Compare Guillermo Del Toro Pans Labyrinth 3 Pages

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Compare Guillermo Del Toro Pans Labyrinth 3 Pages

  1. The imagery of Pan’s Labyrinth closely connects with the tradition of fairy-tales and fantastic literature. In consultation with the reading on Pan’s Labyrinth’s narrative
    (esp. pp. 15 – 19), discuss the fairy-tale elements and narrative
    conventions used in the film. Make sure to address: (1) key characters
    of fairy tales as described by Vladimir Propp; how are these characters
    (magical helpers, villains, etc.) used in the film? Do these traditional
    characters ever take an unusual role: e.g. do magical helpers ever
    become villains? (2) other fairy-tale elements and iconography used in
    the film (the number three [or the trebling], the moral resolution, the
    key, etc.). How is the fairy-tale intertwined in the film with
    “reality”? How does the film’s conception of fairy tales and monsters
    conform or break with fairy-tale mythology in terms of characterization
    and resolution?
  2. In consultation with the reading on the film’s genre (pp. 21 – 28), discuss how Pan’s Labyrinth draws
    on the genres of horror and fantasy. What traditional conventions and
    iconography of both genres does the film utilize? Does the director ever
    depart from or re-interpret the classical conventions of both genres?
    Give specific examples from the film. (For those of you interested in
    and familiar with other films of similar genres, feel free to compare
    Guillermo Del Toro’s film with other examples such as Harry Potter or The Chronicles of Narnia).
  3. The
    consultation with the reading on the film’s messages and values,
    provide a detailed discussion / interpretation of one of the film’s key
    themes (some of the themes that Tanya Jones, the author of your reading,
    points out are oppression and resistance, activity and passivity,
    family and gender, childhood, death and rebirth). Feel free to explore
    another theme or motif that you feel is prominent in the film (e.g. as
    some might argue that a prominent motif in the film is clocks. Is there
    anything else that you noticed?)
  4. Discuss the film’s pictorial
    references (Goya, Rackham), lighting, color, and the use of diegetic and
    non-diegetic sound. How do the film’s aural and visual components
    establish the boundaries of the real world and the fantasy environment?
    Is the fantasy world always presented as escapist? (as an example,
    consult pp. 43 – 44: what is the role of the color red in the scenes
    depicting the lair of the Pale Man?)
  5. And short peer review for
    this one : 1.In the imagery of Pan’s Labyrinth, the key characters
    described are portrayed as magical helpers such as the Faun. When
    Ofelia’s mother was going through the sickness from her labor the Faun
    brought Ofelia a magical root which helped in healing her mother. But
    this then turns sideways when Ofelia disobeys the Faun’s order and
    shortly after that the tragedy with her mother’s death arises. It can
    then be seen as though the magical helper suddenly turned into a villain
    when his orders weren’t obeyed, but then flips again at the end when he
    shows up in the scene with her mother and father and tells her she made
    the right choice in choosing herself instead of sacrificing her
    brother.Other fairy tale elements include the visualization of the Faun
    and the fairies the Faun resembles an avatar while the fairy can bring
    thoughts of tinker bell. The fairy tale intertwines through the way
    everything is played out. It almost reminds me of the show Once Upon A
    Time because of the book and how it would only reveal to her what her
    next task was. It was as though the book itself was telling the future
    to what would happen next.The films conception of fairy tales and
    monsters conforms with fairy-tale resolution because at the end of many
    fairy tales its either a hero dies, or someone falls in love.2.The film
    utilizes horror and fantasy. The film incorporates both genres in a way
    that is seen in many other movies and follows a similar format. In the
    scene when Ofelias mother throws away the magic root you can see the
    fantasy portrayed through the cries of the root and then the horror
    comes when her mother falls to the ground clutching her stomach in pain.
    It shows the connection between the health of the magic root and the
    health of her mother.3.Childhood, death, and rebirth are the first
    themes that I noticed as the film began, in the beginning it was giving
    the background story to the princess who had died and then it shows the
    very last scene when Ofelia was dying but at the moment it wasn’t known
    that was Ofelia instead I had assumed it was the princess from the
    fairytale. The films message for these themes is portrayed through
    Ofelia. She is seen as the reincarnation of the former princess or
    that’s what the Faun wants her to believe. In the scene when Ofelia has
    the encounter with the pale man it can be seen the many lives of
    children that were sacrificed there. It made it seem as though that was a
    message to Ofelia to try and save any other children who would’ve been
    eaten by the monster.From the beginning I also noticed how adventurous
    Ofelia was, her sense of adventure and wandering is what brought her
    into this fantasy world.4.The role of the color red from the pale man
    scene depicts the blood shed from all the children that he’s eaten. But
    besides that, the use of color in the movie was very important in
    depicting the sense of environment that was being portrayed. the use of
    the color green and darker colors depicts the underground world that
    Faun lived in. That color was only predominant when Ofelia visited Fauns
    underground world.