Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 226 You Pinch Her Again

"Why do you need to reshoot? Has the machine been shut down for two months?" Ronald came to the location of Polygram Films, a forest in the snow, and Zeffirelli was waiting for him with a drink.

"You can see the length of the film. How about some wine?" Zeffirelli asked him to sit in the director's chair and gave him a written material.

"No, I remember that when I first met you, you liked to drink espresso?" Ronald waved his hand to refuse to drink during the day, and sat down to read the information in his hand.This is an application report for MPAA rating, and the final film length is one hour and five and 10 minutes.

"I need alcohol when I create," Zeffirelli replied.

"Why does it seem that a lot of length has been cut?" Ronald asked, the original script was one hour and 55 minutes.

"In fact, I have already edited it, sent it to review once, and was rated as X. The passionate scene is not enough."

"Ah? That's not enough, is it?" Ronald was surprised, "This level of passionate drama is usually rated R." If it is rated as X, the number of viewers will be greatly reduced.United Artists, which once wanted to make an X-rated big production, suffered a lot. Now no major studio will intentionally make an X-rated film.

"PolyGram is a new studio. They used to release records." Zeffirelli took a sip of his whiskey.

"It took a lot of effort in the studio at the time, and I cut all the sexual scenes that were filmed by the stand-in. There were only a few sexual scenes, and there was a part where Brooke leaned on the shoulder of the actor and talked, and pinched her big toe. A few reaction shots."

It seems that Polygram, a new movie player, is still a bit troublesome. The new players don't understand the unspoken rules?It is also possible to be caught by the MPAA and come to the fore.thought Ronald.

"Then how can I help you?"

"The MPAA's rating is mainly based on this passionate scene. So I had to cut out about a minute of the scene, so that the emotion of the whole movie was not enough. I had to make up a strong ending." Zeffirelli explained road.

"Pocket took a whole afternoon of filming yesterday, and she still wasn't full of emotions. You still have to figure out a way."

"What can I do? I'll pinch her toes again."

Ronald thought to himself that Brooke Shields' acting skills were developed from being a model since she was a child, and her mother didn't find acting coaches for her to improve, and it's not a solution to always engage in crooked ways.

"This is also Terry's idea. She also thinks that Brooke will play better with you on the scene." Zeffirelli handed over two more pages of the script, which is the content of today's scene.

Ronald took the script and went to greet Terry who was at the door of the trailer.

"Ronald, I'm so glad you're here. Zeffirelli wanted a very emotional ending to the shot, and yesterday's shoot didn't go well, so I thought of you."

"Close view:
Jed looks at David behind the bars of the mental hospital window, and the two lovers bid each other a heartbreaking goodbye.

Zoom in to a close-up:
Jade felt that the most precious love in her heart was broken, and there would never be such a person who would love her like David.A tear fell from her eye. "

"The script is not difficult, isn't Brooke good at crying scenes?" Ronald didn't know where the problem was.

"Zeffirelli asked not to cry directly, but to have a process of emotional brewing, turning, and explosion. Brooke is still a child, and she cannot be asked by the standards of an adult actress. I thought Zeffirelli was Italian, Will slowly guide and inspire Brooke.

But he tried many times, but it didn't work. Brooke took the initiative to tell me that when you shot the commercial last time, you were able to guide her emotions, so I want you to try it.This old stalemate is not an option, Brooke also has to shoot a public service advertisement against youth smoking. "

"It turned out that the reshoots delayed the time, and Terry was dissatisfied." Ronald suddenly realized, "But the emotional effects of close-ups and close-ups cannot be achieved, and the director will not agree to pass. The audience looked at such a big face on the screen. , if the expression doesn’t resonate, it’s definitely not going to work.”

"Shall I talk to Brooke first?"

"Boji, it's the Ronald you photographed for your jeans commercial last time." Terry opened the door of the trailer and called inside.

"Hello, Ronald." Brooke Shields sat on the stool sullenly, picked up a comb and combed her hair.

"What happened?" Ronald asked.

"I couldn't perform the effect the director asked for. He asked me to think about some sad things first, and then slowly let the emotion change from loss to sadness, and then shed a tear. It can't be fast, and it can't be many."

"Did you think of something sad when you were filming the commercial last time? You can also think about it this time."

"I thought about it, but when I think about it, I feel very sad. I can't help but cry, and I can't shed a tear slowly." Brooke Xiaosi thought to herself, thinking about when her mother was drinking and when she was alone at home will cry.

But this kind of crying tears come too fast and too much, which doesn't meet the director's requirements, if only I knew how to act.

"Is there any time when you are sad? Don't be so sad, a little bit sad." Ronald had to enlighten her.

"Hmm... yes." Brooke glanced at Ronald, maybe it was because you made her cry because she didn't smile well in the commercial last time.

Ronald paid attention to Brooke's expression, there was a process of ups and downs, and quickly said, "Okay, just use that, remember this emotion, let's try it."

Brooke Shields hummed, put on a white beanie hat, tidied her hair so that the long hair was exposed from the sides behind the hat, then put on a down jacket over the turtleneck sweater, and walked out of the trailer with Ronald.

"Huh..." A chill hit, and Brooke Shields exhaled a puff of white air.

"She found an emotional memory, try?" Ronald walked to Zeffirelli and said.Brooke Shields is naturally beautiful, and she is the age before white girls get fat.Boji, who is very plainly dressed, can be decorated very beautifully with just a white hat.

"All departments, let's come once." Zeffirelli cheered up and called the filming team to prepare.

The camera covered Brooke's upper body, and then the coolies pushed the camera forward along the track laid on the snow.

Standing behind the camera, Ronald stood behind the camera, watching Brooke Shields' performance, her expression gradually became a little painful, and then her eyebrows raised, her facial features began to twist, and she was about to cry.

"What kind of memories does Brooke want? The emotions and script requirements are very compatible." Ronald thought.

"Ronald is such a jerk, he always said that I laughed unnaturally." Brooke Shields tried her best to recall her emotions on the day of filming the commercial. "Then I heard my sister's joke, and everything went well."

Memories quickly appeared on her face, and Brooke Shields, who should have been crying, showed a slight smile.

"Cut!"

"The beginning part is very good, and the later part is about to cry. Think about that memory again, Brooke." Zeffirelli felt that it was much more real than the previous crying method of turning on the faucet, and Ronald was quite good at guiding the little girl actor's emotions.

"Cut, cry at the end, Brooke."

"Cut, it's almost there, one tear is enough."

……

After NG several times in a row, Zeffirelli became anxious again.The previous mood was very good, why can't I cry at the end?

"Ronald, pinch her and make her cry." Zeffirelli asked Ronald to pinch Brooke Shields again.

"I won't go, you go by yourself, Franco." Ronald refused.

"It's useless for me to pinch, you have to pinch."

"What's the difference?"

"I'm going to discuss it with Terry." Zeffirelli walked to Terry's side and whispered to her for a while.

"Ronald, go and pinch Brooke, otherwise we won't be able to finish filming." Terry asked Ronald to pinch her daughter.

"Ronald will be careful, this is just to make Brooke feel a little physical pain, not to really pinch her to cry." Zeffirelli explained aside.

"No, how can a mother let her daughter be pinched." Ronald was unwilling, "Franco, why don't you pinch it yourself? Or let Terry come, she knows the severity."

"It's not a matter of severity, Ronald. I'll discuss it with Brooke, and she's willing." Terry hurried to the trailer to discuss it with his daughter.

She walked quickly, thinking all the way: "Zeffirelli also said just now, only when young men pinch her, Brooke will have the expression of inseparable between young male and female lovers. This drama The character in the film burned her home and even indirectly caused her father's death, but she still loves him and is reluctant to leave him."

Zeffirelli on the other side looked at Ronald with a smirk on his face, and thought, "It's up to you if you don't want to pinch it. I told Terry that as long as Ronald pinches it, two of them will probably pass." .Sometimes the hormones between young men and women will automatically complete everything, and what is shown is very real emotions."

"Then I'll pinch it?" Ronald saw that Brooke Shields also agreed, and indeed their mother and daughter also needed to finish filming quickly, and rushed to shoot the non-smoking public service advertisement, "Just like this, you can feel the pain and remember If something painful happens, just tell me, and I will use so much energy."

Ronald tried his strength, then squatted behind Brooke Shields, and raised his hand to grab her waist.

Zeffirelli exchanged glances with the director of photography, and knowing that Ronald was completely outside the frame, he called out the start command.

Ronald squatted on the ground, pinched lightly, and Brooke Shields began to perform to the camera.

He hid behind Bo Ji, and didn't know what was going on ahead, so he could only keep pinching Bo Ji in this awkward position.The smell of the young girl came over, Ronald kept his posture, his whole body was stiff.

"Cut!"

Relieved, Ronald sat down on the ground, then got up again, "How is it? Can the lens be used?"

Seeing Zeffirelli's raised thumb, Ronald breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Brooke Shields, "Boggie, I didn't pinch you, did I?"

Brooke smiled and said, "No, it's just a little feeling, which helps me find the painful feeling. Ronald, I feel that filming with you is like playing a game. It's not troublesome at all."

When Ronald heard this, he said seriously, "Boji, do you like acting? If you want to move forward in your acting career, it's time to find an acting coach."

"But my mother said that I was still a little girl and hadn't reached the stage of acting like an adult actress, so she chose a kind old director who always took on roles for me, and hoped that they could treat me like a granddaughter."

Well, my mother had planned for a long time, and she didn't want Brooke to learn acting skills prematurely.In fact, for Brooke Shields, in order to maximize the benefits, it is better to shoot more commercials and such movies that do not require much acting skills.

At least for her mother, she studied acting systematically and had more choices, but she might not be as obedient as she is now.

"I heard that the TV station in New York is going to ban that pair of jeans commercials. Is it true?" Seeing Terry coming over, Ronald stopped talking to Brooke and asked Terry a question instead.

"Ah, yes. They thought it would kill Brooke, who was on the cover of fashion magazines in January this year. It's still running in other cities anyway."

Ronald perfunctory Terry, then turned to chat with Zeffirelli, "When will the movie be released?"

"If all goes well, in July."

"I wish your movie a big hit."

(End of this chapter)