Stanley Cheung
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This is about the part when Mulan got ambushed. You can find it on Youtube.
Please help me check the tense... it should be present right?
How does the director make the battle scene in Mulan particularly effective?
In the scene, Mulan’s very tiny army is ambushed and forced to flee to nearby rocks. They realized that they were led into the trap. There is lots of people in the Hun army shown in a high and wide shot. This is a very powerful scene because Mulan’s army is way outnumbered and it’s going to be very hard to win the battle. This all happened in a very remote area; in a snow mountain where there is no one else except the armies which are battling, which makes it more mysterious and dangerous.
The battle scene is opened when smoke clears to reveal the Hun army. Then, the leader, Shan Yu, charges to Mulan’s army and Hun army after Shan Yu. The colors are black and not very happy. This has a very negative effect on the audience because they know that it’s not happy, but also it tells the audience that there will be some actions coming up in the movie.
There is a lot of close up shots on the main characters, which is very effective because there is lots of changing expressions; for example, when Shan Yu and his army charges, they all looked very fierce and thinks that they are going to win very easily, but after Mulan shot the snow mountain and made the snow crumple down, Shan Yu is very surprised and then angry for what Mulan did to his army- she destroyed them by covering them with snow from the snow mountain nearby. Shan Yu tries to slash Mulan but fails and Mulan ran away. Shan Yu has a very evil and angry expression; Mulan has a relived expression that she got away from Shan Yu.
The director used a high and wide angle to effectively express the Hun army compared to Mulan’s army. This is effective because the audience can see how much Mulan’s army is outnumbered badly. As the Huns were charging, the director used an over the shoulder scene to let the audience to see what does the Huns see in the battle. This is efficient because you can see that the Huns are very fierce and the audience can see what does Mulan’s army does to defend itself. There is a lot of switching the camera angles between Mulan’s army and the Huns, this is very useful because we can compare between the two armies about what they are doing.
The enemy is dressed mostly black, to symbolize their evilness. Shan Yu wears a dark cloak which covers most of his head except his eyes and mouth which make him very mysterious and evil. His eyes are pitch dark and his eyebrows are very sharp. He is determined to win this battle to go to the Imperial Palace as quickly as possible. He always has a wicked smile and carries a wicked sharp sword. He is also a very tough person; he doesn’t like to waste any time. All of his army is very shadowy and mysteriously black. This is a very effective appearance of the Huns and Shan Yu because it shows what they are inside; very evil and not very pleasant to meet. His army is also not nice; they taunt and tease Mulan’s army.
Mulan dresses up very bravely; she wears war armor and holds a sharp and shiny sword. In the battle scene, she is very scared at first, but when she has an idea, she was very determined to beat the Huns. Her army and Mulan were very brave and never give up.
In the battle scene, there is lots of screaming and taunting from the Hun army, the music is very scary and sounds not comfortable. There are sounds of lots of horses galloping. This makes the scene very frantic and also exciting at the same time; the audience knows that something is going to happen. There is a part where the music makes Mulan very heroic when she charges to Shan Yu. The music is in a Chinese style.
Overall, I think the battle scene is very effective to the audience because it got lots of effective ways to make the scene very interesting. It also makes the audience want to see more of the movie to know what will happen after the battle.
Please help me check the tense... it should be present right?
How does the director make the battle scene in Mulan particularly effective?
In the scene, Mulan’s very tiny army is ambushed and forced to flee to nearby rocks. They realized that they were led into the trap. There is lots of people in the Hun army shown in a high and wide shot. This is a very powerful scene because Mulan’s army is way outnumbered and it’s going to be very hard to win the battle. This all happened in a very remote area; in a snow mountain where there is no one else except the armies which are battling, which makes it more mysterious and dangerous.
The battle scene is opened when smoke clears to reveal the Hun army. Then, the leader, Shan Yu, charges to Mulan’s army and Hun army after Shan Yu. The colors are black and not very happy. This has a very negative effect on the audience because they know that it’s not happy, but also it tells the audience that there will be some actions coming up in the movie.
There is a lot of close up shots on the main characters, which is very effective because there is lots of changing expressions; for example, when Shan Yu and his army charges, they all looked very fierce and thinks that they are going to win very easily, but after Mulan shot the snow mountain and made the snow crumple down, Shan Yu is very surprised and then angry for what Mulan did to his army- she destroyed them by covering them with snow from the snow mountain nearby. Shan Yu tries to slash Mulan but fails and Mulan ran away. Shan Yu has a very evil and angry expression; Mulan has a relived expression that she got away from Shan Yu.
The director used a high and wide angle to effectively express the Hun army compared to Mulan’s army. This is effective because the audience can see how much Mulan’s army is outnumbered badly. As the Huns were charging, the director used an over the shoulder scene to let the audience to see what does the Huns see in the battle. This is efficient because you can see that the Huns are very fierce and the audience can see what does Mulan’s army does to defend itself. There is a lot of switching the camera angles between Mulan’s army and the Huns, this is very useful because we can compare between the two armies about what they are doing.
The enemy is dressed mostly black, to symbolize their evilness. Shan Yu wears a dark cloak which covers most of his head except his eyes and mouth which make him very mysterious and evil. His eyes are pitch dark and his eyebrows are very sharp. He is determined to win this battle to go to the Imperial Palace as quickly as possible. He always has a wicked smile and carries a wicked sharp sword. He is also a very tough person; he doesn’t like to waste any time. All of his army is very shadowy and mysteriously black. This is a very effective appearance of the Huns and Shan Yu because it shows what they are inside; very evil and not very pleasant to meet. His army is also not nice; they taunt and tease Mulan’s army.
Mulan dresses up very bravely; she wears war armor and holds a sharp and shiny sword. In the battle scene, she is very scared at first, but when she has an idea, she was very determined to beat the Huns. Her army and Mulan were very brave and never give up.
In the battle scene, there is lots of screaming and taunting from the Hun army, the music is very scary and sounds not comfortable. There are sounds of lots of horses galloping. This makes the scene very frantic and also exciting at the same time; the audience knows that something is going to happen. There is a part where the music makes Mulan very heroic when she charges to Shan Yu. The music is in a Chinese style.
Overall, I think the battle scene is very effective to the audience because it got lots of effective ways to make the scene very interesting. It also makes the audience want to see more of the movie to know what will happen after the battle.