Harriet Johnson Brackey’s workday normally revolves around things financial: Wall Street, mortgage rates, household budgets.

But this morning, the Sun-Sentinel reporter’s first priority was making sure that the photograph of her twin daughters, Adrienne and Winnie, remained on her desk. That was the deal she made with producers of Marley & Me, which began four days of filming in the Sun-Sentinel newsroom Monday morning.

Actor Owen Wilson could sit at her desk as long as Adrienne and Winnie remained.

Hard to believe that the making of a film about a lovable misbehaved dog could drive professionals to such bargaining.

“Then I go to the library to read my Wall Street Journal,” said Brackey, “and they follow me in there. It’s the green room. That’s where the actors are going to take their break.”

The newsroom began its transformation into a movie set two weeks ago when set dressers replaced white mini-blinds with cellular shades. Last week, colorful banners went up on every support column in the newsroom. Equipment started to take over the newsroom.

On Monday morning, a parking lot behind nearby Florida Atlantic University was filled with the equivalent of 20 semi-trailers. Inside, were props, make-up, wardrobe and dressing rooms for stars Wilson, Eric Dane and Alan Arkin.

“Several dozen scenes will be shot in the newsroom,” said Sam Tedesco, the film’s location manager.

- John Tanasychuk