Demi Gaines' apartment is a high-end apartment in West Hollywood.
Early the next morning, Ronald drove an orange Volkswagen Hare to the door of her apartment. The gatekeeper saw that he was driving a cheap car and stopped him to ask a lot of questions. Fortunately, Ronald is white and his English accent does not look like he comes from a lower-class community. The janitor agreed to call Demi and confirm before letting him in.
After parking the car, Ronald looked around. It was really in much better condition than his own apartment. Not only is there a gatekeeper, there is an outdoor swimming pool inside the gate, and there is a party venue next to it, which still retains the atmosphere of last night's carnival. The laughter of men and women and the sound of diving could be heard faintly from the depths of the yard. There was probably a private swimming pool inside.
When they arrived at Demi's apartment, she and her boyfriend were already waiting at the door. "Hi Ronald, you're welcome."
Ronald held a tripod in one hand and a camera and flash on his back. He freed up one hand to shake their hands.
Demi has shawl black hair, a very straight nose, thick and black eyebrows, and her eyes are very bright, but one of them is slightly inconvenient when turning. Her cheeks are flat from the cheekbones down to her jaw, slightly sunken, and her slightly square jaw shows her strong character, which is exactly the face most suitable for a movie star.
Her boyfriend is Freddy Moore, the lead singer of the rock band "The Kats". Intentionally misspelled names are the fashion nowadays.
Freddy wears a pair of big black-rimmed glasses and looks nothing like a rock star, but more like a high school geek. The kind who was bullied by the football team in high school and then got into a good college and found a good job after graduation.
"Do you want to shoot here?"
Demi and her boyfriend obviously made preparations first, clearing out a bedroom and leaving three walls and a large open space for Ronald to shoot.
"Yes, Demi values this shoot very much. She said that the photos you took can bring people to life. So we made some preparations." Freddie smiled shyly, holding Demi's shoulders.
"Do you have a floor lamp or table lamp for the bedroom? Just the kind beside the bed will do. You need a supplementary light."
After setting up the tripod in a few clicks, Ronald loaded a new roll of film and mounted the camera on the tripod. Then I took out a wire and connected it to the camera's shutter.
"What is this?" Demi asked curiously.
"Wire-controlled shutter."
Freddy brought the floor lamp and Ronald placed it at an angle, adjusting it carefully so that the light on Demi's face would match and create a synergy.
Ronald set up the position and asked Demi to stay still in the reserved shooting position. The light was carefully designed to illuminate Demi's face, giving her the beauty of an ancient Greek sculpture.
"The purpose of the audition photos is for the casting director to discover your characteristics and match them with the role in the script. So you can't use too exaggerated light, it must match your own characteristics." Ronald explained while observing Demi.
"You need to wear a solid color top, not black or white, so as not to steal the spotlight from me."
"Okay", Demi went to change into a light green T-shirt next door.
"This light-colored dress will complement your hair color." America rarely sees such pure black hair color, which reminds Ronald of China.
After adjusting the angle of the light, Ronald took out a light meter and placed it at Demi's eyes. After measuring the data, he adjusted the aperture of the camera.
Carefully focusing on Demi's eyes, Ronald said:
"Now try not to move too much back and forth, lest you lose focus and your eyes become blurry." Ronald raised his head and showed his head from behind the camera with the shutter release cable.
"It's a bit presumptuous to ask this, because I want to focus on your eyes. Your eyes seem...?"
"Yes, when I was a child, I had one eye that was squinted and I had two surgeries. The doctor said that it will get better as I get older." Demi explained generously.
"Okay, I will use the pupil of the other eye to focus, and it will have no effect on the film." Ronald liked this frank girl very much.
"Now give me an idea, Demi." Ronald held the wire-controlled shutter in his hand, stood next to the camera, and talked to Demi, but he paid close attention to Demi's expression.
"What?" Demi didn't understand.
"Think of one thing in your mind. You don't have to tell me anything, but think of one thing."
"No, this thing is not good, change it to another one...this one is good." Ronald pressed the shutter in his hand.
"One more idea, well, I like this idea."
Click, click, click, the automatic film winder cooperates with the shutter to quickly replace the exposed film and replace it with a new one.
"When you and I were working as print models, the photographers were different," Demi said. "They would just ask me to do various poses."
"The director mainly looks at your personal temperament. I try to restore your own characteristics. You are a very heroic girl."
Click, click, Ronald was filming, and suddenly there was a girl's scream outside the window, and then someone fell into the water with a splash, "Ah... hahahaha." Another burst of female laughter came, as if someone was playing diving. .
Ronald's hand shook, he frowned, and paused the shooting.
Demi walked to the window, opened the curtains, and shouted to the private swimming pool below:
"Hi, Natasha, are you back from China?"
"Hey, Demi, why don't you come down and play in the water?" a voice came faintly.
"I'm taking audition photos, can you dive in later, the photographer needs to be quiet."
"Okay, I'll come find you later..."
Stand in a good position again, meter and focus. Ronald signaled that it was okay to start over.
"Give me a loving thought."
This set of audition photos was taken for a romantic comedy, which requires playful and adoring eyes. Ronald asked his boyfriend Freddie to stand opposite Demi and cooperate.
Click, click, click. Finished quickly
"I will send it to the Kodak printing store later. If you are willing to pay an extra $5 to Kodak, you can expedite it. I have selected the photos and enlarged them. It can be done in about an hour."
Demi discussed it with her boyfriend and chose to rush it, and then the two of them went to the Kodak printing store with Ronald.
Kodak has uniform quality printing shops all over America. No matter which store you go to with your film, the quality of the printing is the same. This is also a reflection of the technology and management strength of this Fortune 500 giant that stands out from the rest.
There were not many customers in the morning, so the three of them waited for 10 minutes before seeing the machine spit out 36 photos.
Demi lay on the counter and looked at her photos carefully. His boyfriend hugged her lovingly, "Your photos are very beautiful, my dear, I love you."
Demi turned around and kissed her boyfriend, selected 2 photos, and asked Ronald:
"I'll just choose these two, do you think that's okay? Ronald."
At a glance, Ronald saw that they were the most beautiful of the two.
He pointed at the other two and said, "I usually rely on the customer's opinion, but if you were my sister, I would suggest you choose these two."
"Why?"
One of these two pictures is a serious drama face without a smile, and the other is a smiling face suitable for romantic scenes. Ronald pointed to the photo and asked Demi's boyfriend, "What do you think Demi is thinking about these two expressions?"
"This one seems to be full of love, um, no, it seems a little jealous? I can't tell this one, maybe it's happy, but it also seems a little sad."
Ronald spread his hands and said: "Demi, your face is very suitable for filming. Whether you light it from the left or the right, you can get beautiful close-ups. But let me tell you, your greatest talent is your expression."
"With this face, the audience can see more than one expression and inner emotions. I can't explain why. I only know that the director likes this face very much." Ronald concluded.
"Then choose these two, thank you, Ronald." Demi said and came up to hug him.
Ronald patted Demi politely and said to the Kodak staff: "Please enlarge this one, and this one, 6 inches by 8 inches, five copies each. Leave a white border."
After a while, the photo was placed, and Ronald asked again, "Do you have typing equipment here? Please type her name at the bottom of the photo."
Ronald then asked Demi: "What stage name are you going to use?"
"I don't know, can't I use my original name?"
"Of course, but most actors will have a stage name." Ronald said, "The stage name should be loud and clear, such as Sean Connery who plays James Bond 007, and Roger Moore. Four syllables, long and short sounds combined, easy to read."
Demi's eyes lit up, and she turned around and hugged her boyfriend Freddie Moore, "Freddie, you will always love me, right?"
"certainly."
"Then when will you marry me?"
"Darling, as I told you, I still need some time to make it clear to Lucy. After I am done with her, we will get married."
"Then I don't care, I want to marry you."
"Okay, I will divorce Lucy, believe me, sweetheart."
Demi turned to the stunned Ronald and said:
"I'm going to marry Freddy soon. I'm going to take his last name and I'm going to use Demi Moore as my stage name."
