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)
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
Lord Farquaad, and Princess Fiona. Lord Farquaad attempts to rid his kingdom of fairy-tale creatures and offers money to anyone who captures them. A talking donkey, referred to as Donkey, is captured, manages to escape, and meets an ogre named Shrek who lives alone in a swamp. Lord Farquaad then sends all of the captured fairy-tale creatures to Shrek's swamp. Meanwhile, Lord Farquaad is in search of a princess to marry, so he may become King. When he hears of Princess Fiona locked away in a tower
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 journey back, both Princess Fiona and Shrek fall for each other. After over hearing a conversation between the princess and Donkey, Shrek felt betrayed and unloved. During the wedding, Shrek found out that she too is an ogre
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 and live
recognized before. Beauty, who is the princess in Sleeping Beauty, was put under a sleeping spell and locked in a castle; Fiona too was locked in a castle where she was put under a spell. The spells, however, were different, but the idea remains the same. Tiffin also mentions the “dragon-slaying quest” (Tiffin ln 19) that takes place in Sleeping Beauty, Shrek and Donkey also have no choice but to deal with the dragon that is guarding Fiona in the castle. Fiona too is a princess just like in countless versions
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 in both Campbell’s “Hero’s Journey
Shrek's Message 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 film makers use different interpretations making Shrek as good and the Prince as evil to create an
characters that people would pick up on. There are also scenes throughout the movie, however, that are mixed in as if they are supposed to be in there. One scene that stuck out after watching the movie closely, is the scene with Robin Hood and Princess Fiona. Princess Fiona fights off Robin Hood and all 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
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
I will analyse the characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad and tell you about how the filmmakers use different presentational devices to create an unusual fairy tale. In traditional fairy tales the princess is normally a perfect, kind, beautiful person. In a traditional fairy tale the princess is trapped in the tallest tower of a castle guarded by a terrifying beast. A handsome prince always rescues them, for instance in Snow White and the seven dwarfs the prince who rescues her gives her
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
generated animation was also brought out by Disney called Toy Story in the 1990's. In traditional fairy tales princes are tall, strapping, handsome and charming. They are the good natured characters in the story who would ordinarily rescue the princess. Ogres or giants or any general evil being would be big, ugly, horrible, nasty creatures and would be the wicked characters in the story. For example the story of Jack and the beanstalk' where the nasty giant is chasing Jack shouting "Fe Fi Fo
.. ... middle of paper ... ...he characters of Shrek and lord farquaad I have come to the conclusion that although Shrek seems like a traditional ogre Shrek is totally different to a traditional ogre as he as lovely friends he rescues the princess then finds love through that quest and gets married to top it off. Although lord farquaad looks like a lord, his actions suggest that he is evil. He torture the poor little ginger bread man, takes over shreks swamp and then rejects P.Fiona
modern fairytale. Language is an important device, and I am going to write about how language can create the impression of good and evil in both characters and in films. The film, 'Shrek', opens with the usual, man telling the story about a Princess and how she is trapped in a tower waiting for her Prince to rescue her. Then a hand comes in and tears out the page. Then Shrek comes out of the toilet wiping his arse. I think that the viewers are surprised because they're expecting an old fashioned
way the animators have ensured a broad 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
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 their
Presentational Devices Used in Films 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
makers use different presentational devices to create an unusual film. Stereotypically the prince is good and the ogre is evil. In traditional fairy tales ogres are pictured as man-eating beasts, while the Princes are tall, handsome and save the Princess. One example of a fairy tale where an ogre is mentioned is 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. In the fairy tale the ogre is a man-eating giant. The giant ogre chases Jack down the beanstalk. An example of a fairy tale where a prince is mentioned is 'Snow
How the Makers of Shrek Subvert the Usual Conventions of a Fairytale Using Presentational Devices In this essay I am going to discuss how the makers of Shrek overturned the expected characteristics of a fairytale. They do this by using presentational devices such as lighting, music, camera angles and visual effect. In my opinion if the film did not use these presentational devices the way they did, it would not be as successful and people would see it in a totally different way. The producers