'Pan's Labyrinth' Opening and Ending scene analysis/comparison
Youtube link: 'Opening' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMnp-XmMiEg Youtube link: 'Ending' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvjiQTdcCRU The film, 'Pan's Labyrinth', (directed by Guillermo Del Toro,) opens and ends with two near identical scenes. Beginning with little to no visual detail, the viewer(s) is only given the faint sound of (semi-fast) breathing; the sound is non-diegetic at first, creating a sense of ambiguity as well as emphasising the sound as it is not contested by any visual distractions. As the shot pans (no pun intended) upward, it is revealed that the source of the (now diegetic) sound is a (presumably severely) injured girl who is bleeding profusely from her nose; this indicates that she is possibly suffering from either internal bleeding or brain damage, given the setting she is in, one would assume that she wouldn't be able to receive the necessary treatment required to heal such wounds in time, further emphasising the
Very Interesting Jamie Pitcher it is kind of Yoda meets Chris Eubanks in delivery. We definitely have something that we can work with here. i am looking forward to seeing what other characterisation you can create. Maybe a little work is required on the creative application side of things, I am optimistic!
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