Mrs. Mucha
T/Th 8:009:50
20 Nov, 2014 Speaking to Inform Topic: Hayao Miyazaki theme of environmentalism
General Goal: To inform
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience on Japanese director, Hayao Miyazaki’s views on environmentalism through his films. Introduction Attention Getter: “I’m hoping I’ll live another thirty years. I want to see the sea rise over Tokyo and the NTV tower become an island. I’d like to see Manhattan underwater. I’d like to see when the human population plummets and there are no more highrises, because nobody’s buying them. I’m excited about that. Money and desire — all that is going to collapse, and wild green grasses are going to take over.”
Relate to Audience: Everything’s ran by technology and it’s ruining the environment.
Introduce the Topic: Miyazaki is an animator and storyteller whose main audience is children.
Yet he has a cultural and ethical dimension in his films that is sorely lacking in all but the most specialized movies of any genre. Having viewed many of his beautiful films, we are struck by the clarity of his message on ecological problems.
Speaker Credibility: Research.
Preview Statement: Background on Miyazaki and his ecological thoughts
How the films address the themes of ecological
Body I.
Background on Miyazaki and his ecological thoughts
A. Cultivated Plants and the Origins of Agriculture by Sasuke Nakao
1. Japanese oak, other living creatures can coexist
B. Meiji Shrine
1. evergreen oak forest were collected from all area of Japan
C. National Trust Movement
1. Totoro Forest Project
Transition: The Totoro foundation comes from a character Miyazaki created. II.
How the films address the environment
A. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
1. letter to himself
2. Totoro; forest spirit
3. Shinto shrines
B. Nausicaa of the valley of the wind (1984)
1. based on a manga
2. Nausicaa & Hukai plants
C. Princess Mononoke (1997)
1. Tatara iron works
2.