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Miyazaki's Series Of Animated Film Aesthetic Interpretation

Posted on:2017-07-21Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X N GaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2355330509955950Subject:Art
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Miyazaki Hayao is one of the acknowledged masters of animation in the world. In his professional career for more than half a century, he had dedicated in dozens of classic animated movies including Warriors of the Wind, Laputa Castle in the Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service, Spirited Away, and Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, which not only succeeded at the box office but also brought Miyazaki Hayao numerous international awards. Furthermore, Japanese animation represented by Miyazaki Hayao therefrom becomes a major force to be on a par with American animation. Therefore, Miyazaki Hayao's animated movie is one of animated texts worth studying at present.From the studies on Miyazaki Hayao's animated movie, it is not difficult to find that his animation develops a school of his own and flies its own colors. No matter in external form or in inner thought, his animations are branded with strong “Miyazaki Hayao” stamp. This paper will put emphasis on these two aspects to interpret Miyazaki Hayao's animation. Limited by the length of paper and the academic acknowledgment of the author, this paper explores the aesthetic style of Miyazaki Hayao's animated movie based on the text of the movie of Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea.Firstly, this paper gives an introduction of Miyazaki Hayao's professional career so that to sort out Miyazaki Hayao's animation production road for nearly half a century. Meanwhile the paper will also answer the question that why Miyazaki Hayao is named as “The Kurosawa Akira in animation industry”. And then the paper explains Miyazaki Hayao's great historical role and outstanding contributions. Secondly, from the perspectives of the figure, color and music in the movie Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, this paper interprets the outer beauty of Miyazaki Hayao's animated movies, which is the most direct beauty of Miyazaki Hayao presented to audience; and meanwhile the outer beauty enables audience to have a deep understanding of Miyazaki Hayao's animation production. This is one of the emphases of this paper. Thirdly, this paper will further interprets the beauty of inner thought in movie Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea from three aspects including “the beauty in harmony”, “the beauty of freedom” and ”the beauty of human nature”, which is also the purport of this animated movie. As long as having a thorough understanding of the inner beauty of Miyazaki Hayao's animated movies, can we accurately grasp the aesthetic style of Miyazaki Hayao, which is another emphasis of this paper.Furthermore, this paper also carries out a comparison between Miyazaki Hayao's works and Chinese animated movies and explain the significance of Miyazaki Hayao's animated movies to Chinese animation in order to unearth a feasible way for the development of Chinese movie in the future from Miyazaki Hayao's success, so as to contribute ideas and exert efforts for the progress of Chinese animation and hope Chinese animation can rise again.
Keywords/Search Tags:Miyazaki Hayao, animated movies, Aesthetics, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
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