blue colour
mise-en-scene
creates a sombre tone reflecting the sadness/tragedy of her death – the real world is a cold/cruel place
ofelia’s eye is open
mise-en-scene
she doesn’t blindly obey – she understands things that Vidal doesn’t (his eyes are metaphorically closed) as he is blind to anything that goes against him – Vidal is incapable of seeing humanity whereas Ofelia is pure/innocent – the open eye challenges societal blindness (the pact of forgetting) as she’s breaking the 4th wall and a dead child is asking you not to forget/close your eyes
the setting of belchite
mise-en-scene
it was heavily ruined during the war and never rebuilt – by showing the village you can’t forget what happened and the memory of the people who were killed (the law of historical memory) – serves as a reminder of the realities of war – Franco originally used the village as a warning to those who would go against him
The camera rises up to the open sky from the underworld
cinematography
upwards movement from darkness to light shows an accension from fascism to democracy – liberation
the camera rotates anti-clockwise
The camera rotates anti-clockwise – you’re going back in time – critiques the pact of forgetting because you’re forced to watch the events in this film unfold and see this dark period – reversal of time (editing) so you won’t forget
Says that the Princess ‘forgot’ about the fantasy world when she entered the real world
performance
critique of the pact of fogetting
