Thesis Statement/Introduction Steps

- Pick specific key words/re-write question
- Thinking time
- Select key scenes
- Plan essay structure
- Write thesis statement
- Link to other MACROS
- Link to question
- Link to context
- Evidence

Genre in Amelie

- Romantic Comedy
- Obvious good characters from bad
- Classic Hollywood Narrative is a common convention of romantic comedies, therefore makes it easy to follow and accept worldwide
- Use of heterosexual relationship makes it more internationally acceptable
- Use of romantic comedy genre allows the film to support the myth that Paris is "The City of Love"

Genre Pans Labyrinth

- Marketing affected by genre
- Fantasy well marketed internationally
- U.S trailer presents the film as slightly horror
- Easy to understand film due to its fantasy genre
- Genre is the same all over the world, makes it easily accessible
- Propps Theory (fairytale)
- Its genre is not important for messages therefore it is easier to accept worldwide

Genre Question Preparation

Genre: Amelie, Pans Lanyrinth

Amelie – Romantic Comedy

-       Amelie uses the genre of romantic comedy to appeal worldwide to any audiences, it is a stereotype of the genre of romantic comedy that the film will follow the classic Hollywood narrative making it a presumption of any going to see it in other films that they will easily be able to follow the narrative as it is a convention of the genre

-       Uses a heterosexual relationship within the romance to make it acceptable worldwide

 Pans Labyrinth – Fantasy

-       Pans Labyrinth uses the fantasy genre as it is one that is accepted worldwide and can be viewed and understood by all audiences

-       Offers an opportunity for people to watch the film as a serious contextually strong piece of national cinema or as simply a fantasy from Ofelia’s point of view allowing it to be an international bestseller

-       The use of fantasy allows the messages of the film to be portrayed through the innocent eyes of a child, without the use of fantasy Ofelia would be facing up to real people rather than the monsters that she and we as the viewer sees

-       Allows us through the use of a fantasy genre to see how the war scars the children of Spain at the time

Pan's Labyrinth Study Slideshare

Pan's Labyrinth study pack from leannacatherina

Style in Amelie

One of Amelie's most obvious characteristics from the outset is its style. The film makes use of heavy colour grading giving every scene and location in the film a warm romantic film. This contributes to making the film both enjoyable and beautiful but also to selling Paris as a tourist location to the viewers of the film. Throughout the film there are no negative views presented about Paris, showing the film is "tourist cinema".

The style has been heavily criticised for portraying nothing about the true situation of France however it can be argued that the film makes use of this warm, colourful style to present the state of the mind of Amelie. As we follow her for the duration of the film it shows the viewer her childish state of mind and the stark contrast between that and what the true situation of Paris actually is.

City of Lost Children and Delicatessen Sweded

Pans Labyrinth Cause and Effect Timeline

 

Sourced from David Owootomo

Auteur Theory

http://jasminea2film.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/french-auteur-theory.html

Style and Magical Realism in Pans Labyrinth

http://lukenuttera2filmstudies.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/style-magical-realism-in-pans-labyrinth.html

Pans Labyrinth Overview

Pan's Labyrinth from lukenutter

Pans Labyrinth Key Scene

http://davidoa2film.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/pans-labyrinth-cause-effect.html