McGillis has a warm smile, a swaying walk, and a good figure from behind.
After Ronald followed her into the room, he closed the door and said, "Can you take off your high heels and let me see?"
"It seems that the rumors about you are all true." McGillis moved closer to Ronald, and a manly breath burned on her face. The excessively bright lights in the shooting location made her tired heart,
It's like being rinsed with hot water and shining again.
McGillis hooked his hands around Ronald's neck and raised his head to look at him. "Do you like my bare feet?"
She raised her left leg and rubbed it behind her right leg. "Click", the three-inch high heels fell down.
"Plop", another click, and the other one also fell to the ground.
Ronald felt that McGillis had suddenly become shorter, and he felt in his heart that the height was about the same. He stretched out his hands to hold McGillis's waist, pulled her up slightly, and then put her down again. She was still at the same height.
A little higher.
McGillis got closer and closer, and the heat from Ronald's palm on her waist made her feel that her entire upper body began to heat up.
"We seem to be at the right height like this." McGillis stood on tiptoes to make herself a little taller, but it still seemed a little shorter. She put both feet on Ronald's toes and stood on tiptoes again. This time she felt much more comfortable.
Hooking Ronald's neck, McGillis could see the deep eyes of Ronald when she raised her head. She happily raised one foot and slowly rubbed Ronald's leg. Their bodies were almost touching.
.
"Um...Kelly, let me see how you look first." Ronald felt a little overwhelmed by McGillis's enthusiasm and quickly pulled her farther away from his waist. "You don't need to tiptoe, just stand naturally."
"What?" McGillis didn't know why and turned around in a circle barefoot.
"Can it be lower?" Ronald touched his chin with his hand, still comparing in his mind.
"Is that so?" McGillis thought to himself that this director has so many tricks up her sleeve. She turned her back to the table, held her hands behind her back, and then leaned her upper body slightly back, as if she was waiting to be picked.
"Now the height difference is almost the same." Ronald took a step in front of her, used one hand to mark the height from his chin, and then stretched it forward to McGillis' head, feeling confident.
"What are you doing?" McGillis saw this action, his face changed, and he pushed Ronald away, "Are you measuring my height? Are you doing it for Tom? Let me play with him barefoot?"
"It would be better if you could lean back a little more and tilt your waist a little more like you are now.
"Get out of here!" McGillis raised his eyebrows, telling the ignorant Ronald to get out.
"Listen to me, Paramount executives are coming to the crew tomorrow. They pay more attention to the height difference between Tom and you. We have to satisfy them so that the subsequent filming can go smoothly..."
"Get out!..." McGillis pointed at the door.
"I'll get out right away, remember to keep doing this tomorrow..."
…
"When you shoot Tom singing karaoke, remember to lower the camera slightly and use a slightly higher angle." Ronald pulled over the director of photography Kimball and quietly ordered.
Early the next morning, the crew came to the bar at the Miramar base, and took advantage of the morning light to shoot the scene where the Lone Ranger chats up Charlie. No one cared about Ronald in this play, so he used a lot of backlighting under magic light moments.
, I have had enough of the addiction to artistic photography.
Last night, Ronald confirmed that McGillis could perform a slightly shorter role than Tom Cruise. He immediately summoned Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, and Paula Wagner for an overnight meeting.
Everyone's original consensus was that Charlie could appear slightly taller than the Lone Ranger in the camera.
"Top Gun" is an ensemble drama, and there are too many very tall actors in it. For example, Tim Robbins, who plays Master Merlin, the second backseat radar officer of the Lone Ranger, is very tall and can sit in an F-14.
There are difficulties in the cockpit.
Therefore, Tom Cruise's height disadvantage cannot be concealed. There are always people in the same frame as him. Paula originally agreed and made McGillis appear slightly taller than Cruise in the movie. This did not affect Cruise.
screen image.
However, the old-school ideas of the President of Paramount were discovered by Don Simpson, and everyone still agreed at night to overturn the previous setting and let the Lone Ranger and Charlie talk alone in the scene, and try every means to make the Lone Ranger higher.
"Got it", director of photography Kimball is well aware of these little shooting tricks. Tom Cruise is closer to the camera than McGillis in this scene. Shooting at a slightly elevated angle can create an illusion of perspective. Don't close up.
Cruise is taller.
"But what is karaoke?"
"Um...it means The Lone Ranger picks up the microphone and sings. It's Japanese, Japanese, right?"
"action!"
Tom Cruise picked up the microphone in the bar and started singing an old Elvis song.
"When I kiss your lips, you never close your eyes again..."
"And you are not as gentle to me as before..."
Gradually, the actors in the bar, together with the extras behind, began to sing this old song with Tom Cruise to help him pick up girls.
Charlie, played by McGillis, could no longer hold back her smile and asked the Lone Ranger to sit down next to her.
"I made an appointment with someone..." Charlie smiled.
"Oh, I have an appointment..." The Lone Ranger pretended to be sophisticated.
The two started chatting before Charlie's date arrived.
Ronald looked over from the angle of the camera. The Lone Ranger was beside Charlie, half a head taller than her. He nodded, everything was under control.
"Oh, my date is here, Perry, I'll be there right away." McGillis stood up, breathing a sigh of relief in her heart.
It is not an easy thing for her to maintain such a slumped posture during the filming.
"Cut!" Ronald saw Kimball's OK gesture and announced, "This shot is developed and we are preparing for the next scene."
"OK……"
McGillis took the lead in applauding outside the camera. She stood barefoot on the floor. After hearing Ronald's order, she immediately found a pair of flat shoes and put them on. It was very troublesome to act with a short male protagonist.
"Congratulations, the shooting was very good."
An executive sent by Paramount CEO Frank Mancuso to inspect the scene was very satisfied with everything on site.
"Mr. Mancuso respects the tradition of Hollywood very much. He will definitely be happy to highlight the male protagonist's shooting method."
"Hello..." Ronald saw the real owner coming, and let the crew rest while accompanying him to visit the base bar where the scene would be shot today.
"I will report truthfully to Mr. Mancuso, and everything will be satisfactory."
Ronald sent him out. At the door of the bar, the executive looked at a red Ferrari and asked Ronald, "Is this the car the Lone Ranger wants to drive?"
"Yes, Ferrari GTO 288", Ronald introduced pointing to his car.
"Why not a convertible?"
"Convertible?"
"Yes, in classic Hollywood, the protagonists race cars with open tops, so as to reflect the handsome appearance of the protagonist. And Ferrari is not willing to pay sponsorship fees, but Japanese motorcycle manufacturers are very willing to cooperate with us, why don't you change one
Where’s the motorcycle?”
"This..." Ronald was speechless for a moment. What he was shooting was not a racing movie. In the scene that was supposed to show the heroism of the Lone Ranger, he was driving a plane.
"We will revise this script. It would be better if Paramount could give you a list of manufacturers that are willing to cooperate." Bruckheimer came from the side and continued.
"Is this man just dictating things?" Ronald asked Bruckheimer angrily why he wanted to meet his request.
"These executive producers sitting in the office know very little about film shooting, so they will make some strange requests. If you don't agree to him, he will become suspicious and interfere with the crew even more. Even innocuous details will be followed by them.
I’ve changed my mind.”
"Okay", Ronald thought about it, so he didn't bother with these details and went into the bar to continue shooting.
"Pete, just sit here and talk to McGillis about anything. Our microphones won't use your live recording."
Ronald explained to Pete Pettigrew, the Navy's consultant who was sitting next to McGillis. This was a little sweetener he gave Pete. The crew still had a lot of things to do. It was up to him to communicate with the Navy and let him play a guest role as an instructor.
Charlie's date can make him more Hollywood-oriented when he's halfway between the Navy and Hollywood.
"Is it okay to just talk like this?" Peter was indeed very happy, sitting on the table in the bar, his waist straight and very graceful.
"Yes, let's talk casually, as long as we don't look at the camera." McGillis finally no longer had to wear shoes and bare feet, and she happily told Peter about her experience in cooperating with filming.
"action!"
Looking through the viewfinder of the camera, Tom Cruise in the distance is smiling. The Lone Ranger he plays is peeking at Pete who is dating Charlie. They are obviously not dating as a couple, but discussing some professional issues.
This shows that there is still hope for the Lone Ranger to pursue Charlie.
"cut!"
"How?" Ronald asked the photography director in a low voice.
"No problem, I took the photos according to the agreed angle. The Lone Ranger definitely looks taller than Charlie."
Ronald patted Kimball and ordered another one.
"snort!"
The one who snorted coldly in the corner was Val Kilmer. He heard that a senior executive from Paramount was coming to inspect, so he came out of the dressing room in advance to play cool. Sure enough, he got a compliment from the other person, saying that his figure was better than that of the protagonist Cruise.
Like the protagonists of Hollywood's golden age.
Val Kilmer, who has been on the theater stage and in movies all year round, clearly sees the little tricks used by the director of photography. It seems that Tom Cruise is very concerned about his height.
McGillis may only be one or two inches taller than Tom, but he is six feet tall. When the time comes that they appear in the same frame, he will never let Tom get past him.
"So what if the script, director, director of photography, and producer all have to highlight Cruise? Look at how I can clearly steal the scene." He was thinking of bad ideas with pride.