HAPIVERI Magazine

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...

Learning from Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Evil Does Not Exist: Using Nature and Silence in Video Production

Learning from Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Evil Does Not...

Evil Does Not Exist is a film in which director Ryusuke Hamaguchi focuses on the relationship between nature and human society. Set in a small village, the story depicts how...

Learning from Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Evil Does Not...

Evil Does Not Exist is a film in which director Ryusuke Hamaguchi focuses on the relationship between nature and human society. Set in a small village, the story depicts how...

An Innovator in Visual Beauty: Masahiro Shinoda’s Visual Expression and Aesthetics

An Innovator in Visual Beauty: Masahiro Shinoda...

Masahiro Shinoda is one of the Japanese directors who sought to innovate in visual expression. A distinctive aesthetic runs through his work, continually exploring the possibilities of images themselves beyond...

An Innovator in Visual Beauty: Masahiro Shinoda...

Masahiro Shinoda is one of the Japanese directors who sought to innovate in visual expression. A distinctive aesthetic runs through his work, continually exploring the possibilities of images themselves beyond...

Naomi Kawase's Film Philosophy: Bringing Nature and Time into Video Production

Naomi Kawase's Film Philosophy: Bringing Nature...

When you encounter Naomi Kawase's films, the first thing that catches your eye is their beautiful depiction of nature The landscapes of her hometown of Nara, its living forests and...

Naomi Kawase's Film Philosophy: Bringing Nature...

When you encounter Naomi Kawase's films, the first thing that catches your eye is their beautiful depiction of nature The landscapes of her hometown of Nara, its living forests and...

Shunji Iwai's Visual Poetry: Applying Light and Music to Corporate Videos

Shunji Iwai's Visual Poetry: Applying Light and...

Director Shunji Iwai is a leading Japanese filmmaker known as a visual poet for his distinctive visual beauty and emotional expression. His films delicately portray youth, romance, and people's inner...

Shunji Iwai's Visual Poetry: Applying Light and...

Director Shunji Iwai is a leading Japanese filmmaker known as a visual poet for his distinctive visual beauty and emotional expression. His films delicately portray youth, romance, and people's inner...

Makoto Shinkai's Visual Expression: Applying Color and Composition to Video Production

Makoto Shinkai's Visual Expression: Applying Co...

Makoto Shinkai is a Japanese animation director known for meticulous visual beauty and emotionally rich stories. Born in Nagano Prefecture in 1973, he grew up surrounded by abundant nature, and...

Makoto Shinkai's Visual Expression: Applying Co...

Makoto Shinkai is a Japanese animation director known for meticulous visual beauty and emotionally rich stories. Born in Nagano Prefecture in 1973, he grew up surrounded by abundant nature, and...