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How the film Shrek parodies the traditional Disney fairytale
- Essay length: 2742 words
- Submitted: 14/10/2008
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Marked by teacher:
Cath Rowe
Teacher essay summary
This candidate clearly understands the different ways that Shrek parodies traditional fairytales. However, is reads more like an English essay that a Media Studies essay. It lacks subject specific terminology and does not include media theory, such as genre theory or audience theory. It focusses too much on the film's narrative, rather than on the technical codes and conventions.
Marked by teacher Cath Rowe 16/02/2012
The first 200 words of this essay...
SHREK
"How the film Shrek parodies the traditional Disney fairytale."
'Shrek', what can I say about Shrek? It is one of the most successful animated films ever screened, if not the most successful. Shrek has cleaned up at the box office and even stole the first ever Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film from Pixar's Monsters Inc. So what makes Shrek so unique and so special from any other animated film?
Firstly, the film consists of both traditional and modern fairytale storylines. In addition the main character is an ogre with a heart of gold; this is not the usual characteristics of an ogre in traditional fairytales. The flatulent swamp-habitant monster is fascinating and intriguing, he adds to the flavour that makes the movie such a success.
The film Shrek was produced by Jeffrey Katzenberg, a producer that worked with Walt Disney in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid and many more hit productions. When Jeffrey Katzenberg was passed over for promotion at Disney, he left to form the company 'DreamWorks'. He longed and thought hard on how to get his revenge on Disney, his solution was to produce a film, a film that
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MbT essay summary
This candidate clearly understands the different ways that Shrek parodies traditional fairytales. However, is reads more like an English essay that a Media Studies essay. It lacks subject specific terminology and does not include media theory, such as genre theory or audience theory. It focusses too much on the film's narrative, rather than on the technical codes and conventions.
