An Interview on the Street in Ginza, Tokyo, Conducted on 27th December 2015
2016
"TKY2015 Short Film Series Project"
Video with sound 14min 24sec
When you observe street interviews, you will notice that a sort of power in relationship between an interviewer and an interviewee. A camera is pointed at you, and you are being recorded, and you are suddenly asked to talk about your thoughts and values. There is a sense of violence and unnaturalness in these interviews, and I think this is emphasized by a camera, a device that creates a special relationship. The interviewee gets the message what he/she is expected to answer and he/she talks thinking how he/she is caught on the camera so that you can hear their appropriate model answer as if you have heard somewhere. In these interviews, I can’t help feeling a sign of a story we unconsciously are affected by. I focus on the strange structure of the street interviews, switching camera viewpoints, revealing this relationship and deliberately shaking it.
An Interview on the Street in Ginza, Tokyo, Conducted on 27th December 2015
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