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, a

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Samantha Feeney 10F                                                                            26.10.03

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 will attempt to elaborate on the use of presentational devices used in “Shrek” to reverse the tradition of prince charming and the perfect princesses in conventional fairy tales.

 

 Traditional fairy tales always have a brave prince and all live happily ever after. The use of presentational devices in e.g. Special effects, lighting, camera shots, and computer graphics all helped to reverse this tradition in the creation of “Shrek”.

 The uses of camera shots in “shrek” are exceptional close ups of the characters facial expressions show that they are in love, for example the weed rat scene where Fiona and Shrek were about to kiss but were interrupted by Donkey.

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Tension is created when Lord Farquaad is introduced. Instead of focusing on his face, the camera shows parts of his upper body and his feet. This suggests that he is a big important Prince the viewer also sees close ups of him striding proudly. Low angle shots are effectively used to show Lord Farquaad looking down on Shrek and Donkey whereas in the tournament scene they show Shrek looking up to Lord Farquaad who is sitting high in his seat. Mid angle shots are used to show both of the characters at the same time and show romance and bonding. ...

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