Name(s): sound / phantasma / mirror / Kagami no Genon / Mirror’s Fundamental Tone / かがみのげんおん.
Format: Movie (6 minutes)
Release Date(s): October 17, 2004
Studio(s): Kojiro Shishido Animation Works

sound / phantasma / mirror is a monochrome, short tone piece. With no narrative, it observes the shadows, contrast, and light refraction of everyday locations. In other words: pretty pictures with an oscillating, string score that bends with its lights. For how often I’ve heard of this, I think it’s skippable.

I was about to say this feels like a student submission for a college course—or something they’d show at one—and apparently it won the 10th Annual Student CG Contest in 2005? Whatever the hell that is. Kojiro Shishido directed this movie and composed its score, and he would go on to work on a bunch of music videos for other artists, as well as many of the Fate franchise anime adaptations. Maybe I’ll check out some of his other shorts sometime.