The Circle - Zeiss

The Circle - Zeiss

For a while my creativity felt stale and it didn’t incite the excitement it used too. There was something missing with what I was doing and I couldn’t understand what it was. I felt I was living life in a circular motion. Doing the same things and experiencing the same things. I needed a change. When I wrote this film these were the thoughts that were actively on my consciousness. A lot of things when I’m creating films or art I just have a feeling. And often times I for that moment lack the vocabulary to explain what it is I’m feeling. I use film a form of visual poetry. It’s a vessel that helps me make sense of what it is that I’m experiencing. I hope when you watch this you felt something. And it helped you make sense of something you may not have had words for. Or at the least it made you feel something other than the circular emotions you’ve been experiencing. “The Circle” is just a line but something profound happens when that line bends and takes on new forms. Shot entirely on the Zeiss Supreme Prime 15mm Creative Director: Jimmy Vi Director: Jimmy Vi Cinematographer: Toshihiko Kizu Salary Man: Akiyoshi Tsujimoto Aquarium Shop Dancer: Run Kuwana Construction Worker: Santa Terakado Girlfriend: Chinami Mother: Megumi Matsushita Daughter: Chika Matsushita Grandma’s Voice: Momoko Noji Producer/1st AD: Kishin Oyama Production Manager: So Matsufuji Production Assistant: Akane Suzuki Production Assistant: Yuta Rikiyama 1st AC: Masanori Yokota 2nd AC: Shunta Ishizuka 3rd AC: Ryo Araki DIT: Sou Naoi Gaffer: Satoshi Tani Lighting Chief: Takuya Kakizaki Grip: Takuya Watanabe Best Boy: Kengo Futamura 
Sound: Masato Takeda Sound Assist: Atsushi Yoshida Sound Design & Mix: Boombox Sound Producer: Joe Frustaglio Boombox Sound EP: Umber Hamid Hair and Make-Up: Janeth Leyva Aragon
Stylist: Hideyuki Sanbongi Driver: Yasutoshi Shima Driver: Ryosuke Yanai Offline Editor: Rina Takeuchi Colour by Artjail Colourist Clinton Homuth Colour Assistant: Austin Tang Online Editor: Jimmy Vi Mixer: Takaomi Tomura Casting: Masao Takami Special Thanks
NAC Rental, Muse Area. BONDS. Nabeya, Nomad Tokyo, Film.M.I.S.S.I.O.N, Needles, Hikaru aquarium, Yoshimi Joya, Hana, Snack Private, Ben Robinson