Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 213 R-rated movies and teenage actors
In the next few days, Ronald basically determined the role of the most important heroine, Stacy, by constantly arranging and combining, and cut off many details of her plot, leaving only the scene with other characters. interactive part.

Stacy is Brad's younger sister and a student at Richmond High School.

Stacey works at Perry's Pizza in the Richmond Mall, where New York-style pizza comes with chicken wings.

The clerks all wore red and white arrow-patterned dresses with white aprons, and red hairpins on their hair, which looked very clean.

Stacy's good friend, Linda Barrett, who works together, is an extroverted and beautiful girl. She has an older boyfriend who is older than her, so she knows a lot more dating secrets than Stacy.

Linda urges Stacy to ask a handsome diner for his phone number.The handsome guy is a 26-year-old audio salesman who offers to ask Stacy out.

The next day, Stacy told Linda that she just didn't feel well, and Linda reassured her that she would feel better in the future.

The handsome guy stopped dating Stacy after that.Stacey mistakenly thought she wasn't attractive enough to do tricks like those cheerleading girls.

Linda was teaching on-site in the cafeteria, and attracted the whistle of the men's rugby team on the opposite side.Linda reassures her that the handsome guy is just a salesman, and she doesn't want to marry him.

Stacy and a classmate date Mark Ratner, a part-time ticket inspector at a movie theater in the Richmond Mall.Mark is for the shy boy who secretly likes Stacy.Mark went to Stacy's house for a date, and after kissing Stacy, he was very nervous and anxious, and left Stacy's house.

Stacy and Mark's friend, Poor Boy Mike Damon, talk about their feelings for Mark.Mike Damon makes a living by reselling concert tickets and being a scalper, and he is very talkative.Stacy mistakenly thinks that Mike Damon likes herself, and invites him to the house.

The two had a relationship, and it turned out that Mike was just bragging, and he quickly ended it.

Unexpectedly, a month later, Stacy found out that she was pregnant, and forced Mike Damon to pay half of the money for the operation...

Ronald wrote Stacy's plot and faxed it to Cameron Crowe.

It's cold in New York in late November.The lowest temperature reached 40 degrees Fahrenheit (4-5 degrees Celsius), coupled with drizzle and strong wind, Ronald wrapped his clothes tightly, got out of the car and jumped up the steps of the apartment in two steps at a time.

The janitor's daughter is just out of high school, the same age as Stacy the scripter.The janitor introduced Ronald to his daughter.Knowing that Ronald is a film screenwriter, the little girl smiled and asked him when he could see his film released.

"The movie 'Fame' I wrote has been out for a long time, haven't you seen it?"

Ronald greeted the little girl with a smile.

"It was R-rated. My dad didn't have time to take me to see it, so it was released later." The little girl still felt a little regretful.

"Well, you can go to Staten Island to watch it in the future. There are always old movies there."

Ronald thumped up the stairs and stopped suddenly. He felt as if he had forgotten something important.

For a while, I couldn't remember what I forgot, and Ronald continued to start the screenwriting project.The plot cards fill the first row from left to right, and the second row from right to left.All the plots are like a long snake, winding and swinging, and finally exceed the red line drawn by Ronald by more than [-] sheets.

It was still long, and Ronald started the game of arranging and combining again. He removed a few cards to see the overall effect, then removed the other ones, and put the original ones back, constantly experimenting.

"Ring, ring, ring..." The phone rang, and it was from my cousin Donna.

"Ronnie, guess what happened?"

"what?"

"That fat director you hate, his new film was released two days ago."

"Huh? Heaven's Gate is finally released?"

Ronald felt sick to his stomach and hadn't heard from Michael Cimino for a long time.The cut of "Heaven's Gate" is finally finished.

"Don't you want to see it?" Donna said on the phone.

"Katherine Bigelow's friend who was in the film said the story of that movie is dull. Go see it for yourself?"

"It's R-rated. I can't read it myself. I'd better find my mother." Donna hung up the phone.

R-rated?This movie can still be rated R, I am afraid that there will be fewer audiences.Ronald gloated.

"Wait, R-rated?"

Ronald came to his senses, this was an important thing that he couldn't remember just now.

"Fast-paced Richmond High," with a little nudity and some foul language, is a solid R-rated factor.

Thinking about it now, Stacy's choice of actors turned out to be a very important issue.How do actors in youth films handle casting?
What are the specific trade union regulations?Ronald himself was not a Screen Actors Guild member and had no handbook to consult.The handling of the filming scene of the crew may not be completely in accordance with the manual.

Originally, these shooting matters had nothing to do with the screenwriter.But Ronald decided to demand himself as a director.If I were a director and encountered this kind of casting problem, how should I solve it?
Ronald called his advertising agent Eddie. Some time ago Ronald took time to shoot an advertisement for plastic wrap, and Eddie continued to contact him with some commercials for daily necessities. Some money.

"In the advertising industry, there are indeed time regulations. Children of different ages have limited working hours every day. Especially in places with strong union forces in New York and Los Angeles, there will be staff to supervise.

I don't know very well about the film industry, but I think it should be similar.Why don't you ask the little girl actor who lives in your house? "

"Diane? She's still filming in Canada, so I can't get in touch."

"That's right, now many production crews are shooting in Canada, especially teen films, which can bypass the ubiquitous union supervision."

After hanging up the phone, Ronald felt that he still needed to ask a knowledgeable person in the industry.

Why don't you ask Brooke Shields' mother Terry about the shooting rules?Her daughter has already made two films, "Blue Lagoon," and "Endless Love," which is currently filming.

After hanging up the phone and going to Brooke Shields' house, Terry answered the phone.

"Oh, Ronald. Do you want to know the shooting rules for youth film actors? In fact, it is a limited time for shooting every day. It can't be earlier than 09:30 in the morning and can't be later than [-]:[-] in the evening.

There is a limit to the total shooting time per day, and it varies according to age, and then there must be tutoring lessons with tutors. "

"What if you don't shoot in America? Will the rules be relaxed?"

"Theoretically, you need to abide by the regulations wherever you go to shoot, Ronald." Terry replied in an official tone, but he had already told Ronald the answer.

"Mom, which Ronald? Is it the director who made the CK commercial? How about asking him to go to the ice rink together." Brooke Shields asked when she heard Terry's call.

Terry put one hand on the microphone and said to his daughter, "Boji, your date today is Leif Garrett."

Leif Garrett was a child actor and teenage singer who was once very popular.He and Brooke Shields appeared in the headlines of entertainment news at the same time in 78.

Now that Leif Garrett has come back after training, there is a lot of momentum for a while, and Terry has the idea of ​​letting Brooke appear with him again.

"Okay, I see." Brooke Shields waved her hand.

Terry picked up the receiver again, "Ronald, do you have any questions?"

"I want to know, what are the filming regulations of the actors union for the blue coral reef scene?" Ronald asked.

"How do you want to know this?"

"I'm adapting a youth novel into a screenplay. There is a character in it who looks a bit like Brooke in the blue coral reef, so I want to ask someone who has actual shooting experience." Ronald explained.

"This kind of scene can't be shot frontally, otherwise it will be rated X.

The upper body is wider, but for the image of Brooke, I always ask to use a double.After all, Hollywood is not the kind of art film in Europe..."

After thanking Terry, Ronald hung up the phone.

After thinking for a while, he called the guide Roger Coleman again.

It happened that Coleman was in the company and answered his call.

"Mr. Coleman, I found a problem when I was writing the script..."

Roger Corman told him that it was common practice in Hollywood to cast an older actor.

"For example, the 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz," starring Judy Garland, was filmed with an adult actor playing the lead character, Dorothy.

This is not only because of the restrictions of trade union rules, but also because of the instability of young actors' acting skills.A child star genius like Shirley Temple is rare.

Most young actors, when filming, sometimes suddenly fall into depression and cannot complete the filming.For cost reasons, Hollywood still adopts the large-scale method of acting small. "

"Thank you, Mr. Coleman." Ronald knew how to make a teen movie.

Looks like a younger looking actress will have to be found to play Stacy.Ronald wrote it down in his notebook.

(End of this chapter)