MADOKA MAGICA: ON THE LABYRINTHS

The labyrinths in Madoka Magica are sheer colour/chaos display. Not eye candy, but eye drugs...

  

 

 

 

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snapshot of the otherness of the world within which

the girls are fighting their opponents. Here, the mise en scene

is composed of a stylised collage of food and cutlery, layered and presented in a way that 

runs completely contrary to the sterile reality of the real world. 

A still layer of what appears to be melted white frosting slowly lowering

 from the top of the frame while a table in the background sparkles. This then cuts to what seems to be a

box of sweets, featuring the same alien script that has been present in the witches'

worlds throughout the series so far.
After writhing and contorting for a brief moment, the box bursts, and then the frame splits like an eye opening.

This is reinforced by the background showing a spoon and

fork that bookend Charlotte, whose head is shaped like a bonbon in a wrapper. The

alien script at the bottom of the frame is reminiscent of icing and sprinkles on biscuits.

The worlds the witches inhabit are colourful and full of life, while simultaneously alienating the girls from them.