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Children, Grave of the Fireflies, and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind to visually engage the themes of life and death within the constructs of their respective stories. The creators of these worlds of art, whether it be the; writer, director, animator, or another member of the team, shape the final product through their skill and their personal experiences. The artists’ personal experiences that help motivate the creation and that builds the worlds that are universally relatable across…

The story is highly symbolic and indicative; Hayao Miyazaki presents the understanding rebuilding via self-redemption through the story of Pasu and Sheeta, and the Laputa, city of sky. To Pasu, his father risked his life and recorded Laputa with picture. However, until his death there is still no one believes him except his son Pasu. Thus, Pasu’s self-redemption is escaping from his father’s twisted life, finding Laputa and proving to himself, as well as to his father. To Sheeta, she is the…

Thousands of students from across Canada are stricken by the pressure of school, the majority loses sleep over studying and as an outcome perform poorly in school, others have such a heavy course load it is simply impossible for them to achieve excellent results in order to get into post-secondary studies. In the present day, this is the reality among students who are currently in high school face these obstacles in their daily lives. The students also have to complete the mandatory four year…

once I took Psychology, I wanted to become an art therapist; however, that later changed to wanting a hands-on art career which resulted in my conflict on what career I would select upon. The choices I had set out for myself were: museum curator, animator, interior designer and art teacher.…

Introduction The aim of this report is to discuss and compare two entrepreneurs who have founded companies which have become successful and well know in their industry. This report presents the success and obstacles of each entrepreneur as faced throughout the building of their companies. Entrepreneur (Background) Darren McKenna moved to Ireland 15 years ago from America. Academically he did do very well as in his leaving cert he only got 150 point. From there he went on to attend pulse…

Intertextuality is one of the major factors that have enabled The Simpsons to sustain a large, diversified audience for more than twenty years, and it has created an incentive for this audience to participate actively in discussions and cultural analysis. The Simpsons often goes further its entertaining purpose and assesses analytically the television in general, and current medial surroundings, including multiplication and the sitcom genre, in particular. It is not only concerned…

Another interesting difference is the antagonist being Hades instead of Hera in the film. Nowadays the underworld and the dead have a negative connotations to them, while motherhood would be difficult to depict as evil. Using Hades allowed the animators to depict a definable foil to Hercules but myth cared little for visual character conflict. The name Heracles means “glory of Hera” but Heracles primary antagonist was Hera. The irony in language was presumably humorous to the…

The world of popular culture has greatly evolved throughout history in that various innovations have allowed for the incorporation of new ideas and phenomena into society. From the creation of the first motion pictures to the progression of professional sports, America has seen magnificent transformations in the field of entertainment. Such elements of culture have been especially important when the nation is struggling, much like it was during the Great Depression of the 1930’s. It was at this…

in the 1960’s and being brought up in a conservative Jewish family surely played the leading impact in his career. His passion towards motion pictures was proclaimed while studying in Harvard University with his friend Dan Schrecker, an aspiring animator. In addition, his senior thesis film “Supermarket Sweep” in the 90s granted…

convenient way to travel if you are a wizard, where they seem to implode and then pop back to normal in a completely different location. The astounding details they put into all the beasts is magical, the Thunderbird is a prime example of the skill these animators possess; this creature was not only gigantic and sporting three sets of wings, the amount of detail in the feathers alone is miraculous. Each feather is a variety of different shades of beige with golden zebra-like stripes which can…