The crew is stationed in a village at the foot of a mountain, a standard backwood, no beautiful scenery, and the soil quality is not very good, the fields look badly abandoned, and there are not many traces of living people along the way, and it looks like a "ghost village".

It's really like a "ghost village", there are a lot of scarecrows outside the village, and you can see groups of people sitting on the side of the road along the road, standing in the abandoned fields, and even looking at the entrance of the village from a distance, which inexplicably makes people feel a little eerie.

When they arrived at the entrance of the village, the jeep stopped, and Chihara Rin jumped out of the car and turned around to wave, while Kameda Kanta also stopped the car and followed with his wife, only to hear Chihara Rin laugh and say: "The road in the village is not very good, the car is not good to enter, let's go in." ”

Kameda and his wife naturally had no opinion, but Kameda Youhua felt that the surroundings were a little too quiet, and looked at a few scarecrows not far away, who seemed to be showing a trace of yin, as if they were observing themselves, and couldn't help but whisper: "Husband, what's going on with these scarecrow......s?"

She was actually asking Rin Chihara, but she was too embarrassed to ask him directly and took a detour.

Rin Chihara quickly reacted and smiled, "These scarecrows...... How can I say that?

"Residents?"

"Yes, there are fewer and fewer people in the village, and there is an old gentleman who makes these scarecrows, and every time he leaves or dies, he makes a scarecrow, like about 400 of them...... There are more in the village, and some are placed in houses. ”

"Less, why?"

"Aging society. "Rin Chihara was also shocked when he first came, there were piles of scarecrows everywhere, silently watching everything, and I felt that it was more appropriate to make a horror movie here.

As he walked into the village, he casually explained to them.

In the 70s, the "aging society" was entered, that is, the population over 65 years old exceeded 7% of the total population, and in the ninety-four years when the people of Chihara Rin were struck by lightning, the "aging society" was further upgraded, and the population over 65 years old exceeded 14% of the total population, officially entering the "aging society" - one word worse, but it was a precursor to the weakening of a country, and the serious shortage of labor force and the decline in the number of consumer backbone groups may also be one of the reasons for the collapse of the bubble economy.

It is also an industrial country, and the industrial output value accounted for more than 80% of GDP at its peak, and it is currently maintained at about 50%, but too many old people mean that the number of young and middle-aged people is insufficient, and industrial production needs a sufficiently intensive labor force, so it naturally doubles the absorption of young people from rural areas, so it has created a large number of "ghost villages".

The young people are gone, and they went to Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka in the three industrial circles, but there are only old people left in the village, one less dead, and when I look up, I am desolate, so I have to make up for the scarecrow, and I barely talk about it, and finally slowly become the ghost in front of me.

After Chihara Rin finished explaining, Kameda Yuka, a young woman who grew up in Tokyo, finally understood, looking at the overgrown mountain village with a strong atmosphere of decay, and asked hesitantly, "That old gentleman who tied the scarecrow...... Is it still there?"

Sounds so miserable......

He died and was buried in the cemetery on the mountainside, where he was the last active resident of the village. Rin Chihara pointed at them and said, "I guess I died five or six years ago, this village is now abandoned, and the Okulu region has agreed that we can use this place as we please, even if it is burned down." ”

Kameda Yuka nodded again and again: "I see, I understand." Then she looked left and right, and sighed, "The village looks good, it's a pity that it's abandoned, but it's good to be able to keep the image in the film." ”

Rin Chihara smiled and didn't say anything more. It's a good ghost here, water, electricity, transportation, shopping, education is not convenient, maybe here the male farming and female weaving experience can say a good voice for a month or two, but to live for ten or eight years, 99% of people have to run away, and women in this kind of big city can say this kind of thing.

Kameda Yuka didn't ask any more, she was quite emotional, and began to take pictures while walking with the camera, mainly to take pictures of those scarecrows, although these scarecrows have experienced wind and rain, and their clothes and even their bodies are relatively torn, but it can be seen that they were still very careful at the beginning.

At that time, the people who pierced these scarecrows watched the village decline day by day, and they didn't know what their mood was......

They walked all the way through the village, approaching the side of the hill, and gradually began to hear human voices, and slowly began to see the crew renovating the house, carrying or sorting out equipment.

Kameda was just curious to watch, while Kameda Kanta knew a little bit about shooting for work reasons, but he looked carefully - the trees made of rubber were very realistic, probably used to supplement the background and facilitate the composition; a large number of simple tracks prepared for moving the camera were neatly stacked together, as if to shoot a relatively large area; and many staff members were busy working around several wooden buildings, as if they were about to tear down the roof and replace it with thatch.

Not far away, there are also people making props and wooden walls, building watchtowers, and even people walking horses or test riding.

This is to shoot a battlefield scene, so well prepared......

The more Kanta Kameda watched, the more fascinated he became, he really hadn't been to the shooting scene many times, and he hadn't seen much of the preparations, after all, drama critics are similar to gourmets, just know how to eat, at most understand the cooking skills, don't care how the chef kills chickens and plucks feathers and bleeds.

But he looked at it and found something he didn't recognize, a bit like a cannon, and thought about whether there should be a cannon in the film "Oki Ji", and couldn't help asking, "Chihara-sensei, what is this ......?"

Chihara Rin took a look at it and said with a smile: "The air cannon, I invented it." ”

"Air cannons?"

"Yes, the props used for the shooting. Chihara Rin smiled: "Did Kameda-san think that the war scenes were all fake?"

Mr. and Mrs. Kameda nodded their heads in unison, indicating that this was the case, but it was unclear what it had to do with the cannon.

This is a stubborn disease in early film and television, at that time, the filming crew was inexperienced, such as the explosion scene on the props "fireworks", the fire was soaring, the smoke was billowing, but there was no shrapnel and flying soil, which itself looked fake, and in order to ensure the safety of the actors, you can't really kill and injure people when they shoot a scene, so the actors are usually far away from the explosion point, and the camera will be farther away.

Fortunately, at that time, the audience's requirements were generally not high, and they were very happy to be able to "set off fireworks", and even went further, such as filming scenes such as the Ronin Swordsman Ninja who was light and light, and flew up the wall with a "whoosh", which was usually filmed with actors jumping off the wall, and then putting it upside down, even hanging Weiya was saved, and the audience didn't care at all - it was a very early thing, and now it's done, and before the audience kills the director, the director has already strangled the producer alive.

By the mid-90s, the level of filming was stronger, but not much stronger, the ancient war scenes were filmed like a farmer's exercise, scurrying around like chickens, without any tension, and the modern war scenes were even more like fireworks displays, which were unbearable.

These are very common, but the more the audience watches and the level of appreciation gradually increases, the more dissatisfied they will become.

This situation needs to be improved, and if Rin Chihara wants to pursue the best ratings, he naturally needs to satisfy the audience in these aspects, and then he copied some of the filming experience and auxiliary props of later generations, such as this "air cannon".

This thing seems to have been invented by Spielberg during the filming of "Saving Private Ryan", using compressed air to spray dirt into the sky to imitate the explosion of cannonballs, with post-production sound effects that are full of realism, and the actors can be close, and the camera is no problem, it can be shot on the face, which can make the audience have an immersive sense of tension, the shooting effect is not ordinarily good, which made "Saving Private Ryan" very popular at the time - this thing can not only be used to simulate the explosion of cannonballs on the ground, such as lifting dirt, It is widely used in the event of a building collapse.

And the structure is simple, it is an air compression device and a barrel to ensure that the directional eruption can be, the cost is not too high, and it can also be reused, so Chihara Rin directly copied it, claiming to have invented it himself - Spielbur also copied the circus, and the circus often uses this thing to let the clown launch candy or streamers, so everyone copies each other, you're welcome, anyway, there is no patent.

Of course, being able to switch from the circus to the filming is a flash of inspiration from a top director like Spielber, which directly bids farewell to fireworks in modern warfare filming, and improves the shooting level and audience perception to a very large level, which should still be respected.

Rin Chihara gave a brief explanation of the role of the "air cannon" to the Kameda couple, and although he didn't need to simulate the explosion of a cannonball, he could use it to shoot ancient wars.

He pointed directly to the buildings being renovated and smiled: "At that time, these buildings will catch fire in the attack, and then one will fall to the other, and the one that was smashed will have this kind of prop inside, which will spray a certain amount of broken wood, dust and sparks when the house collapses, making the scene look more natural and spectacular......"

"Also, the watchtower will be toppled by the attackers, and when the tower tilts to an angle, the stuntmen on it will be pushed out by the compressed air, simulating the natural effect of being thrown away...... Don't worry, the stuntmen we hired from the circus, they often shoot people into the sky with cannons, and they are all journeymen. ”

This is still to be tried, but Rin Chihara thinks it is better than having the actor jump down with his arms fluttering.

In addition, some close-up or close-up shots can also be used, such as filming before the building collapses The actor rolls out and falls to the ground, and the actor can use this compressed air to spray broken wood, sparks and dust behind the actor, so that the shooting effect is more natural and realistic, and it can also make the audience feel more nervous - because it is real, it will not be dramatic, it will be nervous, and if it is too fake, the audience may not be able to see and laugh.

In order to shoot this drama well, and by the way, also to practice his hands, he used a large number of shooting techniques, experiences and tools summed up in the 21st century, and successively "invented" a lot of things, compiled more than a dozen new routines, and the only purpose was to shoot different "war scenes" , strive to be real, so that the audience can be immersive, feel nervous and excited, all have to sit honestly in front of the TV and be stunned, not even going to the toilet, let alone thinking about changing the channel!

He casually introduced to Mr. and Mrs. Kameda as he walked, and some props were very funny, such as the "horse" changed from an agricultural tricycle, after starting the machine, a saddle on the back bucket could be put on and down, which could allow the actor to simulate the galloping of the horse, with good and safe effects;

Another example is the pop-up arrow device, which is similar to the trick of throwing a knife blindfolded in the circus, that is not really throwing a flying knife, it is a knife handle flicked out on the target, just using the illusion of the human eye, and the same is true for the arrow device he engaged, which can ensure that the camera does not switch to make the arrow fall down naturally, and there is no need for the actor to cover the arrow with his hand so as not to let the arrow fall, it will look more real and credible.

In short, there are a lot of novel devices, some of which have existed before, and some of which he has improved to a certain extent, and some of which are simply "newly invented" by him.

Mr. and Mrs. Kameda listened to the commentary all the way, and their minds made up the shooting effect - the soldier was shot down by an arrow head-on, the building next to him burned to collapse, and a large amount of heat rushed in, accompanied by a large number of sparks and burning wood, and felt that the movie effect was like this, even better than the general "Bang painting", and I couldn't help but admire.

They really didn't expect that as an audience watching for a few seconds, someone behind them would put so much thought into it, not to mention an ignorant young woman like Kameda Yuka, even Kameda Kanta, a drama critic, looked up to the curtain and said sincerely: "It's worthy of Mr. Chihara, I look forward to the effect you shoot, it must be very exciting." ”

Rin Chihara was not too modest, and said with a smile: "I spent so much money to shoot a big scene, I can't accept it if it's not exciting." ”

This plot is a scene when the six-feather girl's family was destroyed, the six-feather girl's family was fully besieged, with heavy casualties, and in the end, only a small number of remnants were killed out of the siege, but Ryoko's family was basically killed, which can be regarded as an important incentive for Ryoko to transform into Ryohime, which is very heavy for the whole play, and it is the biggest war scene in this play - it is recorded in the history books that this is a battle of more than 800 people.

It sounds a little funny, but in the early days of the Warring States period, 800 people fighting together was really a general battle.

To this end, the people of Chihara Rin did a lot of preparations, and even burned a lot of money, mobilizing a total of 23 horses and more than 70 people to perform in groups, striving to make the "800-person epic battle" the effect of the "8,000-person legendary battle".

Arson, tearing down the house, firing arrows, dying immediately (that is, standing and dying after being hit by an arrow), dark alleys and indoor white-knuckle skirmishes, it is important to shoot with a tight rhythm and good looks - this is basically impossible to shoot to this extent in NHK shooting, and NHK base does not allow him to set fire to and tear down houses like this.

If he could, he wouldn't have come to the Olu area, and it would have cost a lot of money to transport people here.

Chihara Rin is full of confidence, and he says that he is very comfortable with this set by nature, and the big man is confident that this is called bearing, Kameda Kanta feels that he admires Chihara Rin more and more, and tentatively asks if he can write these observations into the column, and Chihara Rin didn't care, and agreed with a smile - those props can't be kept secret, not to mention that Kameda Kanta also knows a little bit about the skin, in fact, the most important thing is the shooting concept of later generations.

Kameda Kanta was naturally overjoyed, and with the title of "Aogi" Crew Experience", he dared to publish three columns in a row, and I think readers will like it even more - it's really not in vain that he has always supported him, and others are really good!

As they spoke, they arrived at the crew's temporary office location, which was a small open space surrounded by a circle of trailers. Kameda Yuka looked around and found several famous actors, but they were basically all men, she was too embarrassed to lean over, and hesitated and asked, "Chihara-sensei, can I ask Miss Ueki to take a photo with me?"

Safuko is the hottest actress of the year, a new generation of "national beauty", Kameda Yuka hopes to take a photo with her, I feel that Safuko will have a great future in the future, nine times out of ten she is a generation of superstars, and now she can take a photo with a collection value, and it is a loss if she doesn't get along, but Chihara Rin turned his head and smiled gently at her: "I'm afraid it won't work, she's not here." ”

Filming started on both sides, and Safuko stayed at NHK's filming base to continue filming her part, and if necessary, she would cut them together at that time.

Kameda Yuka was a little regretful, but looking at Rin Chihara's gentle expression, he hurriedly said, "It's me who took the liberty, it's really rude." ”

Rin Chihara was about to say "nothing", but the executive director Yohito Miyawaki greeted him: "Special manager, there are some things you said before about the 'aesthetics of violence', I still don't understand too much, can you take a look at the action we designed? I don't know if it meets your requirements." ”

In this part of the plot, Ryoko's fiancé counterattacked and fought his way out of the encirclement, there are a lot of swordsmanship fighting scenes, to shoot a knife to see blood, tense and exciting pictures, requiring the audience to see the adrenaline surge, Chihara Rin also attaches great importance to this, and immediately responded "Okay" - he hired more than 30 dojo disciples with a solid foundation in swordsmanship to be a group performer, and the money can't be burned in vain.

He said to Mr. and Mrs. Kameda slightly apologetically, "I'm sorry, I need to take care of some things first, you two wait a minute." ”

Kameda Kanta naturally had no opinion, and immediately responded well, and then sat down with his wife to drink tea, and by the way, he eavesdropped on Rin Chihara and Yohito Miyawaki discussing how to shoot, and it felt like it was a good conversation in the future, and Kameda Yuhana, the little young woman, looked at Rin Chihara and sometimes contemplated it, and sometimes gave confident and powerful orders, and gradually became a little crazy - I don't know why, I feel very masculine, so attractive!

Sure enough, there is no vanity under the fame, and people can make such a big name in the circle in just two and a half years, and they are unanimously loved by the audience, it is really not luck, they are really shooting seriously!

(End of chapter)