An important element of Bacher's design was to turn the art style closer to Chinese painting, with watercolor and simpler design, as opposed to the details of The Lion King and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Bacher further studied more than thirty-five film directors ranging from the silent era German Expressionism, British and American epics of the s and 60s, and the Spaghetti Westerns for inspiration for composition, lighting, and staging that would establish settings that enhanced the characters.
Additional inspiration was found in the earlier Disney animated films such as Bambi , Pinocchio , and Dumbo to establish a sense of staging. In October , the Walt Disney Company announced a major expansion of its Florida animation operations constructing a ,square-foot, four-story animation building and the addition of animators to the workforce. To create 2, Hun soldiers during the Huns' attack sequence, the production team developed crowd simulation software called Attila.
This software allows thousands of unique characters to move autonomously. A variant of the program called Dynasty was used in the final battle sequence to create a crowd of 3, in the Forbidden City. Another software developed for this movie was Faux Plane, which was used to add depth to flat two-dimensional painting. Although developed late in production progress, Faux Plane was used in five shots, including the dramatic sequence which features the Great Wall of China, and the final battle sequence when Mulan runs to the Forbidden City.
During the scene in which the citizens of China are bowing to Mulan, the crowd is a panoramic film of real people bowing. It was edited into the animated foreground of the scene. Stephen Wong described the visuals as "stunning," Kyle Suggs described the visuals as "breathtaking," and Dan Jardine described the visuals as "magnificently animated. Fa Mulan is unlike a traditional Disney heroine, suggesting that she is independent and brave; without being overtly glamorous.
Film critic Roger Ebert gave Mulan three and a half stars out of four in his written review. He said that " Mulan is an impressive achievement, with a story and treatment ranking with Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King ".
A negative review described it as a "disappointment. Some reviewers suggest that the film is "soulless" in its portrayal of Asian society. However, these figures were criticized as being a significant decrease from former Disney films, and this was considered a sign of the decreasing popularity of cartoon animation.
Mulan won many Annie Awards. The film itself won the award for Best Animated Theatrical Feature. Aquino for Character Animation. The music score also received significant praise. The Chinese legend of Hua Mulan centers on a young woman who disguises herself as a man to take the place of her elderly father in the army.
The story can be traced back to The Ballad of Mulan. The earliest accounts of the legend state that she lived during the Northern Wei dynasty — However, another version reports that Mulan was requested as a concubine by Emperor Yang of Sui China reigned — The film may take place even later, as it prominently features landmarks such as the Forbidden City which was not constructed until the 15th Century.
On the other hand, at the time of Northern Wei, the Xiongnu Huns had been already absorbed into Chinese culture. However, according to the style of dress traditional Han clothing , the film takes place sometime in the 15th century or before. The fireworks featured in the movie indicate that the movie is set during the Sui dynasty. Although Mulan is set in north China, where the dominant language is Mandarin, the Disney film uses the Cantonese pronunciation, "Fa", of her family name.
In Mandarin her name is pronounced "Hua". Disney's Mulan casts the title character in much the same way as the original legend, a tomboy daughter of a respected veteran, somewhat troubled by being the "sophisticated lady" her society expects her to be after failing the matchmaker's training, dishonoring Mulan's family.
In the original Mulan legend, Mulan uses her father's name Li and not the name "Ping" and she was never discovered as a girl.
Also in the original legend, Mulan went to war for her father, because her father was getting too old to fight, and had no sons to take his place. However, in the film, it was added that her father's leg was injured. Mushu was also not in the original legend. The script used for most of the text in Mulan is Traditional Chinese, which is no longer used in daily life on Mainland China but still used in Hong Kong, Macau, and many overseas Chinese communities , although people are still able to read it.
The traditional name for the leaders of the Central Asian Huns was Shanyu. When Mulan masquerades as a man, her name is a pun in Chinese. Together they make "Flowerpot", a Chinese term meaning an effeminate man. According to Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches by Maurice Baring, "Ping" in Chinese means soldier-man, and if you wish to express your contempt for a man there is no word in the whole of the Chinese language which expresses it so fully and so emphatically as the word Ping.
Chi-Fu's name literally means "to bully" in Chinese. The original story of Mulan was based on the fifth century Chinese poem the Ballad of Mulan. My father has no grown-up son, And I have no elder brother. I'm willing to buy a horse and saddle, To go to battle in my father's place. She takes leave of her parents at dawn, To camp beside the Yellow River at dusk.
No sound of her parents hailing their girl, Just the rumbling waters of the Yellow River. No sound of her parents hailing their girl, Jus the cries of barbarian cavalry in the Yan hills. Ten thousand miles she rode in war, Crossing passes and mountains as if on a wing. The general dead after a hundred battles, The warriors return after ten years. The rolls of merit spin a dozen times, Rewards in the hundreds and thousands. The Khan asks her what she desires, "I've no need for the post of a gentleman official, I ask for the swiftest horse, To carry me back to my hometown.
Elder sister hearing her sister returns, Adjusts her rouge by the doorway. Little brother hearing his sister returns, Sharpens his knife for pigs and lamb. I sit on my east chamber door, And sit on my west chamber bed. I take off my battle cloak, And put on my old-time clothes. I adjust my wispy hair at the window sill, And apply my bisque makeup by the mirror I step out to see my comrades-in-arms, They are all surprised and astounded "We traveled twelve years together, Yet didn't realize Mulan was a lady!
But when the two rabbits run side by side, How can you tell the female from the male? Ink and colour on silk. Scene of Mulan a with horse. Another clue could be the fact that we see the Great Wall of China during the opening of the movie. The wall commenced the building process sometime in the seventh century, during the reign of Chu State and the process lasted until If we combine this information with what we already went over in regards to the invention of gunpowder, we can further narrow the timeframe to sometime after the ninth century, if we ignore the Hun information.
The wall largely resembles how it appears today, implying that it happened during the Ming or Qing dynasties which would put the movie sometime in the fifteenth century AD at the earliest. The Ming were invaded from the north in the seventeenth century by the people who would create the Qing dynasty. Anything exploration of historical references further than this simply proves that the movie contains a bunch of accurate and recognizable elements of Chinese culture, they are all over the place when it comes to time placement.
The clothing choice implies that the story takes place during Tang Dynasty whose reign ended around AD. If we take a closer look at the weapons used during the battle scenes we can compare them to weapons from that time period we can conclude they resemble the weapons used by Song Dynasty which ruled from AD and AD. All of this considered we have two options when it comes to the placement of the movie in a certain time period.
The first being that the story is set in the far future, after an unspecified event that resulted in the loss of electricity and other technologies. This theory which applies to Aladdin is popular among the fans and could work for Mulan as well. In Disney finally released the long-awaited live-action version of Mulan. The throne room set was so intricate that the production team first built a three-dimensional scalable model—complete with red fabric to sub for the columns—to help director Niki Caro and cinematographer Mandy Walker map out the shots and light the set.
As for the throne, it sits eight feet high with encrusted gold-leaf dragon motifs. The ultimate resource for design industry professionals, brought to you by the editors of Architectural Digest. Grand set pieces aside, Major notes that Mulan is essentially a road movie, because the titular character starts from home and engages in battle with her comrades in the wilderness until she reaches the palace.
And many of the scenes set against the rugged landscapes—including the climactic avalanche—were actually filmed in the Ahuriri Valley in his native New Zealand.
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