Date of Award

2018

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Clark, Maribeth

Area of Concentration

Humanities

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to review the process that Makoto Shinkai takes in his production of the animated film Voices of a Distant Star, as well as relate it to my own personal journey as a creative artist. Using a DVD copy with official English subtitles I begin by reviewing the initial production of the film from the small beginnings of forming the idea to the large scale success that was brought from it. I also relate the story of the film as an extended metaphor towards Shinkai’s creative process as well as my own. In Chapter 2 I put together the initial and current contemporary receptions of the film, added with my own interpretations towards the reviews and the context in which they were given. Finally in Chapter 3 I share the process for and describe a production of my own: the collaborative creation of the visual novel computer game Arcadia. I end with a discussion of my own plans for the future, along with the message that can be painted from Shinkai’s one-man film production.

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