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Fantasy Films as Colour Posters

Fantasy films build worlds where colour is a storytelling device: the emerald green of an enchanted forest, the gold of a royal court, the black of a threat. In Pan's Labyrinth the contrast between a warm fairy-tale world and a cold reality is the whole idea of the film. The poster makes such contrasts visible. The rings variant looks almost like a magic sigil, the classic barcode like a curtain of light. For everyone who would rather read and watch their way into another world.