On May 9th, 2014, I had the honor of seeing Shrek the Musical, beautifully performed at Casa Del Prado Theatre, in Balboa Park. It was such a compelling performance that it felt as if the hit movie Shrek was coming to life through the acting, directing, lighting, costumes, and makeup/hair. Shrek the Musical tells a story about a gigantic green ogre named Shrek (played by Connor Marsh) who, after being mocked and feared his entire life by anything that crossed his path, finds solitude in a horrendous
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
Character Analysis of Shrek and Lord Farquaad In traditional fairytales, ogres are man-eating beasts. The prince usually rescues the princess; 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 filmmakers use different presentational devices to create an unusual fairytale
journey. From the film Shrek, Shrek is a hero that has aspects of both Campbell’s “Hero’s Journey” and “Heroic Archetypes.” Setting out on an adventure to get his swamp back from Lord Farquad, Shrek rescues Princess Fiona from a tower that contains a dragon; even though he finishes the quest, Shrek finds himself refusing to return back to his swamp without Fiona. Similarly, one of Campbell’s “Heroic Archetype’s” accurately describes Shrek in his journey. All in all, Shrek conveys the ideas present
beasts. The prince usually rescues the princess, 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 film makers use different interpretations making Shrek as good and the Prince as evil to create an unusual fairytale. In traditional fairytales they start with an elaborate
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
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 experience of Shrek we may be
In the 2001 animated film, Shrek, 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
child has seen. Shrek is not comparable numerous of the traditional fairy tales that people learn about as a child. Shrek did not date back to centuries ago, it was not told orally, then someone wrote it down, and it has not been rewritten in other countries and changed due to different cultures. While Shrek is a unique modern tale about Ogres, talking animals, magic and more surprises it is also a spoof and audience should recognize common characters. In the article “Shrek and Shrek II” by Jessica
Love in The Beauty and the Beast and Shrek Love is a common theme not only in the entertainment industry, but as well as in life. Love sells, and people in the movie industries understand this and gain from the profit. Movies often portray love between two people who are both beautiful, and not always the best person they can be on the inside. In Disney’s The Beauty and the Beast and Dreamworks’ Shrek not only do they have two people fall in love, but also they show how love is blind. When
In the beloved tale of a Dreamworks production “Shrek”, directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson. The animated film was released in theaters in 2001, it was based off of satirical comedy in the typical storybook world that has kids and even hidden adult humor that makes the entertainment fun for everyone. The story begins with the main character, Shrek played by Mike Myers, narrates about a story of “true loves first kiss” in an intricate story book and ends up closing up the story thinking that
Shrek The GRRR-eatest Farytale Never told!!! Finally, a 'family film' you can sink your teeth into. Based on a William Steig’s book about a green ogre. This computer animated film is aimed at children as well as adults. And what a excellent story line. The theme of the film is comedy. The general message was that it does not matter if your pretty or ugly looking. It matters what’s in the inside not the outside. When it comes to computer-generated motion pictures, Shrek has once more raised
Use of Parody in Shrek The basic plot line of `Shrek' is there is an ogre called Shrek, his swamp is taken over by conventinal fairytale characters and the only way to get rid of them is too save the princess. Shrek and princess Fiona fall in love. Then Fiona turns out to be an ogre, and then Shrek and Fiona marry. And as said in the film they live ugly ever after. In a conventional fairytale this wouldn't happen as the hero himself would go save the damsel in distress. Then they would marry
A Comparison of the Animated Films Shrek and Snow White 1937. Two years before the start of World War Two. Technology wasn't even starting to advance when they made the first animated feature film, Snow White. It cost 1.4 million dollars which today is a lot of money. The film was made by a company called "Disney" and it took over 750 artists to work on it. It was developed and made on single cell animation drawn by hand and traced onto an acetate or celluloid. Each shot moves at 24 frames
Shrek too numberless is just a funny good-hearted kid’s movie, that almost any child has seen. Shrek is not like numerous of the traditional fairy tales that people learn about as a child. Shrek did not date back to centuries ago, it was not told orally, then someone wrote it down, and it has not been rewritten in many countries and changed due to different cultures. While Shrek is a unique modern tale about Ogres, talking animals, magic and more surprises it is also a spoof and audience should recognize
Throughout Shrek 2 many modern day brands and the celebrity culture we have cultivated are obviously being parodied and mocked. During the movie, when the Fairy Godmother picked the King up to have an talk she had the driver of the flying carriage stop at Friars Fat Boy. Here the place imitates a fast food place such as Mcdonalds, even including a mockery of their famous Kid’s meal with the Medieval Meal. Though in place of the included toy it had a battle ax in its place. Later on there is a red
Presentational Devices in Shrek In this essay I am going to show the different techniques the director uses and analyse the characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad to show how the makers of the film reverse tradition and create an original and amusing fairytale. The film opens with peaceful, traditional romantic non-diegetic music playing and the voice of Shrek as a narrator as he reads part of a fairytale book. By using this music and Shrek as a narrator, the director manages to lead
In traditional fairy tales, ogres are man-eating beasts. The Prince usually rescues the Princess; 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
Presentation Devices in Shrek In traditional fairy tales, ogres are man-eating beasts. The Prince usually rescues the Princess, 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? This essay is going to be about how the makers of Shrek use presentational devices to manipulate the tradition of fairy tales, by changing the roles of the characters. For instance, in
self-concept as they pertain to Shrek, Donkey, Princess Fiona, and Prince Farquar. Your answer needs to address the components of self. In your answer, include how self-concept affects the way that they communicate. Remember that communication includes cognitive, listening and speaking processes. According to the looking glass theory, we use others as a mirror to see ourselves and we imagine what others think of us then include these imaginings in our self concept. In the movie “Shrek”, the main character and