The saying “we live in a remix culture” has become more and more recognized and legitimate. A remix culture is a process that gives people permission to edit, rearrange, and integrate existing materials to create a new piece of work. Amongst “the age of remix”, it is very common that people to exchange information and ideas efficiently by using digital technologies, which offers a fundamental condition for the rise of remixing. Resultantly, it is more accessible for everyone to share different views to a certain same event.  Remixing is acknowledged as a desirable concept as someone believe that remixing means being able to ‘borrow’ great elements from other mass sources and combine them into one work that something entirely fresh, better than the old.

The term ‘Remix Culture’ may have only come about in the recent decade. However, the theory of remixing seems to have been realized a long time ago. Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, once said “I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom were centuries of work…Progress happens when all the factors that make for it are ready and then it is inevitable.” Disney Company took Grimm fairy tales and retold them in a way that carried them into a new age with Disney style people recognized.

Hua Mulan is a brave Chinese heroine who dresses up like a solider and goes to war in place of her crippled father,  rising death and dishonor. Film, Mula

n, has been produced in 1998 by Disney Company. Mulan’s story, from the ancient Chinese poem

the Balled of Mulan, was re-edited by Mark Henn. Obviously, Mulan is a unique Disney heroine, different from other beautiful princess Disney produced before. Meanwhile, this character has been given some western values in her personality, such as strong, independent, obviously not a traditional Chinese feminine image.

she is loosely based on the heroine from the ancient Chinese epic poem” the Legend of Hua Mulan” and she is the only Disney Princess who is not royal by blood or marriage and is literally not one. However, she has the honor of a princess because she achieved honor from the emperor himself by saving China. During her stay in the army, she falls in love with the Captain, Li Shang, whom she starts dating by the end of the film.

Mulan is one of my favorite characters in the old Chinese tales. Her brave is very different from other Chinese traditional Female characters. Mulan

 

Henry Ford and Walt Disney both were example of success accomplished by adopting remixing. Also, according to their story, virtually all the brilliant ideas are second hand only sometimes, it takes generation to make an obvious massive leap forward. Nevertheless, the movement of reviewing prevailing principles and designs to make improvements and produce something better is perpetual. Therefore, remixing can be described as a channel through which progression happens.