Chapter 165: Chapter 162 Product Placement in Movies
The thought of this pretty-looking girl in front of me might become the nightmare of countless people in the future.
Nanaya couldn't help but mourn for her future.
"Sugihara, you will definitely become a very remarkable person in the future. It will be great to work with Zhang Liao, a famous general in ancient China."
Let Sugihara make the child cry, and then let Zhang Liao stop the child from crying.
It's a pity that this young lady was not born in the Three Kingdoms period, otherwise she could have formed the world's earliest fishing law enforcement department with Zhang Liao.
"I always feel that what you said, Director Kiryu, must not be a good thing!"
Sugihara was not an expert on China. Although she knew that Zhang Liao was a famous general in ancient times, she was not very clear about the allusion of stopping the crying child in Jiangdong.
Just out of her woman's intuition, she could probably guess that what Nanaya said was not a good thing.
"But, Director, you have a really good eye."
Sugihara looked at Yoshinaga Yukari who was putting on makeup and said with some envy: "This newcomer is much prettier than we were back then."
[Nonsense, how can I choose her if she is not pretty? ]
There aren't many characters in "Remaining Sense of Pain", and even fewer have important roles.
Among these characters, there are undoubtedly only two that Nanaya cares about the most, Ryougi Shiki and Asagami Fujino.
As a movie about two female protagonists, the two characters, Ryougi Shiki and Asagami Fujino, must be equal in all aspects.
Abilities, appearance, special meaning for death, etc.
When it comes to actors, the two actors need to be as similar as possible.
In this respect, Ryougi Shiki and Yoshinaga Yukari are of the same type of people.
They are both young ladies, and it is their first time to play an important role in a movie.
Of course, the most important thing is that both of them are beautiful enough.
Beauty has always been the finishing touch of Nanaya's works. Nanaya has always been very picky about the female characters under his lens.
In Nanaya's opinion, actresses in commercial films are just vases to set off and decorate the film's story, but this does not mean that female roles are easy to handle.
A vase is not the same as a doll, acting skills and appearance need to be taken into consideration.
Although commercial films have lower requirements for acting skills, low and no acting skills are two different concepts.
A vase with absolutely no acting skills will only bore the audience. Even a vivid and beautiful face is just a face if it does not change.
Of course, there is also the role of the combination of actors and film style.
Each vase has its own distinctive pattern, and no one can put a blue and white porcelain in a room decorated in a punk style.
That look is really out of place.
As for Ryougi Shiki and Yoshinaga Yukari, at least they seem to fit the image of the young ladies in the script - provided that Ryougi Shiki sits quietly there COSing her younger brother.
"This is a question of how well the actor and the role fit together." Nanaya proudly introduced the female ghost, "The matching of the roles is the most important."
"Is that why you chose a girl with slow reaction?" Shirahara said with a smirk. "I heard that the situation of the busty beautiful girl in the director's setting can be said to be extremely miserable. I thought that the role of Fujou Kirie that I played was the ultimate embodiment of your bad taste."
"Hey, hey, don't make it sound like I really enjoy abusing girls."
Nanaya didn't want to take the blame, he just created the character according to Mushroom's settings.
Mushroom seems to have a special liking for the tragic plight of weak girls, or those who are used to accepting everything.
Girls with weak personalities like Fujino Asagami and Sakura Matou don't have a good fate in the writing of this guy Mushi.
When he described these girls, their experiences were basically the kind that ended up in ruin.
Let the girl despair and fall into the darkest state, and then rebound directly to the darkest state.
In comparison, strong girls like Ryougi Shiki and Aoko will have a much better situation.
Although it is definitely not bright, at least it won't be turned into a doll or used as a nest of insects.
Compared to Mushroom, Nanaya thinks that he is already a creator with great positive energy.
Didn't you see that he had revised Asagami Fujino's origin story?
"I am a director full of love. You can just call me the [Warrior of Love]." Nanaya said shamelessly with his chest puffed out.
However, Shirahara does not think so.
"Director Kiryu, you are just kidding yourself."
Shirahara took out the poster of "Goblin Slayer" she brought with her, pointed at a female martial artist on it and said, "This lady who had an unspeakable thing with the goblin in the cave has something to say to you."
"..."
Nanaya turned his head away and stopped talking.
"You're still as childish as ever... Never mind, I've already taken it out. This is a rare opportunity, so just sign it for me."
Shibahara chuckled and handed the poster to Nanaya.
Nanaya picked up the marker next to him and wrote his name in a flamboyant style at the bottom of the poster.
"Here, how did you think of asking me to sign?"
"For collection purposes, since you're not going to hold a book signing event anyway." Shirahara carefully put the poster away. "In this case, your autographed poster must be very rare. I can just hang it in the living room and it will be very impressive."
"Hello..."
Nanaya wanted to say something, but a stage manager came running over.
"Boss, the manager of the cafe wants to talk to you about the venue."
"Excuse me, I have to excuse myself for a moment."
Nanaya greeted Shirahara and then left with the crew members.
"Why."
Shirahara glanced at Ryougi Shiki who was making the final preparations, and a hint of envy flashed in his eyes.
[It would be great if I could have a great director like this. ]
Although it is a job to support her family, Shirahara does not like to play the role of a scary female ghost.
If possible, she certainly hopes to become a famous actress like Ryougi Ori, not only to be able to play the leading role of a well-known director, but also to direct a TV series with the support of this senior director.
But she had no family connections and her looks were only average, so she didn't have such good luck at all.
In order to make a living in the extremely competitive entertainment industry, Shirahara can only try her best to make the most of her advantages, even if this advantage is not what she wants.
Because this is the only way for an actor like her to survive in the industry.
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"That's it, then. I'll extend the rental date by two days just in case. That should be fine."
"Thank you so much, Mr. Kiryu."
When shaking hands with Nanaya, the owner of the cafe smiled happily, and Nanaya also had a smile on his face.
They both got the results they wanted.
According to the agreement, Nanaya can use the cafe for filming, but he needs the name of the cafe to appear in the main film.
Of course, Nanaya is also responsible for redecorating the cafe, and as a reward, Nanaya does not need to pay the fee for renting the venue.
In fact, this was all a side thing for the crew, because the new decoration was originally the style of the store's scenery.
It's a good deal for the boss, as thanks to the popularity of the movie, his cafe on the outskirts of the city should be popular for a while.
What's more, the decoration is free, which is a very rare good thing.
It can be said that this is a win-win deal.
In fact, not only the coffee shop, but many other similar sponsorships were also negotiated by Nanaya, the project leader.
You know, in addition to the director's most basic job of shooting movies, he also has a variety of other trivial things to be responsible for.
For example, attracting sponsorship to generate revenue for a film is one of the director's jobs.
Although "Kara no Kyoukai" is not a movie like "007" or "Iron Man" that features various sports cars or high-tech equipment, it is not a movie that can happily find advertisers to cooperate with.
However, as a modern urban film, there are still many advertisements to be used. From mobile phones to music players to clothing and cars, various symbols of modern life will frequently appear in front of the camera.
What Nanaya needs to do is to choose suitable brand sponsorships and establish business partnerships with them.
The current Nanaya is no longer the small director who used to be so stingy even with his lunch money.
As a director who has already earned $500 million at the global box office (the latest data for "Goblin Slayer"), even though the new movie will only be shown in Japan due to subject matter restrictions, there are still many brands flocking to it.
All Nanaya has to do is to choose the manufacturer that suits him from among the many suppliers.
Among them, the kimono of the protagonist [Shiki Ryougi] is the least controversial, because the heroine's hometown is a clothing factory.
Besides, Nanaya has spent the New Year at someone else's home for two consecutive years, and the Ryougi couple has been very good to Nanaya, so they always take care of such small things.
As for the mobile phone advertisers, Nanaya finally chose Sony Ericsson among many manufacturers including Nokia, Philips, Motorola, etc.
After all, Nanaya's movie was shown in Japan, and considering the brand effect, Nanaya chose Sony, which the Japanese trust more.
As a result, the music players that occasionally appeared in the hands of passers-by in the movie were also handed over to Sony.
Anyway, this movie is Nanaya's own movie and has nothing to do with Washimine.
Even if Shion comes to visit, Nanaya can still have a clear conscience, because Sony paid the most money.
Nanaya also packaged other products such as cars and sold them to various manufacturers.
Even for the telescope that never appeared in the movie, Nanaya found an advertiser.
This guy is going to wait until the movie comes out and then shoot a telescope commercial.
The content is that Asagami Fujino squatted on the roof of a building and used a telescope to shoot Ryougi Shiki in the head on the street.
Nanaya has even thought about the advertising department.
[●●Telescope, Asagami Fujino's choice.]
If possible, Nanaya even wanted to let Sugihara make a cameo appearance in the advertisement, and then let the spirit state of Fujou Kirie and Asagami Fujino stand together.
Add another sentence "Let you compete with me for a man."
Well, this should be perfect.
Of course, Nanaya has not told anyone about this plan yet, because he is afraid of being forced to kneel on the washboard by Ori.