Pan's Labyrinth: Representation of the Characters

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Pan's Labyrinth: representation of the characters
Representation of:
 - Ofelia
 - Capitan Vidal
 - Mercedes
 - Carmen


- Representation in relation to films
- Different traits/characteristics that different characters in Pan's Labyrinth have
- Analysing how different characters are represented + how meaning is generated through the representations


Representation:
- Refers to way that film presents people/communities/experiences/events/ideas (e.g. political ideologies)
- Analysing how film presents world to spectators: what messages/values it's promoting with regards to people/places/ideas


Analysing Representations:
- Important to consider film's contexts, have impact on why representations are as they are
- Is representation influenced by director/filmmakers/studio values or experiences
- Representation of person/group/ideology refers to dominant social/political/cultural ideologies at the time of the film was made/set or does it purposely represent these in a different way?


Important to consider key elements of film form are working to contribute to a film's representation:
- How's cinematography/lighting/sound/mise-en-scene work to make you think/feel certain way about characters.


Key points: Blue Light = Cold/mysteriousness, Red Light = Anger, Props = Mise-en-scene


Gender representations in Pan's Labyrinth:
Traditional male roles/qualities in PL
- Dominant
- Brutal
- Aggressive Masculinity
- Strong
- Simple Minded
- Self Assured
- Arrogant
- Narcissistic
- Depraved


Traditional female gender roles/qualities in PL
- Determined
- Quietly powerful
- Strong: hide at beginning, conforms to social norms
- Damsel in distress
- Cunning
- Brave
- Daring
- Oppressed
- Outwardly inferior
- Outwardly submissive -> submissiveness is an act
- Restrained
- Self reliant


Ofelia










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