Ju+Dou


 * 1. What is the plot (what does the character want)? **
 * The main character Ju Dou wants to live a happy live with her true love, **** Yang Jinshan **
 * 2. What is the theme (what does the character need)? **
 * Ju Dou needs to be able to have the courage to leave Yang Tianqing **


 * 1. Although Yang Jinshan and Ju Dou are the main focuses of the film, this scene focuses on Yang Tianqing and his love for Ju Dou, the scene is special because it seems as if this was the only scene that Ju Dou is ever happy in.  **
 * 2. The lighting, When Zhang Yimou shot this movie it was with shot in old technocolor that was way past it's prime, therefore may things seems extra "dark" in this movie just because of the way it was shot. However in this scene, everything is so bright, hinting or foreshadowing that maybe Ju Dou's future with Yang Jinshan can last.  **


 * 3. The shirt and colors that Ju Dou is wearing in China usually girls would only wear if they are getting married. Since Yang Tianqing is half-"dead" this scene represents in a way her rebirth and the colors she is wearing is her new found freedom.  **
 * 4. Most of the soundtrack used in this film sounds very dark and gloomy, representing Ju Dou's helplessness, however in this scene the music sounds very cheerful, perhaps representing the fact that Ju Dou is now finally happy.  **


 * 5. The camera uses a close up here in this scene because it wants to emphasis Ju Dou's happiness, in this close up her face in a way makes her looked confused however that is exactly what Zhang Yimou wanted because this confused face describes her new found happiness, the fact that she is just getting used to being happy. **
 * 6. The "gan ba"(cheers) that Ju Dou and Yang Jinshan describes their bond, this is especially powerful for this scene because it represents the love that the two couples share.  **


 * 7. The sound that Ju Dou makes when she is drinking was Yang Jinshan almost sounds as if she was crying, I believe that this is tears of joy, she is so unused to this new found happiness that she cries because of it. **


 * 8. The editing of this scene may seem a little rushed, because before this sceneYang Tianqing almost died, therefore this scene may seem like a huge change, however Zhen Yi Mou intended this to happen. The cut fom Tianqing dying to the new couple creates that things are changing, that things are going to be now different for Ju Dou.  **


 * 9. Apart from what the characters are wearing Ji Dou and Yang Jinshan are very poor. Everything on the background of the camera stresses that, in a way that creates meaning because it shows that although there are going to be many hardships that will be ahead of this new couple, they are not afraid because they love each other.  **


 * <range type="comment" id="502775264_7">10. Although this is just a wild guess however at the end of Yang Jinshan' "gan ba" he chokes a little on his drink, this may be foreshadowing, hinting that Yang Jinshan will not be able to "hold his drink" and he will die soon. </range id="502775264_7"> **