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Live or Die brief Synopsis The year is 2012, Finn Monty have ruled the destructive city of Nuneaton for half a decade, expanding and becoming more powerful everyday. However it could all come crumbling down if he doesn't take care of business. He must eliminate long time friends Archie Boswell and Patrick Keenan. Keenan's targeted for stealing money from the business and Boswell because he's a loose cannon and has killed multiple people in public areas, one being rival gang leader Clayton Johnson. Monty and his boys cleverly figure out how to deal with both problems so they order Boswell to do what he does best, to kill Keenan. It seems all a bit too easy for Boswell when Keenan is waiting alone in a cemetery. He follows through with the kill but it got messy for Boswell so he flees immediately after.  Trying to clean himself up as he leaves, he is met by two of Monty's associates who have been ordered to take care of Boswell. He

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With close reference to one scene from "pan's labyrinth", explore how cinematography and mise-en-scene create meaning. The pale man sequence begins with the camera zooming out from Ofelia as she is entering the pale mans layer. This is followed by a cross-dissolve showing the corridor. The first shot uses a lot of low-key lighting whereas the second uses high-key lighting to show the transition from the real world where the Spanish civil war is happening  and franco is the dictator of Spain to the fantasy world. Del Toro has used a lot of red in the second shot to create a warm atmosphere  for the mis-en-scene. The camera continues to track backwards making Ofelia smaller and smaller. This could portray the idea that Ofelia's knowledge of the world around her is very limited and she feels more comfortable in the fantasy world.  There is a jump cut to a chair being paced on the floor as the camera tilts up to show Ofelia. This could show that the chair is goin