The First Scene Filmed for UBW

"Hehehe~ I can try this method out; there won't be any loss anyway."

Ophelia made up her mind in secret.

Then--

"Boss, please abuse me."

Ophelia, kneeling on the desk, mimicked the words from the website, speaking in a stiff, emotionless tone.

"What?! Ophelia! What... what's wrong with you?"

"Please don't pity me, I can handle it."

Ophelia's reply to Shinji was still curt. 869062952

"Brother... brother...!"

"That voice is!?"

Feeling a flame burning fiercely behind him, Shinji quickly turned around.

"Sakura!!! When did you get here...?"

"I came to ask which restaurant you're going to tonight... Hmph, looks like I've come at the wrong time. No wonder you insisted I come to the company after get off work!"

Sakura said with a dark expression.

I don't know if it's just my imagination, Shinji this feeling that Sakura's hair has turned white with anger.

"Uh... no... I just... finished work..."

"So you were waiting for me to finish my 'work' (emphasis)!"

"It's a misunderstanding..."

"Elder brother--------!"

Afterwards, Shinji and Ophelia were ordered by Sakura to kneel on the office floor and endure her extremely harsh and continuous scolding.

This sermon didn't end until Artoria arrived, having eaten all the food in the restaurant and asked Shinji to pay the bill.

The next day.

[After Sakura discovered this, she scolded me and my master severely.]

Night Grass: Who is Sakura?

Yani: Master's younger sister.

Night Grass: That annoying sister-in-law~~

Didi: That's so unfair! Why am I being scolded? Isn't the romance between husband and wife a private matter?

Yani: Sakura said that doing this kind of thing in the office would be a sin against heaven.

Lijia: Office...?Σ(?д?|||)??

Night Grass: Miss Yani, you're even bolder than I imagined.

Didi: So, Miss Yani, where is your husband?

Yani: My master didn't say anything, but he stared at me for a long time.

Night Grass: It's working! Then we should keep up the good work!

Yani: Please tell me more.

The housewives' secret little group continues today.

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Shinji spent the entire month of August preparing for the TV Series FSN and attending various social events.

As for his Little Secretary, Shinji didn't criticize her harshly, simply assuming that she had made a mistake while using his Mystic Eyes Little Secretary.

After all, traditional Mage Families always have some strange traditions or bad habits. Second Master felt that he should treat Ophelia with tolerance and guide her with the right values.

Of course, Ophelia's striking black and white outfit was also a major reason why Shinji forgave her.

Cough cough.

During this time, besides continuing to prepare for new projects, Shinji also took the opportunity to keep an eye on the current box office performance of Fate/Zero.

After four months of screenings, even in Japan, the home market of Fate/Zero, the number of theaters has decreased to less than 120.

Moreover, both the screening rate and box office revenue per theater are declining, clearly indicating that the film is nearing the end of its run.

The situation is similar in other major film markets; commercial films ultimately cannot survive for long in cinemas.

However, at this point, Fate/Zero's global box office had already reached $990 million, ranking first in film box office.

However, Jidai Group. was not satisfied with this achievement. Perhaps to spite Disney, Jidai Group. planned to find a way to make Fate/Zero's box office surpass the $1 billion mark.

Therefore, Jidai Group. began contacting smaller film markets. Although the box office figures in these areas were disappointing, pooling together the money to reach $10 million shouldn't be a problem.

In order to incentivize local distributors to promote the film, Jidai Group. even adopted a buyout system, which included companies like India and China.

Although this meant Jidai Group. earned slightly less from the box office, the label of "[the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide]" was more symbolic, allowing Jidai Group. to earn more from DVD sales.

The Second Master wasn't overly excited about his film being introduced to the Chinese market, nor did he expect it to perform exceptionally well.

Because these past few years have been a low point for the rabbit film market, if even one film in a year can gross over 100 million RMB, it's worthy of extensive media coverage.

If the box office can exceed 200 million, then it's a gift from God, and we should burn incense and kowtow.

Of course, Shinji won't stop the film from entering the rabbit market just because the current box office figures are low. Market cultivation needs space, and the popularity of the IP also needs to be cultivated slowly.

Otherwise, like in Star Wars in the past, even if the Chinese market grows bigger in the future, you won't make much money.

The only thing that made Shinji somewhat amused and exasperated was that, since Rabbit hadn't imported FSN before, this time both movies were being imported together.

Furthermore, in order to align with the box office plans required by the times, Fate/Zero, a prequel filmed later, was released first, while FSN would be released six months later.

"Is this a mess, or a lucky accident? No, it's more like a lucky accident."

Shinji was somewhat looking forward to seeing what kind of unique, rabbit-like reviews this screening order would bring to the Fate series.

Thanks to this exploit of a box office data bug, Fate/Zero's global box office has finally reached $1.066 billion!

However, this box office of over ten million wasn't so easy to come by; it was already September.

Meanwhile, the TV Series FSN had already started filming, and both UBW and HF were starting filming simultaneously.

"I don't want to say anything more. We've already collaborated twice and know each other very well."

On set, Shinji, standing on the stage, spoke to the crowd below through a megaphone.

His gaze swept over the main actors, from Shirou and Red A glaring at each other, to Rin looking displeased, then to Sakura with an unusually eerie smile, then to Artoria constantly stuffing rice balls into her mouth, and finally to Enkidu with his mouth bound by Gilgamesh's Chains of Heaven.

I always feel uneasy.

Feeling vaguely uneasy Shinji took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then he started banging on the horn again.

"Alright, Fate/Stay Night, Unlimited Blade Works, and Heaven's Feel, let's officially begin filming now!"

Chapter 90: The First Scene of UBW Filming

In Fuyuki City, at Hogunohara Academy High School, countless students walked back and forth in the corridors, chatting and laughing with each other.

One of the girls, a black-haired girl with pigtails wearing a red coat, walked through the crowd and greeted the others with a smile.

The students in the corridor responded enthusiastically, and everyone displayed a harmonious and joyful campus environment.

The presence of several cameras on the perimeter proves that this was all just a staged performance.

Currently, both TV series adaptations of FSN have started filming in Fuyuki City. Since the same crew is used for both the actors and the sets, and given the ability to work in groups during the filming of a TV series, Shinji simply adopted a simultaneous filming approach.

Although they were filmed at the same time, there were still differences between the broadcast of UBW and HF after the drama was completed.

UBW will adopt a very traditional TV drama broadcasting model, airing directly on major TV stations.

The distribution of HF will be more complicated, since as the darkest and most brutal of the three routes, Shinji does not intend to adopt the distribution model of an all-ages drama.

In North America, Shinji will be broadcast on HBO, a pay-TV network that frequently airs adult dramas that are both explicit and violent, so it's a good fit for their niche.

As for other regions, Shinji will use OV or online streaming to bypass the relatively strict television censorship.

Although this will slightly reduce the revenue of the HF route, the show itself is just a fan-oriented work to fill out the product line, so a slight decrease is acceptable.

Shinji clearly placed more emphasis on the production of UBW than on Heaven's Feel.

For the first scene after filming began, Shinji had the crew rent the teaching building of Hogunohara Academy High School for shooting.

The content being filmed is also very familiar to everyone; almost every version of FSN includes a prologue featuring Tohsaka Rin going to school.

Of course, this part of the story will be adapted into a film or television series for the first time in this world.

Due to time constraints, the previous film version of FSN did not film the entire story of the Second Master, only a few scenes were shot.

That's the advantage of producing TV series: the longer runtime allows for more storylines to be filmed.

This is also what Shinji wanted.

Through his first two films, Shinji realized the shortcomings in his Filming, especially in the handling of dramatic scenes, which he found rather sloppy.

This is a common problem for technically-driven Director like Shinji; for example, his Shinji Michael Bay, Roland Emmerich, and Sakamoto Koichi all had similar issues.

But having problems doesn't mean we should just ignore them. Shinji may not be interested in winning awards, but he can't keep using weak dramatic scenes to lower the audience's viewing experience, can he?

Shinji's decision to film a TV series was also partly driven by a desire to experiment with and validate some new techniques.

Television dramas have lower production costs than movies, making them ideal guinea pigs for trial and error.

Although this is the first scene in UBW, most of the crew members are veterans of Shinji's crew, some of whom even participated in the filming of the FSN movie.

Therefore, the crew members knew exactly what to do, whether it was camera work, actor positioning, or props and set design.

Even if some problems arise, they can be easily resolved with just a few words.

At this moment, Shinji himself was sitting on a small stool at the top of the stairs, looking at Tohsaka Rin, who was approachable yet had a touch of arrogance, on the monitor, and nodded slightly.

"Cut!"

Shinji shouted to all the actors in front of the camera.

"Take a break, and I hope you can keep it up."

After saying that, Shinji gave Tohsaka Rin a thumbs up.

"Rin, you did a fantastic job, you really are Tohsaka Rin herself."

Although it was meant as a compliment, it didn't sound quite right to others.

As for Tohsaka Rin herself, she didn't give Shinji face at all. "Go to hell, Shinji! Are you mocking my usual aloofness?"

Shinji shook his head. "No, I mean you acted out the low blood pressure caused by skipping breakfast very well."

"Tsk, so you were mocking me, weren't you?"

Before Rin could continue complaining, someone who was watching from the set spoke up.

"Not eating breakfast? Rin, what's going on?"

"Dad..."

Rin's lips twitched, and she quickly replied with an awkward laugh, "What do you mean by not eating breakfast? Shinji is just teasing me."

While dealing with Tokiomi Tohsaka, Rin also glared fiercely at Shinji, signaling him to keep quiet.

"Come here, come here."

Rin grabbed Shinji by the shoulder and dragged him to a corner, then braced herself against the wall and pinned him against it.

"Rin, even though we're childhood friends, you can't do this, can you?" Shinji said, shaking his head. "You know, even if I can be incredibly promiscuous, I'm not promiscuous in public like this."

Rin pulled a gem from her pocket and held it to Shinji's lips. "Shinji Matou, do you want me to feed you a gem myself? I'm sure this is enough for you to live on for several lifetimes."

"It's something that would take several lifetimes to digest."

Shinji saw through Rin's scheme at a glance.

"Stop nagging!" Rin grabbed Shinji's collar. "Why is Daddy here?!"

Shinji didn't answer directly; he glanced at the family groups outside the film set.

"It's not just your dad."