스튜디오 지브리 레이아웃 展 Studio Ghibli Layout Designs

The "Studio Ghibli Layout Designs" Exhibition held from June 22-September 22, 2013 at Hangaram Design Museum of Art in Seoul presented by the Hyundai Card Culture Project.

The layout designs that you see here act as a "blueprint" in the animation-making process. A layout is an individual piece of paper on to which all the relevant information of a scene is written, such as the relative positions of the backgrounds and characters, directions on animation production process has grown to become highly specialized and divided. The layout's role is crucial in providing an overview and sense of unity to the production. The layout design stage is said to have been fully introduced into the production system for the first time by Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki in 1974 for the TV series Heidi, a Girl of the Alps (produced by Zuiyo).