Spirited away booklet, task 7

Task 7:

How are young, female characters presented in spirited away?

At the start of the film Chihiro is presented as often scared. An example that back this up is when the family have to stop at the dead end, the parents are up for exploring, what they think is an abandoned theme park, but Chihiro doesn't want to because she is afraid of getting lost or getting hurt. Cinematography is used to show how young and small Chihiro is when walking with her parents. While the whole of her is in the shot you can only see a small portion of the parents. This represents how the parents, are bigger, braver and even stronger.

Throughout the film, her character changes because she learns to work things out by herself and without her parents. She becomes less scared and starts to be more independant with some help from some of the people she meets.

By the end of the film though she is far more brave and doesnt need support from her parents. This is shown because she is the only person who can save her parents through the film, when they have been turned into pigs. This shows she is capable of looking after herself and that she has become far more mature.

This shows that Chihiro's character changes mainly becoming braver, stronger and more mature, resulting in her being able to save her parents and stop them from being pigs forever.