In the beginning of this scene we see a wide angle shot of the rebels gathered around Vidal's dead body, this marks the end of fascism as Vidal represents Francisco Franco. The rebels are back-lighted by a gold glowing flame from between the trees, the resistance are primarily shot among trees, this use of mise en scene is to show that they are trying to return Spain to its natural state of social equality and 'death' of the civil war. This glowing light symbolises a beacon of hope for Spain.
At this point we also hear the baby crying, this use of diegetic/Foley sound could reflect on the relief of the oppressed people finally having a voice. This is then cross dissolved into Mercedes finding Ofelia's body, here we see a link between Ofelia and her baby brother as they are both dressed in white, this often connotes purity. However Ofelia's dress is now stained in blood, the contrast between her dress and the dark red blood can represent their pain and the suffering that people have been through Franco's rule. There is low-key lighting in the labyrinth as the camera pans to follow Mercedes rushing to Ofelia's body. The camera zooms in on Ofelia's hand where blood drips off of her fingers, this cuts to a birds eye shot close up to where the blood is dripping to, which is a spiralling ring of water in the bottom of the labyrinth where the full circular moon is reflected. There is a reoccurring motif of circles in this film, i believe this is to continuously link back tot the idea of time, the film itself is a circular narrative, as if to symbolise that time repeats itself. This could be the reason that del Torro has directly related Vidal to Franco.
As Ofelia lays on the ground, her face is highlighted by top lighting, as the screen fades to a bright gold and she is basically reborn into the fantasy land. She stands a large room decorated red and gold which are colours that often associate with royalty or wealth, this use of mise en scene tells the audience that Ofelia has been taken somewhere better, that is Utopian compared to her past life. There is a shot reverse shot from Ofelia's bewildered face, to her new red shoes and back to her face. The red shoes can be interpreted as an inter-textual reference to the Wizard Of Oz.
The next shot is a wide angled long shot, establishing the setting that Ofelia has found herself in, it shows her father and "mother" sat on large pedestals, the height symbolising their power. The mise en scene is creating a warm atmosphere by using light from a large circular window, once again linking back to the reoccurring symbol of the circle. The bright warm lighting deeply contrasts to the cold dark atmosphere of the real world, this makes the fantasy world feel magical and surreal. The light coming from behind her parents shows them as angelic, this may lead people to believe this is a kind of paradise. Another somewhat 'religious' aspect would be that the window is mosaic, resembling something that would be in a church. This also makes the dream world contrast to the real world as they wouldn't have this there because their only ruler is Vidal. In this shot we wear a diegetic sound of clapping, showing that people are very happy to see her in this world, whereas in the real world she is simply seen as getting in the way of things, we know this as Vidal shot her for her 'disobedience'. This could be a reference to the silence of the people in the civil war.
As the scene fades to gold again and back into the real world, there is low key lighting as we see Mercedes crying, highlighting on her misery. Once again we see the full moon in the sky, relating back to the circle of life, specifically Ofelia's life as she was 'born from the moon'. We see the circle motif again as the camera tilts and pans upwards to show Ofelia's body lay next to the large circular 'rabbit hole' that may also be a contextual reference to Alice in wonderland.
This shot cross dissolves to show the tree that Ofelia previously visited, in that scene her costume greatly resembled Alice In Wonderland also. The tree's curvature matches the circle in the scene before, this use of editing creates continuity and a pleasing transition. This shot also cross dissolves into a closer up view on the entrance of the tree trunk. The tree trunk does out of focus as the camera focuses on a single branch where a flower grows, this flower represents her leaving her past life behind in the real world. We are also reminded of the opening scene as we see the cricket that later turns out to be a fairy, this is another aspect of the fantasy world that finds itself in the real world. This could be a way of showing there is now hope and happiness there, now that Vidal is dead. During these scenes the narrator speaks, solidifying the narrative and giving the audience and satisfying ending. The voice is strong and resembles an authoritative figure, almost like a godly presents.
