WARM HANDS

Short List
TitleWARM HANDS
BrandCHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD
Product / ServiceSUPPORT MOVIE FOR CANCER PATIENTS AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
CategoryC01. Corporate Image & Communication
EntrantINSIGHT-I INC. Tokyo, JAPAN
Idea Creation INSIGHT-I INC. Tokyo, JAPAN
Idea Creation 2 CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. Tokyo, JAPAN
Production DWARF Tokyo, JAPAN
Post Production IMAGICA LAB Tokyo, JAPAN

Credits

Name Company Position
Junichi Takano Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd Executive Producer
Yuki Ono Insight-I Inc Creative Director
Hiroshi Nishi Insight-I Inc Account Executive
Hiroko Yakuwa Insight-I Inc Art Director
Tsuneo Goda dwarf Director & Character Designer
Hiroyuki Mizoguchi Studio Placebo Animator
Koji Shimoi Studio Placebo Set Designer
Yasuyuki Suzuki Freelance Director Of Photography
Hiroshi Kobayashi Freelance Lighting Director
Masako Sekiguchi Studio Placebo Stopmotion Camera Operator
Katsumi Nagai Studio Placebo Composite
Takahito Kurobe McRAY Color Grading
Makoto Hoashi IMAGICA Lab. Online Editor
Fumio Yasue Freelance Sound Effects
Tsuyoshi Nishikori Studio Placebo Animation Producer
Ayano Kinashi dwarf Producer
Masayoshi Yamazaki EMI Records, UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC / Office Augusta Co.,LTD. Music
Takeshi Yoshida Q., ltd Music Producer
Kotaro Mukai Office Augusta Music Director

Write a short summary of what happens in the film

A patient spends a sleepless night in her hospital room. " I got cancer... I am scared". She hesitates to send out this message on social media, sighs and closes her eyes. Suddenly she is on a mountain. She seems to be walking up to the summit. She encounters many obstacles on the way. By getting help from different animals, she is able to go forward. What the patient sees at the summit is...

Tell the jury about the production design/art direction. You may wish to comment on choices, challenges or effects.

To transmit the message, the concept was a picture-like book story that never fades. To convey the feelings delicately, we paid attention to each doll's emotional expressions. Stop motion animation is like every moment of life. We carefully photographed the movements and facial expressions one by one over time, ending up with a total of 31,138 shots while shooting 50 days. Why we chose stop motion: with real actors, the story wouldn't have the delicate feel needed and would be too "raw". If we used cartoons, it would have been too "pop". Using stop motion enabled us to approach a dramatic episode with a more positive and softer outlook. The set for the scene where the woman ventures in the forest was challenging. Taking advantage of the background photo stretched in the back, the middle boundary looks like it is connected to the trees, creating a sense of depth.

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