HAPIVERI Magazine

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Direction of Space: Applying Unease and Negative Space to Video Production

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Direction of Space: Applying...

One of the most distinctive techniques in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s films is the deliberate creation of empty space within the frame. Conventional films direct audiences’ attention toward important action or dramatic...

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Direction of Space: Applying...

One of the most distinctive techniques in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s films is the deliberate creation of empty space within the frame. Conventional films direct audiences’ attention toward important action or dramatic...

Women in Sion Sono's Films: Applying Perspective and Editing to Video Production

Women in Sion Sono's Films: Applying Perspectiv...

Sion Sono's films feature many women with strong personalities. Rather than simply heroines or romantic interests, they are portrayed as people trying to establish themselves while suffering social oppression or...

Women in Sion Sono's Films: Applying Perspectiv...

Sion Sono's films feature many women with strong personalities. Rather than simply heroines or romantic interests, they are portrayed as people trying to establish themselves while suffering social oppression or...

Character Portrayal in Sion Sono's Films: Applying Extreme Situations to Video Structure

Character Portrayal in Sion Sono's Films: Apply...

Sion Sono is a filmmaker who depicts worlds filled with violence and madness while revealing salvation and human nature within them. His characters, pushed to extremes, confront themselves through violence,...

Character Portrayal in Sion Sono's Films: Apply...

Sion Sono is a filmmaker who depicts worlds filled with violence and madness while revealing salvation and human nature within them. His characters, pushed to extremes, confront themselves through violence,...

Sion Sono's Challenge: Distortions of Religion and Love in Love Exposure

Sion Sono's Challenge: Distortions of Religion ...

Released in 2008, Love Exposure was highly acclaimed in Japan and abroad as one of Sion Sono's signature films. Despite its four-hour length, its overwhelming pace and shocking developments left...

Sion Sono's Challenge: Distortions of Religion ...

Released in 2008, Love Exposure was highly acclaimed in Japan and abroad as one of Sion Sono's signature films. Despite its four-hour length, its overwhelming pace and shocking developments left...

Sion Sono's Cinematic World: Applying Madness and Poetry to Video Planning

Sion Sono's Cinematic World: Applying Madness a...

Sion Sono is one of Japanese cinema's most distinctive directors. With a background as a poet, he has created films that combine madness and poetry through his own visual beauty...

Sion Sono's Cinematic World: Applying Madness a...

Sion Sono is one of Japanese cinema's most distinctive directors. With a background as a poet, he has created films that combine madness and poetry through his own visual beauty...

Miwa Nishikawa's Visual Expression: Applying Character Portrayal to Corporate Videos

Miwa Nishikawa's Visual Expression: Applying Ch...

Before beginning her career as a director, Miwa Nishikawa worked as an assistant director under Hirokazu Kore-eda. This was an important period for learning the fundamentals of filmmaking and developing...

Miwa Nishikawa's Visual Expression: Applying Ch...

Before beginning her career as a director, Miwa Nishikawa worked as an assistant director under Hirokazu Kore-eda. This was an important period for learning the fundamentals of filmmaking and developing...