First response  

Score out of 10	Memorable scene	Iconic image
8/10	A memorable scene for me was when she goes into the pale man’s world and eats the grapes. I think the Mise en Scene of the scene made the room feel magical and otherworldly in comparison to her bedroom. The sound of a humming mixed with a dramatic underscore throughout the scene also creates a lot of tension for the scene. The Proformance of the way the pale man moves are also off putting making the scene even more dramatic	Get screen grab 21:19   The iconic image for me is the stairwell that she walks down to meet the faun. This is where the movies’ magical theme starts and end. I also find the background information of this being an entrance to the underworld really a key feature of why i think the birds eye shot of her walking down it is important as it shows the beginning and the end of her journey.

4 Micro Elements  

The motif of the lullaby that Mercedes hums for her at various times throughout the movie. It is often played in times of sadness when Mercedes is trying to comfort Ofelia in moments of the distress such as when her mother is ill. It also plays in the beginning of the movie to open the scene up and the end when Ofelia has completed her quest. The lullaby i think for me showed vital moments but also for example at the end brought me back to the beginning as i remembered hearing in then possibly symbolizing the beginning and the end of the movie on her journey to go back to being a princess.  

Mise en Scene  

When Ofelia goes on her quest to get the key from the toad. You see her crawl through an underground muddy tunnel which is dimly. However, the set of the muddy tunnel of it somehow are made otherworldly and the composition of the set shows a lot of depth to the area. I personally think the way the set is designed throughout the movie makes the mise en scene so great throughout the movie. The tunnel is purposely muddy and dirty to show the length that she is going to complete these desks eve ruining her dress that her sick mother made for her to get the key. I think showing the area as not natural and giving the scene a great amount of mise en scene really creates the effect that she is almost entering a different world to the viewer and creates a contrast when she returns to the real one.  

Editing  

The editing techniques that stood out to me was the point when the camera pans down to the bath, then pans down into the tunnel stairway seamlessly. The way that the scenes are combined I think show that Shes always thinking about the stairway and quickly moves the change of setting for the viewer. However, I think there is also match cutting in the movie between the wo narratives taking part being the magical world that Ofelia steps in and the captain’s harsh reality of the war. An example where this takes pace is Ofelia handing the key over to the faun then it quickly cutting to the captain opening the door with a key showing the themes are familiar but so different between the two worlds by the editing used.  

Cinematography  

I think the opening shot where it slowly pans in Ofelia laying on the ground dead and slowly moving into her eye is one of my favourite bits of cinematography in the film. The slow movements of the camera allow the spectator to see the character clearly for the first time and establishes her as a main character well as allows you to notice that you are seeing things from her point of view symbolized by her eye. Another feature of the cinematography is that the movements of the camera are more fluid in the fantasy world but in different way to the captain’s world they are steadier and ridged this really creates a contrast with the cinematography between the two worlds showing the raility of the war.  

Gender paragraph  

The binary opposites between male and female  

The binary opposite between male and female is created by multiple features in the movie. The captain is often represented in a blue dark light and is often associated with broken items and knives created a negative light around him throughout the movie. His attitudes also create a binary opposite to those of the females with him being tradiontial  tough and represented as almost a monster who takes power over anything else. However, the females in the film are more caring with a example being Mercedes who cares for Ofelia but also takes on. a strong and powerful female role at the same time which was non tradional for the time. Woman in the movie such as Ofelia are often associated with a warm yellow light possibly showing the good in the woman in the film.  

List 10 things that the viewer knows about the story in the 1^st 10 mins of the film.  

1. It is set in Spain in the year 1944 

2. There is a civil war happening and military pots are placed in the woods  

3. There is an underground realm where a princess lived and escaped but she will come back one day in a different body. 

4. A young girl called Ofelia is traveling with her sick pregnant mother in a car.  

5. The girl’s mother has married the captain of a civil war party.  

6. There is otherworldly creatures such as fairies in the woods which they are traveling through 

7. The captain is an overprotective man and possibly has toxic masculinity as he makes his wife go in a wheelchair when she can walk. 

8. The captain has a servant called Mercedes  

9. There is a labyrinth found of the side of the military base  

10. Ofelias father was a tailor who died during the war.  

Historic and social context 

Pans lab was set in a post-civil war setting  

In the real world setting the rebels did not win the fascists won but pans lab chooses to have a happy ending where the rebels win. 

At the table the priest sits next to them while they discuss starving the poor people while having large amounts of food. 

The director wanted to show the history of the civil war. 

Del toro uses Morden and old school techniques  

He wanted all his monsters to be original  

He used puppets and CG to create the monsters for his movie  

Dark colours at night 

Using a Spanish cast and made in Spain  

Del toro and his friends put their own money into it; he cut out the studio taking control of his film. 

Won 3 Oscars a breakthrough movie