Ronald brought Noriyuki Morita back. More than a month later, he had shaved off his beard, and a makeup artist put a similar fake beard on him. Ronald took a close-up shot.
Because it was impossible to rent the California State University gymnasium, hire extras, and re-set the scene, Ronald used a workaround.
He took another piece of film, facing a wooden board with a dark background, digging a hole the size of a head in the middle, and filmed it with a camera for a few seconds. Then he put the two pieces of film of the same length on a light printer, and re-recorded it. exposed together.
The final result was Mr. Miyagi’s satisfied smile, which was placed on a dark background. The entire shot lasted only a short time. The audience was in a state of excitement at that time, so they probably wouldn’t pay attention to the background. Rona De thought he could get through it.
After the fine editing on the working copy was completed, Ronald notified Weintraub to send it to the printing laboratory, make an edit to the negative according to the serial number on the editing record, and then develop a new copy.
This copy is called a response copy, and Weintraub sent it to Columbia's senior management. After they read and agree, they will send an MPAA rating.
Ronald can finally take a vacation. After the continuous shooting of two movies, even Iron Man feels a little exhausted. This feeling of exhaustion is not only physical, but also mental.
After sleeping soundly for a day and a night, Ronald felt that he had recovered slightly. Just as he was about to go out to look for food, he received a call from Minahan.
"I'm at your door. All my old friends are here. Come out quickly and let's have some fun together."
After a hurried shower, Ronald came out and saw that except for Minahan, the main actors of "Break Dance", Sabado, and Boogaloo Shrimp were all in a limousine in front of his house.
As soon as Minahan opened the door, he asked Ronald to come in. The car was a large space with a TV, telephone, and wine cabinet. Everyone sat in a circle, and Minahan took out a bottle of champagne from the wine cabinet and gave it to Ronald. Got a cup.
"Cheers!, Ronald. Our movie has passed the MPAA rating and officially got the PG rating. Orion's 'Hot Street Kid' hasn't been edited yet, so it hasn't gotten the rating yet and can't compete with us. Competing schedules. MGM found us a schedule in early May, quack quack. Now go pick up Lucinda Dickey.”
"What kind of opponents will we have when we fall?" Ronald didn't pay much attention to the "break dancing" thing. He didn't expect that Minahan was progressing so fast.
"At the same time, we will encounter Universal's youth film 'Sixteen Candles,' and before that, Twentieth Century Fox's 'Emerald,' and Warner Bros.'s 'Police Academy.'"
When Ronald heard about it, he thought they were all familiar with it. "Sixteen Candles" was John Hughes' directorial debut, and he helped him put in good words to choose his favorite heroine, Molly Ringwald.
"Emerald" was written by Robert Zemeckis because no one was interested in filming "Back to the Future", which he wrote himself, so he wanted to make a commercial film to prove his ability.
"Police Academy" is where the casting director Pamela worked last time. I heard that the heroine is a beautiful woman.
"That's good, we don't have any strong opponents." Ronald nodded, "What happens next?"
"After that, hey hey. The next two weeks are the sequel to Indiana Jones, The Lost Boys, and a baseball player movie called 'The Handsome' starring Robert Redford, which, you know, is about to be released in the summer."
Ronald understood that Cannon's capabilities were limited, and MGM would not invest too much resources into an exploitation film and would not be able to get the best time slots. However, starting before the summer season, there were no strong competitors in this time slot.
"Okay, that's not bad," Ronald thought, "Let's just leave this exploitation film as it is. I'll leave the summer movie to my own masterpiece, 'The Dragon King'."
"Ronald", the two dancing masters Boogaloo Prawn and Sabado watched them finish and hurriedly came over to say hello to Ronald. They received Minahan's secret order today to please Ronald.
"Hi, how are you doing?" Ronald looked at them as if they were still wearing the same clothes as before and didn't make much money.
"I'm still the same. I won't change my attitude towards life just because of a movie." Sabado still had a pretentious attitude.
"I'm just waiting for the movie to come out and I'll be famous." The Boogaloo Shrimp is a bit simpler, and sometimes even a little childish.
"Didn't you help MJ with choreography? By the way, what happened to his fire?" Ronald thought of Michael Jackson's injury.
"Hey, that was a really weird fire." The Boogaloo prawn began to talk about the situation at that time.
"We didn't think there was anything wrong with that commercial until the sixth one. Who knew that a firework was set off by chance, and sparks fell on MJ's head, and it started to burn. He didn't even see it at first, so he jumped
In two steps, his whole hair was on fire. We rushed to spray the fire extinguisher and rescued him."
"Is he okay?" Ronald remembered the news on TV that his injury required hospitalization.
"He just burned a piece of his hair and injured his scalp. I heard it wasn't very serious. Pepsi paid him a lot of money because of this accident. Now he can't dance, so he gave us leave. When he recovers from his injury and returns, we will
go."
Ronald noticed that Shabadoo didn't speak and looked at the Boogaloo prawns sideways. It seemed that jealousy was everywhere.
"Why isn't Lucinda with you?" Ronald changed the subject.
"She has practiced gymnastics since she was a child. I heard that a friend has joined the American national team and will participate in the Olympics this summer." Sabado knows this better.
The group of people arrived at Lucinda's house again, picked her up, and went to the mansion rented by Minahan to have a party.
After laughing and having fun, Ronald felt that his exhausted feeling was much better. It seemed that he would spend more time with his young friends in the future, as this would help restore his creative vitality.
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"Ronald, when are you going to make a sequel? We all heard that MGM is very optimistic about the movie's box office, and we also want to make some money." After playing with it for a while, the Boogaloo prawn came over to open the topic first.
"Yes, we didn't make much money from the first film. If we make a sequel, our salary can be increased a bit. That amount of money does not match our artistic value. It's not that I need that money, but that
The market should give us a fair evaluation." Shabadoo started to find reasons for wanting to make money again.
"It seems that you are all very confident in this movie." Ronald did not answer. "If you want to make a sequel, you have to tell Minahan that he is the producer of the movie."
"Hahaha", Lucinda Dickey has already made three movies. She knows the thoughts of her two companions. They mainly want to make money and become famous. "Ronald, Minahan came to us to talk about signing a sequel.
He also wants you to be the director."
"Oh?" Ronald didn't expect to have the idea of making a sequel so soon. He thought about it carefully and then went to talk to Minahan.
"Do you think he'll say yes?" Boogaloo Prawn asked Lucinda.
"I don't know. I heard that his other movie is a big-budget movie, but it's unlikely. In this industry, there are very few people who have made big-budget movies and can still make a small-budget movie."
"Minahan, I heard you want to start a sequel?" Ronald asked him.
"Yes," Minahan replied, "that's right, I think the box office of this movie will exceed my expectations, so I want to strike while the iron is hot."
"But in this case, how do you arrange the plot?" Ronald asked, "The stories of the three protagonists, Motor, Tornado, and Kelly, have been told. Why don't you find a new protagonist? I think Farr plays a supporting role.
That’s great, how about you tell their story?”
"Ronald, this is not okay," Minahan shook his head. "The audience will only come to see what adventures the three protagonists will have in the future, especially Ma Da. He fascinated many viewers who watched the test screening."
"That's fine, but it's not a movie I'm interested in." Ronald replied.
If you want to make a movie with a story, you can still consider it, but this kind of follow-up sequel will definitely follow the formula of the original work again. Ronald is not interested in making this kind of movie.
He understood that the story of the three protagonists was over. If he insisted on continuing to shoot, the internal logic of the story would be lost. It would be better to wait two or three years before shooting the new challenges they encountered. Ronald did not want to end up in this situation.
Curses like "Dragon Dance" directed by Stallone.
"Then I'll find another director?" Minahan was a little regretful, "I still want to work together, and you will always be my first choice."
Although his own directing skills are not good, Minahan's appreciation level is not bad, and it is great to know that Ronald can make a movie that satisfies many people in a short period of time.
"There will always be a chance." Ronald toasted with him, "How to arrange the break dance promotion schedule?"
"Orion issued a statement saying that the company's finances are fine," Minahan sat down, "but I think their money must be very tight. So we have to attack when they can't fight back."
Seeing Minahan making a fist-waving gesture, Ronald felt that it was right. Since his competitors couldn't come up with the money, he would start early and attract all the viewers who were interested in break dancing to his movie. It was indeed true.
It's a reasonable approach.
"I plan to start working with MGM next month, negotiate with theaters, and release marketing materials in advance.
We will go to Britain together next month to promote the joint release of ‘Sahara’ and ‘Break Dance’, and then go to Cannes in May to take advantage of the domestic box office explosion and sell ‘Break Dance’ to Europe.”
Ronald calculated his time and it seemed that there was no problem, so he agreed.
Minahan's ambitions, after being hit hard one after another, were encouraged by Ronald's "Break Dance". He has always been very optimistic about the movies he is optimistic about. Although it is impossible to get an Oscar nomination this time, he can win in North America.
If it sells a box office of two to three thousand, it can also give the cannon a shot in the arm.
With the support of the North American box office and similar sales in Europe, this movie will give Cannon a firm foothold.
Minahan gathered several leading actors together and asked them to prepare for a marketing tour in nightclubs across the United States before and after the movie was released. This kind of dance movie has a large number of potential customers in disco nightclubs, which is a good place for on-site marketing.
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"Lucinda, you have to practice, at least do your back spin. Otherwise, I'm afraid many nightclubs won't accept your jazzy break dance." Minahan explained.
"I can teach you, but you don't work hard enough." Shabadoo still looked condescending.
"No, I just need to learn back spin, and Ronald can teach me." Lucinda was so fed up with Sabado's attitude that she took the initiative to talk to Ronald, turning that white girl who wanted to pick up a white girl but didn't know how.
Made Latinos aside.
"I heard you're concerned about gymnastics now?" Ronald asked Lucinda Dickey.
"Yes, I heard that the Suville Union is coming to the Olympics this time. My friend was selected for the American gymnastics team. She said that Suville is very strong, but she is determined to challenge their dominance."
"Are they willing to send a team this time? Last time I remember we boycotted the Moscow Olympics."
"I don't know. It is now said that their general secretary-general is an enlightened person. Besides, they also want to defeat America in the Olympics."
The Cold War was indeed an all-round competition, not only in military, economic, technology, aerospace, etc., but also in culture, art, and sports. Everyone spared no effort to prove that they were the more advanced side.
Speaking of which, I don’t know if the Alliance has released any new movies in the past two years, or if there are any good movies like "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears" released last time.