Chapter 76
After the auditions of the Snow Flower Theater were over and all the auditionees went back to rehearse, a map of the southern border of the empire was clearly placed on the table in a room on the second floor of Edward Studios.
For this new movie, Du Lin put in a lot of effort and started selecting a filming location as soon as he finished selecting the actors.
Of course, although the candidates for the magicians have almost been decided, Durin still has reservations about the actors for the seven heroes. After all, he doesn't know whether the people called by General Wilhelm can meet his requirements.
Before interviewing those knights, what Du Lin had to solve right now was actually the problem of the filming location.
As for the long plot of "Fate Zero", since Du Lin is unable to make it into an animation series at the moment, he can only choose to divide it into several parts for filming. According to his plan, the most reasonable number is three while maintaining the plot rhythm as much as possible.
At the same time, based on Durin's initial ideas, he roughly decided to divide the plots of the three parts into: the beginning of the story to before the heroic spirits gathered to attack the sea demon, from the attack on the sea demon to Kiritsugu's past memories, and from the end of the memories to the final ending.
This division can maintain suspense, which is what is called suitable fragmentation.
Secondly, the filming requirements required him to finish the first chapter in a short period of time, so he had to cut the plot before the sea monster appeared. Otherwise, he really didn't know where to find such a terrifying evil god. He couldn't let Wiz, a lich, cast forbidden alien summoning magic.
Therefore, after such a division, Du Lin quickly marked out most of the scenes to be used in the plot on the map, and the places where no suitable filming locations were found were marked in conspicuous fonts on the script.
In the end, the scenes that have not yet been determined for the first chapter of "Fate Zero" to be filmed are the castle of the Einzbern family and the underground building where the caster is hidden.
The former is beyond doubt. The castle of the Einzbern family is located in a forest covered with ice and snow all the year round. Even if Durin does not need to depict the forest, the ice and snow cover is a factor that must be considered. The current season is spring. In an empire where the overall seasonal deviation is not large, it is relatively difficult to find a place that is still covered with ice and snow in spring.
As for the latter, Du Lin actually already had a rough idea. After all, he had been to a similar place when he was filming the Water City plot of "Goblin Slayer". So he only needs to go there again at that time.
Therefore, the current problem once again focused on the fact that there was no building similar to the Einzbern Castle.
With this question, before auditioning the people brought by Wilhelm, Du Lin found all the people from Edward Studio who were currently in Edward Tavern and publicly asked: "Does anyone know where in the world there is a snow-covered forest? It would be best if there is a castle in it..."
"Snow-covered? Forest? Castle?"
Most people showed confused expressions in response to this. After all, people like Zat, Daphne and others had never even stepped out of the southern border, so how could they know about such a special place
In contrast, Beldia and Saeki were lost in thought. The two people who had lived in the Chaos Realm outside the North were thinking about whether there were similar places in their memories. Beldia was the first to speak: "The season in the Chaos Realm north of the North is completely different from that in the Empire. Even though the Empire has entered the warm spring, most places in the Chaos Realm are still covered with ice and snow. So if Director Du Lin doesn't mind going to the Chaos Realm to shoot a new movie, I have a place to recommend."
"Is that so? Let me ask you in advance, how dangerous is that place?"
Even Durin seemed a little nervous when he heard that the only filming location that met the requirements was in the Chaos Realm. After all, the area north of the North Border cannot be fully explored with the current power of mankind, which is why it is named Chaos.
After hearing Durin's question, Beldia pondered for a moment and replied, "If it was before, I would definitely say it is extremely dangerous, but now, because the lich who controlled me is dead, that place has become a rare safe area in the Chaos Realm."
"What do you mean? Wait, you mean the place you mentioned is..."
In response to Durin's surprise, Beldia just smiled and said, "Yes, that place I said is where I was once bound. It is the castle where the lich that controlled me lived."
"... ..."
After a long while, Durin came back to his senses from Beldia's sudden words and looked at the Dullahan in surprise. He looked so heartless, as if he didn't care about his past experiences at all.
Then, he frowned and thought for a while before confirming again: "Are you sure it's safe?"
Beldia calmly replied, "Because the lich that controls me is an extremely dangerous existence even in the Chaos Realm, most creatures and undead outside the North will not easily approach the castle. I guess the news of the lich's sudden death has not been spread until now. In this case, if you don't deliberately provoke him, your safety should be guaranteed."
After understanding what Beldia meant, Du Lin thought about it for a while and slowly added the part that the other party mentioned into the script.
Soon, looking at the shooting scenes that had been basically decided, Du Lin realized that the only thing missing for the filming of the movie "Fate Zero" was the candidates to serve as the heroic spirits summoned by the magicians.
"Has General Wilhelm arrived?"
Hearing Du Lin's question, Wiz was the first to answer: "The general has been waiting on the first floor with his men for a long time. Because they waited too long, he even took all his men to the cinema across the street to watch a movie."
"... ..."
Du Lin didn't expect that he had kept the other party waiting for so long. With a helpless expression on his face, he hurried downstairs.
And just as Wiz said, General Wilhelm and his large group of knights of various kinds have been waiting here for a long time.
"Sorry for the long wait. So you already know what you are going to do, right? Just start the audition."
Chapter 77: Could you please perform a suicide
Chapter 77
The auditions for Yingling were quite fast because they didn't have to take the troupe's own factors into consideration. Basically, Du Lin selected actors based entirely on their appearance, and unless their acting skills were completely terrible, they would generally pass.
At the same time, these actors had just watched a movie with the general, and now they had a preliminary understanding of the movie, so they were not confused about what they were supposed to do.
And although there are only seven Heroic Spirits in "Fate Zero", and the quota seems to be only seven, but in fact, if a certain assassin is counted, the quota is completely unlimited. This is why Durin told General Wilhelm at the beginning that he wanted as many as possible. At the same time, because the caster is not set as a warrior, Durin has no plans to choose actors from these knights.
At this moment, after auditioning Saber Artoria, Archer Gilgamesh, Rider Iskandar and other actors, the ones who have not yet been confirmed are Lancer Diarmuid, Berserker Lancelot and Assassin's assassin team.
The casting before this was very easy. Du Lin just glanced around the crowd and found several members of the Knights who matched his appearance. Then he successfully accepted them after letting them do a round of auditions.
And then...
"Next one."
As Durin spoke, a very handsome knight slowly walked out from the crowd. He seemed to be very confident, and in fact he was very popular in the Knights Templar. He should be the kind of character who has both strength and good looks.
"Do you need me to perform something?"
Because Durin did not give the Heroic Spirits a script, his audition of these knights was completely based on improvisation. For example, when auditioning the actor for the role of Rider, Durin only asked him to act more heroically and speak more grandly, and he indeed succeeded in doing so, or it could be said that he was acting in his true colors. Other auditions like Saber were even simpler. Durin directly asked her to perform a swordsmanship show. The person who participated in the audition was Leah, the deputy commander of the Imperial Knights. As a sword soul, her swordsmanship was naturally not bad, so she passed the test easily.
Of course, the only subtle thing was that when auditioning the actor for Archer Gilgamesh, Durin had only one requirement for him, which was to make him laugh. As long as the laugh was powerful and demonic enough, he would be accepted.
The actor was really embarrassed at the time. After all, he seemed to be an approachable and gentle person in normal times. But with the help of some talent, or perhaps a hidden personality, he got into the role completely and awkwardly, which scared the knight's friends.
At this moment, facing the knight's question, Du Lin just said silently: "Please perform suicide?"
"ha... ... .?"
All of a sudden, the knight who was participating in the audition showed a subtle expression, and he even thought he had heard it wrong.
In response, Du Lin, who was still smiling, continued, "Because the lancer you auditioned for ended up being forced to commit suicide, so if you choose to play the role, can you act out the suicide?"
“… … .”
Finally, after realizing that Du Lin was not joking, the knight in front of him twitched his mouth and asked, "Um, are there any other characters?"
"Well, there's also a berserker covered in jet-black armor, and a large group of dark-skinned assassins. Do you want to play these? If so, I can change the requirements of the audition."
“… … ..”
"Oh, I'm dead!"
"That's too much. That's not how suicide works. Do it again!"
“… … .”
"Poof~ I'm dead~"
"That's too much of a stretch. You should first imagine the spear in your hand piercing you through the heart, and then express the most vicious hatred!"
“… … .”
About five minutes later, watching the knight who was originally eager to act leave as if he was possessed by a demon, Du Lin continued to smile and nodded, "Next!"
... ... .
Soon, as all the knights present finished their interviews, Du Lin looked at General Wilhelm who was still a little nervous and said, "Can the people I just wanted to send down stay in this city for the time being? We will need them when we shoot later."
"Well, it shouldn't be a problem in the short term. After all, I'm going to stay in the South Territory during this period of time."
Hearing the general's words, Du Lin nodded, and then watched the headless knight in the distance pulling this group of knights to train their acting skills. Although Beldia's acting skills were actually just so-so, he was a senior with acting experience, and the most important thing was that his strength had reached the super level. Even if these knights had some small ideas, they would not dare to act rashly. He could be said to be the most suitable coach.
Of course, before letting others leave, Du Lin first called out to the female knight named Leah.
"What's up, Director Du Lin?"
Although Leah still felt a little strange about this title, because General Wilhelm had previously taken a group of knights to the cinema to watch "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World", she had somewhat accepted this new and unimaginable thing called movies.
By the way, after watching "KonoSuba: God's Blessing for a Wonderful World" in the cinema, these knights who usually have no time to rest are now overwhelmed by the impulse of "Don't stop me, I'm going to save the world."
If they hadn't been startled and doused with a bucket of cold water by the headless knight who came up to them right after they came out of the cinema, a large number of these people would have probably signed up for the Adventurer's Guild by now.
As the daily manager of the Knights Templar, although Leah tried to remain rational as much as possible, she also felt a desire for adventure after watching the movie. This was the first time she had felt an emotion called desire other than serving the empire.
"Liya, right? This time you're playing a Heroic Spirit named Saber. Since the filming location for the Heroic Spirit summoning scene is quite remote, I need to make it clear to you beforehand."
"remote?"
Not knowing why Du Lin said such a thing, Leah tilted her head with a puzzled expression.
In response to this, Durin simply quickly explained to the other party that the filming location of Einzbern Castle was located in the Chaos Realm north of the North Border, which meant that they were going to the Chaos Realm to film at that time.
Chapter 78 The First Film Critic
Chapter 78
After solving the actor problem of "Fate Zero", Du Lin was the first to return to the Alchemy Tower.
As the light of the teleportation array slowly flickered, Du Lin quickly used the teleportation array at the bottom of the tower to reach the top of the Alchemy Tower and opened the door of Scar's office.
Compared with the chaotic state last time, after Durin gave the other party a considerable amount of funds last time, Scar's laboratory has now returned to its original neatness. Various alchemical equipment and alchemical props are placed in it. At this moment, the tall dark-skinned man is leaning over the table in the laboratory, fiddling with some rune sets and a bunch of very sophisticated-looking instruments.
“… … .”
As if he was aware of Durin's arrival, Scar slowly stood up from his seat, turned around and replied: "You're here so soon? I thought you would need some more time."
"Of course I have no problem. It's you who has the bigger problem. You already knew it was me before I even told you. How long has it been since a guest other than me came to this place?"
In response to Du Lin's complaints, Scar just scratched his head in confusion, then forced himself to ignore it and replied: "Anyway, since you are here, Du Lin, does that mean the new script has been written?"
"Well, including the casting, the only thing we need to consider now is how to shoot it."
"The script..."
Seeing that Scarna wanted to read it very much but felt embarrassed, Du Lin just smiled and handed over a copy of the first chapter of "Fate Zero" that he had prepared long ago.
In response to this, when Scar saw the script of the new movie in Du Lin's hand, which had been on his mind for several days and even prevented him from sleeping well, he took it immediately. At the same time, he was too lazy to care about his face. He took it immediately and began to read it attentively.
Then, after about half an hour... Scar realized that it would be even more difficult for him to fall asleep in the following days!
"No more?"
“No more.”
"What's next?"
"It's still in my head."
"Can you tell me?"
"cannot!"
"... ..."
"... ..."
After a round of staring at each other, Scar, who knew Durin's character, gritted his teeth and read the broken part over and over again before slowly closing the script called "Fate Zero".
On the other hand, although Du Lin could understand Scarna's desire to tear him apart as a person who could not write out the whole story, he did not have the idea of writing out all of "Fate Zero". After all, it would be better not to write it out before filming than to worry about it being leaked out.
Of course, this is more because of Du Lin's bad taste. After all, he has tasted the fear of being dominated by the author of the fragments before. Now that he has changed his position, he unexpectedly finds that it is really fun to fragment...
In this regard, Scar, who was only a beginner reader after all, did not have the skills to urge for updates at this moment, so he put away the copy of the script indifferently and silently and said, "This story is very interesting."
"Yeah, I know, and then what?"
Yes, Du Lin showed the script to Scar not just to satisfy his bad taste, he hoped more that the master of the alchemy tower in front of him, whose alchemy attainments were even better than his, could give some useful suggestions.
Knowing this, Scar recalled the plot he had just seen and slowly said, "The magic circle in your story that can summon heroic spirits, is it an alchemical technique or a magical technique?"
"Both, or which one do you think is better?"
"Well, it's better to have both. Besides that, I have thought of an alchemical item called a 'gun' that can shoot bullets, like the one used by the protagonist. Maybe I can really make it in the future."
"Oh, that's good too, but I hope your suggestions are not about these trivial things. Or, tell me directly, Scar, do you think this story is attractive to us magicians?"
Seeing that Durin had regained his serious expression, Scar thought for a moment and said in the same serious tone: "To be honest, although I am not an orthodox magician, I believe that no one would refuse such an interesting story. Although the settings of the magicians in "Fate Zero" are very different from those in our reality, it is precisely because of this difference that the sense of conflict in the plot is enhanced. Moreover, I think the biggest advantage of this story is that it describes the battle between magicians without any hesitation!"
"What's the meaning?"
In response to Durin's question, Scar answered without hesitation: "Durin, you should have read those adventurer novels that emerged in the imperial capital some time ago. Although there are descriptions of magicians in them, due to the limited imagination of those novelists, the magicians they described fought completely by standing still and casting spells, without any characteristics that conform to combat professions. Of course, magicians in reality are indeed like those written by them, but isn't the existence of stories to transcend reality and do things that cannot be done in reality?"
"Although the Fate Zero you gave me, Du Lin, is completely untrue to the image of a real magician, it is precisely because of this unreality that it has created a unique battle between magicians. When people watch these magicians fight, they can also feel the pleasure of watching combat professions fight. This pleasure is definitely very attractive to the new students of the Mage Tower who are magicians themselves!"
"Because magicians are criticized for their weak combat abilities, and once a magician watches your film Fate Zero, every magician will think, 'Ah, I didn't expect magicians to be able to fight like this.' After that, I'm sure this film will spread among the magicians of the empire at the fastest speed."
Scar's analysis was long but also very unique. Although Durin was certain that "Fate Zero" would be popular in the Mage's Tower before, that was just a feeling based on the interesting story itself. Now, after Scar's analysis, Durin truly realized the advantages of the story of "Fate Zero" among the audience group of magicians.