HAPIVERI Magazine

George Lucas's Digital-Cinema Innovation: Applying Visual Technology to Corporate Video Production

George Lucas's Digital-Cinema Innovation: Apply...

One of George Lucas's greatest influences on cinema was his innovation in special-effects technology. In 1975 he founded the special-effects studio Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) within Lucasfilm and had...

George Lucas's Digital-Cinema Innovation: Apply...

One of George Lucas's greatest influences on cinema was his innovation in special-effects technology. In 1975 he founded the special-effects studio Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) within Lucasfilm and had...

Shinji Higuchi's Special-Effects Expression: Applying Planning and Filming to Corporate Videos

Shinji Higuchi's Special-Effects Expression: Ap...

Born in 1965, Shinji Higuchi entered the film industry immediately after high school as an assistant sculpting monster suits for 1984's The Return of Godzilla. This was a golden age...

Shinji Higuchi's Special-Effects Expression: Ap...

Born in 1965, Shinji Higuchi entered the film industry immediately after high school as an assistant sculpting monster suits for 1984's The Return of Godzilla. This was a golden age...

Lessons from Director Shinji Higuchi’s Major Films: Applying Special Effects and Composition to Video Production

Lessons from Director Shinji Higuchi’s Major Fi...

Shinji Higuchi became widely known in special effects through his work as special-effects director on the three Heisei-era *Gamera* films made from 1995 to 1999. Teaming with director Shusuke Kaneko...

Lessons from Director Shinji Higuchi’s Major Fi...

Shinji Higuchi became widely known in special effects through his work as special-effects director on the three Heisei-era *Gamera* films made from 1995 to 1999. Teaming with director Shusuke Kaneko...

Shusuke Kaneko's Horror Direction: Applying Composition and Lighting to Video Production

Shusuke Kaneko's Horror Direction: Applying Com...

In the early twenty-first century, Japanese horror created a worldwide boom. One central presence was the 'Ju-On' series by director Shusuke Kaneko. Known as an innovator in tokusatsu cinema, Kaneko...

Shusuke Kaneko's Horror Direction: Applying Com...

In the early twenty-first century, Japanese horror created a worldwide boom. One central presence was the 'Ju-On' series by director Shusuke Kaneko. Known as an innovator in tokusatsu cinema, Kaneko...

Lessons from Your Name: Bringing Time and Emotion into Animated Video Production

Lessons from Your Name: Bringing Time and Emoti...

Released in 2016, Your Name is one of director Makoto Shinkai's defining works and a huge hit that left its mark on Japanese animation history. It tells the love story...

Lessons from Your Name: Bringing Time and Emoti...

Released in 2016, Your Name is one of director Makoto Shinkai's defining works and a huge hit that left its mark on Japanese animation history. It tells the love story...

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...