Commentary &Frame Grabs &Miyazaki 06 Jan 2013 07:02 am
Happy B’day Hayao
- Yesterday was the 72nd birthday of Hayao Miyazaki. Most people found out through his Facebook page. He has a lot of friends. In celebration, I’ve chosen to post frame grabs from one of the most exhilarating film sequences ever made – animated or otherwise. It’s from Ponyo, a film I absolutely love. The treat of seeing it in a theater a couple of times is just a veritable high when this sequence rolls around. Here. I cut it short a bit, since I felt I’d gotten the point across by the 100th frame grab, and it was also a perfect place to cut out.
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Happy Birthday, Hayao Miyazaki
on 06 Jan 2013 at 10:53 am 1.Stephen Macquignon said …
May be you can add o few more frame grabs not sure if I got the point on how wonderful this is.
on 06 Jan 2013 at 5:15 pm 2.Bill Benzon said …
You’re right about the exuberance of this scene, Michael. It’s absolutely stunning. Makes you want to laugh for joy.
These days I’ve been having strange thoughts about animation. Maybe it is in fact the medium of the future and we’ve only just begun to explore its possibilities.
on 07 Jan 2013 at 4:17 pm 3.Doug said …
“These days I’ve been having strange thoughts about animation. Maybe it is in fact the medium of the future and we’ve only just begun to explore its possibilities.”
This comment gives me great hope! As does this movie.
on 09 Jan 2013 at 7:05 pm 4.Marcos said …
Wow!! One hundred frames-grab of the storm sequence from Ponyo! Only a passioned animator would do that Michael.
It made me get up and go to the dvd player to check this sequence again. I love the change of colors on the sky. It starts with that dark stormy colors as shown on frame-grab 56 and 60, and after the point where Ponyo appears for the first time the sky starts becoming increasingly bluish, as shown on the frame-grab 76 and 77. Maybe it’s one of these things that we feel but barely see because there’s so much action going on.
Happy Birthday, Hayao Miyazaki indeed!!
I hope you won’t stop publishing this blog anytime soon Michael.