Sound

• We hear Vidal and his men coming before we see them – we worry for Ofelia
• Clock ticking adding to the theme of death and Vidal’s identity
• The bomb (?) makes Vidal notice Ofelia
• Sound shows Vidal has been drugged (piano)
• Vidal’s walking is exaggerated
• Piano in the background plays a melody that isn’t nice – fitting the mood
• Music when Vidal enters the labyrinth, big scale and a bit church like (could link to the fantasy place as it looks church like – links to immortality and being reborn)
• Music builds tension – strings (stabs) and the cello etc are like a heart beat
• Ofelia’s heavy breathing
• Vidal’s heavy breathing
• Wooden creaky sounds of the faun and monstrous sounds (like a lion)
• Exaggerated sound of the dagger – repeated from the pale man scene
• Sound indicates that the faun has left so we just see Vidal come up behind Ofelia
• Loud gunshot
• Sound of the watch starts after close up – themes
• Strings and piano
• Lullaby
• Goes back to the voiceover – bookeneded by fairytale structure
• Ruled with kindness unlike Vidal

Cinematography

• Vidal and his men come from around the corner where there is blue lighting
• Low key lighting
• The shot were Vidal notices Ofelia makes us worry for her. She is smaller, making her seem vulnerable. Vidal is inside and Ofelia is on the border of outside the room.
• Close up of Vidal grabbing his gun – builds tension and worry
• The shot were Vidal is physically above Ofelia due to the staircase, making him appear more powerful
• The yellow lighting when Mercedes goes to find Ofelia – shows her as a good character who would genuinely help and has links to the magical world and Mercedes as a mother figure
• Mercedes can see the chalk because she’s worthy (could be because she used to believe in fairies and links to voiceover at the end saying Ofelia left things which can be seen by those who know where to look – could have a spanish civil war link as things and people are still being found)
• Camera pan’s round so we can see Mercedes worried expression and then the chalk – proving that the fantasy world is real (as does the close up of the flower at the end)
• The fire from the bombs creates yellow – the clash of the blue and yellow lighting/colours shows the clash of the two worlds/ the characters
• Full moon – deadline of her tasks and gothic/supernatural/woman-hood (also reflected in the water later on)
• In one shot we see Ofelia run in the labyrinth and the Vidal come round  – building tension
• Camera shows the wall open up for Ofelia and shut beofre Vidal turns up – proves it’s real
• Blue lighting when Ofelia meets the faun
• We see Vidal behind Ofelia causing dramatic irony
• The shot showing that Vidal cannot see the faun could be because he is drugged, because the fantasy world isn’t real, or because he isn’t worthy of seeing him or because it shows his political close mindedness and wolrd close mindedness, he cannot think otherwise nor wants to
• Sound indicates that the faun has left so we just see Vidal come up behind Ofelia
• We see the worry on Ofelia’s face when Vidal takes the baby
• Close up of the watch then the sound starts
• We see Mercedes by her side unlike at the beginning showing Ofelia is not alone
• Golden lighting takes her to the fantasy place
• Camera goes up when she’s dying paired with choir singing
• We see the tree in high key lighting and the flower with the fairy (which proves the world is real)

Performance

• Vidal walks slower than Ofelia because of the sleeping medication, but it links him to the pale face man who also walked slowly
• Ofelia circles because she hit a dead end which builds tension
• The way that Ofelia holds the baby is very protective
• The faun is more agressive and manipulative than before
• She doesn’t obey – adding to the theme of disobedience
• She initially doesn’t speak no just shakes her head which adds to the emptiness/non-use of words throughout the film
• Ofelia speaks boldly and in short sentences, she is powerful and confident and will stand up for what she believes in
• Vidal forcefully turns Ofelia around
• Vidal towers over Ofelia
• Ofelia looks around to the faun for help
• Getting out the gun builds tension
• Shots her near her womb/guts and there’s no reason for it, picks a long death rather than a quick one or just not killing her- brutality
• Stands up straight when he see’s them – he wants to appear like he isn’t vulnerable/pride/resolute
• Vidal forms a fist around the watch and lifts his chin up
• Tell him what time his father died – theme of death and like his father – passing on legacy
• He won’t even know your name – won’t carry on his ideas and toxic masculinity (link to another spanish dircetor who ignored Franco in his films?)
• Vidal gets shot on thr right hand side of his face (political)
• Drpping of innocent blood
• All of the fairies were there despite some of them being dead (the pale man scene was just a task)
• Faun reveals true nature
• Applause – everything is right

Editing

• The room wobbles when Vidal tries to leave the room (cinematography has been edited)
• The labyrinth walls open for Ofelia then shut on Vidal which emphasises that the fantasy world is real and allows the tension to lower slightly, so we can pay more attention to what the faun has to say
• Still breathing after the fanatsy scene could suggest she was imagining or that she went there before she died and therefore died happy. Plus with the lullaby, has the whole film been in her head? Fantasy of a dying girl.

Mise En Scene

• The war going on around to emphasise how the film explores how war effects children
• Faun’s face above the labyrinth as seen before and on the statue from the beginning
• The prop of the dagger causes another sense of danger and worry
• Watch before he dies – theme of death
• Ofelia holding the baby with the faun on the statue underground
• Red shoes – wizard of Oz and they are more practical than her other shoes (homecomingness)
• Gold and yellow of afterlife world contrats the blue and green world (it’s like she’s reborn at the end of the movie)
• Like a church – stainedglass windows etc
• Tall chairs – royalty/ links to not everyone is worthy/ status and power and they’re taller than Ofelia – intimidating/heaven/not treating her like a child as she has to join them
• The thrones look wooden like the faun
• Still patricharcy and sexist – king taller than the queen
• Empty throne for Ofelia
• Flower links to the flower in the story that gave immortality at the top of the mountain and the path was dangerous to get there/rebirth or birth

Representation

Age – childlren (Ofelia) shown as moraly correct in contrast to the adult (Vidal). Ofelia is also shown as bold.

Gender – toxic masculinity (die like a man etc) Vidal is evil but still a victim

Context

• Spanish civil war

Mother Figures and Loneliness

Throghout the film gold and red along with fallopian symbols are used to show Ofelia’s desire to be in/close with her mother again. She could feel lonely due to Vidal and the idfea of a sibling. The yellow lighting with Mercedes shows her as a mother figure, and her being in the shot when she’s dead unlike at the start shows she isn’t alone (not lonely anymore). Plus, the gold and red at the end shows her being close to her mother/reborn.