Don't call me Master, call me Director

Joan really wanted to say a few French swear words.

In the end, out of religious benevolence, Joan resisted the urge to curse and said, "Master, why did you arrange that scene? It's completely meaningless."

"How can it be called meaningless?"

Shen Er sipped his coffee and explained: "The scene where the character appears on the stage is very important to character creation, because it determines the audience's first impression of this character."

"Does this have anything to do with embarrassing me?"

"Of course." Shen Er replied, "Whether it's you or Leticia, they are all girls as pure as the white lotus."

Jeanne narrowed her eyes and asked, "Master, why do I feel that you don't seem to be complimenting me?"

"That's not the point." Shen Er waved his hand, "The point is how to show your purity. The best way is to portray you as easy to deceive, because in the public opinion, girls who are slightly clumsy are easier to fool , and girls who are easy to fool are as harmless and pure as white paper."

The corners of Joan's eyes twitched: "Master, you are not complimenting at all!"

"That's something that can't be helped. Because you were indeed deceived by me in the movie, Jeanne."

Amakusa also joined the conversation, and he sat down laughing.

"If it wasn't for the script requirements... how could I be deceived by you!"

Joan folded her hands on her chest and let out a cold snort, showing a very unwilling attitude.

She was sure that her Master was the Servant who liked to play tricks on him.

In contrast, as Joan's partner, Amakusa, another protagonist of the movie, has more trust in the Master.

"Able to accurately state my wishes, and have not ridiculed my ideals. Such a Master must be my confidant, how could he be a bad person."

"Since the Master has asked for this, Jeanne, you should follow through. The Master can't make mistakes."

Speaking of this, Amakusa showed that he was very familiar with the Master.

Joan of Arc really wanted to complain about this point.

It's one thing to be familiar with your dreams, but quite another to be a good person, right?

Look at so many heroic spirits summoned to the present world, which one of them fully praises the Master?

Joan of Arc even suspected that it was Amakusa's only Master's attitude that he got the leading actor in FA.

According to Joan's understanding, in the original plan of the FA movie, the leading actor was someone else, and Amakusa was just a villain, and to put it bluntly, it was nothing more than a big sideshow.

The latecomers prevail, is this why Amakusa keeps bragging about Shinji?

To Joan of Arc's question, Amakusa refuted it confidently.

"This is obviously the Master understanding my ideals and giving me more platforms to express my ideals! How can it be said that I am boasting about the Master?"

"Master, does he still need to brag? He must be like me, a noble person eager to help everyone's soul!"

"..."

Joan of Arc didn't respond yet, but Shinji himself was a little ashamed by Amakusa's words.

But he couldn't refute it.

What if it gets dark and climbs into his bed and chops himself up?

"Ahem, I'm leaving first. Don't be late for the class that will be held later."

Under Joan's disdainful eyes, Shen Er got up and left the seat.

Joan of Arc, who watched Shen Er leave, suddenly said emotionally: "Mr. Amakusa, why don't you go and act as the spokesperson for the Master."

Amakusa thought about it seriously: "That's not bad, Master and I just form [Save All Humanity Club] and forget it."

"Yes, I believe the Master will like it."

Miss Joan agreed with a dark belly.

[Although I failed in learning, I finally tasted the pleasure of being a master. Mr. Archer, is this how you degenerate step by step? 】

【Lord, please forgive me. 】

Chapter 203 Red A: Shen Er, be yourself

After continuing to perfunctorily deal with Amakusa, Miss Joan tactfully drove him away.

It's rare to enjoy leisure time in a roadside cafe, she doesn't want to be disturbed by a few smelly men again and again.

"It's really relaxing and comfortable."

Joan of Arc was thinking wildly while eating the cake.

So much so that when she saw Shen Er and Mordred whispering to each other while quickly walking into a Japanese clothing store opposite, Joan of Arc didn't react for a while.

"Those two guys...here they are again..."

Joan of Arc held her forehead and sighed helplessly.

If you are an outsider of the crew, you may think that there is some scandal between the talented director Shinji Matou and the new actor Mordred, such as a secret love affair or something.

But as an insider of the crew, Joan of Arc knows a little more.

"That guy Master is probably giving Mordred some bad ideas again."

Mordred wanted to have a good relationship with his "father" Artoria, so Shinji took advantage of the other party's mentality and pretended to help him.

In the spirit of taking melons as a big deal, Shen Er would give Mordred advice every time, and they were all bad ideas.

In fact, it’s not a bad idea, Shen Er’s advice to Mordred is somewhat useful, at least Joan knows that King Arthur, who has the same face as her, already knows how much her child is obsessed with her.

"However, Mordred Knight has been completely regarded as a pervert. What the hell is the Master doing... Wait, is this the Master's calculation?"

Seeing Mordred happily walking out of the store with a bag in his arms, Shinji who followed her showed a sinister smile.

Joan of Arc suddenly felt that she seemed to have discovered the truth.

"Forget it, that's their Brit's family business, it has nothing to do with me."

Joan of Arc closed her eyes, not to look at evil.

In short, Joan's afternoon tea in a roadside cafe has come to an end.

On the other hand, the location shooting work of the FA crew has also become more and more busy.

A few days later, the location of the fictional Romanian town of Tulifas has been fully set up, and the crew will start shooting scenes in the town.

There is no way to go to Western Europe for on-site shooting, and direct use of studio construction also has its own advantages.

At least the design of the town of Tulifas can be created by Shen Er as he pleases, without worrying about being restricted by the shooting of the real town, resulting in goofy shots.

Generally speaking, film crews build such exterior sets, usually made of wood, plastic and cardboard.

For example, the dueling streets of cowboys with wooden houses on both sides that often appear in Hollywood western movies.

Ninety-nine percent of them are made of pieces of cardboard and wood.

From another point of view, there is no so-called house at all, only the brackets supporting the board.

However, the Tulifas built by FA is not so sure. As Artoria visited before, this city is much more real.

You can really walk into those prop houses, and most of the rooms inside are real—although they are all "clone rooms" with similar decorations.

Shen Er's purpose of building the town in this way is naturally for authenticity.

Unlike western movies where cowboys duel and people just watch outside, many fighting scenes in FA will have scenes of destroying houses.

In order to ensure the sense of reality, it is also to make it easier to shoot action scenes later.

Shen Er simply reproduced some towns directly and truly according to the needs of the lens.

In order to ensure that some houses need to be completely repaired due to some problems after they are destroyed, Shen Er specially called his two master builders—Mr. A and Wei Shaonian.

"Who are Mr. A and Young Boy Wei! Shen Er, you are cheating!"

With a snap, Red A threw a copy of the building structure diagram on the table.

Shen Er laughed and said, "Isn't that the stage name of you and Shirou~ It's popular these days for people in the entertainment industry not to use their real names."

Red A took out his general Mo Xie and pressed it against Shen Er's neck: "Don't do this, if you don't speak well, I will scratch your neck!"

"I see, don't get excited~Archer-san~"

Shinji raised his hand resentfully.

"Tsk."

Red A snorted unhappily, and slowly put away the sharp blade.

"The boy (Shirou) and I built this "city" completely according to your requirements, and conducted a structural analysis. If you are not satisfied with the damage of a certain part of the building, we can project it and make it up, and then let the heroic spirits again Destroy it once."

Red A introduced to Shen Er.

"For the landscape, I don't think there will be any problems. It's the extras..."

Having said that, Red A shrugged and made a helpless expression.

Since the filming of the FSN movie version started, Shinji's movie extras have basically been done by locals from Fuyuki City.

There is no problem with FSN and FZ, after all, the events took place in Japan, so as long as Japanese people are used as background boards, there is no problem.

But the story of FA takes place in Romania in Western Europe, and it is impossible for the extras to use the citizens of Fuyuki City.

The Japanese residents of Kiyomizu, a small town in Western Europe... that picture is beautiful enough!

It is not that Japan does not have foreign actors who specialize in playing tricks, but those people are all gathered in Tokyo, and they may not be willing to participate in FA.

After all, what Shen Er wanted were some background boards without lines, not to mention lines, and the faces might not even show their faces.

Of course, it is impossible for Shinji to pay too much for such a role, maybe one scene is not enough for someone to pay for a bus ticket from Tokyo to Fuyuki City.

Of course, these extras will not end with one scene. As the background board of the whole movie, they are likely to participate in several scenes one after another, and the time span will run through the entire shooting time.

If you are a native of Fuyuki City, it is a good thing to earn some extra money while doing your main job.

Let those actors far away in Tokyo come and go between Tokyo and Fuyuki for a few trivial shots...

Shen Er himself was too embarrassed to go to Tokyo to recruit extra performers.

As for finding someone from abroad, it is even more impossible, and the cost is higher than going to Tokyo.

The best way is for Shen Er to go to Tokyo to bring a group of foreign ensemble performers to live in Fuyuki City, and send them back to Tokyo after the filming is finished.

This means that Shen Er has to provide food and housing for these actors, and the crew has to pay a lot of money for this.

Of course, this money is a normal expense during filming, and Shen Er can pass it as long as it is included in the cost plan.

But both Shen Er and Hong A, who was born with the attributes of a housekeeper, felt that the money was not worth the money.

Why spend the money that can be saved?

Actors with lines are easy to do, at worst, let Xiaoen and Xiaoyi work harder, and one person can play multiple roles.

But those large numbers of background board actors are a bit difficult to deal with. With fewer people, the towns in the movie lack "lifeliness" and will appear fake;

There are too many people, and the labor cost of the movie is going up, making it uncomfortable to watch.

"If it was replicated with special effects... it would feel fake, and there would be a cost issue."

Shinji pinched his chin in thought.

Red A suddenly asked: "Do you want to ask those guests from England to help?"

The so-called guests from England refer to the magicians from the clock tower who came to Japan to take refuge with Reinis.

Most of these people are foreigners, if they are just used as background boards, it will not be a big problem.

"There must be no problems in the early stage." Shen Er replied hesitantly, "But in case Webb's side is settled, they will go back to England. What if the film is not finished by then?"

Red A pouted and replied: "Let's talk about it at that time. Maybe they will stay here for several years. Those old stubborn people in the clock tower are not so easy to deal with."

Shen Er sneered: "It's as if you know those old stubborn people."

Red A raised her eyebrows: "Of course I know."

"Fuck, I forgot."

Shen Er patted his forehead, and then he remembered the experience of Red A.

"Well, let them participate in the filming for the time being, and try to advance the scenes with group performances as much as possible, so there will be no problem."

Shen Er was preparing to record in his notebook while talking.