Write a short summary of what happens in the film.

The music video depicts an office worker who, despite feeling resistance, is complicit in bullying due to peer pressure. Gradually becoming a target himself, he is driven into a state of mental strain, which is conveyed through a vivid visual expression. The film acts as a warning to people today who unconsciously consume the misfortune of others as part of digital content. Even though “the foolishness of humans revealed in social media and the manipulation it causes upon people” acts as an underlying theme of the film, we avoided a direct portrayal and instead depicted it in an abstract manner in order to leave enough space for the viewers to reflect on the message.

Tell the jury about the visual effects and summarise any relevant challenges or techniques.

AOI Pro., Hibino Corporation, and TREE Digital Studio collaborated to produce the first-ever music video in Japan to incorporate in-camera VFX. A VFX environment created in Unreal Engine was projected on LED panels in real time. We synchronized the movement/lens of the camera with the movement/depth of the VFX space. In the train scene, by placing props such as hanging straps in front of the panels, it made it possible to blend with the VFX background, creating an illusion as if they exist in the same space. For the platform scene, it appears as though the camera is orbiting around the hero and dancers. We achieved this by placing the casts on a rotating platform and simply moving the camera back and forth on a dolly. For the fence sequence, we created a set that utilized real fences, which is difficult to rotoscope in post with green screen.