Why? Part three!

I think that Guillermo del Toro chose to do a plot like this is because maybe he had an evil step parent or had a dream as a kid and loved fairy tales? In an article I read, he states "I wanted 'Pan's Labyrinth' to speak to the true origin of fairy tales, which were conceived to be parables told by the fire — mostly by a traveling tailor or cobbler — to the entire household," del Toro says. "They needed to enrapture adults as well as children, and more often than not, they contained very brutal situations: incest, cannibalism, patricide, infanticide, war, pestilence. They were very brutal, but out of that brutality and darkness, the magic glows deeper. Over the years, people sanitized them." I also read that he has done every type of violence imaginable in my other films, but the violence in 'Pan's Labyrinth' is different," del Toro says. "It's calculated to serve a function. It's not gleeful or comedic violence: It's off-putting and incredibly stomach-churning. If we were being voyeuristic, each killing would be quote-unquote 'cooler' than the last. But as Vidal kills more people, the murders become more and more matter-of-fact."

This movie over all was very well put together, I didn't expect to like it as much as I did. 

Proposal

Pan's Labyrinth uses the myth of fairy tales and the fairy framework to tell a dark story of a young girl, who believes in magic, living in the midst of a war in Spain with her slowly dying mother and a monster for a stepfather. It is hard to connect this film with just one fairy tale in particular because Guillermo del Toro includes so many elements from the fairy tale framework itself. For example, good versus evil, use of magic, having the main character complete tasks with a guide, a role model who is dying, a trip into another world, the chance to become a princess, etc. There are pieces in this film that could really go with several fairy tales but for some reason, Cinderella stuck out to me in reguards to having mean stepparents-- So I chose to compare the two. 

Cinderella & Pans Labyrinth

 Lady Tremaine is a nasty, mean-spirited old woman who forces Cinderella to perform unnecessary chores and duties, and even encourages her own daughters, Drizella and Anastasia, to tease and mock their kind-hearted stepsister at every occasion. Lady Tremaine is so evil, in fact, that even her cat, Lucifer, comes off as a vicious and reprehensible figure. And who else but a very evil person would name a cat Lucifer, anyway?

I compared Pan's Labyrinth to Cinderella because Ofelia has a very oppressive and "dictator" type step father. Once Ofelia arrives at the war camp, she meets with her new step-father, a cruel and sadistic Captain Vidal. The character is a perfect representation of Spanish Fascism and, on a philosophical level, of the oppressive material world most people abide in without questioning which prohibits the full emancipation of the being.



I compared these two because I thought they were similar in many ways. You watch a step parent take control of a nice child. Both of the women in these stories were very determined, loved their families, and simply loved the world- and they were unfortunately were in a bad situation with a step parent.

Children Of Corn Theme DUNN DUNN DUUNNNNN

Children Of The Corn

There's something utterly spooky about kids singing the same simple syllables over and over. "Ah-Ah-Ah-Ahhhh Ah-Ah".

SO CREEPY!!!!!

TSOTSI

In the movie Tsotsi, I have to be honest and say that I didn't enjoy this movie at all. The reason being is because I didn't like how dark it was. The music in the music didn't really sit right with me at times- it was very ghetto and reggae at the same time. being a hoodlum and living by a code of violence, and he and his gang of thugs prowl the streets of Johannesburg day and night, attacking those who fail to give them what they want, the music by Zola was upbeat at points in time when they were harming someone. Overall I didn't like the movie, but it was well put together and I understood it. 

WATER

Deepa Mehta: Water. 
The film is based on cultural perspectives as well as spiritual. "Water" is very apparent in the movie and the water is from the Ganga River which is very sacred in Hindu Religion. For example, they used the water to clean a soul and send it to heaven. They also use it to bathe and or freshen up because purity is sacredness. 
 

Special Effects

In the Avengers movie, there were a lot of special effects, this one being my favorite. I watched a trailer on the Avengers and often, they use a green screen and many tools that make the actors fly, along with animations, and lights in the background to create the imagine the dream of. It's amazing!

The Whale Rider

The "Whale Rider”film told the story of how women can be treated in certain cultures. The plot was mainly about a grandfather who wanted a grandson but instead got a granddaughter. He was very un-accepting of her, treating her like she was dirt. This was very much an understanding of their culture (Maori). Although her grandfather disliked her a lot of the time, she tried to push to prove that she was worth enough. A great example is that Koro was very for the culture, and who ever spoke badly about it was put in their place-- he was very set in his ways. 

 

Transitions

This is transition is from my friends short movie called "surfing" in California. She uses the water to transition and make it look like she is back up on the water, surfing the wave faster.

The Road Home

In this movie, they have a lot of symbols one being, they use the color red! Di wears her red scarf every time she goes to visit the school teacher. She then weaves a banner that is the color red that symbolizes hope and or a new beginning. There was so many symbols in this film and as I talked about it with my class mates. The barrette was also in the film that signified the teacher mssing her when he left. So when Di lost the barrette, she was so upset.