In both movies, the girls were given several tasks to complete in order to get what they wanted. Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away is a series of stories about working hard, sacrificing for others, and finding some good in your enemies. Chihiro, the main character finds a spirit land in a neglected amusement park.
Getting the job of saving her parents who have been turned into pigs after greedily divulging the food meant for the gods, Chihiro finds herself an outsider at a bathhouse for the gods. But her readiness to assist every creature is what guides her though this bizarre society. Through every test, she must hold on to her identity as magical powers threaten to capture her into slavery.
Pan's Labyrinth portrays its fantasy elements in a fairly plain and honest manner, as a kid's-eye view of adult animal-like violence. Slowly, as …show more content…
Different colors were used to differentiate between reality and fantasy. He used blue undertones to represent reality and golden red hues for fantasy. When he showed the faun’s world, he used green colors. As the movie gets towards the end, the colors start to blend together as if they are infecting each other, as the story moves from one world to another. I think it was genius for Guillermo to use different colors to contrast the two worlds because it created an emotional effect that could not have been achieved if it had been monochromatic. There is a lot of blue used, usually to indicate sadness and darkness. In the scene where Ophelia returns to the woods, she’s wearing a green dress to signify her connection with nature, in this case the faun. Whenever she is snapped back into reality, the blue tint returns, signifying