On the afternoon of the first day of principal photography for "The Kid" in Los Angeles, the crew arrived at Rio Carrillo State Beach in Malibu. Weintraub obtained a filming permit and cleared the state beach specifically for the crew to film.

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On the beach in autumn, the wind was already a bit chilly on my body, so Ronald gave the order for the assistant director to start organizing the extras.

Wearing a tank top and bare feet, Ralph Mazzio started playing beach soccer with a group of Latino actors in the new apartment. Daniel, played by Ralph Mazio, began to show off his dribbling skills

, rushing left and right in a crowd of Latinos, always dribbling the ball forward, and no one could stop him.

Suddenly, he kicked the ball forward and the ball was a little longer, and his friends rushed to fight for it. One kick and one kick, and I fought for it, stirring up countless sand on the beach.

The sand rose up and splashed onto the girls sitting in a circle. Daniel was suddenly immobilized, and he stared blankly at the girl in the middle without moving.

"cut!"

Ronald stopped the filming. Ralph Mazzio's acting skills were trustworthy and he played a middle school student who fell in love at first sight very well. Director of photography James Crabbe gave a thumbs up, indicating that the shot had passed.

The next step is to go backwards and shoot the scene of Elisabeth Shue playing Ali...

While waiting for the camera crew to set up the shooting position, Ralph Mazio came over and had a chat with Sue.

He threw the football down, and then started to bounce the ball with his feet and knees. "You see, it's very simple, just do this, one-two...one-two...keep the ball within the range you can catch."

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Elizabeth Su looked at Ralph Mazzio, who was teaching seriously, with a smile in her eyes. She stepped forward and squeezed against Ralph, who was like a chicken, snatched the ball, and then quickly took it away.

"Hey..." Ralph Mazio was a little embarrassed when the girl snatched the football away, but he was too embarrassed to go up and grab it back.

Ronald, who was watching from the side, covered his face, why are you such a weakling?

"Hehehe..." Elizabeth Su looked at his innocent look and laughed loudly, "I have been on the school's women's football team since I was a child."

"Oh?" Ralph Mazio put his hands on his hips, "Director Ronald asked me to practice."

"I know." Elizabeth Su glanced at Ronald standing far away, picked up the football and kicked it towards Ronald.

Ronald, who was relieved when he saw the two resumed their joking, was almost knocked down by a football. He glanced at Elizabeth Su and said with a smile, "Go get ready, it will be your turn later."

This is the third scene of the whole movie, after LaRusso and her son arrived in Los Angeles. Daniel went to the beach to play football with his Latin friends in the apartment, and saw Ali, whom he fell in love with at first sight.

In order to ensure the actor's acting skills, Ronald basically shot all the scenes in the order in the script.

The camera was quickly moved. Elizabeth Su put on makeup and wore a one-piece blue and white striped swimsuit, revealing her fair and tender skin. Her weight loss was somewhat effective, but she still retained some baby fat.

Ronald looked through the viewfinder of the camera. Elizabeth Sue also wore a blue headband on her head that was the same as her swimsuit and was smiling at the camera.

"action!"

The next shot begins.

Elizabeth Sue looked sideways at the close-up shot in the direction of the camera.

Ronald, who was standing behind the camera and watching the actor's performance, couldn't help but secretly nod. Elizabeth Sue seemed to have regained her chemical reaction with Ralph Mazzio, and the two showed mutual interest in each other's eyes.

The sun, which was about to set, shone from behind the camera. Elizabeth Su squinted her eyes, and a halo appeared on her blond hair.

She looked at the camera, looked at the ground a little embarrassed, then suddenly blinked her left eye with a smile, raised her head and made a face behind the camera.

"cut!"

"Very good, you blinked very well just now." Ronald immediately went up to praise him a few times. The girl was attracted and responded. This was a very good improvisation, "But I believe you can do better. …”

"Let's do it again..."

This time, Ronald retreated several steps behind the camera, watching the overall composition and the actors' body movements.

Elizabeth Sue looked at Ralph Mazzio behind the camera, made another face, and then broke into a smile.

"Cut!" Ronald felt that this processing seemed to be a little worse than the previous shot. This is always the case when shooting movies. Generally speaking, the first shot has the most full and rich emotions.

"Third scene, second shot, first shot."

After shooting the close-up shot of Elizabeth Sue, the crew immediately moved to the next shot.

The sun was going to set soon. Ronald took the time and instead of applauding everyone to congratulate the completion of the shooting, he immediately moved on to the next step.

Elizabeth Sue was sitting there, and the football came into her hand. She took the football and threw it to Ralph Mazio.

Ralph Mazio caught the ball with his thighs, then used his legs and feet to bounce the ball.

Elizabeth Su looked at the ball and pretended to be interested.

Just as Ralph was about to knock the ball away, a Latino extra rushed up as promised and snatched the ball away with his head, saying, "Stop showing off here."

"Who is that one in the blue swimsuit?" Daniel apologized to Ali and caught up with his companion.

"The hills (referring to the rich people who live in Beverly Hills)."

"From the mountain?"

"Just rich people," the Latin companion told Daniel.

Several girls sitting on the ground over there stood up and went swimming in the sea. Ali, played by Elizabeth Shue, stood up last, pulled up her swimsuit, and walked into the sea. She also looked back at the camera in the distance, and then Looked again.

"cut!"

Ronald was very satisfied. Both shots achieved the effect he wanted in one shot. The scene on the beach was the first time the male and female protagonists met, and they both had a strong interest in each other. This way, it was in the hearts of the audience. Made a good first impression.

Especially Elizabeth Sue, in the two looking back scenes, she played a good role in a girl's curiosity about the boy she met for the first time and her desire to continue to understand and interact with him.

"It seems that Ralph Mazio's skills have been recognized by her." Ronald was very satisfied with his skills.

"Everyone go to the tent and rest. We will shoot the rest of the scene after dark." The first assistant director picked up the loudspeaker and began to inform everyone.

"Are you telling the truth? Ronald's girlfriend is really Brooke Shields?" Elizabeth Sue and Ralph Marzio walked back from the camera and put on their bathrobes. It's really cold in the sea this weather

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"Didn't you also see it? The National Enquirer published their photos." Ralph Mazio also whispered, "At Princeton, Brooke Shields even treated our crew members to dinner. That's probably it.

Ronald was photographed by the paparazzi when he was taking her back to campus at night."

"Really?" Elizabeth Sue looked back at Ronald, who was discussing with the assistant director and others, and became more and more curious about him. Unexpectedly, Brooke Shields was also captured by him. What was so special about Ronald?

Where?

Soon the sun began to set, and the prop team brought a lot of firewood and lit a bonfire. The crew started filming the evening scene.

Here Daniel was encouraged by his Latin friends, and he bravely went over to meet Ali, who was wearing a blue headband. One friend even directly assisted, picking up a football and kicking it towards the bonfire.

With a bang, the football fell to the ground. The girls picked it up and handed it to the most independent and independent Ali.

Elizabeth Sue picked up the ball and walked towards the camera.

"cut!"

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Ronald directed the camera to change its position, and what followed was a scene where the two male and female protagonists formally introduced each other.

Elizabeth Sue finished her makeup touch-up at the scene and walked towards Ronald.

She was wearing a white cashmere sweater and still had the same blue hairband on her head. She saw Ronald talking to an old man.

She didn't know that it was Charles Okun, the associate producer of the show, and she only heard that Ronald and he seemed to have a small dispute.

"Why not give Ali a slow-motion close-up? Don't we just need to exaggerate the atmosphere of her and Daniel falling in love at first sight?" the old man Charles Okun spread his hands and said.

"First of all, Ali and Daniel didn't fall in love with each other at first sight. Daniel had an obvious liking for Ali, but he didn't have enough confidence in pursuing a rich girl. Ali was just curious about Daniel now, and then he wanted to do it for himself and his ex-boyfriend Johnny.

It took a big battle to really make Ali look at him with admiration.

In addition, if you have different opinions, you can raise them when watching the samples, and do not challenge my authority on the set."

Ronald was very dissatisfied with Charles Okun's behavior of dictating him on the set, but when he pointed out his problems in public, he had to respond quickly. Otherwise, if the staff saw that he could not convince the public, many people would criticize him as a director.

Gives birth to distrust.

This will cause a lot of problems in the subsequent filming. If everyone comes to make their own decision and has to explain it, then he will not be a director. So Ronald quickly issued a clear threat to Charles Okun.

Charles Okun shrugged, saying that he was innocent and just had some thoughts to share.

Ronald waved his hand to ask him to step back. Then he turned around and saw Elizabeth Su standing next to her, as if she had something to ask herself.

"What? Do you have any questions about the next scene?"

"No, no, I know how to act. I'm actually here to confirm a rumor to you." Elizabeth Sue saw the way Ronald scolded the associate producer just now, and thought to herself that this is the only way to get Brooke Shields.

"What rumor?"

"Are you...are you Brooke Shields' boyfriend?" Elizabeth Sue looked at Ronald, as if to tell whether he was lying from his face.

"What? I didn't, I'm not, who did you listen to?" Ronald was startled, why did the news about him and Brooke reach the crew, "Did Ralph tell you? He's talking nonsense.

Yes, Brooke and I are just friends. I directed one of her commercials, just like I directed your chewing gum commercial."

"Oh." Elizabeth Sue looked at Ronald's anxious denial and it was funny. Could it be that he really wasn't? But an ordinary American boy, if there is a chance to have an affair with Brooke Shields, he should just insist on it.

"I didn't listen to what he said, I just...anyway, your agent should be looking for you."

"Director, take a look at this angle." Director of photography James Crabbe asked him to go over and determine the position of the camera.

Ronald, who was confused, ignored the matter and ran to the camera to get busy.
To be continued...