Playing the younger sister of the two heroines, Samantha, is Kelly Maroney. She put on a magenta and turquoise cheerleading outfit and appeared in front of Ronald.
"Kelly, this is a great outfit. What we're going to shoot later is the meeting between you and your sister Regina at home. You just woke up from your sleep and don't know what happened outside, while Regina came out from the movie theater Back, her boyfriend was attacked by a zombie and died, so she was in a state of shock.
I want a pair of sisters with opposite mental states. One has accepted the cruel fact that there are many zombies attacking humans in the apocalypse, while the other still thinks that everything is normal in the world and is worried about the date the next day. . "
"All right." Kelly nodded immediately and agreed. She was filled with gratitude for the opportunity Ronald gave her this time.
Kelly Maroney also played a cheerleader in Ronald's previous film, "Fast-paced Richmond High." Wearing a similar cheerleading skirt, she danced sexy on the football field.
The actress, who made her debut at New York's Shakespeare Company, once had a recurring role on a daytime soap opera. "Fast Times" was her first film attempt, and she never received any film offers after that. The soap opera was also cut in half at the end of 1982. If Ronald hadn't helped her, she would have lost her show.
"Recording? Camera? Action!"
An hour later, the lights and actors were ready, and Ronald gave the order to start the camera.
Regina, played by Catherine Mary Stuart, breaks through the zombies and returns home, where she opens the door. The red light from outside the door shone in, and a strange dark red atmosphere after the death of a comet enveloped her home.
"Samantha? Doris?" Regina began to test whether there were any survivors in the family.
She walked into the room step by step, "Samantha?"
"ah……"
"ah……"
Samantha and Regina, played by Kelly Maroney, screamed together.
"cut!"
Ronald was very satisfied with the performances of the two actresses. Both of them seemed to have improved their acting skills compared to before. After a few scenes, Ronald was satisfied with the first one. Sometimes for insurance, or to change One kind of acting method is called the second one.
"Director, do you want a second line?" Kelly Maroney took the glass of water from the assistant, took a sip through a straw, and asked Ronald.
"Well, when you are surprised, I hope there is a difference. Regina already knows the danger of zombies, so when she calls Samantha, it is with worry and fear.
And Samantha still knew nothing about the situation outside. She was a teenage girl, and she had an impatient attitude when answering her sister. "
"No problem, let me prepare. Fortunately, we can do the second part of the movie."
Kelly Maroney and Catherine Marie Stuart both breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the couch to talk about the scene.
Ronald looked at the actors playing the two sisters, and their costumes all had a comic feel. Sister Regina's pair is a silver top, which makes her look more rational and smart. The younger sister, Samantha, is the more vivid turquoise and magenta, implying that she is the more "brainless" of the sisters.
"Why, when you were filming daytime soap operas, didn't you have a second line?" Ronald asked casually.
"No, if something goes wrong on set, we have to continue acting. We have to shoot a daytime soap opera for an hour every day. If you don't pick up the dialogue and get stuck, we will be fired. It's not as comfortable as filming a movie with you." Kelly Maroney stretched her legs on the sofa and glanced at Ronald.
"Daytime soap operas are very particular about improvisation. Sometimes a character forgets his words, or there are some unexpected situations, and he has to improvise to cover it up, otherwise the pressure will be too much." Catherine Mary Stuart also said.
"Actually, my movie is a small production. If any of you forget the words, improvise a bit. This will save film and time. I don't have to do it all over again." Ronald glanced at the two beauties, especially Kelly. Maroni's long legs told them.
"Article 2, recording? Camera? Action!"
"Samantha?" Regina began to look for her sister.
"Here...ah!"
"ah!"
Samantha opened her bedroom, and the two suddenly saw each other and screamed in fright.
"Don't be like this, you gave me a heart attack."
"cut!"
Ronald felt that this one felt better, so he quickly asked the recorder to write down this one for printing.
The two actresses who have acted in daytime soap operas are actually very suitable for this kind of low-cost small production. The acting skills are not great, but they still meet the requirements of ordinary scenes. Best of all, it's fast to shoot.
"Next shot." Ronald ordered the camera crew to move the camera and the lights started to light up.
In this scene, after Samantha was frightened by her sister, she nonchalantly talked about what happened last night. She was slapped by her stepmother Doris, and her teeth were a little loose, and she was sleeping in the bedroom. She is going on a date with her boyfriend today.
"action!"
"She slapped me yesterday and I stayed up late. I had to go see my boyfriend." Samantha complained to her sister, then picked up the loudspeaker recorder on the table and started playing her favorite music.
She held a loudspeaker recorder and walked out of the bedroom with dancing steps to the rhythm. She passed by Regina and found that her silver top was covered in dirt, "Oh, you look so bad."
The camera shot from behind Samantha from a low angle. Under the cheerleading skirt are two healthy and strong long legs, pink socks and pink canvas shoes.
Kelly Maroney, who played Samantha, turned around and the muscles in her legs tensed up, full of the beauty of a young girl. The rhythmic legs took a step forward and walked out of the camera to the left.
"Cut! Very good." Ronald also lay behind the camera and looked over. This shot will definitely be liked by the teenage audience.
After filming the two sisters, the camera crew moved to Samantha's bedroom and began filming the scene where stepmother Doris slapped stepdaughter Samantha before the comet came the night before.
Sharon Farrell, who plays stepmother Doris, put on the same makeup as yesterday, with red nail polish and a velvet collar around her neck. A vicious image of a stepmother from a wealthy community.
Kelly Maroney changed into a tight yellow yoga suit, paired with red leg warmers produced by Ronald's.
"Three strikes in total," Ronald told the two actresses.
"At first, Doris heard Samantha's words and slapped Samantha with her right hand. Then Samantha slapped Samantha with her left hand. Finally, Doris followed Samantha's mouth with a straight right. fist."
Ronald then ran behind the camera, with Kelly Maroney on the left and Sharon Farrell on the right. The hands of the two people slapping each other are at the far end of the camera.
"action!"
"What party? Can I watch my neighbor Chuck across the street put his hand inside your panties?" Samantha asked her stepmother into the camera.
The shot is an over-the-shoulder shot, taken from behind the shoulder of Sharon Farrell, who plays the stepmother.
"Chuck is a good man. There is nothing wrong with him coming to help me when your father goes to a tropical island country." The stepmother replied.
"Doris, you are so naturally slutty, you don't need Chuck to seduce you."
"Snap!" Sharon Farrell slapped her in the face.
"cut!"
The slap was shot using a traditional Hollywood shooting method. The moment the hand came close to the other person's face, the other person started to dodge.
During post-editing, cut to the frame before the other person’s face starts to move. This kind of montage allows the audience to add in the plot of the slap on the face, although they did not see the slap actually hit the face.
Ronald was behind the camera and saw it all. Sharon Farrell's slap was good, but Kelly Maroney started to duck before the other person's hand could get close to her face. This is also a normal reaction from an actor who has never filmed such a scene.
"Let's rehearse. When Sharon's hand reaches here, you start hiding again." Ronald asked the two actors to try the timing of the fake action.
After they tried it twice in slow motion and felt it was OK, Ronald started shooting the second strip.
"Doris, you are so naturally slutty, you don't need Chuck to seduce you."
"Snap!" Sharon Farrell slapped her face again.
"Cut! You hid early." Ronald poked his head out from behind the camera, "Kelly, you have to slow down."
"Doris, you are so naturally slutty, you don't need Chuck to seduce you."
"Bang!" Sharon Farrell's slap this time had already hit the opponent's face, and Kelly Maroney hadn't even escaped.
"Cut! Rest for ten minutes."
Several shots failed to capture the perfect fake action, and Ronald was a little anxious. It is generally best not to take more than three takes, after which the actors will begin to lose their natural emotional responses.
This scene is not only a slap in the face, but also a conversation between the stepdaughter and the stepmother, talking about the affair between the stepmother and the man opposite, Chuck. There is an emotional reaction of the stepdaughter catching an adulterer and the stepmother becoming angry and angry that needs to be taken into account.
"Kelly, you still need to get used to the rhythm of this slap. We will start again later. You take a rest first and relax." Ronald whispered to actor Kelly Maroney, for fear of making her feel inappropriate. emotions, causing a worse situation.
Kelly Maroney smiled when she saw that Ronald was obviously very anxious and yet he was careful to please himself. This director is really good. I was able to get a role without throwing myself into his arms. And the camera positions given to me are very sexy.
Although the production is a bit small, directors who respect actresses and give themselves opportunities to appear are not common in Hollywood. Don't mess with him yourself. "
"Director, why don't we really fight?" Kelly Maroney said sincerely.
"Really?"
"Yeah, I'm grateful you didn't yell at me, because on a daytime soap opera I would have been fired by the producers long ago.
This slap was the only scene that faced the camera. I was afraid that if I faked it, I wouldn’t be able to act out a true reaction, and I didn’t know how long it would take to get it right. We were ready for a real slap. Then just continue. "
"Sharon?" Ronald looked back at Sharon Farrell, who played the opposite role.
"Director, sometimes movies have to be about real slaps. Don't worry, I've dated Bruce Lee before, learned boxing skills, and know how to slap in a slap that looks hard but actually holds back."
"Okay." Ronald didn't expect the actor to trust him so much, so he used real beats to shoot this scene.
"action!"
"Doris, you are so naturally slutty, you don't need Chuck to seduce you."
"Snap!" Sharon Farrell slapped her face, holding back a little when she got close to Kelly Maroney.
This time Kelly Maroney naturally shook her head to the left after being slapped in the face.
"ah!"
"cut!"
"Ice cubes," Ronald called.
The assistant got an ice pack and put a cold compress on Kelly Maroney's face.
"How was it?" Kelly Maroney looked at the director of photography immediately, wanting to know the results of the shooting.
Director of photography Arthur Albert nodded.
Ronald declared it passed.
"Oh yo." Kelly Maroney opened her mouth. Although she had tightened her strength this time, it still hurt.
"If it's ok, let's move on to the next one. Samantha fights back against stepmother Doris."
This time the camera was standing next to both of them, and the slap was hidden by Sharon's face, so there was no need for an actual slap.
After Samantha stood up straight, she raised her right hand and slapped Sharon Farrell in the face.
"Ah!" Sharon Farrell shook her head before being slapped across the face. As expected of a woman I have dated, the strength and speed of this head move are acceptable.
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