Exploiting Hollywood 1980 - Chapter 752

   The next filming is all about dance.

  Musical and dance films require a grand dance as the finale.

  Ronald shot some of the plot first.

Dr.   Hausman found Johnny and admitted to him that he had seen him wrong. It wasn’t the most-looking dance partner who caused Penny’s unplanned pregnancy and surgery, but the shameless waiter who was admitted to Yale Medical School.

  Johnny and Baby end up dancing together, the camera is very close to them, filming the close-up dialogue.

   “Johnny, I’m going to work in the Peace Corps soon. You’re going to continue your dance career. I’m scared. Everyone will say that we don’t deserve to be together. Maybe we’ll feel the same way, what should we do?”

   “We will work harder, we must be together.” Johnny hugged Baby, as if everything was fearless.

  Baby smiled, this is the sweetheart he likes, let the two fight for the future together.

   “Cut!”

   “It’s almost time for your pas de deux, take a good rest and prepare.”

   The lights were colored pink, and the people’s faces were beaming with joy, and the final big dance was cheerful and joyful. This color really makes me happy from scratch.

   “Usually we do the last dance of the Kellerman holiday season, but this year someone didn’t want us.

   So tonight we are going to do our own dance. and a special lady. Because she taught me to stand up bravely for others.

   She also made me understand what kind of person I want to be. “

  The two leading actors stood on the stage, and Johnny’s tape was put into the tape recorder.

   “Now, I have found the time of my life…”

  The theme song began, and the deep baritone sounded. Johnny hooked his fingers to Baby, and the two came together.

   Ronald gestured to the gaffer who was crouching high.

   A beam of spotlights hit the stage, illuminating Johnny and Baby.

  Switz wrapped his arms around Gray’s waist, made her lower back, and then turned her upper body around her waist from side to side.

  Jennifer Gray returned her upper body to the ready position with a proud smile on her face.

   For such an actor who has no foundation in dance, he was gradually taught by Swayze and the choreographer during the filming, and he was able to dance the difficult mambo dance to the present.

  Ronald was also very happy. The camera unexpectedly captured Baby’s expression, which was very in line with the mood of the characters in the play.

   The decision to not let Jennifer Gray learn to dance in the beginning is showing value in this moment. The true performance is always the most impressive to the audience.

  Because the actor’s own reaction is always more natural than any acting skills.

   The rhythm of the theme song slammed again and began to speed up to become the rhythm of Mambo.

  Switzer flicked his hand, Gray spun out and was dragged back by Switzer.

   Specially tailored dance suit with many pleats at the hem. Under the rotation of Jennifer Gray, it flew up under the action of centrifugal force and turned into a circle.

  The two were sometimes side by side, sometimes facing each other. Under the guidance of Swayze, Gray kept spinning, and the skirt flew up and down like a butterfly.

   “I have found the time in my life…”, when the song reached the ** part, the two approached in rotation, their eyes met, and their lips gradually approached.

  Patrick Thwaites waited two seconds, and just as they were about to kiss, he twirled and Gray flew out again, and was dragged back by him.

  Jennifer Gray didn’t expect Swayze to have this surprise, lol.

  “Cut!”

   Ronald took the lead in applauding. The two actors have gone through several storms and have now entered a very strange state. It’s like basketball players often get into a zone where they can hit **** of any difficulty.

  The current state of the two of them is also highly concentrated, and they have entered a state of tacit understanding that they had never reached during the rehearsal. You can know the other person’s intentions in any action, and the dance steps are even more outstanding.

Next is the male protagonist Johnny, who jumped up and down on the stage, a big jump jumped down from above, and danced with many backup dancers, and invited Baby from the stage to recreate the one they rehearsed in the lake. A difficult move, jumped on Johnny’s arm and made a flying gesture.

   “Your big jump should be as far and as elegant as possible.”

   Ronald asked Swayze a few words. Switz, who was born in ballet, is no stranger to this kind of big jump. He could have done well.

   But the recent ankle injury made him a little worried. Even so, he was confident that he was fine.

  Ronald had the camera facing the stage for the shot of Swayze jumping.

  This shot is very harsh. The front of the actor is all exposed in front of the camera. If the audience is to buy it, and the plot is emotional, the actor must shoot it himself.

   If you use a stand-in, you will clearly see signs of unsmooth movements, so it will be difficult to mobilize the audience’s emotions to a higher level and welcome the final flying action.

  “A!”

  Switzer jumped off the stage with a big jump.

   “Cut!”

   Ronald stepped forward to look, but he didn’t jump far enough. The action is also not elegant enough.

   “I need a real big jump, the very long one. You just use your full strength and you’ll be fine. I have confidence in you.”

   Ronald had seen the jumping ability of a real ballerina. Thwaites still couldn’t let go, perhaps because he was afraid of a recurrence of the ankle injury, and was not able to use his full strength.

  “A!”

  “A!”

  …

  Ronald took three shots, but Swayze couldn’t really jump out of the ballerina’s strength.

  Ronald was a little anxious, this action was very physically exhausting. On a ballet stage, it is impossible for male actors to dance continuously. Seeing that the filming continued, Swayze was about to lose his strength.

   Is it necessary to extend the shooting time for another day, and pay tens of thousands of dollars for this shot of Swayze?

  Switzer was also very anxious, Ronald was always dissatisfied, and his knees began to ache without saying a word. At the age of thirty-four, his scarred body could not withstand more damage.

   He rested for a while, then asked his assistant to hand him a bottle of mineral water and took a few gulps.

   “Director, I only have the energy for the last time. This time I will jump with all my strength. I’ll do it today, if I can’t, I’ll just let it go.”

   “Okay, don’t stress, just play normally.”

   Ronald also didn’t want to show his anxiety and put more pressure on Swayze.

  “A!”

   After everything was ready, Schwyz made a great leap on the stage with the music.

“it is good!”

  Ronald knew it was done when he took off.

   Sure enough, Swayze jumped more than two meters away and knelt down on one knee.

   “Cut!”

  Switzer had fully entered the state, and then he danced vigorously and approached the dancers. They lined up together, three turns in one step, and sent an invitation to the Baby waiting on the stage.

  The camera was facing the stage, and Jennifer Gray’s smiling eyes narrowed after filming, she nodded shyly, and promised her lover to do that flying lift and challenge her own limits.

   “Cut!”

   The penultimate shot of the whole film has been shot.

   Ronald sat in the director’s chair and watched the crew move the camera to the side of the seating aisle.

   Only the last flying lift is left.

   Ronald is hoping for a first-time success.

   The large number of dance moves just now consumed most of Swayze and Gray’s energy. They happen to be in an interval. If the action cannot be finished quickly, it will be difficult to exit from this state and enter again.

   “All departments in place?”

   One by one, the staff signaled to Ronald that they were ready.

   “Camera?”

   “Full speed.”

   “Recording?”

“start.”

  Record of the scene quickly ran over from the side and quickly played the board in front of the camera.

   “Spicy Dance No. XX, Article XX”

  “A!”

  The camera is aimed at Jennifer Gray standing alone on the stage.

   She was rushed to the front of the stage by the four group performers and lifted off the stage.

  The camera was on the side less than a meter away from her and captured the action.

“push!”

   The director of photography silently made a mouth shape for the four coolies of the photography team, the chief coolie.

  The muscles of the coolies skyrocketed, and they exerted their strength to quickly start the heavy camera on the rails, and quickly accelerated to the speed of Jennifer Gray’s running.

   This is a very professional, fast traverse shot with cold start, which can only be accomplished with a tacit photography team.

  Before today’s shoot, they had rehearsed to perfection.

  The camera closely followed the footsteps of Jennifer Gray, and completely captured this Baby’s run-up scene from the side.

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   Just like when a gymnast does a vault, he converts the forward energy of the approach into upward energy.

   She exerted her strength and flew forward forty-five degrees.

  Patrick Thwaites was ready in front of him and saw Gray take off, his hands firmly on her hips.

   Then Switz did a half squat, lifting Gray over his head like a barbell.

   Then he slowly straightened, holding Gray above his head.

  Jennifer Gray struggled to maintain her balance, and above Swayze’s head, her hands were spread out in a flying posture.

  Switz’s face flushed red, squeezed out the last bit of energy, and held Gray abruptly for more than six or seven seconds.

   Then he put Gray down again slowly.

  Jennifer Gray was also very excited. After she landed, she hugged Swayze’s neck.

   This is the most perfect dance in so many rehearsals.

   She thought it was impossible for her to dance so perfectly.

   “Cut!”

  Ronald did not expect to be a success.

   looked at Patrick Swayze, who was slumped on the ground with his hands trembling slightly. Ronald knew there would be no more shots.

   He looked at the director of photography, and after confirming that the film was valid, he let out a sigh of relief.

   Ronald shouted at Swayze and Gray, and the countless expectant eyes behind him.

   “I announce that the filming part of the spicy dance is packed!”

   “Roar, Roar…”

  Those dancers booed and began to applaud and stomp. Gradually, all the actors and staff began to follow a neat rhythm.

The    recorder was cranked up, and everyone started dancing frantically to the intense rhythm of the theme song “The Time of My Life.”

   Ronald was also pulled into the crowd by Cynthia Rhodes and jumped up cheerfully with everyone.

   “I had the best time of my life

  No, I’ve never felt this way before…”

   What a joyous crew, Ronald also started to indulge and jumped up.

   The scene became a sea of ​​joy.