Pan's Labyrinth - Aesthetics 4.5 / 5 based on 4 ratings ? Film StudiesPan's LabyrinthAestheticsASWJEC Created by: Bethcody16Created on: 30-11-17 15:56 Magic Realm expresses a realistic view of real world with magical elements added fables, legends, myths refers to texts with magic or supernatural presented in real-world setting IN PAN'S LABYRINTH: Fantasy fairies, her life, a quest, a mistake, the golden palace beautifully constructed but very dark fantasy Real World graphic violence Vidal killing people (prisoner, doctor) 1 of 8 Influence Look and feel inspired by Spanish artist Fancisco Goya romantic painter 18th and 19th centuries commentator and chronicler suffered from mental health issues Influenced by 3 periods of Goya's life 1. Fantasy and Invention dark combination of fantasy and nightmare 2. Black Paintings focuses on witchcraft and nightmare Saturn Devouring His Son - the Pale Man 3. The Disasters of War - depicts horror of war; film set after Spanish Civil War 2 of 8 Influence - Context Ruling class , in Spain, 1955 - venal and corrupt - banquet scene; most in poverty - equates to Pale Man Little empathy for Priest and Catholicism Mercedes and Doctor - honourable and caring Catholic imagery evident throught 3 of 8 Influence - Alice in Wonderland Underground World Similar clothes Eating things Key is important (visual motif) 4 of 8 Influence - Catholicism del Toro - Catholic Grandma - devout Catholic; believed in 'mortifying the flesh' - walking in shoes containing inverted bottle tops St Lucia - martyr - depicted with her eyes on her hands/on a plate - Pale Man Stigmata - marks, sores where crucifixtion wounds of Christ were - Pale Man 5 of 8 Influence - Religious References temptation, sacrifice, eternal life priest tells prisoner to confess - be rewarded in Heaven temptation of grape - Adam and Eve, Garden of Eden Ofelia is redeemed - sacrifice of herself (Christ on cross) stain glass window in Golden Palace - imagination or heaven? 6 of 8 Colour Real World - cold and uninviting dark blue Fantasy World - warm and inviting red bright shadows - horror aspect 7 of 8 Fantasy World Ofelia imagined world - fluid camera, red, crimson (uterus) shapes and curves Faun - feritility symbols - female fellopian tubes on face Uterine symbols: Carmen's bed Arch to Labyrinth Enterance to fig tree Ofelia's idea of heaven is going back to the womb 8 of 8
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