Jenna Wingfield Blog

 The Pale Man - Key Scene Analysis  I believe this is one of the important screenshot's from the scene due to the type of shot used which is a medium full shot. The movement of this shot is important as well, the camera quickly moves over the food on the table to give the audience a view of the enormous amounts of food there is and how important it is to have Ofelia in the scene as well, especially since the camera moves directly to her face. Afterwards, we know Ofelia cannot resist and eats the grapes, ignoring what the Faun had said. This scene is crucial as zooming in on the food and giving us a overview of the food justifies Ofelia's temptation to eat the grapes. Another reason this shot is crucial is because of how it parallels to the banquet scene earlier on. The banquet scene concludes Captain Vidal at the end of the table and everyone else surrounding him. What stuck out to me the most was how similar Captain and Vidal and the Pale Man are in these two shots - Vidal is...

 My initial impression on Pan's Labyrinth My initial impression on Pan's Labyrinth at first was I had never watched this film before nor heard of it. I was throwing myself into a film I had never seen, this was a different and new experience. When first watching this film, the first shots I saw were confusing - we were shown a dark shot as the first scene and afterwards the first few other shots appeared to be a more vibrant shot. The first shot was played backwards - this clearly told the audience it was a flashforward. The first shot moves left from the darkness displayed on the screen onto the protagonist (who I assume is at the time) lies on the floor, dying - there is blood pouring out of her nose, there is loads of blood on her hand and she is in obvious distress. The camera slowly reveals where she lies, from this, the audience feels a sense of mystery and questions who this girl is and what has happened to her. The dark lighting causes shadows behind her and this distur...