EMIYA: Why Can't I Keep My Mouth Shut?

Ryougi Shiki bowed her head and apologized.

Shinji walked over to Ryougi Shiki, looked at her face for a moment, and said, "Ryougi Shiki seems confused and impatient with Touko right now. She sees Touko as someone who doesn't need her concern at all."

"You didn't show any negative emotions just now; you just thought Touko was being noisy."

Shinji patted Ryougi Shiki on the shoulder. "Ryougi Shiki isn't a simpleton. You need to express her complex inner thoughts through micro-expressions."

"Shinji... Director, I will do my best."

Ryougi Shiki made a promise to Shinji.

Although when people mention Ryougi Shiki, their first impression is of a cool, aloof girl with colorful eyes, wielding a dagger or a long sword, saying things like, "I'll kill even a god."

In reality, Ryougi Shiki is a person with rich inner emotions in the original work. Beneath her aloof exterior lies a gentle girlish heart.

She seemed indifferent to everyone, but she cared more about the situation of her "own people" than anyone else.

He said he could "kill even a god," but when Asagami Fujino wanted to kill him, he simply performed an appendectomy for her free of charge.

Even in Mita's "Second Adventure", Ryougi Shiki is still secretly acting as Mikiya's bodyguard.

Of course, Kanya himself knew this, and in the end, he thanked Ryougi Shiki.

Being able to enjoy Shiki-style candy while telling the story of the second generation is an unexpected delight for any Moonlit Fan.

No wonder some people say that the true Type-Moon canon lies with Mita; in comparison, Sakurai's romantic Mary Sue persona is really... cough cough!

Shinji had previously stated that he wanted to portray Ryougi Shiki in the movie version as a spoiled young lady who could throw tantrums, and these details were naturally not overlooked.

"Hmm... just adjust it a little."

Shinji glanced at Touko and Ryougi Shiki, and then, as if struck by a sudden thought, he said a few words to Shirou was temporarily acting as a props member.

Upon hearing this, Shirou wore a constipated expression, nodded hesitantly, and walked out.

Two minutes later, Shirou returned, holding two Gilgamesh stickers in his hand.

"What's this?"

Although Ryougi Shiki was bandaged, she could still sense a new light source approaching.

"Glitter stickers using new technology."

Shinji smiled and stuck the stickers on the inside of Ryougi Shiki's clothes and in a corner of the bed where the camera couldn't see them.

Ryougi Shiki fell silent. The "new technology" Shinji mentioned was slang used by their staff, referring to Magecraft techniques.

"What's the use of this thing?" Touko asked, squinting.

"Adjust the light source to create the right environment."

Shinji offered a brief explanation, and after confirming that the sticker was glowing, he returned to his Director's chair.

"Attention all departments... <Painful Remnants>, Scene Two, Act Three... Action!"

Filming resumed, and this scene mainly focused on the character of Ryougi Shiki. Touko, who was making her first appearance, was relegated to a secondary role, so the blindfolded Shiki faced more pressure in her performance.

Fortunately, after Shinji's guidance, Shiki-nee has improved a lot compared to before, and her expression this time did not show the same mistake as before.

Furthermore, with the help of the glowing stickers, the light around Ryougi Shiki constantly changed, which in turn caused the shadows on her face to change as well, perfectly reflecting her mood.

Touko, who had grabbed the pager, breathed a sigh of relief when Shinji didn't call for a stop.

"That was close. If the Lu family had known what I just said, I would have left immediately. Is there anything wrong with being considered aphasic?"

Relieved, Touko continued her performance and sat back down in her seat.

"Wouldn't that mean we wouldn't have to answer those pointless questions, understand?"

Ryougi Shiki thought Touko's words made sense, and she turned her bandaged eyes toward the unidentified female doctor.

"You... you're not a doctor, are you?"

"Yes, my main job is Magus ~"

In the same hospital ward, with the same guide addressing the protagonist, fans of the Moon series might think that Touko's words were a tribute to Kiritsugu and Shirou.

But actually, Touko said that earlier than Kiritsugu, since Kara no Kyoukai was already being serialized in 1998.

However, Ryougi Shiki is not the kind of child like Shirou who is easily fooled.

"Magic tricks are useless."

"Haha, that's true," Touko said calmly. "A magician can't fill the hole in your chest. Only an ordinary person can."

"The... hole in his chest?"

"Yes. You've already discovered it, haven't you? That there's another you."

The female doctor stood up, smiling.

"It seems too early to talk about this. Let's stop here for today. I'll come again tomorrow. See you then!"

They appeared suddenly, and then they left just as suddenly.

Ryougi Shiki did not stop the female doctor from leaving; she put her still difficult-to-move right hand to her mouth.

"Weave..."

Shi gently called out the name of her other self.

At that moment, the lights in the entire room suddenly dimmed, as if reflecting Ryougi Shiki's melancholy mood.

The crew members outside were also very surprised by this situation, discussing it with those around them, as if something had absorbed all the light.

"Hey, Shinji."

Shirou whispered, "Even if using Magecraft is more convenient now, you can't do it this often, can you? What if someone finds out?"

This isn't an illusion created by people's eyes; Shinji just put up are absorbing light from the room, creating the illusion of a darker shot.

Shinji completely ignored Shirou's reminder.

"It's okay. Outsiders will just say 'science is amazing,' they won't think it's Magecraft."

Shinji waved his hand dismissively, "It's great to be able to use Magecraft. This way, we don't need to do any color grading in post-production; we can just edit it directly."

"You really like to slack off and cheat."

Shirou covered his face and complained.

Chapter 324 Red A: Why can't I control my mouth?

In the past, Shinji's practice of performing rituals on set during filming was an isolated incident.

There was no way around it; there were too many staff members on set. When they saw their own Director stretching out a hand and muttering something, even a fool would know something was wrong.

But now, with the new incantation technique, Shinji can simply write down keywords in his notebook Mystic Code to activate Magecraft, making it more than twice as convenient as before.

This led Shinji to develop the habit of using Magecraft to the extreme, as long as it wasn't too excessive.

Compared to post-production which requires various adjustments, it's so much easier to get the footage right during filming, and then simply edit and add sound in post-production.

As for whether his frequent use of Magecraft would be discovered, Shinji felt it wouldn't be a big problem.

As long as you tell the crew on set before using Magecraft that it's some kind of dubious high-tech gadget, they generally won't suspect it's something mysterious like Magecraft.

In fact, it's not easy to get ordinary people to accept Magecraft.

The vast majority of the staff are adults with well-developed values and beliefs, and they will proactively use their own values and understanding to explain everything they see.

Therefore, as long as it's not too outrageous, the staff will subconsciously assume it's high technology, not Magecraft.

Of course, Shinji's consistent "low profile" is also a major reason why he remains undetected.

After this shoot, the crew took a break that lasted for half an hour.

This is because Ryougi Shiki's head had been bandaged for a long time, and she needed to untie the bandages and move around.

While Shiki was resting and getting her makeup touched up with Orange, Shinji called over the tool guy, Lang, and together they checked on the work progress of each department on site.

Most of the scenes in Kanabuchi City have been filmed so far. The remaining scenes are just some minor details, such as Ryougi Shiki's mother and brother visiting her, Mikiya taking care of the comatose Ryougi Shiki, Ryougi Shiki receiving training from Touko, and so on.

Filming in Kanabuchi City took half a month, Shinji finally led the crew back to Fuyuki City before the city entered winter.

There's no way around it, Kanabuchi City is just too cold in this small place.

The entire crew, including Shinji, has made up their minds that the next installment of "Kara no Kyoukai" will definitely not be filmed in Kanabuchi City in the second half of the year.

After returning to Fuyuki City, Shinji gave the film crew a four-day break, but he himself only rested for two days.

Then he plunged headfirst into the post-production studio and began post-production work on FA.

During his absence, the editor had already completed the initial cut of the film footage. Shinji needed to cut down this nearly 8-hour initial cut to create a slightly more concise version of 4 to 5 hours.

Then, based on this version, we perform initial processing of voice-over and post-production special effects, and further refine it based on the existing effects.

Ultimately, Best Actress work is a meticulous task, requiring even a veteran like Shinji to dedicate a tremendous amount of effort to it.

While Shinji was immersed in the post-production work of FA, Shirou, Red A, Touko, and others were sitting in a specially set-up studio in Fuyuki City preparing for their work. The scene they were setting up was, of course, the explosion scene involved in the movie.

The protagonist of "Kara no Kyoukai" (The Kara no Kyoukai), Ryougi Shiki, uses a dagger, but the film still contains various explosion scenes.

There's no way around it; countless past experiences have proven that, compared to so-called Lightsaber, explosions are a more effective way to get the audience's hormones pumping.

Even in Japan sword-fighting films, which are famous for their samurai duels, Director and crews will often include a few explosion scenes to add an "artistic" touch to the movie, if conditions permit.

In most film productions, actors are not actually allowed to enter explosion scenes when shooting action movies. Even Director who strive for realism will only use perspective techniques.

However, Director like Shinji, known for his enigmatic style, would naturally kick actors into the flames of an explosion to achieve the best possible filming effect.

Since everyone who enters is a Servant, even if they get blown up inside, it doesn't count as a fatality.

Besides, the explosions used in filming are mostly just for show, making a lot of noise but doing little. Given the strength of the Heroic Spirit's Spirit Core Strength, it would be good enough if they could even leave some ash on their clothes.

Since the actors won't get hurt, Shinji, who prioritizes visual effects, naturally won't hold back.

No wonder Cú Chulainn, Yan Qing, and others would exclaim "Master, you're inhuman!" every time they heard they had to film an explosion scene.

"Archer, how are the preparations going?"

Shinji, who had just come out of the post-production studio, greeted Red A after entering the specially modified temporary photography studio and headed deeper into the studio.

As he walked, he said, "We've only made one model of the Touko so far. If there's a mistake, it might delay the filming schedule by a few days."

"Isn't that perfect?" Red A joked directly, "Shinji, you can take this opportunity to do more late-game work on Apocalypse."

"Let's skip it. I've been editing and watching videos these past few days, and my head is spinning. If I have to sit in the post-production room again, I'll go crazy."

"Haha, don't worry, Shinji," Red A said with extreme confidence, "I guarantee I can achieve the effect you want in one go."

Shinji cautioned, "Don't be careless. You can tell how good a movie is just by looking at its explosion scenes."

Explosions and special effects have been Shinji's methods of attracting audiences since the FSN era.

Although the subject matter of "Kara no Kyoukai" limited him from indiscriminately bombarding the audience with explosions, it didn't stop Shinji from making the explosion scenes more detailed.

Several Director in China have called Second Master) an explosive star descended to earth, and that's not entirely wrong.

Upon entering the explosion-proof area of the photography studio, several Magecraft and staff members were busy around the already erected model.

Within the set design of this street, they had placed hundreds of Artificial gem of various sizes, filled with magical energy, waiting for Shinji to detonate them.

This scene depicts Ryougi Shiki and Asagami Fujino's first encounter late at night, and also their first confrontation.

Similar to the previous battle between Shiki and Touko, this encounter is from the original work, but the fight scene was added by Shinji.

Unfortunately, aside from the "Contradictory Spiral" chapter in the original novel where Ryougi Shiki's attacks are quite restrained in other chapters.

Either don't intervene, or intervene to resolve the issue.

Therefore, in order to increase the appeal of the movie, Shinji had to find various ways to cram action scenes into it.

"Touko..."

Standing in front of the street scene, Shinji shouted.

When Touko strode over at the sound, he asked, "Is the camera set up yet?"

"The first camera, with its eye-level view, and the miniature camera with its interior view are ready. We're still missing the second camera, the one for overhead shots."

Touko pointed to the crane above the model. "Once it's adjusted, we can start filming."

Shinji turned to look at Red A and instructed, "You go up there later."

Red A sneered, "Aren't you afraid I'll fall? You might as well let me film inside the building! The results will definitely be better than with a miniature camera."