The Fight Scene Analysis

n combination with costume, Stromberg also uses setting in these three scenes in order to allow the audience to identify the significant change in Maleficent 's personality before, during and after the lose of her wings. Through the use of setting, the audience can physically feel the change and this causes them to see the effect that the actions of the characters have had on their personalities. The beginning scene sets up our identification of the Moors as ‘good’ and the heaven of the two settings. When the audience views an establishing shot of the Moors, we can see golden sunshine illuminating the green, luscious forests and a castle that is present in the foreground of the shot. Stromberg has used these colours in this scene as it allows …show more content…
The use of dark grey colours and blacks causes the feeling of death and sadness, which is the exact opposite of the Moors. There is also an immense amount of fog rolling towards them, which is again significant of evil, death and makes the audience feel smothered by these feelings. The use of fog is also foreshadowing by using pathetic fallacy, which is when the weather predicts the next scenes mood. Another symbolic scene of the extreme juxtaposition between the two worlds occurs when we see an establishing shot of the moors, looking for the human world. In the scene, we see a heavenly, angelic ray of sunshine shining through the metaphorical ‘gates’ which consist of a hedge. This is significant of the ‘evil’ or ‘hell’ that the human world is perceived and the ‘heaven’ or ‘good’ that the Moors is perceived as. The biggest change in setting occurs after Maleficent loses her wings and heads to her castle. We see an establishing shot of Maleficent walking up to her castle and instead of being sunshine filled and golden coloured like before, it is now covered in fog, snow and …show more content…
By changing Maleficent 's costume from golden, natural materials and a soft looking face and hair to severe, black and demon looking and then back again, Stromberg makes the audience see that Maleficent is neither good nor evil but a combination of both. The use of setting showed the change in Maleficent 's personality and her transformation into her ‘demon’ self. When looked at through a theological view, Maleficent is a perfect example of how no one is either good or bad, we are all a little of both and have the capability to switch between both. In Christianity, the conflict between good and evil has been an ongoing debate since the beginning of time. In the Bible, Jeremiah 17:9 states that "The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse—who can understand it?", which can easily be seen in Maleficent by the love that she feels towards Stefan, and the effects that the heartbreak this love has caused on her. Maleficent was essentially raped when her wings were burned off, and this caused her psyche to change from a soft, caring nature to full of revenge and hatred. However, her movement from good to evil to good, or angel to demon to angel showed the audience that even though she was abused and spiritually raped by a man, she was able