An animation created as the music video for “Close to Me” by in the blue shirt. Drawing on the song’s origins as a work made entirely through sampling and cut-up techniques, the piece interprets rotoscoping as an animation method with the same structural logic. Rotoscoping is a technique that traces live-action footage, allowing the movement of the subject to be directly and vividly reflected on screen. In addition, this work combines stencil-based spray techniques. By incorporating the non-deterministic fluctuations of particles, it seeks to transform the vividness of rotoscoping into the subject’s own indexicality, and to reconfigure it.

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This is a commemorative lyric video for a new song in which some of the lyrics were rearranged for the current-member version (-ZZ ver.) of Momoiro Clover Z, which celebrated its 13th anniversary on May 17, 2021. Using live footage and photos from the past 13 years, this beloved song for both the members and the fans is brought to life in a lively stop-motion animation that follows the lyrics as the members sing, dance, and race around. We also deliberately preserved analog textures such as hand-drawn elements and the feel of paper. The video features many cutout memories of stage costumes, stage effects, and live venues. For the members’ lip-sync in the big chorus, we cut out three frames each of their mouth shapes (a-i-u-e-o-n) and replaced them in a way that makes it look as if they are singing. The four members race through the song as crayons in their respective colors. It became a video that could only have been created now, when it is difficult for large groups to gather. With respect for the 13-year journey shared by the members and all the Mononofu.