Pan's Labyrinth Shots

Shot by shot

*Pan's Labyrinth (2006) - Guillermo del Toro, Spain*

FIRST SHOT:

Camera Angle: Oblique/Canted

• Camera is tilted to suggest transition & instability

Kind of shot: Close-up shot

•Shows very little background

•Concentrates on Pan’s facial expression

• Allows the viewer to get into her mind

•Viewers can get uncomfortable with this shot

Camera’s movement: CRANE SHOT

•it moves gradually to the left, towards a 90Ð'o degree and then to an extreme close-up of Pan’s eye

SECOND SHOT:

Camera Angle: High Angle (left -> right)

• The camera is elevated above the action using a crane to give general overview

Kind of shot: Extreme long shot

•It is the scene setting, the actual establishing shot

•It shows the exterior of Pan’s “Underground Realm”

Camera’s movement: CRANE SHOT + tilt low angle)

•Sort of “Dolly shots” but in the air

•It also moves up, then right, then left вЂ" similar to the first shot

•It moves diagonally out of the action

THIRD SHOT:

Camera Angle: Eye level

•Neutral shot; as if a human is observing the view(scene)

Kind of shot: Crane shot

•It shows the image corresponding to the real distance between the audience and the scenario

Camera’s movement: DOLLY SHOT (Tracking shot)

•Camera is placed on a moving vehicle

•Camera moves around to show how Ofelia met the “outside world”

FOURTH SHOT:

Camera Angle: Eye level (low -> high -> extreme long)

•Neutral shot, as if a human is observing the action

•The camera is placed around 5feet from the ground

Kind of shot: Long shot

•Shows the scene approximately as if we would see in real life

•Includes a FULL SHOT of the cars, and the figures inside

Camera’s movement: DOLLY SHOT вЂ" possible pan or crane

•Camera is placed on a moving vehicle

•It moves alongside with the action

•It follows the cars

FIFTH SHOT:

Camera Angle: P.O.V

•Ofelia is reading a book вЂ" This shot is shown as if we were observing the book from her shoulder while she reads it

Kind of shot: Close-up

•We dnt see the entire book

•We can actually READ what’s written in the book

Camera’s movement: HANDHELD SHOT

•It gives a gritty realism, as if we were beside Ofelia

SIXTH SHOT:

Camera angle: Eye level (or it could be Low angle)

•After this shot we realize that Ofelia is actually short

Kind of shot: Medium two shot

•It contains Ofelia and her mother from the waist up

•It is a dialogue scene

Camera’s movement: PAN

•It scans the scene horizontally

•It follows the conversation keeping Ofelia in the middle of the frame

SEVENTH SHOT:

Camera angle: Eye level

•Neutral shot

•Ofelia’s head occupies most of the frame

Kind of shot: close-up

•Shows very little background

•Magnifies Ofelia’s face expression

•Shot used to make us feel comfortable about Ofelia (unlike the very first shot of the movie)

Camera’s movement: Medium shot

•Scans the scene horizontally towards Ofelia’s mother

EIGHTH SHOT:

Camera Angle: eye level

•Neutral shot

Kind of shot: close-up

•Shows very little background

•Ofelia’s mom talking

Camera’s movement: Medium shot

•Scans the scene horizontally towards Ofelia

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