Pans of labyrinth Flashcards
How does the colour palette change in accordance with the mood and reality?
The palette changes back to blue when Ofelia switches to the rea world; dull and shameful foreshadowing death; moribidity.
The green palette reflects a good mood and shows the fantasy world which foreshadows Ofelia is home in this enrivonement
What is the link of the fairy with Ofelia?
Ofelia and the fairy share equal space symbolising that Ofelia and the fairy share equal traits and equal world
How does central framing of Ofelia show her relationship with the environment?
When Ofelia is in the equal shot and in the middle it symbolises she is in the right state of life in the right place she wants to be with the environemnet; entering the hollow tree
How does the sitting down scene of the captain at dinner contrast with the pale man scene?
They are almost the complete opposite; del toro emphasises that in Spain at that time there was a lot of starvation and the captain was hiding food
his face suggests empowerment in the middle, control rigidity
What did del toro want to make sure in his film he did?
Make a film about disobedience and tolerance- command vidal/mother
use organs back to the fairytale
What was pans labyrinth based on?
Don Quixote mutuel de Cervantes- Spanish novel- protagonist help cope with trials of the world
What is the film called when theres reality an fantasy linked together but doesn’t explain how it came about like that or linked?
Set in a real world but doesn’t explain how the fantasy/magic happens; del toros stick insect turns into a fairy but doesn’t explain
How does the film encourage ofeilas relationship with nature?
She wears green t suggest her purpose in nature and the likeness
Why did the fantasy story add such a good twist?
It let the audience see how fairytales are a good mechanism for children to go through adulthood; Ofelia
How are the camera angles symbolic with Vidal and Mercedes?
As we go further onto the film the camera angle changes to a higher perspective from Mercedes to suggest she becomes overpowering of him
What are the links with the Spanish war?
Vidal is compared with the pale man to suggest this greed of th Catholics, spitting image of the two tables. The rationing in the war.
How is the pale man seen similar to austwitz
There are shoes in the room to suggest this ideal knowledge of austwiz about the same time as austwiz adding a personalised effect to the audience
Wgar are the religious links to the pale man?
The sign of ofeilas disobedience is presented as eve when she eats the forbidden fruit and warned not to and she did by the fawn. The links within the trinity;
the eyes, the 3 keys, the 3 fairies
What is the pale man an image of?
St Lucy the catholic
How is the pale man linked with mythology?
Linked with greek mythology of the painting by Goya of him eating children
Why is the moon symbolic in the film?
The moon presents this female virign of heroine- hero analogy
Ofelia had a tattoo on her shoulder of the moon suggesting her comon link to nature, the moon can also represent the 28 day ovarian cycle suggesting her shift from childhood to adulthood.
The moon is used on a number of occasions in the reality world
Ancient myth phrases of the moon- new full, and old triple goddess this analogy of the 3 AGAIN
What is the moons link with the dark side?
Suggests immorality enlightenment of the dark side of nature/characterstucs of the fantasy realm of the underworld
