Isshi's Tedium Diary
#18
Good evening, how is everybody doing? Lately I've come to have an autumn-like cheerfulness. Around the time this part of the series reaches everyone, it might be colder. Well, speaking of Kagrra lately, we're in the midst of recording our first full album, 「gozen」. Everyone is confined in the studio, and sending off unhealthy days. We plan to complete it soon, so everyone please wait with anticipation okay? Well, this time will be the last one with memories from the PV shooting. I recall I've been writing about this for 3 months, but even now there's just one incident that won't leave my head. Well then, please feel free to reflect on the story from last time while you read this.
We were fumbling around in the pitch dark woods and when we finally arrived at our van, we hurried on our way to the next shooting place. At this point in time, the hands of the clock were pointing to ten o'clock at night. Everyone was grimacing with fatigue. I was considerably worn out too. Furthermore, the worst-case scenario happened, which was the final blow. Rain started to fall. But I was a little relieved. "If the rain is falling like this, we'll probably postpone until tomorrow~" I muttered in my head.
The rain became steadily more tempestuous. "Lucky!" The Oni part of me was rising to its peak. Everyone gathered together on the little bit of vacant land, and talked about what to do after this. We said we'd go to our destination first, and got back into the vans again. Before I knew it I was falling into a light sleep, and when I opened my eyes it was just like a jungle around us. "At a place like this? Ah, will it be tomorrow at some point?" While I was thinking about that, I calmly got outside the car. For some reason, I was picking up a kind of uncomfortable feeling. Yes, it was that the rain that was falling so hard had stopped. At that time I was thinking "The world isn't fair!" The film unit people were already starting the setting. I re-evaluated my mood and walked to a place where I could see the waterfall, and the scenery spread out there completely purged my mood from a little while ago. Large trees were growing out from the thunderously flowing waterfall. It really didn't seem like anything from this world. Naturally I began to smile broadly, and soon enough I was in the mood to shoot. I changed into my kimono, and fixed my makeup, wanting to start with the shooting. As it would be the final shooting, everyone put forth their fighting spirits. The musical performance scenes used more of our stamina than we'd thought, we had to retake it many times so it was OK. Then the director called out "We're done~" in a loud voice. Everyone was scrambling to be the first to remove their makeup and kimono. But one big task was left for me at the end. Yes, the waterfall scene. Even though it was August, the water temperature was pretty low.
Here, the previous shooting at the waterfall was running through my head. I seriously had a premonition of death at that time... For the first time in my life I forgot how to breathe, and I didn't have sensation in my entire body. But coming here, even without taking a step back, I fixed my hair to be straight and changed my clothes into the costume of death. At this time I was thinking, "It's no way this costume was secondhand..." Thinking about such things, I stepped into the waterfall pool. The water was colder than I'd thought. Bearing the form of an old person, I stood still in the water. My whole body was so cold it felt frozen. The director said something. With the sound of the waterfall, I couldn't hear him. Reluctantly, I tried moving a little closer to the shore. It seemed that the director was saying 'Crouch!'
"No way..." I mumbled in my head. There'd be quite a difference between half of my body and my full body. I gritted my teeth and immediately crouched. I thought I'd faint for a moment, but somehow or other I recovered. The shooting at the waterfall pool was over, and finally it was the last obstacle, the scene of being beaten by the waterfall. Conscious of both my feet, I faced the waterfall. If I made one wrong step, I could fall and seriously hurt myself. While stepping along the slimy bottom of the water, I stepped beneath the waterfall. "OW!" Since it was just the cold I was worried about, I had forgotten about the force of the water. I screamed out "Oh please!" and disappeared into the waterfall. I don't remember how long I was being beaten by it, but when I could no longer endure the pain and came out of the waterfall, the director said "We're done," his entire face a grin. Thus, the Kotodama PV shooting drew to an end. While we were thinking about the video completion, we returned to the vans, which had somehow changed into a kingdom of insects, to sleep.
How was it? It was a shooting with various accidents, but now I'm thinking that I want to do it again. Well then, let's meet next time. Ah, speaking of which, the death costume was something our manager Megu-san made for that day. And all was well. Yours truly.
We were fumbling around in the pitch dark woods and when we finally arrived at our van, we hurried on our way to the next shooting place. At this point in time, the hands of the clock were pointing to ten o'clock at night. Everyone was grimacing with fatigue. I was considerably worn out too. Furthermore, the worst-case scenario happened, which was the final blow. Rain started to fall. But I was a little relieved. "If the rain is falling like this, we'll probably postpone until tomorrow~" I muttered in my head.
The rain became steadily more tempestuous. "Lucky!" The Oni part of me was rising to its peak. Everyone gathered together on the little bit of vacant land, and talked about what to do after this. We said we'd go to our destination first, and got back into the vans again. Before I knew it I was falling into a light sleep, and when I opened my eyes it was just like a jungle around us. "At a place like this? Ah, will it be tomorrow at some point?" While I was thinking about that, I calmly got outside the car. For some reason, I was picking up a kind of uncomfortable feeling. Yes, it was that the rain that was falling so hard had stopped. At that time I was thinking "The world isn't fair!" The film unit people were already starting the setting. I re-evaluated my mood and walked to a place where I could see the waterfall, and the scenery spread out there completely purged my mood from a little while ago. Large trees were growing out from the thunderously flowing waterfall. It really didn't seem like anything from this world. Naturally I began to smile broadly, and soon enough I was in the mood to shoot. I changed into my kimono, and fixed my makeup, wanting to start with the shooting. As it would be the final shooting, everyone put forth their fighting spirits. The musical performance scenes used more of our stamina than we'd thought, we had to retake it many times so it was OK. Then the director called out "We're done~" in a loud voice. Everyone was scrambling to be the first to remove their makeup and kimono. But one big task was left for me at the end. Yes, the waterfall scene. Even though it was August, the water temperature was pretty low.
Here, the previous shooting at the waterfall was running through my head. I seriously had a premonition of death at that time... For the first time in my life I forgot how to breathe, and I didn't have sensation in my entire body. But coming here, even without taking a step back, I fixed my hair to be straight and changed my clothes into the costume of death. At this time I was thinking, "It's no way this costume was secondhand..." Thinking about such things, I stepped into the waterfall pool. The water was colder than I'd thought. Bearing the form of an old person, I stood still in the water. My whole body was so cold it felt frozen. The director said something. With the sound of the waterfall, I couldn't hear him. Reluctantly, I tried moving a little closer to the shore. It seemed that the director was saying 'Crouch!'
"No way..." I mumbled in my head. There'd be quite a difference between half of my body and my full body. I gritted my teeth and immediately crouched. I thought I'd faint for a moment, but somehow or other I recovered. The shooting at the waterfall pool was over, and finally it was the last obstacle, the scene of being beaten by the waterfall. Conscious of both my feet, I faced the waterfall. If I made one wrong step, I could fall and seriously hurt myself. While stepping along the slimy bottom of the water, I stepped beneath the waterfall. "OW!" Since it was just the cold I was worried about, I had forgotten about the force of the water. I screamed out "Oh please!" and disappeared into the waterfall. I don't remember how long I was being beaten by it, but when I could no longer endure the pain and came out of the waterfall, the director said "We're done," his entire face a grin. Thus, the Kotodama PV shooting drew to an end. While we were thinking about the video completion, we returned to the vans, which had somehow changed into a kingdom of insects, to sleep.
How was it? It was a shooting with various accidents, but now I'm thinking that I want to do it again. Well then, let's meet next time. Ah, speaking of which, the death costume was something our manager Megu-san made for that day. And all was well. Yours truly.