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Main Round 1: Team Tachibana Makoto/Yamazaki Sousuke
TITLE: "Liminal Spaces"
SERIES: Free!
SHIP: Tachibana Makoto/Yamazaki Sousuke
RATING: T
CHARACTERS: Makoto Tachibana, Sousuke Yamazaki, Innkeeper (brief, OC), Children (brief, OC)
SIDE PAIRINGS: NONE.
MAJOR TAGS: Minor Original Character Death (implied), Flashes (image and text, mild)
ADDITIONAL TAGS: Angst/Hurt, Injury (minor, very brief), Alternate Universe, Parallel Timeline, Space and Time, Post-Apocalypse, Dystopia, Rot and Decay (of buildings and nature), Media: Fan Video
SUMMARY: Sousuke, a lone vagabond, traverses across his dying world with only a picture and re-occuring visions as his leads. Faced with the harsh environment of what his world has now become, he pushes on as he feels a magnetic pull toward an unknown location.
WORK COUNT: Running Time - 2 mins, 40 secs (2:40)
SCRIPT: [script] and [image list]
NOTES:
• Definition: liminal (n.) - threshold; the place of transition; “in-between” spaces
1. Sousuke and Makoto start off in two different worlds (one that was wrecked by a calamity, while the other avoided it), yet a space exists in which the two planes intersect (hence where the title comes from).
2. Makoto is "ahead" of Sousuke in the timeline because Sousuke's dreams are a re-cap of Makoto's journey and where he has been. Sousuke uses that as his lead.
3. The polaroid picture of the safe house solidifies Sousuke's hunches that there's more to his dreams than he thought as he has a physical proof that something bigger is in the works.
4. Makoto's journey begins when he dreams of a world similar to his, but a catastrophe hit. The dreams, more like nightmares or an ominous prophecy, became too frequent that it disrupted his daily life and he set off to look for answers.
5. We wanted to construct this piece by looking at duality not only contrasting characterstics, but how their entire worlds are different, how social construct and situation shaped their personalities and experiences with society and environment (one is nurturing, the other is hostile).
Mirror Link #1: [Google Drive]
Mirror Link #2: [Vimeo]
SERIES: Free!
SHIP: Tachibana Makoto/Yamazaki Sousuke
RATING: T
CHARACTERS: Makoto Tachibana, Sousuke Yamazaki, Innkeeper (brief, OC), Children (brief, OC)
SIDE PAIRINGS: NONE.
MAJOR TAGS: Minor Original Character Death (implied), Flashes (image and text, mild)
ADDITIONAL TAGS: Angst/Hurt, Injury (minor, very brief), Alternate Universe, Parallel Timeline, Space and Time, Post-Apocalypse, Dystopia, Rot and Decay (of buildings and nature), Media: Fan Video
SUMMARY: Sousuke, a lone vagabond, traverses across his dying world with only a picture and re-occuring visions as his leads. Faced with the harsh environment of what his world has now become, he pushes on as he feels a magnetic pull toward an unknown location.
WORK COUNT: Running Time - 2 mins, 40 secs (2:40)
SCRIPT: [script] and [image list]
NOTES:
• Definition: liminal (n.) - threshold; the place of transition; “in-between” spaces
1. Sousuke and Makoto start off in two different worlds (one that was wrecked by a calamity, while the other avoided it), yet a space exists in which the two planes intersect (hence where the title comes from).
2. Makoto is "ahead" of Sousuke in the timeline because Sousuke's dreams are a re-cap of Makoto's journey and where he has been. Sousuke uses that as his lead.
3. The polaroid picture of the safe house solidifies Sousuke's hunches that there's more to his dreams than he thought as he has a physical proof that something bigger is in the works.
4. Makoto's journey begins when he dreams of a world similar to his, but a catastrophe hit. The dreams, more like nightmares or an ominous prophecy, became too frequent that it disrupted his daily life and he set off to look for answers.
5. We wanted to construct this piece by looking at duality not only contrasting characterstics, but how their entire worlds are different, how social construct and situation shaped their personalities and experiences with society and environment (one is nurturing, the other is hostile).
Mirror Link #1: [Google Drive]
Mirror Link #2: [Vimeo]
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It's obvious how much work has gone into this entry - it was really nice to read your notes on the video and it definitely helped fill in the story that was being told. There are a lot of things paired together here that bring this round's theme to the forefront and I REALLY REALLY LIKED THEM OKAY THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY PRETTY ENTRY WITH AN INCREDIBLY RICH STORY TO IT and I am invested.
I adore the song chosen and how you've timed the video in accordance to it - the slow buildup and how it steps into different segments with 'where are you now' and 'faded'...the piano evolving into strings and dying down again, only to pick up again later on. The contrast between the slower verses and that chorus works really well with the concept of two worlds converging - it added to the stillness in Sousuke's parts and then picked up in the sections where they were travelling, which was just. SO ATMOSPHERIC. The interplay between the lyrics and the words on-screen was handled nicely too - it could have been confusing but instead it was super easy to draw out parts of each as necessary, and the words add to one another instead? Like, 'you fade away / i want to disappear' was powerful, and so was 'wanna see you / looking for any signs of life' *o* And precisely because of that, the moment when everything steps up and the words converge at 'where are you now' has this incredible impact, just. HJKHKFKJAL
Stylistically, I loved the typography throughout as well *o* The words are always clear, but they move in this amazing way - 'no reply' in JP quotation marks, 'humanity has faded' splashing in across the back when Sousuke walks. The movement in this video is amazing, just in general - I love the pan effect with the buildings and the grass moving in opposite directions around Sousuke, and the rising/setting sun/moon behind the pictures is a great concept!
AND OKAY. THE GREYSCALE/COLOUR THING IS SO SO GREAT I LOVE IT SO MUCH. I absolutely adore how at first there are only brief moments where Sousuke's world is tinted with colour, and only in specific sections - how he's living in this world that has 'faded' - but the blood on his bandages is ever so slightly tinted, and he's still human, and then there's the sky at the building, and as he travels all these snapshots of his world begin to fill in with colour. THAT MOMENT WHERE HE WAKES AND HIS EYES OPEN IS SO GOOD HIS EXPRESSION IS AMAZING
THE PICTURES ON THE WALL ARE THE GREATEST THING HONESTLY THE TRANSITION INTO THAT MAP IN COLOUR AND MAKOTO'S SECTION - IT WAS SO POWERFUL I LOVED IT. The text says 'a world so different' and it is, so clear and bright and colourful, (and YOUR TEAM'S BACKGROUND ART IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE FAR OUT) and Makoto's journey compared to Sousuke's is so warm and vivid IT MAKES THE COMPARISONS STAND OUT SO WELL. All the people surrounding him, compared to Sousuke's isolation fdjhalf
(also Makoto with his jumper tied around his waist asking people for directionsdjm falsghflkajh GOOD PICTURE VERY GOOD PICTURE)
and okay. I HAVE BEEN HOLDING OFF SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS NEXT PART BECAUSE IT KILLED ME BUT THIS. THIS WAS WHERE I COMPLETELY AND IRREVOCABLY FELL IN LOVE --
The sky and its reflection, the TWO WORLDS APART text intersecting both, just how that whole picture is framed, THE WAY THE MUSIC SWELLS, AND THE SWITCH TO NIGHT FROM LOOKING DOWN TO LOOKING UP, TO THAT BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL STARRY SKY I --
and the sequence after that just closing in on the house was planned so well - I love how it zooms in on the open door, like we're approaching it as Sousuke does, and him walking through those hallways, AND THE FLASH OF LIGHT. THE OPEN DOOR. THE MEETING. COLOUR AND MONOCHROME.
That last quote - 'and in this space we found us' - hkfaljkdfhlsjkja; it's so beautiful, and then the final end card, formatted so beautifully, the transmitter and how it brings to mind not only the static of the dreams but also this infinite space and the stars and HOW THEY MET IN THAT SPACE UNDER THE SKY SHJKDLAKSD ALKALJKJD:
This entry is fantastic and every time I go back to it I fall more in love <3 All the best with the voting!
re: karahashi
We're glad the notes helped! There were a couple of things that couldn't be added to the entry due to limits, but we figured it could be quickly explained in the notes since it's "important" for the sake of understanding the story better, but was not necessary to have its own scenes.
It's really interesting (the good kind!) how much attention you paid to the music since the pacing of the music drove the story along as well, we love how you mention the rise and swells since this was key in terms of scene placements and as you said, dictates the pacing. I absolutely am in love with your interpretation of the song being this dynamic and "alive" component in our entry, you described it so well and astutely! <3
I'M SCREAMING!! YOU EVEN PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO BOTH THE TEXT AND SONG'S LYRICS, since yes! They were intentionally meant to be saying different things (not a word by word play of the song), but instead are supposed to work together. What you hear and what you read, neither should have taken the impact from each other but instead are supposed to work in synergy.
I feel like you've seen a couple of PV's or something of the sort to be able to recognize those JP quotation/brackets, and to be familiar enough to pick them up from our entry :'D Woooow, we're impressed. (also crying again at how you noticed all these details. Like the grass moving, it's so trivial, but it helps bring the scene to life ; v ; )
YES! The monochrome and rich colors were another way we could express duality and to really hammer it in at how vastly different these two worlds are and how even Sousuke sees his world as this dismal place, lacking life, lacking color while Makoto's is nurtured and blessed with energy, resources, light, and color. (YAYAYAYAY YOU CAUGHT THE "FADED" REFERENCE, I'm grinning so much right now.)
We're so happy you enjoyed the polaroid wall pictures into the map! <3 there were so many ideas for transitions, we're glad we could implement them in and I'm flailing like a dork over here because you noticed it and appreciate the little presentation details like those ; v ;
SOUSUKE IN ISOLATION, IT HURT, BUT WE HAD TO DO IT. (hugs him) Though with what happened in the anime, it wasn't too hard for the members working on this to channel Sousuke's inner angst and lone wolf attitude. ;3
AH. The 2 minute mark. Here we finally are. The moment placed right after Makoto's part since now you have both of their backstories, we felt this would be the best time to re-connect with the theme of "Duality" but then finally show you the direction where we were headed in and where the title of this work gained its inspiration from.
The peak of the video, the climax and then a break to the falling action before the vague, but hopeful conclusion. Where monochrome meets color! How light pours in and overcomes the darker elements of Sousuke's world, filling it up with color.
RIGHT IN THE KOKORO... The stars and space (both celestial and atmosphere), played a big part in our entry, thank you so so so much for your comment and feedback, we enjoyed reading it! And are glad you enjoyed viewing it too! :) Thank you for taking part in this experience/adventure with us (the team, and makoto and sousuke)! ^^