Live action album "FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST" Interview with Sori Fumihiko, thoroughly sticking to CG and background "I would like to see it without fail"

A movie released from December 1, 2017Full Metal AlchemistHe worked onFumihiko Sori (Sorimo Hori)To the director, I tried asking questions about various things from CG of "domestic highest level" to casts and backgrounds in realizing the world of fantasy.

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GIGAZINE (hereinafter, G):
I saw all of this work at the preview, but the part I was most concerned about personally "The CG is not something of a shabby" was completely high level, I did not feel a sense of discomfort at all. previous"Vexille 2077 Japan isolation countryIn the case ofinterviewWithin the question "Mr. Sori is a person who came to film making with the rise of CG and VFX?", "It is a misunderstanding, I have a misunderstanding. I originally love movies and I am a junior high school student I began to pursue a film director, as a path to film director, I thought that it would be nice to get in from special effects director.When I was a student I was organizing a CG program on PC I was working on it as one of the means to go to the movie path to the last "and I understand that it did not compromise on the quality of CG. What scenes did you have the hardest in the scenes using this CG?

Sori Fumihiko (hereinafter, Zen):
What I would like to appeal most, is the result of Alphonse (Al) after all. Al production takes a lot of time. The production company responsible for the planning, shooting, and finishing of this movie productionOXYBOTI launched it 12 years ago. It is this movie "FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST" that you can crowd from everywhere you cultivate the field to cultivate the food to make dishes, and finally get rid of the ingredients. The character that is made up of all CGs called Alphonse, which appears in it, is a big achievement although it has been raised.


G:
Al is a full-length CG, is not it? Is it really CG? There was also a scene that I wanted to suspect.

Zen:
It's all. As for Al, we have not made any props etc. It is drawn entirely from CG only, from hand up to face up.

G:
There is almost no discomfort, is this a costume? There was also a scene that I even thought.

Zen:
I am very happy if you think so. Even with ourselves, I will forget that it is gradually CG. I believe that this feeling of existence is very important in movies. I have been developing for a long time to express this real. Hollywood already has technology to express beyond its real, but Japan has not reached that much. I felt that I went up to the same stage while I was present by this alphonse. With this alphonse as turning point, I think that it is more interesting to say that this has been realized.


G:
Certainly, when I saw the movement of Al this time, I was surprised to see that it was an armor, so despite the fact that the facial expression did not change, I was really acting properly only with proper motion. This was also responsible for the voice of Al for performance for motion captureArisu Mizuhishi (Atsumi Mizuashi)I heard that he was in charge, but did he direct the request that he wanted to perform acting like this?

Zen:
Motion capture is usually a special studio, taking pictures with several infrared cameras. This time we adopted a wireless motion capture with gyroscope, we can skip the data as it is to the personal computer and record it on the spot. Its merit is the role of Edward (Ed)Ryosuke Yamada (Yamada Ryuke)Kun and Mizuhashi You can record motion data at the same time while shooting normal play of Ariyama-kun's play as it is. This is possible even outdoors.

G:
It is not a separate shot, is not it?

Zen:
It is not another shot. I am performing a natural play and reacting, I am doing data recording as it is, so I am making CG of Alphonse based on that movement.

G:
That's why the movements match so much. I felt doubtful how I felt the movements of CG's Al and the movements of the surrounding actors to that.

Zen:
It is thanks to that the movement is perfect in the fight scenes. In that sense the effect was outstanding. I think that you can see the result as soon as you can see it.

G:
Certainly you will understand. I saw motion capture of various movies, but I was surprised because I never saw such things.

Zen:
Since Hollywood is an animator with confidence in arms, such CG does not use motion capture, it does it by hand. That is amazing, but there are times when it seems that the acceleration part is misaligned in some places. Gravity is also an acceleration, for example, I think that the motion when doing punching, the disadvantageous movement, and that this timing matches thanks to motion capture. With manual preparation by animator, I think that it is difficult to match this acceleration part with the movement of CG alone, and the linkage between CG and live action.


G:
That's why the fight scene of Ed and Al seemed to be very powerful, did not he?

Zen:
That's right. Al is including full-length CG, but that scene is full-length CG, but I think that the action of CG's character and the real human being is unbelievable is a high level even in Hollywood.

G:
As a similar character modeling, personally felt that acting was outstanding, Ryo Hughes's roleRyuta Sato (Sato Ryuuta)With Mr. Takeshi TakaharuHiroshi Oizumi (Ooizumi)Was great. Especially I was surprised that Mr. Hiroshi Oizumi was amazing.

Zen:
That's amazing. Looking at posters and cast introductions, it is said that it is "ordinary Oizumi Yaja", but (laugh), this is the aim. It is Tucker entering from ordinary Hiroshi Oizumi. I think that the original fan fans know the necessity of the gap well.

G:
To be honest, it was the "last" of Homunculus that I was not expecting the most because it was impossible to reproduce, but I was surprised because it was completely uncomfortable. Last roleYasuko Matsuyuki (Matsuyuki Yako)He was doing a wonderful way of hampering, but did the director decide all these castings? Because,Another interviewInside, executive producer Warner'sKazuya Hamana (Hayami Kazuya)Says, "Mr. Tsubasa Honda, Ms. Dean Fujioka, Yasuko Matsuyuki are the people we mentioned for the first choice, although Mr. Honda seems to have been feeling solemnly only as a big fan of the original , The unique cuteness that is really suitable for the heroine has become a role that is perfect for the original, "so I was concerned as to how I was choosing it.


Zen:
I truly walk one by one on my own and one by one. First I made a demo video of Alphonse. I made a demonstration image of Al being CG, can be drawn as an existence, I first saw the original teacher and so on that it is possible so far, and show it to everyone in the cast, at this level I will do it, I feel confident that you should participate in the work "High Alchemist of Steel" of this hurdle, I agree with that and gotten together.

G:
The very beginning is AR. I thought it was the last time I could do it.

Zen:
Win roleHonda Tsubasa (Honda Tsubasa)Also was involved in the popular work "FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST", after all I was surprised at the beginning. I think that Honda himself was also his favorite work but I hesitated, but I saw Al CG and joined us with peace of mind.

G:
That was how it happened. I found out by looking over Sori's director's thing including casting, but now on Twitter "tell me! Director Sori FumihikoYou have created a wonderful account called "I do not care." How did you make this account?


Zen:
Since it is a famous original, there are also concerns of everyone, and there are not many pre-screenings, so questions were received through various channels from before the release. If so, so we did previewing with fans and did teaching etc, but pre-screening is not so many people by any means, so it is better to respond to everyone widely . Homepage1 cornerAs a limited time until publication as we have done.

G:
So is not that the account is replying in real time by Sori himself?

Zen:
Just because I am not a personal account, I am writing 100% of my writing. I am responsible with my own responsibility and I also see your opinion. Since everyone is excited with various things, I think that you can also enjoy such as a entertainment movie together.

G:
In the previous interviewI thought that if the theme or core part drawn by Mr. Arakawa sensei was not shifted, I could forgive even if there was originality of live-action, but if the core breaks down, "Alchemy of steel It is said that it will not be a teacher ", but in this live-action realization, it was the part that aimed at the expressions unique to live-action movies that are not animation, 2.5-dimensional plays, because it was a live-action shoot Where will the scene be called?

Zen:
For example, there is a cool expression such as expression of rebuilding (invocation of alchemy) in the original, such as animation, but such a cool expression exists, just tracing it is boring, so in real life it is in real life to express such expression There was also the thought that we would like to present new things. It is easy to make the same thing, and I think that you can be relieved for the amount of your sense of dereference, but it will be lacking in fun. The scene where "truth" appears also changes things that are being trained, and each scene that is drawing a unique way of three-dimensional world is doing. Therefore, there are some scenes which are perfectly matched with the original, and there is also a part which is deliberately shifted, I think if you think that the shifted part is playful and have fun with the clearance. For those who touched Hagaren for the first time in two hours, as a single movie, the story has its axis, the theme is not blurred, and there is a catharsis at the end There is also a part that I wanted to finish in the ideal form of.


G:
The screening time is over 2 hours, but was the screening time fixed from the beginning?

Zen:
I knew that it would not exceed 2 hours at the stage of the script. Just two hours and thirty minutes is long, so it's about 2 hours and 13 minutes with the goal of cutting 2 hours 15 minutes. Because the endroll is long, this movie has become a little about 2 hours for about a couple of hours.

G:
It is hard to imagine that making manga as an original and making it a live-appearance is as difficult as there are many mountains, but in making this live-action picture,Hiroshi Arakawa (Hiromu Arakawa)According to another interview article about Mr., "The original worker has also confirmed the scenario over and over again.It is also during the shooting that there are minor changes in the dialogue according to the circumstances of the site, While making confirmation to all the original works, I made it with a screenplay that was completed based on close interaction ", but is there anything else that I could have helped the original side with something else What?

Zen:
To be exact, Mr. Arakawa never ordered a detailed thing, I left it to the freedom. So while checking with the publisher, I adjusted it so that expressions and serifs would not deviate from the world view.

G:
According to Mr. Arakawa's story, about the new painting episode "steel alchemist 0 (zero)" that will be distributed as the first movie entrant's privilege, "Ed is the state alchemist qualified soon after talking , I drew it with a feeling that it follows the movie from here ", it is said that Mr. Hiroshi Arakawa himself wrote after seeing the movie, is this whether the request from the director is ahead or is it Was there a request from the original author Arakawa Hiroshi, or was there a different trigger, what kind of circumstances did you decide to draw down around here?

Zen:
I did not ask you, but I think that there was a place I wanted somewhere. Because Professor Arakawa probably believes that "FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST" is a complete one, you can also enjoy watching the movie and say "I am glad", then the creators, the creative motivation will stir up I think that there is. That's why Mr. Arakawa is in a state of hotness due to the movie to everyone in the fans, so that 0 volumes are born with that kind of thing, and that means that I draw "steel alchemist" once more There is a hope that we are beginning to accept it even among them. I am hoping personal personally that if you like the fans watching a lot of movies, if you like it, Professor Arakawa may be interested in "Okay." If so, "steel alchemist" will start moving again.


G:
This tooAnother interviewAmong the projects of the live-action movie making mentioned by Hama Producer, "As a result of the interview, we got an opportunity to interview Hama's Executive Producer, Hamamatsu Producer joined Warner via TBS and the live-action version" Hagaren "planning was warmed up with Sori Fumihiko from the age of TBS. Even at the Warner Headquarters in the United States there was a time when the plan went up, but the story of the original author, Hiroshi Arakawa, was also strong, and the hurdle to real life was high. Regardless of how it was realized, Hamana producer recalls as follows. "As a result of tenaciously negotiating with directors and presenting our creativity, in 2015, I got consent from the original author at the time I joined Warner," but in fact Which point did you focus on in the negotiations and made a presentation and won the live-action?

Zen:
That is still Alphonse. I think it was big. Other than that, with visuals closer to animation, when showing real life, show me the image that something like this. There is such strength in the image, right? Because OXYBOT had this production power, it was feeling that Mr. Arakawa also agreed.

G:
After all it was great that I showed the real thing around that.

Zen:
I agree. Because I think that my mind will not move with words or letters alone.

G:
When I actually appreciate it, the background of each scene is tremendous,When I look it up, In the vicinity of Pienza in Italy, Volterra, in Siena of World Heritage Site and Florence etc. Furthermore, "Cooperation of Italian National Rail will actually run valuable locomotives 100 years ago" Although it is a feeling that there was only thing that was quite large, did you have any difficulties or discoveries at overseas location?

Zen:
It is a commitment to the locomotive that emphasized. In my own sense, "Steel Alchemist" was said to be the locomotive image. I wanted to use Europe's locomotive locomotive inevitably. That's what I found in the Tuscan region of Italy, it is a train that only runs for a couple of seasons in sightseeing. I photographed it for a day. Because it is a track that uses only two seasons a year, locomotives can come and go.

G:
Are those locomotives all real locomotives?

Zen:
It is non-CG. The scene inside the car is also a locomotive 100 years ago in Italy, so it is just as perfect as the world view of "FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST". I usually take pictures using it and synthesize the picture outside the window, but in this movie it is the real landscape I actually ran.


G:
That's why the background is so bad.

Zen:
I shoot normally, I use it normally. Since the station is also a real station, I used all of it and shot the locomotive in the usual locomotive, I was chasing with the drones from the top. After all there is real impression. The world view of "FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST" can be expressed by the fact that a real locomotive can be taken. The town of Volterra also cooperated nearly raised the town, so it was truly wonderful.

G:
Finally, please give a message etc. to those who have already seen the movie.

Zen:
To be honest, I think that there are many places where you can think that you see it as you see it while you are worried. I think that those who do not know the original can enjoy it as an entertainment movie. The movie has more interesting places to watch, such as the opening action scenes, and I think that the big screen has become a movie that suits you. This timeIMAXAlso4DXThere are also, so if you can see it many times it is glad it is.


G:
Certainly, the atmosphere of the costume was quite different from when I saw the YouTube trailer. Is it a sense of realism or survival?

Zen:
Because it is a large screen specification, I would like to ask all of my fans to check on the big screen. After seeing it at an ordinary movie theater, I believe that "Well, let's see it even at IMAX". Both action and sound, IMAX is still awesome. As for the original production size, recent live-action movie works are made with a size of 2K, but this time it is producing at 2.5K, so I have about 1.5 times the resolution in terms of area. It is exactly for IMAX.

G:
It is still stark on the image side.

Zen:
It is the best resolution among the movies of this genre of Japan so far and it is making time to spare, so it is a pleasure if you can check it at the theater rather than repeat the words. Thank you very much.

G:
Thank you for talking.

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