Pans Labyrinth

Pans Labyrinth

1. Mise en Scene

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     • Real world- is given a blue/green colour to also show the difference and the connotations are to show, the cold and bitter enviroment and that its real by the green connotations the watch which represents the forest and is used in the clothes the real people wear.
     • Fantasy world- is given a yellow and golden colour to show the difference between the two world and these colours would represent heaven and the underworld
     • Conventional editing, cross dissolves to and from black showing the link between the real fantasy world.
     • CUTTING ON ACTION
       • One shot to another whilst the subject is still in motion. it can show the outcome of an event, action.
         • This is shown when Captian Vidal finds the mandrake under the bed that Ofelia puts under there. it shows his face and then cuts to him throwing it out.
         • This is also shown with the Pale man, it shows Ofelia moving slow towards the room, but then when she touches the grape she isn't supposed to eat, the music gets faster and the camera angles move quicker. this emphasises the chase of the pale man.
     • CUT AWAY
       • Cutting into an insirt short- something that gives us more information about the narrative, like the use of commers.
   • Makeup- Before she arrived to the Capitans house she wore Makeup and became quite glamorous. however when she arrived she became ill. The women at the dinner party also wear make up, this shows that they are upper class
     • Costume- the capitan and his soldiers all wear the same uniform. This shows that they are prepared for war. The maids that work inside the house all wear white aprons and have their hair tied back. this shows that they are hard working.
   • Setting- The film represents two parallel worlds, reality and fantasy. The fantasy world is always represented by the colour green, this emphasises the earth and underworld. The reality world is represented by the colour blue.
     • Props- The props presented in the film are each of the following: The Key, Timer, Chalk, book, man drake, gun, medicine.
   • Staging- the use of proxemics within the scene when the girl sees the faun helps portray conflict between the characters for they arent in eachothers personal space and keep a fair bit of distance between one another or atleast the Ofelia attempts too and this connotes signs of danger and conflict between the two, making it very tense for the audiencee.
     • This is also represented throughout the relationship between Vidal and Ofelia. Vidial is always looking down to Ofeli, this represents the proxemics of their relationship and how he powers over her.
   • Ofelia- She has a pretty green dress which was given to her by her mother, however she normally wears earthy dull clothes, the clothes she wears are often similar to her mothers
     • He wears his captain's uniform, which in the film progresses in different colours, at the start its blue

2. Cinematography

   • Sound
     • The sound throughout the film emphasises the emotion of the scene. When Ofelia is going to collect the key on one of her tasks and comes across the monster at the table the music in the back ground becomes deep and slow causing more tention for the viewer. when the monster chases her the music then gets louder and faster to represent the chase and build more tenstion
     • The sound in the scene when Ofelia crawls under into the tunnel and is greeted by the toad is very emphasised to allow the viewer to feel the tension. the mobvements Ofelia makes in the slimed is made to be louder and the background noise to be quieter. This allows the viewer to feel although they are involved with the scene as they can feel the tension throughout.
   • The Fantasy world- In the fantasy world the lighting has a green tinge. this represents the two different worlds and relates the creatures to earth.
     • When the scene changes from reality world to the fantasy world the colour of the setting is used to show the difference of two different worlds. this allows the audience to get a full emirate understanding of the difference of the two worlds.
   • The world of reality has blue lighting. This represents the reality compared to the creatures.
     • The blue lighting connotates the negative emotions that was felt in the village throughout the film. The uniform the soldiers represent is blue. The blue lighting is used to emphasise the difference in the fantasy world and reality.
       • The blue is shown a lot throughout the film also to show the hard core parts of reality. This portrays the emotions the people feel towards the Vidial and how he controls the village.
   • The camera angles throughout the film represent the proxemics of each characters role. These camera shots emphasise who is higher up and has a stronger opinion over the other characters.
     • In the scene with the Faun and Ofelia, the Faun gives Ofelia her task to complete and gives her strong instructions. the camera angle will be from a low angle to represent Ofelias hight compared to the faun and it also clearly shows how the Faun looks down on her.
   • In the scene when Ofelia crawls down into the tunnel with the toad the camera angles track her as she crawled through the tunnel. this allows the viewer to feel as though they are crawling with Ofelia two.