One hundred and twenty-eight Belgian martial artist
"action!"
Ronald called the start again.
The camera once again panned behind the two male protagonists, Tornado and Motor. The audience was intoxicated by the wonderful dance and danced to the rhythm. Slowly moving closer, the man wearing a black spandex bodysuit did not steal the scene again, but
In conjunction with the dance, he stretched his shoulders and danced funny dance steps.
"The dance is really ugly, but it's OK." Ronald nodded with satisfaction.
The actor seemed to be inspired, and he did a backflip in excitement and landed firmly on the ground.
"He is considered smart. It is not a foul to steal the spotlight, and the audience likes to see it." Ronald pretended not to see it.
"cut!"
Ronald stopped filming.
Director of photography Hanania shouted, "Get a close-up shot from below and carry it on your shoulders. Bob, come here, you have strong arms."
The crew was in a hurry and did not have time to queue up and rent a Steadicam camera stabilizer. So they chose a shoulder-mounted shooting method.
"Everyone, take a break. The next one will be in twenty minutes," the assistant director shouted while holding a loudspeaker.
Ronald put on his sunglasses, returned to the chair marked with his name, poured a cup of black tea from the thermos, and tasted it slowly.
"Director", someone called him.
Ronald looked up and saw that it was the Chinese actor Jean Claude.
"What's up?"
"I want to ask, do you think I can be a leading role in Hollywood? I just arrived in your country not long ago, and I want to find a career as an actor in Hollywood."
"Where are you from? China?" Ronald was happy to chat with an actor who cleverly wanted to express himself. To succeed in Hollywood, what is essential is a tenacious will and the ambition to always stand out.
"Well... I'm actually Belgian. I have practiced karate, judo, and won the European Karate Championship. I have played full-contact karate. My record is eighteen wins and one loss..."
"In Hollywood, being able to shoot does not guarantee that you will become the leading actor." Ronald interrupted his self-introduction, and the detective took a slow sip of tea. "You also have to be good-looking. Being able to shoot can only be used as a stand-in.
You have to be good-looking enough to be the protagonist."
"I can fight well, look at my move." When Jean-Claude heard that Ronald was willing to communicate with him, he showed off the trick he had prepared long ago.
"Don't move, director." Jean-Claude suddenly stood up and let his toes brush the tip of Ronald's nose. During the whole process, his upper body did not move and he fell steadily.
"Fuxk! Use your shadowless kicks to sneak attack!"
Ronald was startled. He put down the black tea that had leaked out and burned his hands, and then waved his hand, "You, never, ever... never use this trick in front of me."
"Sorry, director." Jean-Claude quickly apologized, "Do you think my skills can establish me in Hollywood?"
"You're good at it, but you still have to take extra acting classes. If you have the skills, you can work at a karate club and take acting classes while making money."
"Okay, thank you, director! My full name is Jean-Claude Van Damme." Don't forget me if you have a role. "Mikael, Mikael, the director told us how to enter Hollywood."
Ronald shook his head. Competition in Hollywood is very fierce. Is it possible to become famous just by having acting skills and skills? It's not that simple.
However, Jean-Claude's level is still pretty good. If he had been in "Longwei Boy", he would have played a semi-final player or something, and his performance would have been good.
The second close-up shot on the shoulder was completed quickly. The camera operator named Bob was very burly, and there was no shaking when the camera was carried on his shoulder. Ronald was very happy.
"Come on," Ronald led everyone in applauding a few times, then picked up the electric horn and shouted, "We don't have time to waste, move, move, quick, quick, quick!"
In the third scene, Kelly, played by Lucinda Dickey, was introduced to Tornado, played by Shabadoo, by her friend Eton. Tornado was very fond of Kelly and pulled her off the stage to break dance with him. This
This arouses the jealousy of the dancers played by Falcon and Solomon.
The two of them were dissatisfied with Tornado dominating the most beautiful dancer Kelly, so the dancer played by Latino Falcon stepped forward and challenged Tornado to a duel.
Falcon, the strongest one is the robot dance (popping). His rhythm and rhythm are very harmonious. Compared with other robot dances, he is more agile and his whole body has a rhythm.
This is also what the casting director Pamela said, a master who takes a dance to the realm of art. Such a master, because break dancing has a low social status in America, was hired by Ronald very cheaply.
to play a supporting role.
Falcon's dance battle is very interesting. Starting from the invitation, without saying a word, he only used body language and provocative eyes to complete the insult to the whirlwind.
In fact, Xuanfeng's robot dance was no match for him. In order to avoid making a fool of himself in front of Kelly, he pretended to sneer with disdain, and then left with Ma Da and Kelly. This disappointed Ma Da who had been encouraging him to challenge.
"cut!"
After Ronald finished filming, he took the lead in applauding. He called his assistant, "Go and ask Minahan to come over."
"What's the matter?" The fat Minahan has been staring at the crew. He really hopes that this movie can make him stand up. So he personally keeps an eye on all the supplies and talents. His character can still supervise this kind of thing.
, but he is a very competent production director.
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"The dance you just performed was world-class," Ronald said softly to Minahan. "Today, together with the shot of the hand man in the back, you have to develop a working copy as soon as possible. We are shooting and cutting out
A trailer, or you can send it to some cable TV stations and let them play it for free, which is very good marketing."
"So good?" Minahan didn't believe it when he heard about the world-class performance. He stayed to feast his eyes on it.
"Quick, quick, let's move to the venue by the beach." Ronald began to mobilize the crew's technicians to move various equipment to another terrazzo venue suitable for hip-hop.
This place was closer to the beach than the previous roadside venue. This scene was shot in jump shots. Exploitation films did not have the luxury to shoot according to the script order. Ronald asked his assistant to arrange the scenes shot in one place together as much as possible.
Soon the new scene was set up under Minahan’s urging and supervision and the crew’s concerted efforts.
"Action!" The camera focused on a cement road leading from the beach. Tornado, played by Sabado, held Kelly with one hand and walked into the venue from the road.
This plot occurs two-thirds of the way through the movie. Kelly, played by Lucinda, is harassed by her former jazz dance coach, who asks her to fall in love with him, otherwise she will not be recommended to participate in the dance competition.
As expected, Tornado and Ma Da were tricked by the white coach and refused to participate in the dance competition. Tornado saw Kelly losing her mind and dragged her to watch the dance performance.
There is a young man here who has disabled both feet due to polio, but he still breaks dances and is the number one in this street dance venue.
"cut!"
After Ronald stopped, his lips curled up slightly, revealing his mood.
Shabadoo said he would not spare Lucinda, but in his heart he really wanted the white beauty Lucinda to be nice to him. Lucinda was often picked on, made fun of, and disliked by Shabadoo. It was just because Shabadoo was determined to do so.
The male protagonist had to pretend to admire him.
This is very close to the vague relationship between Tornado and Kelly in the movie plot. The two people's dissatisfaction with each other is shown on the film, which is actually very similar to the sexual antagonism between young men and women.
Some so-called happy enemies torture each other and like each other at the same time.
"cut!"
The cameras were relocated to the venue, and handyman Eddie Rodriguez walked in on crutches.
"Eddie, show them how awesome you are." Ronald patted him on the shoulder.
Eddie, the hand man, is not nervous about making movies. Dancing is his favorite thing. Because of his disability, he is good at floor dancing (breaking).
"action!"
The hand man put on the hood of his cross-country jacket and zipped it up. He used crutches to lean on the ground and used the crutches to perform a full Thomas rotation, then a series of gymnastic pommel horse movements such as climbing on the pommel horse. The last handstand started to feel like stepping on the horse with his hands.
The stilts spin like that.
Kelly, played by Lucinda Dickey, watched with excitement as he let himself go, confidently and unaffected by his physical disability.
She began to gradually put aside the worries of not being able to participate in the dance competition.
"Cut!" Ronald stopped. Lucinda Dickey's performance was very layered. This had something to do with her having practiced gymnastics. Seeing the hand man's movements, she knew how difficult it would be to do these movements with both hands.
.So I admire my rival man very much.
Then the camera moved closer, and Ronald looked through the viewfinder, which happened to cover the dance venue with terrazzo floor.
He walked to the hand man's side and said, "It's up to you. This is your performance time."
"action!"
Eddie Rodriguez, the crutch man, nodded and walked to the center of the field, with a happy smile on his face. He suddenly let go of his hands, and the two crutches fell to the ground.
He fell to the ground, took a ready position, exerted force with both hands, and began to spin from slow to fast.
First, the hand is the center of the circle, then the back, then the shoulders, then the head. In an inversion, the legs are thrown up and rotated like helicopter blades.
"Look at him, look at how well he dances." Tornado, played by Sabado, pretended to teach Kelly a lesson, "Have you seen this kid? He is still dancing, Kelly, dancing to please himself and himself.
audience."
Kelly's facial expression was heavy, as if she was dissatisfied with her retreat. Then she was gradually infected by the hand man's dance and began to smile.
The camera zoomed to the far end, and in the audience there was a curly-haired girl wearing a silver bikini, wearing a pair of sunglasses and dancing to the rhythm, occupying a large part of the view frame.
"cut!"
Ronald still remembers Roger Corman's teachings. When the plot is a bit preachy, the audience's eyes need to eat some ice cream.
Soon, the reaction shots of other people and the conversation shots between Kelly and Tornado were also shot. Ronald watched the director of photography direct the removal of the film.
"That's it for today, everyone come to my place to get tomorrow's shooting schedule." The assistant director began to distribute personal schedules in the sunset.
"Minahan, hurry up and develop it. I can get a section in the editing car tomorrow."
"Really? I'll personally escort him to the lab. We'll get it tomorrow morning." Minahan now admires Ronald's shooting ability very much. He doesn't use much force and can get very good results when he just shoots. It seems like
Put the camera there, and then tell the actors, "Just dance."