December 10, 2011

The Art of Studio Ghibli - Part 9

The Layout Artist is one of the most highly skilled draftsman amongst the entire animation production team. They are often the unsung heroes of this industry, and here's the last post in my 'Art of Studio Ghibli' series, and this week is a continuation of the layout design collection from several of their films.

I always found one of Studio Ghibli's main strengths lied in how Miyazaki made excellent use of foreground, mid-ground and background. Rather than showing all of each character all the time, very often characters are blocked by objects in the foreground and middle ground, helping to place the characters within the situation, making them part of their environment and the story.

 

































































































Click on any of these pics to get the high resolution version.
Below are the links to the other 8 posts, they include concept art, model sheets 
and hundreds of background paintings from most of the Studio Ghibli films.

See Part 8. 
  See Part 7. 
See Part 1.



News: Studio Ghibli Retrospective

A major Studio Ghibli retrospective will soon be starting at IFC in New York City and will travel to Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington D.C, Toronto, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle and other cities in 2012. The films will be projected in 35mm. Here's a list of what will show and the dates for IFC:

STUDIO GHIBLI FILMS – IFC CENTER – DEC 16 TO JAN 12
Here's a link to the schedule at the IFC Center.

Title
Director (Producer)
Versions Year RT





Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Hayao Miyazaki (Isao Takahata)
Subtitled and dubbed (Uma Thurman, Shia LeBouf, Edward James Olmos, Mark Hamill) 1984 116 min





Castle in the Sky Hayao Miyazaki (Isao Takahata)
Subtitled only 1986 126 min





My Neighbor Totoro Hayao Miyazaki (Toru Hara)
Subtitled and dubbed (Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, Tim Daly, Frank Welker) 1988 86 min





Kiki’s Delivery Service Hayao Miyazaki (Hayao Miyazaki)
Subtitled and dubbed (Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, Janeane Garofalo, Debbie Reynolds) 1989 102 min





Only Yesterday Isao Takahata (Toshio Suzuki)
Subtitled only 1991 118 min





The Ocean Waves Tomomi Mochizuki (Nozomu Takahashi)
Subtitled only, digital only 1993 72 min





Porco Rosso Hayao Miyazaki (Toshio Suzuki)
Subtitled and dubbed (Michael Keaton, Cary Elwes, Brad Garrett, David Ogden Stiers) 1992 94 min





Pom Poko Isao Takahata (Toshio Suzuki)
Subtitled and dubbed (J.K. Simmons, Brian Posehn, Tress MacNeille, John DiMaggio) 1994 119 min





Whisper of the Heart Yoshifumi Kondo (Toshio Suzuki)
Subtitled and dubbed (Ashley Tisdale, Cary Elwes, Harold Gould, Brittany Snow) 1995 111 min





Princess Mononoke Hayao Miyazaki (Toshio Suzuki)
Subtitled and dubbed (Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Gillian Anderson, Minnie Driver, Billy Bob Thornton, Jada Pinkett Smith, John DiMaggio) 1997 134 min





My Neighbors the Yamadas Isao Takahata (Toshio Suzuki)
Subtitled and dubbed (James Belushi, Molly Shannon, Tress MacNeille) 1999 111 min





Spirited Away Hayao Miyazaki (Toshio Suzuki)
Subtitled and dubbed (Daveigh Chase, Jason Marsden, Michael Chiklis, Susan Egan) 2001 125 min





The Cat Returns Hiroyuki Morita (Toshio Suzuki)
Subtitled and dubbed (Anne Hathaway, Cary Elwes, Peter Boyle, Elliott Gould, Tim Curry, Andy Richter, Kristen Bell, Avril Lavigne) 2002 75 min





Howl’s Moving Castle Hayao Miyazaki (Toshio Suzuki)
Dubbed (Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Billy Crystal) 2004 119 min





Ponyo Hiroyuki Morita (Toshio Suzuki)
Dubbed (Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson, Tina Fey) 2008 101 min

For more details, go here.

1 comment:

Nagy Péter said...

Heavenly post again!! Thanks, Ron!