Component 2 section A Global film

Pans labrinth

The 8 study areas for A-level film

1) film form 
2) meaning and response 
3) contexts 
4) spectatorship
5) narrative
6) ideology
7) Auteur
8) critical debates


Enigma codes Vs action codes


40 mark question on 1,2,3


Pans labyrinth (spain, Mexico) 2006 

 Writer, director, producer:
Guillermo del toro 

 Won three academy awards 
- Cinematography 
- Makeup 
- production design 

 Nominated 
- Foreign language film 
- original screenplay 
- original score 

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Nuevo cine mexicano

the PRI governed Mexico for over 70 years

corruption fraud and authoritarianism

prior to 2001 films were vetted

they controlled ticket prices

in 1995 the prices dropped

Nuevo cine mexicano

Use of actual locations
Documentary visual styles


Key themes

- issues with gender and women roles
- Rural Vs urban
- Modernism, religion and the economy
- Political issues
- Disintegration of society, values, morale etc
- Sexual unfulfilment
- Sci-fi and new horror thriller


Del toro

Fascination with monsters
Fairy tales
horror
visual beauty
Clockwork motifs
religious imagery

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