The Boy and the Heron: How Do You Write? - An Explained Analysis by James Dazell

🎬 Written and Voiced by James Dazell 🎬
To celebrate the release of The Boy and the Heron on digital streaming and physical copies, I have made a video of my written essay that I composed after seeing the film twice in cinemas during December 2023.
I am James Dazell. I've written two novels, four plays, several collections of poetry, and I taught scriptwriting at City Academy. Story analysis helps us become better writers. Throughout the fifteen years I've been writing, I've always been inspired by Japanese dramatic and poetic traditions. And having many Studio Ghibli books, all which I recommend, I'm definitely a Ghibli fan. There are many wonderful videos about this film and I wanted to contribute my own. I've linked in the description to this video a few of these videos which also show us the different ways this film can be interpreted and enjoyed.
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Forgive me for my pronunciations of Japanese terms. For many words it's the first time I've said them aloud.
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I mention a few videos in my video essay that I want to highlight here for you to watch:
🎶 The Music of the Boy and the Heron: Joe Hisaishi's Minimalist Masterpiece by Cel-Shaded Music Theory
Watch here: • The Music of The Boy a...
🎬 The Boy and the Heron: Every Detail Explained by Cinema Tokyo
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📜 The Boy and the Heron Explained: Mythological Influences by Brainless Mastermind
Watch here: • The Boy and The Heron ...
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[@jamesdazell]

There's a link in my description to download my full written essay which expands on further detail. Including what the Grey Heron as a man-bird is based on. A section that's in my essay, and I made a slide for it, but for some reason I hadn't recorded that particular paragraph.

[@cocasurfboards]

This video is excellent! Thanks a lot for your extensive research and thoughts on this wonderful work of art! ❤️❤️❤️

[@jamesdazell]

@@cocasurfboards that's wonderful a comment. Thank you I appreciate it

[@alfredosauce1]

Just gave this a listen, fantastic insights. Will re-watch it a few more times to absorb the breadth of it

[@jamesdazell]

@@alfredosauce1 Thank you so much! Though I'm not saying my interpretations were in the heads of the people who made it, but it's nice to open up a discussion on such a beautiful movie that has somewhat divided opinion.

[@acolus3413]

hey man, great analysis, on the who might be the model for the Uncle, Look up Jean Sibelius poster. in a new Miyazaki documentary you can see Miyazaki have this poster right next to him. jean Sibelius is a Finnish compoer. Miyazaki literally copy 1-1 the appearance of Sibelius in this poster. (wanted to post imgur link but cant because youtube will prob auto delete my message as a scam link)

[@jamesdazell]

@@acolus3413 I've just googled it. I see what you mean! Thanks for the reference. The uncle looks a little thinner, but there are couple of photos that look the exact reference for the look he was going for. Sibelius used to be my favourite composer, but I'm past my Romantic period so I've moved on. Always nice to hear Sibelius mentioned