Review of Shrek In traditional fairy tales, ogres are man-eating beasts; they are
regarded as being one of the most evil and hideous creatures in
fairytales. The prince is derived as a charming and handsome young man
who is on a quest to rescue a beautiful Princess who has been held
captive for many years in a tall tower, guarded by a fire breathing
dragon, awaiting the arrival of a brave Prince.
The makers of Shrek have decided to reverse the tradition of a
stereotypical fairy tale, by creating a completely different story
line while trying to incorporate some tradition into the story.
In traditional fairytales the makers start with an elaborate book
which opens up to tell the introduction of the story, gradually each
page of the book turns to reveal the next page. The book starts by
telling the reader the background about the fairytale "Once upon a
time there lived a lovely princess". The book contains writing which
is being read by a narrator along side the writing are beautifully
painted illustrations.
In Shrek the makers have incorporated this same tradition by including
a leather binded book which is being read by a narrator, starting off
with the words 'Once upon a time', and also being accompanied by
gentle soothing music.
Just as the audience think that Shrek is going to be another
stereotypical fairy tale, a large green illuminated hand reaches out
and rips the page, the audience hears the flush of the toilet and we
can assume that Shrek used the piece of paer to wipe his bottom. The
calm music is replaced by a modern ...
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...reat film and has turned the fairy tale traditon upside
down it uses modern technology combined with old tradition to produce
a great film that has won many oscars and has gained it self
credibility along side all the greatest fairy tales. It is slighly
different to normal fairy tales changing the tradition slighly. shrek
incorporates both tradition and modern technology to take fairy tale
stroies to new limits. As a fairy tale Shrek had to be different in
some way as fairy tale stroies are growing fast out of date as
technology advances. Shrek lived up to its potential and has created a
new era of fairy tale stories cxombining both the old with the new.
Shrek reverses traditon in some areas but the makers of the film have
incorporated new ideas along side with the tradition to keep up with
the ever progressing time.
When you see Shrek for the first time it is hard to know what kind of
The following essay will be an explanation of how Shrek and the fairytale creature’s freedom of rights were violated. Although most people might not realize there were many violations executed by lord Farquaad against most of the characters in the movie. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is very important because it provides justice and protection for every human individual. Shrek is an ogre who just wanted to be left alone but his swamp was invaded by the rest of the fairytale creatures. He goes on a quest to save Princess Fiona for Lord Farquaad. Along his journey he has to overcome many obstacles despite his rights being violated every step of the way. Lord Farquaad was an unjust ruler; he violates fundamental freedoms, Democratic
My group including Alisha, Claire, Jessica and myself have decided to perform a re-told story of Macbeth in a fairy-tale context. The context we choose was 'Shrek'.
Shrek’s journey begins when he receives an invitation from Fiona’s father and promptly travels to the city of Far Far Away. Barely arriving home from his honeymoon, Shrek is “hereby summoned to the kingdom of Far Far Away in celebration of [his] marriage” (Adamson, Asbury, Vernon, Shrek 2). He discerns that Fiona compels him to attend; however, Shrek has observed the grandiose procession during the reading of his summoning, and remarks he is out of place, being an ogre. By highlighting the differences brought upon by the notice, Shrek demonstrates he understands that his life is about to change drastically, fulfilling his call to adventure. Under pressure from Fiona and Donkey, his loyal friend, Shrek embarks on the road to Far Far Away. When he finally enters the gate of the extravagant city, Shrek sighs and asserts that “[they] are definitely not in the swamp anymore” (Adamson, Asbury, Vernon, Shrek 2). The area between Shrek’s swamp and the land of Far Far Away that he crosses serves as a threshold,...
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 all of the squatters. Shrek agrees to this deal, and him and Donkey set off to rescue the princess. Shrek finds Princess Fiona and she is unimpressed by Shrek because he isn’t living up to her fantasies of being extremely romantic. The three escape and have a series of adventures together on the way back to Lord Farquaad's Kingdom. Shrek and Fiona fall in love during this time although neither one of them acts on their feelings. There’s a major miscommunication and Fiona almost ends up marrying Lord Farquaad but Shrek stops the wedding, defeats Lord Farquaad and marries Fiona (Adamson & Jenson, 2001).
Walt Disney Pictures film, “Remember the Titans” came from a screenplay written by Gregory Allen Howard, and was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin. The film is based on a true story about an African American football coach named Herman Boone, who is played by Denzel Washington, who tries to begin a racially divided team at T.C. Williams High School in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Alexandria, Virginia during the 1970s. Actor Will Patton plays Bill Yoast who led his team to fifteen winning seasons is demoted to the assistance coach under Boone, who is very tough, opinionated, and very different from the beloved Yoast. Ryan Hurst and Wood Harris play two of the main football players Gerry Bertier and Julius Campbell. “Remember the Titans” was released September 2000 during a year of films lacking emotion, overdone with special effects, and poor scripts Remember the Titans shockingly brings intelligence and emotion to a movie. There is no surprise that the popularity of the movie being so high because Americans love sports, and since there is emotion added along with the sports factor Americans just eat it up. Remember the Titans may be rated PG but throughout the film it deals with R rated issues in a way that captures the audience. The Titans are not only dealing with their team being joined by another team, this other team is an all black team. Coach Boone not only has to try to get this team to intertwine with one another, he has to deal with the racism that comes from everyone else in town. Coach Yoast has to cope with someone coming in and taking not only his head-coaching job from him but also his team, he becomes the assistant for a team that he used to have complete control over. Once the team become...
If children or adults think of the great classical fairy tales today, be it Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, or Cinderella, they will think Walt Disney. Their first and perhaps lasting impression of these tales and others will have emanated from Disney film, book, or artefacts (Zipes 72)
Shrek, an enormous, disgusting green ogre falling in love with a beautiful princess (later turning into a nasty ogre) is a perfect example of a stereotypical fairytale, right? Well in the movie Shrek, the voice over in the trailer talks about a “hero” attempting to rescue a “fair princess” with the help of “his trusty companion." Besides the fact that the hero is a voluptuous green ogre and the companion is a donkey, everything fits in normally to the definition of a traditional fairytale (Diaz). Also according to Mary Kunimitsu, in fantasy films “There may be characters with magical or supernatural abilities such as witches, wizards, superheroes, mythical creatures, talking animals, and ghosts” (Kunimitsu). In Shrek, there are many of these different characters. Therefore, by explanation, a traditional fairytale with the beautiful princess getting saved by the prince and falling in love is exactly what happens in the movie Shrek, just with a twist. The voice over in the trailer for Shrek states it perfectly as he says “Shrek is a highly irreverent take on the classic fairytale” (Adamson). As an untraditional fairytale, and a parody, the movie Shrek poses the breaking of stereotypes of gender and film fairytales all the while keeping the criteria of a fairytale.
In my opinion, Shrek The Musical was a great play that brought the childhood fairytale story of Shrek to life on stage. The costumes, props, and backgrounds on the set were well made and it was obvious that much time and effort were put into the play. The story of Shrek was brought to life on Broadway and was very realistic and produced very well.
The Reversal of Traditions in Shrek In traditional fairy tales ogres are man-eating beast. 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?
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The first scene of Shrek starts off with him in his swamp having fun to an upbeat track (All Star by Smash Mouth), which presents Shrek to be a laidback, peaceful character. After the opening scene, there were a bunch of nearby villagers, who have negative stereotypes about ogres, headed towards Shrek’s swamp to try to drive him away from there (Constructivism). The usage of stereotypes set a theme for the film, to never judge a book by its cover. Once Shrek met Donkey and Fiona, neither one of them assumed that because Shrek was an ogre, it meant he is an evil monster. In addition, everyone else in the movie does not call him Shrek. Everyone calls him “Ogre” instead, further confirming the stereotype. In another scene after Fiona goes into a cave at night to sleep, Shrek and Donkey have a conversation of the aftermath of their quest to rescue Fiona. Shrek goes off on a tangent about how people hate him despite not even getting to know him. Donkey shows an example of personal construct by telling Shrek that he never thought of him as an ugly monster. This scene shows the bipolar dimensions aspect, where people who never tried to know more about Shrek would have a default negative view about him. Donkey, who learned more about Shrek during their journey, does not characterize him as any type of villain and
Shrekis about an ogre who in order to keep his swamp he has to rescue
The abandonment of the sick and wounded, together with the poisoning of fruits in order to get a female’s attention away from their partner is not recorded
The animated film Shrek is a Dreamworks fairy tale that teaches us to look beyond what we expect to see, by completely subverting the traditional fairy tale concepts of gender, appearance and beauty. The characters in Shrek are vastly different from what we would expect to see in their appearance and behaviour. With unexpected plot twists, the directors of Shrek create important messages and morals that would not usually be conveyed, using techniques such as humour. The techniques have been placed strategically to result in an entertaining and educational film.