How is gender represented in pan’s labyrinth  

In pan’s labyrinth a gold colour palate is mostly used for the fantasy world, while the real world uses much colder, darker colours, this reflects how oefila feels about the real world. 

In the beginning of this scene Ofelia is wearing a dress similar to that of allice from allice in wonderland, though she quickly removes it before entering the tree, and underneath she is wearing a more simpler, but more effective for her task, this reflects her character as someone who is not truly bothered by her appearance and is less vein then someone like Vidal who is vain and cares deeply about his appearance, this shows the viewer more of what Ofelia is like, and how she as a character is a binary opposition to Vidal. Once Ofelia has entered the tree we can see warmer colours, this is a common visual motif of the fantasy world, being that it is much warmer than the real world, as when Ofelia leaves the tree the lighting of the real world is much bluer and darker, as well as it is raining, this reflects how Ofelia feels about the real world. Compared to her fantasy world. While Ofelia is inside the tree all the shots are close and cramped bringing us closer to her, this reflects her world, as she is very restriced in what she can do 

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