Vil and Film Club (pt2)

Rook is not a Film Club student, and we learn that he enrolled in the Science club in order to learn how to create smoke and dyes to support Vil’s film aesthetics (“It means that I can support something beautiful with my love”).

Malleus mentions having heard that Vil is making a movie about tsums (“The one I’m tsumsitting has yet to receive any requests to appear in it…”).

We see Vil interacting with Film Research Club members largely during Vargas Camp, where he is named a VIP by Vargas for helping them set up their tents.

He also lectures his club members on wearing sunblock, and picks plants that help keep bugs away when they forget bug spray.

Vil says that the Film Research Club respects self-reliance and discipline.

Club members express amazement at the sight of Vil casting a line and fishing (“What a beautiful sight!”).

When asked what he would like to do in the next year Vil says he wants to do something with the Film Research Club to make his mark before he leaves campus, and would love for the club to win a contest. 

Vil explains that, thanks to the club, his sights are now set on directing and producing as well as acting.

Vil says, “Make no mistake, I have no intention of ever quitting acting. It’s only that my interests have expanded to include every process involved in the creation of a film.”

He has a voice line about tasking his club members with observing stones and trees, as “it’s important to view the genuine article when crafting finely details sets.”

Vil had originally intended to take members of the Film Research Club with him to the film festival in the Fairest City, but a change in weather forecast forced them to move an on-location shoot to the same weekend as the festival.

Vil acquires a “magical projector” at a reduced price from an acquaintance that he gives to the prefect, saying that they were indispensable in show business back when CG effects and projection mapping were less advanced, though now it is “more a toy than anything.”

Vil has been critical of Idia-adjacent videos twice in the main story: describing the STYX promotional video as “cheaply made” and calling the video that Idia makes to explain the Book 7 situation “just horrible,” asking Ortho if he couldn’t have done something to salvage the “mess.” (Ortho: “I’m afraid this is just Idia’s creative style…”)