SCANDAL - 'Shunkan Sentimental' Visual Effects Analysis

In my music video, I want to include some interesting visual effects. One of the main ideas that I had was to add sparks coming off of the strings of the guitar(s) as it is being played. I then noticed that the effect that I wanted to use had been used rather nicely in SCANDAL’s music video for their song, ‘Shunkan Sentimental’. Similarly to this effect, there is a pulsating energy wave effect which protrudes from the drums as the drummer hits a significant beat.

As well as this, the way in which the lighting is used in this video, and the exaggeration of said ‘lighting’, is very “eye-pleasing” and looks very professional. I will definitely consider using lighting effects such as the ones used in this video, in my music video.

Another interesting effect that I have been considering using in my video is the light trail following the hand(s) of the guitarist(s). This effect was also used in ‘Shunkan Sentimental’, and is used in a way that somewhat resembles a katana slash implication effect, often used in anime, cartoons, and films.


Also, once again we see the dirty-looking room with tall windows as the setting. This could be to visually portray the distortion of the guitars, as a lot of guitarists refer to nice distortion sounds as “dirty”.

In conclusion, I will certainly be referring to this music video for visual effects inspiration, although I will not be replicating all of the visual effects used in this video.