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[This week’s Aote series of general notes].
Chapter 15 Production order, script order, and show order. The
Story of the planning phase has finally come to an end, and now the story of the production phase begins. In all fairness, “Aote Q” is indeed an extremely low-cost work. The amount of money has already been said two times before, and you can look at the time. The program is broadcast in two quarters, which is half a year as usual. The plan went through the year and the end for a year and three months, and then it took a year and four months from start to finish after the official production began, which took more than two and a half years and more than five times. Now talking about “special film” is the pace of the year round, and it will collapse according to this. The next stage to start talking about is the story of the scene made in this year and four months. .
The name of the “Otto Q” is called “Unbalance”, which was said before. But the difference between a baby and an adult is not only a problem of nickname and big name. You know an adult, basically can’t imagine what the other baby looks like, at least in this work. The change of the name of the work is not just a matter of changing the name, but also means that there is a change in the route behind it, that is, the program’s policy has changed. “Aote Q”, the entire two-quarter TV show, is roughly divided into three parts. .
The first part is the work of the “Unbalanced” route. The content is closest to what was shown in the past series, the design intention of the work and the world view setting, the scope is the first half of the first quarter. The second part is from “Unbalance” to “Otto Q”, after the name change, this transition period, the transition period works. The content has a certain tendency to be confused and confused, and the scope is the second half of the first quarter. The third part is the thorough “Ot Q” route. It is the deepest appearance in the impression of today, the so-called “monster group”, the scope is the second quarter. .
The so-called quarters and the first half of the first half are all expressed in terms of the historical facts of the production site, that is, the production sequence. The order of production is different from the order of the show, and for the specific object of “Otto Q”, the difference between the two is quite different. The order of the screening is the sequence in which the actual broadcast is performed, and the audience sets the first few episodes and the first episodes. Why is it that the “Otto Q” will not be the same, because it is the pre-production system adopted by the TV station (TBS) in Tokyo. In the Japanese TV program, the way of the full-length filming of the heresy was officially launched, and the finished products in the second quarter were already in sight. Therefore, the TV station in Tokyo can arrange it with a high degree of freedom, and in the order in which it can be more effectively attracted to the audience in order to maximize the audience rating. .
And we are going to talk about behind-the-scenes stories, which are happening at the production site, so in terms of production order. Therefore, it also means that from the perspective of the audience, the relative impression of distant and boring stages begins. However, anyway, this serial has been dragged on for so long, and it has long been destined to be slow. It will tell the story of the “Otto Q” of the monster route from a chaotically positioned “unbalance”, and then step by step to join the superhero. The story of the element “Ottoman”, then the story of “Otto”, which is a sci-fi style such as cosmic people and mechanics, and the story of “The Returning Altman”, which combines all these elements. Wait, ah, still stop in time and don’t paint the cake too far. .
In addition to the production order and the order of the presentation, there are three sequences that are script sequences, and the order of the scripts is not necessarily the same as the order of creation. It is said that the script order is basically just the number written on the cover of the script for convenience, not even the order in which the actual script is created. Because the scripts are not only a draft, the order in which the scripts are strictly defined cannot be done. Between the two random books, the time when the first draft of the manuscript may be set up is before you, and the time when the draft is decided to become the post is turned into you. . The
Script sequence sounds like it seems to be more appropriate in this order, and seems to be more in line with the sequence of development of the content of the work. But at least on the specific object of “Otto Q”, this does not matter. Why, the system that was produced beforehand caused the difference in the order of presentation and the order of production. This is also because of the policy of broadcasting TV stations in Tokyo. The producer of the film’s TV stations in Tokyo, Takizawa, is the deputy director of the TV production department of the Tokyo Broadcasting and Television Station. In the planning stage, he set two directions for “Unbalance”.
The first one is a rich and varied style of hodgepodge, each with its own route. Science fiction, fantasy, horror, disaster, monsters, etc., one should not be less. Anyway, with the special technology of Yuan Gu Ying Er, the means of realization are no longer necessary. Therefore, when the script stage starts, you can also use literary, fantasy worlds, fairy tales, folklore, etc., as a starting point for diverse ideas. This is why at the time of the Round Valley Stunts Studio, the planning director Jincheng Zhefu listened to the same orders as the orders, and there were all kinds of brains. The chaos does not capture the point that the TV station specifically wants, that is, the feeling of not crossing the track and feeling the river crossing the river. .
The second is to achieve this kind of hodgepodge, then it is necessary to take the form of the selection of the program to make a poetry selection. The reference object is the U.S. TV series “Mystery Space” introduced by the Tokyo Broadcasting and Television Station. 第十二章, each episode is completely independent and self-contained. The essence can be seen as the content of each episode occurs in a world parallel to each other, and there is no prioritization. This kind of “mysterious space” poetry drama form, originally even a TV drama does not have to have a protagonist, and “Aote Q” still has the main role of regular almost every episode. This is a compromise case, and I am afraid that the Japanese audience will not be able to accept the kind of gameplay of the people of the country. .
涩 个人 Personally has a literary hobby, it is a small Wen Qing, although it was already a middle-aged man. Therefore, under the leadership of Takizawa, the “unbalance” in the early stage of planning was in this direction. Later, when “Unbalance” became “Otto Q”, the first one was cancelled, and the second one was not deliberately changed. So in terms of scripting, even if the script order is determined, it has no big impact on the content plot. In the future, the script number will be clearly introduced here, and the script sequence will be completely displayed. However, when we tell the story, we pay attention to the sequence of historical events happening at the production site. .
The order of production, in fact, this is not a simple matter to talk about, but a difficult thing to define, the same as the order of the script. What criteria is used to define the order of production, is it the order of booting each episode, or is it the order of killing? Further down, we have clearly understood that authentic special photography regards the implementation of two parallel systems. So, is it based on the start-up time or the killing time of this class, or is it based on the start-up or killing time of a special technical class? When the benchmarks are different, the order of production will be inconsistent, and the episode of the post-boot may be the first to kill. At least fifty-four years after the opening of “Aote Q”, the specific production sequence recorded in the literature today can be at least five versions. .
The cause of this phenomenon is actually the actual operation of the production site. It’s not like the way the normal audience can think about it. Shooting an episode, taking a photo of the next episode, one episode and another episode, there is no such simple and clear situation. If it is an animation, then understand it right, one group is painting this episode, the other group is painting the episode. As long as the manpower is really enough, then the number of episodes in the production project can be increased. Anyway, the voice of the voice is another. There is no such condition in TV dramas. Because of the limitations of actors, actors are directly needed in the filming process. Actors are big people and can’t be separated. .
The production of TV dramas, especially the half-hours of each episode instead of one hour, that is, the TV series with the same length and animation, usually using the partition block shooting method. The contents of the two episodes are put together to form a block, which is not necessarily fixed to two episodes but usually two episodes. A block is led by a supervisor and then booted with the crew. Far away, let’s talk about contemporary superhero holsters. You know what you watched a little. Most of the time, it was a supervision last time, the number of performances was two, and then the shift was changed. In the past few days, it was the turn of this supervision, and then two performances at a time. If there is a supervised battle that only takes one episode to leave, and the next episode has been replaced, the general probability is that the production sequence is inconsistent with the screening order. This phenomenon occurs more frequently for earlier films.
If it is in the natural order, after shooting a set of shots, there is an obviously inconvenient place. The place where the same scene was taken in the previous episode and the latter episode had been here once before the filming, and it was not long before it came again. I took a few episodes of the block together and supervised the script with two episodes at the same time. I would like to know which scenes to use for the same viewfinder. Then the actual operation, when you come, directly shoot the shots that need to be taken here, and then go to the next one. This is a little trick that saves time and effort in the TV series. Therefore, it is not uncommon for a single specific episode to be booted after the boot or after booting. .
So just said above, there are five versions of the specific production sequence of Light “Otto Q”, and the difference will only be the difference between the precise order of adjacent sets. It won’t be the same episode, one version says it’s making the tenth episode, and the other says it’s making the twentieth episode, similar to this level of state of affairs. When we tell a story, we also follow the operation of the partition block shooting. The works in the same block are put together, and the precise one who counts the first thing is not entangled. .
In September 1964, after officially signing a contract with the Tokyo Broadcasting Station, September was the time for a big move. This month, the “Unbalanced” script has six episodes and eight copies printed:
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Printed on September 5th, the title is “Transformation”, the first script to be printed, but the number is No. 2. .
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Printed on September 8th, the title is “The Flower of Mammoth”, this script number is the number one. .
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Printed on September 9th, there are three books on this day. The title “Devil Child”, the script number is number three. The title “Ghost Car”, the script number is number four. The title “Destroy Flight No. 6”, the script number is No. 5. .
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Printed on September 15th, the reprinted after the revision of “The Flower of Mammoth”, this is the decision draft. .
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Printed on September 16th, the reprinted after the modification of “Transformation”, this is also the decision draft. .
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Printed on September 29th, the title “Quick Open”, the script number is No. 6. .
The media have long been stunned, and the Tokyo Times published a report on September 18th, although the newspaper is now dead. The title of the report is very straightforward to say, “The first crop of the Round Valley Studios is “The Flower of Mammoth”, and then the text is written on the follow-up book entitled “Transformation”, “Devil Child” and “Ghost Car”. All of them came out, I don’t know if I left some conscience, and “Destroy Flight No. 6” was not reported. .
On September 27th, the crew of the first block officially started. The guiding supervisors all know that it is Xingtian Xingzhi, so this class in the first block is the Putian group. In the initial filming arrangement, General Manager Ichikawa Liming left extremely precious historical materials in his Ichikawa notes, which were recorded at the time of October 8th:
The first block, this article supervises Sumida Satoshi:
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The first book “The Flower of Mammoth”, scripted by Jincheng Zhefu and Putian Xingzhi. .
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The second “Transformation”, scripted by Kitazawa Kyoko. .
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The third “Devil Child”, scripted by Kitazawa Kyoko. .
The second block, this article supervises the round valley one:
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The fourth “Ghost Car” (with a triangle symbol at the same time), script Mumura Wu, is expected to be finalized on October 10. .
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The fifth book, “Quickly Open the Door”, is in the script Hill. .
The third block, this article supervises Nakagawa Harumi’s help:
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The sixth book “Challenges from the Ground”, the script of the companion Changsi, is expected to be finalized on October 15. .
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The seventh “Freakish Bird”, scripted by Yamada Masahiro, is expected to be finalized on October 10. .
The fourth block, this article supervises 梶田兴治: .
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The eighth book “Destroy Flight II”, scripted by Yamaura Hiroshi. .
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The ninth “Weird Neighbors”, scripted by Kitazawa Kyoko, is expected to be finalized on October 20. .
The fifth block, this article supervises the valley one:
The tenth “Gifts from the Universe”, scripted by Jincheng Tetsuo, is expected to be finalized on October 15. .
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The eleventh “(空)”. .
The sixth block, this article supervises Nakagawa Harumi’s help: .
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The twelfth book “(空)”, the script Guan Zexin, is expected to be finalized on October 28. .
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The thirteenth “(空)”, script Yamada Masahiro. .
The above is at this time point, for the entire first quarter of the thirteen filming arrangements. Among the names of the people who appeared, apart from Beize Kyoko and the two beautiful rivers in the hill, the other ones have been mentioned before. The scheduled arrangement at this point in time is much different from the later historical facts, whether it is the title of the work, the supervisor, and the script writer. The story will be told in the future, but now I will say a few more words on the three points. .
The first point, stunt supervision. At that time, the Round Valley Stunts Studio was able to go into battle in this respect. Anyway, it was only Chuan Shangjing, so there was no special writing in the shift schedule. However, in advance, it is not the one who is supervised by Kawakami. .
The second point is the basic principle of scheduling. This is the ideal shift of the shift, the supervision of the three people took turns to go through it, and then again in this order from the beginning. The supervision of Putian is entirely a person of Dongbao. The supervision of Nakagawa is entirely a TV broadcaster in Tokyo. After that, although the brother is a TV broadcaster in Tokyo and a pro-son of the old man, this is considered to be a political correctness in the industry. .
The third point is the way of partitioning blocks. Although the general rule is to put a block in every two episodes, at the same time, the TV industry must count on the quarter, and the first quarter is thirteen. Thus, the thirteenth is odd, and it is destined to have a single order. The corresponding policy in this case is generally, that is, a block containing three sets. For the case of this work, this large block was handed over to the guiding group, which is the crew of the first block. It is far from saying, and the same is true of Altman. .
As far as the first block is concerned, the historical facts that occurred are exactly the same as those on this Tianshichuan note. Next time, I will talk about the production secrets and behind-the-scenes stories of the three groups. .
[This week’s special photo shoot].
Special demento~ The special technique of reasoning (20) The special scene of the class is open to the public.
After the large-scale props, which are representative of the miniature model of the building, are built, it is necessary to start the business, and they use them to set up the installation facilities. We have already said that special shooting classes are different from this one. Because there is no ready-made material for the images you want to film, there are very (few) out-of-the-box scenes. Not going out does not mean relaxing and saving money. It is inside the studio of the photography studio, it is indoors, which means that the entire “world of works” is created by hand. One-piece large props and props are an element of the world, and the installation of set-up facilities is to open up the world. .
Let me say that the whole facility is to build a platform above the ground on the ground of the studio. It is better to understand the stage directly. What buildings, roads, vegetation, cars, etc. will be placed on the platform above the ground, and then the actor will wear a monster or a cosmic costume, and they will stand on the stage. The height of the platform may be two or three steps above the ground. In fact, the average person can step on it directly, but there will still be a small ladder next to the table to go up. Because if it is a stuntman, especially the one who plays the monster, after wearing the doll suit, the first sight is not good enough to see the outside, and the second is not high. So not only need to put a small ladder next to the table, but when you go up, you may need someone to guide him and help him to climb the stairs. .
On the table, that is, this set of installation facilities, all the things such as the miniature model, from the manufacturing stage, are targeted to the position. That is to say, how to make miniature models in the first two times, those are all made before the order, the order has been fixed, and this is used to place it. The reason is perspective, Japanese kanji writing far and near method, but in the special shooting class production site, this need is very frequent, they often call the strong far and near method. In simple terms, it is the use of the human eye to see the visual effects of things near and far. This typical example is the fifth time in the past, and the “Aote Q” is produced in the twenty-fifth episode of “The Rama’s Counterattack” The scene of the dock.
This is a special case, and it should be reflected in the same model at the same time. Like the lens that Altman turned into the scene, the huge right fist that was in the process of the huge process was coming from the front, which is also a special case of this kind, but that is a prop. Other general-purpose miniature models, in fact, are all set at the stage before the creation. If the position of the pendulum is close to the camera, it will make a large head, and if it is far away from the camera, it will make small things. .
Because after all, it is the truth, here is the interior of the studio, and the set of installation facilities is such a place. In the lens, because of the huge sense of performance, it may be necessary to display a distance of several tens of meters and several kilometers, so each object of the scene is calculated and specified in volume. If it is the condition of Dongbao’s masterpiece special film, the grain group should at least create all the objects in five levels, such as the perspective, the remote scene, the medium scene, the close scene, and the close scene. The Otto series is a TV program. The budget production fee is so frustrating that it is still a compromise. Basically, it is divided into three levels. The perspective of the medium-sized scene is complete. .
Using the classic example of the strong far-reaching method, a large-scale sci-fi TV series “Universal Jack”, which was outside the Otto series and later completely destroyed the Round Valley Stunt Studio. The following picture is a representative scene. The battleship Universal Jack is then filled with water in the dock. It is also a typical strong far-reaching method with super high-speed photography. The basic techniques of special photography in high-speed photography special technology, later on, this topic is still special art in special technology. .
This lens can only be used to shoot from this angle. The model of the battleship is actually a big head in front and a small body in the back. Not only this, but the ceiling and ground of the entire dock are not parallel. If you change the angle and look at the miniature model of the entire dock, you will see that, like the previous example, it is a big one, a small one, and the whole is tilted. .
All things that go into the lens range are on the set of equipment. When it was officially filmed, photographers and lighting technicians put their cameras or lighting equipment on and off. According to the need to decide and change, the camera is still relatively small because of Jingui. At that time, under the budget conditions of the Dongbao special movie blockbuster that can be exported overseas, the special camera class is also the camera of the same operation of the grain group. . There are more lightings’ equipment, and the three are still relatively small. They are often placed at different angles on the stage and on the stage. .
Say it again, or the old saying goes, here is the studio is indoors, the blue sky, the background of the white clouds, there is wow, but also made by myself. Then why not go outside to use the open air, because it is not easy to use. The first is that I have no use. Now I need to do a night scene, and the outside is the day. The background of the Castle Peak was taken a moment ago, and the next one needs to be swollen in the background of the ocean. It cannot be replaced at any time. I also want the background of the space, not just a door to go. .
The second is not suitable, the open-air background can not be called the open-air background, called the background of the stuffing. If it is completely ninety degrees vertical, the lens is shot from the bottom to the top, then there is some feasibility in the open air. The angle is slightly sideways, and the risk increases geometrically, as performances that often show a lot of performance are often needed. The background of the open-air outside, with the miniature model of the dolls, these sizes are not right, the air-conditioner outside the screen in the costume drama, the car in the distance is still serious. There is also the scene of the flight of the plane. How come the shuttle sky and clouds in the background of the blue sky and white clouds? You are going to take the airplane model and try it outside the open sky background. .
My own background, called the curtain wall, is a curtain but big enough to be the entire wall. The background is drawn, and murals are made on the huge curtain wall. Using a spray-type painting device, a special background artist is required to step on the ladder and stand on a high place to paint. The standard that needs to be drawn is that the more you look, the better, the more you want to be like a photo, everything else is secondary. At that time, Dongbao’s special technical class, in the special art department below, had a special background class. The curtain wall is the inventor of the Japanese film and television industry. Of course, it is also the English old man, thirty-five years ago when he was thirty years old, born from Altman. .
In the year of 1960, Dongbao specially built a special artificial lake for the special photo studio in the anvil photography studio (“Aote Series Tongjian ╳本家特传传传”.第二回), when it was built, there was a curtain wall surrounded by concrete walls, surrounded by artificial lakes. You can directly draw the background of the sky above, not even the cloth, it is the largest curtain wall in the world. On the top of the curtain wall, photographic equipment and lighting equipment can be set up, overlooking the miniature models and doll costumes in the huge artificial lake. When the audience watched the film on the big screen, the scene of Gokira’s return to the sea and the scene of the Japanese-American fleet fighting in the Pacific Ocean were born. .
Ordinary shooting curtain wall, the main points to pay attention to are two. The first is that the cloth can’t be wrinkled, and the second is to carefully check the small holes on the cloth with holes. How did the little cavern come, because there will always be blasting performances on the spot, that is, the gunpowder will be used, and sometimes the sparkling of the martian will inevitably lead to a small hole. In the early years, every time you officially photographed, you must check it out. The cloth you are preparing for this time is not complete. There are such problems with wood. Otherwise, if there is a small hole that has not been checked out, it will be processed in the later stage of synthesis. Later in the era, after the 1980s, more and more refractory materials were used to make the curtain wall. There is also the edge of the cloth, because it is hanged up and hanged into the curtain wall, so there will be traces of sewing, which of course must not enter the lens range. .
“Returning Altman” finally returned, and finally Altman flew to the sky, and Jiro called out the scene before Otto’s five vows. You can see the dolls hanging in the Altman flying posture, moving away from the camera to the last few milliseconds, actually hit the curtain wall drawn by the background class, and then the angle is tilted. .
If it is the background of the universe, it will also use a small light bulb to assist and disguise itself as a star. In front of the black curtain wall, connect them with black wires and hang them all together. There are also night scenes and sunset scenes. When the curtain wall assists the performance, it depends mainly on the lighting technician. Special lighting belongs to the category of special photography in special technology. Later, the scope of this round is still only within the special art of special technology. The Takano group of Takano Hiroshi’s stunt supervision used the representative work of the curtain wall to assist the performance:
The following picture shows the scene of the early generation of Gogilla from the sea. This background music using a horror burst is now more famous, because Takino Hideo borrowed it to the new Gyula on land first. Sub-evolution, from the second form to the background music when the third form is upright. The scene of the photography at the time was very small, and there was no huge artificial lake dedicated to the special class in 1954. Just a small pool, not far from two or three meters, the height is the height of the studio ceiling. But to show the big monster 50 meters in height, revealing the head on the sea in the distant horizon, you have to use the curtain wall with the sky and clouds behind the backrest as the background. .
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In 1955, “Giohira’s Counterattack” was painted in the background of the vision of the final film.
The curtain wall is not only used as a background to assist the performance, but also can be used directly as a scene beyond the background, especially the use of the perspective. The more the audience did not react in the first time, it was only the painting on the curtain wall, that was the more powerful, but even though I said it now, I realized it. For example, the following synthesis example, the 1926 Dongbao sci-fi war film masterpiece “World War”, the scene of nuclear bomb blasting. .
The performance of the mushroom cloud scene in this movie, the old man uses the perspective image of miso soup, inverted and synthesized to achieve. This matter is superbly spread, and it has become a classic case of blind photography in special photography, but this time we will take a different look. In the previous picture, the mushroom cloud slowly rises upwards, and it is still dynamic. After the final vision, the ship far away from the blasting point was overturned by the waves to express the wide range of shock waves caused by the nuclear bomb. Near the front of the picture is a miniature model of the ship to perform, dynamic. The mushroom cloud is visually similar to the static because of the distance. In fact, it is performed by painting on the curtain wall. The complete video can be found at the end of the second round of the “Aote Series”.
Here is a very common photo, “Otsai” was photographed at the time when the reporter met. This is in the beauty of Dongbao’s photography studio, which is also known as the Tokyo Art Center. The same batch of photos also had a press conference for the reporters of Altman, and the old and the science team members stood together. However, the one was taken in the scenery installation of Longsen Lake, and the miniature model of the mountain is the Longsen Lake formed by the artificial pool. It is not suitable for the example here. Let us look at the example below. .
Here, the old man and the Otto Guard team members stepped on the foot of the setting device. Then the blue sky and white clouds behind them are the basic wall. The cosmic people and monsters in the photo are standing with the human team members, so of course there is no great sense. However, when the humans are all flashing, the table is invisible, but it is the finished product of the set device, the holsters who go to the station on the wall will have a huge sense of it, and then it depends on you. What angle is used for the lens? .
The curtain wall appears directly in front of the audience in addition to the background or scene, and is used for non-appearance. This is the first time that Laos used it in the Japanese film and television industry twenty-five years after the initial use of the curtain wall, when he was fifty-five years old, that is, the birth of Altman ten years ago. What do you mean, you think about it, if you use the blue or green curtain wall as the background behind the actors, what effect will it have? The blue screen green screen that seems to be familiar in the contemporary population language, the prototype is coming out from here. However, this still does not belong to the scope of special art in special technology, but belongs to the synthesis of special technology, and will be seen later.