Chapter 65: Another wedding scene at Carnegie Manor
"Ms. Campbell, thank you very much for your generosity. We in the American arts community need politicians like you. With a person like you who understands art leading the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, our Hollywood artists will be able to create better
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Ronald held the hand of a young black woman with good temperament and began to compliment her.
This person named Mary Schmidt Campbell is the new director of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
Her job before taking this position was to manage the Black Museum in Harlem. In the late 1970s, when New York City was on the verge of financial bankruptcy, she relied on her extraordinary fundraising and business skills to build a museum on an apartment building.
The humble museum has been built into an independent building covering an area of 60,000 square feet. Its annual operating expenses from fundraising and tickets are two million US dollars.
Mayor Koch took a fancy to her level of management of cultural undertakings and appointed her as the director of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs last year, responsible for all cultural and artistic undertakings in the city.
The next scene that Ronald was going to shoot was when Tess and Jack sneaked into the wedding of the daughter of the owner of Teske Company, and promoted their plan to the founder, Mr. Teske, and got Teske's approval.
For this scene, it was necessary to find a famous big house to shoot. Art director Polly Platt took a fancy to the Carnegie Manor, the old house of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie located next to Fifth Avenue.
This is one of the earliest wealthy residences on the Upper East Side, and the nearby hill is named Carnegie Hill. Because this house is a representative work of neoclassical architecture in the early twentieth century, it was included in the national monument in the 1960s.
The list of historical sites is protected by law and cannot change its appearance. It is now managed by the Cultural Affairs Bureau.
Using a historical heritage building as a filming location, Ronald had to flatter Director Campbell. When she was happy, she could give the crew the greatest convenience.
"My friends all call me Mary, and I also want to see Harrison Ford in real life." Director Campbell has maintained a good figure. Unlike the black aunts at the bottom who have started to gain weight, her personal qualities are actually closer to those of white people.
upper layer.
"Of course, I'll introduce it to you. But when we start shooting, I want you to be behind the camera..."
Ronald thought that big stars were more attractive, so he introduced Chief Campbell to Harrison Ford and asked her to take a photo with his idol.
During the filming process, whenever he encountered bureaucratic airs from government departments, Ronald would always play the "Harrison Ford" card, and then he would be unfavorable.
"Ms. Campbell...Mary...I'm really happy to be filming here." Harrison Ford showed the charm of a star. At the request of Director Campbell, he matched her with Mary and made her very happy.
The subsequent filming went smoothly. The crew added a lot of scenery to the scene and built a Hawaiian-themed wedding scene based on straw, flowers, and fake palm trees.
Tess and Jack came here to meet Teske without any reservation. After Jack Traynor knew this, he knew that he had been deceived by Tess. The two were going to break into the rich man's wedding as strangers, and then
Chatting with the bride's father, Teske himself, was a very risky move.
If Teske didn't talk to them, it wouldn't just be a problem with this failure. The billionaires would have a bad feeling about them, and it would be impossible for Teske Enterprises to do business in the future.
But now that we're here, and Jack Trainor has invested a lot of resources in this project, we have no choice but to force it.
When the two entered the door, they were greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Teske who personally greeted them at the door. They asked them whether they were friends of the bride or the groom so that they could arrange their seats. Tess and Jack had a tacit understanding, and Tess used the bathroom as an excuse.
, Jack said he was going to have a drink, and the two tried to fool him. However, they separated because of this.
Jack Traynor, played by Harrison Ford, is just like himself in life, he will be surrounded by women wherever he goes. After grabbing two drinks and waiting for Tess, the female guests around him were attracted like magnets.
He was attracted to him and kept whispering how handsome he was.
"Cut!"
Ronald was not satisfied with the intensity of their infatuation, "E on, this is Harrison Ford, show a little more emotion that you want to dance with him, and the American audience will understand you."
"Hahaha..." The troupe, all composed of beauties, laughed so hard that they couldn't stand up straight. They were a little reserved at first, but they became much bolder in the second part, and they started discussing loudly in front of Harrison Ford.
"Cut!" Ronald was satisfied now. Jack, played by Harrison Ford, is such a walking hormone seeder that anyone can become a nymphomaniac.
Just like Director Campbell of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, he looked here for a long time and was reluctant to leave despite being urged to leave by his subordinates.
"Campbell, I think you saw that the big star couldn't walk. We have to go to a meeting with the mayor." A middle-aged white man with a bureaucratic appearance couldn't help but walked in and showed Director Campbell his watch.
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"Oh, 'Interstellar', I was about to report on the strategy of cooperation with Hollywood." Director Campbell frowned, "By the way, let me introduce to you, this is director Ronald, and this is New York City, New York
Commissioner of the Department of Parks and Recreation—Mr. Henry Stern.”
"Hello, Mr. Stern." Ronald heard that he was a bureaucrat at the same level as Campbell and stepped forward to shake hands.
"Call me 'StarQuest.'" Henry Stern had a quirk. Employees in all departments must have a fancy name. His own was StarQuest. The old white man said to Rona impatiently.
De shook his hand twice and began to urge Campbell.
Ronald politely accompanied them out, and Campbell shook hands with him and said goodbye, "I'm glad to see the film you shot that reflects female independence."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Oh, I hope the chicks in the movie won't be late every day like you." Henry Stern didn't give his colleague Campbell much face.
The car is still complaining.
"This is a work that reflects social reality. It has a female protagonist, and Harrison Ford is a foil." Director Campbell is very used to this kind of sexist old white man, so she took the plot out of
Come out and piss him off.
"This is really, what the hell are directors making these days? I never watch them. Why don't you make more movies like those in the past? Like Billy Wilder... What's the name of that young and over-the-top director? Luo
Nader Lee? New Yorker?”
Henry Stern was a little angry with Ronald, and kept saying that in today's movies, there are no more female characters like Monroe in the past - responsible for being the foil for men.
Ronald sent away the bureaucrats and went back to continue filming. Jack and Tess did not find a chance to talk to Mr. Teske alone and were very anxious.
Finally seeing Teske dancing with an ugly fat girl, the daughter of his business partner, Jack Traynor used Pepsi's unhappy masculine charm to create opportunities for Tess.
Harrison Ford performed all the performances in his true colors. He first found out from the beautiful guest that the fat girl was called Elizabeth, and then continued to trick him into getting her nickname, which was not the usual Lisa or Bess, but Bessie.
As long as the handsome guy tells the ugly girl what he wants to know, the girl will obediently give her the answer.
Harrison Ford seemed to be very happy to call Bessie's name, and Tess and Tess stepped forward to stop Bessie who was dancing with Teske. "Bessie, don't say you have forgotten me, I will be sad."
"Oh...hahaha...of course not." That fat girl Bessie didn't know Jack. It was the first time she met Jack today, but she was "very smart" and immediately pretended not to notice that Jack had "mistaken the person."
, happily hugged him and danced together.
"Cut!"
Ronald was very satisfied with this actress named Marceline Hugo. Her appearance was not good-looking. The makeup artist deliberately made her look ugly, making her chin protrude and her face look like a nymphomaniac. With a few expressions and movements, she was very beautiful.
She vividly portrays the state that a girl should have when she sees a handsome guy acting clever.
After a few shots, Ronald saw that she must have the skills to perform on stage. After asking after the filming, it turned out that she was a rookie on Broadway, and she was starring in the revival of Eugene O'Neill's hit play "The Moon Is Unfaithful".
For the first time, Julia Taylor was invited to play a fun role.
Seeing that Marceline Hugo, who played a famous drama, could only play a small clown in the movie, Ronald felt a little sorry and apologized to her, "I hope you won't be angry because of today's scene. That's how the movie is.
An impressive supporting role will be remembered by film critics."
"It's okay, director, I understand that I always start with roles like this when making movies. I heard Alec Baldwin and others say that you are the director they have ever encountered who respects actors the most." Marceline Hugo
It was her first opportunity to make a movie, and she was a genuine theater actor, so she didn't care about destroying her image. "And those girls were jealous of me because I could dance with Harrison Ford."
"Hahaha..." Ronald was very impressed by this actor with a sense of humor.
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Next it was time for Melanie Griffiths to show off. Tess smiled awkwardly and stepped forward to become a dance partner with Mr. Teske. She gave full play to her female advantages and first said that she was working for Teske Enterprises.
The mergers and acquisitions department of her company is indeed helping Teske Corporation propose mergers and acquisitions plans.
Then the homework Tess had done in advance came into play. She first complimented Mr. Teske for having the foresight to see the prospects of microwave transmission in 1971 and bet on developing microwave transmission technology for television signals.
Then she complimented the other party. In the 1970s, when most entrepreneurs in America kowtowed to the labor unions, she began to learn the working methods of the Japanese and used the "shared good" model to partially solve the labor-capital conflict and make Tesk Enterprises large and public.
, becoming one of the top media giants in the industry.
When people talked about his most proud success, Mr. Teske behaved like many successful entrepreneurs, and he no longer took this beautiful professional woman lightly.
"I think that someone with such a long-term vision will not reject my proposal for Teske Corporation to acquire a radio station. They must be your subordinates. They only want to acquire the TV station, but they are not interested in the radio station when I say it."
Already."
"Of course not, it's the same with radio and TV stations. I won't give up any opportunity." Teske was obviously in a good mood after being flattered by the serial flattery.
At this time the bride and her female companions came over, and they obviously discovered that Jack Tess was not a friend of any party.
Tess saw Teske's daughter, the bride herself, walking over. She immediately broke away from the contact, "I just realized that I have occupied the father of the bride for too long. Otherwise, next Monday, I will be with you again."
Contact us to discuss this plan, what do you think?"
"Great, my media consultant is Tim Draper..."
Jack received the code signal from Tess, and the two escaped from the door before the person who came to expose them arrived.
"Cut!"
A wonderful indoor group scene ended, and Ronald was very happy. The experience he learned from the previous filming of "Moonlight Sultry" really came into play here. Multi-person scheduling and indoor camera movement, what is most needed is not
A meticulous design was made in advance, and the photographer and the photographer followed the design exactly.
It's about giving the actors some room to perform freely, so that their performances will look natural, rather than the sense of stage drama that the audience can feel at a glance, as if everyone walks, expresses, and speaks like a drama.
Well, under the lens of a movie, such a performance would make people feel weird and out of place.
"Hey hey...hey hey hey...", the camera crew moved outside the door of the Carnegie Manor. Harrison Ford's smile was contagious, and his joy could be felt from a distance. He was not smiling from the doorstep.
Instead of walking up and down, I added some childish jumps. This kind of star's natural charm is very popular.
"Just laugh, Teske said that the first thing on Monday is to meet with us. We will contact his media consultant Tim Draper first when we go back..." Tess followed and put on a mink coat -
—Also "borrowed" from Catherine's wardrobe.
"Oren Teske? That guy said he wants to see us on Monday?" Harrison Ford ran in front of Melanie Griffiths excitedly. He turned to the camera and backed up to talk to Tess.
"You're upset, aren't you?" Melanie Griffith hit Jack with the "borrowed" Catherine's Hermès bag.
"Cut", Ronald looked at the photographer holding the camera stabilizer, capturing the content of the conversation between the two people. Such an over-the-shoulder shot requires a tall operator from the Steadicam company who rented the equipment together with it.
Let's take the shot, change the direction later, and take an over-the-shoulder shot of Tess.
"No, I'm very happy. I think you did a great job. You are a genius." The camera changed direction and filmed Tess's reaction after hearing Jack's praise.
"Do you really think so?" From time to time, the face of Tess, played by Melanie Griffiths, showed a childishness that was unbecoming of a professional manager, which actually made Jack Traynor feel attracted to Tess.
Jack hugged Tess, who was wearing a fur coat, and Tess laughed happily. The handsome guy praised her from the bottom of her heart, which made her very happy that she had received both professional recognition and the favor of that handsome guy.
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"Cut!"
Ronald yelled, and the scene was over. Two-thirds of the filming progress was completed, and the most exciting and constantly reversal scene of the third act was about to enter.