The next morning was the start-up blessing ceremony for "Kikujiro's Summer".
After renting a venue at Sensoji Temple, we simply constructed a ceremony place using tents and fences. There were altar tables and incense candles in front of it. All the crew gathered here. The weather was very good, and the goddess came before the auspicious time.
, everything went well~
In the main hall of Sensoji Temple, the eyes of the monks are a little strange...
Nagayama Naoki rushed over before the ceremony and stood in the C position of everyone without giving in.
After saying hello, Tanaka Yuko next to her glanced at Naoki Nagayama several times, and finally couldn't help but ask:
"Naoki-san, are you feeling unwell today?"
"Uh... your body is fine." Naoki Nagayama stood in the sun with his two panda eyes, his face still a little haggard, and the hot sunlight made his head feel dizzy.
"Haha, did you have too much fun on the weekend..." Takeshi Kitano laughed beside him, and then raised his eyebrows, "Although Naoki-san is young, you should drink wine in moderation!"
Tanaka Yuko looked at Nagayama Naoki and her eyes instantly became a little sighing.
"..." Nagayama Naoki really didn't want to deal with this venomous guy.
In fact, the reason why he looks so tired today is because he stayed up almost all night, writing the script.
I originally thought I was recalling "Umi Street Diary" yesterday, so I suppressed the memory in my mind and drove home. However, I didn't expect that after I started writing at Yamazakuin, it seemed as if the faucet was turned on in my mind, and a steady stream of memories began.
flowed out.
In addition to "Diary of the Street", "My Neighbor Totoro" was also released before, and for some reason, there is also a movie named "Blue Sea".
It's actually a lesbian movie...and it was filmed by a male AV director!
"Why would I go to see a movie like this!!!"
Nagayama Naoki kept talking to himself while writing the script,
"I must have caught a glimpse of a few clips somewhere! Maybe it's the strange clips of those podcasters at Station B!! Well! It must be!"
As for why I can recall all the scenes and plots after only watching a few clips...this must be the reason for Goldfinger! Anyway, Naoki Nagayama will never search and download such a movie to watch.
!
Therefore, writing three scripts in a row all night made him feel a little dazed.
Seeing that the time had reached nine o'clock, Kijima Xu came up and said something, and the power-on ceremony officially began.
"Mira, you are so high-spirited, sdjfhgwjsho..."
The goddess dressed in five-color silk sang an unknown prayer, and she also held a bell-like magical instrument in her hand and danced in front of the altar table, making the atmosphere of the entire ceremony seem weird and mysterious, and also a little inexplicable.
A sense of sacredness.
Narrating the reasons, offering tributes, and then offering incense and candles... This set of blessing rituals was completed very smoothly. Yuko Tanaka, who had participated before, had no discomfort at all, but Takeshi Kitano, who came here for the first time, was a little uncomfortable.
Curious.
"Naoki-san, why is the opening ceremony of your Shuyou movie different from others?"
"Huh?" Naoki Nagayama turned his head, "What's the difference?"
"They are all priests or monks. They pray in shrines and temples, and their rituals are very strict and strict." Kitano Takeshi said, "You are here...very simple...why did you invite this goddess?
?”
Simple? This is just a polite way of saying it. In fact, what he wants to say is very informal! Very informal...
Even the object of prayer is just an incense table, and I don’t even know which god I am praying for.
It turned out that the goddess was just a goddess in the countryside, just relying on observation and bluffing to make a living. There were no complicated rules.
Nagayama Naoki smiled: "Haha, this kind of thing itself is sincerity and spirituality... But our tree friends are very destined to this goddess, so we keep inviting her over."
Yuko Tanaka interjected: "I knew something when I was chatting with the crew before. It seems that the best-selling movies of Tree Friends were all prayed for by this goddess!"
"Oh? So effective?!"
Kitano Takeshi wanted to say something else, but the goddess on the stage had already completed the ceremony and went down a little tired... Now it was Naoki Nagayama's turn to start lecturing.
A somewhat tired Nagayama Naoki cheered up and walked in front of everyone:
"Mina-san, "Kikujiro's Summer" has officially started shooting! Today, we will shoot the first scene first!!"
"Hi~~"XN
The crew members all agreed with dignity, and then, under the command of Kyū Kijima, they began to prepare in an orderly manner.
By the way, Kijima Kyun's ability to command everyone so conveniently today is inseparable from the high-end watch on his hand... He got it from the Goddess, and he can neutralize himself with the personal belongings of a person with a strong sense of presence.
After using the method of weak presence, Kijima Kyor begged Naoki Nagayama for a long time...
Naturally, Nagayama Naoki couldn't give socks to someone, so after thinking about it, he could only give the watch he had been wearing as a gift to Kijima Kyon (the money will be deducted from the film's remuneration!).
.....
And now it seems that Goddess's method is indeed working~
But it could also be that Patek Philippe high-end watch, which is very eye-catching in itself!!
...
The first scene of "Kikujiro's Summer" is the scene where Masao, the little boy as the protagonist, is leaving school with his classmates.
We have already said hello to the management office of "Asakusa Hiroshima Shopping Street", so now the crew can occupy the passage for a short time.
Nagayama Naoki said to Fujiki Naoto and another young actor who were a little nervous in their school uniforms:
"Naoto-kun and Shota-kun, just think of your usual mood when you come home from school, and run over from the intersection...not too fast, not too slow..."
"Hi!"
But children don’t know how to act, so when they ran for the first time, it was like running on a playground... Naturally, they couldn’t pass the first one.
Seeing Naoto Fujiki becoming more and more nervous, Naoki Nagayama sighed... Communicating with young actors is a bit troublesome. If you let him relax at this time, he may become more nervous.
"Hmm..." Nagayama Naoki looked around and saw a convenience store in the shopping street under the scorching sun, so he shouted, "Kishima-kun..."
"Hi?"
Kyū Kijima appeared out of nowhere.
"Take Naoto-kun and Shota-kun to the convenience store to buy a popsicle..."
"???" Kijima Xu and the two young actors both looked over in surprise.
"Yes, go quickly~"
Naoki Nagayama patted the heads of the young actors, and after the two of them left, he asked Naoto Fujiki's guardian, Takuya Fujiki.
"Mr. Fujiki, does Naoto-kun usually run so fast?"
Fujiki Taku was also a little strange, but he still answered seriously: "Yes, this kid usually runs away in a flash... He is also very good at track and field."
"That's it..." Naoki Nagayama closed his eyes and recalled Masao's running appearance in "The Summer of Kikujiro"... The kid didn't run very fast, but it didn't seem to be his fault...
....
He glanced at the prop school bag. It was an empty bag filled with some clothes... That's right! The school bag in his memory seemed very heavy!! He also had this thing in his hand...
I see!
After Naoki Nagayama found the reason, he started to search: "Kongaki Sakata, take the spare battery of the camera and put it in your school bag!"
"???"
Although Sakata Kongming didn't understand much, he still followed the boss's order and put several large batteries into the schoolbags of the two young actors.
Nagayama Naoki picked it up with his hands and nodded with satisfaction when he felt that the weight was almost there.
When Naoto-kun and Shota-kun came back, they put on their schoolbags again and felt their shoulders tighten... and the popsicles in their mouths didn't seem to smell good anymore.
After filming started again, it became clear that the two of them looked like poor primary school students who were oppressed by their studies...
Cross the zebra crossing and arrive at the shopping street...
"Zhengnan, it's summer vacation, how are you going to spend it?"
"Where are you, Dai Si?"
"I'm going to my dad's house in the country, which is very close to the sea..."
"I really envy you~"
Two primary school students were chatting and walking on the way home, but they saw a group of idle teenagers in the middle of the road...so they decided to change direction...and ran towards home...
..
In this running scene, the crew used a cart to pull the camera, and with the assistance of several field staff, they ran parallel to the two primary school students.
As the executive director, Kyoshi Kijima stood on the cart with the camera without hesitation, while Naoki Nagayama was at the side shouting start to the running people...and cheering...
"Prepare...action!...Just grab dad! Come on and run!"
Because we had to maintain absolute parallelism, this shot was shot several times... Everyone was sweating profusely and panting, except for Naoki Nagayama, who was standing beside him but his face was not red and his heart was not beating...
"Hahaha, well done, this one is OK!"
After another run, Naoki Nagayama looked at the director’s monitor and said to several actors!
Finally heaving a sigh of relief...the two young actors were so tired that they sat down...
Kitano Takeshi and Tanaka Yuko, who have been in the crew since the beginning, have been watching the filming. Kitano Takeshi curiously asked Tanaka Yuko:
"Yuko-san, this is my first time working with Naoki-san. This is the first scene, but I always felt a little strange when I was filming...
When other directors are filming, they will explain the scenes to the actors, but they will shoot from different angles, and they will even deliberately shoot a few more different performances.
Before editing, even the director himself had no idea what the final shot would look like...
But Naoki-san directly set up the camera and asked the crew and actors to perform a specific scene...it seemed...as if he knew exactly what kind of shot he wanted...
..."
Tanaka Yuko nodded: "It's as if Naoki-san already has a picture in his mind and just wants the actors to perform it and then record it, right?"
"Yes, yes, that's the feeling!" Takeshi Kitano nodded, "Did Naoki-san really plan the shots in advance?"
"Naoki-san said in the chat before filming that he already had pictures in his mind when he was writing the script... So when I filmed "The Ring" with him last time, I also discovered that he
The requirements are very clear, very specific, and very precise..." Yuko Tanaka said, "So the filming progress is very fast!"
"It stands to reason that a movie of about one and a half hours would take at least half a year to shoot, but Naoki-san shot "The Ring" in just over a month." Tanaka Yuko sighed, "I found out later that he actually shot "Midnight Ring" in just over a month.
I'm filming "Love Letter"!"
Kitano Takeshi's eyes were a little wide-eyed: "You're actually filming two movies at the same time?!"
"Yes..." Tanaka Yuko sighed, "Since I already have the picture in my mind, the subsequent editing process is also very fast..."
"Kitano-san, haven't you noticed? Shuyou Pictures led by Naoki-san... the same crew can even shoot and release four movies in one year... This is far more than Shochiku, Toho
, Toei and Kadokawa’s speed.”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Kitano Takeshi’s surprise became even stronger: “Four parts!”
"Yes, everything is selling like hotcakes!"
Tanaka Yuko said with a smile: "I don't know how many directors are secretly inquiring about Naoki-san's shooting skills... There are also many directors who have come to ask me... But there is really no way around Naoki-san's skills.
Copy it!"
"...."
After a long silence, Takeshi Kitano had to admit that this special technique relied entirely on Naoki Nagayama's own genius brain, and others could not copy it even if they wanted to.
Conceive all the scenes of the movie in advance... Which director dares to say that he can...
........
Nagayama Naoki, who was filming the last scene, was unaware of the conversation between the two.
He set up a camera at Ertianmen and filmed the scene when Masao and Daisi separated... Ertianmen, which was not originally too tall, looked a bit majestic in comparison with the two children.
The red-painted door and the huge lantern gave the parting scene a special meaning.
"Click!"
After the filming of the two young actors was completed, Naoki Nagayama looked at the director's monitor again and felt that there was almost no problem.
"This morning's scene is basically done! Everyone can take a rest." He walked to the guardians of the two young actors and said, "Shota-kun has finished filming today... However, Naoto-kun will start filming tomorrow.
Photographed permanently.”
"No problem." Fujiki Takuya said, "I will always stay with him."
"Well, but the work of the actors is over today. After lunch, you can take them back~"
"Uh...Hi!" X2
After chatting with the guardians of the two young actors, Naoki Nagayama found Takeshi Kitano and Yuko Tanaka:
"How was your shooting experience today?"
"Very... interesting..." Kitano Takeshi said.
"Haha, that's good. Tomorrow is Kitano-san and Yuko-san's scene, so be prepared!" Nagayama Naoki said with a smile.
"Huh? Aren't you going to take pictures today?" Takeshi Kitano looked at the sky, it wasn't even noon...
"The temperature is too high. If you shoot in this weather, you will suffer from heat stroke." This is another thing to worry about when shooting in summer. "Besides, we are starting the filming today, so there is no need to rush the work."
"That's it..."
After Nagayama Naoki chatted with the two for a while, he turned to Kijima Kyun: "Kijima-kun, in the afternoon, I will also take pictures of some shopping street silhouettes, such as special crafts, unique shops, etc... As a
Filling for later editing.
As the executive director, you should preside over the work of the crew, take a break after eating, and shoot when the sun is not so strong..."
"I understand!" Kijima nodded.
"Sa, let's go have lunch now! The phone is on today, and I'll treat everyone to a big dinner!" It happened to be in the bustling shopping street of Asakusa, so Nagayama Naoki took advantage of the opportunity to treat us.
"Hi!!"XN
.......
Tree friends, photo studio.
After dinner, Naoki Nagayama did not go back to Sansakurain first, but came to the workplace. Regarding the movie he recalled, Naoki Nagayama felt it was necessary to talk to Otomo Yoshimura.
"Otomo-san, I think this "Umi Street Diary" is very suitable as a movie about the three Maoyan sisters..." Naoki Nagayama and Yoshimura Otomo have said the plot of "Umi Street Diary" once, "It will definitely make
The popularity of the three Maoyan sisters is back again..."
"Hmm...it does sound very tempting, three sisters living alone or something..." Yoshimura Otomo actually wanted to ask another question, "But the youngest sister at the end of the movie has always been
Who does Shusang want to choose?"
"Um?"
"Naoki-san, you understand, we have so many female idols... whoever you choose will be the one who will be popular! This is a very rare opportunity!" Yoshimura Otomo said seriously, the fire of gossip in his heart was ready to start, "Sasa
, so among the subsequent female idols, who is Naoki-san’s favorite?!”
"...I always feel that you are thinking of something bad, Otomo-san! I treat all idols equally!" Naoki Nagayama said, and then took out a script from his briefcase, "
So...I have another movie called "Blue Sea"!!! It needs two heroines to star in!"
"That's it, then everyone else can act in the movie except for the little Hibisuki, who just had a movie!"
Yoshimura Otomo took over the script of "Blue Sea" and started reading it...
After a while, Yoshimura Otomo's face changed slightly: "Naoki-san, why does this "Blue Sea" feel a little...ambiguous between the heroines?!"
"Ahem! Otomo-san, the friendship between girls is like this. A straight man like you won't understand it!" Naoki Nagayama looked calm.
Yoshimura Otomo continued: "But why are there still cuddling and intimate behaviors?"
"Um...Otomo-san, hugging, kissing and cuddling between girls' best friends are just expressions of intimacy. There is no need to make a fuss!"
Naoki Nagayama seemed to be saying something that everyone knew, which made Otomo Yoshimura feel a little less confident.
"Am I getting older? Is there a generation gap with today's young people?!" Yoshimura Otomo shook his head. He, an old man, really doesn't understand teenage girls very well. "But, how come Naoki-san understands them so well?
"
"I?"
Nagayama Naoki was silent for a while, "Because I am a carefree and romantic scumbag..."
"...."
Because of these sincere and shameless words, the office fell into silence until there was a knock on the door.
"Please come in!" Naoki Nagayama replied quickly.
"Hi...."
Takeharu Kawahara walked in, followed by a girl with short hair - Shizuka Kudo.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Naoki-san, Otomo-san. I brought Kudo Shizuka here..." Kawahara Takeharu said, "I met her at home over the weekend and the contract has been
Signed. Shizuka-chan has moved into the 'girls dormitory' in the morning."
"That's it..." Naoki Nagayama looked at the somewhat reserved Shizuka Kudo and smiled, "Well, Shizuka-chan, welcome to officially join the tree friends today!"
"Arigado...Naoki-san..."
Kudo Shizuka saw Nagayama Naoki's sunny and handsome smile again, and her face turned slightly red, but it was not very noticeable in the hot weather.
"Ah, this is the head of Yoshimura Otomo, Shuyu's real boss in the entertainment industry, and you will be his subordinate from now on." Nagayama Naoki introduced Yoshimura Otomo, "Otomo-san, this is the one I told you before.
Shizuka Kudo.”
"This is the first time we meet. My name is Kudo Shizuka..." the little girl greeted respectfully.
"Hmm, Shizuka-chan is indeed very spiritual..." Otomo Yoshimura said, "Please give me more advice in the future~"
While talking, Yoshimura Otomo glanced at Naoki Nagayama. Naoki-san really knows a lot about teenage girls. Shizuka Kudo looked so stunning at first glance, even her face shape was a bit lacking, but move away
After removing the eyes, this face can be remembered.
"Naoki-san, now that Shizuka-chan has joined the tree friends, will the training and other things be followed as before?"
Vocal training, dance training, physical training...this is already the only way for Shuyou's female artists.
Nagayama Naoki thought for a moment:
"Let's go through the process. Shizuka-chan has been trained in the Kitty Club, so there is no problem with her ability. Just think of it as getting familiar with the culture of tree friends..."
Yoshimura Otomo continued to ask: "So when will her record debut be? Her debut song?"
"Shizuka-chan has accumulated some popularity in "Twilight Meow Meow". It would be a pity if her popularity disappears if she doesn't appear for a long time." Naoki Nagayama said, "The debut time will be at the end of August... As for the debut song...
Let’s just stick to the previous song “Sunshine Girl”!”
Shizuka Kudo's voice is very special, and the song "Sunshine Girl" needs a voice that people can remember, so that it can be sung like magic.
"Hi!" X2
In a few words, Shizuka Kudo’s next work at Shuyu was clearly arranged!
