In an old neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, it was just getting dark. The iron vents on the sidewalk of the underground pipes were still emitting a faint steam. A lucky homeless man grabbed a cardboard box and occupied this vent.
With the wind blowing out and my body covered with a thick layer of New York Post, I slept very warmly.
This was originally a government-built apartment near Little Italy. The narrow streets can only accommodate one car in and out. Outside the window of the apartment next to it is an old-fashioned fire escape that was installed to comply with fire regulations.
"Meow!" A cat woke up the homeless man. He stood up from the cardboard box and suddenly found that there was noisy people on the other side of the street. A camera was set up, and there was a strong man holding a long pole with a stuffed head on his head.
The velvety white thing looks like the white cat next to me.
"I'm sorry, a movie is being filmed here right now. Unrelated personnel are not allowed in..." The homeless man was stopped by several security guards and looked forward.
The camera was placed in the middle of the street, with a red and yellow caution tape in front of it to separate him from the camera crew.
"action!"
A young man gave an order and a nice female song was played. A strangely dressed woman with turkey-like hair jumped in from the other end of the street and danced in.
"cut!"
Ronald shook his head and pointed at the camera crew behind Cyndi Lauper. A door on the street opened, and a man in pajamas walked out of the concierge in the semi-basement with a big dog. The dog saw
Cindy was very excited and started barking around her.
"shxt", the assistant rushed forward and talked to the man.
Ronald came to shoot this outdoor scene while there were few people on the street in the morning, but the houses on both sides of the street did not close their doors or clear out their residents. In addition to the man walking his dog, there were also some people who were awakened by the music and opened their windows with their windows down.
Look.
For a small-budget music video, Ronald just took advantage of the opportunity to secretly shoot it. It happened that the shot was ruined by a resident and his big dog who couldn't wait to be escaped.
"Are you really making a movie? My dog is very smart. I can be a passerby and walk behind the heroine." The resident was very interested in such a big battle and wanted to have himself and the dog appear in the photo.
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"Thank you, no need." Ronald didn't want to get into trouble. Dogs are difficult to photograph. They are not specially trained dogs. When they hear the noise of the camera, they often bark or run around, causing unnecessary trouble for photography.
"Then I will stand here. This is my legal apartment. I am not breaking the law by standing here. You can't be sure to drive me away from my home." The middle-aged man spoke like a typical New Yorker, knowing a little about the law, and then
Just talk loudly to gain benefits for yourself.
"Okay, someone will sign a temporary agreement for him and give you a shot, but you and your dog can only stand under the steps." Ronald looked at the sky, and he couldn't be bothered by this person anymore.
There are more and more people watching the excitement, and some people who work the early morning shift are about to go out.
"action!"
Cyndi Lauper started jumping all the way to the rhythm of the music again. When she passed the man and the dog, she improvised and knocked her head on him.
On the other side of the street, diagonally behind the camera, a portrait of the son of a record company executive, riding a bicycle, straddling a mailbag diagonally, like a child delivering newspapers, enters the frame from behind the camera, crossing with Cyndi Lauper
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Cindy wore high heels and jumped to the middle of the road where there was still water on the ground. She jumped over several puddles and reached the other side of the road.
"cut!"
A few more shots were taken of the scene where Cyndi Lauper danced home. The last shot was a close shot. The man in pajamas and his dog in the back came out to cause trouble again. The lazy dog even lay on the ground and pooped.
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Ronald saw that this section happened to be at the end, so he couldn't care so much. At most, he cut off a section, "Quickly, we still have to go to the street to shoot. If it's too late, people who get up early for work will come."
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"Hey, you should pay me and my dog a salary. Otherwise, I will sue you for infringing on my image rights." The man in pajamas relied on hearsay laws to ask for money.
Ronald pointed at Attorney Hoffman, who stepped forward to negotiate and said, "According to our contract, you and your dog defecated during the filming, which violated the contract. We had to bear the corresponding losses during the filming. According to this contract
, You need compensation.”
"Hey, hey, I'm just here to help you, what kind of contract?" The man quickly picked up the dog and ran away in the opposite direction.
"Hey," Hoffman put the contract away. Originally, this was not an employment contract, but an informed consent form. The person who signed the contract automatically gave up any recourse to the right to image.
"Girls, it's your turn." Ronald picked up the electric horn and shouted to the eight secretaries yesterday. Today they wore all kinds of brightly colored skirts, belts, leather shoes, and had exaggerated and towering hairstyles.
Start getting ready to dance.
"Squeak..." Several large trucks stopped on the side of the road and were about to back into the road. They happened to run into the film crew and were blocked in the crowded intersection.
"I'm here to deliver goods to the grocery store, please give way." Several people who looked like drivers got out of the car and yelled at Ronald and the others.
"We still have a few shots." The assistant wanted to reason with them.
"Who gave you permission to film? We are from the truck union. If you don't get out of the way, you will be responsible for damaging your stuff." The Italian truck driver became unreasonable, chewing gum and honking the horn.
"You young people no longer have the tradition of respecting the elderly? How did your mother teach you?
Ah? Whose son are you? Let your mother come out and talk to me. Who washes your clothes and makes pasta? How dare you talk to a mother like this."
Cyndi Lauper's mother, Catalina, came over and gave each of these Italian-American youths a slap on the arm. These Italian-American youths, who often send stolen clothes home for their mothers to change, saw Carter, who is also Italian.
Aunt Lina suddenly became accustomed to being honest and sent a young man to complain to her on behalf of everyone.
"We are very hardworking, mother Catalina. We have to deliver goods before dawn every morning. If the delay here is too long, it will affect our income."
"We will just shoot a shot of the girls walking into the street. It's very simple. If you are interested, you can also play your own role here and stand on both sides of the street to welcome Cindy and her friends home."
After listening to this, Ronald said that he wanted to grab time, and it would be troublesome to get entangled with these people.
"Oh yeah, 'The Godfather'! We're going to film 'The Godfather Part III'!" The Italian-born young people were very enthusiastic about film shooting. They heard that they could appear on camera and forget about all difficulties. They parked the truck and followed Rona's instructions.
According to Germany's arrangement, they stood on both sides of the road and applauded to welcome the girls headed by Cyndi Lauper to dance into the street.
Cindy took the lead, and a few people who were better at dancing lined up behind her, and a few people who were only moderately good at dancing followed behind her.
A large truck delivering goods to the supermarket was parked on the side of the road. Ronald asked the Italian drivers to take pictures of the long queue and cheer for the girls.
More and more people gathered. Drivers, residents, morning joggers, taxi drivers, and construction workers repairing pavement on the road nearby were all attracted by the cameras and recordings.
Ronald refused everyone who came, and asked them all to sign informed consent forms, and then asked them to stand still on the street.
Cyndi Lauper took the lead and danced forward with exaggerated movements, followed by a group of secretaries, who were also guided by Cyndi's people, and danced exaggeratedly one by one.
"The girls just want to have fun, have some fun!"
The drum beat of the song had a distinct rhythm, and Cyndi Lauper got so excited that she picked up the hem of her skirt and started shaking it.
The secretaries also cooperated, just like the classic cancan dance, the dancer lifted up the skirt and swayed greatly according to the rhythm. Except that there was no thigh-raising movement, the completion was very beautiful.
"cut!"
Ronald directed everyone to transition, and then there were some dance scenes that had to be completed at the pier in Lower Manhattan.
"Director, which movie will we appear in?" The truck drivers still pulled Ronald reluctantly, wanting to know if the movie they were starring in was a gangster movie like "The Godfather". If so, what would they do?
He is extremely respectable in his circle of friends.
"It'll be cool to watch MTV then." Ronald dismissed these Italian extras. These people's cultural quality was very poor. They were all caught posing and posing for the camera. They always wanted to steal a few shots. They would probably be cut off by scissors.
, there aren’t many shots left.
The team moved to the pier in Lower Manhattan, which was right in front of the Statue of Liberty. There were not many people on the pier, but there were quite a few girls with large billboards, soliciting donations from passers-by.
"Help us repair the Statue of Liberty."
There are not many tourists on the island opposite, and the Statue of Liberty is getting more and more dilapidated. Many Girl Scout organizations will send Girl Scouts to raise donations.
"Go buy some cookies." Ronald took out some cash and handed it to the assistant. When the Girl Scouts raise funds, they usually sell some cookies that are obviously priced much higher than the market price, and the profits are used to raise donations.
The film crew found a coffee shop they had contacted by the pier. Lawyer Hoffman was sitting on a white outdoor coffee table, drinking coffee.
The beautiful secretaries danced around lawyer Hoffman and passed him one by one. With his small eyes and pointed mustache, Hoffman looked very much like an old-fashioned man who was disturbed by beautiful girls.
Cyndi Lauper walked into the scene, grabbed lawyer Hoffman, and the two held hands and started dancing together. Hoffman took Cindy's hand and spun her around.
"cut!"
Ronald, who was standing on the second floor directing the shooting, was very satisfied with this overhead shot.
"Bring up the Girl Scout cookies and let everyone have some rest." Ronald asked everyone to take a break. The entire MV was almost finished.
"Leave some mint for me." Ronald picked up the shooting plan and looked at it. With a few close-ups, he was done.
"Here you go, mint flavored." A familiar voice came, and a hand handed over a box of biscuits for Ronald to take.
"Thank you. Hey, Diane? Why are you here?"
Ronald stood up and said, "Donna, are you here too? Didn't you say you would go home for dinner in the evening?"
"Diane and I haven't seen you for a long time, and we came to see you as a director." Donna replied with a smile.
Ronald also smiled. Today, Diane's style has completely changed into that of a high school girl, with a white shirt, jeans, and a pair of vans canvas shoes. Her hair is combed high, giving her a very imposing look. Donna has more shoulders than her good friend Diane
I got a backpack. It was bulging inside and I didn’t know what it contained.
"Oh, what a delightful surprise indeed."
Ronald hugged his cousin and Diane Lane quickly, and then ruffled their hair, "Just wait for me for a while, there are still a few shots left to finish."