When Nanaya saw Lily again the next day, Lily had completely recovered.
Originally, Nanaya thought that Lily would feel very uncomfortable after getting drunk, and it might even affect her state during filming.
Therefore, Nanaya specially adjusted the filming plan and arranged the scenes involving Lily to the afternoon.
But I didn't expect that when I saw Lily, she was quite energetic.
"I'm sorry, brother-in-law. I troubled you to take care of me last night."
Lily apologized to Nanaya obediently.
"You, if you don't know how to drink, drink less. You can continue filming this afternoon."
Nanaya shook his head and gave Lily some instructions.
"Okay, thank you, brother-in-law."
Lily was very well-behaved and stood quietly behind Nanaya.
"Brother, I'm ready."
At this time, Yumi, wearing a shield girl armor costume, walked out of the locker room.
"How mobile is the new shape? Does anything need to be adjusted?"
Nanaya asked Yumi.
"Well, it feels pretty good...it's quite different from the previous outfit."
Yumi made a comment while moving her shoulders and legs.
"After all, it's about liberating a treasure, so it must give the audience a sense of freshness."
Nanaya nodded and said.
Yumi looked at her abdomen shyly and complained shyly: "Why can't I use magic to create another piece of armor here? This shape has no deterrent effect at all..."
As Mashu's combat uniform in the prologue, this slightly modified suit looks a bit sturdier than the original one.
Especially the hands and feet, the armor is wrapped more tightly.
Because the scene that will be filmed later is the scene where Mash releases her own Noble Phantasm in the face of Black Saber's Black Light Cannon.
It is also the first step for Mashu to truly accept Ritsuka and for both parties to grow.
In order to allow the audience to feel the difference before and after from the picture, Nanaya specially asked the stylist to slightly modify Mashu's armor.
This should be a good thing for surrounding manufacturers.
After all, their future peripheral products will be able to have one more peripheral product in the shape of [Mash. "Prologue" Noble Phantasm Release Style].
But for Yumi herself, this set of clothes is no different from the previous one.
Because the shape of the body torso of this model has not changed at all.
In other words, Yumi is still wearing a belly-baring outfit.
In the past, Yumi would at most show her arms and legs.
This time, Mashu's clothes made her a little overwhelmed.
"Yumi, you have to know that the Servant's armament is more of a concrete manifestation of magic." Nanaya explained, "Those parts that are not wearing armor are actually well protected by magic, so there will be no problem at all."
"What's the explanation?"
Nanaya said as a matter of course: "What's wrong with my explanation of your servant's appearance?"
"…It's just to attract the audience, right?"
Yumi showed a bitter smile on her face, she probably understood what Nanaya was thinking.
Although the scenes shot in the morning moved up the scenes previously scheduled for the afternoon, it was actually easier for the actors.
After all, they just need to strike a few poses as handsomely as possible.
There aren't even many lines.
After all, this was Mashu's first time releasing a Noble Phantasm, and she didn't even release her True Name. She simply output damage by shouting.
Wait, Mashu's Noble Phantasm doesn't seem to have an attack...
Nanaya scratched his cheek and put these strange things out of his mind.
Then he started talking to Yumi and Inukai about relevant shooting precautions.
"I need you to focus on the performance the whole time."
Nanaya told the two of them, "In order to show that you two are fighting against the light cannon, I will make some noises, and then some dust will fly towards you."
"Okay." Yumi nodded.
"Just need to see the camera?"
Inukai Atsuhiro seemed a little nervous, as it was his first time filming such a large-scale battle scene.
Although he had previously participated in the filming of action scenes fighting Medusa.
But whether in the plot or during the filming process, Inukai, who played Fujiwara Ritsuka, just watched from the side from beginning to end.
"Yes."
Nanaya gave Inukai a positive answer. He saw that the other party was a little nervous, so he continued, "There may be some movement later, and even some dust will fly towards you. But you don't have to worry about your safety."
"The only thing you two need to be careful about is that if dust gets in your mouth, don't stick out your tongue, otherwise you'll have to reshoot."
"Okay." Inukai seemed even more nervous.
Yumi asked with concern: "Big brother...what if we get choked?"
Nanaya replied: "If you follow the instructions, you won't open your mouth against the wind."
"Knew."
Yumi stopped asking questions and gave Nanaya a thumbs up.
Inukai on the side took several deep breaths to calm himself down.
"I'm ready too." Inukai said to Nanaya.
Nanaya smiled and patted his shoulder: "Don't be so nervous. If it doesn't work, just do it again. Even if you are an award-winning actor, you can't guarantee that all your shots will go through in one take. Don't put too much psychological pressure on yourself."
Yumi on the side said jealously: "I always feel that your temper is much better than before, big brother."
"Really?" Nanaya laughed.
Yumi nodded her head solemnly: "I don't know who threatened me at the beginning. If there is any problem when shooting the explosion scene, I will put him into the gunpowder barrel."
"…"
This is the line that Nanaya often said when filming the explosion scene in "Magical Girl Illya" in her early years.
After all, the crew was extremely poor at that time, and the amount of gunpowder used in each explosion scene was very limited.
Nanaya had to get all the explosion scenes right in one go, so he was particularly demanding.
If they are just minor problems, they can be corrected through editing.
But if a major problem occurs and the lens cannot be used, then Nanaya can only cut and piece together the footage from previously used footage.
In Yumi's memory, every time "Magical Illya" was filming an explosion scene, Nanaya would transform into a tyrant on the set and give a Zuan-style speech to the people below.
"Is Director Kiryu more terrifying in the past than he is now?"
Inukai asked Yumi in a low voice.
During the time he joined the crew, he had been scolded by Nanaya too many times.
Inukai originally thought that Nanaya was a very strict director, but he didn't expect that he could be even more strict?
"That's because you haven't seen your brother-in-law before~" Lily said with a squint, "My brother-in-law before could scold people to tears~"
"After all, the pressure was quite high before... It definitely won't be the case now." Nanaya scratched his hair and smiled bitterly.
In fact, he knew that simply yelling at people was not a solution, but this was the only solution he could think of at that time.
The last time I had dinner with Lucas, we also talked about this.
It is said that both Lucas and Spielberg were able to control their tempers on the set only after they were 50 years old.
Another director Nanaya is familiar with, Peter Jackson, has not been able to control himself until now.
It doesn't mean that a director who can control his temper is a good director.
Cameron is over 60 years old, and he is still a powder keg when he takes up the director's chair.
It just means that a director who can control his emotions can better guide the actors' performances.
After all, a furious director would hardly have the patience to tell actors what they should pay attention to.
The current seven nights are somewhere in between.
As a professional director, Nanaya is now able to control his temper.
Unless you can't help it.
Nanaya has been able to control his emotions as much as possible.
But sometimes, when the actors and crew repeatedly fail to perform up to standard, he still gets angry and angry.
Of course, compared to before, Nanaya is definitely more restrained.
At least now, no matter how angry he gets, he won't scold Lily to tears like he did before.
"This should be the sign of a man's maturity." Lily commented, nodding seriously.
"Don't talk like you're an experienced person!"
Nanaya flicked Lily on the forehead, then turned and left.
As he walked, Nanaya also shouted to all the crew members on the intercom: "Attention all departments, check the equipment again. If there is no problem, we will start."
Seeing Nanaya leave, Yumi and Inukai stopped talking and prepared to start filming.
10 minutes later, the shooting officially began.
"Master, please look at me!"
As soon as the shooting started, Yumi looked determined, and the weakness she had during her preparations disappeared instantly.
Yumi readjusted her shield, bringing it back to attention and taking a defensive stance.
In the FGO animation, Ritsuka "flashed" to Mashu's side when Black Saber released her Noble Phantasm.
Nanaya didn't know whether that scene was a mistake made by the screenwriter or whether they simply gave up on the treatment due to funding issues.
But he modified the scene in his own version.
In the original plot, Black Saber only fired a light cannon for an extremely long time once, but in Nanaya's version, Black Saber fired light cannons multiple times in a row.
This is not only to create space for Ritsuka to come to Mashu, but also more in line with the setting that Black Saber's Noble Phantasm can be fired continuously.
"It's coming!"
Yumi reminded Inukai who was beside her.
"We're together this time!"
Inukai held Yumi's hand, and the camera gave a close-up of only two Command Seals on the back of his hand.
Yumi was stunned at first, and then her expression began to relax.
Outside the set, Nanaya made a gesture to the blasting team.
Boom boom boom!
The ground in front of the two people made continuous sounds like cannon fire.
The ground made of special soil was connected to an explosion crater, which continued straight in front of the two protagonists.
This tunnel is the trajectory of the light cannon fired by Black Saber's treasure. After the filming is completed, the CG team will add special effects of the black light cannon to the picture.
Although the explosion that created a pit like this may seem scary, it is actually a typical case of "much ado about nothing".
The place where Yumi and Inukai were standing was actually an elevated platform. This "ditch" had been dug long ago, and only a thin layer of special clay was covered on it.
Under this layer of clay, a row of hydraulic cannons were placed by the blasting team.
When shooting begins, the rapidly released high-pressure nitrogen will "shake" all the lightweight clay on the top away.
The reason why it was so complicated was that Nanaya did not want any fire to appear in this explosion, and if it was all produced using CGI, the dusty scene would become very unnatural.
Of course there are ways to make it more natural, but it costs more money.
Therefore, considering the cost-effectiveness, Nanaya still adopted this method.
Nanaya learned this trick from Nolan when the other was filming a scene for "Inception" on the streets of Paris.
Because of the requirements of the Paris government, Nolan's crew was required to keep the explosion sound below 104 decibels.
In addition, according to the script requirements, this explosion occurring in the subconscious could not produce any real smoke or fire.
So Nolan came up with the idea of using "air pressure cannon + lightweight props" to shoot the scene where things in the cafe were blown away.
All I can say is that Nolan is truly a real-life fanatic, and he has tried his best to avoid using CG.
Nanaya is certainly not as paranoid as Nolan, but he will also learn from the other party's shooting techniques.
Learning from other directors' strengths has always been a good habit of Nanaya.
He doesn't think that he doesn't have to study just because he won the championship in film history and the Oscar.
A director is a position that requires him to constantly adapt to changing trends, and this is not only reflected in his creative concepts, but also in his shooting techniques.