Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 245 Who Are You Making Movies For?
"So this is the secret of the stone ball? With a mechanism installed on the track, it can stop the rolling of the stone ball at any time?" Ronald learned how to make the stone ball safe from Spielberg's introduction.

"Yes, although the fiberglass is very light and hollow, but I have doubled the size of the stone ball, and it is still dangerous if it rolls. Adding brakes is much better."

"Good luck with your ET project and thanks for your advice."

"Good luck to you too, Ronald." Spielberg said goodbye to him with a "I don't need good luck" smile.

After consulting with Spielberg for some shooting tips, Ronald and Nisita left the screening room.

"Why, don't you go to the parking lot with me? I'll take you back to the hotel." Nisita got on Simberg as she wished, and was about to pick up the car when she saw Ronald standing motionless at the gate of the ticket booth. Feeling strange, come up and ask him.

"I'm wondering why Spielberg is so confident." Ronald stared at the door of the ticket booth without moving, "ET's script is clearly aimed at young children, Columbia's marketing department is right. And teenagers will like to watch it A film aimed at young children?"

"Didn't you say that? He has the ability to realize his imagination. Simberg also trusts him. Let's go, this is not the time to think about these things, you should be fully prepared for the next interview.

Amy Heklin is not an outsider. We learned that she is your alumnus of Tisch College in New York University, a few years older than you.She has worked as an editor in Los Angeles for a period of time, and she is capable of acting as a director. "

"Okay, I'll come." Ronald took two steps, and looked back at the flow of people queuing outside the ticket booth.Today, many parents brought their children to watch the preview of "The Lost Ark of the Covenant" rated by PG.Parents accompany their children, and there are several people from a large family. "

Ronald, who returned to the hotel, waited with peace of mind for the joint interview to decide who would be the director.

All that should be thought of has been thought of, all that should be done has been done, and the dice have been rolled, waiting for the verdict of the facts.

Ronald felt relaxed all of a sudden. He took notes on the script every day to see if he had any new inspirations. When he was free, he watched TV dramas. California TV stations had many TV dramas produced locally in Hollywood. Watching the blonde girl on TV Speaking of boring conversations in a valley accent, it's time to relieve the boredom.

He even found a chance to watch a few movies, including "Endless Love" which had just premiered. Before the excitement of Brooke Shields' congressional hearings passed, Polygram played a big hit in theaters around the world. The poster of the avatar has attracted some people.

"Oh, Jed, her boyfriend loves her so much and would do anything for her."

"Yeah, it would be nice to have a boyfriend like David when we go to high school."

"Is there really that good between men and women?"

"I don't know either. My sister is already in the 12th grade. She said I knew it when I entered high school."

Ronald, who was sitting in the movie theater, couldn't help laughing when he heard the little girls who looked like they were in seventh or eighth grade talking about the movie.

In fact, Brooke Shields' ecstatic expression was the result of trying to control the pain and itching caused by pinching her toes.

As if to blame Ronald for his inappropriate laughter, the little girls around him glared.

Ronald quickly sat down. Of the dozens of spectators sitting in the hall, there were only two or three teenage couples, and most of them kissed each other as if no one was watching.

A week later, it finally came to the interview day that I had agreed with Simberg and Mount.

Ronald finally meets his invisible opponent, Amy Hekleen.

She is a beautiful woman, wearing a pair of sunglasses, slightly curly short hair hanging on both sides, a black shirt on her upper body, a pair of jeans and sneakers on her lower body, she is very chic.

She reminded Ronald of Catherine Bigelow. Women who want to be film directors have a tough and capable temperament.

Amy Heckling came over to say hello, "Hi, Ronald, I'm Amy. I heard you're also a New Yorker? A student of Tisch? New Yorkers are very familiar with the laws of competition. This is a professional behavior, not a personal grudge. "

"It's not about personal grievances." Ronald shook hands with her.

Immediately, Amy Heklin was the first to be called into the interview room and accepted an interview with Tom Mount and Sidney Simberg.

"Americans like to say that very much." Ronald said to Nisita and Richard who accompanied him.

"Because American people like to compete, and they can cooperate after the winner and loser. This is the key quality for us to lead the free world." Nisita replied.

"Nonsense." Ronald thought to himself.There is nothing that does not involve personal grievances, there are only so few opportunities, if you give them, you can't give them to me.For anyone who gets the chance to direct, they get a chance to roll the dice, sell big at the box office, and go on to direct new movies.

And the one who didn't get the chance, had to go back to a technical career like editing, assistant director, casting director, and so on.

Or continue to bury your head in writing the script, wait for a chance to be picked up by the producer, and then compete with other younger players.

There is nothing here that is not personal.

"Amy, can I call you Amy?" In the interview room, Tom Mount greeted Heikelin at the beginning.

"Of course, Mr. Mount, Mr. Hinberg."

"Please tell me first what you want to make this movie look like?" Simberg began to ask.

"I wanted to make 'Fast Beat' an ensemble of songs about teens growing up. The high school students in California are very diverse, so that when the audience sees it, it reminds them of who they were when they were in high school, and how they were in high school. The appearance of friends and teachers..."

Amy Heckling added some of her own understanding to the character portrait of Ronald given by Mount.

She was interviewed first, arranged by Tom Mount, so that she could gain a lot of advantages over Simberg.

After asking a few questions, the interview with Heikelin came to an end.Tom Mount was whispering something to Simberg, and Hekleen was about to say goodbye.

"Miss Hekleen, one last question, who are you filming for?" Simberg asked, interrupting Mount's whisper.

"Who is this filming for?" Hekelin was a little surprised that she didn't expect there to be a problem.But she quickly realized, "I want to make a comedy for the audience."

"It's going to be somewhere between a neurotic comedy and a romantic comedy, with some slapstick elements. I want the audience to feel that the characters in this comedy are living around us.

Let's put it this way...if a viewer wakes up and finds himself in the world of comedy movies.Then the audience who fell into the "flying all over the sky" will feel hopeless, all the characters are crazy.

Audiences who fall into '[-] to [-]' will be intimidated, and the supporting characters in it are even tied up and hung from the ceiling just for laughs.

I hope viewers who fall into the 'fast-paced Richmond High' will find it easy.Because they're once again in the world of high school, where there's no one trying to kill them, and no neurotic dialogue, but a lighthearted, knowing humor.

Just like when I watched George Luca's debut work "American Graffiti", the laughter was full of hope and sweetness. "

"Thank you, Miss Hekleen."

Amy Heckling came out of the room just in time to see Ronald.She reached out her hand and shook hands with Ronald again, "You don't have to be discouraged if you lose, why don't you become an assistant director for me, with the experience of this film, you will soon be able to direct independently."

This is the second person who has said similar things to Ronald recently, but this time Ronald and her are competitors, and he doesn't want to show weakness.

"And you too, Miss Hekleen."

"Hello, Ronald, tell me what you want to make this movie about." Tom Mount sat upright and began to ask Ronald questions in an official tone.

"Like what I said last time, I want young people in America to see their own lives on the screen..." Ronald repeated his thoughts last time.

"Are you going to make it a drama? Like your last screenwriting project 'Fame'?"

"No, I wanted to do a light comedy with a touch of reality about the love lives of men and women in public schools in the California valleys. Most of the three major public network programs are produced in Hollywood, and the valley accent here spreads to All over America.

With the increasing teenage audience of TV dramas, Southern California's valley accent has become a symbol of a superior life. Teenagers all over the country are popular with California high school students, so I hope to film the characteristics of valley girls to attract national audiences. audience. "

Tom Mount grilled some more questions, then began whispering to Simberg, shaking his head as he spoke.

"Who do you want to shoot this movie for?" Interrupting Mount's whisper, Sinberg asked the question as usual.

"It's for high school students across America." Ronald replied without hesitation.

"The content of this movie will probably be rated R. So our main audience needs to be accompanied by adults.

Of course movie theaters in America don't strictly abide by that, and our audience isn't going to watch this kind of movie with their parents, who would be intimidated by how open the movie is.

Therefore, the companions they are looking for to watch movies will not look for their parents like "The Lost Ark of the Covenant", and the whole family will go out to watch movies.They are probably looking for older brothers, seniors, or even older lovers of the opposite sex.

The viewing tastes of these teenagers are not like those young audiences faced by ET scripts, and there cannot be any violent or revealing scenes that cause discomfort.

It's also not like the recently released "Endless Love", most of them are junior high school girls, a group of little girls who have no experience in love, as long as the love in your movie makes them feel great, no matter how absurd the content is, it doesn't matter.

What teenage audiences need is a certain authenticity that makes them feel believable about the characters on the screen.It also includes some things they wanted to do in life, but failed to do it.

Like winning a football game, getting into trouble and successfully tricking your parents, or finding your beloved boyfriend or girlfriend for the first time in your life…”

Simberg was satisfied after listening to Ronald's answer.

"Mr. Li, thank you, you can go out now."

After the door was closed by Ronald, Tom Mount changed direction and said to Simberg, "Heikelin has more experience. She has edited documentaries for film schools in Hollywood for half a year."

"But I heard she was fired in the end because she couldn't find where to put the edited film."

"I watched Heikelin's graduation short film, and it was very inspirational. She also accurately grasped the character portraits in the script."

"Don't talk like an idiot, Tom. That's the question you asked Ronald in his first interview." Sidney Sinberg bluntly exposed Mount's question and answer.

"And watch your crotch, Tom. Don't hang out with these women with interests. The company's lawyers have handled several cases for you."

"You!" Tom Mount was speechless for a while, but after thinking about it, he said again, "Sidney, you still want to get ET back from Columbia, right?"

"I decided on a film project without your approval, Tom."

"But you don't want to have trouble with someone on the board, do you?"

"what do you want?"

"Heikelin likes this script very much..."

"It's impossible, Ronald is obviously a more suitable candidate, he is a script writer, he was trained by Roger Corman, and he knows how to operate low-budget films.

More importantly, Spielberg admires him very much and wants to invite him to play in his own amusement park. I don't want to make extra complicated things about ET. "

"Then what I promised Hekelin..."

"That's your own business. You can find her another job. I will approve it."

"Well, Sidney, you won this time." Tom Mount raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.

(End of this chapter)