Wednesday, December 16th.
Auburn Way Street, Elffire City.
Inside an office on that street, the production crew of a music video was having a meeting.
"Today is the last day of the shootings. How're the preparations for the last scene?" Arthur asked as he looked at his crew members.
"Everything is set and ready. We only have one scene to film today, afterward, we can wrap everything and send it to Moonlight the footage." Kanna replied.
"Yeah, the scene that had more risks of accidents was the wedding scene. But we already took care of that." Nomura added.
Everyone nodded their heads when they heard Nomura's words.
They could not help but remember what happened three days ago on Sunday.
After they prepared everything, they hopped on the truck and drove toward the border of the Pedrarruna Forest.
There, they met the guides and guards who were responsible for escorting them and taking care of nothing happened.
Kanna showed them the permit that Ayia sent, and after the permit was verified, they started their journey toward the Tinuviel Temple.
Bobby drove the truck and followed the guides who were on the pickup truck ahead of them.
Sometime later, they arrived near the temple.
They parked the trucks some distance away from the temple because no vehicle was allowed near the temple.
Which made it a difficult job for the crew to carry all the equipment and material to the temple through the forest ground.
They had heavy filming equipment.
Cameras, tripods, lighting equipment, and so on.
Plus, they also had to carry the decorations for the wedding.
Lights, flowers, supports, clothes, and other decorations.
The wedding that Niwa designed was beautiful, but the downside was that it was complicated to set it up.
Especially, in a remote location like that.
That's why the production crew had to ask the guides and guards to help them carry everything.
That's also why they arrived at the temple hours before the sunset.
Everything needed to be ready by the time the sun started descending through the skies.
They worked non-stop for hours.
But every few minutes, they would look at the sky in search of a certain yellow star.
But to their disappointment, the sky seemed bet to hide the sun behind a curtain of clouds.
And the more the time neared the sunset, the more worried they became.
If there was no sunset light during the scene, they would feel like failures.
Because the script of the scene clearly stated that it should happen at sunset time.
Half an hour before the sunset, all the preparations were done.
Cameras and lights were done.
Wedding decorations were done.
All the actors were already dressed in their costumes.
The actors were doing the last rehearsal before the time to film arrived.
But it was possible to see that everyone was nervous as they looked at the sky constantly.
Suddenly when they almost lost all their hopes for the sunset light, they felt a ray of the warm light shining upon them.
They immediately turned their head toward the horizon, and they saw a magnificent sight.
On the horizon, the mountain range and the Tinuviel river could be seen.
Before there were only dark clouds above them.
But at that moment, the horizon sky cleared up a little, and the sunlight could be seen shining upon the earth and the clouds.
The clouds that before were dark, at that moment, they assumed multiple other colors.
Pink, red, and yellow clouds seemed to come out of a painting.
And the sunlight made the white forest and the crystalline river a beautiful sight.
The perfect moment for the scene to be filmed arrived!
At that moment, they didn't even have to say anything.
They assumed positions, and they started filming the scene 1 minute later.
They all performed beautifully and without mistakes.
The wedding scene was perfect.
They were sure that everyone who saw it would think the same.
A beautiful bride and a handsome groom marrying.Â
A crystalline river behind them reflects the multicolored sunset on the horizon.
After the wedding scene was filmed, it was time for the dancing scene.
Helena and Ishii took off their shoes and prepared for the scene.
They already practiced the dance before, so they were confident to nail it.
And as expected, the two of them nailed the scene.
That night, they left the Tinuviel River after dismantling and cleaning everything they did on the temple.
They did not want to be seen as ungrateful, so they cleaned everything thoroughly.
When they went home afterward, they all had satisfied hearts.
The hardest scene was done.
That's why everyone had smiles on their faces when Nomura mentioned the wedding scene.
"That's why I wanted to talk with you guys before we started working today." Arthur said.
"Ayia called me last night to talk about something that Moonlight asked."
"He knows that we will finish the production of his second music video today. So, he asked if we accept working on a third music video for him." Arthur explained.
Everyone became excited when they heard that.
The past couple of weeks were the best weeks of their lives.
They were finally able to work in the best conditions and show how talented they were!
So, when they heard that Theo wanted to work with them again, it was obvious that they became excited.
"Really?" Buddy exclaimed.
"Of course, we want!" Kate smiled.
The others also expressed their approval.
"Hold on. There is still more." Arthur interrupted them.
They became silent and looked at Arthur curiously.
Arthur was unusually calm even after talking about the possibility of filming a third music video.
"There is a catch though. He wants us to start the production of this third music video right away. And we would have only until Sunday morning to finish filming all the footage." Arthur explained.
"Which means that when we finish shooting the last scene of the second music video today, we would have to start working on the third music video also today." Kanna added.
Everyone had thoughtful faces as they heard the news.
They were all more or less experienced.
They were thinking if it was indeed possible to film a music video in less than 4 days.
And all of them arrived at the same conclusion.
It depended on how the script of the music video was.
The script of the 'Perfect' music video, for example, had scenes that could only be possible to film with special permits and specific time frames, that's why it took 9 days to finish the shootings.
If the script for this third music video was as complicated as the other ones, there is no way that they would be able to finish in only 4 days.
"How's the script? Is it possible?" Nomura asked.
"I also asked Ayia about that. And she sent me the script of the video. It only has one location, a party scene. But we are talking about a huge party. We would have to throw a party with beautiful scenery and a bunch of extra actors. What do you guys think?" Arthur asked with a small smile on his face.
They thought for a while, but as they saw each other's eyes.
They showed the same smile that Arthur was showing.
Excitement coursed through their veins.
"Let's do it, baby!" Buddy shouted.
"Yes!" The others shouted.
Like that, Arthur and his crew decided to shoot the 'Save Your Tears' music video in less than 4 days.
Would they be able to do it?