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Eduqas A Level Film Studies - Paper 2 > Section A - Pan's Labyrinth (Del Toro, 2006) > Flashcards

Section A - Pan's Labyrinth (Del Toro, 2006) Flashcards

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Magical realism

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Genre: mix of realism and surreal fantasy

Vidal’s fascist regiment contrasts Ofelia’s magical world

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Animatronics

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Lifelike robots

Toad/fairies = animatronics - only CGI when necessary

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Voice-over

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Narration without image of speaker

Opening - Faun narrates, like storybook

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Pan

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Ancient Greek God of Wild, companion of Nymphs
Half-human, half-goat

Faun may be representation of Pan
Nymphs = fairies - work for him

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Patriarchy

Pan’s Labyrinth

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System: men have power, women excluded

Franco’s Spain = patriarchy - Mercedes + Carmen have no power

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Fascism

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Political dictatorship: nation/race > individual. Severe regimentation, forcible suppression of opposition

Vidal’s soldiers = brutal, strict, heartless, like fascism

Vidal supports Franco (like Hitler/Mussolini in Civil War) “stupid… idea that everyone is equal”

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Guerillas

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Small independent group irregularly fighting against larger, regular forces

Pedro (Mercedes brother) = member, hiding in forest

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Stigmata

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Marks matching Christ’s body after crucifixion

Impressed by God on Christian saints

Pale Man’s palms - eyes

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Pan’s Labyrinth - OSCARS

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Best Achievement in: Cinematography, Art Direction, Makeup

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CINEMATOGRAPHY
Significance of camera movement

Opening sequence - Pan’s Labyrinth

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Camera reversed, blood going back -> nose
Zooms -> eyes, like going into Ofelia’s mind - her storybooks coming to life

Could monsters = part of imagination

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MISE-EN-SCENE
Significance of colour filter

Opening sequence - Pan’s Labyrinth

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Blue filter - presence of magical world

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SOUND
What does Carmen ask Ofelia to call Vidal?

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Father

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CINEMATOGRAPHY
Shot type used show link between Carmen and Ofelia - why?

Opening sequence - Pan’s Labyrinth

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Two-shot

Lookalike - related
Carmen = young mother
Carmen = pregnant

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MISE-EN-SCENE
What comes out of stone tablet?
How does Ofelia unlock it?

Pan’s Labyrinth

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The Fairy

Puts eye back in stone tablet

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MISE-EN-SCENE
How costume/props set historical contexts

Opening sequence, Pan’s Labyrinth

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Costume - 1940s style, soldiers = correct military uniform

Props - vintage cars

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CINEMATOGRAPHY
Extreme close up of what before Vidal’s debut? Why?

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Stopwatch

Strict, likes keeping time

Attention to detail - works on military basis

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CINEMATOGRAPHY
How lighting reflects atmosphere when Vidal murders farmers?

Why did he kill them?

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Extremely low key lighting -> intense atmosphere

BONUS: Believes had communist propaganda, kills them, then proves them innocent

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EDITING
How Vidal murders farmers scene contrasts with one before it?

How represents Ofelia and Vidal?

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Contrast: magical fantasy, grim reality

Both deal with unexpected, Ofelia = kind/gentle, Vidal kills man

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MISE-EN-SCENE
How is Faun created through makeup?

Effects of this

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Prosthetics, makeup, contacts

Faun blends into labyrinth walls - part of it

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CINEMATOGRAPHY
How tension created through focus?

Pale Man sequence

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Ofelia eating grapes = shallow focus
Shot composition - sneaking up on her (dramatic irony, horror convention)

Focus pull - gradually shifts onto Pale Man as Ofelia notices

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CINEMATOGRAPHY
How extreme close ups create meaning?

Pale Man sequence

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Putting eyes in: demon-like hands; focus on stigmata (Catholic iconography)

Biting fairies heads off, brutal, monster

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REPRESENTATION
How link between Pale Man and Vidal created?

Pale Man sequence - Pan’s Labyrinth

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Banquet - Vidal has feast whilst many starving. Pale Man has table of food, yet Ofelia can’t eat any

Kills fairies;

1) Fairies = innocent. Eating them = death of innocence. Guarded Ofelia, destroys her safety
2) Fairies may be Carmen’s counterpart. Vidal mistreats pregnant Carmen -> death

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MISE-EN-SCENE
How lighting + colour creates meaning?

Pale Man sequence - Pan’s Labyrinth

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Low-key lighting - dark, foreboding

Dark background - focuses on table, where Ofelia’s focus is

Red - blood, death, frightening

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EDITING
How editing techniques create meaning?

Ending sequence - Pan’s Labyrinth

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Film’s ending shown at beginning

Dissolve cut - fade to yellow as Ofelia dies + wakes up in afterlife

Action match as Ofelia tries to get up in afterlife

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MISE-EN-SCENE
How props create meaning?

Pale Man sequence - Pan’s Labyrinth

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Murals of him eating kids - worry for Ofelia

Door closes at end - needs to draw escape with chalk (using fantasy world as escape)

Eyes on plate - Pale Man eats people

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SOUND
How sound effects create meaning?

Pale Man sequence - Pan’s Labyrinth

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Pale Man’s screech - like screaming baby (kids he’s killed)

Loud noise when lifts hands off table - like snapped off table, fused for long time

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SOUND
How score creates tension?

Pale Man sequence - Pan’s Labyrinth

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Calm -> fast/panicky once Pale Man awakens

Reflects scene’s atmosphere

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EDITING
How cross-cutting creates tension?

Pale Man sequence - Pan’s Labyrinth

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Cuts between action and hourglass:

Builds up drama, time running out

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CINEMATOGRAPHY/MISE-EN-SCENE
How cinematography/mise-en-scene create meaning?

Ending sequence - Pan’s Labyrinth

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Zoom in on bloody hand - emphasizes gritty reality at end

Ofelia’s shoes like Dorothy’s, Wizard of Oz - both went to a mystical world

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SOUND
How score creates meaning?

Ending sequence - Pan’s Labyrinth

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Heavenly music as Ofelia dies = going to better place

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SOUND
How voiceover creates meaning?

Ending sequence - Pan’s Labyrinth

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Non-diegetic voiceover at beginning + end

Like Ofelia’s story was storybook being read to audience

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CONTEXTS
The Great Depression

Pan’s Labyrinth

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The Great Depression = global economic crisis in 1930s - very high unemployment, prices/profits drastically call, very small wages

King abdicated -> republic -> fascists overthrowing the republicans

People starving, queuing for bread

Carmen may have married Vidal -> better future for Ofelia

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CONTEXTS
The Nationalist Party

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Nationalist party = right-wing fascists (monarchists, landowners, employers, Roman Catholic Church, army)led by General Franco

Vidal + co. = powerful, living well - have dinner party in starving country

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CONTEXTS
The Republicans

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Republican party = left-wing underdogs (workers, trade unions, socialists and peasants), supported by communist Soviet Union

Guerrillas hiding in woods - less power, still fight

Mercedes + Doctor help resistance from inside

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CONTEXTS

What was Franco’s mission to ‘purify’ Spain?

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Franco saw regime as ‘crusade’ (like Christians trying to reclaim Holy Land) to ‘purify’ Spain

Took over Republican areas -> mass executions + pogroms (massacres of ethnic groups)

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CONTEXTS

Extent of Civilian War Casualties during Spanish Civil War

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500,000 died, 40% = civilians
Fascists sought to eradicate all resistance -> mass graves
Guerrilla groups (Maquis) refusing to surrender in North Spain (Mercedes’ brother)

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CONTEXTS
The Law for the Recovery of the Historical Memory

Pan’s Labyrinth

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After Franco’s death, 1975, both sides agreed ‘pact of silence’ as not to detract from democratisation of society

2006 - Spanish Prime Minister drafts Law; to explore past, compensate victims, find bodies of missing/murdered

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CONTEXTS

What made it difficult for Pan’s Labyrinth to be made?

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Del Toro advised not to make film

Del Toro refused to compromise, gave up salary for film to be made

Rejected by every major and independent studio i. USA, funded by Spanish and Mexican sources

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REPRESENTATION

Role of women - Spanish Civil War

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Resistance women fought on front line

Nationalist women = housewives/carers - second-class citizens in ‘New Nation’

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REPRESENTATION
How Ofelia represented, in terms of gender

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Protagonist = young, innocent little girl
Mother dresses her like doll -> please Vidal

Worthless in Vidal’s eyes - female. Scared -> her mother

Counter type: not afraid to do what need to be done -> achieve goals

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REPRESENTATION
How Carmen represented, in terms of gender

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Married woman in Franco’s Spain

In financial difficulty - marries for money -> support child

Vidal saw her as baby-making machine; only valued baby, not wife

Stereotypical - submissive (goes in wheelchair), dutiful wive - behaves/dresses appropriately

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REPRESENTATION
How Mercedes represented, in terms of gender

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Unmarried woman, resistance fighter (mostly passive rebel)

Pretends to be ‘regular’ - like powerful women, invisible in patriarchy

Strong Republicans supporter; steals from Vidal to aid them

Stabs Vidal several times - can fight for herself

Mother figure to Ofelia - lets her imagine, looks out for her

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REPRESENTATION
What meaning may Faun have, in terms of representation of the unreal?

Who may he represent?

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Faun = guardian for Ofelia until end; betrays her - wants her to murder baby brother

Could represent Mercedes - Ofelia meets her at Labyrinth

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REPRESENTATION
How may the Faun’s appearance create meaning?

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Seems scary, yet becomes comforting to her

Realistically blends into walls - like part of Labyrinth

Mirrors how Mercedes blends in as maid (wears browns/greens -> blend in with trees)

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REPRESENTATION
What meaning may Toad have, in terms of representation of the unreal?

Who may he represent?

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Fascism - taking nutrients from earth -> everything around dying

Representation of baby - baby killing mother during pregnancy, like Toad killing tree by taking nutrients

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REPRESENTATION
What meaning may Pale Man have, in terms of representation of the unreal?

Who may he represent?

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Has lots of food, yet still eats kids

No eyes - blind to truth, killing blindly

Counterpart to Vidal; greedy, violent

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REPRESENTATION
How may Pale Man’s appearance create meaning?

Pan’s Labyrinth

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Very frightening!
Monster - seems almost human

Sits silent like statue - suddenly moves

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REPRESENTATION

What is role of magical realism in terms of the message the film communicates?

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Del Toro tries to show how monsters aren’t the villains - the people are

Each creature = counterpart to a character

Eduqas A Level Film Studies - Paper 2 (5 decks)

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