The Power Of A Child s Imagination - 1590 Words

Muhanad Alenezi Film Studies 101 November 19, 15 The Power of a Child’s Imagination Guillermo del Toro, a respected director has been credited for many of his films. Among his popular Pan’s Labyrinth, del Toro exposes his true power as a filmmaker in his movie as the innocent is lured by the power of imagination. Ofelia s traumatic young experiences are influencing her imaginary gateways to new worlds. In this movie, Guillermo del Toro uses different elements of film style to get an insight of Ofelia s vivid and detailed imagination of how her imaginary world is much preferred over her realistic world. At the begging of the movie, we can see del Toro’s use of mise-en-scene appear to set the mood of the film. The†¦show more content†¦Del Toro’s use of lighting and color allowed us to explore and comprehend Ofelia’s thoughts and shows clues for the movie’s implicit meaning. Lighting used in Ofelia gives us a better understanding between her reality and fantasy. A strong example would be towards the end of the movie when her father shoots Ofelia. The colors turned dark and as the whole place went shadowy showing the misery of Ofelia’s realistic world as she ‘dies’ slowly. Suddenly, bright yellow lights pervaded the scene as Ofelia turn into Princess Moana. Del Toro’s slight change of color had created two completely different worlds, one where imagination provides immortality, and a realistic one where death is not an option. Ofelia’s room is dark and there is barely any light, which portrays her reality. Nevertheless, in the mystical underground of the pale man’s home the light is relatively brighter, which just goes to show that Ofelia’s realistic life is depressing. Her imagination, however, is not astonishing but is preferred over her reality. She enters the paranormal underground wearing a full green dress and Ofelia’s face is saturated. Green is the color of nature; it symbolizes freshness, fertility, and holds with it a strong emotional correspondence with safety. The color of her dress has successfully shown her dream of escaping the real world and entering the unknown world. This indirectly indicates Ofelia’s passionate personality when she is aware that her