Film studies global cinema

Aesthetic qualities in Pans labyrinth create impact on the spectator, through using miss en scene and cinematography to demonise a patriarchal fascist ideology, partly through emphasising its tragic impact on the protagonist Ofelia. This is seen in the pale man scene, where this ideology is exposed partly through the presentation of the Pale man who is a personification of this ideology. The costuming used serves to show this, through presenting the Pale man as blind with long clawed fingers, sagging skin and no eyes as well as being notably phallic in shape. This can be read metaphorically with the lack of eyes representing the blind violence of fascism, the sagging skin representing starvation showing fascism to be a dying ideology and the phallic nature to represent the patriarchal nature of fascism. Literally however fascisms depiction as a creature with grotesque features that are barely human, ultimately dehumanise it and evoke a feeling of strong disgust in the spectator toward...

To what extent do aesthetic qualities contribute to the impact of your chosen film?  Answer this question in detail; when you're back after half term, we'll do it in timed conditions as your assessment. We'll spend half an hour on it. Areas to consider: - mise-en-scene (colour palette, costume, makeup, set design) - cinematography (shots sizes, camera movements, depth of field, lighting) - impact (meaning and response; spectator; context of fascism; ideology of women's role in patriarchal society, male violence; contemporary Mexico context) - at least two key scenes (check pallet) Aesthetic qualities like mise en scene in Pans Labyrinth are used to demonise fascism as to impact the spectator into resenting this ideology, particularly seen in the pale man scene where the ideology of fascism is personified. In this scene Del Toro uses a range of aesthetic techniques as to demonise fascism, beginning with a medium close up at a side profile to the creatu...

Point Microfeature(s) Analysis - Emotional response of spectator Context - War/Fascism Mexican Corruption 1:14:50 - Doctors death - compassion vs fascism / 1:20:00 Ending: 1:40:20 - 1:46:30 + . Cold bluish lighting . The Fawn from Vidal's perspective is invisible, making us question Ofelia's fantasy - Vidal is however drugged - The fawn is mimicking fascism (taking of innocence) which is perhaps why Vidal cannot see him as he cannot understand the immorality of his own nature, as he walks into the scene and takes the fawns place . Performance - Vidal is as cold as the blue colour palette, he shoots Ofelia w/o hesitation . blood on Ofelia's hands mirrors the claws of the pale man? - the unavoidable innocent victims of fascism . The blood stands out . The mill burning in the background - seize the means of production! the mill represented fascist control of food and production . Her white dress also stands out/ with the blood/ death of innocence at the hands...