This makes shrek look really big but this is before we get to know shrek, he has good qualities, he is a good character and he does things, which we admire. The filmmakers have made shrek for both kids and adults like when donkey tells jokes that kids not might understand. If kids were watching it then they would think the scene in the chamber they might get a bit scared but then the film eases the tension by adding jazzy music and colours.
They are using different types of traditional fairy tales i.e. Pinocchio when he says, “ I’m not a puppet I’m a real boy”. At the start of shrek it starts like a traditional fairy tale until shrek’s hand appears and rips out a page of a book and then rap music starts playing.
In traditional fairy tales princes are meant to be brave, tall, strong and handsome but Lord Farquaad is small, ugly, scared, and weak, Lord Farquaad is not traditional because he is a nasty and evil character like when he is torturing the ginger bread man, plus he sends all the fairy tale creatures to shrek’s swamp.
He has an evil side when he sends shrek to rescue the princess from the dragons keep instead of going himself. When we first meet Lord Farquaad he is in the torture chamber and its very dull and the guards are dressed in black so it sets a scary and dull scene.
Before Lord Farquaad asked shrek to rescue the princess he asks the best soldiers in the land to fight each other and the winner gets to kill the dragon but if they fail then the runner up would try, instead of going to try and rescue herself. This is his frightened and weak side of Lord Farquaad.
In shrek there are many different types of camera angles for example when all the people are going to shrek’s swamp with the pitch forks and they meet shrek the filmmakers use a low angle camera shot it makes shrek look intimidating to the audience the volume is also raised. When on the bridge donkey looks down at the lava and they use a high angle shot to make it look really high up and dangerous.
In shrek the presentational devices are used really well. When they have the blind date game they are mixing traditional with modern. It also has a lot of colour unlike the chamber. Two of the contestants are from other fairy tales.
When shrek and donkey are in the castle the music and the atmosphere makes it like a horror film then all of a sudden the dragon crashes through the wall then the music changes to something out of an action film. When the dragon is about to eat donkey, donkey starts flirting with the dragon. The colours of red lave and the low camera angle makes the castle look frightening, the scene is accompanied by scary sound effects.
The filmmakers make the dragon scene (potentially dangerous life threatening situation for donkey) less threatening when donkey flirts and the dragon flashes her eyelashes this is the comedic part which kids might no get but still find funny.
