Chapter 27
After the filming of the water purification mission was completed, the subsequent filming of the adventurer flying the sword in "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World" was quickly completed because the continuous filming was planned and prepared in advance.
Therefore, the only part left to shoot was the final battle with the Headless Horseman. Since this scene was the key ending, Du Lin had no intention of shooting hastily and sorted out the plot first.
As the story develops, the Headless Knight will come to the town gate again, and after saying some chivalrous words, he finds that Darkness, whom he had declared death last time, is not dead.
Then, when he tried to bring down judgment again, he was beaten badly by Aqua. The goddess-level magic almost made him lose several layers of skin, but because the Dullahan was wearing a powerful armor bestowed by the Demon King, even Aqua's magic against the undead could not really kill him.
At the same time, the enraged Headless Knight summoned an army of undead and tried to destroy the novice village. However, the undead were attracted by the goddess who was full of sarcasm and gathered together, and were successfully destroyed by Huihui's explosive magic.
In the end, because all his subordinates were killed, the Dullahan had to fight the adventurers himself. After killing several adventurers, he was held back by the full-energy Darkness.
After a hard battle, the protagonist successfully discovered that the Dullahan's weakness was water. In front of the 'reservoir' summoned by Aqua, the Dullahan's weakness was successfully exposed. In the end, his head was stolen by the protagonist's stealing skill and was purified by Aqua.
Of course it was difficult to shoot this scene, but as long as it is handled properly, those difficult parts can actually be covered up. However, in addition to this, there are some difficulties in shooting that are more difficult to handle. But after all, this is a world where magic exists. Problems that cannot be solved under normal circumstances can be solved as long as they are pulled in the direction of magic.
As for the only person who can discuss magic with Durin, after excluding a poor magician who can only use fire magic, the only one left is Wiz, who was a high-level magician in his lifetime.
At this moment, the actors and staff in the distance were eating lunch boxes and chatting, and the Headless Knight and Wiz also mixed in at this moment, and there was nothing out of place.
Although Du Lin told the people around him that the two were undead, people like Lawrence and the new extras did not know their true identities.
Du Lin was able to conceal the truth and tell them that Wiz and Beldia were actors who were specially imbued with the aura of the undead for filming. The reason for doing so was very simple, because normal people could not accept the undead, so unless it was someone Du Lin trusted very much, he would not reveal the true identities of Beldia and Wiz.
In short, although the separation of the head of the Headless Horseman looked very strange, Lawrence and the adventurers who were temporarily hired did not find it strange because they did not think that a real undead would chat and laugh with them.
"Wiz, I want to ask you something."
Hearing Durin's greeting, Wiz, who was originally chatting with Helena about the Mage's Tower, nodded with a confused expression and looked at Durin and asked, "Is there anything you want to ask?"
Hearing her words, Du Lin did not keep her in suspense and asked generously: "Do you have the magic to summon the undead? It doesn't have to be too powerful, just a certain number will be fine."
"Undead? Yes, there are, but they require an environment with a strong enough smell of death, preferably a cemetery, to be able to summon them..."
"A cemetery? That's a bit more troublesome. After all, invading a cemetery is against the law. It would be too eye-catching."
Durin decisively rejected the proposal to summon the undead through criminal acts. Apart from this method, they really couldn't think of any other way to summon a large number of undead. After all, this was the most peaceful southern territory, where there were not even a few magical beasts, let alone undead or necromancers.
"It seems that we can only delete this part of the plot, but the continuity of the story will definitely be affected..."
Durin could use his great magician-level magic to deal with other spells against the undead, stealing skills, and water magic, but the only thing he really couldn't use was the undead spells such as summoning the undead.
In this case, deleting the plot is almost an inevitable action. After all, time is tight now, and we cannot let a small problem affect the shooting cycle of the entire plot.
Seeing Du Lin's dilemma, Wiz, who had originally said that he could not summon the undead, suddenly said, "Mr. Du Lin, if you really need the undead, I have another way."
"Is there another way?"
"Well, although summoning physical undead requires a lot of preparation, and even stealing corpses, if it is just a spirit, I can use high-level necromancy to summon it directly. Without requiring reason, I can summon as many undead as possible."
"Can these undead spirits be photographed? There's no point if they can't be seen."
"Don't worry. Although ordinary people will only see vague black shadows, this is already the impression of the undead. After all, unless they are necromancers with a problem in their heads who want to create natural disasters, ordinary necromancers will not deliberately create zombies, which are neither aesthetically pleasing nor efficient."
After hearing what Wiz said, Du Lin realized that a major problem for tomorrow's filming had been solved. He discussed the filming with a few people and personally greeted the extras he had recruited before (silently performing the magic of suggestion). Then he said loudly in the rest area: "Go back and rest today. Tomorrow's gathering time will be the same as usual. Actors, remember to rehearse your lines after you go back. Tomorrow is the last scene!"
After hearing Du Lin's words, not to mention the leading actors who were unable to react for a moment, the other staff members who followed the filming also showed their disappointment. After all, although the filming process these days was very strange and full of incomprehensible situations, most of them were looking forward to this interesting story, and even had some vague thoughts that they did not want the story to end here.
Seeing that Lian Wenli also showed a sad expression, Du Lin immediately touched her head helplessly and sighed: "What's going on? When did I say that it would end after the last scene? Although it is true that we won't be able to see it for a while, as long as the response to this theatrical version is good, it is only reasonable to launch a TV version later. By then, it is possible to shoot two consecutive seasons in one go!"
"Really?"
Although they didn't understand what Dulin meant by "TV version" and "two seasons", everyone felt relieved when they heard Dulin's words, and they gathered their spirits and went back to do their own things. Even Beldia and Wiz were affected by this atmosphere and walked towards their residence in Northrick.
"It seems that we need to at least set up a special shooting base or store, otherwise it will always be a waste of time to go back separately."
Muttering this, Du Lin, who stayed at the scene, re-read the script that he had revised countless times. While secretly praying that this story would allow him to have a good outcome for his first filming, he also imagined tomorrow's filming in his mind again to ensure that there would be no problems during the filming.
After all, since he was not confident in commanding a large group of adventurers to perform, tomorrow's decisive battle could only be performed in one go. Otherwise, if it was exposed, it was uncertain whether those adventurers would still be able to cooperate. This was also due to Du Lin's lack of experience in directing.
But to be honest, anyone who does pioneering filming in such a world with such simple conditions will lack experience.
Chapter 28: The first wrap-up!
Chapter 28
"Today is the last photo shoot, so cheer up!"
With Durin's order after everyone gathered, the final scene of "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World" scheduled to be filmed, the final battle with the Headless Knight, was ready to start shooting. Prior to this, Durin had arranged for Winry to greet the upper echelons of the Adventurer's Guild and bribed the guards with money, leaving only the ordinary adventurers in the dark. All of this was naturally to ensure the smooth progress of the filming.
At the same time, the reason why the Adventurer's Guild agreed so easily was that Durin had used his identity as Baron Edward and a great magician to fool the managers of the Adventurer's Guild in advance, making them regard all this as an ordinary magic experiment.
As for an opportunity to establish a good relationship with the great magician, I'm afraid no one would miss it.
In addition to that, Wiz, as expected, came to the scene with a large number of summoned undead. At first, she scared the other staff members who didn't know she was undead. However, after learning that this was a preparation for filming, everything went smoothly.
Therefore, seeing that all preparations had been completed, Du Lin reviewed all the preparations again.
Finally, the last scene of this theatrical version - the final battle with the Headless Knight - officially began.
... ... .
There are a lot of designs for this last scene. If Durin hadn't made a lot of preparations in advance and cast suggestion magic on most of the adventurers with weaker mental strength, it would have been too fantastic to shoot under such circumstances.
But it was indeed because of Du Lin’s preparation that the plot went on smoothly, even though the process was a bit rough.
During this period, although Durin was responsible for the photographer's duties, he also had to secretly help Aya release the Holy Light spell, assist Wiz in guiding the undead to settle down, release the Hurricane spell and cooperate with Helena to release the Explosion magic... ...
It can be said that although he is the director, Durin is also fully responsible for all special effects work. For example, the headless knight is standing on the fifth-order holy light array that he spent a whole night setting up. Once it is released, even the strongest undead will at least lose a layer of skin.
The reason why he arranged it this way was of course for the performance effect. Otherwise, if Beldia really acted awkwardly, Du Lin would really be worried. In order to maintain a high standard for the final plot, he really put a lot of effort into it.
Of course, even a fifth-order holy light array is not a fatal thing for the top-level undead headless knight whose strength exceeds sixth-order. At most, it will prevent him from going out to bask in the sun for a few days.
During this period, the headless knight Beldia also showed off his swordsmanship according to Durin's request. Durin and his men knew before that Beldia was once a top knight in the empire and his swordsmanship was quite powerful, but it was not until they actually saw it that they realized how powerful this seemingly rough knight was.
Even when facing siege from several adventurers, he simply swung the giant sword in his hand to knock out all those surrounding him. If you look closely, you can even find that none of the adventurers approaching him were hurt, which means that they were knocked out simply because of the wind pressure and momentum generated by the swing of the sword.
This level of swordsmanship has already far surpassed the fifth level. If the opponent is recognized as a knight by the empire again with his current strength, I am afraid that the sixth level of knight will be born directly.
What also surprised Durin during this period was that the swordsmanship level of the actress who played Darkness seemed to be far beyond his imagination. In order to fit the role, Durin asked her not to hit the opponent. But the fact that she really missed the opponent at such a close distance must mean that her strength is quite strong. It's like if you want to get all the math multiple-choice questions wrong on an exam, you at least have to know most of the answers, otherwise you can at least guess a few right.
By this calculation, the swordsmanship of this girl, whose name Durin had not yet asked, had at least reached the third level, surpassing the level of most adventurers in the southern territory.
Likewise, the Headless Knight obviously saw this as well, so he was much more ruthless when he attacked. After all, this was a movie shoot, and if he let his guard down too much, there would be no performance effect. But there was no doubt that the gorgeous swordsmanship displayed by Beldia, whose swordsmanship reached an inhuman level, did not really hurt Darkness's actor, but only made him look a little embarrassed.
At the same time, after Darkness and the Headless Horseman had a fierce battle, which added a lot of performance effects to the work, the plot continued. Zat successfully discovered that the Headless Horseman's weakness was water, so he asked all adventurers who could use water magic to help. However, due to the lack of magicians in the South, no one who could release water magic could be found.
In the end, Aqua finally reacted and realized that she was a water goddess, and she directly cast a god-level water-generating magic.
Of course, this water magic was also sponsored by Durin. To be honest, the continuous large-scale magic almost drained him dry. When this fifth-level furious wave magic hit him, he felt stars in his eyes and could hardly stand.
However, the effect of such a powerful magic released with all one's strength is naturally beyond doubt. The flood-level water magic directly washed away the Headless Knight, Darkace and other adventurers who were the targets, and even the protagonists who were standing farther away were affected. Of course, this was a well-designed plot.
... ... ..
“This is for the people you killed to protect me! I don’t intend to chop them off more than once! Take it all, give it to me!!”
Darkace swung the greatsword decisively. The unreliable but powerful blow shattered the black armor of the Headless Knight and left a huge wound on his chest.
After losing the armor protected by the Demon King, the Dullahan naturally could not resist Aqua's judgment on the undead. As Durin's long-prepared super-large holy light array on the ground began to shine, Aqua stretched out one hand towards the Dullahan, who was weakened by the shattered part of the armor and completely bathed in water.
"Scared-turnundead!!"
“Wait, wait a minute…! Aaaaaaah!”
Looking at Beldia struggling on the ground after being burned by the real holy light, Du Lin smiled apologetically and continued filming without any hesitation.
Even though he took a hit from a fifth-level Holy Light spell, Beldia, whose strength was already a sixth-level undead, would not die immediately. However, in order to let the plot go smoothly, Durin still let him activate another teleportation magic that had been designed in advance at the same time as the holy light burst.
"Successful?!"
"Oh my god! They actually destroyed the Dullahan?!"
“That’s amazing!!!”
The extras who had just realized what was happening cheered after they had belatedly gotten out of the suggestion magic. At the same time, the last short scene, in which the adventurers killed by the Dullahan were successfully resurrected by Aqua, ended the filming.
Although there is a plot later in the story where he receives the reward but ends up owing 40 million due to destroying the town, that can be made up by discussing it with the Adventurer's Guild.
"Well, congratulations on completing the filming of the world's first movie perfectly. Thank you for your hard work. I declare that the first live-action movie version of "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World" has officially finished filming!"
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Chapter 29 Preview
Chapter 29
Although the filming has been wrapped, Du Lin has no intention of disbanding the crew. After all, he will most likely continue to shoot a TV version, and it would be a pity to disband the team that he had worked so hard to build.
In this situation, after the filming was completed, Du Lin gathered everyone together and announced that a celebration party would be held after the filming of the movie "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World" was completed.
In response to this, before everyone could show their excitement, Du Lin announced another surprising news, that is, he would hold a preview of the theater version at the same time as the celebration banquet.
As a tradition in another world, a celebration banquet is held after a film is completed, and after the film is truly completed, a preview or premiere is held.
However, due to the lack of post-production capabilities in this world, the film is basically a finished product after it is shot. In this case, Du Lin decided to hold a preview of the film at the same time as the celebration banquet tonight, combining the two links together.
After all, the plot of "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World" is not heavy, on the contrary it is even very joyful, and is very suitable for playing at banquets to create an atmosphere, so Du Lin made such a decision.
Upon hearing the news, not to mention the actors' shameful and subtle expressions, the rest of the people were quite happy and expressed their anticipation for the film. Lawrence even asked Durin if he could bring the orc girl from his family to watch the celebration party in the evening, and Durin naturally agreed.
Finally, as a group of people happily went back to pack up their things, Du Lin was the only one left on the set again. At this time, Du Lin was holding a long list of people in his hand, which recorded the actors and producers, as well as Lawrence's Monster Shop who provided the monsters and Wiz who composed the music.
The imaging crystal has dual tracks, so even if there is no music during shooting, the music can be added to the track later. Although Wiz's music is full of the style of this world, it is also very appropriate for the theme of "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World", especially those contrasting jokes. The more serious the music is, the more the story makes people laugh.
“Do you want to take a picture of this table directly?”
Since post-production is not possible, it seems that the only way for Du Lin to add a list of staff to the film is to directly shoot the list. Although the expressiveness is definitely not as good as the scrolling subtitles in another world, it is at least acceptable.
Looking at the two names of Beldia and Wiz on the personnel list, Du Lin suddenly seemed to be in a dilemma. After all, these two people were wanted in other places. Although this was the southern border, if something went wrong...
"It seems that we have to go to Grand Duke Victor later. If the Duke of the South is willing to come forward, even the Church and the Knights will not be able to do anything."
Muttering to himself, Du Lin continued to look through the personnel list, and then he couldn't help laughing, because his name was written on a long list of people at the back.
But after all, whether it is the director, planning, script, scene, camera, editing or the filming itself, Du Lin has put in a lot of effort, so at this time he is not so stingy as to be unwilling to write his own name.
In short, after completing some simple post-production, the production of the live-action movie version of "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World" was declared completely completed.
... ...
At night, in the Adventurer's Guild of Northrick.
Facing the numerous eyes in the audience, Du Lin walked to a specially cleared white wall holding a piece of crystal made of a clearly different material.
After injecting magic power into it, the image stored in the crystal suddenly appeared in mid-air. When Durin moved the crystal, the image presented by the crystal suddenly came to the relatively clean wall of the Adventurer's Guild.
Then, when the surrounding lights were lowered as Durin requested, the movie theater scene that could only be enjoyed on Earth appeared in the Adventurer's Guild in this alien world.
In response to everyone's expectations, Du Lin slowly fixed the position of the imaging crystal after adjusting it, and came to the temporary auditorium in the Adventurer's Guild Hall.
At this moment, all the adventurers who participated in the performance, even the extras, came to the preview. After all, they were all extras, and Du Lin never paid them any salary, so he decided to let them all attend this precious preview, which also helped to explain to them what the previous filming was all about.
At this time, inside the guild, many tables were arranged crosswise along both sides of the wall near the door, forming an area exclusively for the audience. There was no doubt that this seating arrangement was made by Durin. After all, this was a preview, and if these adventurers were allowed to sit randomly, the back row would easily be blocked by the front row, which would not only affect the viewing experience but also easily cause a riot.
He didn't want to see a bunch of rough guys leaning towards the screen frantically, just like a cult gathering, although this situation often happened when Du Lin was a child watching movies in the square in his previous life.
At the same time, the biggest reason that allowed these adventurers to maintain discipline and not act on their own will was because they already knew Durin's identity as a great magician.
Although most adventurers wouldn't care about nobles or aristocratic families, these guys who were always looking for trouble would still give the highest respect to the real strong ones. Therefore, even though they didn't know what the so-called preview was, they still tried their best to maintain discipline, watching the wall where the image was gradually forming and whispering about what would happen next.
And in the 'audience seats', sitting in the front row were naturally Durin, Winry and many of the leading actors, as well as Lawrence and the orc girl he adopted.
There was no seat prepared for the Headless Knight due to his tall stature, but he really didn't need a seat. He just straightened his body and lay directly on the ground like a corpse, while Wiz placed his head in a suitable position so that he could watch the perfect picture in the most comfortable situation.
He looked so carefree and at the same time, it made people around him who knew his situation envious for a long time.
After Durin sat down, Wen Li next to him asked, "Lord Edward, why did you choose the Adventurer's Guild? I originally thought the celebration party was in a tavern or something..."
In response to Wen Li's words, Du Lin just smiled faintly and said, "I originally planned to rent a tavern, but at that time the manager of the Adventurer's Guild suddenly found me and discussed the broadcasting rights with me. In the end, after we reached an agreement, he simply lent us the guild's venue."
"Broadcast rights? What do you mean?"
In response to Helena's confusion, Du Lin just smiled mysteriously, then shook his head and said, "Let's talk about this later. By the way, Huihui, what are your plans next? You shouldn't go back to the Mage Tower for the time being, right?"
"Well, after all, I won't be able to complete enough credits even if I go back. Rather than going back and getting expelled, I might as well delay it for a while here. By the way, why did you call me Huihui? Zat and the others got my name wrong before, although my full name does sound very similar..."
Seeing that the movie was about to start playing, Du Lin said without thinking too much: "So it's just a casual remark. Isn't Huihui pretty nice? Okay, okay, get ready to watch the movie."
"Yes, yes! Huihui, it's okay that your name is so different. Look, my name is only one character different!!"
Aya in the distance was eating snacks provided free of charge by the Adventurer's Guild while talking. Because they had reached some kind of deal with Durin in private, the Adventurer's Guild generously stated that all drinks today would be free. So at this moment, not only Aya, but most of the adventurers were happily feasting on the food.