A film review on Shrek.

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A film review on Shrek

Shrek is an animated film, created by DreamWorks™ and brought to life by state of the art 3d animation. Shrek is made in all ways to reverse fairytale tradition and is a very unconventional fairytale. There are many parts of the film and characteristics of the main characters that make the irregularity of this fairytale funny and effective.

Although the fairy tale is an unconventional one its opens like a traditional fairytale film. There is a big book with elaborate text and the words are being narrated to the audience, like it would if the story was actually being read out loud. This small part of the film is rudely stopped by a character who rips the page of this book out.

The hero of the film is a character named Shrek. Shrek is unlike normal heroes. He is a terrifying Ogre, bright green skin and trumpet like ears. He is very unlike the regular Prince Charming sort of hero. He has smelly breath and isn’t as clean as you would expect of a Hero. He lives in a dirty swamp and washes his teeth with the ooze from bugs. This is effective because it makes the audience find the Ogre funny and friendly, unlike most of the other characters in the story.

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The villain of the fairytale is Lord Farquaad. He is introduced near the beginning or the tale and when he is introduced he is shown from a low camera angle to make him seem superior and evil above the audience. There is also music with a slow pace that makes has the effect of emphasising the superiority. It is only at the end of this long corridor when you see him walk between 2 guards and he is actually 3 foot tall. He tries to be in complete power but even the gingerbread man gives him attitude. He has ...

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