WOMAN’S POWER REPRESENTATION AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IN FILM ‘MULAN’ (2020)

Abstract

The film titled ‘Mulan’ which was published in 2020 is a remake and live-action version of the original animated film with the same title, which was published in 1998. Both these film were produced by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The aim of this research is to describe the problem of the characterization in the protagonist of the film namely Mulan. This research is using Sara Mills discourse analysis which describe the characterization through four stages. The method was using qualitative methods with a critical paradigm using Sara Mills’ discourse analysis. The data collection technique was used to analyze some scenes in film, with the film ‘Mulan’ (2020) as the data source. The results of the study show the characterization of the main female character in the film 'Mulan' (2020) through an analysis of the role of the character in each scene, part, body part, dialogue, and ideology underlying the film which shows the meaning in character development, and shows the position of power in the character is more dominant in masculine or feminine power. The results of the analysis show that although the character shows a lot of masculine side, the feminine side is still shown and does not become a weakness possessed by the character.