Pans Labyrinth

At first glance, the viewer would see the scene being a dary and dreary part of the film. Without knowing whether the creature is nice or not towards the girl, the audience would assume that the girl was scared of the faun because in most films, the creature is viewed more as a villian. While digging deeper into the image, the audience would see that Ofelia is holding onto the faun and that the faun is holding her in a soothing way. It is unclear why they are cuddling this was but the audience gets a sense of comfort after knowing that the girl is not in any real danger.  The faun is resting his head on her head and she is definitely feeling conforted and it is apparent that they are friends.

The first thing the audience sees is the face of the mother and immedietly thinks that the mother is either mad at Ofelia or she is incredably scared of what she is holding. The grin on ofelias face would make the audience think that she is trying to calm the mother down just  by her facial expressions but the audience does not know what exacly that is or what they are talking about. The thing that the mother is holding would symbolize a baby and it looks like one as well. The audience views is at a gift of life of the unborn baby. The mother is obviously pregnany and that is made clear by her baby bump and also the maternity dress she is wearing.  The thing in her had is a root structure of somekind and the way she is presenting it, it almost looks like a dead baby so it will be interesting if the audience find out if her baby makes it or the mother or baby die during child birth.

Work Cited

Film:

Del Toro, Guillermo, director. Pans Labyrinth. 2007. Performances by: Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez, Doug Jones, Maribe Verdu

Pictures

Smith, Paul Julian. “Pan’s Labyrinth.” Film Quarterly, 11 May 2017, filmquarterly.org/2007/06/01/pans-labyrinth/.

Ro, Crystal. “The Little Girl from ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ Is All Grown up and Totally Enchanting.” HelloGiggles, HelloGiggles, 28 June 2016, hellogiggles.com/reviews-coverage/pans-labyrinth-girl-all-grown-up/.