Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 154: Acting skills improved, but not much

As time goes by, the plot has gradually entered its latter part and is nearing its end.

This episode is from the classic TV series "Assassination of Seven", which tells the story of how the clone alien Gatsi uses his wisdom to tease and kill Seven, and prepares to execute him in front of humans.

This is also the setting in the earliest series of works where Ultraman was captured and executed.

Although Hayata Shin had been defeated before in Ultraman, the plot of him being captured was never exaggerated in such a big way.

Well... the previously changed settings have been changed back. This time, Tsuyoshi Moroboshi did not reveal his identity and joined the UG team as an "Earthling with better skills."

At this moment, the footage from the previous part is being filmed.

The first and second parts were shot together, and both parts were completed in less than two weeks and broadcast separately.

In the UG team's patrol hound car, Tani Akira and Higuchi Kanako sat in the front and rear seats respectively. The exterior shots were real shots, using the sponsor's car.

——Gu Ming has seen this brand before, it’s called Mazda…

Of course, Mazda is not called Mazda now. It was not until 1984 that it was changed to Mazda.

"I'm not afraid of being killed by Zhou Chaoxian while driving this car."

Gu Ming muttered to himself, put on a stern face, and concentrated on driving.

The shots inside the car were filmed in a studio because it was difficult to follow the vehicle to shoot live shots at the moment, and the space inside the car was not big enough to accommodate the camera equipment.

Therefore, Gu Ming is actually now sitting in a car in the studio seriously, driving attentively.

At this time, it all depends on the actor's sense of belief.

Pretend you're really driving!
The director off-site called a halt, and the model image would be replaced later to show a scene of several cars chasing each other.

Although it is not impossible to shoot real shots, Wangu prefers to use model images rather than real shots.

These cars are all empty and will be pulled by strings to create a scene where the Gatsi people are invisible and driving cars to chase Seven.

The next shot does not continue the plot.

Because according to the plot, it will be Tuo Moroboshi and Yuliannu who find themselves being chased by the Gatsians. Tuo Moroboshi then covers Yuliannu's retreat and fights with the aliens.

This is an outdoor shoot, so we need to concentrate on shooting. At the moment, we will jump to finish shooting the indoor scenes first.

"Wow, the crew actually made a big diamond?"

Gu Ming looked at the glittering object and couldn't help but marvel at it.

The stunt supervisor laughed and said, "Of course it's not real. It's made of diamonds to look like the real thing. It's called..."

Gu Ming said, "The Koh-i-Noor diamond."

"Yes, yes... Oh, no, no!" The stunt supervisor was confused.

This thing is called Magnelli Diamond. It is set to be a unique diamond produced in Africa. It contains Magnelli energy and can replenish Seven's energy.

After Seven's energy was taken away and he was executed by the Gatsi people, the UG team used the energy contained in the diamond to replenish Seven and allowed Seven to recover, facing the sun and regaining his energy.

That’s right, Seven’s original setting was to have infinite energy. Although Gu Ming intervened and changed this setting, another thing did not change, that is, the breastplate on Seven’s body is actually a solar panel that restores energy by solar energy.

It is roughly equivalent to infinite energy.

"But speaking of which, what is the Koh-i-Noor Diamond?"

Gu Ming spread his hands.

Of course it’s Peppa Pig! The eternal male god!

After working on the interior scenes for a long time, it was time for the exterior scenes. After a car chase, Tsubasa Moroboshi discovered the problem and prepared to get out of the car to deal with the aliens.

"Tuan, don't go!"

Gu Ming was somewhat surprised.

This girl is really good at acting! There's drama in her eyes!

It seems that the 5,000 yen was not wasted.

"Don't worry about me. The most important thing now is to report the situation here to headquarters!"

As he spoke, Gu Ming resolutely let go of Kanako Higuchi's hand and ran towards the alien outside the car. If he were a Kamen Rider, he would have transformed while running and then sent the alien flying with a flying kick.

But unfortunately, Gu Ming is not a Kamen Rider, so he can only run up, draw his gun and shoot, and fight with his body.

An Nu left first as planned and informed the UG team headquarters of what happened here.

This was repeated over and over again until even the exterior scenes were finished, and the director finally clasped his hands together and announced the end of today's shooting plan.

Everyone squeezed into the van and drove towards Wangu, ready to go back and change out of their costumes.

There is no difference between the male and female protagonists and the extras, everyone is squeezed into a van.

"Not bad." Gu Ming praised him a little: "I feel your acting skills are improving. There is drama in your eyes."

"Really? I've been practicing besides studying recently." Kanako Higuchi gathered her hair, feeling inexplicably happy.

The director of this episode is Toshihiro Iijima, who suddenly came over and joked, "Furuya-kun's acting skills haven't improved at all!"

This made Gu Ming feel embarrassed.

It's true that it hasn't increased much. He does practice, but he has too much to practice lately.

Calligraphy practice, firm training, Maoyan Three Sisters Project, etc.

In terms of acting, Gu Ming feels that he has figured out a lot of things, such as Ken Takakura's acting style.

But compared to Kanako Higuchi's rapid progress, he seems to be standing still.

Kanako Higuchi held the helmet lying across her knees and bowed seriously.

"Perhaps it's because Furuya-kun's acting is already superb, so he doesn't stand out!"

Toshihiro Iijima clicked his tongue.

This girl really knows how to talk!
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Compared with the suit actors, human actors have it relatively easier. After Gu Ming returned home, he seemed a lot more relaxed.

This episode has not been aired yet, but the ratings have been roughly fixed. The original Seven deviated too much from the audience's expectations. Everyone originally thought that it would be a work that could easily fight monsters like the first Ultraman, but half of the more than 40 episodes were about Bankai's thoughts, which made the audience not like this style very much.

On this basis, Gu Ming made a lot of suggestions. While maintaining Seven's original style, he added some light-hearted little plots, such as the plot where Tsuyoshi Moroboshi ran out with glasses to transform but accidentally took a pair of pliers.

Overall, the story hasn't changed much, but the style is more pleasing, so although the ratings haven't surpassed the record of the original Ultraman, they are relatively stable.

"With things like this happening recently, the ratings should improve. But I'm afraid it won't be comparable to the 40% or so in the latter part of the first generation."

Gu Ming participated for a while, but he increased the first generation from 33% in the later stage to more than 40%.

The changes on Seven's side are even greater, from less than 20% in the late stage to a stable level of around 35% now.

Presumably, more people will be able to appreciate the final love story this time.

But this time, because Tsubasa was possessed instead of Seven transforming himself, the ending probably won't be so regrettable.

After all, the preferences of audiences in 1978 were different from those in 1968.

Gu Ming was thinking about this matter when the phone suddenly rang.

"Brother Gugu."

The person who called was a young man from the office.

"Brother Erjiaben just called!"

"That Dasi or something, I found it!"

Gu Ming suddenly stood up.

Otomo Masaji found it!
"Dead or alive?"

It's impossible that he was killed by Da Hu Yong!

(End of this chapter)