The Characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad In this essay I am going to analyse the characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad. I will also explore the different presentational devices used by the film creators of Shrek to craft an unusual fairytale. This film cost $6 million to produce. It is based on a traditional fairytale type story but subverted. The film was produced by Dreamworks - Steven Spielberg's production company. Dreamworks make animated films. It has a rival animation company
Analyzing Characteristics of Shrek and Lord Farquaad In this essay, I am going to analyse the characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad, and write about how film makers use different presentational devices to create an unusual fairytale. In 'Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs' the Prince freed Snow White from the spell by kissing her. In 'Jack And The Beanstalk' the giant chases Jack and wants to eat him. In Shrek we see a different type of fairytale which shows that Shrek is a modern fairytale
When Lord Farquaad condemned all of the fairy tale creatures to Shrek’s (an ogre) swamp, he makes his way to the castle, with his trusty side-kick Donkey, to demand their removal. While there, he won a fight against the best knights of the land, and won the chance to go on a quest for Lord Farquaad. The quest was to go save Princess Fiona from the highest tower, where a dragon was guarding her. After successfully rescuing the princess, it was time for Shrek to deliver her to Lord Farquaad. During the
an ogre by the same name is on a mission to to regain his swamp back after Lord Farquaad begins to use it as a refugee camp for captured fairy tale creatures. Shrek is accompanied by a talking donkey, named Donkey. While on the quest to get his swamp back, he makes a deal with Lord Farquaad to go on another quest: rescuing Princess Fiona. The deal is that if Shrek rescues Princess Fiona for Lord Farquaad, Lord Farquaad will give Shrek the deed to his swamp and remove all of the squatters. Shrek agrees
Shrek: The Kindness of the Ogre Revealed Lord farquaad and Shrek use the correlation between them to distort the traditional fairy tale. Shrek barges in just before the happily ever after and changes the story for the better? To explain how filmmakers use presentational devices to change the traditional fairy tale to something more exciting and adventurous, I am going to analyze the characters of Shrek and lord farquaad. A traditional fairy tale that contains an ogre or something synonymous
“supernatural aid”, Donkey (a guide who assists Shrek), they head for Du Lock to get Shrek his swamp back. (Warren) When they arrive at Duloc, Shrek makes a deal with Lord Farquaad to get his swamp back. The deal entails that Shrek rescue Princess Fiona from her tower guarded by a ferocious dragon, and bring her to Lord Farquaad; once the mission is completed, Shrek can ge... ... middle of paper ... ...f return from the journey, Shrek has the characteristics of Campbell’s “Hero’s Journey”. Likewise
the men so they do not capture her. Another well-incorporated scene that is from Snow White is when Lord Farquaad is asking the talking mirror who he should marry. Tiffin briefly mentions the magic mirror, and how it is in Snow White, but does not talk about it as closely as she does the other stories. The mirror he is asking and talks to is the talking mirror forms, Snow White. When Lord Farquaad gets the talking mirror, he even starts out by asking it “mirror, mirror on the wall, is this not a perfect
annoying by singing, making comments and constantly talking. From this we can see that Shrek is not as frightening as he should be. ... ... middle of paper ... ...al fairy tale the ogre would normally eat the princess or something. While Farquaad looks, in some ways, like a lord, his actions suggest that he is evil and uses other people for his own benefit. For example he used/married Princess Fiona just so he could become king and clearly didn't love her as when she transformed into an
they marry and live happily ever after. How do the makers of Shrek use presentational devices to reverse this tradition, to reveal the ogre as good, and the Prince as evil? In this essay, I am going to analyse the characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad, and write about how the filmmakers use different presentational devices to create an unusual fairy tale. In traditional fairy tales ogres and giants are horrific, man-eating beasts who grind bones and rips flesh. In 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
about. One day many fairytale creatures come to his swamp forced away from their homes by Lord Farquaad and his army. Shrek easily gets upset at the other fairytale creatures and Lord Farquaad for trespassing on his swamp. Shrek has no other choice to strike up a deal with the other fairy tale creatures and Lord Farquaad which leads Shrek on a journey full of ups and downs. Shrek agrees to bring Lord Farquaad a princess trapped in a castle in order to get his swamp back and the other fairy tale creatures
arrive at Shreks' swamp. Shrek sees them and immediately tries to scare them away, by saying that he will, "Grind your bones for my bread" the storybook characters are not scared by Shrek which surprises him and they then reply to Shrek that Lord Farquaad has sent them here.
The Presentation of Heroes and Villains in Shrek by DreamWorks and Other Traditional Fairytales in Walt Disney Stables DreamWorks's 'Shrek' is the award winning animated film from 2001, known to be the modern day fairytale with its informal language and alternative storyline. Shrek is very much the opposite of what we know to be traditional fairytales, tales that send out heart-felt warmth and feed the imagination. These tales of fantasy have been known throughout many generations and with
The movie was just so hilarious to me I just couldn’t stop watching it. My favorite part in the movie is when Shrek goes to confront Lord Farquaad about all of these enchanted creatures living in his swamp. There are a bunch of nights waiting to fight to see who is going to save princess Fiona from the big fire breathing dragon and bring her back to Lord Farquaad so he can marry her and finally be a king. Shrek interrupts the whole thing and they try to kill him, but he makes a fool of all the knights
Shrek's Message In 'Shrek' the roles of traditional fairy tale characters are switched. Shrek is the hero while Lord Farquaad is the evil character. Unlike traditional fairy tales like 'Jack and the Beanstalk' where the Giant is evil Jack is good. Different presentational devices are used to alter the view of the traditional fairy tale. The beginning of Shrek starts off with the traditional opening 'Once upon a time...' and is then cut off when Shrek says 'What a load of...' This is also
man screams "no…not my gumdrop buttons!" after which he is discarded into the waste bin. The parody of blind date, after being reminded that he cannot have a kingdom if he isn't a king, by the magic mirror, from Snow White. Lord Farquaad, has three beautiful women to choose from and after holding a competition to capture the princess, he strikes a deal with
people are seen drinking beer in a tavern, both Shrek and Farquaad have a martini alone at home, and a barrel of beer is used as a weapon Like almost every film ever made, there is a 'bad guy'. Throughout most of Shrek, it's wasn't clear to me who the bad guy was. Shrek himself is very rude and, at times, rather mean. Farquaad isn't exactly mean, but simply runs the kingdom, as any king should: with force and little tolerance. Lord Farquaad never actually becomes 'bad' until around the last 10
that crossed his path, finds solitude in a horrendous swamp, until a gang of homeless fairy-tale characters raid his swamp, saying that they have been evicted by the Lord Farquaad (played by Spencer Lynn). To recover his swamp, Shrek then makes a deal “I’ll get your homes back, if you give me my home back!” but when Shrek and Farquaad meet, the Lord makes a deal of his own: He’ll give the fairy-tale characters their homes back, if Shrek rescues Princess Fiona (played by Jazely Genovese) from her castle
The main characters in the Movie Shrek are Donkey, Princess Fiona, and Shrek. Shrek is an ogre who wants to regain his swamp, and travels along with an annoying donkey in order to bring Princess Fiona to a scheming lord, wishing himself King. I feel that each of them have absolutely unique personalities and characteristics because they help unravel the story by being who they are. Shrek goes on a quest to get his swamp back and doesn't expect anything else to happen. Shrek not only gets his swamp
audience appeal is through the films characterisation. The four main characters; Fiona-the princess, Shrek-the ogre, Donkey-Shreks companion, and Lord Farquaad-the evil guy, each have different personalities and very different characteristics. This makes the film interesting and appealing on a number of levels. Shrek, Donkey, Fiona and Farquaad each put across a different message to the audience, and each viewer, young or old, will be able to relate to at least one of the main characters.
Take a high pitched puppet, a spoiled lord with a Napoleon complex, and a dejected dragon and what do you get? “A whirlwind big city adventure!” as a certain noble steed would say gleefully with an irritable ogre following in his stead Shrek the Musical is not what it seems. For those who aren’t familiar with the 2001 film, in short, Shrek is about what happens when ironic filmmakers decide to parody Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and receive two Oscars as a result. Hailing from a monstrous solitary