I would love to show you guys, but it was more of a verbal thing, and as such I cant really give it to you. I can go over what I did, though.
Basically, because of severe technical difficulties, I couldn't show spirited away. So I went scrounging in my collection and pulled out howl's moving castle instead, because its the only other miyazaki film I own.
To start off, I just kinda gave a background on Miyazaki. His current age, when he was born, etc. Then I went into some examples of the movies he's made, (howl's moving castle, ponyo, nausicaa, princess mononoke) and digressed into how princess mononoke was his breakthrough film for america.
First thing I showed was the bus scene from totoro. I gave the basic scene setup on how it was the first time that the older sister encountered totoro, while waiting to give her father his umbrella. While it was playing I pointed out the attention to detail in his animation style and made note of the open shots that showcased a lot of trees and nature in general, and said that was a common theme in miyazaki movies. I ended the movie when totoro got on the catbus and left, because after catbus, there's really nothing to say.
Next I showed the scene in howl's moving castle where Howl has to rescue sophie from his old teacher in the capital city. I decided to go with that one because I believe it showed off a lot of the prominent aspects within most Miyazaki films. I.E. the surreal feel, actiony moments, and a tone of comedic character interaction to bring life into all of the story. The scene went over pretty well, I ended that when hols and sophie got seperated on the flying thing.
Lastly, and my personal favorite, I showed the scene in princess mononoke where Prince ashitaka gets in the middle of the fight between san and lady iboshi (i dont remember how to spell her name.) I pretty much just let the scene play, it kinda spoke for itself. Worked out well for me, everyone enjoyed it.
After I showed all three, I just kinda wrapped up in conclusion going over some more basic details about Miyazaki himself, and told everyone to go watch his movies because they are amazing.
I got applause, and thats that.
I felt extra good about my presentation afterwards though, because the person who went after me did Dreamworks and showed Shrek, Shark tales, and how to train your dragon.
I think I made the better choice...