HAPIVERI Magazine

Screen Acting vs. Stage Acting: The Basics of Eliciting Natural Performances in Corporate Videos

Screen Acting vs. Stage Acting: The Basics of E...

Why can acting that works onstage look unnatural in front of a camera? This article explains the differences between screen and stage acting through five perspectives: camera distance, vocal volume,...

Screen Acting vs. Stage Acting: The Basics of E...

Why can acting that works onstage look unnatural in front of a camera? This article explains the differences between screen and stage acting through five perspectives: camera distance, vocal volume,...

A Symphonic Poem of Dreams and Reality: Themes in Minnelli’s Work and His Influence on Film History

A Symphonic Poem of Dreams and Reality: Themes ...

The defining theme of Minnelli’s work is the struggle between dreams, or fantasy, and reality. In his musicals, the music and dance sequences themselves create dreamlike time detached from the...

A Symphonic Poem of Dreams and Reality: Themes ...

The defining theme of Minnelli’s work is the struggle between dreams, or fantasy, and reality. In his musicals, the music and dance sequences themselves create dreamlike time detached from the...

Kinuyo Tanaka: The Journey of Japan’s First Female Film Director

Kinuyo Tanaka: The Journey of Japan’s First Fem...

Born in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on February 29, 1909, Kinuyo Tanaka lost her father at age five and grew up in poverty with her mother. From age ten, her difficult...

Kinuyo Tanaka: The Journey of Japan’s First Fem...

Born in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on February 29, 1909, Kinuyo Tanaka lost her father at age five and grew up in poverty with her mother. From age ten, her difficult...

Takahisa Zeze, a Filmmaker of Darkness and Light: A Realist Portrait of Contemporary Society

Takahisa Zeze, a Filmmaker of Darkness and Ligh...

Takahisa Zeze is known as one of Japanese cinema’s directors with the sharpest social perspectives. Born in 1961, he applies the viewpoint he developed in television documentary to filmmaking, earning...

Takahisa Zeze, a Filmmaker of Darkness and Ligh...

Takahisa Zeze is known as one of Japanese cinema’s directors with the sharpest social perspectives. Born in 1961, he applies the viewpoint he developed in television documentary to filmmaking, earning...

Takahisa Zeze's From Siberia with Love: Applying Dignity and Memory to Video Production

Takahisa Zeze's From Siberia with Love: Applyin...

Directed by Takahisa Zeze, From Siberia with Love is based on the true story of Japanese prisoners of war detained in Siberian labor camps, or lagers, after World War II....

Takahisa Zeze's From Siberia with Love: Applyin...

Directed by Takahisa Zeze, From Siberia with Love is based on the true story of Japanese prisoners of war detained in Siberian labor camps, or lagers, after World War II....

Takahisa Zeze's 64: Truths About Organizations and People Revealed by an Unsolved Case

Takahisa Zeze's 64: Truths About Organizations ...

64 is Takahisa Zeze's screen adaptation of Hideo Yokoyama's bestselling novel. The title refers to the case number of a young girl's kidnapping and murder in Showa 64. Still unsolved...

Takahisa Zeze's 64: Truths About Organizations ...

64 is Takahisa Zeze's screen adaptation of Hideo Yokoyama's bestselling novel. The title refers to the case number of a young girl's kidnapping and murder in Showa 64. Still unsolved...