About this project
Our film imagines a parallel-universe version of Japan which also suffered a nuclear crisis but was less lucky than its real world counterpart. It's a place where fallout readings are a part of the weather forecast and gas masks are as ubiquitous as black suits and Gucci bags.
We want the piece to reflect a surreal quality that life in the city has acquired since the disaster, a kind of low-current tension of daily routines heightened by the hidden threat of radiation. A gas mask seems like the perfect way to make that fear visible without being over-dramatic.
What would it be like to see the world from the claustrophobic intimacy behind a faceplate? In our protagonist's morning commute through Tokyo, the masks are mundane, a minor inconvenience that is almost comical, but at the same time an unsettling sign of a lurking menace.
Even as we ready this project, Tokyo is still being rocked by aftershocks. At the same time the news from Fukushima reminds us that Japan's coastline is peppered with some 54 nuclear reactors sitting on what is basically a heaving fault-line. While this is not an advocacy piece, we hope the film will give people pause to consider the potential costs.
With the help of about 30 people, we have already shot most of the footage in Tokyo and need funds to cover those costs and for post-production.
Thank you for your support and please join us to make this happen!!
http://www.blind-film.net/specialthx
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Blind is a short film, 5-minute length, we aim that our film can be watched from begging to end by lots of people through the Vimeo Youtube and on our website. So we decided this 5-minute length is enough.
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Director - Yukihiro Shoda
Shoda is a freelance director working on short films, music videos and commercials. He is the winner of the motion-graphics division at Cut&Paste Digital Design Tournament 2010 in Tokyo and represented Japan at Global Championship in NY in April. Shoda is also listed well-known book in Japan called 100 Japanese Motion-Graphic Artists 2011.
http://www.keep-it-real.jp/
Co-Producer - Jamie Holland
Jamie Holland, a Japanese American, is Sho's long-time collaborator and is the source for the film's idea.
http://www.facebook.com/jamie.r.holland/
Co-Producer - Pasha
Pasha is a Tokyo-based journalist and one of the organizers of Cut&Paste.
http://cutandpaste.com/
Photographer Tokio Kuniyoshi
He is the freelance photographer based in NY.
He is also managing Shootinglife LLC.
http://www.shootinglife.net/
CG Artists - Kanji Fukuta
Kanji is a CG designer at Polygon Pictures in Tokyo. Last year he took the first place at Cut&Paste's 3D competition.
http://kanji-fukuta.zombie.jp/
