Shinji: I Never Hesitate to Slip in My Own Little Extras!

When Chloe reached Shinji's side, she noticed that there were three notes stuck to the three people who were hanging up.

"[I am a useless, Useless King]...[Even Alaya can't save me]...[I'm sorry for being a dog]... What's going on?"

"I'm annoyed, "Chloe asked.

"Hmph."

Shinji made a loud snort through his nose, expressing his disdain.

"Just three big idiots."

Even the Second Master was too embarrassed to say anything to them, knowing full well that he had instructed Old Master Li to keep an eye on them.

As a result, they took advantage of Old Master Li's daytime work at the film set to vandalize the company office again.

Of course, the only one who smashed up the office Gilgamesh; he was venting his frustration from the final episode of UBW.

As for the other two, Red A, thinking that since they had already smashed everything, surrounded and intercepted Cú Chulainn in the now-ruined office.

And then... that was it.

After learning of the situation, Master Li, with the help of Enkidu, captured the three men, gave them a severe beating, and hung them on the film set as a public spectacle.

Shinji, who had witnessed the entire event, not only did not stop it, but clapped and cheered.

There was no way around it; Gilgamesh had destroyed company assets, and redecorating them would cost money.

Although there is Golden Rule for Golden Gil, his name was already blacklisted by all gambling-related stores in Fuyuki City three months after he was summoned.

This applies not only to Gilgamesh himself, but to everyone associated with him.

There was nothing he could do; this guy was so successful at winning money that he didn't know when to stop, and people started targeting him.

"That's enough! How can you run a company well with a bunch of worms around!"

The thought of that long bill made Second Master wish he could use the Chains of Heaven as a whip to give those three idiots another good beating.

Chapter 130 Shinji: When it comes to inserting personal agendas, there's absolutely no room for hesitation!

Although I wish I could skin those three idiots alive, the movie still had to be made.

Therefore, after the set was set up, Shinji put Cú Chulainn and Red A down.

Poor Gilgamesh is still hanging there; who told him, the "culprit," not to make an appearance in Super 8?

Shinji decided to let the guy hang there a little longer to sober him up.

Of course, being relieved of his duties as Red A wasn't easy either. In addition to playing the role of a suit actor, he also had to take on the work of setting up the film set.

"Shinji, the realism of your filming is just too high!"

As an observer representing the investors, Chloe was shocked when she saw the Yokohama battle stage built by Shinji.

As the heiress of the Jidai Group, Chloe has worked on quite a few film and television productions.

However, even the most realistic movie or TV series after release are often filmed in a chaotic and disorganized manner on set, lacking any sense of realism.

That's why they say film is the art of deception.

All Filming sets have limitations in terms of angles—besides the angle from which the camera is shooting, the view from other angles is generally a complete mess.

This is true even at Tsuburaya Productions, which claims to strive for realistic scenes; all they can do is provide as many angles as possible for the Director and cinematographer to shoot from.

Even so, the Director's and cinematographer's skills will still affect the quality of the final product.

Sakamoto Koichi's dramatic scenes are indeed weak, but his action scenes are truly impressive.

Both the staging and the camera work give the audience a sense of realism.

In contrast, while Taguchi's performance in dramatic scenes is an order of magnitude stronger than Sakamoto's, his action scenes are somewhat inconsistent.

In the Zeta Return episode of Trigault, Taguchi exposed his shortcomings very clearly, making the theatricality of the action scenes very obvious.

The appearance of the Barossa Alien might make the scene comedic, which is part of the design, but that doesn't mean the footage should be out of place.

In this respect, it must be admitted that Sakamoto, with his technical background, is still the better Director.

However, even Sakamoto rarely uses overhead shots unless it's for post-production special effects or set design.

It's not that Sakamoto, being Cropped-view Alien, had any particular ideas about overhead shots.

Instead, an overhead view would expose the flaws in the stage set to the greatest extent possible—the empty space left for the costumed actors to stand in.

Not to mention that Ultraman is a giant-scale tokusatsu series, using a top-down perspective would make these giants, who are supposed to be tens of meters tall, appear small.

The model props alone need to make way for the suit actors, because no matter how skilled the suit actors are, they are still just mortals and cannot destroy those model buildings.

The buildings that were damaged by the suit actors in the action scenes were all specially treated.

However, these buildings not only have a long construction period, but their strength is also extremely poor; they are the kind of "shoddy buildings" that would be blown down by the wind if they were just standing there.

Therefore, most of the buildings on the film set are architectural models made of materials that are difficult to damage, and they also need to be kept away from the actors in suits to prevent damage.

Yes, Aihara Ryu was overjoyed.

Miss Chloe certainly didn't know much about the filming process of giant tokusatsu films, but she was aware of the unusual aspects of the Super 8 set.

On the surface, the filming set of <Super 8> was no different from that of other movies.

The filming was still conducted with a group of behind-the-scenes personnel watching, and the set design still contained some artificial elements.

However, the feeling that the entire set gave Chloe was completely different from that of other movies.

First of all, the set design of this Yokohama stage is very atmospheric. Even though people can tell at a glance that it is a scaled-down version of "Yokohama Port", it still feels very special.

At least, walking on the streets of Yokohama Port, Chloe really felt like she had become a giant tens of meters tall, looking down on the city.

--Chloe went to the real 221B Baker Street, which is the later-built Holmes Museum, and it didn't feel as obvious as this.

Secondly, the "characters" used in filming were incredibly realistic; even if you knew they were costumes, you would still feel that such creatures truly existed.

"Shinji, you used Magecraft, didn't you?"

Chloe guessed.

"Pretty much." Shinji nodded slightly. "I didn't expect that using slimes as a suit would be so effective."

Slimes are extremely sensitive to Magic Resistance, and this sensitivity is not only reflected in their shaping ability, but different magical properties can also make them both soft and hard.

If the actor in the suit has a precise enough grasp of Magic Resistance, he can make the suit look truly alive.

Shinji realized how narrow-minded he had been when he first created a slime just to use as a fake breast.

Thanks to the excellent slime material, Shinji redesigned the suits for Ultraman and monsters, making them look more like living beings.

Of course, this "some" really means only a few. The overall direction of the modifications is to improve the skin texture and eliminate the stitching marks on the suit, without changing the overall image design.

Although Shinji was obsessed with Hollywood special effects movies from his previous life, he was very dismissive of their art style.

I don't know if it's because of Alien that the entire industry has been led astray, but the art style of Hollywood movies is very bizarre.

From live-action Transformers to Avatar to Detective Pikachu to American comic book superhero movies... and so on.

Hollywood art directors always strive for realism.

The problem is that nobody likes their art style, not even Europeans and Americans known for their extreme tastes.

Otherwise, the project to redesign Sonic wouldn't have happened.

People always say that Toei Animation has a strong aesthetic sense, but actually Hollywood is the real culprit who has a strong aesthetic sense that has influenced the whole world.

Now that Shinji can make his own decisions, he won't go for those ugly designs; he'll do what he likes.

It's okay if someone doesn't like his design; Shinji dares to say directly, "I'm here to force your aesthetic sense!"

"Where did you come from, you tyrant?"

Chloe delivered a karate chop to Shinji's head.

Feeling the light, almost forceless blow, Shinji proudly puffed out his nose.

"Hmph~ Lizzie, I, Shinji, just love seeing those viewers scorn my taste, yet still have no choice but to buy tickets to see my movies."

"You bastard..."

Chloe pinched the bridge of her nose, unsure of what to say about this guy.

Boom!

Just then, a loud bang was heard on the set.

Shinji quickly looked up at the film set, wanting to see what had happened.

It turns out that Diarmuid was practicing on set, jumped up and knocked off the drill of the deep-sea monster Guvira with a chop to the neck.

"Oh, I'm sorry."

Diarmuid quickly apologized.

"Neigh~"

The creature wearing the Guvira suit is not human, but Medusa's Pegasus.

It first rubbed its head against Diarmuid's hand to indicate that everything was fine, then nudged its head on the ground twice, and the drill that had fallen to the ground automatically stuck back in.

"Neigh~"

Pegasus proudly raised its head, seemingly wanting to show off its unicorn mode. Unfortunately, it was now covered in a sharkskin, making its movements look rather comical.

"This scene is really weird," Chloe complained. "Couldn't you have used a normal monster character? Like Godzilla or something..."

Shinji rolled his eyes. "Godzilla belongs to Toho, where would I get the copyright? I only have the copyright to Jiras."

"What is that?"

Chloe certainly didn't know much about Japanese Tokusatsu monsters; being able to name Godzilla was already her limit.

Shinji wasn't interested in explaining the monster encyclopedia to Chloe either—it would take three days and three nights to talk about it, and Second Master said he had to work.

"Shuage, Horse, get ready. We're about to start filming."

"OK."

Diarmuid nodded, quickly put on the Ultraman Mebius slime suit, and stood on either side of the set with Pegasus.

Because Shirou was still "printing" landmarks in Yokohama, Shinji's action scenes were still being filmed on small scales.

This was naturally Ultraman Mebius's first battle in the movie.

Originally, the monster appearing here in the movie <Super 8> was supposed to be the sea monster Gezora King, but Shinji changed it directly to the deep-sea monster Guvira.

This is Shinji's blatant act of adding his own agenda.

For the Second Master, the Guvira from the original comic book he read as a child was far more nostalgic than Gezora King.

In any case, apart from the Hippolito Alien, there isn't any specific enemy that absolutely has to be any one in Super 8.

So Shinji chose the enemies to appear in the movie according to his own preferences.

Not only Guvira, but Shinji replaced almost all the other monsters that appeared in the movie.

Shinji's thinking was also very straightforward: since he had compromised with commercial interests in the Ultraman segment, then the monster segment would be his personal showcase.

Of course, despite choosing his own favorite monsters, Shinji selected very famous ones, so there's absolutely no problem with recognizing them.

For example, since we already have Pandon, his good buddy, Mr. One Trillion Degree Fireball, should at least have his face recorded, right?

"I chose these to boost the movie's popularity, so I only chose the most famous monsters from the Ultraman series."

After today's filming concluded, Shinji explained this to Chloe.

"Before you say that, you should stop smiling," Chloe remarked helplessly.

Am I that obvious?

"Of course, you laugh like a five-year-old," Chloe chided. "How come I never noticed this childlike side of you before?"

"I call this staying true to my original aspiration."

Even so, the Second Master still managed to suppress his smile somewhat.

"Lizzie, you didn't come to Japan just to see how I make movies, did you? Is there something you need?"

Shinji handed the tools in his hand to his Little Secretary, and asked while wiping his sweat with a towel.

"There is something," Chloe said, her lips pursed, sounding rather unhappy. "Should we apply for US film certification for your new movie?"