Although Nanaya edited a draft of more than 8 hours at the beginning,
Nanaya did not give up the hundreds of hours of video footage he had left, which were all alternative shots for the film.
If there are problems with shot scheduling when making a movie in the future, Nanaya will select new shots to fill in.
Of course, there is also the possibility that even the alternative shots are not suitable, in which case we have to call the actors together to reshoot.
In fact, since the popularization of CGI special effects, reshooting of large-scale commercial films has become a very normal thing.
Because when we first started filming, everyone was acting and filming based on their feelings and imagination.
Many actions and shots can only rely on everyone's estimation.
In this way, it is normal to find problems during post-production.
Therefore, reshooting itself is not the only criterion for evaluating the quality of a finished film.
After all, no matter how a movie is shot, it cannot be simply copy and paste.
There are not many directors like Michael Bay who can use his previous film footage to cover up problems.
Not to mention, Nanaya's reference objects are all two-dimensional, so there will naturally be many problems when switching to real-life adaptation.
Since the first day Nanaya took up the director's chair, the number of shots in every film he shot was dozens or even hundreds of times the final edit.
From the preparation period to the end of shooting, Nanaya prepared a large amount of materials.
These video materials can be said to be the hard work of Nanaya and the crew members.
But after entering post-production, most of these materials will not be used.
They don't even qualify as deleted scenes on the DVD.
In fact, there are only two purposes of post-production work in a film. One is to delete unused shots; the other is to make the used shots perfect.
Except for a few days off occasionally, Nanaya lives in the studio during weekdays.
However, unlike the unbearable days in the first half of FZ, Nanaya's stay in the studio this time was simply for the convenience of work.
He was not familiar with this remote place called New Zealand, and he did not have the time to wander around Wellington.
Nanaya would carefully think about the scene he wanted every day.
Then describe it to the editor or special effects artists and ask them to help turn the imagined scene into reality.
However, there will definitely be information gaps in communication between people, and the other party may not be able to fully understand what you mean.
Therefore, Nanaya would repeatedly study and review the work of editors or special effects artists for several hours.
Then the parts that did not meet their expectations were pointed out and asked to be reworked.
In this case, various scenes in the film underwent repeated editing.
Hundreds of shots often have to be processed in one day and seven nights.
This is a boring and arduous job, but Nanaya must take every shot seriously.
Because these shots will be an important part of the movie "Madoka Magica".
If a fatal editing bug occurs, it may even ruin the film itself.
The movie "Madoka Magica" is characterized by gorgeous battles and twists and turns in the plot.
It cannot be said that similar stories have never been written by our predecessors, but it is necessary to make it novel for modern audiences.
But the story is not too advanced, otherwise the audience will lack emotional involvement.
In order to grasp the essence of the story of "Madoka Magica", Nanaya even called Kyon from Japan to New Zealand.
He also asked Gen Urobuchi to join in the post-production and constantly give him useful new ideas.
To put it bluntly, he, the big capitalist Nanaya Kiryu, tried to squeeze out the surplus value of all relevant employees to ensure that the final product he produced would be a masterpiece that would satisfy most people.
But even so, the team often finds themselves looking at each other in bewilderment, at a loss as to what to do.
In order to find the feeling, Nanaya and Gen Urobuchi repeatedly watched Japanese magical girl animations from different eras and American superhero movies in their spare time.
However, Nanaya does not intend to be overly influenced by these works. After all, "Madoka Magica" is a work that is completely different from them.
In contrast to them are the editors.
In order to ensure the purity of the tools, these editors do not understand magical girls, nor are they fanatical fans of magical girls.
Of course, they are not prepared to become that kind of people.
Although this may cause them to cut out certain clips that may be must-keep for magical girl fans when selecting the shots.
But on the other hand, this also makes the editing effect more acceptable to the general public and prevents the movie from being too fan-oriented.
These editors haven't even seen a single Japanese magical girl movie because they think it would be useless in making a movie that costs hundreds of millions of dollars.
After all, Nanaya positioned "Madoka Magica" as a grand magical epic.
This ambition can be seen from the fact that he deleted "Magical Girl" from the movie title and only left "Madoka".
How many fans of magical girls are there in the world?
As a large-scale movie for audiences, Nanaya will definitely choose a wider audience.
Under Nanaya's direction, the post-production of "Madoka Magica" has been proceeding as planned.
The only thing that makes the post-production time uncertain is the special effects rendering time of the movie.
But overall, everything is under Nanaya's control.
At this point, 2008 is coming to an end, and this year's battle for the North American box office chart is almost coming to an end.
The Dark Knight was finally taken off the screen before the Christmas season.
Nanaya's film "Inferno" this year also stopped showing in theaters several months earlier than the other party.
On the contrary, "Captain America" is still in theaters. This mainstream American commercial film has already earned 270 million US dollars at the box office, ranking among the top five of the year.
Although "Captain America" achieved good results, it is nothing compared to the previous ones.
The most intense battle in the North American box office chart in 2008 was the competition between "The Dark Knight" and "Inferno", two black-style commercial films.
Among them, "The Dark Knight" finally ranked second with 516 million US dollars.
His rival, "Inferno," won the 2008 North American box office championship with $531 million.
Everyone in Washimine was very happy about this achievement, but Nanaya himself felt a little unhappy.
After all, his goal is the $533 million that "The Dark Knight" earned in his previous life.
Inferno was still $2 million short of its final budget.
If "The Dark Knight" is released in August, Nanaya estimates that "Inferno" should be able to break this record that only he knows.
After all, due to the similar styles, the box office curve of "Inferno" fell directly to the lowest end after the release of "The Dark Knight".
As for "The Dark Knight" itself, it was somewhat influenced by the previous film "Inferno" of similar style.
The missing 17 million in box office revenue is the best evidence.
However, Nanaya still has something to be proud of. At least "Purgatory's Flames" has a global box office of 1.204 billion US dollars.
Even Nanaya's "The Dark Knight" in his previous life did not achieve this result, not to mention that the global box office of "The Dark Knight" in this life has not even reached 1 billion.
However, "The Dark Knight" is not discouraged. After all, no one can say that a movie that can earn $500 million in North America is a failure.
Nolan, a talented commercial director, has further risen in the eyes of Warner executives.
Not only did he give the green light to his new project - even though it was an original science fiction film - he was also given the final editing rights for the new project.
You know, ever since the producer-centered system became the mainstream in Hollywood, the [final editing rights] of large-scale commercial films has always been what all commercial directors have been longing for.
Only directors who have achieved countless successes like James Cameron, Spielberg, and George Lucas can get this power.
Most other directors only have the right to suggest editing but not the right to make decisions.
As for the beast Nanaya, he was a complete exception, or a beautiful mistake.
If Washimine had not been unable to find a producer to check and balance him, he probably would not have been given the editing rights for "Goblin Slayer".
Later on, Washimine became extremely convinced of this time-travel director.
I guess even the people inside Washimine Entertainment have forgotten about editing rights.
As for why Nanaya knew it so clearly, it was because Nolan told him himself.
The other party hopes to invite Lily to audition for his new movie.
Although Nolan did not tell Nanaya the name of his new movie, Nanaya already knew that his next movie would be the famous "Inception".
Nanaya would naturally not refuse such a commercial film that was both critically and commercially successful on Lily's behalf.
Anyway, Lily's schedule is empty next year, so instead of just doing idol work, she might as well play a role in "Inception".
Considering Nolan's serious invitation and Lily's own status, Nanaya is probably not a small role.
Based on his memory of the plot, Nanaya estimated that Lily's role would most likely be the new dream builder.
Of course, whether Lily can be selected in the end depends on whether she can meet Nolan's requirements.
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As the end of the year approached and Christmas was just around the corner, Nanaya gave the "Madoka Magica" team a long year-end holiday.
This allows the post-production staff who have been working so hard to relax and spend time with their families during Christmas.
Nanaya himself is preparing to welcome the New Year in Japan.
I spent seven nights of New Year's Eve in 2008 with my parents.
This year, Nanaya plans to try something new.
Actually, it can't be said that way. The Kiryu couple simply gave Nanaya a death order, asking him to spend the New Year alone with Shimoya Sakura.
So after Nanaya returned to Japan, he only spent one day with the Kiryu couple, and then took Sakura on a journey for the two of them.