The Scent of Tomorrow

“Art has no boundaries.”

We are a team of art fans: a combination of a musical fan, a movie fan, and a modern art fan. We believe in the power of art. We are also a team of different cultural backgrounds, which further connects us in a common interest of cross-culture studies. Therefore, we have decided to do a project on cultural receptivity by adopting an all-in-one method we all like and enjoy- a musical film project! The objective of our project is 1) to investigate both cultural and literal difference of those songs by translating non-Japanese songs in Japanese, 2) to create a musical film by ourselves, and 3) to analyze the phenomenon of cultural receptivity by sharing our works in platforms (YouTube, Instagram, etc.) and communicating with people of all ages from different backgrounds.

【Members】

Soohyun:
Art is such a strong medium to give our message.Especially for me, film is the most fascinating tool to visualize what we dream of.Therefore, Asuka, Eri and I decided to create this musical film series not just to entertain people, but to throwing questions and share our perspectives.

Asuka:
ミュージカルを通して
・人を元気付けたい、悩みを抱えてる人に寄り添いたい(例えば今回だと、就活生、夢を追ってる人たちの葛藤に寄り添う、今回の作品を通して何かパワーを与えたい)
・社会に存在してる問題について提起したい(例えば主人公を会社員にして、、残業とか。留学生を主人公にしてもいいし)
ミュージカルというコンテンツを使うと、より多くの人の目に付きやすい、共感しやすい

First, through musical, I want to give people courage, help people who has trouble or worry. ( for instance, we cast a spotlight on job seekers or people who has dream. We sing their feeling, and try to give them power to go forward.) Then I want to drew some problems that exist our society. ( for example, we can make coworkers as a main character and drew the problem of over working. We can also drew exchange student story .)

To use musical, it will be easy to gather people’s attention and I think they are likely to think about it more.

Eri：
ミュージカルを通した異文化理解・異文化交流に重点を置いているところが面白そうだと思った。Youtubeなどといったメディアを使って発信して不特定多数の人々と交流し合える場を作りたい。また、さらに企画や撮影、編集がどのように流れて行くのかについて学んでいきたい。

I think it is interesting to study the cross-culture through a musical film production. I want to see to what extent a use of media like YouTube can create a public sphere where people freely share their ideas. Plus, I want learn the process of film making as well.

Tatsuro：
My lovely friend, Asuka invited me to this musical project. I’ve live with music. I love making music, listening to music, singing songs and playing some instruments. Since I was child, many musical has given me dream for future. And nobody own music. Music always fascinates everybody in the world. Happily, Now, I’m making that!!!!! I’m gonna make music of this musical to give big dream to the audiences.

僕の素敵で、いつも目を輝かせている友達、明日香がこのプロジェクトに誘ってくれた。僕は音楽を聴くこと、つくること、歌うこと、楽器を弾くことが大好きである。小さい頃から触れてきた、ミュージカル作品達は僕に夢を見させてくれた。人間と音楽の力と共に。幸せなことに、今、僕はそれを作る一部になっている！僕はこのミュージカルの音楽をつくり、そしてみんなに夢を届けたい。

Natsuki：
＊異文化間協働で偏見から多様性の理解へ
・ミュージカルの制作を通して日本に住むさまざまなルーツを持つ人々のことを理解し、より良い多文化社会づくりに貢献していきたいと考えている。
・制作したミュージカルを子どもたちに見てもらう、もしくは共に制作することを通して、子どもたちの多様性への理解を促進していきたい。

＊Through cross cultural co-operation, being free from prejudice and understanding cultural diversity
• Through production of some musicals, I will understand people who have originated in different countries, and contribute to creation of a better multicultural society in Japan.
• Through showing children musicals or producing musicals with children, I will accelerate understanding of cultural diversity.

【Activities】

【Movie】

【Schedule】

6月〜7月　Planning + location hunting + casting
8月　Completion of continuity (storyboard)
9月　Shooting
10月　Editing (first upload -> 4th week of October)