Since It's The Culture Festival, I'll Become a Movie Director! ch3

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>Eh? You've finished the script already? Lemme see!

>>To Much LOVEru

>I'm a 2nd year at Haramaku High School with a one-sided crush on the trim and beautiful Tamura-san...

>Ah~ You're looking at Tamura-san again~
>Uwah!!

>Kya...!! Are you okay!?

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>That sounds fun!
>This clearly won't work!!
>S-Sorry. It just ended up written like that...

>There's no way we can screen this at the festival!!
>Well, it's just that the lewd pink came to mind...

>So which heroine gets chosen at the end?
>Th-That's the part you're hooked on...

>Now now, that was just a joke. I've got many other scripts written down. How about this...?
>Eh? This many? Amazing, Kuro!

>A certain girl picks up a mysterious notebook in Haramaku High School's courtyard known as the Love Note.
>Whoever's name is written in this book will fall in love with you.
>If you erase the name you've written down, the effect will also be erased...

>Hey, hey~ Parody~
>Shut up! Thinking of something from scratch is hard, okay!

>The girl thought it was some kind of prank and wrote in her friends' names just for fun.
>However, its effects were real, sending the class into a huge panic.
>Just as she was about to erase the names, the notebook was stolen by someone...

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>What an interesting romcom! I kinda like it!
>Amazing, Kuroki-san! With this, the only prop we need is a notebook so we can get filming right away.

>Hey, don't you think it's strange to go writing down names in the notebook when you think it's just a prank?
>Ah... Is it weird after all?

>I guess you'd normally throw it away if you thought it was a prank.
>That's true...
>Then how about using it as a memo? Like they needed to jot someone's name down and just happened to have the notebook on hand?

>Do people even write memos of people's names? And their fulls names on top of that.
>Hmm. Maybe making a list of names...
>A list is fine. Like writing down the names of everyone in class?

>Don't go crazy! We don't need that many extras!
>Ah, I see...
>Then how about the names of club members instead of a whole class?

>Ah~ That would work~! There'd be a confession between senpai and kouhai, right!? I love those~
>That should transition easily.
>I can imagine someone getting flustered about getting confessed to in the clubroom and stealing the notebook when they return to class.
>And so with everyone's combined ideas together, the final script wound up with 15 pages consisting of 20 scenes divided into 164 cuts.
>Will they really make it in time for the festival!?

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>After school the next day

>I've made copies of the script for everyone.
>We haven't settled on a cast yet thought, so it's been left blank...
>Th-Thanks.

>Today included, there's only 10 school days left until we perform at the festival.
>Assuming we'll need a day to edit the movie, we'll need to film 2-3 scenes each day...

>Amazing, Tanaka. You're like a secretary.
>I suppose.
>Why are you acting so proud?

>For now, let's try shooting just the first scene.
>Ah... We still haven't settled on the cast yet...

>Here! I wanna be the protagonist! I'm pretty confident in my acting and vocalisation!!
>Ah... Sure. I actually wrote the lead with you in mind, Nemo...

>Alright! Got the starring role!
>Okay, you sit at the desk by the window, Nemo... and Okada-san can be the cameraman.
>Okay~

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>Okay, let's start!

>Ah~ Ah~ Testing, testing. Now filming test shoot of scene 1~
>Oh, what's this?
>Streaming? T*cT*c?

>Okay, cut~

>Wah~ Look! Did you film it properly?

>...

>The video's really dark, huh.
>There's a lot of shakeycam.
>The sound is a bit muffled too...

>Hmm... It said on the net that just a smartphone would be enough...
>Wh-What should we do...?

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>It's dark indoors, so of course it would come out like this. You'd be better off setting up some lighting.

>F-Futaki-san!?

>You'll also need a tripod to avoid shaky-cam and a pin-mic get clear audio.

>A-Amazing. You really know your stuff, Futaki-san.
>It's because I'm pretty interested in streaming.

>Would a smartphone flashlight or a pocket light work for lighting?
>No. You'll need special lights for filming. They're about 3000 yen to buy, but you might be able to rent them from the clubs.
>If you're filming outside, you can use white boards called reflector panels to do it yourself.

>Can you use a smartphone with a tripod?
>You can get tripods for smartphones. You can also get arms that can pan left and right.
>But to be honest, it's a lot easier to film and edit with a camera than with a smartphone.

>I have a handicam at home. Should I bring that in?
>That would work.

>What do you mean by pin-mic?
>!?
>With what you currently have, filming in such a wide room will pick up unwanted noises from far away.

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>Pin-mics are surprisngly cheap and will get results closer to a movie than just using the camera alone.
>I see.
>U-Uchi... san?

>Amazing, Futaki-san! You're like a pro!
>I'm not a pro.
>...!!

>U-Um... Futaki-san...

>If it's okay with you, could you help us out...?
>I-It's alright if you don't want to...

>I'd like to read the script.
>I can give you advice once I get an understanding of the plot.
>...!!

>Th-Thank you!
>Alright~! Let's do our best together, Futaki-san~!
>Yes. Please take care of me.

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>Good work today~!

>I'm gonna totally memorize this script over the weekend.
>I'll do my best to. I don't have Nemoto-san's talent for acting, though.

>I'll study sound production properly, so can I take part too?
>Ah... sure. Good to have you, U-Ucchi.

>We're gonna do our best with the filming too.
>I'll ask Anna and Reina if they can help out with the lighting.

>Th-Thanks everyone.
>I know it's such a busy time...

>Could you draw up a storyboard over the weeked, Kurok-san?
>S-Storyboard!?

>We won't need one if you have both the angles and camerawork in mind, though.
>I-I'll draw one up.

>Okay~ The real deal starts next week! Let's do it, everyone~
>Hey, don't take control, Nemo! I'm the director and Futaki-san's assistant director!
>Ahahaha...

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>The monday after the weekend, after school.
>Could the extras sit at the back of the classroom, please.

>Roll the camera, please.
>OK.

>Scene 1, Cut 3, Take one.

>One form... Be it animal or man, everything started off as something else.
>We remembered that at the start, but gradually forgot...
>We're just convinced that we were always the way are now from the very start, are we not?...

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>If the human heart inside of me completely disappears... I would most likely be happier that way...
>And yet, the human inside of me... is afraid of that above all else...

>Cut!
>Let's review the footage!

>Wah! It actually came out well!!
>Amazing~! It's like a real movie!
>We did it~!! Good work everyone!
>They're all delighted, but there's stil 163 cuts left and only 8 days left to film them in. Will their progress remain favorable!?

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>Camera
>Position and Angle
>High position
>Eye level
>Low position
>Low angle
>Horizontal angle
>High angle

>Pan
>When the camera remains in place, but the neck is moved left, right, up or down. Used for showing how spacious the stage is or for following after moving people.

>Mobile recording
>A method of filming with a moving camera. A simple method which uses either large rails across the room or a dolly (a small handtruck). When used to following moving subjects in particular, it is referred to as tracking.
>Can even be done by people walking, and depending on how it is shot, be it from the front, the side, from behind, or slanted... it can provoke different kinds of feelings or tension.
>In the event that mobile recording equipment can't be used, stuff like wheelchairs, trolleys and trailers can be used instead.
>In the case of wheelchairs, having the camera position fixed to wherever the seat is is one of its shortcomings.