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Chapter 411 Powder Keg Director
🕑 Added 2025-08-02 15:14:22 +0000 UTCOn the set, all the staff were busy and anxious.
Today is already the third day since the crew resumed filming, but everyone’s performance is not much better than the first day.
Being forced to take a week off not only disrupted Nanaya's filming schedule, but also the conditions of the actors and other staff became quite bad.
It seemed like every department on the set had forgotten to wind up their springs. From the beginning, problems with the camera, lighting, and props departments kept popping up one after another.
Even yesterday, Katsura Mamako put the wrong makeup on Lily, which was a low-level mistake she had never made since she entered the industry.
Not to mention that the actors' performances were a mess, with several actors losing their form and only a handful of usable shots in three days.
Everyone is in a hurry, but the more anxious they are, the more likely they are to make mistakes.
The entire crew seemed to be infected with anxiety, and everyone's emotions became extremely agitated.
Nanaya undoubtedly has the biggest emotional problems among all the people. No one in the crew has seen him smile or praise an actor for his excellent performance in a long time.
Of course, Nanaya was furious. The film was re-shot for three days, but not even one day of the new plan was completed.
These situations put more and more pressure on Nanaya, and every time someone in the crew made a mistake, he wanted to scold them.
But every time Nanaya forced himself to endure it and just said a few words.
Of course, this is from Nanaya's perspective. In the eyes of others, the people in the entire crew have not cursed as much as Nanaya alone in the past few days.
After three days, Nanaya's voice became a little hoarse, which forced him to pause the filming of Kiritsugu's scenes because his throat was no longer able to record.
Fortunately, in his own words, if Nanaya were to perform now, he could probably only play a war maniac who just shoots and fires.
But this will make others even more unlucky.
“Cut!”
Just then, Nanaya's angry voice was heard again in the studio. He strode to Lily and took her to walk two laps in the shallow pool.
Because the noise was so loud, Nanaya splashed a lot of water, soaking his pants and shoes.
"How is it?" Nanaya asked loudly, "Are you walking steadily?!"
Lily looked terrified. She lowered her head and remained silent, not daring to speak.
"I'm asking you a question!" Nanaya scolded.
"I'm fine," Lily replied after taking a deep breath, her voice visibly shaking.
The scene the crew is currently filming is the battle between the servants and the marshal by the river.
After the plan was disrupted, Nanaya drastically modified the shooting plan. He would shoot all the special effects production segments in advance in order to give the special effects team more production time.
The shots being filmed now are the scenes where Altria fights on the water.
Lily had to perform in a shallow pool wearing knight boots, but her performance was not very good. She almost fell several times because she lost her balance.
Nanaya pointed at Lily and raised his voice again: "If you really can't do it, just tell me directly. I will arrange a stuntman to shoot the movement part, and you just need to stand and pose and recite the lines! Please don't waste our precious time anymore!"
Having said that, Nanaya didn't care about his wet shoes and pants and walked back to his seat.
"Attention all departments! Start over in 10 minutes." Nanaya shouted to everyone with a loudspeaker.
"Senior, I think you'd better restrain yourself."
Ori had just whispered a reminder when Nanaya glared at him.
"Do I need you to teach me how to act?" Nanaya asked back unhappily.
Ori pursed his thin lips, his eyebrows tightly locked together.
[I think you need me to teach you how to be a good person...]
Although Ori thought so in his heart, he still kept his mouth shut and did not say these words out loud.
In fact, no one in the crew knew the pressure his senior was under better than him.
Although Ori always felt that most of the pressure was added by Nanaya himself, he believed that Nanaya was pushing himself to a dead end.
However, as an assistant director, he was obviously not the right person to persuade Nanaya, and some things were not suitable for him to say.
"Shonan, reposition the cameras." Nanaya instructed everyone with a distinctly hoarse voice, "Adjust camera number one to the front of Lily, camera number two to the right, and camera number three to shoot from a 30-degree angle. Get it done before filming resumes in ten minutes!"
Looking at Nanaya screaming madly, Ori shook his head.
He quietly left Nanaya and went to the dressing room to find him a pair of slippers.
"Sister Ori, are all directors like this? When I was a kid, I visited Kiritsugu on his set and he was always yelling like this."
Ori turned around and saw that it was Illya.
"When I was little, I thought that was the only thing Kiritsugu could do to loudly criticize his mother, so he got so emotional. Now it seems that all directors are the same. Obviously, Oni-chan was not like this before."
"Don't call me sister." Ori replied unhappily.
In response to Illya's question, Ori just shrugged and said, "It's normal. Sitting in that position, even the best-tempered person will become a powder keg. Instead of dwelling on this, you should comfort Lily. I suspect she will cry the next time she fails."
Illya tilted her head noncommittally: "So what about Oni-chan? You take care of it?"
Ori rolled his eyes at her and said, "You think too much. I'm not a saint or princess who can appease a dragon. I don't have that ability."
Illya pursed her lips and said nothing more.
Ori carried the slippers back to the back of the shooting area and dropped them at Nanaya's feet.
"Senior, change it."
Perhaps because he felt his tone was not very good, Ori added: "Be careful not to catch a cold if you keep wearing wet shoes."
"Thank you, sorry for the trouble."
Nanaya nodded to Ori, then quickly took off her shoes and socks and put on slippers.
In fact, Nanaya gave the crew 10 minutes not only to give others time to adjust their state, but also to give himself time to calm down.
"You've been a little irritable lately. Haven't you met Miss Jiufeng recently?"
While Nanaya was changing her shoes, Ori asked casually.
"It has nothing to do with her." Nanaya glanced at Ori, "Do you think she is my fire extinguisher? Be careful or she will beat you up."
Shion is someone who can subdue him with one move, and Nanaya doesn't think that his junior brother can beat her.
"It doesn't matter what she is. The main thing is that your temper is really bad right now." Ori snorted coldly with his arms folded across his chest.
"I know what you mean, and I'm also restraining myself."
Nanaya stood up and took two deep breaths in succession.
Ori shook his head: "I don't think that's enough. Please, go and have a date with Miss Jiufeng tonight."
"If Miss Washimine is not available, you can also go to Lin to get a room. If that doesn't work, Sakura can also go. Oh, no. They are not here, no wonder you are like a balloon now, you can be pricked at any time."
Nanaya was so angry that he wanted to kick Ori's butt.
"What kind of solution is this?! What do you think your senior is? A humanoid self-propelled artillery piece?"
Ori waved his hand and said, "I think you need to vent, that's all."
"Screw you."
Nanaya flicked Ori's forehead, then he raised the megaphone again: "All departments please give us your feedback, we will resume filming in one minute."
"I'm serious." Ori shook his head.
Ori seemed to have thought of something, so he took out his cell phone and quickly sent an email to someone.
Nanaya didn't notice Ori's small movements behind him. After getting the confirmed feedback from various departments, he returned to the monitor: "42nd scene, 11th act, start now!"
Perhaps it was the scary expression on Nanaya's face before that worked, or maybe it was the 10 minutes that allowed everyone to adjust their state.
The crew showed obvious improvement in the next few shots, and even Lily looked much better.
This situation made Nanaya feel a little more satisfied. As long as the crew was moving in the normal direction, it was enough for Nanaya.
The next few shots were relatively smooth, but this smoothness was only compared to the previous two days.
Everyone's performance is actually still a little bit behind what it was before the suspension, but at least it has reached the passing line that Nanaya expected.
So even though the subsequent shooting was still a bit bumpy, unexpected small problems occurred from time to time.
But Nanaya still controlled his emotions. After all, yelling like this wouldn't solve any problems. As long as the crew could function normally, he would try his best not to hurt anyone with his tweeter.
"That's all for today, everyone please go home. The props and equipment teams, remember to put your stuff away."
After Lily used a prop sword to cut a tentacle model into two pieces, Nanaya announced that today's scene was over.
Although Nanaya had been holding back, the feeling of madly testing the edge of an explosion was not pleasant, so Nanaya stopped filming after noticing that the crew had recovered a little.
However, Nanaya did not leave the set. His shoes and socks were not completely dry yet, so he simply stayed and looked through the footage shot today.
Washimine was holding his semi-annual board meeting these days, so Shion had no time at all, and Rin flew back to Japan with Sakura for her idol work.
So Nanaya was in no hurry to leave the set when there was no entertainment at night. If possible, he even wanted to eat and sleep on the set.
But just like Ori said before, Nanaya can't find a woman now, so his anger really has no place to vent.
"You haven't left yet?"
When Nanaya heard someone calling him, he quickly looked up and saw Ori walking towards him.
"I have some stuff to finish up, and my shoes are wet."
Nanaya shook his head.
"I think you need to rest, Senior." Ori said, pulling Nanaya's arm, "Come on, I'll buy you a drink."
