Final Presentation- Part three

I believe that Guillermo del Toro chose to tell his story through the myths of fairy tales to show children the reality of life not always being greener on the other side. He also uses this style of movie writing to help convey to children morals and life lessons they will need to learn when maturing such as; having consequences for ones actions, thinking before doing and the importance of obeying authority. I believe that Guillermo del Toro wanted to convey these life lessons in away that will connect with children and what better way than through fantasies and fairy tales, as well as using this type of story telling to make it scary and frightening to help aid children in remembering these life lessons as well as to keep the story plot interesting.

Final Presentation- Part two

 One of the main similarities between Pan's Labyrinth to Alice in wonderland is the plot. Both had main characters of young women, they both have the conception of real vs. fantasy world as well as they are both trying to escape from their actual world (Ofelia wanting her old life back, Alice escaping from her husband). Both movies entered into the fantasy world the same ways; fallowing animals and crawling into places. Both young girls experienced talking animals and were sent on series of quests by them.

When comparing Pan's Labyrinth to Alice in wonderland it became apparent to me that a lot of characters mirrored each other in these movies. For example, the main characters in both movies are young girl who are very curious and are seen wearing identical dresses as well as mirroring personalities. Another example of characters mirroring each other are between the rabbit in Alice in wonderland and Ofelia's step-father Captain Vidal. They both are male characters, who are obsessed with pocket watches (time) as well as organization.Both director used the same visual style when creating these characters, as well as the same way to capture the symbol of time through the pocket watch. 

Another similarity between these two movies were with the quests both Ofelia and Alice had to do. In both movies the young girls were guided through each quest by a male talking animal Pan and Rabbit. Both
movies use the imaginary doors that they need to go through, Both girls also have to encounter food multiple times. Both Ofelia and Alice disobey authority by choosing to eat the food when they were told not to which symbolizes children actions. This leads to the next similarity which is the Pale man's  and Captain Vidal's dinner is a replica of the mad hatter lavishing tea party. Notice that the lighting is similar to these two scenes as well, very dark and gloomy, as well as both the Mad hatter and Captain Vidal are very controlling about what is talked about. This is to create the visual style of creepy, scary, unfriendly atmosphere.

Throughout all of these similarities the two movies symbolized the same theme, which is a young girl enters a new world of adult responsibilities and concerns. She is guided on her journey by a male character and embarks on a series of quests only to come out the other side feeling more mature, confident like a woman.

Final Presentation- Pan's Labyrinth vs. Alice in Wonderland

Pan's Labyrinth uses the myth of fairy tales and their frameworks to tell a story that takes place during the Spanish civil war about a young girl who may or may not be a mythological princess of 
 fantasy kingdom. Her mother has just remarried an army captain Vidal, who is about to give birth to Vidal first son. Ofelia is forced to entertain herself as her mother and new stepfather get settled into their new home.  Ofelia ventures off into a tunneling maze by fallowing a bug to find a mythical faun, Pan. Pan begins to convince Ofelia that she is the lost princess of legend and in order for her to return to her fantasy home she must first complete a series of quests. Ofelia is intrigued and sets out to complete these series of quests.


Throughout the movie Pan's Labyrinths there are many similarities to other fairy tale movies. One movie that I found very similar in many different ways was the movie Alice in Wonderland. The story plot of these two movies is actually vary similar with Alice spotting a white rabbit staring at his pocket watch and Alice being curious  fallows him down a hole into a fantasy world with a long hallway full of doors she then is sent on series of quests to get out.

In short they have the same plot: The girl becomes a woman by entering a scary fantasy world, realizing the rules of this world are false and returns home.

Interesting Use of Music

I chose to do the famous song from Rocky Balboa. This song is known all over and people who haven't even seen the movie can tell you what part of the movie this song is from as well as the name of the movie. I picked this scene because I personally would listen to this theme song before playing sports and it would just pump me up before each game. This song is played in the scene where Rocky is training himself for the big fight and he is running throughout town and ends up running all the way up the Philadelphia Art Museums stairs.

Water

The movie water give viewers insight into want it is like to be living in a cast system, and how some countries treat others especially women. In this movie you see how women are treated horribly  because their husbands have died and they have become widows. This movie was named Water because of the insight it gives views on how important water is to the society of India. Throughout the movie you will see how water is being used for many different things such as; a cleanser for not only hygiene but holy cleanser as well, becoming pure, a source for transportation.

special effects

Special effects are used in almost any and every movie made now a days. Special effects has a wide range of components from sound effects to green screen. Above is an example of special effects that was used all over the movie Inception especially in this hallway fight scene.

Appropriate or Inappropriate use of music?

Throughout the movie Tsotsi, their is a common theme of music. From the opening scene to the closing credits you hear music playing. This movie took place is South Africa, where music is a huge part of their culture so naturally you hear African music played throughout the movie. You can hear up beat hip hop music playing when the main characters are at a bar drinking and talking, along with throughout the film where their is social gatherings, and in my eyes this is appropriate use of music. However, in different parts of this film you hear music playing where you may not consider it to be appropriate. For example, when Tsotsi is in his house and the baby starts to cry he decides to turn on the radio and have hip hop, gangster music playing for two different reasons. One reason is so that no one around his house can hear the baby cry and secondly as a attempt to get the baby to stop crying. To me this was an inappropriate way to use music because he could of chosen a more soothing type of music to help calm the baby.