Yokohama
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Ohara
Now I see...
Ohara
So, you're all training with different troupes in order to make your dreams come true, which is what led you to Shunmeiza and Bakuno.
Ohara
Oh, that's wonderful to hear.
However...
However...
Ohara
Hmm...
After hearing your story, I'd like to ask you all something...
After hearing your story, I'd like to ask you all something...
Ohara
How would you like to work as part of this film's production crew?
Ohara
As embarrassing as it is for me to say this, we've recently started feeling a bit shorthanded.
Ohara
You won't be able to perform as actors, but your help would be greatly appreciated. Of course, you'll be paid for your work.
Rui
Are you sure about this?
We'll need some guidance since we've never worked on a film before.
We'll need some guidance since we've never worked on a film before.
Ohara
Yes, I'm sure.
Your tasks will be relatively simple.
Your tasks will be relatively simple.
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Rui
I agree...
We won't be visiting our next troupe for some time, so I'd like to take this opportunity to learn as much as I can about directing a film.
We won't be visiting our next troupe for some time, so I'd like to take this opportunity to learn as much as I can about directing a film.
Ohara
Yes, of course!
I'm so glad that you're agreeing to join.
I'm so glad that you're agreeing to join.
Ohara
Then, can you all come tomorrow?
The rest of the crew will give you all the details. They should be just over there, so if you can give them your contact information for me.
The rest of the crew will give you all the details. They should be just over there, so if you can give them your contact information for me.
Ohara
Then, I'm off to look over everything we shot today. I'm looking forward to seeing you all back here tomorrow.
Ohara
You too, Bakuno. Try to get some rest since I know the sea air gave your throat a tough time!
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Tsukasa
Luck be with us! Fortune has favored us!
Let's come back tomorrow and continue to learn as much as we can!
Let's come back tomorrow and continue to learn as much as we can!
Rui
Right. Opportunities like this don't come around often, so we need to try to make the most of it.
Wonderland SEKAI
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Rin
Oh, that's right! If this person was behind it all, then that means the way he was so friendly to the hero was all an act!
MEIKO
It really is.
Still, Nene, that film you made with your classmates was startlingly good!
Still, Nene, that film you made with your classmates was startlingly good!
Nene
No, you're comparing apples to oranges.
We're talking about a professionally made film here...
We're talking about a professionally made film here...
Tsukasa
However, since the director was kind enough to invite us along, we won't be allowed to cut any corners!
A few weeks later
Rental Room in Tokyo
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Ohara
Are the flowers all in place?!
Ohara
No, the light hits it all wrong with them faced this way!
Ohara
Forget it... Can I get a tech over here to readjust this light?!
Lighting Crew Member
On it!
Rui
Bakuno warned us about the director being hard to please, but this goes a bit beyond that...
Tsukasa
Our “relatively simple” tasks turned out to be things like moving around heavy equipment and getting permission to film at various locations. “Relatively hard” is more like it.
Nene
No, it's just...
I heard a rumor that a few part-timers stopped coming the day before he asked us to join...
I heard a rumor that a few part-timers stopped coming the day before he asked us to join...
Rui
The way he said, “We've just started feeling a bit shorthanded,” when he invited us to join caught my attention.
Rui
For that to have happened in the middle of the production process, I suspected that something must have happened.
Rui
We've all learned quite a lot while working on this film these past couple of weeks, no?
Tsukasa
We've gotten to watch all the actors perform up close, and see the director work with them...
Emu
Yeah, I've learned a ton from the crew about the whole production process, like how proposals for films actually get off the ground!
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Rui
(I need to check over all the props we'll be using this afternoon... We'll be taking our break after the next scene, so I should try to finish before then.)
Rui
(And if I finish early, I might be able to talk to Mr. Ohara about what's been on my mind.)
Rui
(I want to learn more about directing by actually being by his side, but I'm in no position to make such a request.)
Ohara
Okay, onto the next scene... Wait.
Ohara
Hey, this script's old! What's it doing here?! I almost mistook it for the latest version!
Ohara
No, this isn't it.
Didn't I say this morning that these lines needed fixing?
Didn't I say this morning that these lines needed fixing?
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Ohara
...
Oh, here it is...
Oh, here it is...
Ohara
No, I'll keep both.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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Ohara
...
Assistant Director
He and his friends have been doing a good job... I wasn't sure how they'd do at first since you sort of begged them to join, but they've been a huge help.
Ohara
Well, I figured that they'd take this seriously after hearing what they said about making their dreams come true.
Assistant Director
They've been filling in nicely for the ones who left after just three days. And they said something very similar.
Ohara
...
Ohara
Point taken...
Next Chapter: A Step Ahead