Asshole!" Ronald held up a large paper sign with the lines written on it.
"Asshole!", the "Rocky Horror Show" club members in the audience shouted in unison.
"Where's your neck?" Ronald changed the sign and held it up.
"Where is your neck?" the members in the audience shouted.
"Cheers!" Ronald picked up another sign.
Members started cheering.
Ronald held the sign high.
The cheers of the members grew louder and louder.
Ronald lowered the sign,
Members fell into murmurs.
"Very good, we'll keep it this way when we start filming later," Alan Parker shouted, expressing satisfaction.
Ronald contacted the president of the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" fan club for the director. They were very happy to be in another movie with their favorite movie. They agreed to participate without taking any money.
The members dressed up and wore costumes. They even used the two thickest water guns to simulate rain.
After the extras have finished rehearsing, the director of photography begins to direct the lighting team to set up the lighting.
To capture a dark environment in a movie theater with only the faces illuminated by the screen is a great test of the lighting supervisor's ability.
Taking advantage of the light time, Ronald chatted a few more words with acquaintances at the club. Although the midnight show had already shown a lot of new movies, they still had their own base. There were two theaters that were still showing them.
Author of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."
Nowadays, the market for midnight screenings is no longer monopolized by one movie. In addition to "Rock High School" in which Ronald participated, there are also several horror films that share the market. Although "Rock High School" has a good reputation, it only occupies about
A quarter of theaters have scheduled movies.
"It doesn't have the momentum that The Rocky Horror Show did to dominate the midnight show," the president of the fan club concluded.
After setting up the lighting, the director first took a shot of the audience's reaction. Ronald stood on the stage again, holding a sign to signal the audience to respond appropriately.
He was behind the camera, so the scene of holding the sign would not be captured in the camera. What the audience will see in the future is just the cheers of the club members.
There is no need to worry that "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" is not playing on the stage. Through post-editing and mixing, the clips shown on the screen will be added to the film, making the audience feel like these people are watching another movie in the movie.
The director of photography finished shooting the reaction shots and moved the camera to the audience for the singing and dancing sequence.
The so-called scheduling is to arrange the position and movement of the camera so that the actors are always within the scope of the camera. The actions of the lighting team must meet the requirements of scheduling.
The men who turned into maids were lined up on the stage, preparing to rehearse the scene of dancing and singing in front of the screen. Ronald explained to them the direction and scene of the camera, and told them not to look at the camera.
Y lovers perform this part every time they participate in an event. They are already familiar with it and do not need more rehearsals.
Alan Parker looked satisfied behind the camera. "Does Ronnie always hang out with these alternative people? I think he can chat with them very well."
The director asked an assistant who had been on the set.
"He gets along with everyone and has a good relationship with Jean," the assistant replied.
Ronald didn't know that the director was asking him about gossip, so the yers made an agreement and silently retreated to a safe position where the camera lens could not capture them, leaving the center of the stage to them and the director.
The crew is also a hierarchical place. Ronald is very aware of his status. Every time he finishes his work, he gives up the giving position to the director. He does not want to make the same mistake as Barry Miller and compete with the director.
position on the ladder of power.
The yers danced, and Maureen Tiffey, who played Doris, with eyes full of longing, took off her coat, rushed to the stage, and danced with them.
Ralph, played by Barry Miller, sat in his seat and made a very surprised expression. Doris was able to break through her shyness and start a career as an actress.
"Very good, let's shoot like this." Director Alan Parker signaled the camera crew to start measuring the focus and prepare to shoot. Doris has a wide range of movement in the lens. Whether the focus operator can keep up with her and keep the focus is a question.
test.
Ronald felt that the director looked at him too much today, and it was not that he was looking for trouble, but that he seemed to be following him. So he decided to keep a low profile and quietly exited the shooting scene.
Except for the producer's instruction to keep an eye on Barry Miller, Ronald didn't actually need to appear in the theater today. Maybe the director was a little weird about him appearing in an occasion where he shouldn't have appeared.
Ronald started the car and drove to Harlan High School, where rehearsals for the next few days' play were taking place.
This is also one of the scenes in Ronald's dream. Bruno, a talented student who mixes music with electronic synthesizers, always has no confidence in his music.
Bruno's father, Angelo, took Bruno's tape, installed two loudspeakers in his taxi, drove to the school gate and played music.
All the students from the art school rushed out of the school after hearing this novel song and started dancing on the street. The students filled the street and forced the passing vehicles to stop. They simply climbed into the cars.
Come on, let yourself go and dance.
Choreographer Luis Falco made a lot of preparations for this biggest dance scene in the film.
There is a large-scale dance scene with more than 60 dancers. How each dancer enters and dances must be carefully designed.
The choreographer took advantage of the director's break in filming the scenes involving students from the acting department and has been guiding the dancers to rehearse on site for three days.
The actors were divided into two groups, ballet and jazz, and danced gracefully to the music of Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff". Ronald couldn't understand it, but thought the choreography was very layered.
The soundtrack for this scene is the theme song "Fame", and the composer Michael Gore has not yet completed it, so during rehearsals, the disco "Hot Stuff" with a similar rhythm was played.
Ronald's ears were itching to listen to this old disco tune, and he quickly nodded to Antonia and Jean in the crowd and fled the rehearsal site.
When I arrived at Harlan High School, I saw producer David DaSilva chatting with a woman wearing a suit and skirt from a distance.
"Nancy, I thought we could work with you like Travolta wore that white suit on Saturday Night Fever."
"David, we are old friends. When I contacted you, I wanted to do another business like Travolta's white suit. But it is undeniable that Travolta is the only leading actor in Saturday Night Fever, and
Your movie has eight protagonists, and we at JCPenney will not gamble on this opportunity."
"Well, I thought we could do a win-win business." Da Silva shook hands with the manager-looking man and said goodbye.
It sounds like the producer wants to do a deal with J.C. Penney to develop peripheral business for the movie, and sell the clothes of the male and female protagonists in the department store.
If that's the case, is there any chance of inventing your own leg warmers?
Ronald stopped Ms. Nancy at the exit:
"Hello, Ms. Nancy, I am Ronald Lee, the screenwriter of the crew. I invented a dance wear accessory for the crew, which is very popular with dancers. I wonder if I can ask you to take a look. Is it commercial?
Potential to work with J.C. Penney?”
Ronald boldly spoke of his ambitions.
"Ronald? Are you really a screenwriter? I think you are more like an actor on the show." Nancy is not disgusted by people recommending products to themselves. She has met many inventors in business development, but like the one in front of her
She has never met such a poor liar who claims to be a movie screenwriter at such a young age.
"This is my business card," Ronald handed over the business card of his portrait photographer. "In addition to being a photographer, I am also a film student at New York University. I have my signature on the screenwriter column of this film."
Ronald took out the script again and pointed to Nancy his signature on the cover.
"Oh, I have to say I'm a little surprised." Nancy said after reading Ronald's signature.
"I invented a clothing accessory called leg warmers for dancers. I think they like it very much. I think it has great commercial potential. I wonder if you have time to see the effect of my invention on them?"
"Why not? I've already been surprised by you once today, I don't mind being surprised again."
Ronald led Nancy to the rehearsal room. Jean and Antonia were all wearing leg warmers and really dancing to the music, practicing the moves the choreographer had arranged for them.
"This is my invention, leg warmers. The short version covers the ankles, and the long version can cover the knees. I have asked the lawyer to submit a design patent application."
Ronald began to introduce to Nancy the effect of leg warmers and upper body warmers.
"Removing the bottom of the socks will have a better visual effect. I have to say that this is a very good design concept."
Nancy praised the leg warmers greatly.
"Then is there any chance that my invention will be sold in J.C. Penney Department Store?" Ronald was overjoyed.
"No, Ronald, you misunderstood me," said Nancy, J.C. Penney's business development manager.
"Department stores are a unique business format. People come to J.C. Penney with a shopping mentality, so we provide products that are purchased frequently and are in line with fashion trends."
"There's very good design thinking in your invention, but it's aimed at a very narrow market - dancers. J.C. Penney wouldn't put it in a counter."
Ah, that's it. Ronald suddenly realized that although leg warmers are deeply loved by dancers, people who don't dance don't have such wearing needs. Therefore, they can only be sold to dancers.
The market is too small and there is no possibility of entering department stores.
"Thank you, Ms. Nancy, and I'm sorry for wasting your time."
"It doesn't matter. I rarely see artistic talents like you who understand business thinking. You might as well come to me when you have new movies or new inventions in the future."
Nancy took a business card and gave it to Ronald.
"Also, if I were you, I would consider opening a store in front of the dance school to sell these leg warmers. Seize this opportunity to make some quick money."
"This thing has no technical content. Every mother can modify it for her daughter when she sees it. Thousands of ballet mothers pirate your design. Can you sue them one by one?"
"So it's better to take advantage of the craze that may arise among dance students after the movie is released, and make a fortune before piracy comes out."