E7 - Day for Night

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SIGN    Bottom Flap
[02:01] Maki
    Cut!
[02:04] Maki
    Okay, camera rehearsal looks good.
[02:06] Maki
    You two, I told you boys to
    stop looking at the camera.
[02:11] Maki
    Girl carrying the dog and you two
    on the bike, you're too slow.
[02:15] Maki
    You two walking and eating sweet
    rolls, don't eat before a take.
[02:19] Maki
    This will be a take.
[02:26] Mitsugu
    It was supposed to be just
    a little independent film.
[02:30] Maki
    Feel this in your soul!
[02:30] Mitsugu
    Nobody expected it to turn into
    such a grand undertaking.
[02:37] Mitsugu
    It started one week ago.
[02:43] Chihiro
    A blood drive PV?
[02:46] Mkai
    I believe posters and fliers
    aren't nearly appealing enough.
[02:51] Maki
    In order to reach the entire
    student body, we need a video.
[02:55] Maki
    Not just a banal PR video,
    but a properly entertaining one.
[02:59] Mai
    That sounds kind of fun.
[03:02] Maki
    Naturally, it shall be
    produced by the Cinema Club.
[03:07] Kaoru
    Will we be involved?
[03:09] Maki
    We would appreciate the Cosplay and
    Dance Club's full cooperation.
[03:12] Nami
    Sounds like a pain in the ass.
[03:15] Jinko
    You'd better not fool around like
    you did during the school festival.
[03:19] Mitsugu
    You're one to talk.
[03:21] Chihiro
    I get the gist of it.
[03:23] Chihiro
    But if you're going to make a movie,
    there are a few things you'll need first.
[03:26] Chihiro
    Even if you don't pay the cast or staff
    and use the Cinema Club's equipment,
[03:31] Chihiro
    there're transportation fees, lunch
    fees, beverages, and a snack bar.
[03:36] Chihiro
    And if you're planning on
    releasing it to the public,
[03:38] Chihiro
    the studio fees required to put on the
    finishing touches are nothing to sneeze at.
[03:41] Maki
    I've already come up with an estimate.
[03:43] Maki
    We'll spend two weeks filming, and the
    total cost comes out to 482,520 yen.
[03:49] Kaoru
    480,000 yen?
[03:52] Nami
    Where are we going to
    find that kind of money?
[03:54] Jinko
    Pie in the sky. Castles in the air.
[03:57] Jinko
    This is ridiculous.
[03:58] Chihiro
    Just so you know, I don't
    intend to pay a single cent.
[04:04] Katsuno
    Thanks for waiting.
[04:05] Maki
    How did it go?
[04:07] Katsuno
    500,000 rounded up.
    I had everyone pay in full.
SIGN    500K Yen
[04:12] All
    What?!
[04:13] Nami
    Where did that idiot get that much money?
[04:16] Kaoru
    I bet it was extortion.
[04:18] Jinko
    That's a crime.
[04:19] Kaoru
    Then he robbed a bank.
[04:21] Nami
    Rumor is, Katsuno's actually
    the son of a wealthy family.
[04:25] Kaoru
    He got it from daddy.
[04:27] Katsuno
    What are you squabbling about?
[04:29] Katsuno
    I earned this money with my
    blood, sweat, and fists.
[04:33] Kaoru
    So it was extortion after all.
[04:35] Katsuno
    This means I get to play
    Mai-chan's boyfriend, right?
[04:38] Maki
    A director never goes back on her word.
SIGN    Lie
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[04:43] Maki
    Anyway, we've met the conditions
    required for production.
[04:47] Maki
    Doctor Chihiro, as the Blood Donation
    Club advisor and night school supervisor,
[04:50] Maki
    I ask for your permission.
[04:52] Chihiro
    Very well.
[04:53] Chihiro
    However, I'm only canceling night
    classes for five days so you can film.
[04:58] Maki
    That's ridiculous!
[05:00] Chihiro
    There's nothing ridiculous about it.
[05:01] Chihiro
    "If you can't finish shooting in five days,
    you wouldn't finish shooting in five years."
[05:04] Chihiro
    A certain movie director once said that.
SIGN    Inu
[05:07] Maki
    Well, whatever. Once filming starts,
    a movie belongs to its director.
SIGN    Naive
[05:15] Maki
    I'll now go over the staff and cast list.
SIGN    Meet Mai (Temp)
[05:19] Maki
    Leading lady Dracula will be
    played by Mai Vlad Transylvania.
[05:23] Mai
    I look forward to working with everyone.
[05:25] Maki
    Her fiancé will be played by Mitsugu Bambam.
[05:27] Mitsugu
    That's to be expected.
[05:29] Maki
    Mitsugu's senior who elopes with Mai
    will be played by Masumi Katsuno.
[05:33] Katsuno
    It's the only thing to do.
[05:35] Maki
    Costumes, Kaoru Konno.
[05:37] Kaoru
    The Cosplay Club is finally up at bat again.
[05:40] Maki
    Dance instruction, Nami Unten.
[05:42] Nami
    Better than attending classes.
[05:44] Maki
    Production manager, Jinko Sumida.
[05:46] Jinko
    Stick to the schedule. Discipline on set.
[05:49] Maki
    Executive producer,
    Doctor Chihiro Chimatsuri.
[05:54] Maki
    The Cinema Club will devote
    all its energies to direction,
SIGN    Meet Mai (Temp)
[05:57] Maki
    and production will be handled by
    the Karate Club and all the rest.
[06:00] Maki
    And I, Maki Watabe, shall be the director.
[06:05] Maki
    We start shooting one week from now,
    and we'll begin preparing today.
[06:10] All
    Roger!
[06:17] Mitsugu
    Thus, amidst uncertainty and doubt,
    the production of Maki's movie began.
SIGN    FIRST DAY OF SHOOTING
[06:38] Mitsugu
    Katsuno-senpai of the Blood Donation Club,
[06:40] Mitsugu
    allow me to introduce our new member Mai.
[06:43] Maki
    Cut!
[06:45] Maki
    Okay. This will be a take.
[06:48] Taguchi
    Okay.
[06:49] Mitsugu
    Hey, listen.
[06:51] Maki
    Oh, what a surprise.
[06:52] Mitsugu
    What's going on with this movie's script?
[06:55] Maki
    Since we only have five days to film,
    we'll improvise and fix it in editing.
[07:00] Maki
    All that exists is what we're shooting
    that day, Jackie Chan-style.
[07:05] Mitsugu
    But we don't even have today's script.
[07:07] Maki
    We do. It's right in here.
[07:10] Maki
    Even if I gave you a script,
[07:12] Maki
    it's not like you have the ability to come
    up with an acting plan or prepare for the role.
[07:15] Mitsugu
    Yeah, but...
[07:16] Maki
    There's more?
[07:18] Mitsugu
    I feel like I've seen this
    situation before somewhere.
[07:23] Maki
    I'm surprised you've seen it.
SIGN    Day for Night
[07:25] Maki
    It's from the 1973 French
    movie Day for Night
[07:32] Maki
    directed by François Truffaut.
[07:34] Mitsugu
    The guy who played the scientist in
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
SIGN    Close Encounters
    of the Third Kind
[07:37] Maki
    He's also an actor, but he's also one of
    the great masters of the French New Wave.
[07:41] Maki
    Though the movie primarily
    takes place on film sets,
SIGN    Day for Night
[07:44] Maki
    it's a masterpiece that's a little different
[07:47] Maki
    from your standard Hollywood
    behind-the-scenes movie.
[07:49] Maki
    It stars English actress Jacqueline Bisset
[07:52] Maki
    and handsome French actor Jean-Pierre
    Léaud, who often worked with Godard.
[07:57] Maki
    And the director in the movie
    is played by Truffaut himself.
[08:02] Maki
    By the way, the English title Day for Night
[08:05] Maki
    refers to the cinematic technique of using filters
[08:08] Maki
    to block out warm-colored light for night scenes.
[08:10] Mitsugu
    I wasn't asking about that.
[08:13] Maki
    The movie being shot within the film is a
    cliché melodrama called Meet Pamela.
SIGN    Meet Pamela
[08:20] Mitsugu
    In other words...
[08:21] Maki
    I'm paying homage to that movie.
SIGN    Meet Mai
[08:24] Maki
    So the title of this movie
    will be Meet Mai.
[08:27] Mitsugu
    Oh, I see—no, wait.
    I wasn't asking about that.
[08:30] Maki
    There's no point in telling you.
[08:31] Mitsugu
    In the first place, isn't this movie
    supposed to promote the blood drive?
[08:35] Maki
    Regardless of the subject of the movie,
    the director needs a personal theme.
[08:41] Maki
    I'm a cinemaphile full of love for movies.
[08:44] Taguchi
    We're on standby.
[08:45] Maki
    This is a take.
[08:47] Maki
    Katsuno!
[08:48] Maki
    This is the scene where you and the heroine
[08:50] Maki
    meet that foreshadows your eventual elopement.
[08:54] Katsuno
    It's the only thing to do!
[08:56] Taguchi
    This is a take.
[08:58] Club C
    Meet Mai scene number unknown,
    cut number unknown. Take one.
[09:03] Maki
    Ready, action!
[09:10] Mitsugu
    Katsuno-senpai, allow me to
    introduce our new member Mai.
[09:14] Maki
    Cut!
[09:15] Maki
    Camera B, are you getting
    that closeup of Katsuno?
[09:18] Club C
    Katsuno's missing.
[09:19] Both
    What?
[09:21] Katsuno
    Take this!
[09:22] Katsuno
    I'm taking you with me!
[09:27] Mitsugu
    He kidnapped Mai?!
[09:30] Maki
    After them!
[09:31] Chihiro
    That won't be necessary. Click.
SIGN    Censored
[09:40] All
    Captain!
[09:43] Chihiro
    I installed an anti-theft
    self-destruct spark plug.
[09:46] Maki
    Doctor, you installed
    that in your own moped?
[09:50] Mitsugu
    What if Mai is dead?
[09:52] Chihiro
    That girl isn't that fragile.
[09:58] Chihiro
    Since my moped was well-insured,
[10:01] Chihiro
    starting next week I'll be
    riding a brand new moped.
[10:04] Mitsugu
    Miraculously, Katsuno survived,
SIGN    ° Insurance fraud is a crime.
[10:07] Mitsugu
    but there was no trace of the
    Vespa we'd been using to film,
[10:10] Mitsugu
    and thus, the first day of shooting concluded.
SIGN    SECOND DAY OF SHOOTING
[10:16] Mitsugu
    Maki pulled herself together,
    announced that starting today,
[10:20] Mitsugu
    we'd return to a clean slate,
    and filming resumed.
[10:23] Kaoru
    I'm finished with the stunt
    double's makeup and costume.
[10:26] Taguchi
    GoPro is ready.
[10:29] Tsujimoto
    Projector is ready, as well.
[10:30] Maki
    Attention!
[10:33] Maki
    After eloping with Katsuno,
    Mai attempts to return to her fiancé,
[10:38] Maki
    but she speeds off a cliff
    and meets her untimely demise.
[10:42] Maki
    It's the most spectacular
    scene of this movie.
[10:44] Maki
    Let's keep this tight!
[10:46] All
    Yeah!
[10:48] Maki
    Stunt double on standby.
[10:51] Jinko
    This is the only day we're
    doing such an elaborate shoot.
[10:55] Maki
    It's better than having
    to travel to a location.
[10:57] Maki
    We don't have the money for that.
[10:59] Mitsugu
    Do you have a minute?
[11:01] Maki
    What?
[11:03] Mitsugu
    There's something I want to ask you.
[11:05] Maki
    What is it?
[11:06] Mitsugu
    This is called rear projection, right?
[11:09] Maki
    What about it?
[11:11] Mitsugu
    Since the vehicle isn't actually moving,
    why do we need a stunt double?
[11:17] Maki
    You think I'd risk putting
    my lead actress in danger?
[11:23] Mitsugu
    Danger? Where's the danger?
[11:25] Mitsugu
    Aren't we just combining the actors'
    performance with a projected image?
[11:28] Maki
    Just shut up and watch this.
[11:30] Maki
    Lights.
[11:32] Maki
    Screen.
[11:33] Tsujimoto
    Projection, start.
[11:36] Maki
    Performance department, begin shaking.
[11:39] Maki
    Okada, keep your head down.
[11:41] Maki
    People will know you're a double.
[11:44] Maki
    Lights, begin shaking.
[11:52] Maki
    Camera.
[11:53] Taguchi
    Camera rolling.
[11:55] Maki
    Okay, action!
[12:04] Maki
    Pyrotechnics, are you ready?
[12:06] Club C
    Pyrotechnics ready.
[12:07] Kaoru
    What are pyrotechnics?
[12:09] Maki
    Fire!
[12:18] Okada
    Mommy!
[12:25] Maki
    We got a great shot.
[12:27] Taguchi
    But this just looks like
    Okada wearing a wig.
[12:31] Maki
    We'll use digital synthesis to fix his face.
[12:33] Jinko
    Where are we going to find
    the budget for that?
[12:36] Mitsugu
    And so, the second day of filming concluded.
SIGN    THIRD DAY OF SHOOTING
[13:24] Mitsugu
    Because Katsuno was stuck in a coma,
[13:27] Mitsugu
    we began hastily filming scenes
    without Katsuno first.
[13:33] Mitsugu
    Katsuno and Mai have eloped and
    greet the dawn at a motel.
[13:37] Mitsugu
    Not wanting to be bothered by room service,
[13:40] Mitsugu
    Mai leaves the remains of her
    breakfast outside her door,
[13:43] Mitsugu
    and a cat drinks milk from her dishes.
SIGN    Soft Skin
[13:46] Mitsugu
    Apparently, it's a recreation of a famous
    scene from Truffaut's Soft Skin.
[13:53] Maki
    Is the cat on standby?
[13:55] Club B
    About that...
[13:56] Maki
    Is there a problem?
[13:58] Club B
    Well, actually...
[13:59] Kaoru
    My kitty Tamasaburo ran away.
[14:02] Maki
    He ran away?
[14:03] Kaoru
    He's a serial escape artist.
[14:06] Maki
    Why did you cast that cat?
[14:09] Kaoru
    There isn't a pet owner who wouldn't
    want to see their own kitty in a movie.
[14:13] Maki
    Then take responsibility by finding him.
[14:16] Kaoru
    I don't think that's possible.
[14:17] Kaoru
    Once he escapes, he doesn't
    return for a week.
[14:20] Kaoru
    Why don't I take responsibility
    by cosplaying a cat instead?
[14:24] Maki
    My movie isn't a comedy.
[14:26] Maki
    Find a replacement cat immediately.
[14:28] Jinko
    Just so you know—
[14:30] Maki
    You're here to tell me that we don't have
    the budget for a professional cat actor, right?
[14:33] Jinko
    As long as you're aware.
[14:35] Tsujimoto
    Director, it's Kanbara-san.
[14:37] Maki
    What about Kanbara?
[14:39] Tsujimoto
    He captured a potential replacement cat.
[14:47] Club C
    Meet Mai, scene unknown,
    cut number unknown. Take one.
[14:51] Maki
    Action!
[14:59] Kanbara
    Go on, Micuras.
[15:01] Kanbara
    Micuras, go. Micuras!
[15:04] Maki
    Cut!
[15:06] Club C
    Take two.
[15:08] Maki
    Action!
[15:19] Maki
    Cut!
[15:21] Taguchi
    Director...
[15:23] Maki
    We'll keep filming until it drinks.
[15:53] Mitsugu
    The cat never drank the milk,
    and the third day of filming concluded.
SIGN    FOURTH DAY OF SHOOTING
[16:29] Mitsugu
    On the fourth day of shooting,
[16:31] Mitsugu
    we filmed the blood donation
    charity ball with the Dance Club.
[16:37] Mitsugu
    But Maki was under a lot of pressure.
[16:44] Maki
    A director's job is to answer questions.
[16:48] Maki
    To direct costumes and color.
[16:50] Maki
    To apply the finishing touches
    to props and makeup.
[16:53] Maki
    They answer 20—no, 30 or
    even 40 questions a day.
[16:57] Maki
    It's not important whether the
    answers are right or wrong.
[17:01] Maki
    What's important is that they
    keep answering questions.
[17:04] Taguchi
    This is a camera rehearsal.
[17:07] Club C
    Music on.
[17:09] Nami
    Two, three. Okay.
[17:13] Katsuno
    Mai-sama!
[17:17] Nami
    Hey, Katsuno!
[17:19] Jinko
    Sexual harassment king!
[17:22] Chihiro
    Out of the way!
[17:32] Chihiro
    He may be obsessed, but Katsuno's
    tenacity is exemplary.
[17:37] Chihiro
    However, after all the sedative I injected
    him with, he won't wake up for a week.
[17:44] Mitsugu
    However, Katsuno recovered by the next day.
[17:48] Taguchi
    We only have one day left.
[17:50] Club B
    But we're low on funds and understaffed.
[17:52] Club C
    If only we weren't working
    with that meathead.
[17:55] Tsujimoto
    If only he'd died on the first day.
[17:57] Taguchi
    Will saying that now fix anything?
[17:59] Taguchi
    We need constructive opinions.
[18:01] Club C
    What does that mean?
[18:03] Club B
    Please don't go after each
    other with personal attacks.
[18:06] Taguchi
    The Seijumonji High School Cinema
    Club's honor is riding on this.
[18:11] Club C
    Yeah, but...
[18:13] Club B
    You crying about it won't fix anything.
[18:16] Taguchi
    Just listen to me!
[18:19] Club B
    Why are you being so tyrannical?
[18:21] Taguchi
    You can't shoot a movie democratically!
[18:23] Club C
    I'm sick of your principled nature!
[18:26] Taguchi
    Oh, come on!
[18:27] Club D
    I hope you all die!
[18:29] Club C
    Die, die, die, die, die!
[18:34] Maki
    Whether we like it or not,
    we only have one day left.
[18:40] Maki
    We'll alter the final scene.
[18:44] Maki
    The Seijumonji High School Cinema Club's
[18:47] Maki
    continued existence is riding
    on tomorrow's shoot!
SIGN    FINAL DAY OF SHOOTING
[19:02] Taguchi
    Director. Director.
[19:05] Taguchi
    Director, we're on standby.
[19:14] Maki
    Mitsugu.
[19:16] Maki
    Don't turn around.
[19:18] Maki
    We're making a few changes
    to the final scene.
[19:22] Maki
    Take this.
[19:25] Mitsugu
    This isn't real, is it?
[19:28] Maki
    Of course it's a film prop, idiot.
[19:33] Maki
    You know how to use it, right?
[19:36] Taguchi
    This is a take.
[19:37] All
    This is a take.
[20:01] Katsuno
    A-A Government?!
[20:04] Mob A
    The new night school student
    is the leading lady.
[20:07] Mob B
    Shockingly, Masumi Katsuno
    is playing opposite her.
[20:10] Mob C
    That gorilla from the Karate Club?
[20:10] Mob B
    Apparently, he paid for the
    entire budget himself.
[20:11] Mob D
    I heard the shoot was incredible.
[20:13] Mob A
    Start the movie already.
[20:14] Mob B
    Don't shout. The fire station will show up.
[20:16] Mob F
    No, the police!
SIGN    Blood Donation Club and Cinema Club
    First Joint Production
SIGN    Meet Mai
SIGN    Censored
[20:26] Mob C
    No objections!
[20:27] Mob E
    We've been waiting for you, Mai-chan!
[20:38] Mitsugu
    Katsuno-senpai of the Blood Donation Club.
[20:41] Mitsugu
    Allow me to introduce our new member Mai.
[20:44] Katsuno
    Take this!
[20:46] Katsuno
    I'm taking you with me!
SIGN    Censored
[21:36] Katsuno
    Where the hell is Maki?!
[21:38] Kaoru
    She fled a while ago.
[21:46] Maki
    A movie director must not fear failure.
[21:51] Maki
    They need an indomitable spirit that
    can get up after countless setbacks.
[21:55] Maki
    Because that is what's
    demanded of a director.
SIGN    Episode 8 "Looong story..."
[23:45] Chihiro
    Everyone has a secret.
[23:49] Chihiro
    Naturally, I am no exception.
[23:53] Chihiro
    Nothing's more expensive than free, idiots.