What is good taste? What is bad taste? These are some questions that artists ask themselves when creating art. Taste is subjective pattern of choice and preference. It’s drawing distinctions between things such as styles, manners, consumer goods and works of art and relating to these.
In this blog post I will analyse Nausicaa directed by Hayao Miyazaki (1984) to understand why I consider it “good taste”.
I will analyse the techniques and colours and how the help convey the message to the viewer.
In this blog post I will analyse Nausicaa directed by Hayao Miyazaki (1984) to understand why I consider it “good taste”. I will analyse the techniques and colours and how the help convey the message to the viewer.
Nausicaa is a hand-drawn animation, which gives a traditional aesthetic that creates a nostalgic feeling. However the most important technique that is present in any of Hayao Miyazaki’s movies such as Nausicaa is called Ma, it means emptiness. It represents ability to reproduce a kind of melancholic innocence in his films — a slow-moving, yet always-moving emptiness. “If you stay true to joy and astonishment and empathy you don’t have to have violence and you don’t have to have action. They’ll follow you. This is our principle”said Miyazaki during an interview.
The colour palette used it also very important because it affects our emotions. The colourist, Michiyo Yasuda said “What I like best is when I am building up the colours in my head, thinking of how to get the tone worked out. Colour has a meaning, and it makes the film more easily understood. Colours and pictures can enhance what the situation is on screen.”
Through these techniques Miyazaki brings out the underlying emotions, giving life to unique animations in which he uses the weakness of filmography as strength. Creating a connection with the audience transporting them into a world similar to ours with magic and splendour.
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