PLAN - PAN'S LABYRINTH / CITY OF GOD

PLAN

Introduction:

Themes; power, conflict, corruption, crime, patriarchy, violence.

PARA 1:

Pan's labyrinth - feast scene - Vidal head of table

Vidal as a villain; patriarchy and power

Irony - rationing cards for peasants while feast is laid

PARA 2:

PL - pale man - how this relates to the Vidal scene (framing and blocking, miss-en scene, cinematography) similarity of framing.

Themes - Vidal and pale man both in control - power structures.

Del Toros fascination with monsters - Vidal monster.

PARA 3:

City Of God - Benny's death scene.