Because of the need to change shooting techniques in the middle, Nanaya's shooting progress slowed down a bit.
Because he had to wait for the latest negotiation results between Washimine and Weta Workshop before he could make detailed arrangements for the subsequent shooting plans.
Of course, this does not mean that the entire filming will end here. After all, the shots that use motion capture technology are still few in the entire movie "Goblin Slayer".
Nanaya advanced the shooting plan for some shots in which the motion-capture CGI characters would not appear, so as to avoid the change of technology delaying the overall shooting progress.
Mount Ruapehu, an active volcano located at the southern end of the Taupo volcanic belt in New Zealand, is not only the largest active volcano in New Zealand, but also one of the most active volcanoes in the world.
There are many hot springs and geysers near this volcano, which is a winter resort and tourist destination.
However, Nanaya and his crew came here not for a vacation, but to shoot outdoor scenes.
Mount Ruapehu is not only a tourist attraction, it is also the filming location for the doomsday volcano Mordor and Imin Moore in "The Lord of the Rings".
"Why do I feel like we are following the movement route of the crew of The Lord of the Rings?"
In response to ZUN's question, Nanaya gave him a direct affirmative answer.
"Of course it's not an illusion. I'm just following the footsteps of Peter Jackson and his team. After all, New Zealand is such a small place. Peter and his team traveled all over New Zealand to make a good movie. The filming locations he chose are the best places in New Zealand. I just need to follow him."
"Haha, is that so."
Looking at Nanaya's smug smile, ZUN snorted coldly.
"Okay, hurry up and get ready. We're about to start."
The filming locations of The Lord of the Rings are all over New Zealand, and there is a reason why Nanaya chose Mount Ruapehu as the location among so many locations.
The mountainous areas here have a variety of landforms, and basically most of the wilderness scenes in the Nanaya script can be found in corresponding locations.
Now, what Nanaya is shooting is the scene where the protagonist Goblin Slayer and his group camp out at night for the first time.
The four main characters, Gawain, Rin, Luvia and Xilin, sat around the fire, with the east side of them surrounded by a green screen - that area was where the forest needed to be added in the later stage of Seven Nights.
As for the other lizard monk in the protagonist team, because the negotiations with Weta are still ongoing, Nanaya placed a mannequin wearing the other party's Indian-like costume.
This monk will only be a quiet handsome man on this set, and Nanaya will only choose medium and long shots of this lizard.
All the close-up movement shots of the Lizard Monk will be completed by Nanaya in the studio later and then inserted into this shot.
Even with Weta Workshop's latest technology, there is currently no way to perform motion capture in the wild, so the only thing that appears on location is this 1:1 life-size figure.
"Cut!"
After shooting a short clip, Nanaya immediately called for a stop.
"Makeup team, touch up your makeup!"
The most troublesome part of filming a costume drama is the actors' makeup. Although Nanaya has made sufficient preparations, the outdoor environment still requires the actors to touch up their makeup at any time.
"Rin's wig is crooked, there's gravel on the hem of Luvia's dress, the lizard's dress needs to be straightened, and then adjust the position of the 'flame' and the food in the middle!"
Nanaya walked around the set and gave instructions to the makeup artists and props team members.
The flames in front of the camera are block props wrapped in green screen, which will be replaced by special effects flames in the later stage.
Nanaya didn't have time to sit by a fire outdoors. If sparks were blown by the wind onto the actors' clothes, it would be no joke.
The same goes for those foods. Although they look like skewers, they are actually just candies that look like skewers.
After all, grease is the enemy of makeup on actors' faces. Touching up makeup is troublesome enough, and Nanaya doesn't want to deal with grease as well.
He was filming "Goblin Slayer" not "The Solitary Gourmet", so there was no need to restore the food completely, as long as it was "real" enough.
Two makeup artists were adjusting Rin's wig, while Nanaya took the time to tell Rin what to pay attention to during the upcoming shoot.
"Rin, you need to be a little more lively later. After drinking, the playful nature of the elves will be exposed. It's okay to let go a little, and don't worry about makeup. If you are too reserved, it will take us more time."
Xilin, who didn't need to touch up his makeup, sat on the prop wood. He smiled and teased Lin, "Little girl, you just need to act like you're drunk later! But have you ever drunk alcohol? If not, I can show you how to do it~"
As he spoke, the "dwarf uncle" deliberately made some movements of a little girl, which made others start to make a fuss about Xilin.
"Hey, don't make us vomit our breakfast, it's still early for lunch!"
"Hahaha, if you can't even bear this, you'd better not be an actor." Xilin took a sip of wine and laughed.
Nanaya did not stop the actors from playing around, as a moderate amount of relaxation was necessary. As long as these guys didn't cause any trouble or ruin their makeup, Nanaya would just let them do what they wanted.
"What a shame! It would be great if these foods were real things from the plot. Wine goes best with barbecue."
Xilin said regretfully while fiddling with the "barbecue" with his fingers.
Nanaya rolled his eyes at the old man and said, "How come you don't get tired of eating this every day?"
The food in New Zealand is quite simple and crude. In addition to meat, seafood and simple vegetables, there are various dairy products. The cooking methods are nothing more than grilling and making salads.
This kind of thing is fine to eat once in a while, but if you eat it every day, you will basically get tired of it very quickly.
Anyway, Nanaya was extremely glad that she listened to Ori's advice and brought a lot of curry cubes and stew cubes from Japan to New Zealand. Although there was no rice and she could only use bread as the staple food, it was much better than having to eat nothing but barbecue all day.
Xilin nodded and said, "Haha, of course, barbecue alone will soon become boring, but if it is paired with wine, it will not be enough. Director, are you interested?"
"No, I don't drink much."
Nanaya didn't have the habit of smoking or drinking. He didn't like the smell of cigarettes and the bitter taste of alcohol. Because of this, he was ridiculed by Shiki for a long time.
"What a shame! Half the fun of life is gone."
Nanaya grinned: "No, I don't think this is the fun of life at all."
"Okay."
After dozens of minutes of preparation, the makeup artist made an OK gesture to Nanaya.
"Well then, all units, get ready!"
At Nanaya's signal, the very experienced script supervisor raised the clapperboard in front of the main camera lens, "Goblin Slayer, Scene 15, Scene 67. Begin!"
With everyone's efforts, several shots of everyone sitting around the fire were quickly completed.
Then Nanaya began to shoot individual shots of each protagonist in batches.
"That actor named Gawain is so handsome! Why didn't the director let him show his face?"
An actress's whisper interrupted Rin's thoughts as she was reading an accent textbook.
Tohsaka Rin looked up and saw several passers-by actresses were obsessed with Gawayen who was adjusting his equipment.
"Does Miss Tohsaka think so too?"
One of them asked with a blushing face when she saw Rin also looking up at Gawain.
"Well, he is indeed quite handsome." Rin said without denying it, "But he is just a little bit better in appearance. If he doesn't have a chuunibyou, he can't even be considered a normal actor."
"What do you think? Could it be that the director was jealous of Mr. Gawain's looks and that's why he deliberately didn't show his face?"
[How is that possible? The setting that the male protagonist would not show his face was set from the beginning. ]
Rin felt that these crazy girls were the epitome of low IQ. No wonder they could only play roles that were deceived by goblin traps and wiped out.
"That shouldn't be the case. Isn't Director Kiryu also very handsome? He's not inferior to Mr. Gawain, right?"
Because she didn't want outsiders to mistakenly think that she got into the crew through connections, Rin did not call Nanaya "senior" in front of these actors.
"Not bad..." the extra said casually after observing Nanaya carefully, "Completely different from Mr. Gawain. He is the type that is more pleasing to the eye, but he is not handsome at all."
"Really? I think he's similar to Gawain."
Although she somewhat agreed with what the actress said, Rin still said it against her will.
The graceful female swordsman actress suddenly winked at Rin playfully: "Could it be that the director is Ms. Tohsaka's type, so she thinks he's handsome?"
"No way!" Lin denied loudly, "How could I like him? He is completely different from my type."
"Don't be shy, little girl." Uncle Xilin wandered over to the girls. "Director Kiryu is so young and yet he can direct such a big-budget movie. He is a very remarkable man. Even I would be attracted to him."
"I already said no..."
Rin pouted and retorted, but her voice was much softer than before.
The swordswoman suddenly became very excited and said, "Hey, what do you think about letting the director play an adventurer? Then let the audience judge who is more handsome?"
Rin complained with a black face: "Why do you have such an idea? And I don't think the director will listen to the suggestions of you little actors."
The female swordsman seemed very interested: "Just for fun, don't many directors like to make cameo appearances in their own works?"
"Then go for it."
Rin didn't want to get involved.
"I seem to have heard something very interesting."
Probably because there were so many people around, the heroine Luvia also came over. After hearing what these girls said, she also showed a very interested expression on her face.
"Tohsaka Rin, how about we have a competition?" Luvia suggested to Rin, "Let's see which of us can convince senior to play a role in the movie. But not some ordinary adventurer, but a monster character in the movie. How about it?"
[This woman is going to cause trouble...]
This was Rin's only comment on the excited Luvia at this moment.
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