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Mulan’s decision: film Analysis

Mulan is about a girl who changes her identity just for her dad. This is the scene where she makes her decision to become a man. This scene is very important because it’s showing how women are strong and capable of hard things because at the time people thought men were more physically stronger than women. Some girls aren’t very feminine and they are very confident about their decisions. In my essay, I will be looking at symbols, camera angles, sound, and visuals.

The first element I will be examining is the use of symbols in the film. The first symbol I noticed is the dragon statue she is sitting under. Dragons represent China, and they are very bold, confident and shows strength and structure in China. Mulan feels sad and scared at the moment, she doesn’t know who she is. The second symbol I noticed is the flower hair comb. In this part, she switched the flower comb with the scroll to show that she left at her home. Her culture likes girls to be tidy and clean for events. The third symbol I will be examining is the thunder and rain. The thunder makes it more powerful and loud because of the banging

When she is about to cut off her hair it was a medium shot, but then it went into a close-up. She has a completely different identity. Mulan doesn’t want to be forced to be who she isn’t. The reason why she has decided to become a man is that she wanted to go to war for her dad because she feels very worried for her dad because he is very fragile. She also didn’t want her dad to get killed or harmed. The second camera angle is a high shot. This is when she prays to her ancestors at the temple. This part is important because it shows that she respects and follows her culture. The third angle is a low angle shot. Her horse was scared of Mulan because she changed her identity. After Mulan calmed the horse down they went off to