It took several days of filming in the blink of an eye. After Ronald finished his guest appearance, he just hung out on the set every day, just to keep an eye on Gene and not let him go crazy.
The Screen Actors Guild in New York also sent observers to the crew to supervise getting off work on time every day. Ronald only needed to get off work on time from nine to six. Ronald was very satisfied with the regular schedule and resumed watching ABC every morning.
"Good morning America", the habit of eating breakfast.
Producer David gave Ronald an actor's minimum wage of $785 per week. He was an actor in name, but the main job David assigned was to focus on Gene and his mother.
In fact, Gene and his mother will not do anything wrong for the sake of a lot of dollars in the future. So what is Ronald's actual job? In fact, it is to observe Allen's every move and learn secretly. Of course, I would like to ask Allen why he takes pictures like this.
Then don't think about it.
Director Allen is still a little dissatisfied with him, and the relationship is not good enough to teach him selflessly like the directors of the New World.
The filming continued. The team moved to the dance rehearsal room and began filming the scenes of the girls in the dance department.
"Ahem, cough..." Joanna played a dance teacher and had some scenes today, "What kind of poisonous gas did you put out?"
Director of photography Michael Seresin directed the lighting assistant to add fragrant powder to several charcoal stoves, ignite them and stir them up with his hands, causing the fragrant powder to float all over the room.
"This is the traditional lighting method of our English studio. The director said that a warm and mysterious light atmosphere is needed. The proportion of perfume powder is the same as that of air, and it can float in the air for a long time. When the light shines on it, it has a unique effect."
"Ahem, cough, can't you use the powder? I think it's not good for my health."
"Otherwise, you need to use multiple lights to achieve the same effect, and every time you switch the camera angle, you need to re-light. This kind of powder is a traditional method. Only one light is enough, and the light is very evenly distributed and can be moved at will.
camera without having to relight.”
Ronald was also covering his nose with a handkerchief, listening to the director of photography explain to the actors. Lighting is indeed the most time-consuming aspect of indoor shooting. If you need to start from scratch every time you move the camera, it will only take one day.
Take four shots.
"Sneeze." Someone sneezed. The smell of this powder was so strong that Ronald had the urge to sneeze.
Fortunately, after a while, the actors got used to the smell, and the discomfort caused by it became much better.
Today's play has a lot of dance moves. After the lighting is completed, it's time for the choreographer to come on stage.
The choreographer choreographed a ballet movement for each actor, and then asked them to dance out one after another according to the path of the camera movement.
Because the fragrance powder needed to float evenly in the room, the electric fan that would disperse the fragrance powder was removed from the room and placed in the corridor. The actors could only go out to blow the air between takes.
After rehearsing twice, the dancers were sweating a lot and hurriedly escaped from the room and used electric fans to cool down.
Ronald also hurried out and helped scoop ice cubes into the ice bag. The temperature today was very high, and the four burning charcoal stoves kept steaming the fragrant powder, making it very easy for heat stroke and dehydration in the room.
.
These actors, who are mainly high school students, do not have agents or assistants, so Ronald helps them when he has time.
"It's really hot." Gene picked up the ice pack that Ronald packed and put it on his body. He was wearing shorts and a short-sleeved top today, which was the best way to dissipate heat.
"Yes, the people in the costume department also forced us to wear autumn and winter thick woolen pantyhose." Several girls sweated so much that their dance clothes were soaked, which was a bit unsightly. They took out towels and were wiping their necks hard.
Sweat behind.
The makeup artist took the powder and brush and hurriedly stepped forward to touch up their makeup. Sweat melted part of the makeup, and she had to touch up the makeup again after every photo.
Hairstylists also rushed over to re-fix their hairstyles. Sweat caused some people's fixed hair to fall apart. High temperature is really the enemy of photography.
The costume designer also came to check the condition of the clothes soaked by sweat, and for those protagonists who were seriously soaked, they were asked to change into spare costumes.
In order to save time, people from multiple departments gathered around the protagonists, like octopuses, to help them get everything done.
Antonia is the absolute protagonist. Her sweat also melted the makeup a lot, and the makeup artist is repairing the scene.
The plot of "Famous" is set in autumn, so all the costumes are aligned with autumn. In the summer, wearing thick woolen dance tights in a closed room is simply a kind of torture.
Ronald could only hand over a little more ice water to Antonia and the others, and prepare ice cubes to cool down. Fortunately, in order to become famous in the movie, these girls have pretty good endurance.
After packing another ice bag, Ronald placed the long ice bag around Antonia's neck.
"Ah..." Antonia felt so comfortable that she wanted to scream, and turned back to express her thanks to Ronald.
Ronald continued to pack ice packs and put them on the remaining girls.
"Get ready to shoot", the first assistant director came to urge, and the girls reluctantly put down the ice packs and walked into the oven.
After the rehearsal was completed, it was time to shoot. Allen changed his previous style of striving for perfection. There were no very detailed requirements here. As long as the director of photography nodded and there were no problems with the picture, it would be passed. It seemed that he couldn't stand the indoor temperature like a furnace.
After shooting comes the scheduling. The director and the director of photography work together to plan the camera position and actor position for the next shot. The lighting team plans the lighting according to the director's requirements. If there is a situation where the light will be caught by the camera, it has to be coordinated again.
The director discussed.
Scheduling, lighting, rehearsal, shooting, one cycle after another, the crew moved forward slowly in the hot weather according to the plan.
During the lighting break, the dancers did not have the strength to dance and entertain themselves as they had in the previous days. Ronald went to the producer David and asked for more ice cubes to ensure that no one on the crew suffered from heat stroke.
The director and actors can also take turns to rest. The most miserable thing is the operator who operates the camera. During filming, he has to help push and pull the camera. When the director and actors go out to cool down, they still add incense powder to the charcoal stove indoors to maintain the fragrance in the room.
The concentration of powder.
Most of these operators were brought by director Allen from England and have worked with the director of photography and director for a long time. This time, we specially spent money to move them from overseas to reduce the running-in and enable us to start filming immediately.
Due to their old relationship as directors, they received a lot of subsidies, which annoyed several Americans who were also camera operators. They also suffered in the high temperature with no rest time and no additional subsidies.
One of the American operators took advantage of his lunch break to secretly take a glass bottle and put some fragrant powder in it.
"You asked Gene to stand on the corner of the table and look like he was watching Hillary dance, do you understand?" After the last conflict, Alan Parker did not dare to make direct requests to Gene.
Nader conveyed.
"You're going to stand on your toes here, do an arabesque, and then go back to Leroy and walk around him closer than normal human space. Confuse him as to what you're trying to seduce.
I accidentally got closer. After I walked around him, I looked into his eyes and made a follow-me look."
Alan Parker then went to tell the scene for Antonia. In the afternoon, they filmed the scene where Hillary seduces Leroy. The carpenters came in during lunch time and built a men's dressing room door inside the dance rehearsal space.
The door is very fake and can be opened and closed. Of course, there is nothing inside the door. The two actors can only open the door and close it after entering. The camera shoots it from the outside and it looks like a room.
Gene, who plays Leroy, stands at the table outside the door, waiting for Hilary, played by Antonia, to seduce him. His task in this scene is relatively simple. He is puzzled at first, and then after picking up Hilary
After reading the code, he stayed for half a second, made an expression of realization, followed Hillary into the men's locker room, and closed the door.
"Okay, let's rehearse."
"No, no, no, you have to get closer, to a distance that makes both parties nervous. Do you understand?" Alan Parker looked directly at Antonia and got closer to Jean.
"No, no, you were too close this time. This is the distance for a thief to steal things. It's either far or not close. It just happens that the two parties are a little embarrassed. Do you understand?"
"Take a 10-minute break." Alan Parker saw that Antonia, who was usually very perceptive, could not understand the awkward distance this time. He thought she was too tired, so he called for a 10-minute break.
Ronald still put the ice pack on Antonia's neck, "What's wrong with you, Antonia? You are always the first to understand the scenes the director tells."
Antonia tilted her neck and felt the coolness of the ice pack: "Jean is...well, you know what I mean. So I can't feel his reaction. Acting is actually about reacting. If the other party doesn't react, it will be difficult for me."
Keep acting."
"Have you ever acted before?" Ronald felt that what Antonia said made sense.
"Yes, I did a supporting role in 'Grease' two years ago, dancing behind Travolta and Olivia Newton-John," Antonia said, laughing, "so I have a union.
Card."
"The temperature is really killing me. How about you cooperate with me and help me find a sense of distance. I don't want to have to take many more photos." Antonia saw that makeup and hair had been done and left, and she said to Ronald
Said something quietly.
"Okay, I really feel better after finishing the filming earlier." Ronald felt that if the filming continued in the hot room, the girl might faint, so he took a step forward and got closer to Antonia, "This way you can feel me
Did it invade your privacy?"
"Well, it seems it's not close enough." Antonia stretched out her hand to feel the distance between the two.
"What about this?" Ronald took another half step forward.
"It seems we can get closer." Antonia's body was still more than an cubit away from him.
"What about this?" Ronald took another half step forward.
"Okay, okay..." Antonia took half a step back. Ronald's manly smell rushed into her forehead, making her face feel a little hot. Fortunately, it was already very hot and her face was red.
"I feel it."
Ronald also felt that it was a bit abrupt just now, so he picked up the towel and handed it to Antonia, indicating that she could wipe the sweat on her neck, "It's really too hot."
"Cut! Very good, this one will be printed." Allen was very satisfied with the subsequent shooting.