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A Través De La Mente De Hayao Miyazaki INS LLUÍS DOMÈNECH I MONTANER TREBALL DE RECERCA CURS 2014-2015 A TRAVÉS DE LA MENTE DE HAYAO MIYAZAKI ALUMNAS: Inés Pedraza Martínez Silvia Matey Touza TUTORA: Elena Santos Botana “Esta es la última aeronave que diseño, me retiro. Las personas creativas lo somos, como mucho, durante una década. El mismo principio se aplica a ingenieros y artistas. Tu deber es dar lo mejor de ti durante esta década.” Caproni en El viento se levanta AGRADECIMIENTOS Nos gustaría mostrar nuestro agradecimiento a Elena Santos, nuestra tutora, quien nos ha guiado durante la realización de este proyecto desde el primer momento, aconsejándonos siempre lo mejor y haciendo posible este trabajo y en especial a Moisés Garriga, el músico, por haber trabajado soportando grandes exigencias y aun así haber contribuido a la realización de la animación con un trabajo excelente. ÍNDICE 2. BIOGRAFÍA DE HAYAO MIYAZAKI ............................................................................................... 4 3. HISTORIA DEL STUDIO GHIBLI ................................................................................................. 10 4. CONTEXTO NAUSICAÄ DEL VALLE DEL VIENTO ....................................................................... 15 4.1 UNA PREDICCIÓN DESESPERANZADORA ........................................................................... 16 4.2 LA LUCHA ENTRE MUJERES ............................................................................................... 17 4.3 CURIOSIDADES ................................................................................................................... 19 5. CONTEXTO EL CASTILLO EN EL CIELO ...................................................................................... 21 5.1 LA FUERZA RESIDE EN LA UNIÓN ...................................................................................... 22 5.2 EL RIESGO DE LA TECNOLOGÍA .......................................................................................... 23 5.3 CURIOSIDADES ................................................................................................................... 25 6. CONTEXTO MI VECINO TOTORO .............................................................................................. 27 6.1 LA PAZ DEL CAMPO ........................................................................................................... 28 6.2 UNA MADUREZ IMPUESTA ................................................................................................ 29 6.3 LOS LÍMITES DE LA MAGIA ................................................................................................ 29 6.4 CURIOSIDADES ................................................................................................................... 30 7. CONTEXTO NICKY, LA APRENDIZ DE BRUJA ............................................................................. 32 7.1 EL DURO CAMINO HACIA LA INDEPENDENCIA ................................................................. 32 7.2 CUENTA CONMIGO ............................................................................................................ 34 7.3 EL CULTIVO DE LA CONFIANZA .......................................................................................... 35 7.4 CURIOSIDADES ................................................................................................................... 36 8. CONTEXTO PORCO ROSSO ....................................................................................................... 37 8.1 “UN CERDO QUE NO VUELA ES SOLO UN CERDO” ............................................................ 38 8.2 UN DIALOGO ÉPICO ........................................................................................................... 39 8.3 CURIOSIDADES ................................................................................................................... 40 9. CONTEXTO LA PRINCESA MONONOKE .................................................................................... 42 9.1 LA LEYENDA ....................................................................................................................... 42 9.2 «LA IMAGEN DEL ODIO» ................................................................................................... 43 9.3 LA HUMANIDAD CONVIVIENDO ENTRE DIOSES ................................................................ 44 9.4 CURIOSIDADES ................................................................................................................... 46 10. CONTEXTO EL VIAJE DE CHIHIRO ........................................................................................... 48 10.1 DOS MUNDOS.................................................................................................................. 48 10.2 UNA MANO AMIGA ......................................................................................................... 49 10.3 UN ÚLTIMO ESFUERZO .................................................................................................... 50 10.4 CURIOSIDADES ................................................................................................................. 51 11. CONTEXTO EL CASTILLO AMBULANTE ................................................................................... 53 11.1 UNA VEJEZ PREMATURA .................................................................................................. 53 11.2 EL SINSENTIDO DE UNA GUERRA .................................................................................... 55 11.3 HOMBRE SIN CORAZÓN................................................................................................... 56 11.4 CURIOSIDADES ................................................................................................................. 57 12. CONTEXTO PONYO EN EL ACANTILADO ................................................................................ 59 12.1 LA CLAVE ES EL EQUILIBRIO ............................................................................................. 59 12.2 ¿MUCHO O POCO? .......................................................................................................... 60 12.3 LA CONTAMINACIÓN HUMANA ...................................................................................... 62 12.4 CURIOSIDADES ................................................................................................................. 62 13. EL VIENTO SE LEVANTA .......................................................................................................... 64 13.1 VUELA SOBRE MI ILUSIÓN ............................................................................................... 64 13.2 EL FUTURO DE LA AERONAUTICA ................................................................................... 65 13.3 HASTA QUE EL VIENTO NOS SEPARE ................................................................................ 66 13.4 CURIOSIDADES ................................................................................................................. 68 14. TEMAS RECURRENTES DE MIYAZAKI ..................................................................................... 69 15. SIMBOLOGIA DE MIYAZAKI .................................................................................................... 73 16. CONCLUSIONES ..................................................................................................................... 75 17. BIBLIOGRAFIA ........................................................................................................................ 77 ANEXO ......................................................................................................................................... 80 1. ARGUMENTOS DE LAS PELÍCULAS DE MIYAZAKI ..................................................................... 81 1.1 NAUSICAÄ DEL VALLE DEL VIENTO .................................................................................... 81 1.2 EL CASTILLO EN EL CIELO ................................................................................................... 85 1.3 MI VECINO TOTORO .......................................................................................................... 88 1.4 NICKY, LA APRENDIZ DE BRUJA .......................................................................................... 91 1.5 PORCO ROSSO ................................................................................................................... 94 1.6 LA PRINCESA MONONOKE ................................................................................................ 97 1.7 EL VIAJE DE CHIHIRO ....................................................................................................... 100 1.8 EL CASTILLO AMBULANTE ............................................................................................... 105 1.9 PONYO EN EL ACANTILADO ............................................................................................. 110 1.10 EL VIENTO SE LEVANTA .................................................................................................. 113 2. HISTORIA DEL MANGA Y EL ANIME ....................................................................................... 116 3. CÓMO SE REALIZA UNA ANIMACIÓN TRADICIONAL ............................................................. 120 4. EL PROCESO DE REALIZACIÓN DE NUESTRA ANIMACIÓN ..................................................... 123 5. STORYBOARD ........................................................................................................................
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