Shinji Higuchi Special Effect's Field Notes :
Visual Plans and Sketches
Film and special effects director Higuchi Shinji’s mind revealed over more than 600 pages!
When Higuchi creates his works, he makes detailed simulations to work out how surrounding objects move when Godzilla moves, or how the monster gets blown away when Ultraman shoots his Ultra Beam, and so on. Comparing storyboards, it’s fun to see which were adopted for the movies and which were rejected!
This book takes readers behind the scenes during the making of global hits like Shin Ultraman and Shin Godzilla, making this book a must-have not only for fans of these movies, but for all film creators.
- Size:7.7 × 4.4" / 195 × 112 mm
- Pages:640 pp. (Full Color)
- Binding:Hardbound
- Publisher:PIE International
- Language:Japanese, some English
- ISBN:978-4-7562-5523-5
- Author:Shinji Higuchi
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【Artist Profile】
Higuchi Shinji is a film director and special effects director who was born on September 22, 1965. He made his movie industry debut working on the 1984 film Godzilla. In 1995, he worked as a special effects director on Gamera the Guardian of the Universe, for which he won the Japan Academy Awards Special Award. In addition, Higuchi has worked on many hit movies, including the Evangelion series, creating storyboards and image boards. His major directing works include Lorelei, Japan Sinks, The Floating Castle, and the Attack on Titan movies.