Reviews of “Proposal for ‘House Hunting’” (2004) and related work
- Spin-off: “An Attempt at a Short Film: Remarks on Accepting the Japan Foundation Award for 2005” (2005)
- Spin-off: “Welcome to the Ghibli Forest Short Film ‘House Hunting’” (2006)
“Proposal for ‘House Hunting’” (2004
)
Read in 2021.
Read in Turning Point.
A single page of concept art outlining the narrative of a film, “10 minutes long, using 100 shots and less than 10% CGI”, like Miyazaki’s other concepts for Saturn Theatre shorts.
References here: Turning Point: 1997–2008 (2008/2014).
sequential art text non-fiction Japanese production
‣ “An Attempt at a Short Film: Remarks on Accepting the Japan Foundation Award for 2005” (2005
)
Miyazaki Hayao (writer).
Read in 2021.
Read in Turning Point.
The use of onomatopoeia in House-hounting (2006).
References here: “What’s Important for the Spirit: Text of a Speech to Be Given on the Occasion of Receiving the Japan Foundation Award for 2005” (2005), Turning Point: 1997–2008 (2008/2014).
text spin-off non-fiction Japanese production
‣ “Welcome to the Ghibli Forest Short Film ‘House Hunting’” (2006)
Read in 2021.
The actors, the basic linguistic concept for the film, and its relation to animism, with the example of Miyazaki taking a picture of his two sons as children in the bathtub they were about to throw out, because the boys “felt sorry for the ofuro”.