HAPIVERI Magazine

Howard Hawks's Film Techniques: Applying Cross-Genre Structure to Video Production

Howard Hawks's Film Techniques: Applying Cross-...

Hawks made his directorial debut in the late 1920s and experienced the great transition from silent films to talkies. Even in this period, he already showed a tendency to avoid...

Howard Hawks's Film Techniques: Applying Cross-...

Hawks made his directorial debut in the late 1920s and experienced the great transition from silent films to talkies. Even in this period, he already showed a tendency to avoid...

Hitchcock's Enduring Themes and Influence on Contemporary Cinema

Hitchcock's Enduring Themes and Influence on Co...

A recurring plot in Hitchcock's films involves an innocent person falsely accused who pursues the real culprit while on the run. In many works, including The 39 Steps (1935), Young...

Hitchcock's Enduring Themes and Influence on Co...

A recurring plot in Hitchcock's films involves an innocent person falsely accused who pursues the real culprit while on the run. In many works, including The 39 Steps (1935), Young...

A Magician of Sound and Music: Hitchcock's Techniques for Directing Suspense

A Magician of Sound and Music: Hitchcock's Tech...

Hitchcock established a method of increasing tension by contrasting silence with sudden noise. In Sabotage (1936), only the audience knows that a boy is carrying a time bomb. Repeated sounds...

A Magician of Sound and Music: Hitchcock's Tech...

Hitchcock established a method of increasing tension by contrasting silence with sudden noise. In Sabotage (1936), only the audience knows that a boy is carrying a time bomb. Repeated sounds...

Toru Takemitsu and Film Music: Applying Sound Design to Video Production

Toru Takemitsu and Film Music: Applying Sound D...

An essential starting point for Toru Takemitsu's creative career was his activity with Jikken Kōbō, or the Experimental Workshop, founded with poet Shuzo Takiguchi and others in the early 1950s....

Toru Takemitsu and Film Music: Applying Sound D...

An essential starting point for Toru Takemitsu's creative career was his activity with Jikken Kōbō, or the Experimental Workshop, founded with poet Shuzo Takiguchi and others in the early 1950s....

Director Shinji Higuchi's Creative Range: Applying Animation and Live Action to Video Production

Director Shinji Higuchi's Creative Range: Apply...

Shinji Higuchi's life in moving images extends far beyond special effects. He entered film in 1984 as an assistant creating monster suits for 'Godzilla,' later joined Hideaki Anno and others...

Director Shinji Higuchi's Creative Range: Apply...

Shinji Higuchi's life in moving images extends far beyond special effects. He entered film in 1984 as an assistant creating monster suits for 'Godzilla,' later joined Hideaki Anno and others...

Lessons from Director Shinji Higuchi’s Major Films: Applying Special Effects and Composition to Video Production

Lessons from Director Shinji Higuchi’s Major Fi...

Shinji Higuchi became widely known in special effects through his work as special-effects director on the three Heisei-era *Gamera* films made from 1995 to 1999. Teaming with director Shusuke Kaneko...

Lessons from Director Shinji Higuchi’s Major Fi...

Shinji Higuchi became widely known in special effects through his work as special-effects director on the three Heisei-era *Gamera* films made from 1995 to 1999. Teaming with director Shusuke Kaneko...