Don't call me Master, call me Director

As for the battles on the ground, Shen Er naturally adopted a more conventional shooting method, asking several actors to wear leather jackets and fight hand-to-hand on the battle stage.

In order to highlight the fierceness of the battle, Shen Er specially made a platform that can be freely reversed in eight directions and quickly tilted, which is used to adjust the shooting angle at any time when shooting close-up shots.

It can be regarded as a thorough test of the balance ability of several heroic spirits.

"Master really likes to fix these bells and whistles. Anyway, I can't understand why retreating in battle requires constant somersaults. Doesn't this increase the difficulty of retreating?"

Watching several Altman leather-covered heroic actors keep turning back and forth to avoid the light bullets from the monsters, Artoria, who was watching on the set, couldn't help complaining.

"Of course it's because it's going to look good, especially when it's on a big screen."

Shinji gave Arturia a thumbs up and shouted loudly.

Artoria covered her ears and complained: "Master, I can hear you. Do you have to growl?"

"Sorry, I've gotten used to it recently."

Shen Er plucked his ears, and replied embarrassedly.

All the battle scenes in "Super 8" were shot entirely with IMAX cameras.

However, after using the IMAX camera, Shinji knew what "beauty comes from distance".

There are too many restrictions on the operation of IMAX cameras. It is no wonder that in the past life, major movies only liked to release fake IMAX format to cheat money, instead of shooting with IMAX cameras.

Not to mention anything else, just the noise when the IMAX camera is working makes Shen Er quite painful.

Although Shen Er knew in his previous life that the IMAX camera was very noisy; although this time when he was filming a movie, Shen Er had turned on the IMAX camera in advance to experience its noise.

But at the moment when he was actually working on the set, Shen Er felt what the "noise" of the IMAX camera was like.

If you just turn on the camera, it will make you feel like you are standing next to three outdoor air-conditioning units. It is noisy, but it is not unbearable.

However, when Shen Er wants to direct the crew to work in this environment, people's tolerance for this noise is reduced exponentially.

The original three air-conditioning outdoor units instantly became five outdoor units plus six mining machines and four FGO haha ​​teams the moment Shen Er opened his mouth.

Even with the tweeter, Shinji had to yell with all his might to cancel out the noise of the IMAX camera.

After several scenes were filmed, Shen Er's voice became louder by several decibels.

Of course, the problems caused by IMAX to shooting are not only the volume.

During the shooting of the film, the bulky camera caused a lot of trouble for the crew and photography team.

Just getting these big guys onto the lifts for filming was enough, let alone carrying them around for hand-held pan shots.

Regardless of the fact that the person carrying the camera is Red A, he is not worth the weight of an IMAX camera with the body of a heroic spirit.

However, the huge size and delicate body of the IMAX camera still caused a lot of trouble for Red A.

Once a bump occurs, the shooting pause time will be calculated in hours.

No way, these bulky big guys are much more delicate than ordinary cameras, and once they break down, they can only be repaired by professional teams.

Shen Er has already regretted the filming plan of the first literary drama and then the martial arts drama that he produced. As a result, once there is a problem with the IMAX camera, the crew can only stop and wait for the camera to be repaired.

"This thing is too troublesome, it will break if you touch it."

After such a toss, even if Shen Er is a loyal IMAX party, he can't help complaining.

"That...Master."

Medea, who had observed the filming work for several days, raised her hand.

"Why don't you let me try strengthening magic? That should make it more durable."

"..."

"What's the matter, Master?"

Seeing that Shen Er was stuck, Medea asked with some fear.

"Why didn't you say it earlier!!!!"

Chapter 135 Ultraman is back!

With the help of Medea, IMAX cameras are finally not as delicate as before.

Although it is still not possible to perform all kinds of extreme shooting like ordinary cameras, at least it will not cause the machine to stop because of a little bump.

The matter of the IMAX camera made Shen Er call himself stupid [beep——! ], I never thought of strengthening the camera with strengthening magic.

In fact, it's not that Shen Er didn't expect it at all, it's just that the IMAX camera is too squeamish, if it is not strengthened, the whole camera will be scrapped.

Even Medea didn't dare to strengthen the precise parts of the camera. She just slightly strengthened the shell and some parts of the supporting structure to make the camera look stronger.

Although the shooting of the IMAX camera caused Shen Er a lot of trouble, he still praised IMAX in a subsequent interview.

"I especially love shooting movies with IMAX cameras."

Facing the reporter's interview, Shinji's tone was as sincere as Jugula said "Kay, I won't help you anymore".

"IMAX can show a larger and wider screen than ordinary screens, and maximize the screen ratio of movies."

"When I watched the science and education films shot by IMAX cameras before, I have already appreciated its extraordinary skills.

"Through the continuous research and exploration of this shooting, I tried to maximize the characteristics of IMAX, so that everyone can feel the shock brought by the IMAX screen."

Nowadays, it is the only commercial film that uses IMAX cameras extensively. This is one of the selling points of "Super 8" to ordinary passers-by. Shen Er naturally wants to promote it.

As for the naked-eye 8D, another big selling point of "Super 3", Shinji is going to at least wait until the first batch of naked-eye 3D screens become popular before promoting it.

After all, it is completely meaningless to talk about the viewing experience of 3D images, and it is still necessary for the audience to experience it personally.

Moreover, this interview was arranged by IMAX Corporation. Deliberately mentioning glasses-free 3D will only make IMAX Corporation think that Shen Er is finding fault.

"In terms of picture and sound quality, IMAX provides an immersive viewing experience."

Shinji continued to promote the advantages of IMAX to reporters.

"Because of the unprecedented clarity brought by the special picture format, it can give people an immersive sense of reality, coupled with high-fidelity surround sound, it will make people feel like they are in the scene."

"Believe me, watching the IMAX version of "Super Ultra 8 Brothers" will definitely not make you regret it."

In the end, Shen Er concluded the interview with such a confident tone.

But as soon as the reporter left, the second master immediately complained: "It is really hard to shoot myself in IMAX. I feel like I am a cook who is cooking fine palace dishes. I spent hours stuffing shredded pork into bean sprouts." The dishes are carefully seasoned, and the customers finish their meal in one bite."

"Master, isn't the dish just for the guests to eat?"

Artoria asked while stuffing potato chips into her mouth.

Seeing that his Servant was idle as if nothing had happened, Shinji stretched out his hand and scratched Arturia's head vigorously, messing up her coiled hair.

"I just think that superficial viewers might chew peonies, just like you, a snack."

"Master, it's wrong to take your anger out on innocent people."

Artoria was speechless at Shen Er's behavior as a primary school student: "Besides, according to the standards of those who evaluate art, Master, what you shoot can't be considered art, right? You still think the audience is superficial?"

"The violent aesthetics of action movies is also a kind of art." Shen Er shook his fingers and said, "Not to mention that in Japan, "mono-sorrow" is a kind of beauty in itself, and using violence to destroy a good thing is itself a kind of beauty." kind of beauty."

"All nonsense."

Artoria curled her lips. She may not know what "thing sorrow" is, but she definitely knows that her Master is talking nonsense right now.

Seeing that Arturia was not fooled, Shinji could only shrug his shoulders regretfully.

If there is a chance, Shinji really wants to use the camera to express the "sorrowful beauty" with Japanese characteristics.

Of course, Shen Er is not referring to the underworld stuff like the Tokyo Olympics, but the charming scenes like "Flower" in "Tiga".

It's a pity that although Shen Er has a good aesthetic ability, his execution ability in shooting is still a bit weak, and it is difficult to show that taste even if he takes pictures of gourds.

If you don't know how to learn it, then you don't want to learn it. Shen Er is very clear about his strengths and weaknesses, so there is no need to focus on what he is not good at.

Through detailed action descriptions, grand action scenes, and continuous improvement of shooting techniques, it can bring audiences a full-immersion movie-watching experience. This is what Shen Er is good at.

While Shen Er was busy filming, Xingyue Company did not relax its publicity for "Super 8".

Even if the film is highly experimental, as many people as possible must watch the film to get enough feedback on the new technology.

[After 25 years, Ultraman is back! 〕

Ao fans who have been paying attention to the Internet, soon found several press releases issued by GUYS on Yuangu's official website and other popular entertainment websites.

〔This morning, after destroying the V7T7 satellite of the GUYS space station and destroying the GUYS defense fighter planes, the monster code-named "Dino Zoru" attacked Japan and caused major damage in the city. 〕

[Fortunately, the new Ultraman came to the earth again after 25 years and defeated the monster!The giant of light who once helped us is now acting as the patron saint of our humanity again! 〕

Later, there was a speech made by the new captain of GUYS Shingo Okumizu.

〔It is with a heavy heart that I tell you the news of the sacrifice of most of the members of the GUYS team. Each of them is a true hero.They did not flinch in the face of monsters, but fought bravely.We should honor their sacrifices and not forget their sacrifices. 〕

[I, Shingo Mizumizu, the new captain of GUYS, will inherit the will of these sacrificed players, defend our earth to the death, and face the new active period of monsters. The GUYS team and I will give everything to fight. 〕

[Fortunately, this time we humans are still not fighting alone, the new heroes from the Kingdom of Light will guard the earth with us! 〕

[Gentlemen, Ultraman is back! 〕

The speech was accompanied by a short video of the city being destroyed and Mebius fighting Tinozoru.

There is another message released at the same time as the video.

[Unified discussion and decision by GUYS headquarters, the new Ultraman is named [Mebius Ultraman].Please join us in cheering for our new hero. 〕

There is no doubt that these are all viral marketing by Shinji.

Although Mebius is not the protagonist of the story in "Super 8", fans must know his existence anyway, otherwise the audience will only be confused when he appears in the future.

As for viral marketing, it is a bit wasteful to use this low-cost and effective publicity method if it is not used more than a few times.

Just like this promotion, write a few articles, ask actors to record a video, and then edit it with the materials of "Super 8" and "Mebius", and it will all work together.

Even in order to increase the heat of discussion, Shinji deliberately did not cut the scene where Mebius uses the building to block monster skills, as well as the classic scene of Aihara Ryu swearing at the street.

Create an atmosphere where the government deliberately deletes these contents for publicity in order to promote the image of the new Ultraman.

Sure enough, in the ensuing discussion about Mebius, Shinji, a topic reserved for fans, was mentioned countless times.

I believe it will become a famous scene in the Ultraman series in the future.

After all, Shinji has seen the future.

Of course, Shen Er's help to "Mebius" is not just helping with publicity.

As the first and possibly the last Ultraman produced by himself, Shinji is still very concerned about this drama, and constantly puts forward opinions on the production of the drama, so that Tsuburaya can add as many commercial elements as fighting as possible.

Anyway, Tsuburaya is not short of money now, more fights that the audience loves to watch will definitely increase their popularity.

Not only that, Shen Er also taught Tsuburaya how to sell toys in the drama as easily as possible without embarrassment.

In Shen Er's previous life, the new generation of Tsuburaya took many detours on the road to commercialization, and even hit a wall for several years in a row.

If there is anything commendable about Tsuburaya of the new generation, it is probably his strong error correction ability.

Because the transformation time in "Rob" is too long, the transformation time is intentionally reduced from "Taiga"; because there are too many characters of Ottoman in "Taiga" and they have not been well-shaped, so "Zeta" deliberately made Ultra Man turned into a special space machine Z, focusing on shaping the human body.

It's just that Tsuburaya's corporate culture of being sloppy as soon as it succeeds has not been improved. After "Zeta" was a big success, Tsuburaya, who thought he was invincible in the world, immediately worked hard in "Telika".

But that's another story.

While mentioning how Tsuburaya is commercialized, Shinji also intervened in the management of the script of "Mebius".

Not only did it revise many plot problems in the script, but also deleted many episodes with ghost faces and dog-tailed sables, such as the "famous" episode of "The Legacy of the Monster Messenger".

In all fairness, the quality of that episode is not particularly bad, but as a sequel to the Shenhui episode, this episode is simply an embarrassment to "Monster Messenger and Boy".

Especially the screenwriters of Tsuburaya, they simply don't know what they are doing.He obviously doesn't have the ability to continue to write classic works, so he insists on taking advantage of this enthusiasm, and finally makes the continued story like this.

These screenwriters are not only sorry for the expectations of the fans, but also sorry for the senior Uehara Shozo who wanted to shoot this episode even if he resigned as the lead writer.

Sure enough, the screenwriters in Yuangu who like to make funny faces are the real insects of this company.

Chapter 136 Every introduced Ultraman embodies the flesh and blood of director Shinji (funny)

Not only in Japan, but also in other important East Asian markets, Xingyue and Tsuburaya are promoting "Mebius" in progress.

After there were no restrictions on copyright, Yuangu and Xingyue used the channel of Times Group to kill special people in East Asian countries.

Not only did he find a way to get through the joints to broadcast the dramas of Senior Akira and Heisei Three Heroes in turns on TV channels in various countries, but also promoted "Mebius" in prime time in various regions.

Especially in those countries and regions that do not need to review all TV dramas after they are aired, Tsuburaya has almost all released them simultaneously.