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Film coursework focus presentation. Bijal Shah 12C3. Auteur Study: Hayao Miyazaki. A study in time? Chosen texts: Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) My Neighbour Totoro (1988) Princess Mononoke (1997). Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979).
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Film coursework focus presentation Bijal Shah 12C3
Auteur Study: Hayao Miyazaki • A study in time? • Chosen texts: • Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) • My Neighbour Totoro (1988) • Princess Mononoke (1997)
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) • First directorial debut of Miyazaki • Basic plot: Gentleman thief ArsèneLupin III and friend Daisuke Jigen rob a casino. Only to discover that the money is counterfeit. Lupin recognises this from before and goes once again to seek out the source. • Genre: Adventure, comedy The beloved Fiat 500F, owned by YasuoOhtsuka, the head animator of the Lupin series
My NeighborTotoro (1988) • The film follows the two young daughters of a professor and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in post-war rural Japan • Miyazaki's production paralleled his colleague Isao Takahata's production of Grave of the Fireflies (1988) • Art style became iconic to Studio Ghibli That’s pretty much the film, but without Catbus and the soot sprites
Princess Mononoke (1997) • ‘Period drama with numerous fantastical elements. The story concentrates on involvement of the outsider Ashitaka in the struggle between the guardians of a forest and the humans of the Iron Town who consume its resources’ • Used some CGI mixed with traditional hand drawn animtion Yakul is cool, so here’s another picture