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  Film: Frozen 2 Leitmotif- There are a couple of leitmotifs throughout this movie, but the one that I chose is the distinct vocalization that Elsa hears throughout the movie. In this shot Elsa hears the sound while playing a game of charades with Anna, Kristoff, and Olaf which causes her to become anxious and scared. The others were confused because only Elsa and the audience can hear the voices. The vocalization symbolizes that the spirits are trying to call her. Elsa started to hear the sound in the beginning and it continued throughout her journey until she fulfilled her purpose and free the enchanted forest. Symbolism- Throughout the movie they frequently mentioned four spirits: fire, wind, water, and earth. The wind spirit pushes Elsa and Anna to go on their quest of finding the truth and the voices that Elsa keeps hearing. Throughout the film, it contains a series of trapezoids with dots and lines on them. Each symbol represents one of the spirits. This shot is in the entrance o

Contrast was my first technique. It is used to show the contrast between two different scenarios. I demonstrated by using the difference between fake flowers and reals ones. Parallelism was my second technique. Parallelism connects two scenes together by highlighting the difference and similarities between them. The first shot is a shot of nature  seen in a plain field with only trees and a river. The second shot is filled with buildings and cars. The two shot represents the parallelism in a location, demonstrating how the world as evolved over time. Symbolism was my second technique. Symbolism is used to showcase the connection between two scenes/shots. The first shot was of a tree and the second one was of a paper. The two shots symbolizes the connection that papers comes from trees. It also showcase the importance of saving the trees in our environment by not wasting paper and recycling. Simultaneity was my third technique. Simultaneity cuts between two shots occurring at the same p