おいしそうなCM撮影の話 tasty CM shooting

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春節連休初日のコマーシャル撮影

Commercial shooting on the first day of the Lunar New Year holidays

映画やコマーシャルのスタジオはおおかた中心部から少し離れたところにあります。今回のスタジオは香港の東、西貢エリアにあるクリアウォーターベイフィルムスタジオ。とても古いスタジオです。あちこちからきしむ音が聞こえそうです。数々の映画、テレビ、コマーシャル作品を輩出してきました。

Most of the studios for films or commercials are located a bit far from the heart of the city. This time the studio was the Clearwater Bay Film Studios in Sai Kung area in the eastern part of Hong Kong. It is a very old studio and you can almost hear the creaks coming from all around. The studio was used for shooting many films, TV shows and commercials.

今回の商品はヘルスケア関連商品

Ad  for healthcare goods

 

ストーリーの中にたくさんの料理が出てきます。俳優さんにもたくさん食べてもらうシーンがあります。長いテーブルの上にご馳走がずらりと並ぶシーンは圧巻です。

There is a lot of food in the story of commercial. There were scenes where the actor eats a lot of food. The scene where the feast is lined up on a long table is a highlight.

The food stylist is a woman who has a reputation for shooting for a popular pizza restaurants, and there are four more staff members in charge of cooking. It was a large studio with a small kitchen next to it. Rather than a kitchen, a small partitioned room was used for cooking. In Japan, a studio with a fully equipped kitchen would be an option.

The small “kitchen” was filled with the smell of cooking. The smell of delicious food stung our empty stomachs, and we all felt full even though we hadn’t eaten at all.

おい、キッチン、餃子はまだか!ピザはどうした!

Hey, kitchen, where are the dumplings! Where’s the pizza!

監督から怒声が上がります。そのたびにアシスタントが”おい、餃子、ピザ。”とキッチンに向かって告げに来るのがコミカルでした。

The director shouted angrily. It was comical to see the assistant come to the kitchen to tell him, “Hey, dumplings, pizza.

It’s tough being an actor. They have to keep on eating the cake, licking their tongues, even though they have to do it over and over. Even in such a situation, when it came time to eat the cake, the actor never forgot to make a professional suggestion, “Wouldn’t it be fun if you put more cream on the cake so that it sticks to the top of my nose when finish eating it? This kind of suggestion can really lighten the mood and can really make a difference.

The contract with the actor is only for 10 hours. Anyway, it’s going to be a problem if we don’t finish his scene in time! This is not the kind of shooting with a lot of time to spare that is often seen in Japan. The budget had been also cut down. We had to shoot stills at the same place in between.

The next scene is the one where the actor takes a big bite out of a huge array of food. Finally, the actor left the scene. Thank you very much.

From here on, it was all about patience. Some of the dishes that were laid out earlier got dried out, or lost their sizzle (the feeling of deliciousness conveyed to the five senses). Sometimes the stylist will add grease or dry ice to create smoke, and other times the food is re-cooked. In the end, it took all of us until midnight, five hours after the actors left the studio, to finish the entire shoot!

  素晴らしい仕事納めになりました!

          It was a great end to a great work of the year !

We were worried that we wouldn’t be able to finish the shoot in time, but as it turned out, we were able to finish without any problems. The production staff and TYA members worked very well together.

クライアントさんも俳優さんも大変でしたし、世間がお休みに入っている中、制作チームもみんなきりきりと働いてくれました。彼らの現場が好きな気持ちを実感します。自分自身の気持ちも本当に充実します。これが広告の仕事、しかも海外でやることの面白さに違いないです!

It was hard work for the clients and actors, and the production team worked diligently while the rest of the society was on vacation. We could really feel how much they loved the work. It really enriches our own feelings. This must be the fun of working in advertising, and doing it overseas!

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