"Spirited Away" is surely one of the finest of all animated films, and it has its foundation in the traditional bedrock of animation, which is frame-by-frame drawing. Miyazaki began his career in that style, but he is a realist and has permitted the use of computers for some of the busywork. But he personally draws thousands of frames by hand. "We take handmade cell animation and digitize it in order to enrich the visual look," he told me in 2002, "but everything starts with the human hand drawing."
Consider a scene in "Spirited Away" where his young heroine stands on a bridge leading away from the magical bathhouse in which much of the movie is set.
Considérons une scène dans « Le voyage de Chihiro » où sa jeune héroïne se trouve sur un pont menant loin de l'établissement de bains magique dans lequel une grande partie du film se passe.
Prenons la scène de "Spirited Away" où sa jeune héroïne est sur un pont s’éloignant des bains publics dans lesquels l’histoire se déroule.
Considérer une scène dans « Le Voyage de Chihiro » ou la jeune héroïne se tient sur on pont partant de la maison de bain magique, dans laquelle beaucoup du film se déroule.
The central action and necessary characters supply all that is actually needed, but watching from the windows and balconies of the bathhouse are many of its occupants. It would be easier to suggest them as vaguely moving presences, but Miyazaki takes care to include many figures we recognize. All of them are in motion. And it isn't the repetitive motion of much animation, in which the only idea is simply to show a figure moving. It is realistic, changing, detailed motion.
Most people watching the movie will simply read those areas of the screen as "movement." But if we happen to look, things are really happening there.
La plupart des gens qui regardent le film vont tout simplement lire ces zones de l'écran comme du « mouvement ». Mais si on regarde vraiment, il y a vraiment des choses qui se passent là-bas.
La plus part des gens regardant ce film percevront simplement ces zones de l’écran comme un "mouvement." Mais si nous regardons bien, une action s’y déroule.