HAPIVERI Magazine

Visual Technique and Mastery Across Genres: Dissecting Hawks's Direction

Visual Technique and Mastery Across Genres: Dis...

Hawks avoided excessive stylization and devoted his photography and editing to enhancing story and character. He was therefore not the type described as a "master of elaborate camerawork" and often...

Visual Technique and Mastery Across Genres: Dis...

Hawks avoided excessive stylization and devoted his photography and editing to enhancing story and character. He was therefore not the type described as a "master of elaborate camerawork" and often...

Toru Takemitsu's Film Music: Applying Silence and Sound to Video Production

Toru Takemitsu's Film Music: Applying Silence a...

Toru Takemitsu (1930–1996) was born in Tokyo in 1930 and spent part of his childhood in Dalian, in what was then Manchuria, China. The war ended during his adolescence, and...

Toru Takemitsu's Film Music: Applying Silence a...

Toru Takemitsu (1930–1996) was born in Tokyo in 1930 and spent part of his childhood in Dalian, in what was then Manchuria, China. The war ended during his adolescence, and...

The Birth of a Classic: Our Neighbor, Miss Yae and the Appeal of Shimazu's Cinema

The Birth of a Classic: Our Neighbor, Miss Yae ...

In 1934, the ninth year of Showa, a lasting classic of Japanese cinema was born: Yasujiro Shimazu's Our Neighbor, Miss Yae.

The Birth of a Classic: Our Neighbor, Miss Yae ...

In 1934, the ninth year of Showa, a lasting classic of Japanese cinema was born: Yasujiro Shimazu's Our Neighbor, Miss Yae.

Visual Poetry That Stirs the Senses: Go Shibata’s Innovative Directing Methods

Visual Poetry That Stirs the Senses: Go Shibata...

The most distinctive element of Go Shibata’s direction is his original use of light. In conventional films and dramas, lighting merely supports the story; in Shibata’s work, light itself becomes...

Visual Poetry That Stirs the Senses: Go Shibata...

The most distinctive element of Go Shibata’s direction is his original use of light. In conventional films and dramas, lighting merely supports the story; in Shibata’s work, light itself becomes...

Where Sight and Sound Meet: Go Shibata’s World of Music Videos

Where Sight and Sound Meet: Go Shibata’s World ...

Go Shibata brought innovation to Japan’s music scene as a video director. Before achieving success in commercial cinema, he established a distinctive position in music videos. In the early 2010s,...

Where Sight and Sound Meet: Go Shibata’s World ...

Go Shibata brought innovation to Japan’s music scene as a video director. Before achieving success in commercial cinema, he established a distinctive position in music videos. In the early 2010s,...

Learning Film Education from Shiro Toyoda: Applying Direction and Cinematography to Video Production

Learning Film Education from Shiro Toyoda: Appl...

An Innovator in Film Technique Director Shiro Toyoda continually explored the possibilities of new film techniques. From the late 1940s into the 1950s, he established innovative uses of lighting, particularly...

Learning Film Education from Shiro Toyoda: Appl...

An Innovator in Film Technique Director Shiro Toyoda continually explored the possibilities of new film techniques. From the late 1940s into the 1950s, he established innovative uses of lighting, particularly...