HAPIVERI Magazine

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...

A Master of Cinematic Innovation: Hitchcock's Camera Work and Editing

A Master of Cinematic Innovation: Hitchcock's C...

Hitchcock was a master at aligning viewers' gaze with a character's, creating empathy or a sense of complicity. He frequently filmed a character from close range directly in front, then...

A Master of Cinematic Innovation: Hitchcock's C...

Hitchcock was a master at aligning viewers' gaze with a character's, creating empathy or a sense of complicity. He frequently filmed a character from close range directly in front, then...

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...

Gakuryu Ishii's Major Works and Their Significance in Film History

Gakuryu Ishii's Major Works and Their Significa...

Sogo Ishii changed his name to Gakuryu Ishii in 2010 and entered a new creative phase. Notable works after the change include The Flower of Shanidar (2013) and Bitter Honey...

Gakuryu Ishii's Major Works and Their Significa...

Sogo Ishii changed his name to Gakuryu Ishii in 2010 and entered a new creative phase. Notable works after the change include The Flower of Shanidar (2013) and Bitter Honey...

Gakuryu Ishii's Visual Expression: Applying the Ideas of Independent Film to Video Production

Gakuryu Ishii's Visual Expression: Applying the...

Gakuryu Ishii (formerly known as Sogo Ishii) has continually challenged conventions in visual expression and established his place as an unconventional filmmaker in Japanese cinema. He is said to have...

Gakuryu Ishii's Visual Expression: Applying the...

Gakuryu Ishii (formerly known as Sogo Ishii) has continually challenged conventions in visual expression and established his place as an unconventional filmmaker in Japanese cinema. He is said to have...