Since the New Year of 2001, Nanaya has always encountered something new every New Year.
For example, in 2001, he and Ori returned to his hometown together and met the unconscious Ryougi Shiki.
That was the first time he knew that his junior fellow apprentice had a twin sister.
When Nanaya returned to Kyoto with Ori to celebrate the New Year in 2002, he discovered that the woman described by Ori as the perfect Yamato Nadeshiko was actually a foodie and a funny person.
Last year, in 2003, Nanaya had the rare opportunity to return to his hometown to celebrate the New Year.
At the same time, like a tour group, they brought back a large group of people.
Unfortunately, I only spent a few days in my hometown before I rushed back to the United States.
It can be seen that the New Year in the past three years has been quite colorful for Nanaya.
So, when the New Year of 2004 suddenly became so dull, Nanaya was a little bit uncomfortable.
Because the entire crew was still in the process of filming, Nanaya did not take a week-long vacation like in previous years.
Not to mention others, after the last week-long vacation, the performances of several actors basically disappeared completely.
However, it was impossible to continue working during the New Year, so Nanaya ended up only giving the crew a symbolic three-day holiday.
It is not too difficult for the crew members whose hometowns are near Hyogo Prefecture, but those who are a little further away can only stay in Kobe City.
"Tsk, it's only three days off, there's no Chinese New Year atmosphere at all."
Ryougi Shiki sat on a chair on the set, crossed her legs and spoke boredly.
"What else do you want? Didn't I take you to eat Kobe beef? That's better than the bitter soba noodles you had on New Year's Eve, right?"
Nanaya answered while adjusting the IMAX camera.
"But...anyway, there's really no New Year's atmosphere this year..." Ryougi Shiki waved his fists, "Apart from eating Kobe beef once, I only played Sugoroku (Japanese Monopoly). What kind of New Year's celebration is this!"
"You..." Nanaya shook his head helplessly, "How about this, next year, I'll take you on a trip?"
"Real?!"
Shiki immediately stopped making noise.
"Fake."
Ori hit Shiki on the head with a hand knife.
"Don't cause trouble to your seniors... We have to celebrate the New Year every year, so missing one won't be a big deal, right?"
Ori lectured his sister in a tone of disappointment.
"Forget it, forget it."
Nanaya signaled Ori to stop making things difficult for his sister.
"If nothing unexpected happens, next year's Chinese New Year should be relatively free, and I'll take everyone there to have some fun, and treat it as a wrap-up trip."
"Does that mean everyone can go?"
Rin and Sakura also became interested.
Nanaya didn't abandon the idea of the two of them: "Yes, but you must finish the movie first."
This news spread quickly throughout the crew, and everyone was happy about the director's generosity.
However, the grassroots staff of the crew basically just heard it and thought that they would not get any share of such a good thing, so they should just work honestly and get paid.
"Director, everything is set up here."
A staff member from the set design team shouted to Nanaya.
"Let me see."
Nanaya quickly checked the scene that was about to be used.
The set design team built a corridor in the warehouse used as a studio. The scene in the corridor was almost exactly the same as the interior of the Tainan High School teaching building. They even restored the stairs and two classrooms next to it.
It's just that the walls, floors and ceilings of the entire scene all have a strange red pattern - this is the set design team recreating the scene after Sister R used the Blood Temple.
In the original UBW plot, Shinji had almost no fighting scenes after ordering Sister R to activate the Blood Temple.
Shirou summoned Saber, but Rider was killed by Group C first. The whole plot felt a bit anticlimactic.
This certainly does not meet the audience's expectations of the plot in commercial films.
So Nanaya changed this scene into a three-way fight between Saber, Rider and Caster.
Although the battle still ended with Caster's team killing Sister R and retreating, the process was completely different.
This battle was even designated by Nanaya as the main action scene in the middle section of the first half of UBW.
For such an important scene, Nanaya certainly would not be stingy with the use of IMAX cameras.
At this time, at Nanaya's request, the IMAX staff were setting up the camera in the corridor where the scenery had been set up.
As mentioned before, IMAX cameras are several times larger and heavier than current mainstream commercial movie cameras.
The increase in weight and volume brings with it cumbersome and inconvenient operation of the IMAX camera.
Add to that the narrow limitations of the corridor scene.
Nanaya could only fix the camera on two tracks at different angles, so the lens only had two fixed-angle translation switches.
This means that many actions that could have been performed by a stunt double now need to be performed by the actors themselves.
But the problems Nanaya encountered were far more than just these.
"This might be very troublesome."
Ori observed several shots that Nanaya tried to shoot, and as a director with experience, he saw the problems.
"Yeah, the angle is terrible. It doesn't match the picture I expected at all."
Nanaya tapped the monitor screen and said, "The shots captured by the IMAX camera should all be very impactful and exciting, but this won't work at all."
These test shots made Nanaya feel that if he continued in this way, all he would get would be ordinary action shots shot with an IMAX camera.
This was a little hard for the arrogant Nanaya to accept.
"This is the most flexible outcome we can achieve."
The Mediterranean uncle from IMAX company explained to Nanaya helplessly.
"Then the only thing we can do is increase the saturation of the image..."
Nanaya first walked around an IMAX camera, then he ran in front of the camera, gestured a few times, and left a few shots.
"So."
After carefully observing his monkey-like movements in front of the IMAX camera, Nanaya finally made a decision.
"Old Li, have the demolition team do something in the corridor so that they can explode at the right time when the three servants are fighting."
"Is this okay? What if the actors get hurt?"
Li Wenshu was a little worried.
"Use the lowest destructive air blast and modify a few places where the blast is to be made."
Nanaya gestured on the wall, "Replace the material to be blasted with the lightest one, and reduce the explosive power to the minimum."
"In this case, there is no problem with completeness."
As an action director, Li Wenshu is also very adept at explosions.
"But digging and filling the hole, plus repainting the wall, all take time. I'm sure we won't be able to shoot today."
"Wait! Director Kiryu, wait a moment!"
The Mediterranean uncle didn't leave at all, so of course he heard the conversation between Nanaya and Lao Li.
When he heard that there was going to be an explosion near the camera, the Mediterranean uncle immediately jumped up in anger.
"Even if it's a minimal explosion, the impact on the camera is incalculable. Not to mention dust, which could cause irreparable damage to the IMAX camera!"
"Oh."
The Mediterranean uncle thought Nanaya would change his mind, but he didn't expect that the other party would just say "oh" indifferently.
"Director Kiryu, didn't you hear me? I said..."
"I understand, but so what?" Nanaya obviously didn't give the Mediterranean uncle face, "If your equipment wasn't so troublesome, I wouldn't have to do this."
"But..."
Nanaya didn't give him a chance to explain himself. "Don't say buts. Ask the company to send two more cameras over. If the camera really breaks down, I still have spare ones to use."
The Mediterranean uncle is about to cry.
When he first met Nanaya, Uncle Mediterranean thought that Nanaya loved IMAX movies and must be a director who would take good care of the equipment.
But now it seems that this guy is a complete violent person.
What is the difference between this practice and violently playing with toys? But the problem is that IMAX cameras are not toys that cost only a few dozen dollars on the street.
"You can't do that. The camera is..."
"Listen." Nanaya hugged the Mediterranean uncle's neck, "Do you know why your IMAX camera can't be promoted? The biggest reason is that your stuff is too inconvenient to use. The equipment is too delicate, and no matter how good the technology is, no one dares to use it commercially."
Nanaya has always liked the images taken by IMAX cameras, and he has no sympathy for the IMAX cameras themselves.
"I think, Mr. Mediterranean, it's meaningless for you to worry about whether the camera will break down. After all, no matter how well you protect something, it will still break down."
[Although this is true, why does it feel so awkward when you say this? ]
Uncle Mediterranean is certain that director Nanaya Kiryu is absolutely world-class when it comes to blurry words.
"So, uncle, instead of worrying about the equipment, you might as well record all the problems encountered by the IMAX camera during this filming. After the filming is finished, feedback to the company for improvement."
Nanaya said seriously, "This way, your equipment will be accepted by more and more directors and producers. This time, I will use all possible action scenes except water in the Fate movie. This is a rare opportunity for your company."
Pop.
Before the Mediterranean uncle could react, Nanaya snapped his fingers.
"Why not just add an action scene involving water, so that all the tests will be complete."
"Don't do that! That's enough!"
The Mediterranean uncle hurriedly tried to stop him. He felt that if he allowed Nanaya to continue like this, he would definitely have a myocardial infarction.
"I will apply to the headquarters for additional cameras. Let's forget about the action scenes by the water."
While comforting Nanaya, the Mediterranean uncle quickly contacted IMAX on his cell phone.
"Tsk, why didn't you just listen to me earlier? Why do you have to do this to me?"
Nanaya secretly made a victory gesture to the others.
In response to Nanaya's action, Ori could only hold his forehead and sigh.
"Senior is still as childish as ever."