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Before and After - Elsa

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An edit I made because when I was watching it, I was suddenly struck by how picturesque an example this is of what's known as a character arc; and specifically in this case the mechanism of the Opening and Final Images.
In Save the Cat, Opening and Final Images are basically meant to be quite literally before and after shots, showing just how much the hero and his/her world has changed.

In the first collage, it's Elsa as she first appears after the prologue: a scared young woman who has basically been trapped her whole life by her fear of her powers. "Don't let them in; don't let them see." She has a broken relationship with the most important person in her life, Anna, and though she wants to let her in and knows Anna does too, she's scared to do so for fear of what she may do. She's scared to love, and scared of herself.

In the second, we have Elsa as in the epilogue: over the course of her journey, she's come to accept herself, and her relationship with Anna has been healed and through that she's found the way to control her powers, and to open up to Anna. She now even is able to open up to her people in a sense, by showing that her powers are not evil, and that she herself is not evil. She no longer fears herself, and she and Anna can now begin to heal...together.
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MakorraLove12's avatar
I really like this. :3