In this large-scale war scene, the protagonists are Macedonian soldiers and modern human war weapons.
The sea demon summoned by the Marshal will not be the main participant in the battle, but its presence will be strong, and the audience can clearly feel the threat of this tentacle life form.
However, Nanaya had to present this creature, which did not exist in reality, through CG production, and could only use a simple model as an auxiliary for shooting on the set.
This is also the reason why Nanaya did not let the sea monster join the battlefield. In addition to making the picture very messy, it is also difficult to shoot.
As for the human army, ordinary firearms are definitely not able to kill Servants, even the most ordinary soldiers under Iskandar are no exception.
Only the heavy artillery of tanks and the bombing of aircraft could have some effect on it, but it was also limited.
The army had to concentrate its firepower to kill a Macedonian soldier, but by that time the enemy could have pierced several tanks.
The purpose of Nanaya doing this is of course to elevate the status of servants and to give an early warning for the future human rationale in FGO.
Originally, Nanaya wanted to crush the army, but considering that the cooperation with the military was quite pleasant this time, he still gave Modern Warfare a little face.
However, Nanaya estimated that after what he did, the theory that Emiya the Great Warrior is invincible might be very popular.
You can easily guess the rigorous logical reasoning process of those people.
Shirou Emiya killed Gilgamesh, and Gilgamesh killed Iskandar, who then defeated the army.
Therefore, the conclusion is: Shirou Emiya is equal to an army.
In this regard, Nanaya just wants to say: Go ahead and brag, but remember to buy the peripherals after you're done.
While Nanaya was thinking divergently, all departments were ready.
"This is the film crew, we are ready!"
"Props team OK!"
"The actors are in place!"
"The blasting team is ready!"
"The troops are in place and ready to start!"
After receiving the news that all departments were ready, Nanaya raised the walkie-talkie in his hand.
"Ready...Action!"
Following Nanaya's order, the originally silent set immediately turned into a battlefield with smoke and wind, and shouts and explosions could be heard everywhere.
Nanaya stood behind the camera monitor, his eyes fixed on the images captured by all the cameras.
What Nanaya was most concerned about were the shots of Johnson and several tanks, which were the most critical parts of this set of shots.
The former is the only character with lines in the entire play, while the latter is the focus of the battlefield.
As for the images captured by other lenses, it doesn't matter if there are some minor problems. At worst, you can just discard them in the final editing.
"boom!"
A huge roar was heard, and a tank was blown directly into the sky by the explosion, and then it blew into pieces in mid-air like firecrackers with the second explosion.
Although the camera showed the tank exploding in the middle of a crowded battlefield, the tank was actually far enough away from the actors to not affect anyone on the set.
Nanaya simply used the setting and camera angles to create the feeling of a tank exploding in the crowd.
And since these tanks are only made of resin, it wouldn't be a big problem even if some pieces fell onto the set.
These crews have made careful calculations before filming to avoid any accidents.
The only thing that could not be calculated was the smoke and dust produced after the explosion, but all the actors had already anticipated this and the impact was not significant.
But an explosion is not the end but the beginning.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
Explosions sounded one after another, and the impact force generated by the explosions occasionally blew something into the air.
There are tanks, tentacle models of sea monsters, and dummies prepared in advance by the crew.
Then, the roar of engines that resounded through the sky was heard from afar, and then several fighter planes flew here from the military base and flew over the set at a low altitude while ensuring flight safety.
Although these planes will not carry out any attacks and simply appear in the camera, it is enough.
The fighter jet's attack methods can be completely processed through post-production, and this is exactly the feeling Nanaya wants.
"Hmph, I see. Is this the F15? It's even more desirable than what I saw on TV!"
Johnson, who was on the ground, followed the script's requirements and showed a greedy look at the fighter jets whizzing past.
"Let's compare them! Which one is stronger, the crystallization of modern human wisdom or the gift of the gods in the Age of Gods?"
After saying that, Johnson lifted his cape, pulled the reins and roared to the sky: "Come on! [Via Expugnatio]!"
It turns out that shouting at the top of your lungs in the midst of war will get you nothing but a mouthful of sand.
But as a mature actor, Johnson knew that the camera was still facing him at this time, and he absolutely could not make any movements such as coughing or spitting sand.
Therefore, he could only endure the discomfort in his mouth and complete the several poses required by the script.
"Cut!"
Nanaya called for a timeout, but the ball still didn't pass even though he said anything, so everyone had to stay where they were.
At this time, the set had really become a ruin, with scattered debris everywhere.
If it weren't for the strong smell of burning resin, just looking at this scene, many people would probably think that a war had just happened here.
"Do we need to start over, or do we need to make up a few more shots?"
While everyone was waiting for the results, Shion walked behind Nanaya. The flying dust on the set forced the young lady to wear a mask.
Nanaya was not so pretentious. He checked the shooting conditions of each camera one by one and estimated the expected effects in his mind.
Shion came close to Nanaya and observed the surveillance screen together with his head.
"How is it? The military has already told me that if necessary they can send someone to fly a second time." Shion asked in a low voice.
After hearing what Shion said, Nanaya sneered: "Haha, of course they want us to fly a second time, anyway, they don't have to pay."
It costs a lot to hire someone to fly, and if possible, Nanaya certainly wouldn't want to spend extra money.
But Nanaya did not answer immediately whether to re-shoot. Instead, after carefully checking all the shots, Nanaya breathed a sigh of relief.
"No, please go and thank the military later. We really need their help this time."
This is why Shion followed the crew to New Mexico to eat sand. She is the liaison between the military and the crew.
Nanaya is not selling copies, and he has no connection with the army, so he can only trouble Shion, the big money sponsor, to take action.
However, after this exchange, Nanaya believes that it will be much easier to seek cooperation with the military in the future.
It's a pity that Nanami didn't shoot "Transformers". The Fate series, which mainly focuses on ancient heroes, doesn't use modern weapons very often.
"Okay, let's call it a day. Thank you for your hard work today!"
Nanaya yelled at all the crew members and actors who were waiting for a response, informing them that they no longer had to stay there and collect dust.
"Pah! Thank God I don't have to do it a second time!"
Johnson, who was spitting sand, was very happy when he heard the news. He waved his hands vigorously to express his excitement.
However, only this scene ended. According to the seven-night plan, the crew still had to shoot in the desert for several more days before leaving here and returning to Los Angeles.
In the next few days, Nanaya filmed the memories of the two Hassans, Hunderd Faces and Cursed Arm. This part was very simple, except that it was a little troublesome to build the set in the desert.
After all of this was filmed, Lily and Gawain, who had been promoting UBW in North America, joined the team.
In this way, Nanaya only needs to finish filming the final battle between Mr. Golden and the emperor, and then finish some scattered shots, and then he can leave this damn place.
However, Lily's joining also brought some very interesting news. For example, while Nanaya and his men were isolated from the world and eating sand here, the box office report of the summer movies released during this period.
Most of the movies were nothing worth noting, so Nanaya mainly watched a few movies with relatively high box office.
The superhero movies in 2006 all performed poorly. Not to mention "X-Men 3" which was defeated by UBW. Although Warner's "Superman Returns" had good box office data in the first round of release, the poor reputation made this movie follow the same old path as "X-Men 3".
These two movies perfectly showed the audience what a box office curve that starts high and ends low means.
Based on the current data and what Nanaya had seen in his previous life, he estimated that the North American box office of "Superman Returns" should just pass the passing line of 200 million US dollars.
Generally speaking, a big-budget movie will have no problem making a profit with this kind of performance, not to mention a movie project like Superman that has huge peripheral added value.
However, Warner launched a series of high-level internal games on the "Superman Returns" project. The process of changing directors and actors several times and even overturning the script caused the cost of the project to rise again and again.
In other words, "Superman Returns" is bound to lose money, and such a bad reputation is enough for Warner to shelve this IP for several years.
Of course Nanaya was very happy about this. Don't forget that he is the boss of Marvel now. He has the final say and of course he hopes that DC will suffer a lot.
As for "X-Men", Fox kicked Brett Ratner out of the company after putting all the blame on him.
Then he announced that Fox would not give up the "X-Men" series and announced the project of the spin-off movie "Wolverine".
Another movie that caught Nanaya's eye in June was "Cars" released by Pixar. The first round box office of this animated film was only 60 million US dollars. Although there is a lot of room for the box office to increase after the long-term screening of animated films, it is also limited.
In terms of the box office performance of Pixar's films, "Cars" is not outstanding at all, but it is known that this is the most profitable series of all Pixar films.
The success of an animation IP has never been determined by box office sales, but by the sales of peripheral products.
Nanaya heard a joke in his previous life, which said that the reason why Pixar was able to produce those particularly expensive works of art every time was because "Cars" gave them enough money to squander.
This is not a joke. According to the data collected by Washimine, although "Cars" was released a month later than UBW, the sales of peripheral products of "Cars" are already on par with UBW, which is enough to show how much money this movie can make.