NOVEL WEB Exploiting Hollywood 1980.
Chapter 23 Jim's Talent
Chapter 23 Jim's Talent
Ronald and Jim began to look at the shooting materials of the second group, and they made a plan for which shots to shoot in the next five days.
Gail helped to contact the photographer, and agreed to gather at 5:[-] a.m. tomorrow Monday to go to Mount Carmel High School to shoot the opening shot.
The next morning, Ronald met the photographer, a British photographer as usual in Hollywood.Ronald deliberately switched to the tone of the "New Concept English" recording, with a bit of British BBC radio accent.
The photographer laughed happily, and told some jokes about himself being drunk and making a fool of himself, to get closer.
The three of them quickly became acquainted and cooperated to prepare for the shooting.
"I want a still shot, about 3-5 seconds, a ray of gentle sunlight shining on the teaching building."
"Wait, wait, gentle sunshine? How do you ask me to take pictures of gentle sunshine." The photographer protested.
"Shooting normally, the sun after sunrise is already gentler, right?"
"In this way, I will adjust the parameters to make the aperture smaller. This Kodak daylight film is an old model. It is estimated that it has been out of the factory for a year. It will be slightly whiter, so that the yellow sunrise can be 'gentle'."
"Listen to you."
"Roger Coleman gave the leftover crap from the last crew again," Jim complained.
Cut!
End.
"Where are we next shot?"
"Wait, it's under a big sign with the school's name on it."
"Then there are none. Let's get in the car and look around to see if there is any suitable one."
The camera was removed from the stand, and the three of them packed up and got into the crew's van.
"You know that big sign over there? We're going to take a close shot." Ronald asked the driver.
"Big signboard? Well, there's a billboard on the back wall of the school, can you see it?"
As soon as the driver stepped on the accelerator, the car came to the back of Mount Carmel High School.In the place where the stadium used to be, weeds grew half the height of a person.The stadium is surrounded by barbed wire, just next to the road, and a big billboard is erected on the side of the road, the height is just right.
"Very good, your vision is very good, and the place you chose is very good."
"Paste the name of the school that Jim drew."
The four took down the folding ladder and put it on the billboard. Ronald and the driver were on one side, and Jim commanded from below, "It's a little higher on the left, a little higher, good, just right."
The billboard read "Vince Lombardi High School" in green letters on a yellow background.
Vince Lombardi is the most famous football coach, having won two Super Bowls in a row.He coached the Army football team, emphasizing discipline.Similar to Principal Toga's school management philosophy in "Rock High School".In other words, the character of Principal Toga was created by imitating Vince Lombardi.
The photographer confirms OK through the viewfinder.
Ronald took out the slate himself, filled in the scene number, tapped it in front of the camera with a snap, and then raised his hand to look at his watch, "One, two, three, four, five..., all right, Cut!"
The shooting of the second group was fragmented and trivial, only one or two shots were taken in one place, and most of the time was spent waiting for the light, installing and disassembling the camera, and arranging scene props.
Ronald thoroughly understood what Roger Coleman taught him to focus on the scene. Shooting a shot in such a place is too slow.
The three of them have some experience and cooperated tacitly. After three days, they took seven or eight shots of the shots planned by Jerry Zach.
Jim also directed a motorcycle scene, where he himself rode the motorcycle, and the cameraman sat in front of him, holding the camera and taking a point-of-view shot.According to the photographer, the audience will see the scene as if they are racing on a motorcycle.
Of course, this was Jim's idea, and he resorted to the old method of downgrading the shooting. The 20-mile motorcycle was running at a slow speed, and he shot the feeling of racing.
After the day's shooting, Ronald and the others sent the finished film to New World Productions, waiting to be sent to be developed and printed, and happened to meet the boss Roger Coleman.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Coleman."
"Oh, Ronald, how's your picture going?"
"We have completed most of the second set of shooting. We will go to Mount Carmel High School tomorrow. Director Allen will shoot an explosion scene with two cameras. There will be a phone booth scene the day after tomorrow. We have to wait for PJ and Day Young to shoot The gymnastics scene, and then the 'Rock High School' shoot can wrap up."
Packing is Hollywood jargon, which is equivalent to the completion of the Chinese language, which is a metaphor for the end of the shooting stage.Everyone packs the camera and film, which means that the shooting is completed.
"Very good. I like your work style very much. It is fast, accurate and artistic." Roger praised him.
"I've already written your letter of recommendation and asked Gail to send it along with your application. After graduating from college, don't forget to come and make a movie for me."
"Of course, Mr. Coleman. Not all Hollywood bosses give opportunities to newcomers like me and Jim like you." Ronald thanked Roger Coleman from the bottom of his heart. , is very let go, Ronald has the opportunity to direct alone.
"Where is Jim? Let him come to the office to find me. I will let him report to the special effects department of the new film. This kid's mind is full of special effects and models, and he has been looking for me several times."
"He seems to be waiting for you at Gale, Mr. Coleman, you can see him when you go up."
Roger Coleman nodded and walked into the office.
Hearing that his application had been sent, Ronald couldn't help looking forward to college life.Columbia in the Ivy League, or New York University in Manhattan?Speaking of which, the sunshine in the Westwood District of Los Angeles is also very good, and UCLA located there is also very suitable, and it is very close to Hollywood.
Ronald stood in the front desk, sipping instant coffee and thinking about his college career.
After about two drinks, Jim came down the stairs and shouted to himself beaming,
"I'm going to be a stunt model, Ronnie!"
"Congratulations!" Ronald hugged Jim tightly.Man, being able to realize one's dream and turn one's hobby into a job is something worth celebrating.
"When do you go to work?"
“After Christmas Break”
"That's right, we can also go to the 'High School of Rock' packing party together."
Jim's excitement has not yet subsided, he suddenly remembered:
"By the way, I brought my short film, shall we watch it together later?"
"Okay, are you going to wait for Gale? Has she seen it?"
"She said she only watched the last minute, not the whole thing."
"Then you call her, I'll ask the photographer to prepare the video recorder in the conference room." Ronald really didn't know how to connect the VHS video recorder to the TV.
After a while, the four of them started watching Jim's video in the conference room.
The VHS tape is in poor clarity and the title "Xenogenesis" first appears
Letters appeared on the screen like typing on a typewriter, and Jim also added some electronic sound effects, a bit like the popular Atari game consoles nowadays.
Then there are the credits, the Sony TV is only 21 inches in size, and the subtitles are not clear.The three of Ronald have to distinguish carefully.
The subtitles are very long and boring. In a 12-minute short film, the opening subtitles with white text on a black background took 1 minute.Fortunately, finally seeing the word director appear, Ronald knew that the subtitles were finally coming to an end.
Hollywood practice, the last line of the opening credits is the director, America's habit of putting the most important person at the end of the list.
director:
Then one letter at a time spelled out a name.
James Cameron.
"This James is you, Jim?" Jim is the short name of James, but Ronald never asked Jim's full name.
"Yes."
(End of this chapter)
Ronald and Jim began to look at the shooting materials of the second group, and they made a plan for which shots to shoot in the next five days.
Gail helped to contact the photographer, and agreed to gather at 5:[-] a.m. tomorrow Monday to go to Mount Carmel High School to shoot the opening shot.
The next morning, Ronald met the photographer, a British photographer as usual in Hollywood.Ronald deliberately switched to the tone of the "New Concept English" recording, with a bit of British BBC radio accent.
The photographer laughed happily, and told some jokes about himself being drunk and making a fool of himself, to get closer.
The three of them quickly became acquainted and cooperated to prepare for the shooting.
"I want a still shot, about 3-5 seconds, a ray of gentle sunlight shining on the teaching building."
"Wait, wait, gentle sunshine? How do you ask me to take pictures of gentle sunshine." The photographer protested.
"Shooting normally, the sun after sunrise is already gentler, right?"
"In this way, I will adjust the parameters to make the aperture smaller. This Kodak daylight film is an old model. It is estimated that it has been out of the factory for a year. It will be slightly whiter, so that the yellow sunrise can be 'gentle'."
"Listen to you."
"Roger Coleman gave the leftover crap from the last crew again," Jim complained.
Cut!
End.
"Where are we next shot?"
"Wait, it's under a big sign with the school's name on it."
"Then there are none. Let's get in the car and look around to see if there is any suitable one."
The camera was removed from the stand, and the three of them packed up and got into the crew's van.
"You know that big sign over there? We're going to take a close shot." Ronald asked the driver.
"Big signboard? Well, there's a billboard on the back wall of the school, can you see it?"
As soon as the driver stepped on the accelerator, the car came to the back of Mount Carmel High School.In the place where the stadium used to be, weeds grew half the height of a person.The stadium is surrounded by barbed wire, just next to the road, and a big billboard is erected on the side of the road, the height is just right.
"Very good, your vision is very good, and the place you chose is very good."
"Paste the name of the school that Jim drew."
The four took down the folding ladder and put it on the billboard. Ronald and the driver were on one side, and Jim commanded from below, "It's a little higher on the left, a little higher, good, just right."
The billboard read "Vince Lombardi High School" in green letters on a yellow background.
Vince Lombardi is the most famous football coach, having won two Super Bowls in a row.He coached the Army football team, emphasizing discipline.Similar to Principal Toga's school management philosophy in "Rock High School".In other words, the character of Principal Toga was created by imitating Vince Lombardi.
The photographer confirms OK through the viewfinder.
Ronald took out the slate himself, filled in the scene number, tapped it in front of the camera with a snap, and then raised his hand to look at his watch, "One, two, three, four, five..., all right, Cut!"
The shooting of the second group was fragmented and trivial, only one or two shots were taken in one place, and most of the time was spent waiting for the light, installing and disassembling the camera, and arranging scene props.
Ronald thoroughly understood what Roger Coleman taught him to focus on the scene. Shooting a shot in such a place is too slow.
The three of them have some experience and cooperated tacitly. After three days, they took seven or eight shots of the shots planned by Jerry Zach.
Jim also directed a motorcycle scene, where he himself rode the motorcycle, and the cameraman sat in front of him, holding the camera and taking a point-of-view shot.According to the photographer, the audience will see the scene as if they are racing on a motorcycle.
Of course, this was Jim's idea, and he resorted to the old method of downgrading the shooting. The 20-mile motorcycle was running at a slow speed, and he shot the feeling of racing.
After the day's shooting, Ronald and the others sent the finished film to New World Productions, waiting to be sent to be developed and printed, and happened to meet the boss Roger Coleman.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Coleman."
"Oh, Ronald, how's your picture going?"
"We have completed most of the second set of shooting. We will go to Mount Carmel High School tomorrow. Director Allen will shoot an explosion scene with two cameras. There will be a phone booth scene the day after tomorrow. We have to wait for PJ and Day Young to shoot The gymnastics scene, and then the 'Rock High School' shoot can wrap up."
Packing is Hollywood jargon, which is equivalent to the completion of the Chinese language, which is a metaphor for the end of the shooting stage.Everyone packs the camera and film, which means that the shooting is completed.
"Very good. I like your work style very much. It is fast, accurate and artistic." Roger praised him.
"I've already written your letter of recommendation and asked Gail to send it along with your application. After graduating from college, don't forget to come and make a movie for me."
"Of course, Mr. Coleman. Not all Hollywood bosses give opportunities to newcomers like me and Jim like you." Ronald thanked Roger Coleman from the bottom of his heart. , is very let go, Ronald has the opportunity to direct alone.
"Where is Jim? Let him come to the office to find me. I will let him report to the special effects department of the new film. This kid's mind is full of special effects and models, and he has been looking for me several times."
"He seems to be waiting for you at Gale, Mr. Coleman, you can see him when you go up."
Roger Coleman nodded and walked into the office.
Hearing that his application had been sent, Ronald couldn't help looking forward to college life.Columbia in the Ivy League, or New York University in Manhattan?Speaking of which, the sunshine in the Westwood District of Los Angeles is also very good, and UCLA located there is also very suitable, and it is very close to Hollywood.
Ronald stood in the front desk, sipping instant coffee and thinking about his college career.
After about two drinks, Jim came down the stairs and shouted to himself beaming,
"I'm going to be a stunt model, Ronnie!"
"Congratulations!" Ronald hugged Jim tightly.Man, being able to realize one's dream and turn one's hobby into a job is something worth celebrating.
"When do you go to work?"
“After Christmas Break”
"That's right, we can also go to the 'High School of Rock' packing party together."
Jim's excitement has not yet subsided, he suddenly remembered:
"By the way, I brought my short film, shall we watch it together later?"
"Okay, are you going to wait for Gale? Has she seen it?"
"She said she only watched the last minute, not the whole thing."
"Then you call her, I'll ask the photographer to prepare the video recorder in the conference room." Ronald really didn't know how to connect the VHS video recorder to the TV.
After a while, the four of them started watching Jim's video in the conference room.
The VHS tape is in poor clarity and the title "Xenogenesis" first appears
Letters appeared on the screen like typing on a typewriter, and Jim also added some electronic sound effects, a bit like the popular Atari game consoles nowadays.
Then there are the credits, the Sony TV is only 21 inches in size, and the subtitles are not clear.The three of Ronald have to distinguish carefully.
The subtitles are very long and boring. In a 12-minute short film, the opening subtitles with white text on a black background took 1 minute.Fortunately, finally seeing the word director appear, Ronald knew that the subtitles were finally coming to an end.
Hollywood practice, the last line of the opening credits is the director, America's habit of putting the most important person at the end of the list.
director:
Then one letter at a time spelled out a name.
James Cameron.
"This James is you, Jim?" Jim is the short name of James, but Ronald never asked Jim's full name.
"Yes."
(End of this chapter)
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