Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 103: Slow Play, Fast Play, Fast Play, Slow Play

After a brief week of preparation, Gu Ming received a notice from Wangu.

The filming of the OVA started, and the shooting lasted about a week, and Gu Ming had to appear on the set for about three or four days.

The next day, Gu Ming packed up and brought his people to the Wangu Studios as scheduled.

Kurobe Susumu will not be appearing due to schedule reasons, so the script has been modified to a certain extent.

As soon as Gu Ming arrived, Wan Gujie stuffed him a few sheets of manuscript paper.

"What is this...line? I, Ultraman, have lines?"

Wan Gujie spread his hands and said, "Didn't we say before that someone was needed to warn the Ultra Guard? Since there's no one left anyway, I-ge said that we should let Gugu-ge come in and make a cameo appearance. Someone will also help you with your makeup later. They said that they want to create the feeling of an alien."

Gu Ming looked at the two thin pages of paper in his hand and couldn't help but be surprised.

These two pages contain the dialogue between Gu Ming and the actor opposite him, with the key points of Gu Ming's part marked.

There aren't many lines, actually. It's basically about him coming to the Ultra Guard's control room and warning them that the largest invasion in history is about to happen.

The other party didn't believe his identity and came up to catch him, but he was knocked down by a shoulder throw, and then the special effects flashed away.

——Speaking of this, Gu Ming felt that the term "the largest in history" had been overused.

Later, there was a movie version of the biggest, strongest, fastest, and fiercest movie in history...

It seems that without this statement, the meaning would be missing.

Of course, this is the first time this term has been used.

The part belonging to Gu Ming is two pages long, with few lines and actions, and is very easy to remember.

Gu Ming walked all the way to the dressing room and looked at the people inside. Suddenly, he stopped.

Talk about it.

Wangu’s makeup artist.

That's truly world-famous.

World famous for being rotten!

As we all know, no matter how good-looking a person is, they will become unprecedentedly uglier in the hands of Wangu's makeup artist.

There are only a few people who can hold their own against Wangu’s makeup artist.

Later, Masami Nagasawa couldn't bear it... and she appeared on the screen as if she had aged twenty years.

"I don't know if I can handle it."

Gu Ming, feeling somewhat melancholy, opened the door and entered the dressing room.

A few minutes later, Gu Ming walked out of the dressing room and saw Pigumeng scrambling around outside.

Inside is Manaza Ryu, who will perform the role of a sports center coach in real life. He rushed forward and was knocked down by an alien, not knowing whether he was dead or alive.

Seeing Gu Ming coming over, Zhen Xialong greeted him: "Who are you?"

Gu Ming spread his hands.

"I'm Furuya Akira!"

Manatsu Ryu actually took a deep breath.

"Why are you wearing makeup like this?! This... doesn't look like you!"

"I don't think it looks like me either. I said it's not me, but the makeup artist said it's me." Gu Ming discouraged him a little: "Don't be afraid, it will be your turn to put on makeup soon."

Manatsu Ryu's hands trembled and he became disabled instantly.

He also wants to wear makeup like this?

That's it!
……

……

After a brief cameo appearance in the human part, Gu Ming returned to the special effects part.

The stunt supervisor is still Hiroichi Takano. During the early filming, Hiroichi Takano solved many problems encountered during the filming.

Meeting each other now, we can say that the cooperation is pleasant.

"I heard that Gu Gu-kun will be the killing formation master for this part. Congratulations in advance."

Kono Hiroichi gestured to the script notebook and said with a smile, "Let's discuss before the official filming. What are your ideas, Furuya-kun?"

Currently, only Teruo Aragaki is present, and he will be playing Zetton and Baltan. — Nakajima Haruo has agreed to come, but it will take time for him to get here from Yamagata Prefecture.

"By the way, who plays the Zarab star?"

Takano Hiroichi flipped through the jottings and said, "Of course it's Aragaki-kun."

Teruo Aragaki gave a thumbs up.

How powerful are you, Brother Huangyuan?

One person plays three roles and gets one salary. He has suffered all the hardships in his life!
Gu Ming thought for a moment and said, "Since the Zarab aliens are fake Ultramen, then humanoid fighting is inevitable. Why don't we do this?"

Gu Ming pulled over the whiteboard on the scene.

"For the fighting part, we divide it into two parts."

"First, the Zarab aliens showed up to destroy it, pretending to be fake. Then Ultraman showed up to fight the Zarab aliens, showing the exquisiteness of that humanoid fighting."

"Then, when the Zarab people were about to be defeated, Baltan appeared and used the illusion of a clone to rescue the Zarab people."

"After fighting one against two, the beam blasted the Zarab alien, and then fought against Baltan alien, and finally killed him in an aerial battle. After that, he faced Zetton. This part can be similar to the main story."

After listening to it, Hiroichi Takano thought it was good, but there was only one problem.

"This kind of scene is not easy to shoot."

Gu Ming was naturally very clear about this.

In fact, in this era, action scenes are shot in slow motion.

Because the fight was so fast, the camera couldn't keep up.

Fast-paced action films began to appear in the mid-to-late 1980s, and the biggest reason for this was that the equipment had caught up and could capture human movements.

Before this, almost all action movies were shot in slow motion and then fast forward.

“Now that the photography equipment can keep up, it just takes a little bit of coordination and design.”

Gu Ming thought of Niemoto Tatsumi.

By the way, Tatsumi Niiemoto is very suitable for a suit actor because he has practiced blind fighting.

When Leo was filming, Niemoto Tatsumi did not match the suit model, so he was basically fighting blind the entire time.

But now Tatsumi Niemoto is working as a martial arts director for the TBS crew, so he can't come over for the time being.

"Let's go find Zhen Xialong. He has martial arts skills and experience as a suit actor. I can talk to him about this part and let him replace Zarab."

When Teruo Aragaki heard this, he immediately expressed his gratitude.

“It would be great to have someone to relieve the stress!”

He plays three roles but only gets one salary, how miserable!

Wan Gujie ran away again, and soon brought back Zhen Xialong.

Gu Ming talked to him about it.

"In short, that's the idea behind the action, but I have to remind you that this is different from playing Pigmon. Pigmon doesn't have many action scenes, it's mainly physical performance, while the Zarab aliens need to fight, which requires extremely high physical fitness. You..."

Before Gu Ming finished speaking, Zhen Xialong nodded vigorously with some determination.

"I'm willing to give it a try! If I can't do it, I won't delay the filming progress."

"You don't have to try so hard... Then give it a try."

The staff came forward and took Zhen Xialong to change into the Zarab alien's suit.

Gu Ming also said hello and went to change his holster.

By the way, after the filming of Ultraman was completed, the crew gave the Beta Magic Wand to Kurobe Susumu.

"I should get a souvenir, too."

Gu Ming pursed his lips.

The original beta magic wand was gone, but he could have asked for something else.

For example...

Leather case?

(End of this chapter)