HAYAO MIYAZAKICO-FOUNDER OF STUDIO GHIBLI

EARLY LIFE

• BORN JAN. 5, 1941

• BORN IN BUNKYO, TOKYO

• 2ND OLDEST OF 4 BROTHERS

• FATHER WAS DIRECTOR OF HIS UNCLES FACTORY MIYAZAKI AIRPLANE WHICH MADE RUDDERS FOR FIGHTER PLANES DURING WW2

• CONSTANTLY DRAWING, ESPECIALLY PLANES

• ASPIRED TO BE A MANGA ARTIST

FOR THE LOVE OF ANIMATION

• DECIDED HE WANTED TO PURSUE ANIMATION AFTER VIEWING “HAKUJADEN”

• BEGAN ANIMATING IN 1961

• HIS FIRST JOB WAS AT TOEI ANIMATION (IN-BETWEEN ARTIST)

• RELEASED 1ST FEATURE FILM “LUPIN III: THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO” IN 1979

• IN 1984, AFTER THE RELEASE OF HIS “NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND” HE CO-FOUNDED STUDIO GHIBLI

• FILM “SPIRITED AWAY WON PICTURE OF THE YEAR AT THE JAPANESE ACADEMY AWARDS AND WAS THE FIRST ANIME FILM TO WIN AN AMERICAN ACADEMY AWARD

WHERE IS HE NOW?

• WIFE: AKEMI OTA

• 2 CHILDREN: GORO AND KEISUKI

• CURRENTLY WORKING ON MORE ANIME FILMS

HIS WORK?

• WRITER

• STORY BOARDER

• DIRECTOR

• PRODUCER

• ANIMATOR

CINEMATIC STYLE

• ANIMATION

• WARM, SOFT/ VIVID COOL COLOURS

• MANY DIFFERENT CAMERA TECHNIQUES

• MANY DIFFERENT CAMERA ANGLES

• CAMERA MOVEMENTS: PAN AND HEAD ON

• USE OF MUSIC AND SOUND EFFECTS

• SYMBOLISM

• USE OF STORYTELLING (DIALOGUE)

THEMES

• THE UNDERDOG

• YOUNG GIRL WHO MOVES TO A NEW HOME

• SPIRITS/ SUPERNATURAL BEINGS

• MAGIC

• ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES/ NATURE

• FRIENDSHIP/ LOVE

• HARDSHIPS

• FLYING!

INFLUENCES

• CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE

• EVERYDAY LIFE

• FAMILY/FRIENDS

• SOCIAL/ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

• OSAMU TEZUKA

• “HAKUJADEN”

• “SNEZHNYA KOROLEVA”

• FREDERIC BACK

• DISNEY

• FLEISCHER BROTHERS

• “LA BERGERE ET LA RAMONEUR”

PEOPLE HE HAS INFLUENCED

• JOHN LASSETER

• SATOSHI KON

• TOMM MOORE

• TOYOO ASHISA

• MICHAEL DANTE DIMARTINO

• PETE DOCTER

• GLEN KEANE

QUESTIONS

• NAME TWO THINGS THAT HAVE INFLUENCED MIYAZAKI’S WORK

• MIYAZAKI USUALLY STORYBOARDS HIS OWN WORK T OR F

• NAME 3 COMMON THEMES IN MIYAZAKI’S WORK

• MIYAZAKI WAS INTERESTED IN GRAPHIC DESIGN BEFORE HE BECAME AN ANIMATOR T OR F

• THE MOVIE _______________ STARTED OF MIYAZAKI’S CAREER AS AN ANIMATOR.

ANSWERS

• CHILDHOOD MOVING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS

• TRUE

• FLYING, MAGIC, SUPERNATURAL

• FALSE- MANGA ARTIST

• “HAKUJADEN”