A conceptualização de momentos de contemplação em animações de Miyazaki: análise e descrição a partir da abordagem da metáfora multinível

Abstract

Miyazaki’s animations, infused with values such as Ma, a phenomenon rooted in Japanese culture that can be conceptualized as an “in-between space” (or emptiness), are extensively present in the aesthetics of Studio Ghibli animations. When observed through a multilevel approach (Kövecses, 2020), they reveal aspects that can contribute to the deepening of metaphor studies, especially when we consider developments in Conceptual Metaphor Theory (Lakoff, 2002). After analysis, it is clear that Japanese cultural values like Ma and Zen indeed recur in the conceptualization of metaphors at different levels, such as image schema, domain, frame, and mental spaces. Even when scenic elements are entirely distinct, certain similarities are inevitable in the chosen takes, such as less movement (or absence of movement) of characters while scenic elements show greater motion. In some takes, there is also a continuous, uniform sound reproduction, without any increase in volume (as would happen, for example, in suspense, action, or horror scenes). An example of this might be a radio announcer narrating the weather forecast without changing their tone of voice, or the constant sound of a train passing over tracks, both of which are part of the conceptualization of moments of contemplation in the takes of the selected corpus, especially at the levels of mental spaces and frames