauper and swayed left and right in each row according to the beat of the music. Then they continued to sway in rows.
"cut!"
It was the same old method, not telling them that they were already filming. During the actual filming, the girls immediately began to stiffen up and their movements were deformed. However, Ronald mainly encouraged them and always said that they did a good job.
After taking close-ups of the girls answering Cindy's phone calls alone, Ronald waved to them, "Girls, you go practice dancing first. We'll see you later."
"Ronald, goodbye." Everyone waved goodbye to Ronald. Mindy even came over and hugged him specially.
"Colonel, I want Cyndi Lauper to give you a grapple."
Ronald turned to wrestler Lou Albano, who plays Cindy's father, and discussed the effects of his wrestling moves.
"action!"
Cindy faced the colonel, and the two looked at each other with their heads touching. Lou Albano stretched out a finger and pointed at Cindy in time with the rhythm of the lines in the music.
"At midnight, the phone rang.
My dad yelled, what on earth are you going to do with your own life!"
The lyrics fit the occasion perfectly.
Cindy grabbed the colonel's hand, then moved backwards and pinned his arms behind his body. Then she pushed forward, and the colonel was caught and his body was pressed against the wall.
"Oh, Dad, you are still the Namba Man of the family,
It's just a girl who wants to have some fun."
The father, played by the colonel, was held by his daughter. He felt depressed and strode to the kitchen to cry to his mother.
The staff wrestlers of WWF are all veterans who are proficient in performance. The anger at first accusing Cindy, the surprise at being grabbed by Cindy and pushed against the wall, and the helplessness shown in the back running towards the kitchen, do not need
Ronald trained her and she performed very well.
"cut!"
Ronald was very satisfied with their performances. Cyndi Lauper was a bit crazy and very comfortable in front of the camera. She also played the role of a daughter who is dissatisfied with family rules and insists on partying all night long very captivatingly.
"You know, I think you WWF wrestlers don't need to train to act in movies. You are all natural performers." Ronald praised.
"You're not bad, kid. I saw you coached Cindy in those two grapples. You were very professional. You can go directly to the WWF wrestling ring without any problem."
"Hahaha" Ronald hugged the colonel. Wrestling matches like WWF are actually performances. They are quite interesting to watch, but the falls are very hard and he doesn't want to try it.
"Next dance scene." Ronald called another group of extras, this time all record company employees, including Cindy's manager, Cindy's brother Butch, and the bearded guy.
Featured by Attorney Huffman.
"Everyone follows the dance instructor's rhythm. You form a train just like in a disco, follow the rhythm of the locomotive, and perform your own performance. Okay, let me see everyone's movements first."
"One, two, three, four, two, two, three, four", Ronald watched everyone perform freely, like a group of demons dancing wildly.
However, the plot of this episode is about Cindy’s friends, taking their friends’ friends, and dancing with the neighbors in the apartment building. It is originally eclectic and does not pursue the professionalism of dance, but dances like ordinary people.
"Oh oh oh, what is this? You need to practice more, Mr. Lawyer." When Ronald saw the stingy lawyer Hoffman, he danced with the same arms and legs.
"Teach me a lesson, Mr. Lawyer." Ronald whispered to the dance instructor. This lawyer is also a slut, and he has to save money on everything. Ronald felt that he was still taking advantage of him, and he had used it enough.
Expertise in saving money to shoot on your own.
In order to get a little "revenge", he specially asked the dance coach to teach Hoffman an "impressive" dance step.
"action!"
"The girls just want to have some fun,
Have some fun!”
The rhythm started, Cindy started, and a group of extras behind started dancing. As expected of people from the record company, everyone danced decently.
The lawyer in the middle, Hoffman, even though he was well trained by his dance instructor, the problem of his dancing with the same hands and feet was not solved.
The coach simply taught him the duck dance. The front hand is in front to make a duck's mouth, and the back hand is behind the buttocks to make a duck's butt. In this way, he can dance with the same hands and feet, and he can keep up with everyone else's rhythm.
"The girls just want to have some fun,
Have some fun!”
Lawyer Hoffman followed the rhythm, stretching and contracting his front hand, and also stretching and contracting his neck. His mustache turned up, giving him the feeling of a duck walking.
"cut!"
"Hahahaha..." Ronald was very satisfied with this dance. After stopping, he sat on the director's chair and laughed non-stop. After the film was completed, the image of lawyer Hoffman was absolutely wonderful.