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Chapter 1668: Filming Begins (From Tumbling to Rolling with Head in Hands)

With everything ready, the filming of the movie soon began.

The filming of science fiction movies is very expensive, because a lot of CGI special effects are needed. Even Duanmu Huai can't afford such a large amount of money. So after some discussions with Director Shimizu, they finally decided to shoot all the shots that don't require special effects.

In fact, with the development of technology, CGI can do everything in movies. As long as you have enough money, you can even make a group of actors travel to Arizona in a simple film studio. However, if you actually go to the location to shoot, the money spent is much less than making special effects.

The entire movie is roughly divided into three scenes.

One is Kyoto after the disaster. The protagonist and others will travel through the streets and ancient capital of Kyoto while collecting supplies, and fight against the mutant creatures and zombies wandering here.

Then there is the survivors’ camp, and finally the villain’s biochemical research institute.

The latter two are easier to find. Due to the aging population and the economic bubble, Japan is full of uninhabited villages and abandoned and bankrupt factories. The filming crew quickly contacted the local government and chose an abandoned gathering place as the location and shooting site. There used to be a research base built by a pharmaceutical company, but later this unfortunate company went bankrupt during the bubble economy era, so the place was also abandoned.

For the local government, it is a good thing for the film crew to come here to shoot. If this movie is really popular all over the world, then they will definitely attract a large number of traffic and tourists, so they are very supportive and welcoming. So the crew quickly obtained the filming permit, and the government even expressed its willingness to block the city for them to facilitate the crew's filming.

In this way, some expenses can be saved.

The next special effects budget is mainly for... stunt performances.

For example, in movies like Marvel or Superman, the actors in them don't know any stunts or martial arts, let alone jumping several meters high to take down a helicopter, so in fact, these are all special effects. For Duanmu Huai, it is natural to save money in this regard.

To put it simply... no special effects are needed, just do it yourself.

For example, the next one.

"Xiao Ai, are you serious?"

Standing in the factory, watching this scene, You Magana's eyes widened in surprise, with an incredible look on his face. The next scene is the first time the protagonist and the heroine encounter danger and are surrounded by monsters. Just when they are desperately waiting to die, the killer ghost played by Duanmu Huai breaks through the wall, jumps down from above, comes in and ruthlessly slaughters those monsters, while the protagonist and the heroine take the opportunity to escape.

This scene could have been done with CGI, but Duanmu Huai said that special effects don’t cost money, and I can do it myself for free! And it’s more realistic!

It's true! I do this, how can I lie to you?

but……………

"This factory building should be fine. I've checked it out."

Duanmu Huai was wearing armor and stretched out his hand to knock on the wall next to him.

"This isn't a load-bearing wall, so it's okay if it breaks."

"But you really have to jump from a height of five meters."

"It's not like I didn't jump over it. Don't worry, I know Kung Fu and I'm wearing heavy armor. No one can hurt me."

"Really……………?"

"I'm not a fool. This has just begun. If I force myself to do something wrong, then I will be the one who suffers, right?"

"makes sense."

Hearing this, Arimakana nodded. Although she still found it a little unbelievable, but... since Duanmu Huai said so, she could only watch.

Soon, filming began.

By the way, in the movie, this scene shows the two protagonists being surrounded by a group of twisted and mutated monsters, but in fact on the set, it was just a group of special effects actors wearing tights covered with sensors, twisting around at them like zombies - well, this shows that you really can't watch blockbuster movies live, otherwise you'll die of laughter.

The reason why Duanmu Huai appears from a high place is to show the oppressive feeling and momentum of the hidden BOSS looking down from a high place.

In fact, when Duanmu Huai first designed it, he wanted to follow the specifications of Astartes, but his body was indeed short, so he had to choose the armor of the battle nun. Since he couldn't use a height of 2.5 meters to deter, he had to work hard on the height of the scene.

"Then, Scene 157, start shooting!"

With Director Shimizu's order, the filming began.

At the same time, the staff and actors on the scene also held their breath and stared at this scene. Many of them were working with Duanmu Huai for the first time, so the director asked them to stay here, mainly to... well, to adapt to Duanmu Huai's murderous aura and oppression.

Otherwise, when they start filming, they don’t know how many NGs they will have to do before it passes.

Arima Kana and Kurokawa Akane also stared at the wall, clasping their hands tightly. Although they believed in Duanmu Huai's strength, they were still a little worried.

Then...Duanmu Huai appeared on the stage.

"boom!!"

The next moment, in full view of everyone, the hard concrete wall exploded as if it had been blown up by a bomb, and then a figure wearing heavy black armor and holding a hammer and a shield strode out of it!

Just seeing this scene, the entire filming site suddenly became silent. Everyone was intimidated by the figure emerging from the smoke and dust, staring at it intently. It was as if at this moment they were not filming a movie, but were really in a horrible world after a disaster.

Duanmu Huai lowered his head, a cold red light flashing in his helmet. Then he stared at the special effects actor on the ground, and then jumped down from a high altitude!

"Boom!!"

Under everyone's gaze, Duanmu Huai hit the ground like a cannonball, and the entire ground sank and cracked. Even the staff standing not far away felt the ground tremble. They stood there blankly, feeling the incomparable, terrifying murderous intent, and then they saw Duanmu Huai stand up...

"Wow ah ah ah ah!!"

At this moment, the actors suddenly screamed and turned and ran!

"CUT!!"

Director Shimizu saw this and hurriedly called a halt. The staff also rushed forward and stopped the special effects actors who were running around like headless flies.

"What are you doing? According to the script, you should rush forward at this time!"

In the script, it was at this time that the monsters discovered Duanmu Huai, so they rushed up to fight him, and the protagonist and the heroine took the opportunity to escape.

And you guys actually ran away?

You all ran away, so why are you still acting like a deer? Isn't the protagonist dead?

On the set, the director has the most power. Director Shimizu scolded the group of special effects actors, who were also frightened and stunned for a moment before they came back to their senses tremblingly.

"But, but Director, we really thought we were going to die..."

"This is a filming, it's not real!"

Hearing the answers of the special effects actors, Director Shimizu was helpless, but he had worked with Duanmu Huai more than once, and he knew that Duanmu Huai's momentum was indeed not something that ordinary people could bear. In fact, when shooting horror movies in the past, sometimes it was not because the protagonists performed well, but because they were really scared by Duanmu Huai.

It’s just that you can scream and shriek in horror movies, but you can’t do that in science fiction movies!

"Again!"

Of course, it was impossible to have Duanmu Huai hit the wall and jump off the building this time. Instead, Duanmu Huai would fall directly to the ground, and then the special effects actors would pounce on him and start filming.

In theory, this scene is quite simple, because these special effects actors don't need to perform at all, they just need to pretend to run over, and CGI special effects will be used to modify them into monsters in the later stage. But even so, facing Duanmu Huai standing there motionless, it is difficult for these special effects actors to really let go of the action and run over.

According to them, they felt that if they rushed forward, they would be smashed into a pulp by the hammer in the opponent's hand the next moment.

Well, the director understood this very well, so...

"It's okay, you just get used to it."

In this way, this scene was reshot again and again, and everyone else who watched it was filled with fear.

“Is this considered bullying on the set?”

Seeing the director shout "NG" for the 27th time, Kana Arima was shaking all over, and Akane Kurokawa had a complicated expression.

"It shouldn't count, right? Because they can't run over by themselves..."

"But to be honest, I'm also afraid to get close to such a little love."

Looking at Duanmu Huai who was standing there motionless like a cold robot, Arima Kana couldn't help but shudder.

"We don't have any scenes fighting against Xiao Ai."

"There was a scene where he was being chased, and later on it seemed like he died, but it wasn't filmed directly."

"That's good."

Arima Kanae let out a sigh.

"I can definitely act out the escape."

“I don’t think this needs to be acted out at all.”

Kurokawa Akane also complained silently.

After that, Director Qingshui asked Duanmu Huai to restrain himself again and again, and they kept reshooting until the 58th time before it was considered acceptable.

When the director announced the scene was over, the special effects actors collapsed to the ground, sweating profusely as if they had been fished out of the water...

On the contrary, Duanmu Huai... well, nothing happened. After all, he really didn't do anything. After jumping down, he just stood there motionless. He didn't even have any lines. He looked very relaxed.

In other words, Duanmu Huai was very relaxed throughout the entire movie.

Most of the time, he doesn't have to say a word, just calling him brother twice in the hero's memory clips. In the whole movie, Duanmu Huai only appears four times - the first time is the previous shot, when the hero and heroine are surrounded, and then he appears to kill monsters. Then the second time, the hero and heroine go to the city with the team to collect materials, and they will pass by Duanmu Huai and escape.

The third time was because of a mistake, and Duanmu Huai followed him to the gathering place and started killing people. The characters of Arimaka Kanae and Kurokawa Akane also died in this scene. In the end, the male protagonist found a way to lead Duanmu Huai out of the gathering place, and then saved the rest of the people.

In the end, the male and female protagonists went to the research institute to look for clues and the truth, and then were chased by Duanmu Huai. Then the monster BOSS appeared, and Duanmu Huai chose to destroy the monster. The male and female protagonists activated the self-destruct button of the base together, and Duanmu Huai, the monster BOSS and the entire base were blown to ashes.

Although he doesn't have many scenes, Duanmu Huai is very satisfied with it, just like the Tyrant in Resident Evil, who doesn't appear many times, but every time he appears, he scares the players to death.

This is the effect you want.

Of course, we still have to keep it a mystery as to whether he dies or not. After all, if the box office is high, there will be a second part.

Director Shimizu had already thought about it. When shooting the ending, he would shoot the ruins of the research institute, and then with a "crash", as if something was about to break out of the ground, and then it would end.

So whether Duanmu Huai is still alive or not is up to the audience to figure out for themselves.

This time, Director Qingshui adopted a segmented shooting method, because it was too troublesome to block the city, so Director Qingshui decided to finish the scenes in the city first, then the survivors' camp, and finally the research institute. Duanmu Huai had the least scenes, so he was finished first.

Therefore, while others were busy filming, Duanmu Huai, who had completed his task, could slack off.

"Well, it turns out that this is more comfortable to wear."

Wearing armor, Duanmu Huai walked around on the street. This is an abandoned area near the outskirts of Kyoto, and it is also where the crew is currently located. Most people are busy filming, but after Duanmu Huai finished filming the previous shots and the scenes where he passed by the male and female protagonists, there was nothing for him to do for the time being.

At least I can relax these few days.

Since you are free anyway, why not go to a hot spring or something?

"—————————!"

Just when Duanmu Huai was thinking about how to slack off for the next few days, he suddenly felt that the sharp blade beside him seemed to sense something and began to tremble violently!

Is there any trouble again?

Feeling the trembling of the bloody blade, Duanmu Huai was stunned for a moment. You know, when the sword trembled before, there was an evil spirit. Could it be the same this time? In other words, in Kyoto, he could still encounter an evil spirit?

Well, I have nothing to do anyway, and...

Duanmu Huai looked down at his armor.

Now that you have put on this suit, why don't you show off your skills? Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of time to wear this suit of armor? Although this is not a power armor, it is also a real armor made by the craftsmen in a one-to-one ratio at the request of Duanmu Huai!

Let those evil ghosts truly feel what it means to be terrified by the Inquisition! Cry, shout, and then die!

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai picked up his phone, sent a message to the director to ask for leave, then he walked out of the crew, found a deserted place, drew out his sword, and held it tightly.

Then…

“Dang—————!”

Accompanied by the crisp sound of shamisen ringing in Duanmu Huai's ears, the next moment an open paper door suddenly appeared under his feet, and then Duanmu Huai fell directly into the paper door!