After confirming that Madoka Magica was being filmed on schedule, Shion left New Zealand.
Just like Nanaya said, Jiufeng had a lot of things to deal with at the beginning of the new year.
There is no such a wonderful thing as wanting to spend a happy time with Nanaya.
However, Shion still stayed in New Zealand for one night, as a treat for Nanaya.
After all, the crew of "Madoka Magica" is full of beautiful girls. What if he gets hungry and becomes a beast?
Of course, this is just Shion's own idea. She selectively forgot that Nanaya still had the option of looking for Rin.
Before leaving, Shion told Nanaya about the promotion plan for "Purgatory Flame".
Let Nanaya plan the filming process of "Madoka Magica" in advance.
This will prevent the work on both sides from directly conflicting.
After Shion left, Nanaya stepped up the filming of "Madoka Magica".
As a film that relies on special effects as its selling point, the scenes shot in New Zealand by Seven Nights account for a relatively large proportion of the entire film.
Even compared to the Fate series he has already filmed, the proportion of battle scenes in "Madoka Magica" is more prominent.
Although in terms of the quality of the script, the plot twists and turns of "Madoka Magica" are far stronger than those of FZ.
After all, as long as the audience of FZ grasps the axis of the "Holy Grail War", they can roughly understand the purpose of the characters' actions.
But "Madoka Magica" is different. Whether it is the leading female character Madoka Kaname or the second female character Homura Akemi, the motives of their actions are not clear.
The former has been wavering on the issue of whether or not to become a magical girl, making it impossible to guess whether she is just giving it away for free or is really good.
The latter is to pretend to be mysterious throughout the entire story, and only tell everyone at the end that I did it all for Madoka.
Tomoe Mami, Sayaka, Kyoko: We? Don't want to save face? ?
So in order to allow the audience to keep their eyes fixed on the big screen while watching the movie.
When it comes to action scenes, Nanaya must do his best.
At least the audience won't feel bored.
Despite Mami's U-turn, the time of the change in tone was fixed by Nanaya at around 30 minutes into the film.
But that doesn't mean that the first 30 minutes will be bland and boring.
Nanaya had already thought about it, and the tone of the first part of the movie would give the audience the illusion that this was an orthodox magical girl movie.
Therefore, the plot gives people the illusion that they can guess how the story will develop.
But correspondingly, the movie special effects must not be lazy.
Otherwise, a mediocre story will really fail to attract the audience.
In general, Nanaya's idea is to create an illusion for the audience in the first 30 minutes that although the story of this movie is old-fashioned, the special effects are very good.
As for 30 minutes later...
If they are going to be dark, they have to be dark all the way through. Nanaya and Urobuchi, these two guys who are in cahoots with each other, had no intention of putting the brakes on the movie from the very beginning.
"So, you must perform well in this part, Luvia!"
In the studio, Luvia has transformed into the magical girl Tomoe Mami.
Wearing a yellow dress, she was standing in front of the green screen, communicating with Nanaya and action director Li Wenshu.
The next scene to be filmed is Mami Tomoe's first appearance against Anthony, the Rose Witch's familiar.
In order to make the beginning of the movie more attractive, Nanaya specially added this scene.
Also increased is Mami's handsomeness and gorgeousness.
If they just looked at the plot, Nanaya believed that the film critics would definitely spit at him.
Because this plot has no necessity to exist at all, it is just for the sake of selling face.
But even though he expected to be criticized, Nanaya had no plans to cancel.
On the contrary, Nanaya plans to make this meaningless scene more sophisticated and let Mami show off her face and figure as much as possible.
At least he got the role of the cute king with only 3 episodes.
If I don't show off my talents, I'd be doing a disservice to such an exquisite character.
"How's it going? Do you need a substitute?"
After Li Wenshu explained the next shooting scenes in detail, Nanaya asked directly.
Luvia replied confidently: "Senior, you underestimate me. I am a professionally trained person! This movement is not a problem at all."
"Indeed."
Nanaya took one look at Luvia's muscles and couldn't help but admire them.
The five-member group that Nanaya chose is not just good-looking.
Except for Yui Aragaki who has a slightly weaker physical fitness, the other four all have athletic attributes.
Especially Luvia, this girl is a real muscular beauty.
By the way, a certain Okinawan female giant has no athletic attributes.
But maybe because of her big frame, Gakki's figure is not ambiguous at all.
To some extent, her role as Sayaka Miki is in line with the sturdy and broad-shouldered body shape designed by Nanaya.
Having said that, Yui Aragaki is undoubtedly the one who has to use a stand-in the most among the five members.
She has not received any special training in action scenes, so if she really had to do those scenes herself, something would definitely go wrong.
Among the five-member group, the only actor that Nanaya can rest assured without using a stunt double is probably Luvia, who has experience in martial arts.
Don't underestimate the difference. There are two completely different ways of shooting action scenes with and without a stunt double.
The former requires a large number of detailed shots to cover up the problem that the stand-in cannot show his face.
If it were a normal movie, it would be fine, but with a 3D movie, it would easily make people vomit.
Although the current Luvia is no longer the little actor she was when filming "Goblins slayer".
Having been in Hollywood for many years, she has already acquired capital and fame.
For shots like this, she could have used a body double to ensure her own safety.
But in front of her senior, Nanaya, Luvia still wanted to try her best to show herself.
After confirming the filming process, Nanaya walked through the set surrounded by green screens and sat behind the director's monitor that had already been set up.
"Notify them and let them make the final preparations before filming."
After confirming that there was no problem with the camera's shooting angle, Nanaya gave orders to his temporary assistant.
"OK."
The other party nodded and ran away immediately.
Yui Aragaki stood behind Nanaya. She looked at the green studio in front of her and seemed to have some questions to ask.
But just as he was about to open his mouth, he saw Nanaya turn his head and raise his finger to him to silence him.
This made her swallow her words.
After all, she has made it through the fiercely competitive modeling circle.
Although Yui Aragaki looks a little silly, her emotional intelligence is not low.
Since Nanaya asked her to shut up, she should just shut up.
"Just watch, gakki."
Nanaya smiled and said, this is the future of movies.
[Really? ]
Yui Aragaki looked at the studio with nothing in it except the actors and the green screen, feeling a little skeptical.
What kind of effect will this kind of scenery have in the end?
It's not like Yui Aragaki hasn't watched Hollywood movies.
I'm not trying to belittle Yui Aragaki, but even Hollywood movies still lack realism in their special effects.
Although she would also admire the gorgeous special effects in the movie, she also knew that these images were created using special effects.
However, seeing that her director was so confident, Yui Aragaki could only suppress these doubts in her heart.
After receiving feedback from other departments of the crew that everything was ready, the filming of the action scenes of "Madoka Magica" began.
This plot is just for Mami to show off, and Luvia doesn't need to use much acting skills.
All she has to do is coordinate her body balance and show her most beautiful and handsome side when facing the camera.
Although it may be strange to say this, this is exactly the feeling that Nanaya wants.
A gentle and cool older sister, this is the role that Nanaya defines for Mami.
Luvia, hanging on a balance wire, jumped onto a beam wrapped in a green screen and tried to sway left and right with the help of the wire.
Then the stuntmen, covered in blue flowers all over their bodies, rushed forward and started fighting with the magical girl.
In order to facilitate the post-production cutout production, Nanaya deliberately separated the stunt actors and the background with blue and green.
At the same time, it is also to create a sufficient gap between the special effects styles of the background and the characters.
On the other hand, it is also to save costs.
After all, the motion capture modeling of the familiar does not need to be as surprising as QB. It is completely sufficient to let the stuntman wear a blue screen to record the approximate appearance of the movement.
Fortunately, the protagonist of this scene is Asami in yellow clothes, not Sayaka in blue clothes.
Otherwise, Nanaya really wouldn't be able to play like this.
When filming Sayaka's action scenes in the future, Nanaya will probably have to have the stunt actors wear special motion capture suits.
In that case, it will definitely lead to an increase in shooting costs.
After seeing this, Nanaya suddenly realized that Sayaka was really his own daughter.
The appearance shots are more expensive than others.
Cough cough.
As with all action shots, each set of shots here is not very long.
On average, Nanaya would call for a stop every 20 seconds or less.
This is even when Luvia personally took part in the battle.
If it is an action scene that requires frequent switching between the stand-in and the protagonist, Nanaya often does not have even 10 seconds to shoot a shot.
After Nanaya called for a stop, Li Wenshu would come forward and call Luvia and other stuntmen together to explain the action composition for the next scene.
To be honest, if you don't add any special effects, watching this kind of filming process normally will feel particularly funny and ridiculous.
Some people with a low sense of laughter may even laugh until they become exhausted.
After all, it was fun to watch the girl in gorgeous clothes and several stuntmen in blue coats moving around with the help of tightrope.
This scene is not only funny, but also a bit obscene.
Many people think that green screen shooting is a very simple thing.
But once you actually try it, you'll find that such shooting is not easy.
It's okay to laugh frequently, the worst that can happen is a few more NGs.
The actors also need to imagine the scenes in the director's mind and respond accordingly.
This is a great test of the actor's acting skills and imagination.