EL ORFANATO: Post-Film Analysis
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1. Symbolism in Character Names
laurel wreathes and Laura
DIRECTIONS: Names of the key characters in El Orfanato seem to be carefully and symbolically chosen.
(a) Choose FIVE names to look for their meaning
(b) Then, explain their symbolic use within the film.
(Laura, Carlos, Simon, Tomas, Benigna, Pilar, Aurora)
(a) Choose FIVE names to look for their meaning
(b) Then, explain their symbolic use within the film.
(Laura, Carlos, Simon, Tomas, Benigna, Pilar, Aurora)
- Meanings of Names (Use the controls in the tan box. Be sure to select "first name" and choose a "gender." Then, begin your search.)
- Baby Names (This site will give you definitions in several nationalities. Click Spanish.
2. Allusions & Intertextuality
DIRECTIONS:
(a) Outline the various portrayals of "lost boys" in the different films alluding to Peter Pan.
(b) Connect the desription of the lost boys with the equivalent characters in El Orfanato. Do the same with Wendy and Peter Pan.
Who Are the Lost Boys?
(a) Outline the various portrayals of "lost boys" in the different films alluding to Peter Pan.
(b) Connect the desription of the lost boys with the equivalent characters in El Orfanato. Do the same with Wendy and Peter Pan.
Who Are the Lost Boys?
3. Mediums & Psychics
DIRECTIONS:
(a) Watch teh short documentary "Mediums & Psychics"
(b) Determine THREE CONNECTIONS between the documentary and what happens in the film. Explain each of your connections with details from the documentary and the film.
You can review the "Regression Scene" if necessary.
(a) Watch teh short documentary "Mediums & Psychics"
(b) Determine THREE CONNECTIONS between the documentary and what happens in the film. Explain each of your connections with details from the documentary and the film.
- Mediums & Psychics A short documentary video
You can review the "Regression Scene" if necessary.
- Regression Scene with the medium in El Orfanato
IMAGE SOURCES:
Illustrated Laurel Wreathes www.istockphoto.com
Laura from The Orphanage http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/orphanage-the-2007
Wendy from Peter Pan by Sloppygee http://sloppygee.deviantart.com/art/Letting-Go-Wendy-from-Peter-Pan-282484102
Aurora and team in The Orphanage http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2008/jan/11/movie-review-the-orphanage-el-orfanato/
Illustrated Laurel Wreathes www.istockphoto.com
Laura from The Orphanage http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/orphanage-the-2007
Wendy from Peter Pan by Sloppygee http://sloppygee.deviantart.com/art/Letting-Go-Wendy-from-Peter-Pan-282484102
Aurora and team in The Orphanage http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2008/jan/11/movie-review-the-orphanage-el-orfanato/