Tokyo bubble life

DreamWorks movie shooting base in Ota Ward.

Dozens of young people were chasing each other in a crowded duel field, fighting in an unorganized manner, no different from children fighting.

"CUT!" Komori Masataka shouted through the loudspeaker, "Everyone take a rest first!"

Then he sat in the director's chair with a sad look on his face, his brows furrowed tightly.

Director assistant Ishikawa Katsura next to him came up:

"Masaka-san, what's wrong?"

"Oh~~~" Komori Masataka felt that he had sighed more often since filming "Hot Blood High School 2", "No matter how I shoot, I feel like I can't capture Naoki-san's passionate feeling!"

I still remember the feeling in the first part, when Takizawa Genji led a group of younger brothers, walking in the rain with an arrogant pace that he didn't recognize his relatives. When paired with the background music of "Into the battlefield" by Naoki-san, he wanted to watch it. Follow me and beat them together!

"Naoki-san's passion" Ishikawa Katsura chewed the words, "Maybe it's because he is a young man~"

"." Komori Masataka looked at the assistant with a vacant look, "Ishikawa, you are saying that I am old and have no passion for it, right?!"

"No, I didn't say that!"

Ishikawa Katsura explained quickly, but he glanced at Komori Masataka. He was happy and fat after marriage, coupled with his irregular diet during the filming of the movie, even his belly showed up. Besides, he is a teenager, which is more or less nonsense!

Komori Masataka was sensitively aware of this somewhat impolite look, and held the speaker in front of his belly:

"Ishikawa, are you thinking of something rude?!"

"." Ishikawa Katsura immediately looked elsewhere, "No!"

"Really?"

"Absolutely not!!"

While the two were arguing, Kijima Kyor came over and said to Komori Masataka: "Masataka, Naoki-san is coming over."

"Eh?" X2, "Why do you want to come here suddenly?"

"Come to check on the progress, maybe come to visit the class?"

Kijima Kyon is not sure either, because after the previous magic modification, Serizawa Tamao, played by Kaede Nagayama, has been "seriously injured and offline", and he is no longer in the scenes being filmed.

"." Masataka Komori thought for a moment and breathed a sigh of relief as if he suddenly thought of something. "Just in time, I can ask Naoki-san how to shoot passionate scenes."

As they spoke, the two of them arrived at the door of the factory together, waiting for the arrival of Naoki Nagayama.

As for Nagayama Naoki here, he communicated about Shuyou Capital in Ginza in the morning, and came to the Dream Factory in Ota Ward in the afternoon.

When he saw Komori Masataka and Kijima Kyor waiting at the door, he was also a little surprised:

"Why are you two waiting here?"

"This is how we can show our respect for Naoki-san!" Gouzijia said.

"I hope I can see Naoki-san soon," Dogleg Yi added.

"Such a gesture." Nagayama Naoki parked the car, looked at the two guys and smiled, "You two, you won't have done anything wrong, right?"

"How is that possible!" Komori Masataka immediately cried out, then showed a flattering smile, "I just want to ask Naoki-san something! I have no idea what is going on with Kijima."

Kijima looked at his friend speechlessly, his eyes full of contempt~

"Naoki-san, I just want to inform you as soon as possible that the scene of "Midnight Bell 2" has been completed and can be used at any time!"

Kijima Xu followed Naoki Nagayama towards the field area.

"I don't know when the filming of this movie will start. And I would like to ask if "Century of Love" can be prepared in advance. I mean the scenes and so on~"

Only then did Nagayama Naoki realize that this guy must have felt itchy after seeing Masataka Komori start filming a movie!

"For "Midnight Bell 2", it mainly depends on Shuichi-san's time. He has almost finished promoting his recent "Blue Sea", so it should be soon."

Without hiding anything, Nagayama Naoki directly told Kijima Kyor and Komori Masataka about the current situation, and then patted Kijima Kyor on the shoulder,

"As for the scene preparation for "Century of Love", it's indeed time, Kijima-kun. You make the report and I'll approve the note."

"Hi! I will prepare it immediately!" Kijima Xu's eyes lit up after hearing this.

It's already November, and the New Year will be here in two months. Before then, prepare the venue and ask Otomo-san to find good actors, so that his new project can start production!

With a hint of excitement, Kijima Kyor and Naoki Nagayama inspected the scene of "Midnight Bell 2". This was the last time. The scene construction was completed and they were waiting for the crew to move in for filming.

Nagayama Naoki took a rough look at it and was very satisfied that all the previous comments had been corrected. In addition to "Midnight Ring 2", these scenes can also be used in other movies in the future.

"There will be two more films at the end of this year. "High School 2" is already filming, and "Midnight Ring 2" has not started yet." Nagayama Naoki mentally thought about Shuyu Pictures' movie plans, "Next year, it has been confirmed now. , there are "Haijie Diary" and "Love Century". It's simply not enough. Find some time to discuss it with Otomo-san and Shuichi-san."

While he was thinking about it, Komori Masataka was already waiting for him to arrive at the theater of "High School 2".

Everyone in the crew who was taking a break knew Nagayama Naoki. When they saw him coming, they quickly stood up and said hello:

"Naoki-san!" "Director Nagayama!" "Mr. Naoki."

Similar words were heard endlessly, and Nagayama Naoki had already adapted to this kind of attention. With a calm smile on his face, he greeted them one by one.

After arriving at the director's booth, Komori Masataka couldn't wait to say:

"Naoki-san, I have always wanted to create a passionate atmosphere like the first film, but when the showdown between Hosen High School and Suzuran High School took place, although the fighting was exciting, it didn't have that passionate feeling."

Komori Masataka thought for a moment and said, "It's the kind of shot that makes people get goosebumps."

Naoki Nagayama understood it after listening to it. It was like a scene like meeting in the rain. It looked cool and handsome. It was a feeling exclusive to teenagers!

In fact, if you add some secondary lines to the lines, such as "My fate is up to me" and "I want this day, I can no longer cover my eyes", it will also have this effect.

"No Masakata-kun." Naoki Nagayama naturally couldn't express such thoughts, as he would be laughed at. He looked at the duel venue and thought about the scene of the original film, "The final decisive battle scene actually doesn't need to be like this. in a hurry."

"? What does Naoki-san mean?" Komori Masataka took a small notebook to record.

"Give the protagonist time to be cool!"

Nagayama Naoki briefly explained the secret,

"For Takizawa Genji to stand in front of a group of enemies and say some cool lines without hesitation, like, 'It's not just you, I mean everyone here is happy!'" I can deal with you all by myself. That’s enough!’ and stuff like that.”

Komori Masataka was recording carefully. When he heard the last line, his hand movements suddenly stopped, as if he didn't hear clearly:

"Ezhi Shusang. What was the line you just said?"

Masataka Komori got goosebumps when listening to such a powerful and so-called line. He actually asked the lead actor to say it in front of a group of people? ? ?

How embarrassing this must be!

"Ahem!" Nagayama Naoki coughed tactically. He himself couldn't help this chuuniu style, "I only say that line once!!! I have forgotten it now."

"."

Komori Masataka and other staff members who were listening were silent. Naoki-san is really very thick-skinned!

Naoki Nagayama acted as if nothing had happened, and then said to Masataka Komori:

"The original arrangement was for Takizawa Genji to challenge alone first, and then the brothers would come to support him. So in the first fight, we had to film the hardship of his fight, but we also had to show his perseverance."

"During the fight, you can't stop talking. After knocking down a boy, you have to stop the camera and say some provocative words. Even if you are besieged, you still have to say things like, 'My journey will never stop here.' "

"Only in this way can a group fight scene show the passion of young people."

Nagayama Naoki kept talking, while Komori Masataka kept recording, and Kijima Kyun's eyes lit up when he heard it. This is the real story!

The so-called false transmission of thousands of books, this is what one sentence of the true transmission says!

You should write down everything Naoki-san said. This will be your wealth in the future as a director!

It wasn't until Naoki Nagayama was talking that his mouth was dry, and then he stopped and took the atomic soda that Kijima Kyon handed over. Well, this kid Kijima has a promising future!

"Naoki-san Arigado!" Komori Masataka bowed with great gratitude.

"Haha, Masataka-kun, "High School 2" is our masterpiece before the end of the year. Everything depends on you!" The final battle has been filmed, and the movie has almost reached its final stage.

"Hi!"

After entering November, the three major film selections in Tokyo have started one after another, and so far we have basically received the films to be selected.

But this time, the review committee more or less encountered a problem.

"President Tanaka." Fumio Ishikawa, a judge of the Film Academy Awards, came to Tanaka Tomoyuki's office with this batch of film lists, "This batch of nominated films is here."

"This is a movie released in September, right?" Tanaka Yuyuki took the list and adjusted his reading glasses. Sure enough, he saw what he wanted to see at once.

"Ah "Kikujiro's Summer"."

This movie by Nagayama Naoki can be said to be the most perfect ending to this summer. It is novel, interesting, absurd, and tender. Various labels have been slapped on this movie, even if it is a comedy The movie was also praised by harsh film critics.

"Yeah, it's Naoki Nagayama's movie again."

Ishikawa Fumio is already very familiar with Nagayama Naoki. He was largely involved in the last transaction between President Tanaka and another director Fukasaku Kinji.

Speaking of Kinji Fukasaku, I heard that after this guy went through major setbacks such as being diagnosed with cancer, undergoing chemotherapy, divorcing his wife, and being kicked out of the house by his lover Keiko Matsusaka, he still hasn't fallen down and has recently started preparing for a movie again.

Personal matters are just trivial matters. Kinji Fukasaku's directorial skills are very strong and the movies he produces are very good at the box office. Naturally, there are producers willing to support him.

"President Tanaka, are we going to stop the movie this time?" Ishikawa Fumio asked Tanaka Tomoyuki.

"Stop? What's there to stop?" Tanaka Yuyuki looked at Ishikawa Fumio strangely, "Ishikawa, we have no grudge against Nagayama Naoki. I used my connections to suppress "Love Letter" just for my own "Snow" That’s all, there’s no conflict this time.”

Tanaka Yuyuki took a sip of hot tea and said slowly: "Besides, "Kikujiro's Summer" obviously has no chance of winning the final prize this time."

"this?"

"Have you forgotten? The tradition of the Film Academy Awards is that the same director's works will not be selected consecutively!" Tanaka Tomoyuki said on the ground.

For the Film Academy Awards jury, in addition to selecting the best films of the year, there is also the concept of promoting the development of the neon film industry

Therefore, although there is no explicit rule, each of the judges had one thought in mind when voting. This is the director who won the award last time. Let someone else do it this time.

This idea creates an effect similar to group decision-making. No one director will win consecutive Academy Awards.

Ishikawa Fumio felt relieved when he heard this: "That's it, I understand~"

"It seems that Nagayama Naoki is going to be very upset this time."

"Hahaha~" Tanaka Yuyuki laughed, "Not sure, maybe the best actor, best screenwriter, best scene, etc., will still be given to Naoki Nagayama. After all, this movie is indeed very good."

At this time, a similar conversation took place in the jury of the Film Blue Ribbon Award.

The chairman of the jury, Koichi Nojima, was distributing the list of films participating in this session and talking about this situation with his colleagues.

"It's a pity that Naoki Nagayama won't have a chance at the Blue Ribbon Film Award this time for the movie "The Summer of Kikujiro."" Koichi Nojima said, "If it is released next year, it will undoubtedly be the best of the year. video.”

"Yes, yes." Colleagues were all echoing.

"In the past, if a film wanted to compete for awards, the production company would have people come in to help. This time, Tree Friends Films has not been released yet, which means that they themselves have no intention of competing for the blue ribbon~" said a colleague.

"Hahaha, they must be self-aware!"

There were sounds of laughter in the office. They all felt that "Kikujiro's Summer" would only win a few big and small awards this time.

But it stands to reason that even awards such as Best Actor and Best Screenplay are awards that other directors can only dream of.

But when it came to Nagayama Naoki, the jury members thought that his winning of this kind of award was just a marginal award.

Maybe it’s because Naoki Nagayama has raised the public’s threshold too high!

In a relaxed atmosphere, the judges sent the list of candidates to the judges and let them start judging.

As the editor of the earliest and most authoritative film newspaper, "Film Weekend", Tonshi Maruyama is naturally one of the judges for the Blue Ribbon Film Awards. Naturally, he got the list of entries this time.

"Sure enough, "Kikujiro's Summer" is in it~"

After reading the list, Maruyama Rinshi sighed with regret. Naturally, he also knew the unspoken rules.

After the movie was released, he went to the cinema to watch it as soon as possible. The "Film Weekly" even gave two special issues to introduce this movie to everyone and explore all aspects of "The Summer of Kikujiro".

It can be said that even the producers and directors don’t understand movies as well as he does.

"As we all know, Naoki Nagayama is just a director, he knows Kikujiro who is a hammer."

Maruyama Roshi silently complained, because this time Kikujiro was not the name of the director's father, and the movie itself did not hint at the director's childhood, so no one connected the movie with Naoki Nagayama's life.

Regarding the protagonist Kikujiro, Tonshi Maruyama believes that this image must resonate more with him than Naoki Nagayama. He wrote tens of thousands of words about the character Kikujiro, described his growth experience, and published it in the "Movie Weekly"!

So now, Roshi Maruyama is very disappointed that such an excellent movie cannot win the award.

As a senior editor of a movie magazine, he has watched all the movies on the list, and almost all the producers will send free movie tickets to "Movie Weekly".

So he was very clear about the level of these movies, and he quickly roughly selected the awards for other movies on the voting list. But when it came to the final general stage

"Sure enough, none of them can compare to "Kikujiro's Summer"!"

In the midst of the tangle, Rinshi Maruyama could only say in a low voice that even if the last batch of participating films had not yet been submitted, he was very sure that there would be no better film than "The Summer of Kikujiro" this year!

Until he got off work, Maruyama Rinshi still struggled with the voting list for a long time, always feeling that he could not choose other movies against his will.

When everyone else in the editor's office was gone, an idea flashed in his head:

"By the way, if everyone doesn't vote for this movie, then even if I vote, it won't affect the final result!!!"

After figuring this out, Maruyama Roshi suddenly felt relaxed.

Maruyama Tonshi looked around with a guilty conscience. After seeing that there was no one there, he voted for "Kikujiro's Summer" on the voting sheet and wrote the most honest comment on it.

"With the lightest comedy, the most novel shooting techniques, and the most tender story, this movie shows people that comedy can be shot this way!"

"In this case, even if this movie doesn't win the award, I won't feel uneasy!"

At this time, Maruyama Roshi didn't feel at all that he had broken the unspoken rules. After all, there were so many judges. As long as they didn't vote for "Kikujiro's Summer", there would definitely be no problem!

Um! Absolutely no problem!

Those judges will definitely not vote for "Kikujiro's Summer"!

They definitely won't vote for this movie! ! ! Right?

Right? !