The craziness of Nanaya for the journalists were to be expected.
But even so, after attending the opening ceremony, Nanaya still felt a little overwhelmed.
If a considerable number of questions had not been prepared in advance, Nanaya would have been able to read them out verbatim.
He believes the situation will definitely be much worse.
I have to say, the madness of reporters is really hard to cope with.
It is not difficult to understand why this situation occurs.
After all, the movie "Madoka Magica" has been announced to have an investment of over 200 million US dollars.
Such a high cost is very rare even in Hollywood today where investments easily amount to hundreds of millions of dollars.
Except for movies like "Superman Returns" which had to make various additional investments in the later stages due to crew reasons, causing the cost to soar.
Most movies don't cost more than $150 million to make.
Although many movies claim to have cost hundreds of millions of dollars, many of these are the result of taking into account the costs of publicity and promotion.
If we only calculate the production costs, at this time in 2007, there were only a few movies that cost over 100 million US dollars a year.
This is the result of market selection.
A movie that costs hundreds of millions of dollars wants to make a profit.
Then the movie's box office performance must reach at least 250 million in North America and a total of 500 million US dollars worldwide.
For a movie with an investment of 200 million US dollars, this line must at least double.
This is an advantage that only exists when Hollywood movies have already conquered the world.
If it were a movie from other countries, it would only rely on the box office volume of their own film market.
Invest hundreds of millions of dollars in making a movie and still want to make a profit.
This is a very difficult task to accomplish.
After all, the population base and movie ticket prices are there.
What's more, there are so many entertainment projects in society nowadays.
It's not like the last century when people had no other activities except watching movies.
No matter how well you make a movie, it is impossible for most audiences to watch it ten times.
The North American film market is the capital that enables Hollywood to conquer the world.
When it comes to special effects, the technical gap is actually not as big as everyone imagines.
As long as you are willing to spend money on special effects, there will definitely be no problem with the results.
The question is whether the money spent on special effects can be recovered.
So the fact that Nanaya spent $200 million to make a movie surprised many people in the industry.
Many people even think that Nanaya has become arrogant after the success of Fate.
After all, there are too many people like this in Hollywood's past.
Because of the success of one or two movies, he thinks he is invincible and any movie he makes can be successful.
Although there are not many newcomers in Hollywood who have such ideas, there will always be one or two every few years.
Only some filmmakers feel jealous of Nanaya's lavish spending.
I am extremely envious and jealous of Nanaya's wasteful way of making movies.
More people in the industry still feel gloating and are planning to make fun of Nanaya.
You know, except for "The Lord of the Rings", no other film project in the industry has announced that it will invest such a huge amount of money before filming starts.
But "The Lord of the Rings" was shot in three parts, which is a complete exception.
There is only one movie on Nanaya's side!
As for another big money-burner, Cameron's "Avatar".
Fox initially announced a budget of only $150 million.
Of course, you can just listen to the budget reported by the truck driver before filming begins.
When he makes a movie, the concept of budget is never in his mind.
As long as the film's effects do not meet his standards, Cameron will continue to invest more.
As a result, Nanaya has become the biggest joke in the global film industry.
Many media outlets even publicly predicted that the movie Nanaya would definitely end in failure.
Because they couldn't find anything interesting about Nanaya's project.
It's neither an adaptation nor a sequel.
And the movie features a few young girls as its protagonists?
Will anyone like this movie?
The 3D special effects that have been mentioned may be a rare highlight.
But can special effects alone trick people into going to the cinema?
Don't be funny, this joke is not funny at all. Even those media that are friendly with Washimine have expressed some concerns about the future of this movie.
But no matter how the media criticizes or ridicules.
"Madoka Magica" has been on the verge of being made since its preparation, and filming the movie is imperative.
After the press conference, the last step of the opening ceremony is naturally to shoot the footage.
But this shot is more symbolic than real.
Nanaya just casually shot a section of a classroom full of clutter and that was the end of the shooting process.
During the entire process, Nanaya didn't even show up as an actor.
It is estimated that this shot will not appear in the movie in the end, and will only be discarded as video material.
So far, the first day of filming for the "Madoka Magica" crew has been completed.
This was followed by the usual guest reception and public relations.
There will be someone dedicated to this part of the work at Washimine, so there is no need for director Nanaya to do it himself.
So Nanaya went straight back to the office of Erque Studio to continue today's work.
Starting tomorrow, the crew of "Madoka Magica" will officially enter the filming phase.
Nanaya needs to have final communication with the heads of various departments on the set to ensure that filming can begin as soon as the plot arrives on set tomorrow.
"Mr. Kiryu, this is the list of temporary assistants on the set. Please take a look."
As soon as Nanaya hung up the phone in the office, Bali handed him a list.
The assistant beside Nanaya is very capable at work. Since being assigned to Nanaya, she has been able to complete the tasks assigned by Nanaya very well.
But no matter how strong Bali is, there is only one person, and there is a limit to the amount of work she can undertake.
You know, Nanaya will be entering a special period with a lot of work and chaos.
Especially since the end of 2007, Nanaya had to shoot "Madoka Magica" and promote "Inferno".
No matter how strong Miss Bali's business ability is, it is impossible for her to be perfect in everything.
Therefore, Nanaya needs to add another temporary assistant on the set to help him arrange and manage the shooting plan.
Nanaya gave this task to Bali, and it seemed that the other party had prepared a list of candidates.
"Mr. Kiryu, according to your request, I have selected five candidates."
"Actually, you can just help me check it out."
Nanaya said indifferently.
As long as the on-set assistant is useful, Nanaya doesn't intend to dwell too much on this aspect.
But Bali insisted: "I think you need to make the decision."
Nanaya couldn't help but feel a little strange, "Is there something special?"
"You will see it when you see it."
After taking the list and taking a look at it, Nanaya frowned slightly, "Isn't it a duplicate name?"
Then he immediately spat.
"Pah, there won't be any duplicate names."
Nanaya threw the list on the table and asked, "What does she want to do?"
Bali shook her shoulders.
"Forget it, I'll go ask her myself."
Nanaya also realized that he had asked the wrong person, so he picked up the phone on the desk again and started dialing.
Soon, a woman in a blue OL outfit walked into the office.
Ryan Wettin was a little reserved when he walked into the room, feeling like a bad kid who had done something wrong and was caught by his parents.
"Nanaya."
However, Ryan still greeted her "boyfriend" openly.
"Hi, Nanaya."
"Sit wherever you want, Ryan."
Nanaya greeted warmly.
"OK."
Ryan sat on the sofa opposite Nanaya, secretly looking at Nanaya out of the corner of his eyes.
Bali poured her a glass of water and then left the office, leaving the couple alone.
Nanaya thought for a moment and asked, "What do you want to come to my place?"
"I've been home so long."
Ryan sighed.
Nanaya certainly knew what had been bothering Ryan recently.
Ryan looked at Nanaya and seeing that his expression did not change, he had to continue explaining.
"I saw your crew was recruiting assistants, so I thought I'd try my luck. After all, that's what I did in the embassy before."
Nanaya nodded, he knew that his "girlfriend" was not an ordinary person.
The other person did a great job in the embassy, and it would be a waste of his talent for him to be my assistant on the set.
"That's it, then."
Without much thought, Nanaya agreed to Ryan's request.
But he still reminded: "I have a heavy workload here, you'd better be mentally prepared."
"I'd love to," Ryan replied. "I've been staying at home lately and I'm almost rusty."
Nanaya waved at her and said, "Then you can just go find Bali directly."
"Thank you for your help." Ryan stood up and said, "I won't bother you anymore, Nanaya. I'll treat you to dinner another day."
Then Nanaya called Bali and asked her to take Ryan to do it for a while.
This was not only a handover of work between the two, but also a way for Ryan to familiarize himself with the working environment of the crew.
After arranging the work, Nanaya did not do any more work that day.
He had dinner early and went to bed.
Starting tomorrow he will have to devote himself to work again, so he needs to recharge his energy in advance.
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The next day.
As the morning sun had just set, a large number of reporters gathered at the entrance of the Tokyo film set.
However, today's reporters were not treated as well as yesterday.
Yesterday they were guests of honor at Washimine, but today they were stopped at the door and couldn't even get in.
Because today is the day when "Madoka Magica" officially starts filming!
These reporters all hoped to learn the latest situation of the crew, but the security on the set ruthlessly rejected them.
Nanaya on the set is preparing for the first scene that is about to be filmed.
That is the morning scene at the Kaname family at the beginning of the movie.
From a story perspective, this scene is to introduce the family situation of the Kaname family.
It is also to show the character and personality of the heroine Madoka Kaname to the audience.
However, from the perspective of the highlights, it is naturally more than that.
This is also the first rivalry between the "mother and daughter" pair of Sakura and Rin.