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Chapter 694 The Purpose of Filming "Tong Island"
Is it difficult to make a movie?

Difficult to say, easy to say.

However, Kiyoshi Sakamoto will tell you that if you have seen the finished film and have experience in making movies, it is easier to make a movie.

What's more, this is a campus youth film. . .

That's right, for Kiyoshi Sakamoto, filming "I Heard Kirishima Is Retiring" was much easier than "Those Years".

Because the story of "Those Years" is a film that has been localized and shot through the lens.

And "I heard that Kirishima is going to retire" is just the movie in my memory, without deletion and modification, and it's just a filming.

The difficulty between the two can be imagined.

This is why Kiyoshi Sakamoto dared to replace several supporting roles in the movie with Mai Shiraishi, Riho Yoshioka, Nana Komatsu and others.

In Sakamoto Kiyoshi's view, a few supporting roles that don't have many roles will not make the quality of this movie drop much.

What's more, the acting skills of these people are more than enough for such a not-so-demanding youth campus film.

After Kiyoshi Sakamoto, the belated supervisor, arrived in Kochi, the movie "I heard that Kirishima is going to retire" officially started filming.

"I heard that Kirishima is going to retire" is said to be a youth group drama, but there must be a protagonist no matter what.

The director of the film department "Ryoya Maeda" played by Takanosuke Kamiki is the protagonist.

The talented child star who debuted for more than ten years, and the "national younger brother" Ryunosuke Kamiki, who was watched and raised by the nationals, played such a nerdy role, which is very suitable.

This non-existent character of Ryunosuke Kamiki is an important figure that ties the entire movie together.

Therefore, after confirming the film plan, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was the first actor to be confirmed, and he was him.

The relationship between SMA and Amuse benefits from the mentor-student pair Kiyoshi Sakamoto and Masaharu Fukuyama, who are also notoriously close.

Needless to say, Kiyoshi Sakamoto just greeted Amuse, and Amuse sent Shenmu brother to the door. . .

As for the key character in the movie, "Hiroki Kikuchi" played by Masada Higashiide, it was a bit difficult to find.

Because of this movie, Sakamoto Kiyoshi did not have an open audition. As a result, Higashiide Masada, who stood out from 600 people in his previous life, did not have the opportunity to appear in front of Sakamoto Kiyoshi, the supervisor.

Fortunately, though, Kiyoshi Sakamoto still remembered that Masada Higashiide was a famous model.

Therefore, he directly asked his men to go to the major modeling agencies to find someone!
After spending three days, I finally found Masada Higashide who was going to participate in the catwalk in the famous Japanese model agency GIG MANAGEMENT JAPAN.

Although I was very surprised at the sudden request to invite myself to star in a movie.

However, Higashiide Masada, who realized that the opportunity must not be missed, immediately agreed.

After the two "inner and outer protagonists" of Ryunosuke Kamiki and Masada Higashiide are settled, the next actors will be even simpler.

Because, the rest of the main supporting roles are all SMA's artists!
It is precisely because almost all of them are from the same firm, and their ages are almost the same, that the atmosphere of the crew is extraordinarily harmonious.

And Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who has experience in filming "Those Years", also understands that young people's acting skills need more encouragement than reprimand.

Therefore, he took the initiative to mingle with the actors, and with his affinity, Mai Shiraishi and Riho Yoshioka, who participated in the filming for the first time, relaxed a lot.

Under the leadership of Sakamoto, the entire crew of "I heard that Kirishima is going to retire" is like a school trip, so interesting and full of vitality.

The shooting scene was very enjoyable, which naturally made the progress of the shooting, from the very beginning, in a state of progress.

In fact, the filming of "I heard that Kirishima is going to retire" has many similarities with "Those Years".

Most of the scenes take place on campus;

The relationship between students is the core of the film;

. . .

Even, "I heard that Kirishima is going to retire" is more convenient to film than "Those Years".

Because, compared to "Those Years", where you have to go to the beach, university, train station, etc., almost all of the scenes in "I Heard Tongdao is Retiring" are concentrated on the campus.

In other words, the number of transitions is very small!

This saves a lot of time for filming.

According to Kiyoshi Sakamoto's estimation, if everything goes well, the filming of this movie can be finished in just two months!

However, the reason why Kiyoshi Sakamoto chose to make this movie is to rely on this excellent movie that was highly praised in his previous life and won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Venice Film Festival, one of the film festivals.

In this way, while adding an "international" title to his identity as a director, it also makes the name of SMA more resounding.

Of course, one of his goals is to praise the newcomers by the way, and to bring some traffic to Nogizaka who is about to debut.

Therefore, he will only ask the actors to make this movie more perfect.

. . . . . .

Since he doesn't have to perform in person, Kiyoshi Sakamoto can focus more on the screen composition of the movie.

The movie "Tong Island" uses multi-line narrative and group portraits to tell a youth story in just a few days. The ability is very demanding.

If Kiyoshi Sakamoto hadn't seen the original work and still remembered it fresh, he might have been dazzled by such a novel and complex narrative method.

This is also due to "Those Years".

Participating in the whole process of the birth of a movie in person not only gives Kiyoshi Sakamoto the experience of how to make a movie, but more importantly, Kiyoshi Sakamoto has a deeper understanding of the details of making movies.

However, even if the filming progress is not bad, there are many things that bother him. . .

Take Mai Shiraishi, who is acting in a movie for the first time.

This girl, I don't know if it's because she was nervous when she was acting in a movie for the first time, or because of other reasons, she always couldn't perform the effect that Kiyoshi Sakamoto wanted.

The role of "Iida Risa" played by Mai Shiraishi is a man of the school, the girlfriend of the volleyball team captain "Kirishima", and a campus goddess-level existence.

Logically speaking, with Mai Shiraishi's looks, there is no pressure at all to play such a role.

Unexpectedly, Mai Shiraishi, a girl who is cold on the surface, has a bit of low self-esteem in her heart, and has also experienced school bullying, always has a bit too sharp eyes when she plays such a confident role.

It doesn't look like a high-grade senior who is popular with low-grade boys, but more like a cold beauty who is not close to strangers.

How to correct Shiraishi Mai's acting skills has become a small headache for Kiyoshi Sakamoto. . .

(End of this chapter)