Limbo

Category: Video Production
Client: haruno / Victor Entertainment
Year: 2022

I directed and created the music video for Haruno "Limbo". Based on the title of the song and the lyrics, I decided to create a video that "may or may not be meaningful". However, this does not mean "meaningless. I wanted to express the frustration of not knowing what is happening, even though it seems possible to find some kind of regularity in what is happening, in other words, something like a dream that cannot be controlled by one's will. If you are in a dream and a phenomenon occurs in front of you that violates the laws of physics, you do not realize that you are in a dream. Furthermore, you would feel as if the dream would go on forever.

DREAM

Based on the title of the song and the lyrics, I decided to create a video that "may or may not be meaningful". However, this does not mean "meaningless. I wanted to express the frustration of not knowing what is happening, even though it seems possible to find some kind of regularity in what is happening, in other words, something like a dream that cannot be controlled by one's will. If you are in a dream and a phenomenon occurs in front of you that violates the laws of physics, you do not realize that you are in a dream. Furthermore, you would feel as if the dream would go on forever.

Intro scene from haruno “Limbo” music video, featuring a mahjong table in an elevator hall and a framed red dragon tile — A mahjong table in an elevator hall and a framed red dragon tile

Elevator doors opening as a framed artwork falls in haruno “Limbo” music video — Elevator doors opening as a framed artwork falls

Framed typography arranged throughout a gallery-like space in haruno “Limbo” music video — Framed typography moving

Mahjong tile jumping on a seesaw in a space blocked by metal fencing and caution tape in haruno “Limbo” music video

Mahjong tile moving along a conveyor belt connecting framed artworks in haruno “Limbo” music video

Stanchions and fences moving in a gallery-like space in the later part of haruno “Limbo” music video

Title shot from haruno’s “Limbo” music video

Project Info

Artist: haruno
Client: Victor Entertainment
Direction / Design / Animation: Richard Falcema
Logo Design: Punch

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