[Trans] Kame Camera - Vol.20 SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS
Maquia 2012.09 time! This is really an interesting piece and I'm sure you'll be eager to watch Ore Ore movie as soon as possible after reading it! :D
Highlights:
-Kame talking about Ore Ore filming: the routine, the character(s), the director.
-His strong will behind challenging Ore Ore movie.
-"Kame the show off" vs. "Kame the weird", fans' reactions and Kame's sad reflection ^^''
-His will to sometimes destroy the cool Kamenashi but the fears behind it.
Thanks a lot again to scorch66 for her English betaread <3
KAME CAMERA
What's the scenery of the bottom of the heart that Kamenashi Kazuya's lens reflects?
Vol.20 自意識 - SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS
「I am the ultimate show off, but also the ‘me’ that has destroyed that self-consciousness is the true me.」
This is “My Chair” that I’ve received as a present from the “Ore Ore” movie staff and I’ve used it throughout the entire filming. Every day was extremely hard but every time I went to the filming place I could naturally become in high tension. I think it was thanks to the director and all the staff. I’m grateful!
The daily routine during the filming of the “Ore Ore” movie that concluded last month was really incredibly fun and impossibly hard (laughs). It wasn’t rare that the filming went on for almost 20 hours in one day, and since I am acting 25 roles alone I was basically always on the scene. It’s a parade of weird faces and weird movements - completely showing the gums out or opening the nose holes - and many “me” appear, but the usual Kamenashi Kazuya doesn’t appear even for one millimeter. Yes, I think this movie is the movie that makes me disintegrate “Kamenashi Kazuya” for the first time. Until now when I was acting in dramas, while earnestly acting that role I also placed “KAT-TUN’s Kamenashi Kazuya” somewhere depending on the drama. Because I felt that the staff and the viewers were demanding me to do so. I was acting being conscious of showing myself too. But in this movie I’m not demanded to do so at all, therefore I completely throw away things like the image I had until now and the self-consciousness of ‘must charm and show myself in a cool way’ and challenged it.
Actually I’ve always wanted to try to do so, but it was a big adventure for me. ‘Cause I have been an “act cool man” since when I was a kid, to the point of applying hair mousse even for baseball practices (laughs). After joining Johnny’s I refined that self-consciousness even more. It’s not only me, I guess that upon joining my agency, anyone at first imagines to become a cool idol. While piling up experiences you get to know what your character is and change to many different roads, something like this (laughs).
I’ve appeared in front of people on stage or for filming since when I was young. I am always conscious of how I’m reflected by the camera. I understand on my skin what fans are requesting from me and express myself; this is my job. Before realizing you are dyed in deeply by the acting cool self-consciousness. Something I’m really grateful of, is that I suppose I’m required for a cool feeling like “Panasonic Beauty!”. You know, even at concerts, even if the other members do weird faces the fans enjoy it and scream “kyaa!”, but if it’s me doing weird faces it turns into a booing atmosphere, “Eeeh. Stop that!” (laughs) It happened during this year’s tour too. When I came out for the opening without wearing sunglasses, complaints saying “I wanted to see that gesture you did during last year’s tour, teasing and taking off the sunglasses” arrived to the fan club! I thought that, as expected, I am the type that’s asked to act cool. I act cool to begin with so I’m grateful though. (laughs)
What does everyone think of the no good relaxed Kamenashi Kazuya?
This time, what could destroy me for the first time is age and experience too, but director Miki’s power was huge. From the beginning I really liked the director’s products and the inhabitants of that world… for example, I also really like Fuse Eri-san or Matsuo Suzuki-san. For this reason I had decided that without hesitation I would do anything the director would ask me. “I’ll completely erase my self-consciousness, I want to devote myself solely to be the perfect player, I want to become part of this piece of work”. But you know, I wonder what people who liked the “Kamenashi Kazuya” as he’s been until now will think about the new me, the natural me or the no-good me. I’m a little worried about that but at the same time I’m highly anticipating it.
I won’t stop the “acting cool man” either. Because that’s the real me too. But also the me who demolished my self-consciousness is probably true (laughs). The desire of wanting to possess all the possible faces is strong to begin with, so I want to do both movies and dramas, KAT-TUN and stage plays, baseball and variety. I want to be virtuous while being an outlaw, and still being an “acting cool man” I want to try to destroy it. I guess it’s my will that unconsciously is drawing to me all my many jobs and busy days (laughs).
*****
“In this movie I’m the player inside the director’s mind, so I’m not conscious of my own point of view. There are 'me' that I myself have never seen before.”
Kame’s fixed point of observation
Kamenashi-kun continues his super hard schedule. He says his average sleeping time is 3 hours. How does he keep his will power and body strength? “I try to have even just a little time for myself. Like, it doesn’t matter how late I come back home, I sip some alcoholic drink while listening to Clapton. Lately I wanted to build the hammock I’ve bought and I assembled it out of the blue in the middle of the night. It took 2 hours and at the end I couldn’t sleep! (laughs) Even so, when I reach the filming place I enjoy it so I get over it, I guess.”
By Maquia
*****
Side note, the interviewer wrote on her twitter that they wanted a natural expression for Kame's photoshoot, therefore the pictures were taken during the interview itself, not having him posing. ^__^
Poor Kame, believe me, we like your dorky faces too and we won't bash you just because you weren't wearing sunglasses during the opening scene~ Don't mind those complaints ♥ Who joins me in this? XD And really how can you just say "I get over it"? SLEEP, Kame, SLEEP.
And I'm so really looking forward to Ore Ore movie now! >.< How can we wait all these months? You're rising our expectations! XD But it's clear that he gave all he has for this movie so I bow in front of him and his dedication! Really otsukaresama!
Highlights:
-Kame talking about Ore Ore filming: the routine, the character(s), the director.
-His strong will behind challenging Ore Ore movie.
-"Kame the show off" vs. "Kame the weird", fans' reactions and Kame's sad reflection ^^''
-His will to sometimes destroy the cool Kamenashi but the fears behind it.
Thanks a lot again to scorch66 for her English betaread <3
KAME CAMERA
What's the scenery of the bottom of the heart that Kamenashi Kazuya's lens reflects?
Vol.20 自意識 - SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS
「I am the ultimate show off, but also the ‘me’ that has destroyed that self-consciousness is the true me.」
This is “My Chair” that I’ve received as a present from the “Ore Ore” movie staff and I’ve used it throughout the entire filming. Every day was extremely hard but every time I went to the filming place I could naturally become in high tension. I think it was thanks to the director and all the staff. I’m grateful!
The daily routine during the filming of the “Ore Ore” movie that concluded last month was really incredibly fun and impossibly hard (laughs). It wasn’t rare that the filming went on for almost 20 hours in one day, and since I am acting 25 roles alone I was basically always on the scene. It’s a parade of weird faces and weird movements - completely showing the gums out or opening the nose holes - and many “me” appear, but the usual Kamenashi Kazuya doesn’t appear even for one millimeter. Yes, I think this movie is the movie that makes me disintegrate “Kamenashi Kazuya” for the first time. Until now when I was acting in dramas, while earnestly acting that role I also placed “KAT-TUN’s Kamenashi Kazuya” somewhere depending on the drama. Because I felt that the staff and the viewers were demanding me to do so. I was acting being conscious of showing myself too. But in this movie I’m not demanded to do so at all, therefore I completely throw away things like the image I had until now and the self-consciousness of ‘must charm and show myself in a cool way’ and challenged it.
Actually I’ve always wanted to try to do so, but it was a big adventure for me. ‘Cause I have been an “act cool man” since when I was a kid, to the point of applying hair mousse even for baseball practices (laughs). After joining Johnny’s I refined that self-consciousness even more. It’s not only me, I guess that upon joining my agency, anyone at first imagines to become a cool idol. While piling up experiences you get to know what your character is and change to many different roads, something like this (laughs).
I’ve appeared in front of people on stage or for filming since when I was young. I am always conscious of how I’m reflected by the camera. I understand on my skin what fans are requesting from me and express myself; this is my job. Before realizing you are dyed in deeply by the acting cool self-consciousness. Something I’m really grateful of, is that I suppose I’m required for a cool feeling like “Panasonic Beauty!”. You know, even at concerts, even if the other members do weird faces the fans enjoy it and scream “kyaa!”, but if it’s me doing weird faces it turns into a booing atmosphere, “Eeeh. Stop that!” (laughs) It happened during this year’s tour too. When I came out for the opening without wearing sunglasses, complaints saying “I wanted to see that gesture you did during last year’s tour, teasing and taking off the sunglasses” arrived to the fan club! I thought that, as expected, I am the type that’s asked to act cool. I act cool to begin with so I’m grateful though. (laughs)
What does everyone think of the no good relaxed Kamenashi Kazuya?
This time, what could destroy me for the first time is age and experience too, but director Miki’s power was huge. From the beginning I really liked the director’s products and the inhabitants of that world… for example, I also really like Fuse Eri-san or Matsuo Suzuki-san. For this reason I had decided that without hesitation I would do anything the director would ask me. “I’ll completely erase my self-consciousness, I want to devote myself solely to be the perfect player, I want to become part of this piece of work”. But you know, I wonder what people who liked the “Kamenashi Kazuya” as he’s been until now will think about the new me, the natural me or the no-good me. I’m a little worried about that but at the same time I’m highly anticipating it.
I won’t stop the “acting cool man” either. Because that’s the real me too. But also the me who demolished my self-consciousness is probably true (laughs). The desire of wanting to possess all the possible faces is strong to begin with, so I want to do both movies and dramas, KAT-TUN and stage plays, baseball and variety. I want to be virtuous while being an outlaw, and still being an “acting cool man” I want to try to destroy it. I guess it’s my will that unconsciously is drawing to me all my many jobs and busy days (laughs).
*****
“In this movie I’m the player inside the director’s mind, so I’m not conscious of my own point of view. There are 'me' that I myself have never seen before.”
Kame’s fixed point of observation
Kamenashi-kun continues his super hard schedule. He says his average sleeping time is 3 hours. How does he keep his will power and body strength? “I try to have even just a little time for myself. Like, it doesn’t matter how late I come back home, I sip some alcoholic drink while listening to Clapton. Lately I wanted to build the hammock I’ve bought and I assembled it out of the blue in the middle of the night. It took 2 hours and at the end I couldn’t sleep! (laughs) Even so, when I reach the filming place I enjoy it so I get over it, I guess.”
By Maquia
*****
Side note, the interviewer wrote on her twitter that they wanted a natural expression for Kame's photoshoot, therefore the pictures were taken during the interview itself, not having him posing. ^__^
Poor Kame, believe me, we like your dorky faces too and we won't bash you just because you weren't wearing sunglasses during the opening scene~ Don't mind those complaints ♥ Who joins me in this? XD And really how can you just say "I get over it"? SLEEP, Kame, SLEEP.
And I'm so really looking forward to Ore Ore movie now! >.< How can we wait all these months? You're rising our expectations! XD But it's clear that he gave all he has for this movie so I bow in front of him and his dedication! Really otsukaresama!