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 the viewers to believe it is going to be a
traditional fairytale and so the director manages to create a false
mood. Then, in an instant, the audience’s thoughts are changed as a
large chubby green hand rips a page out of the book as the narrative
voice of Shrek says, ‘As if that’s ever gonna happen!’. The scene
changes, but is in the same location, and shows a small hut which is a
toilet. You hear the chain flush and for the first time in the film,
as a long shot, you see Shrek open the door and come out. The
brilliance of this opening is how well it manages to mislead the
audience.
When you see Shrek for the first time it is hard to know what kind of
personality he has. After the misleading beginning anything is
possible. Shrek neither looks kind nor evil.
Once Shrek is out of the toilet lively music is played whilst Shrek
gets washed, cleans himself and has breakfast like a human but in a
different way. For example, he showers himself with mud. The way Shrek
does what humans do suggests he isn’t the typical savage ogre from
fairytales.
Shrek is then shown painting something on to a large piece of bark
from a tree which is placed on...
... middle of paper ...
... be king. This is shown
when he laughs at Shrek because he is in love with Fiona and also when
he sees Fiona as an ogre he arrests her. He then frantically proclaims
himself king.
After analysing the characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad I have
concluded that although Shrek looks like the traditional,
bloodthirsty, man-eating ogre, Shrek has feelings, friends and does
not like violence. Opposite to Shrek, Lord Farquaad initially looks
like the traditional fairytale prince but he is really a short,
overambitious, cruel man. This is shown particularly when he tortures
the Ginger Bread Man.
The film ‘Shrek’ uses presentational devices to depict Shrek as good
but Lord Farquaad as bad. The presentational devices are used to
reverse the tradition of typical fairytales. A good example of this is
the opening scene.
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