Howl’s Moving Castle

1. Through the immersive realism of studio Ghibli, I believe that the style portrayed in Howl’s moving castle would be geared more towards young children – young adult.

2. The film in which I’m talking about was originally a British novel by Diana Jones, but If we are talking art style, we could look at Hayao Miyazaki’s other films, they all seem to have a crossover animation style with subtle changes each time, for example, my neighbour Totoro would pull back in terms of the realism as i believe it is more geared towards children then the others.

3. When looking at Howl’s Moving Castle, you seem to get a satisfying feeling from it, almost like you are put at ease, I believe this is because of the dream-like art style. It allows the viewer to feel comfortable whilst watching the film.

4. I believe that the art has a significant impact on the overall storytelling, as I stated previously, The piece allows the viewer to feel comfortable, therefore enhancing the viewers grasp on the storyline and characters.

5. I believe that this piece has quite a strong art direction, it knew where it wanted to go and achieved this very well, comparing this film to Hayao’s other works, you can see how much his art has developed over the years, for instance most of his films made in the 80’s and 90’s seem to try to do the pastel look, but look quite washed out in comparison, I believe Howl’s moving castle was the first time he reached his desired art style.

6. Graphic novel art style, Gouache Colour Scheme, neoclassicism and magic realism inspired artwork, semi-realistic, Eclectic Architecture. I believe that these would best fit the overall art style and help artists to stay within this art style. Originally i thought that the work was done with pastels, as the colour scheme looked this way, but