8/15 Production Snapshot Diary

It’s the height of summer today! Laputa clouds can be seen far in the distant sky. We’re shooting on location this morning. Getting rid of the little pebbles on the street. And we’re building the rails. Nishimura-san is a 25-year veteran in this industry. Whether as production assistant, assistant director, special makeup effects, or director, he has not wavered from the filmmaking path. Which is why he understands everything about filming on location. Building the rails. Wedges and washers used to adjust the height of the rails to make sure they are even. Saito-san in Production exchanges information with Yoshida-san of the Ashikaga City Film Commission. Nishimura-san, DP Nagano-san, and Action Director Shimomura-san (center) discuss today’s camera blocking. Shimomura-san (left) and Second Assistant Director Kishizuka-san discuss the camera blocking. And Action! Nishimura-san’s voice “Aye! Annnnd Action!” rings loud in Ashikaga City. Today we’re using B-Cam (There are two cameras, A&B). B-Cam Second Production Assistant helper Yanagisawa-san. Measuring the exposure… Stylist Yunoki-san. She is touching up the action shoes at the last minute with black marker. And Shiozaki-san has his water gun ready! Muramatsu-san in Production also has a water gun!? But why? As we’re recording live sound, they’re shooing away the cicadas. They’re not playing! …but then…they played. Got a bloody nose. Gah-hah-san. And the shoot continues. The final cut was disrupted by the rain. On a different day!