The title of the movie that we watched last week (September 15 2015) was “Pan’s Labyrinth”. This essay will focus on the acting of the actors, lighting and the costumes/props of the movie. The topics will be generalized with examples from the movie.
The acting of the characters in the movie was excellent. Ofelia’s character was played well considering she was still your when she done this movie, all the facial expressions is accurate that it makes the viewers believe in her acting. Ofelia’s mother was also believable about her pain and joys throughout the movie, it makes the viewers feel how much she was to be happy and for Ofelia to be happy. Captain Vidal’s sadistic and cruel nature is one of the main focus of the movie, he never hesitate to shoot anyone, one example is when he shot Ofelia, he did not hesitate to pull the trigger. The director of the movie wanted to scare and make the viewers anxious through Captain Vidal’s character that he successfully did and that’s how great Captain Vidal’s actor was. The rebels, the soldiers, and the servants/maids’ acting was good as well, all the emotions and facial expressions was good and it felt their acting was just natural.
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The lightning that used in the movie was represent of the characters in the movie.
The dark colour/blue-gray filter was used for the antagonist while the bright was used for the protagonist. For example, whenever the Captain Vidal’s world was show, the lighting that always use was dark colours to illustrate his dark’s nature and also show to audience that his place is not nice to be. When Ofelia is on her adventures using the book, the lights are brighter than the normal scenes in the movie. One example of this is at the end of the movie, Ofelia was shot and dying, she was shown to be “revived” underworld and she at at the mansion and the scene was bright with
colours. The costumes were themed on the period it was supposed to be in, (insert Year), old clothing and messy looks for the sevants/maids of captain Vidal. All the soldiers are wearing sophisticated uniforms and always has the dignified look of a soldier and the rebels are wearing dark messy clothes because of hiding and fighting with Captain Vidal’s soldiers. The costumes for the Faun and the pale man’s costume was realistic enough to fit in the movie, Faun costume looked like a tree which matches the labyrinth’s condition which is full of vines and roots. The pale man’s costume was excellent as well as it was realistic enough for the movie but unrealistic in a sense that it makes the movie more gory or intense. All props that was used in the movie fits well with the theme of the movie which is old but classy.
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