The next day, the crew started filming in a rented office in the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. It used to be the office of a small stock brokerage company. After the stock market crash, the bankrupt company ran away, leaving behind a lot of desks, chairs, stationery, and
A row of electronic tickers on the wall - an uninterrupted display of real-time quotes for Wall Street stocks.
Tess's workstation faces the camera behind her. Separated from her by a partition is a fat actor, Oliver Platt, facing the camera. For such a clown-like character, it is better for Ronald to watch.
Discovered by Jonathan Demme's "Married to the Mob."
He looks like the kind of bad guy who hangs out with the rugby players in middle school and bullies female classmates.
"All departments are in place, cameras?" Ronald hid on the side of the desk, away from an aisle. There was a long guide rail here, waiting to follow Tess into the company.
"Camera full speed!"
"recording?"
"The recording is ready"
"Action!"
The coat, makeup, and hairstyle worn by Melanie Griffiths were all restored exactly as they were taken yesterday. Only the leather trench coat that was obviously too big was left on the clothes hanging by the door as usual and was not worn.
Tess was wearing a black turtleneck sweater, and a beige coat on top. The collar was so exaggerated that it invaded the other half of her territory. The shoulder pads were obviously two inches high, and they were marked by a cheap backpack.
This outfit is the power dressing (Power Dressing) often seen by women in Wall Street workplaces. If you only look at the upper body, it is very similar to a man's suit with large shoulder pads. The turtleneck sweater particularly dilutes the female characteristics, just to make her sit down.
When talking to you, you can't feel the difference in personality. Just like male peacocks, they use oversized clothes to scare competitors.
But her lower body is a short skirt three inches above the knee, paired with black patterned stockings. This combination allows her to stand up and show off her feminine charm when greeting customers.
The camera followed her quick steps on the rails and filmed from the side. There were many televisions, computer monitors, and office equipment with documents in the foreground and background. In a few seconds, the company where Tess worked was quickly sketched.
A very dynamic and busy company.
"Morning, morning..." Melanie Griffiths greeted everyone along the way, and finally passed behind the manager Lutz, the character played by the fat man Oliver Platt, and sat down at the edge of the large office area.
a location.
This place is the secretary's position, the director of Tess's service department, and Lutz, as the manager, sits with her, which fully shows that this is a small company and the office space is tight.
For viewers working in big cities in America, these are all information that can be understood immediately. The crew's set is excellent, and what Ronald wants to express is very completely and accurately expressed. At the beginning, Ronald
Dede explained the background of the story and the personalities of the characters so that one shot can show them all. This is unique to large-scale production crews and the result of the joint efforts of professional departments.
The camera continued to move, bypassing the office area, and stopped at a fixed point at the side and rear, just in time to capture Tess changing her shoes.
She answered the phone and said, "This is Mr. Turco's number. Who is it?" Melanie Griffith held the phone between her legs and asked who the other party was. She took off her long cotton socks and took them out.
Put on the high heels under the table.
Oliver Platt, the little fat guy opposite, started to make an exaggerated expression, put his nose between his hands, and then started to fan, saying that his shoes smelled bad.
Tess ignored the bullying in the office, "Please wait a moment, don't hang up, I'm going to find Mr. Turco." Then she got up and went to find her constipated boss, Turco, who had to go to the pit every morning.
gentlemen.
“Cut!
Ronald looked at the director of photography, who nodded to indicate that the camera was fine.
"Very good, this print."
Following Ronald's order, all the extras and technical staff on the scene began to applaud. This play is a large-scale production, so all the extras have been selected by Julia Taylor and her assistants, and they are all actors who can act.
The biggest fear in this kind of big production is that the protagonists act very well, but there is a problem with the extras. When the camera is focused on the protagonists, it is an excellent drama, but then it turns to several extras for one second.
But it will cause drama.
This is the difference between big productions and B-level movies. These extras have never looked at the camera during the process, and they all have basic acting skills. For such a long shot, they are all busy doing their own thing, just like
Like a real securities brokerage company.
Ronald praised everyone's performance and took another shot a few minutes later just to be on the safe side. Walter Murch, who was next to him, told him that the edited footage was enough.
Ronald turned to call the recorder, and the little girl said loudly, "Working Girl, Act 3, Scene 4."
The film was a commercial production, and Harrison Ford's schedule was very tight, so it was impossible to shoot according to the script. In order to save time and cost, Ronald skipped filming the next scene.
"Action!"
After Tess went to the bathroom to talk to her boss, she ran back to the office and bumped into an extra on the way. Her reaction was very natural. When she came back to her desk, she said to the client on the phone, "You're in Shantitko?"
The promissory note is $18, and he (Boss Tess) will call you when he comes back."
"Cut!"
The filming went very smoothly, and this plot will be familiar to those who have bought stocks. Tess's boss persuaded his clients to buy the stock of Shantitco, saying that it would rise, but the stock fell instead, and the client called every day to ask about the situation.
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This price is also the reason why Tess’s charismatic boss has been suffering from constipation every day recently and has to squat at work.
The company Tess works for is, to put it bluntly, a broker. They call various wealthy people to promote the company's "exclusive inside information" and persuade them to buy the original unlisted stocks they recommend, and even more aggressive directors, such as
Tess's boss will persuade customers to use leverage and buy at an excess price.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In the real Wall Street, these radicals liquidated a large number of their positions after the stock market crash last year. Many such director-level brokers went bankrupt. The office rented for the filming location was the previous company.
exactly.
A few more shots were taken, and it was the last shot before noon.
"Titco closed at 17.8, which is down again. It is expected to be sideways next Monday." Tess looked at the closing stock price and said to the fat Lutz sitting opposite.
"How much did your boss tell the client the increase would be?" Lutz answered nonchalantly. He and a colleague next to him regarded secretaries like Tess as brainless blonde beauties (Bimbo).
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"He said it would increase after it is launched. The launch price is $23, but the company only has one product, a mouthwash that removes dental plaque. You know, the kind that you take a mouthful of and spit it out. No one will use that product all the time.
…”
Griffiths shrugged, meaning that this product is not like toothpaste or shaving gel, which must be used all the time. After using the anti-freckle mouthwash for a period of time, no matter whether it has any effect or not, consumers will not buy it again.
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This conversation shows that although Tess is a secretary, her professional skills are undoubtedly qualified to be a manager. The biggest weakness of the product represented by the stock is immediately apparent.
"Maybe..." Oliver Platt, the actor of Little Fatty Lutz, and his companions stood up and put on their suits, and began the action in which the male managers of the company never tired of wooing each other's secretaries.
"Before we go to dinner, I have to tell you good news and bad news. The bad news is that the promotion rotation plan you applied for was rejected."
"Why?" Tess was discouraged all of a sudden, and her shoulders sank. She had applied for this project many times. Secretaries and recent college graduates can participate. If they are selected, they can enter the company's fast track.
After one year of internship on the job, you can be promoted to a real manager.
"We have tried our best, but Tess, you are competing with Harvard's undergraduate degree and Wharton's MBA, and you only have a night school diploma..."
This is the biggest and most invisible gap in the American workplace. What kind of work people do is related to their class of origin. Rich children can go to good private universities and enter the fast track after graduation.
Children from poor families like Tess can only go to public high schools and cannot apply for good universities. In order to support themselves, they have to find a job. By the time Tess, like Tess, used her rest and night time to get a college diploma, she was already thirty.
How can you compete with those who graduated from Harvard and Wharton in their twenties at a young age?
"What about the good news?" Melanie Griffiths is indeed a talented actor, and she grasps the emotions at this time very well. This news is a big blow to Tess, and this promotion rotation plan
, there is an upper age limit, and those over thirty are generally not eligible to participate.
But Tess is a person who never gives up. Although she was so disappointed that her body was shaking a little, she still didn’t give up hope. Didn’t little fat Lutz say there is still good news?”
"I know a friend who works in the arbitrage department. He is very hungry and is looking for someone who is hungrier than him. He is currently short of an assistant and he wants to meet you for a drink and a chat first."
"Isn't this another trap?" Tess had obviously been deceived before. The so-called job opportunities were all fake, made up for the sake of the manager's lust.
"Do you think I look like a pimp?" Lutz asked his colleague.
The actor nodded.
"Hahaha..." The two burst into laughter.
"Bob said to find a hungry man, so I thought of you, and you decide the rest." Melanie Griffith's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, this was her last chance.
"Bob from the arbitrage department?" Tess decided to give it a try.
"Bob Speck, from the arbitrage department, this is the phone extension." The two male managers stood up.
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you."
A group of female secretaries came over with several balloons to sing happy birthday to Tess.
Within the company, blue-collar workers always play with blue-collar workers. They take care of each other and share any difficulties or gossip. Tess looked at them. Although she wanted to get out of this circle, there were still just these secretaries in the company.
They are ordinary people with good intentions.
"Cut!"
Ronald was very satisfied with today's progress. Melanie Griffiths did not take the script to the shooting scene. She completely understood the role of Tess and knew the lines by heart. When she needed to improvise, she also
Can handle it well.
A good actor doesn't just stand out for himself, he always uses his own reactions to bring other actors into the spotlight.
After shooting a few more reaction shots, the shooting of today's scene was completed.
The actors went to dinner. Ronald ate two chicken sandwiches and drank a cup of coffee. He also had to wait for his old friend Roger Corman, who would guest star in the afternoon.
"Ronald, I'm so glad you asked me to come. What role will I play this time?"
The filming of "Ecstasy" co-produced by Roger Corman and Ronald has been completed and is in post-production and test screening. He now regards guest appearances in familiar movies as his greatest pleasure.
"He's the director of a Wall Street investment company." Ronald smiled and led him to the shooting location.
"Oh oh oh, what's going on, Ronald, what scene are you going to film?"
When Coleman saw that the filming location was actually a restroom in the company, he immediately protested. Last time he was a naval officer, so how could this time it look like a B-level horror movie he shot?
"Why don't you play the passerby, and have a scene showing your face, without any lines." Ronald handed him the script.
This is the scene where Tess goes into the bathroom to find her constipated boss. During this scene, her boss is in the bathroom partition, with only his voice, and only his profile is shown at the end. Roger Corman is good at playing this kind of comedy.
Colorful character, so Ronald asked him to make a cameo.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I am still acting as a passerby, there is a frontal shot."
"Okay, do we have any suitable extras?" Ronald asked the assistant next to him if there was anyone suitable to play the role of constipation in the partition.
"No, we are not looking for a handsome person. Tess's boss is a broker. He must be handsome in order to get clients to pay. Someone like Melanie's new boyfriend will do." The casting assistant is Julia.
·Taylor's apprentice makes sense.
"Then what should I do? This scene cannot be postponed. We have to shoot another scene with this scene tomorrow. I don't have time to find anyone else."
When Roger Coleman heard that he wanted to be handsome and unrestrained, he was very moved. However, when he looked at the script, he found that the content was too abrupt and did not match the appearance of his university teacher. He must not have performed well, so he kept silent.
"How about, how about you do it yourself?" The casting assistant thought Ronald looked qualified.
"Yes, Ronald, your image can definitely be regarded as a sales manager on Wall Street." Roger Coleman also supported him, "I can call you Action."
"Okay, that's it, makeup artist?"
Half an hour later, Ronald had already put on his suit, combed his hair in a fashionable style, and squatted in the partitioned toilet cubicle.
Melanie Griffiths came back from dinner and burst out laughing when she saw that it was Ronald acting opposite her.
"Mr. Coleman can shout Action." Ronald explained to everyone that he only heard his voice in this scene and did not see his person. It was considered an alternative performance.
"Dong dong..." Griffith knocked on the door of the men's bathroom, then walked in while holding on to the wall. She was shy and scared and did not dare to look at the situation inside, so she had to shout "Mr. Turco, Mr. Turco"
?”
"Well..." Ronald replied in a low voice.
Roger Corman plays a senior director who is peeing on the other side. When he pokes his head, he reveals a sanctimonious face.
When Melanie Griffiths saw someone looking at her, she quickly turned her face and put her arms up to cover others' sight.
"The client is very anxious. He bought the promissory note of the original stock..."
"Can't you just let him wait for a minute?" Ronald's voice came out from the partition with a reverberation effect.
"He was in a hurry, he was buying a promissory note, and such a customer doesn't want to talk to a secretary." Melanie Griffiths covered her face with her arms, so shy. The character played by Roger Corman,
I washed my hands in front of her, dried them and walked out.
Although it is a very busy company and the employees are very hard-working, it is still very hard to rush to the bathroom to talk about work so hard.
"Can you go answer his phone?" Tess asked the boss inside, Turko, outside.
"I don't have any paper..."
"What?" Tess was a little confused.
"There's no fucking paper here," Turco, the manager played by Ronald, shows his profile from above the partition and yells to Tess, "Bring me some!"
Tess, played by Melanie Griffiths, was even more embarrassed. She handled it well. After hearing this rude request, she was stunned for a second. After thinking about it, she went to get a bucket under the sink.
Roll up the paper, run to the partition, and reach into the gap under the door.
Ronald's hand reached out from below and grabbed it.
Melanie Griffiths put on a look of relief and ran away quickly.
"Thank you for your help! You are so kind..." Ronald was still saying thanks.
"Cut!"
Roger Corman called a stop outside, and everyone came in from outside the bathroom and started applauding. Melanie Griffith's performance fit the role very well, a tough working girl working hard in the company, but also gentle.
Feminine traits.
"Bravo!" Sigourney Weaver also came at noon. Although her turn hadn't come yet, she had been thinking about what Ronald meant by giving her a gorilla doll for the past few days. She just came to the set to have a look.
Play and find inspiration.
Many great directors have this habit of not telling the truth and letting the actors figure it out for themselves. Sigourney Weaver thought Ronald was also such a director.
Ronald watched the black-and-white video recorded on the monitor. Griffiths acted very well, expressing Tess's temperament vividly. It would be better not to reshoot this kind of scene. He also felt embarrassed.
After announcing that this was over, Ronald was very satisfied with Melanie Griffith's performance and decided to give her a reward. He walked to the props, took a little hare doll that he would use later, and handed it to Melanie Griffith.
Rifeth.
"This is a prize for you. You performed well."
"Thank you, thank you." Melanie Griffiths, like many actresses, couldn't walk when she saw this cute little doll.
It just so happened that Tess also placed a stuffed rabbit on the table during the play.
"I understand..." Seeing this scene, Sigourney Weaver finally figured out Ronald's intention.
Tess is a blue-collar worker. She is like a little rabbit at heart, sensitive and prone to frustration and fright. The rabbit doll is also very small, which shows Tess's status in the company and she is bullied by everyone.
The gorilla doll Ronald gave himself was as big as a person. And it was made according to the image in the movie "King Kong". In the movie "King Kong", the gorilla holds a girl in his hand.
In the script, when Catherine got off the plane, she played with the King Kong doll in her hand. This is a metaphor, showing that Catherine is like a smart woman playing with a gorilla in her heart.
Gorillas are the image of male executives in companies. They are all so big and stupid.
"Thank you for your gorilla doll, which made me understand Catherine's inner world." Sigourney Weaver suddenly said out of nowhere.
"Ah...that, you just like it." Ronald thought to himself that Weaver had just returned from Kenya where he filmed a gorilla movie, so he gave her a doll to make her happy, and it seemed to have a good effect.
The rest of the filming went smoothly and ended at 6 p.m. Ronald was greeting the volunteer pickets of the Writers Guild when Ricky Lake, the heroine of the "Hairspray" crew, suddenly ran in and hugged Ronald.
Cry loudly.
"Who is this? She doesn't have a pass from your crew. Is she a screenwriter?..." The pickets came over and asked.
"No, this is an actress, the heroine of my production company's new film. Haven't you seen it?" Ronald replied angrily.
"Divine, Divine, he's dead."
"What? What did you say?" Ronald was shocked. Did he hear wrongly? The Divine, the Drag Queen who had just had dinner with him, was actually dead?