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Chapter 382 A director who doesn’t want to make a blockbuster is not a good director
🕑 Added 2025-07-04 15:20:25 +0000 UTCAfter finishing the story about Downey and his wife showing their affection, Nanaya and Luvia talked for another 5 minutes about interesting
After finishing the story about Downey and his wife showing their affection, Nanaya and Luvia talked for another 5 minutes about interesting things that happened on the set of "Iron Man".
It wasn't that Luvia didn't want to talk longer, but because it was her turn to be on camera.
Although Nanaya came to inspect, he did not come to disrupt other people's filming.
So after the crew resumed filming, he stood far away on the edge of the set and watched how other directors shot movies.
Unlike Seven Nights, Iron Man director Jon Favreau did not have much power on the set.
Although he has a movie as a foundation, Jon Favreau does not have a resume with a hit movie like Fate, nor does he have a female boss who gives him full power.
So Jon Favreau is not the leader of the "Iron Man" crew, but an executor.
Even though Favreau can give orders on the set, as a director, Nanaya can see many things that ordinary people can't see.
For example, Jon Favreau has to discuss with several consultants (sometimes Feige is also involved) before each filming.
In fact, this is the situation that normal film directors face.
When Nanaya started filming "Kara no Kyoukai", the supervisor Lin Bao who had always been by his side was supposed to do something like this.
Yes, originally.
Because the investor was his teacher, Nanaya had considerable autonomy when filming "Kara no Kyoukai".
The representative of Lin Bao was just a decoration from beginning to end. No matter how Nanaya tormented him, he didn't say a word.
Before he knew about this, Nanaya thought that Lin Bao’s representative was very easy to talk to.
The same is true for the movie Nanaya Later, because the investors have great trust in his connections, it is no exaggeration to say that he has absolute power on the set.
But people like Nanaya who are both capable and lucky are rare.
It is normal to start step by step like Jon Favreau, and after countless successes, finally become a big director with the final editing rights.
However, Nanaya had no idea of giving Jon Favreau a chance to take the lead. After all, the producer-centered system is the industry rule summarized by the current film industry, and it is also the power structure with the highest success rate for filming.
Just because Nanaya, a time traveler, can break out of this power structure doesn’t mean others can do the same.
Most directors are artists, not businessmen. There are too many cases where directors are given power to do tricks and end up suffering big losses.
You know, Hollywood was once called the Big Eight, why has it become the Big Six now?
Isn’t it because those two unlucky companies, United Artists and MGM, encountered some stupid directors and lost all their pants while making the movie?
Besides, the "Iron Man" in the previous life must have been produced under such circumstances.
What if I intervene and Jon Favreau messes up the movie?
Nanaya spent (Shion's) money to buy Marvel in order to make money, and he doesn't want to have any problems with money.
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Nanaya spent two days on the set of "Iron Man", during which time he got along very well with Downey and Luvia.
Especially Donny, as both sides intentionally made friends, they quickly became good friends.
However, when Nanaya left on the third day, neither of them was able to see him off because they were filming.
Only Kevin Feige, who didn't have to stay on the set all the time, had time to see Seven Nights off from Burbank.
Along the way, Nanaya discussed the construction plan of MCU with Kevin Feige.
"No new movies will be filmed before Iron Man is released." Feige said to Nanaya, "Everything will have to wait until the results of Iron Man come out. It's all the fault of that damn Fox!"
The failure of "X-Men 3" sent a very bad signal to the investment community, coupled with the previously unsuccessful "Fantastic Four".
The failure of two consecutive Marvel movies has caused many investors to have concerns about Marvel-adapted movies.
"Yeah...what a shame."
Nanaya was also a little helpless.
The failure of these two films also made people in Washimine question whether to invest in the production of Marvel movies.
Fortunately, Shion's prestige is enough to suppress these villains, but they can forget about digging more holes.
"But it's a good thing this way. After the success of Iron Man, we'll have more options."
Besides, there have been enough pits opened recently, and Nanaya thinks it might not be a bad thing to let Marvel concentrate on finishing "Iron Man" and "The Incredible Hulk".
"Anyway, I'll leave the studio to you," Nanaya concluded, "If you have any questions, tell me and I'll help you solve them."
Kevin Feige did not answer directly, but nodded heavily.
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"The camera crew is here!"
"The lighting team is ready!"
"The props team is ready!"
"Special effects team ready!"
"The actors are still a little short of putting on makeup."
A few days later, in Washimine Entertainment's own studio, Nanaya and Shiki stood side by side behind the monitor, listening to the confirmation messages from various departments on the communicator one by one.
"Almost done, only the actors are missing."
Nanaya nodded after receiving the reply.
Shiki Matsuno rubbed his hands anxiously: "Well... I really want to start earlier."
"You can't wait?"
Shiki nodded and replied, "Of course, this is the biggest project I have ever participated in in my life."
Nanaya rolled his eyes at him and said, "I thought you were just a typical hipster."
"I am a literary youth, but which director doesn't want to direct a big project worth hundreds of millions of dollars? It's just that I know my style is suitable for big projects."
Shiki Matsuno's righteous look made Nanaya at a loss for words. He could only pick up the intercom and press a button: "Sister Katsura, how long will it take you?
"Last minute."
Katsura Mamako shouted, and the voice seemed to be far away from the walkie-talkie.
After all, she is an experienced makeup artist, so if she says it will take a minute, it will take a minute.
Soon, Lily and three stand-ins dressed the same as her arrived on the set.
Lily was wearing the knight dress that resembled Altria, but without the armor.
It’s not because it’s not needed for filming today, but because the thing is too heavy and Lily will have to wear it after the filming officially starts.
Otherwise, Lily would probably be sweating profusely before the shooting officially started.
Lily carried the prop knight sword and came to Nanaya: "Director, what should I pay attention to later?"
"Same old as always, just put on your coolest pose and imitate your sister."
"It's the senior sister again..."
Lily muttered something with her head down, and she gently kicked the chair next to her.
"If your sister wasn't a diplomat, would you have asked her to make a movie?"
Lily still remembered that when Nanaya first saw her sister, he praised her for looking like King Arthur.
Nanaya denied without even thinking: "How could that be? In my heart, King Arthur, who is less than 1.6 meters tall, is the orthodox one."
"Hmm... Your answer makes me happy, but also frustrated."
Lily was not satisfied with Nanaya's answer.
Nanaya glanced at Lily, then said seriously: "Stop talking nonsense, at least show me your improved acting skills!"
"Huh, isn't that what you want from me?"
Lily put away her little face, and said to Nanaya coldly with a look of disgust: "A Master like this needs correction."
"You should learn something good from your sister. This is scary!"
Nanaya couldn't help but shudder. He would never admit that he did feel like he had seen Ryan just now.
Lily laughed: "Isn't this what you wish for~ My Master this time."
Nanaya quickly interrupted the girl and said, "Okay, I still have work to do here. You should follow Shonan and get familiar with the movements first."
“It’s boring.”
But Nanaya did not give Lily a chance to continue speaking. He waved his hand, and Shonan, who was waiting on the side, quickly pulled Lily away.
Also leaving were Lily's two stand-ins.
"This girl is really becoming more and more disrespectful. Who did she learn this from?"
Looking at Lily's familiar movements on the set, Nanaya shook his head helplessly.
Then Nanaya shouted to Ori, asking his crew to start test shooting the scenes set up in the studio. He wanted to confirm one last time whether there were any flaws in the current scenery.
Currently, a port is being built in the studio, but there is not a drop of water in this port. The surrounding area and the area below the port are all surrounded by green screens.
If there are staff from Japan, they will find that the layout here is exactly the same as Tokyo Bay.
Nanaya didn't have the time to bring the actors back to Japan for filming. Not to mention that his previous experience in filming "Spiral" made him know that Tokyo Bay was not a good place for filming.
The occasional typhoons since June are no longer acceptable to Nanaya.
With so many people in the entire crew, missing a day of filming would result in a loss of over $100,000.
Who can bear to stop filming every other day because of typhoons?
This is actually easier to handle now.
Because the cast is more international this time, the filming locations for Nanaya were focused on North America and Australia (due to the tax refund policy).
Japan and other places that FSN has filmed before, this place is more for filming.
What is about to start filming is the first battle of the Fourth Holy Grail War, which is the battle at the dock.
Almost all the main characters will participate in this battle, and Nanaya plans to use this opening scene to hone the crew.
What?
You said the double act between Mr. Golden and Hassan was the first one?
Well, no one thinks so except this world's pot, Tohsaka Tokiomi.
Because today is the first day, there won't be too many items to be filmed, and no one except Lily, Illya and James McAvoy needs to appear.
However, the other actors still came to the set to watch their partners filming and to follow the progress of the filming.
Illya, who played Irisviel, and James McAvoy, who played Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, also appeared on the set soon.
Because it involves post-production, in addition to a yellow and a red prop gun, James McAvoy also has two long sticks wrapped in green screen. When shooting later, McAvoy will choose different props according to the requirements of the lens.
If the two servants, Lily and James McAvoy, are dressed a little strangely, then Illya, who plays her mother, is relatively normal.
Apart from the fact that she felt too hot wearing winter clothes in the middle of summer, there weren't any major problems.
"Director, you are just trying to trick me!" Illya complained, "Why do I have to wrap myself up like a bear every time I'm filming?"
"What does this have to do with me? This is the script setting. Hurry up and familiarize yourself with your movements!" Nanaya waved his hand to drive Illya away.
All departments were ready, and the actors were familiar with their movements. After everything was ready, Nanaya and Shiki Matsuno nodded to the script supervisor at the same time.
"Fate Zero, scene one, scene one..." The script supervisor quickly placed the script board in front of the main camera, "Now - Action!"
