Hayao Miyazaki is one of the most renowned figures in the world of anime, and animation in general. In his capacities as director, producer, scriptwriter, animator, author, manga artist, and Studio Ghibli 's co-owner, he has shaped the field, as he brought anime to the attention of the world audience, for something more than a genre simply directed to teenagers.
"Spirited Away", his magnum opus, became the highest grossing film in the history of Japanese cinema, and was the first anime to win an Oscar. In 2014 he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award for his impact in cinema and animation, being only the second Japanese to win this award, after Akira Kurosawa.
Considered one of the greatest storytellers of our time, he has been presenting titles of
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According to Miyazaki, and in direct connection with his environmentalism, nature, almost always finds the way to restore balance with mankind
Once more, though, Miyazaki is disillusioned about reality and his optimism is kind of "tempered", since, in the majority of his films a lot of awful things also happen, before the redemption offered by the ending.
6. Scripts that look like fairytales but are actually quite complex
Despite the fact that, “I don 't have the story finished and ready when we start work on a film. I usually don 't have the time. So the story develops when I start drawing storyboards. The production starts very soon thereafter, while the storyboards are still developing,” as Miyazaki has stated, and the fact that they look like fairytales, his stories are quite complex and meaningful.
This trait appears in all his films, but the most distinct example derives from "Spirited Away," which uses an utterly fantastic setting to portray the psychology and thoughts of ten year olds, while making a sharp remark for the current generation.
Through similar settings, Miyazaki presents his view on ecology, war, the dark side of people, violence, politics and many more, by artfully using a plethora
Reader Response of Chapter 2 of A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America by Ronald Takaki In the book, A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America, Ronald Takaki gives an anecdote about how the lives of both the Indians and the Irish were dramatically destroyed and how they were even almost extinct because of the violent and corrupted acts of the English. Moreover, the English expansion led to the “making of an English-American identity based on race” (Takaki 26). Furthermore, the Irish were the first people to be considered as savages. The English felt as if the Irish did not have any respectful manners or obedience to God.
In the book A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America by Ronald Takaki, he argues that the “Master Narrative of American History” does not accurately reflect the meaning behind what it means to be an American, because this country is populated by immigrants from around the world. Therefore, Takaki wrote this book to make us look into a different mirror and showing us a more inclusive outlook by reflecting us the true history of America that includes Native Americans. Many also lack information about the history of several other ethnicities and for that reason, society created a construction through a separation between the minorities and whites. By conveying the history of the original settlers who have been inhabiting America, Takaki is able to exclude many people’s mentality that the history of whites are more superior than other racial minorities, in which have made them feel unimportant because of their lifestyle, when America is a country of all people, and not only
Tim Burton once said, “One person’s craziness is another person’s reality,” What he means by this is that the gloomy, bittersweet moments of his films seem ominous, yet this drama is indeed realistic, which is what Burton attempts to convey in his productions, combining his knowledge and special touch. Tim Burton uses various cinematic techniques such as camera angles, music/sound and editing choices to emphasize the mood and tone of the movie, which is mainly focused around being eerie, dramatic yet realistic. Edward Scissorhands, Big Fish and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory most effectively demonstrate these decisions through the clear application of them to the scenario at hand, along with the clear inferences and conclusions viewers can
Oeun Maryta Response paper Music 171 09/25/2015 Chapter 1 A Different Mirror Ronald Takaki When I finished reading the first couple pages from the article "A Different Mirror" by Ronald Takaki, I feel that this particular story relates to my story. I am a new immigrant to this country, U.S, and when I first arrived here in the U.S I felt that I looked different, I even felt that it is really hard for me to fit into this new culture. However, I learned to adapt and view everybody the same, even if we all have different cultures, skin tones, and languages.
The reading from Kiese Laymon poses more questions to me than I had thought I would have going into the reading. I do remember reading this in 10th grade with Ms. Hodge and her asking us repeatedly, to examine the diction and phrasing of the piece. For example, on the first page, paragraph 3, there is a part that reads; “That Filet-o-fish straight cradling my lips..” and Ms. Hodge was persistent in asking us to “discover” the reason that Laymon used those words in that sentence. Now, I still have no idea why she was so persistent on asking us what it meant.
Steven Spielberg is an American director whose had countless top grossing films and captured the attention of American audiences. “Jaws”, “Jurassic Park”, “Saving Private Ryan” and 42 more films have been directed by Spielberg and have been credited with countless awards. Spielberg has worked with award winning actors, used groundbreaking technology, and is even considered to be the father of the New Hollywood Era. As a child Steven would film things like family events and occasions and soon went onto directing tv shows, before movies, starting in the mid 80’s to the present. Steven Spielberg is the most memorable director due to his advances in movie special effects and setting the stage for summer blockbusters.
When I joined AVID in seventh grade I was amazed how AVID works and how it can be used every day. Not only AVID helps you with your grades, but it also helps you to be more organized and a hard-working student. AVID helped me discover my full potential by showing me that I can always do better. What I mean by this is that in sixth grade I was not in AVID, I made all A’s and B’s. In seventh grade when I was in AVID, I made all A’s.
Context of a Dead Man’s Pocket The three strongest topics in this story “Context of a Dead Man's Pocket” is the details, Imagery, and the Language that is so expertly done by Jack Finney with the tone of the story capturing the fear and the intensity of the actions of Tom Benneck throughout the story and then his sense of relief, understanding, and realization that Tom has at the end of the story. “Context of a Dead Man’s Pockets” is made such a great story because of the Details, Language and imagery shown in this story. Some of the images used in this story make up a strong vivid description of the character's appearance and the state of mind with a great sense of realism in the story with all the great descriptive words used that paint
He was a very good film maker and many people enjoyed his works. He impacted American
Reflection In my observations and thoughts of reading the “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie, I found the passage to be quite interesting but informative. In the beginning, I connected with the author’s experiences. For example, when the author conveys his drive for literature and texts; it made me reflect on my own passions and inspirations. My mother is an artist and she loves creating art so much that she shared her love of creativity though me with me at an exceptionally young age, she would teach me how to draw whenever she had free time. She would also give me bundles and bundles of different and unique kinds of art supplies and her enormously vintage art history books.
Our environment, although outside us, is a part of us. Not only the image of nature, but something conceptualized in a way that only a few people have been able to capture through words. One of these people being an author, named Jon Krakauer. In his novel ‘Into the Wild’ Krakauer elaborates on a bond created between a young man and the wild. John Muir, Aldo Leopold, and Henry David Thoreau have conveyed and elucidated the same ideology that krakauer uses in his book; Joy does not only radiate from human relation, but a further understanding of nature and the wilderness, a man 's deepest roots, gives an increased sense of freedom and happiness.
Who is Cameron Crowe? Known as a writer, producer, journalist, actor, and author, Cameron Bruce Crowe is an American personality who started writing since he was 16. Cameron Crowe: Birth facts, family, childhood Cameron Bruce Crowe was born on July 13, 1957, in Palm Springs, California, U.S. His mother, Alice Marie Crowe, and father, James A. Crowe raised him in California.
I thought this was an interesting read because it gave insight to what it might have been like in the twentieth century. The House of Mirth was written by Edith Wharton, who was very big into naturalism. The story revolves around the female lead character, Lily Bart, and her struggle to find what she deems as happiness. Through Lily’s story we see what it was like to be a woman and the importance of marriage and social status in the time period.
Frankenstein Written by Mary Shelley, Frankenstein features a creation gone awry in a classic, poetic piece of literature. Shelley paints a dark, sinister book which hopes to expose humanity as bleak and exclusive. Starting off, a man named Robert Walton sends his sister Margaret several letters detailing his adventure as the captain of a ship sailing towards the North Pole. Walton notes that he met a man by the name of Victor Frankenstein, whom he found stranded after attempting to catch another sledge pulled by dogs on a stretch of ice. Once the crew of the ship rescues Frankenstein, he details his life over the past (time interval) to Walton as he recovers from ailments only partially suffered from his encounter with the frigid weather.
synapses: The movie Forrest Gump (played by Tom Hanks) tells a story of a simple man and his journey through life. Forrest Gump’s story takes place during a time of historical significance in our country, The United States of America. His story begins in the 1950’s, and runs through the 1970’s. This was a period in our country where morality, and equality had come to be questioned for the first time since our country broke away from its European roots and won its independence on July 04, 1776.