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Chapter 396 Want the colorful black
🕑 Added 2025-07-18 15:05:09 +0000 UTCAlthough Nanaya spent a lot of time revising and designing the battle scene between Iskandar and Gilgamesh, it was not too difficult to actually shoot it.
Since FSN, Nanaya has been filming Gilgamesh's battle.
For Nanaya and his team, filming this golden guy fighting was actually easier than filming the Brush Guy.
At least, there is no need to worry about Mr.Golden twisting his waist like an actor while standing still to output.
All in all, the last few scenes at the White Sands Missile Test Range were shot quite smoothly. The crew did not encounter any difficulties during the filming and finished filming quickly.
For Nanaya, who had been eating sand for most of the month, this was a relief.
After staying in the desert for so long, Nanaya felt as if his whole body was filled with sand and he felt uncomfortable all over.
After returning to Los Angeles, Nanaya's first thing was to give the crew, who had been eating sand with him for more than half a month, a few days off, as a way of thanking them for their hard work over the past few days.
But others can take a holiday, but Nanaya himself cannot.
He needs to work with the editing team to organize and rough-cut the footage shot in the desert, and then submit it to the special effects team for production.
FZ’s schedule is very tight. Although it is divided into two parts, Nanaya needs to complete the production of the first half this year.
Then the first half of FZ was released in May 2007.
The reason why Nanaya arranged it this way has little to do with the 2007 movie, but it was mainly to avoid a movie in 2008 - Nolan's "The Dark Knight" in the second half of FZ.
There is no need to say how awesome this movie is; just search online and you'll find countless articles praising it.
But the biggest problem of this movie for the FZ project is that its dark theme is somewhat in conflict with FZ.
They are all movies in which the protagonist loses too much, and the final ending also ends with the protagonist being lost.
Such films would have high market value in Europe and the United States, but too many is as bad as too little.
Movies are, after all, a form of relaxing entertainment. Who would spend money to make themselves uncomfortable?
If a movie with a strong noir style suddenly appears, the audience may feel very novel, but if two movies appear in a row, it will cause serious aesthetic fatigue to the audience.
Fortunately, Nanaya, who has the foresight to see into the future, knows how to avoid such a situation - that is to advance the schedule.
Although this involves a high risk, once the quality of a film exceeds a certain level, it can ignore the release date factor and achieve the results it deserves.
Nanaya is confident in his film. He believes that after removing some additional factors, his film will definitely be recognized by the film market.
So in order to make good use of time, Nanaya almost worked overtime to complete all the tasks of FZ.
That’s why this guy gets so cranky when he’s on set, because he’s racing against the clock.
But fortunately, Nanaya has many more favorable conditions than when he was working on "Kara no Koyukai", and he no longer needs to do many things himself.
The same is true for editing.
“For the scenes of the King’s Army, I needed a lot of long shots to ensure that the King’s Army had the right amount of dominance.”
In the post-production studio of Washimine North America's branch, Nanaya said to the head of his editing team and the special effects team.
"Ori, you have to grasp these shots, especially the overhead shots, and make good use of them. You must pay attention to this when you edit."
Because he wanted both quality and speed, Nanaya basically revealed all his secrets.
Ori, who has been following Nanaya since "Kara no Kyoukai", will also participate in the post-production this time.
This is the last test that Nanaya gives to this junior fellow apprentice. If he passes it, he will enter the "El-Melloi II Case Files" project as a dual identity as a producer and director.
If even "The Incident Book" can be completed well, then my junior brother will really become a director on his own.
Ryougi Ori knew what Nanaya expected of him, and he nodded to Nanaya, "I will, senior. I have watched all the footage you shot in the desert these days, and I already have a general idea in my mind."
"Okay, you make a rough editing plan first, and then we'll communicate."
Nanaya fully trusted his junior fellow apprentice and believed that he would not let him down.
And even if there really is a problem, Nanaya can still pass the last level, so there is no need to worry at all.
In order to ensure the production speed of the film, Nanaya will not participate in the specific editing matters during the initial period of post-production.
What Nanaya has to do now is color grading, that is, color grading and rendering all the shots.
Although all movies have this step in post-production, even the cheapest film "Overlooking the Scenery" shot in Nanaya went through this process.
But the color grading of FZ is very different from other movies. Under the theme of the movie, all the pictures are dominated by dark tones.
This is also the biggest difference between FZ and FSN. In FSN, many battles take place during the day, but in FZ, they are all held at night.
In fact, Nanaya had already taken care to shoot in the darkest environment possible, but dark does not mean it is pitch black and nothing can be seen.
In order to ensure the final visual effect of the movie, it is essential to color grade each shot one by one.
"I thought FSN was dark enough, but compared to this FZ, it's nothing." Ori looked at the requirements given by Nanaya and joked, "If I only looked at the requirements, I would have thought you were filming Batman."
There is no joke that DC must be black now, but the dark tone of Batman movies has long been known to everyone.
"Read the lens requirements carefully and don't darken the lens that shouldn't be darkened. What I want is a colorful black!"
Nanaya quickly reminded.
The colorful black is just a joke, but it is also true that FZ will not be black all the time.
Why is the combination of the princess and the emperor the most popular in FZ?
Because they are the only sunshine in the movie, these two guys are the most positive characters in the whole group, bringing a different color to the whole depressing story.
The reaction was the same in the movie, and the shots involving the two characters Weber and Iskandar had to be color graded separately.
This is especially true for the scenes showing the Emperor's royal army.
If there is any shot that shines brighter than the King’s Army, it is the shot of the saber placing the curry stick.
Nanaya wants the audience to feel that the whole picture becomes brighter when these two people appear.
As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison.
Without this combination with positive values, how can we expose the evil of other combinations?
The various dark aspects in the film are further highlighted by this dialogue.
Nanaya stayed in the Washimine Building for 4 days, 3 of which were spent dealing with FZ's later affairs.
Another day, I went to check out the production progress of the fighting game that Fate will release on the Will platform.
will be released at the end of 2006. This is a crucial comeback for Washimine in the field of game consoles.
Of course, the importance of will is to Washimine's game department.
In fact, Washimine's overall profit has always been high. Even when it did not get involved in the film and television industry, Washimine's self-generating function was very strong.
I’ve mentioned before that Pixar’s Cars peripherals make money.
And if we really have to compare, Washimine is not bad either.
After all, if we were to say which IP character image in this world's ACG is the best, it would undoubtedly be "Pet Master" under Washimine.
Led by the yellow electric mouse, countless cute pets are making a lot of money all over the world.
The title of the world's number one IP is not just boasting, it is built up with data that makes people look up to it.
It’s a pity that in order to persuade GF, the producer of "Pet Master", not to side with Sony, Washimine offered it many favorable conditions.
In addition to technical support for GF, there is also GF's independence.
In other words, although Washimine was able to share the profits of "Pet Master" and make a lot of money, he had no say in GF's affairs.
However, Washimine also had a backup plan, and that was Brother Satoru.
This is a very clever chess piece. Both Iwata's prestige and his understanding of the game of "Pet Master" allow him to suppress GF's gang of monsters and demons and make them dare not move.
This can also be felt from the game. Before the sixth generation of "Pet Master", with the participation of Satoru, although there were various problems of low technical capabilities, each generation was improving with visible updates.
However, when Brother Satoru fell ill and was no longer able to take care of this birdman, all kinds of people started to jump out and make trouble.
The reactionaries headed by Beast Ancestor made all kinds of trouble after Satoru-ni left. It is no exaggeration to say that their crimes are too numerous to list.
Therefore, throughout her life, Nanaya has been reminding Shion to take care of Satoru-ni's health.
At Nanaya's request, Shion assigned a special health care worker to Satoru to manage Satoru's body.
Although the overtime culture among Japanese corporate slaves is very serious, most of the overtime is required by their leaders.
If there were no boss to pressure them, these white-collar workers would definitely leave work early and would not want to stay in the company for even a second longer.
But Satoru-ni is different. He loves his job. Most of the time, this guy takes the initiative to work overtime instead of being forced to do so.
He always sets an example to his subordinates by himself to demonstrate his work attitude.
This is also why so many people will actively follow Satoru.
Even though he is no longer Satoru's subordinate, Masahiro Sakurai has called Satoru "President" countless times.
Satoru-ni also used his actual actions to prove what he said:
On my business card, I'm the president of Nintendo, in my mind, I'm a game developer, and deep down, I'm a gamer.
There is only one Satoru-ni in this world.
"So, how is Satoru-ni's health these days?"
"Eat well, go to bed early. No problems."
Hearing Nanaya's question, Shion rolled her eyes at him and said, "I'm wondering if you're too concerned about your brother's health. Is he your brother or mine?"
"I just want Satoru-ni to make a few more games."
Nanaya curled his lips and said.
