Watch Pan's Labyrinth and read the attached documents to answer the following questions separately,
- The imagery of Pan's Labyrinth closely connects with the tradition of fairy-tales and fatastic literature. In consultation with the reading on Pan's Labyrinth's narrative (esp. pp. 15 - 19), discuss the fairy-tale elements and narrative conventions used in the film. Make sure to address: (1) key characters of fairy tales as described by Vladimir Propp; how are these characters (magical helpers, villains, etc.) used in the film? Do these traditional characters ever take an unusual role: e.g. do magical helpers ever become villains? (2) other fairy-tale elements and iconography used in the film (the number three [or the trebling], the moral resolution, the key, etc.). How is the fairy-tale intertwined in the film with "reality"? How does the the film's conception of fairy tales and monsters conform or break with fairy-tale mythology in terms of characterization and resolution?
- In consultation with the reading on the film's genre (pp. 21 - 28), discuss how Pan's Labyrinth draws on the genres of horror and fantas What traditional conventions and iconography of both genres does the film utilize? Does the director ever depart fro of both genres? Give specific examples from the film. (For those of you interested in and familiar with other f Guillermo Del Toro's film with other examples such as Harry Potter or The Chronicles of Narnia).
- The consultation with the reading on the film's messages and values, provide a detailed discussion / inter( (some of the themes that Tanya Jones, the author of your reading, points out are oppression and resistance, childhood, death and rebirth). Feel free to explore another theme or motif that you feel is prominent in the filr prominent motif in the film is clocks. Is there anything else that you noticed?
- Discuss the film's pictorial references (Goya, Rackham), lighting, color, and the use of diegetic and non-di' visual components establish the boundaries of the real world and the fantasy environment? Is the fantasy we example, consult pp. 43 - 44: what is the role of the color red in the scenes depicting the lair of the Pale Man
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