blocking: where when and how subjects are placed and move in frame

staging: the process of selecting designing adapting to or modifying the performance space for a film

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 

Sound: Sound is used in this scene to create an impact on the viewer as it is just lil’ ze’s talking to benny and nothing else, making him isolated

mise en scen: the costumes of the characters show that they are living in a poor area as the clothes are dirty, as well as the walls being poorly painted

cinematography: cinematography is used in the scene of shaggy’s death to show all the people around him, the shot is a high angle shot from a birds view, the shot allows us to see more of the scene then if it was closer, or on the ground.

editing: editing is used in this scene to show a montage of li’l ze shooting people with a gun, it makes an impact on the viewer as they are seeing how one of the main characters has changed.

overall i think the film is a 9/10

a memorable scene would be Lil’ Ze’s reintroduction, as the use of cinematography and editing are used to show how he is different to what he was like when he was young, as before the camera would always be at a high angle facing down to him, and in his reintroduction the camera is a low angle shot facing up at him. and the editor, Daniel Rezende used montage of shots showing him firing a gun paired with the shots, creating an impactful scene.

for my Nea Film I plan on using a narrator, and the genre of drama, The idea of the narrator is inspired by la jete, to explain things in the story and the world and the genre of drama from
Until death do us part, to create a suspenseful story

overall i think the film is a 7/10, the plot and cinematography were both well done, a memorable scene would be when ofiela is inside the Pale Man’s dinner room