How do the makers of Shrek use presentational devices to reverse the traditions of the fairytale?

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How do the makers of ‘Shrek’ use presentational devices to reverse the traditions of the fairytale?

In this essay I am going to analyse the characters of Shrek, Donkey and Lord Farquhar I an also going to analyse how the makers have reversed the fairytale to make it unusual. Traditional fairy tales always have a brave prince, a princess and a villain. The villain is killed at the end and everyone lives happily ever after. The use of presentational devices in “Shrek” like Special effects, lighting, and camera shots, all help to reverse this tradition in the creation of "Shrek". These sorts of effects have made this film completely different to a traditional fairytale.

        The opening scene of Shrek is of someone reading a traditional fairytale book with calm music n the back round when suddenly a big green hand grips the page of the book and rips it out. After that loud cheerful music is played and different camera angels are used to make the film look more creative which will have an affect on the readers mind and they will get a first impression about Shrek. In the opening scene of Shrek there are lots of different camera angel for example when Shrek is having a bath the camera angel is from above.  They have also made the opening scene creative because there have put the characters real names and the makers name behind things like mirrors and dirty mud.

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          Our first impression of Shrek that he is an ugly and evil and the villain of the story but later on we find out that he is not as bad as he looks. We get this first impression of Shrek because he acts like a traditional ogre to keep people away from him. When Shrek is scaring the people that come to his swamp we get a camera shot of the inside of his mouth where we see saliva and bits of food stuck in his teeth. This gives the audience the expression that Shrek ...

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