8/14 Production Snapshot Diary

This is our second time filming on-set at Nikkatsu Studio. There used to be a Studio 1, but now it starts from Studio 5. Seems Studios 1-4 are now residences. The 100th Anniversary…it is. These are the films being made here. “Jellyfish Eyes” doesn’t even have posters yet… The cup o’ noodles vending machine inside the studio. I wonder if anyone actually buys and eats these? The view from the ceiling of Studio 12. The lighting team preparing different lights from the catwalk. Neet-san of the lighting team. From the left, Occhi and Daisuke. And…the one who complained “There are no photos of me!” on the staff blog, First Lighting Team Taku Kosaka-san. The indomitable Kosaka-san! And that’s photo #3 for you. On days we use the green screen, we get a large batch of bright green punch. A broken cooling device and…what is that… Lighting equipment. A must-have for the CG Team, “Silver”. The stage floor was shiny white, so we were very careful. And tennis balls for the Century legs. Production Chief Yuno Koyama-san. She turns off the air conditioner for each and every take. The sound of the air conditioner is a big nuisance when recording. On this day, the chairman of GAGA, Tatsumi Yoda-san came to see the studio. And they kindly gave us a gift! Misako Saka-san, who introduced us to GAGA. She is a board member on OLM as well as board member for Director Takashi Miike’s company “Ganmo”. She is famous in the industry. Aki-san of Good Smile Company and Hiroaki Matsuura of Sanzigen also dropped by for a visit. Gochisosama. (Thank you for the food.) Digital Frontier will be doing the CG for “Jellyfish Eyes 2”. From the right, VFX Producer Yusaku Toyoshima, and VFX Supervisor for “Jellyfish Eyes 2” Hideaki Maegawa-san. Receiving an explanation from Takashi Sasaki-san of how the stage will be. Receiving an explanation of the day’s camera blocking from Nishimura-san. JNTHED-san is doing the mechanical design for us. A meeting on set design drawings with JNTHED. We brought help from Kaikai Kiki as the film set is pretty difficult. Koichiro Endo. Training for Shoko Suzuki and Takuya Oyama. Genshimon. Lens case. The next stage. From the left, makeup artist Chieko Shimizu-san, Line Producer Satoru Takei-san, makeup assistant Hiroko Makise-san. Second Behind-the-Scenes Cameraman Naofumi Yamamoto-san. I believe one day you will be able to see the “Making Of” this film.