Outline of First Term Paper

Physics in "Ponyo"

I. Introduction – The Little Goldfish...

• a. Physics still apply
  
• b. Ponyo: The girl who walks on water
  
• c. Beings or parts of nature are able to defy the laws of physics
  
• d. Thesis statement: Everything follows some law of physics, but if you have special powers, then those laws don't need to apply to you if you feel like it.
  

II. Physics in the world of Ponyo

• a. Sosuke and Ponyo
  
• b. All the older characters. (ie. Lisa, the father, the old ladies)
  
• c.Hair in Miyazaki's film react according to the person's emotion

• d. water
• e. The world under the sea
  

III. Ponyo: The girl who walks on water

• a. Ponyo walks on water in two part of the movie when she escapes from her father's underwater home.
  
• b. When she is in the room, she floats down slowly back and forth like a leaf.
  
• c. Ponyo and her sisters bursts out of the water at extreme speed.
  
• d. Running on the waves
  

IV. Beings or parts of nature are able to defy the laws of physics

• a. Ponyo
• b. Gran Mamare
  
• c. The Tsunami and the Moon
  
• d. Ponyo's sisters
  
• e. Nature itself
  

V. Conclusion

• a. Summation of points
• b. Restate thesis

Extra Credit - Cartoon Museum

Here is a picture of me and my friends with Ron Dias. The artist who was the guy that loaned all that wonderful artwork from various films that he worked on. It was really a wonderful night.

Running Jump - Tracker

Image of the jump

Video of the jump recorded

Here is the video of the 5 jumps.

Drop Reference

Mini Portfolio

Who doesn't like a few drawings of feet?

Most of these images were from Bunny's "tidepool" class where we had to develop two paintings based off of a version of the Little Red Riding Hood story. In one, we were suppose to develop a happy forest scene while the other is more of a dark and moody scene.

Plain-air study at Kelley Park.
The spot I picked kind of reminded me of "The Secret Garden"-like entrance, but with a metal fence entrance instead of an old wooden one.

What can I say about myself...Hmmm...Well, I like to be happy. I think almost everyone would like that. I believe that if I am happy, then the people around me would be happy as well. Things just start from a smile. I am also pretty playful and childish most of the time, but I can be studious when I need to be.

In art, I am trying to understand color and line more while also developing my sense of story as well. Some of my favorite artists include Bill Tytla, Glene Keane, Mary Blair, Arthur Rackham, T.S. Sulivant, Heinrich Kley, N.C Wyeth, and Andrew Wyeth.