Media Coursework : Shrek

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Michael White

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In Yiddish, “Shrek” means fear. Shrek is a successful film and should be taken serious by critics because it is not just another film that is for children. The film has a large intake of digital animation and is currently at the end of filming history, and has a long list of different animating techniques. The film Shrek is a great deal better than all the films that have came in prior to it in several ways. An example of this would be the cartoon “Mortimer Mouse” (now know as “Mickey Mouse”) which Disney launched back in nineteen twenty three, the animation techniques back then were very poor compared to today’s high standards. The only explanation that I can think of why Shrek and DreamWorks out shine all their rivals is because all of the data is placed on computer where the outstanding technology of today enables them to modify effects that would normally be forgotten for example: shadows for every object on screen, creases in the charters clothing, footprints in the floor and eyebrow movements to show different states of emotions and many more.

The use of camera angles and movements help to bring the characters to life. This is an enormous part of Shrek purely because of the close up camera shots and angles. Examples of this are big close-ups focusing only on the facial features. Where as the long shot or wide shot enable us to see the other charters and objects that are included in the background. The lighting that is incorporated into Shrek is very life like in that even the blowing of the trees has it’s own unique shadows for each individual leaf. There is also a good part in Shrek when the camera tilts up Lord Faquaad castle to show that it’s really big. There is a great use of the tilt effect when Shrek asked donkey what he was, and when Donkey replies really tall as the camera was tilting from Shrek’s feet to his head to show just how tall he was. Throughout the film the camera uses zoom to focus on distant objects or to put emphasis on something in the background.

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The music in Shrek is very upbeat and mutual for all ages. The music is dated back to the nineteen sixties with a group called the “Monkey’s”, and the song “I’m a believer”, which is very catchy so children can sing along and enjoy it, where as adults can remember the good old days and still enjoy the song. There is also a song that is very recent “who let the dog’s out”. If you were to think the age gap of these songs would matter in the film, you would be wrong it doesn’t matter because all ...

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