Entry speech from The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable

Good evening. This is Leland Madison Stanford. Welcome to Temple Studios.

Thank you for coming here to celebrate the completion of our latest production: The Drowned Man.

Celebrations will begin in a few hours' time, after we have finished shooting the last few scenes on the schedule. Until then, you are all welcome to drink in the bar on the fairground set in studio 3.

You are also free to take a look around the studios, where we have a number of other pictures currently in production.  For obvious reasons, I must ask you to remain absolutely silent, and to wear your masks at all times. I would also warn to you take special care if you choose to stray beyond the confines of the studio complex, as the surrounding neighborhood is unsafe after dark.

Studio employees wearing black masks are posted throughout the building. By all means approach one if you need assistance. They will help you but they cannot guide you.

I urge each of you to steer your own course, allowing your destiny to be determined by your own choices alone, and not by those of your companions.  Tonight, your conduct shapes your fate.