eden’s film blog

- food on the table was tempting to Ofelia, she disobeys the rules and eats two of the grapes because she is desperately hungry, after the civil war their is a lack in food supply, could have a biblical connotations of Adam and eve, when eve ate the apple - symbolic of both the catholic church during that era in Spain, of fascists and greedy rich white men I'm general  - position of pale man at the head of the table is the same as Captain Vidal's position in a previous scene, likens the two. Vidal is portrayed to be a heartless, mean and disrespectful man. His main worry was his unborn son carrying his last name. he would kill anyone in the way without hesitation he shed's blood of innocent people and has no compassion. The pale man dines off the blood of children to survive. Vidal's love for tobacco alcohol and food can be seen as parallel to the pale man's feast - his eyes being stuck in his hands means that he is constricted in his movements, as scary as he is he...

The font in the opening titles could be associated with the font you could find in an old fairy-tale book, reinforcing the theme of fairytales which is present throughout the film. The opening shot begins with the ending. The colour palette which is dark blue and black, produces a dark, sinister and cold atmosphere. The movement of this shot together with the next one takes us from the underground then into the light. When the camera lies on its side next to Ofelia then zooms in to her eye, entering her head, it foreshadows where the entire plot takes place; in her head. The warm oranges, green and yellow tones of the following scene creates a significant contrast in the tone. During the car journey, we see Ofelia absorbed in a fairytale book, this is the first impression we get of her. her mother tells her that she's too old to be fine her head with that kind of information, but later tells her she is too young to understand why she has to live with the Captain and refer to him as...