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VOLUMETRIC × NOH

Liberating -everything-
about video production

Volumetric technology meets Noh

World's most advanced "Volumetric Video"
over 100 cameras in studio
to capture the Noh of 600-year history

Using the Canon Volumetric Video Studio in Kawasaki,
we conducted Volumetric capturing of Noh,
a traditional performing art
with 600 years of history.
enjoy the new way of appreciating arts
that only Volumetric Video can provide.


Video updated on July 2nd, 2021.

volumetrics art showcase

Noh is a form of performing arts representative of Japan that has been been passed on for over 600 years since the Muromachi Period. First completed by Kan'ami and Zeami during the Muromachi Period, Noh achieves the most impressive effects with the most limited movements. This simple performance brings out the essence of Noh, and has long been its most charming point.

Noh “Aoi no Ue”

Lady Aoi (Aoi no Ue), has been possessed by a spirit, and is bedridden. Priestess Teruhi, master of the art of azusa, calls forth the true identity of the spirit, and the vengeful spirit of Lady Rokujo appears. She speaks of her troubles and hatred, beats Lady Aoi, and tries to take her away. Lady Aoi’s condition worsens, and as the invited Priest Yokawa-no-kohijiri prays with all his might, the vengeful spirit of the ogress that Lady Rokujo has transformed into appears. After a violent fight, the priest manages to calm the vengeful spirit and help her rest In peace. 
In this project, the last scene of Noh “Aoi no Ue”  (From the vicious fight onwards) involves the use of both Volumetric technology and CG technology. The project aims to fully bring out the feelings of Lady Rokujo.

Shimai “Kumasaka”

At Akasaka of Mino Province, a traveling monk is asked by another monk to hold a memorial service. The traveling monk finds numerous weapons in the monk’s hermitage, and the other monk explains that he stockpiled these weapons to protect the locals from bandits, before disappearing. The traveling monk hears about The Great Bandit Kumasaka Chonan, and as he is offering his prayers, the ghost of Kumasaka appears in front of him with a long-handled sword in hand. The ghost explains about the last moments of his life, where he attacked Kichiji Nobutaka the wealthy merchant, but ended up being killed by Ushiwakamaru. He once again asks the traveling monk to perform a memorial service for him and then vanishes into thin air.

Future Noh

This is a new type of artistic experiment, where Real and Digital interlaces to become an augmented world, expressed with digital music and Noh. Noh, which expresses "yugen - the invisible world" through its sophisticated dances and chants, and Digital Music, which expresses augmented sounds with its scalability that analog music is incapable of, interlace together. Noh's yugen mechanism and Digital Music's scalability helps you visualize not just a future based on logic, but an intuitive one that you can experience with your entire body.

the features of canon volumetric video

the features of canon volumetric video

  

REAL
Film with a 360 degree
green screen backdrop

REAL
Capture the target object
over 100 cameras

REAL
When performers play as
they normally do...

VIRTUAL
Virtual environment will be generated
in only 3 seconds

VIRTUAL
Edit all you want after filming

generated within 3 seconds
live streaming is also available.

It takes only 3 seconds, almost in real time, from filming to the generation of a processed volumetric video. The live streaming of volumetric video allows the audience to share the space and time with the performer, and provide with new ways to fascinate the audience.

Support for diverse content
Fascinating your Fans
in all directions

With cannon volumetric video, you can create next-generation promotional movies that have never been made before, as well as interactive videos that allow the audience to control their own viewpoints, AR (Augmented Reality) that allows the performer to be summoned to the real world, and VR (Virtual Reality) that allows the audience to step into the stage. Furthermore, the highlight of the performer during the performance can be cut out as 3D data and used to create plastic models.

Never knew I looked like this.

Learn something new
from an angle you cannot normally see.

Realize new aspects of yourself
and improve your skills.
Passing on all the excellent skills to the future.

Live streaming and video production
can be conducted as desired.

Shorter shooting time, More delicate video
production, and Lower budget

You can do LIVE streaming, promotion,
and video production in one shot.
A one-stop solution from shooting,
background production to editing
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STAFF

能「葵上」
シテ 宝生和英
地謡 武田孝史
   木谷哲也
笛  杉信太朗
小鼓 飯冨孔明
大鼓 柿原孝則
太鼓 澤田晃良
仕舞「熊坂」
シテ 武田孝史
地謡 宝生和英
   朝倉大輔
   木谷哲也
未来能「序の舞」
シテ 武田伊左
笛  杉信太朗
小鼓 飯冨孔明
大鼓 柿原孝則
太鼓 澤田晃良
作曲 佐原洸
フルート 梶原一紘
プロデュース
中務貴之
Web
中務貴之
邵 鵬志
メイキング
平舘平
Aoinoue
Kazufusa Hosho
Takashi Takeda
Tetsuya Kitani
Shintaro Sugi
Yoshiaki Iitomi
Takanori Kakihara
Akira Sawada
Kumasaka
Takashi Takeda
Kazufusa Hosho
Daisuke Asakura
Tetsuya Kitani
Future Noh
Isa Takeda
Shintaro Sugi
Yoshiaki Iitomi
Takanori Kakihara
Akira Sawada
Koh Sahara
Kazuhiro Kajihara
Produce
Takayuki Nakatsukasa
Web
Takayuki Nakatsukasa
Pengzhi Shao
Making
Taira Tairadate
ボリュメトリックビデオ制作
伊達厚
荒谷俊太郎
藤田秀
橋本貴幸
阿達大地
3DCG
岡田篤史
久保井誠
今泉公嘉
大野祐章
持丸歩
久保裕明
松木愛華
先﨑大朗
高橋良太
宮本紀明
山東大祐
スタジオ
キヤノンボリュメトリックビデオ
スタジオ川崎
宝生能楽堂(3Dモデル撮影)
Volumetric Video
Atsushi Date
Shuntaro Aratani
Shu Fujita
Takayuki Hashimoto
Daichi Adachi
3DCG
Atsushi Okada
Makoto Kuboi
Masayoshi Imaizumi
Masatoshi Ono
Ayumi Mochimaru
Hiroaki Kubo
Aika Matsuki
Hiroaki Senzaki
Ryota Takahashi
Noriaki Miyamoto
Daisuke Sando
Studio
Canon Volmetric
Video Studio Kawasaki
Hosho Noh Theater (3D Models)