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Engawa Space neiro Inc. | A film of the heart
2023 | Films of the heart
“Go home, and hug your family.” A “film of the heart” made for Engawa Space neiro.
I met Junko in the spring of 2020. It began with a personal key visual shoot, then photos for the company website, and now this film. A relationship in which we walk alongside each other in life is truly a treasure to me. I have been involved in building neiro's brand world as a whole: key visuals, photos, film, and even the films that play in their email newsletters.
Four mothers appeared in this film. No script, no structure, nothing. Each episode is about eight or nine minutes long, and it is not publicly released. The whole team, Junko included, wished for just one thing: “May a veranda for the heart reach the people who need it.” Families as they really are, speaking honestly with one another. May the hearts of those who watch it loosen, little by little.
Episode 1, “Accepting that I can't do parenting perfectly.” / Episode 2, “I really worry. Because I love them so much.” / Episode 3, “The family that fills me, just as it is.” / Episode 4, “Every emotion kept me alive.”
Film affirms people. I believe in the possibilities of film.
- Client
- Engawa Space neiro Inc.Representative: Junko Nitta (childcare expert, psychological counselor, instructor in essential communication)
- About
- “Breathe as yourself. Connect with your true feelings, in safety.”Offers courses and training for parents and supporters, parent-child camps, and medicinal herbal teas
- Role
- Key visual shoot / photos and film for the website / film production (four episodes)
- Film
- About 8–9 minutes × 4 episodes, not publicly released
Timeline
How it came together
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Spring 2020
A personal key visual shoot for Junko
Photography
It began when I photographed Junko's key visual, through a connection made by 村本彩 of irodori branding.
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2021 — 2022.06
Photos and film for the website
Photography and film
A year later, in the summer of 2021, I was invited to shoot again in Gifu. Under the supervision of irodori branding, I handled the photos and film for the company website, which reopened in June 2022.
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2023.01 — 2023.09
“Film of the heart,” four episodes
Direction, filming and editing
The veranda shoot I had been looking forward to since the year before. Four mothers appeared, and with no script or structure, I filmed them talking honestly with one another. I finished it with friends helping with filming and editing, and announced its completion in September 2023. From Episode 1, “Accepting that I can't do parenting perfectly,” to Episode 4, “Every emotion kept me alive.”
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Client's Voice
The moment I received it, I knew it would become a treasure for our company.
I remember being moved to tears at every meeting. It felt like a door deep in my heart, long closed, was being gently knocked on.
The moment I received it, I knew it would become a treasure for our company, and all the staff have watched it again and again. It moves the hearts of everyone who sees it, and many are moved to tears. It is a film with life in it, speaking to the depths of the viewer's heart.
Junko Nitta | Engawa Space neiro Inc. · ★★★★★ 5.0
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