NOVEL NEXT Exploiting Hollywood 1980.
Chapter 75 Why Not Me?
Chapter 75 Why Not Me?
Ronald returned home and began weaving stories from the previous Rocky Horror Show into Doris' script.
Jewish girl Doris.Shy and shy by nature, her mother is a strong mother who has to control him in every way.Even her mother brought her to the art high school for an interview.
Doris, who has no self-confidence, although her singing voice is moving, she can't break through her psychological barrier and perform in front of everyone.
Until Ralph Garcia, a Latino student in the acting class, invited her to watch the movie Rocky Horror Show, Doris discovered that many members of the Rocky Horror Show club had not received any professional vocal training.
But they had the courage to show themselves, rushed to the stage, started to sing, and achieved very good results. Many audiences applauded below.
Doris took off her coat and rushed to the stage to sing with them, finally breaking through her psychological barrier.
Ronald tore the letter from the typewriter and read it aloud.It seems a little unsmooth.
It seems that being a singer is not easy to have mental obstacles, but performing in public has more obstacles.Moreover, when interviewing for admission, actors who are shy can still be regarded by others through their appearance and body. How can a singer be admitted if he can't sing?
Besides, I have to ask Gene and Antonia about this passage, and Ronald is very cautious about writing life scenes into the script, especially since they are all actors who have already joined the group.
But for Lucy's metaphor, she has agreed to use it in the script.
You can put it in the scene where Hillary and CoCo are jealous of Leroy, and they are fighting with each other during dance practice.
Hillary: "I love his black ass. (To Leroy)"
CoCo: "Go elsewhere to pry men, Leroy is already famous."
Hillary: "Don't be so confident. My dear."
CoCo: "I'm not your darling, Fuck My Dear (Fuck My Dear)
Hilary: "Thanks, then I'm sorry." (looks at Leroy with a pun).
CoCo: "Impossible, Leroy doesn't like white girls."
Hillary: "It's nice to skip the blackberries for a change every now and then."
CoCo: "The darker the blackberry, the sweeter the juice, honey."
Hillary: "Good point, but who wants to have diabetes?"
"How on earth did you come up with this girl bickering dialogue, Ronnie?"
Director Alan Parker saw this passage and was full of praise, "If you want me to say you are a genius for writing dialogue."
"Ah? I didn't come up with it. I heard it from others. I carried it over and reassembled it."
"What about the ending of Doris? Why didn't I see the passage where Doris broke through obstacles and sang bravely?" Alan Parker was still more concerned about Doris' plot.
"Honestly I'm having a bit of a logical block, Director Parker. I'm still trying."
"Okay, use more snacks."
Ronald ran to the producer Da Silva again, "Mr. Da Silva, there is indeed something wrong with 'hot lunch', someone snatched the filming..."
"I've said it many times, let professional people take care of professional matters, Ronald, you don't understand film distribution, don't show off your poor knowledge."
Erin Cara succeeded in taking over the position, which made the producer satisfied, and Ronald felt that the other party was not as patient as before.
"Well, maybe he's right, let the professionals in charge of distribution think about it. I just made a distribution business by accident, and I don't know how the box office will be, and whether I can get a cut."
Alan Parker, after getting the girl dialogue written by Ronald, immediately asked his assistant to make dozens of copies with blue colored paper, replacing the white paper in the original script.
This is a rule of British filmmaking. If you want to modify the script that has been finalized.It will take away the page numbers that need to be modified on the original white copy paper, and then change to another color copy paper to replace the modified page numbers.
In this way, the actors can also see at a glance, where changes have been made, and the lines need to be memorized again.It is also more convenient to manage the staff on the set, because the director may be on the set at any time and temporarily revise the script, so that it will be marked with different colors and the version will not be messed up.
Ronald wrote more and more characters, including Gene's story and Hillary's story. CoCo's story.The key plots of the characters modified by Ronald accounted for just over one-third of the entire protagonist.If you add the complete story of Doris that hasn't been changed, it's close to half.
Not to mention that Ronald's revisions are all key plots, plots that transform characters, and subsequent plots of characters' endings.
The script with the latest version of the dialogue has been replaced, and will be sent to the actors and assistant directors.The smell of the copier has not been eliminated, and the imprint of rebinding is clearly visible.A copy of the script was sent to the actor by the assistant.
"Antonia, this is yours."
"Gene, this is yours."
"Antonia, what did it say? Have my lines changed?"
"Puchi..." Antonia couldn't help laughing when she saw Ronald's dialogue between two women competing for a man.
She pointed to the revised section and explained it to Gene.Taking a pen, Gene marked the phonetic notation that only he knew under the words he didn't know.
"Hahaha, you girls, do you really talk like that?" Gene asked with a smile.
"It's about the same. Several rich girls in my class all speak in this tone."
Antonia laughed again, thinking of the "Hillarys" in the ballet class.Ronald's words are too detrimental, reflecting the faces of these characters very real.
Ronald walked into the rehearsal room and started handing out Coke.
"Brother, your line is really amazing, I don't want to get diabetes, hahaha, I laughed so hard." Gene ran to give the script to Ronald, "How did you come up with it, Man?"
"I just take what I hear and reassemble it."
Ronald picked up the script with a smile and flipped through it casually.
Many papers of the script have turned blue one after another, and some are pink. The pink paper indicates that this part has been revised twice.
Ronald closed the script, which is the origin of the film.All scenes, shots, characters, dialogues, and actions are marked in the script.The pictures and sounds that are finally presented on the screen all start from this thick script.
Through the joint action of the director and actors, the words are captured by the camera lens, the light falls on the film, some wonderful chemical reactions occur, and finally interacts with the silver powder, leaving beautiful dynamic pictures one after another.
The cover of the script is a slightly thicker yellow cardboard, with a large "hot lunch" on the top, and a small print below: title of the film.
In the lower right corner are a few lines of small words: "The content of this script is confidential to the crew, and the copyright belongs to MGM Pictures. It cannot be reproduced without permission."
In the middle is the words "Final Draft", and beside it is the name of the playwright according to the marked format
Original Screenplay: Christopher Gore.
and lo...
"No, there is no reconciliation, why is my name not included in the signature column?"
"Why isn't my name in the signature column?"
Ronald put the script on the table, pointed to the cover and asked director Parker.
"It's not my business, Ronald, you can ask David."
"Have you any inspiration for Doris' script?"
"I'm still thinking, director, I've encountered some difficulties and I'm thinking about how to get around it."
Ronald went back to producer David Da Silva.
"Why doesn't my name appear in the script's byline? Mr. da Silva?"
Ronald pointed to the signature on the cover and asked the producer.
"I remember you didn't sign a screenwriting contract with us, right? It's one thing to revise, but another to sign it. Allen also revised a lot of script content, and he didn't sign it either."
"But I had a verbal agreement with the director, Mr. Parker. He promised me that if I write well, he will add my name to the list of screenwriters."
"Then you have to confirm with Allen. Signing is a very serious matter, and the screenwriters union has to manage it. You'd better ask Allen to give you a written confirmation." Producer Da Silva sent Ronald to Find a director.
"Mr. Director, Mr. Da Silva said that my signature must be confirmed by you before it can be put on the screenwriter column. You promised me at that time that as long as what I wrote was adopted, I would let me sign on the script .”
"Yes, yes, I promised. It's probably just a typo, and they'll be correcting it shortly. I'll have my assistant follow up on this and add you to the next script."
"I'm very busy now, Ronald. You see, dance rehearsals, and the following drama rehearsals, I have a lot of things to do. You should think about how to write the plot of Doris? How to make her overcome her inability The shy one who dared to sing on stage became the one who dared to perform in front of everyone."
show?You two don't do very well.Ronald's heart gradually cooled down.
The cover of the script says Final Draft.After the final draft, the revisions made by Ronald were all replaced with colored cardboard.The previous revisions were simply re-copying a set.
That is to say, there is no next draft.
According to Ronald's experience with the "High School of Rock" crew, the production company will distribute the final list of film shootings to various trade unions.The list of actors is sent to the film actors' union, and actors who have salary payment records can get the actors' union card.The list of directors will be sent to the directors' union, and those who meet the requirements will be invited to join.
If the screenwriters union is the same, then the final draft will be sent to the union. Without him on the screenwriter list, it is impossible for him to enter the screenwriters union with the script of this movie.
This is unreasonable. In the production team of Rock High School, there are two screenwriters' signatures on the cover of the script. It can be seen that the screenwriters' union does not require only one screenwriter's signature for a film like the directors' union.
It doesn't make sense, why can't you add your own name?
"Mr. Parker, you may not know that I have worked in Hollywood before, and this is the final version of the script. Why not add my name to the screenwriter's credit?
Ronald asked straightforwardly.
(End of this chapter)
Ronald returned home and began weaving stories from the previous Rocky Horror Show into Doris' script.
Jewish girl Doris.Shy and shy by nature, her mother is a strong mother who has to control him in every way.Even her mother brought her to the art high school for an interview.
Doris, who has no self-confidence, although her singing voice is moving, she can't break through her psychological barrier and perform in front of everyone.
Until Ralph Garcia, a Latino student in the acting class, invited her to watch the movie Rocky Horror Show, Doris discovered that many members of the Rocky Horror Show club had not received any professional vocal training.
But they had the courage to show themselves, rushed to the stage, started to sing, and achieved very good results. Many audiences applauded below.
Doris took off her coat and rushed to the stage to sing with them, finally breaking through her psychological barrier.
Ronald tore the letter from the typewriter and read it aloud.It seems a little unsmooth.
It seems that being a singer is not easy to have mental obstacles, but performing in public has more obstacles.Moreover, when interviewing for admission, actors who are shy can still be regarded by others through their appearance and body. How can a singer be admitted if he can't sing?
Besides, I have to ask Gene and Antonia about this passage, and Ronald is very cautious about writing life scenes into the script, especially since they are all actors who have already joined the group.
But for Lucy's metaphor, she has agreed to use it in the script.
You can put it in the scene where Hillary and CoCo are jealous of Leroy, and they are fighting with each other during dance practice.
Hillary: "I love his black ass. (To Leroy)"
CoCo: "Go elsewhere to pry men, Leroy is already famous."
Hillary: "Don't be so confident. My dear."
CoCo: "I'm not your darling, Fuck My Dear (Fuck My Dear)
Hilary: "Thanks, then I'm sorry." (looks at Leroy with a pun).
CoCo: "Impossible, Leroy doesn't like white girls."
Hillary: "It's nice to skip the blackberries for a change every now and then."
CoCo: "The darker the blackberry, the sweeter the juice, honey."
Hillary: "Good point, but who wants to have diabetes?"
"How on earth did you come up with this girl bickering dialogue, Ronnie?"
Director Alan Parker saw this passage and was full of praise, "If you want me to say you are a genius for writing dialogue."
"Ah? I didn't come up with it. I heard it from others. I carried it over and reassembled it."
"What about the ending of Doris? Why didn't I see the passage where Doris broke through obstacles and sang bravely?" Alan Parker was still more concerned about Doris' plot.
"Honestly I'm having a bit of a logical block, Director Parker. I'm still trying."
"Okay, use more snacks."
Ronald ran to the producer Da Silva again, "Mr. Da Silva, there is indeed something wrong with 'hot lunch', someone snatched the filming..."
"I've said it many times, let professional people take care of professional matters, Ronald, you don't understand film distribution, don't show off your poor knowledge."
Erin Cara succeeded in taking over the position, which made the producer satisfied, and Ronald felt that the other party was not as patient as before.
"Well, maybe he's right, let the professionals in charge of distribution think about it. I just made a distribution business by accident, and I don't know how the box office will be, and whether I can get a cut."
Alan Parker, after getting the girl dialogue written by Ronald, immediately asked his assistant to make dozens of copies with blue colored paper, replacing the white paper in the original script.
This is a rule of British filmmaking. If you want to modify the script that has been finalized.It will take away the page numbers that need to be modified on the original white copy paper, and then change to another color copy paper to replace the modified page numbers.
In this way, the actors can also see at a glance, where changes have been made, and the lines need to be memorized again.It is also more convenient to manage the staff on the set, because the director may be on the set at any time and temporarily revise the script, so that it will be marked with different colors and the version will not be messed up.
Ronald wrote more and more characters, including Gene's story and Hillary's story. CoCo's story.The key plots of the characters modified by Ronald accounted for just over one-third of the entire protagonist.If you add the complete story of Doris that hasn't been changed, it's close to half.
Not to mention that Ronald's revisions are all key plots, plots that transform characters, and subsequent plots of characters' endings.
The script with the latest version of the dialogue has been replaced, and will be sent to the actors and assistant directors.The smell of the copier has not been eliminated, and the imprint of rebinding is clearly visible.A copy of the script was sent to the actor by the assistant.
"Antonia, this is yours."
"Gene, this is yours."
"Antonia, what did it say? Have my lines changed?"
"Puchi..." Antonia couldn't help laughing when she saw Ronald's dialogue between two women competing for a man.
She pointed to the revised section and explained it to Gene.Taking a pen, Gene marked the phonetic notation that only he knew under the words he didn't know.
"Hahaha, you girls, do you really talk like that?" Gene asked with a smile.
"It's about the same. Several rich girls in my class all speak in this tone."
Antonia laughed again, thinking of the "Hillarys" in the ballet class.Ronald's words are too detrimental, reflecting the faces of these characters very real.
Ronald walked into the rehearsal room and started handing out Coke.
"Brother, your line is really amazing, I don't want to get diabetes, hahaha, I laughed so hard." Gene ran to give the script to Ronald, "How did you come up with it, Man?"
"I just take what I hear and reassemble it."
Ronald picked up the script with a smile and flipped through it casually.
Many papers of the script have turned blue one after another, and some are pink. The pink paper indicates that this part has been revised twice.
Ronald closed the script, which is the origin of the film.All scenes, shots, characters, dialogues, and actions are marked in the script.The pictures and sounds that are finally presented on the screen all start from this thick script.
Through the joint action of the director and actors, the words are captured by the camera lens, the light falls on the film, some wonderful chemical reactions occur, and finally interacts with the silver powder, leaving beautiful dynamic pictures one after another.
The cover of the script is a slightly thicker yellow cardboard, with a large "hot lunch" on the top, and a small print below: title of the film.
In the lower right corner are a few lines of small words: "The content of this script is confidential to the crew, and the copyright belongs to MGM Pictures. It cannot be reproduced without permission."
In the middle is the words "Final Draft", and beside it is the name of the playwright according to the marked format
Original Screenplay: Christopher Gore.
and lo...
"No, there is no reconciliation, why is my name not included in the signature column?"
"Why isn't my name in the signature column?"
Ronald put the script on the table, pointed to the cover and asked director Parker.
"It's not my business, Ronald, you can ask David."
"Have you any inspiration for Doris' script?"
"I'm still thinking, director, I've encountered some difficulties and I'm thinking about how to get around it."
Ronald went back to producer David Da Silva.
"Why doesn't my name appear in the script's byline? Mr. da Silva?"
Ronald pointed to the signature on the cover and asked the producer.
"I remember you didn't sign a screenwriting contract with us, right? It's one thing to revise, but another to sign it. Allen also revised a lot of script content, and he didn't sign it either."
"But I had a verbal agreement with the director, Mr. Parker. He promised me that if I write well, he will add my name to the list of screenwriters."
"Then you have to confirm with Allen. Signing is a very serious matter, and the screenwriters union has to manage it. You'd better ask Allen to give you a written confirmation." Producer Da Silva sent Ronald to Find a director.
"Mr. Director, Mr. Da Silva said that my signature must be confirmed by you before it can be put on the screenwriter column. You promised me at that time that as long as what I wrote was adopted, I would let me sign on the script .”
"Yes, yes, I promised. It's probably just a typo, and they'll be correcting it shortly. I'll have my assistant follow up on this and add you to the next script."
"I'm very busy now, Ronald. You see, dance rehearsals, and the following drama rehearsals, I have a lot of things to do. You should think about how to write the plot of Doris? How to make her overcome her inability The shy one who dared to sing on stage became the one who dared to perform in front of everyone."
show?You two don't do very well.Ronald's heart gradually cooled down.
The cover of the script says Final Draft.After the final draft, the revisions made by Ronald were all replaced with colored cardboard.The previous revisions were simply re-copying a set.
That is to say, there is no next draft.
According to Ronald's experience with the "High School of Rock" crew, the production company will distribute the final list of film shootings to various trade unions.The list of actors is sent to the film actors' union, and actors who have salary payment records can get the actors' union card.The list of directors will be sent to the directors' union, and those who meet the requirements will be invited to join.
If the screenwriters union is the same, then the final draft will be sent to the union. Without him on the screenwriter list, it is impossible for him to enter the screenwriters union with the script of this movie.
This is unreasonable. In the production team of Rock High School, there are two screenwriters' signatures on the cover of the script. It can be seen that the screenwriters' union does not require only one screenwriter's signature for a film like the directors' union.
It doesn't make sense, why can't you add your own name?
"Mr. Parker, you may not know that I have worked in Hollywood before, and this is the final version of the script. Why not add my name to the screenwriter's credit?
Ronald asked straightforwardly.
(End of this chapter)
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