Shrek decides to go and sort things out with lord farquad. The fairy tale characters thick he’s a hero. This is not what a traditional ogre would do. He would eat them or be dreadful towards them. “Pull some ogre stuff” is how donkey thinks shrek should get his swamp back. Shrek is looks at lord farquad this shows that lord farquad is more powerful. He then threatens the villagers “decapitate the entire village and cut open their spleens”. At first shrek doesn’t want to fight with anyone, he decided to solve the dispute with a pint. This shows us that he is a very unique ogre. He has a good side to him.
Lord Farquad makes a deal with shrek if he goes on a noble quest to collect Princess Fiona. He will get his swamp back. Shrek and donkey go to collect Princess Fiona. She is very disappointed “you’re a little unorthodox”. Fiona expected a handsome prince and for this moment to be romantic “were you expecting price charming” shrek just wanted to rescue her as quick as possible so he could get his swamp back as quick as possible.
In the film we quickly learn that lord farquaad is not like a traditional fairy tale character and is a contrast to shrek. Lord farquaad taunts the gingerbread man saying run, run, run as fast as you can” this shows us how evil he is torturing the gingerbread man “Run run run as fast as you can” This shows us how evil he is torturing the gingerbread man because he has no legs. Then lord farquaad threatens to take his buttons off because he wouldn’t keep quite. Thus is a symbol of tipping out the gingerbread man interrupts and lord farquaad throws hi min the bin.
When lord farquaad comes to pick up Princess Fiona he uses very formal language. He speaks to her like a gentleman. I remember him saying “forgive me lady, for startling you, for you startled me” she dazzles him with her beauty. At the end of the film when it is revealed that Fiona is an ogress he acts upon her in a different way “I will lock you up in the castle for the rest if your days”. This shows us that lord farquaad didn’t look for the beauty inside him was only looking on the outside. Lord Farquaad didn’t love Fiona he just wanted to marry her so he could become king.
When a director is making a film it is important that they use a variety of angles to create certain effects. At the beginning of the film shrek scores the storybook characters away, the camera angle was a low one. Showing the inside of is mouth. This is meant to make him appear more frightening and to show that he could eat them. When you get closer into shreks swamp I noticed that it goes darker and darker. Thus symbolises fear and loneliness.
When the fairytale characters appear with orders from lord farquaad telling shrek to leave the swamp, shrek walks up closer to the fairytale characters. This is a high shot showing how big shrek is against the fairy tale characters. They then run away with fear.
As lord farquaad is introduced the tension is built up it shows him putting gloves on there is allow angle shot making him look tall and powerful. The shots are made to show fear and horror in the story.
When shrek and donkey are relaxing together looking down at the stars the camera is looking down on them. When shrek cooks Fiona a meal the camera the camera angle is level to show her money.
Towards the end of the film close up shots are used with shrek and Fiona are showing them as if they are together Fiona would be one side and it would fade into shrek, he would be on the other side.
When you see someone in the film with their back to the camera it is showing that they are upset and want to be isolated away from everything, it also shows loneliness.
The story begins in shreks swamp. The swamp is a traditional place for an ogre to live. The swamp looks very dull and dark. Donkey goes to the swamp. Shrek lets him stay outside this suggests he wants to be friends with others. He is friendly and has a nice side to him.
When we first meet shrek it is obvious he is meant to look like an ogre because he is very tall he, has two antlers on his head, he is green and very unhuman like. He lives in swamp his house is very much like a cave. He is very proud he likes to keep his house very clean. He has a small wooden box building next to his cave like home, which is his toilet. He baths in mud. He has mud showers.
Lord Farquaad lives in a very tall castle we would expect a castle to have a drawbridge, turicks, moat flags. This is very different from what we would expect. Its place of touchier, violence and unhappiness. In one part of the film we see the best clothes and jewellery. He is very small; he wears gloves and lives in a big castle in a place called dulock. If he marries princesses he will become king.
When Princesses Fiona leaves shrek, shrek sits with his back to the camera and stares at the moon. It is very dark this reflects loneliness, shock and sadness. He is isolated cut away from enjoyment.
The images of light are used throughout fully too. Shrek and princes Fiona are often pictured walking through meadows. This is meant to symbolise happiness with the bright sun and the chirping birds.
At the beginning of the film there is loud lively music. This suggests the film is going to be quite modern.
When we first meet lord farquaad, and the hooded figure, there is marching music. It shows us Lord Farquaads arms and legs. There are loud organs this suggest a horror story, fear and a nasty element to the story.
When shrek enters lord farquaads arenas there is a loud organ this suggests fear, terror and it builds up the tension.
When shrek overhears the conversation between donkey and Princess Fiona, he misinterprets what is happening. There is slow, sad music. Shrek is very unhappy.
Near the end of the film there is a ballad about broken dreams and promises playing. This is to enthuse how sad shrek, Fiona, donkey and the donkey are. Having the dragon crying shows more sadness in the film. It is a good effect because the donkey and the dragon end up crying together.
Donkey is an important character in the film, as he helps us to understand the character of shrek. When donkey refuses to listen to shrek, ignores the “beware of ogre” sign, and follows him back to the swamp. This shows us that shrek has a lot of good in him. He is not as bad as people think he is “there’s more to ogres then people think”.
When shrek and donkey go to see Lord Farquaad and they end up having a tournament, donkey turns it into a comedy because he pretends they are playing a wrestling match and tries to get shrek to tag him.
Shrek can be a real ogre. He uses his strength and power to defend himself because he could do a lot worse to people. Throughout the film shrek has mostly been a good character in this story.
Donkey and shrek have a very strong relationship because since donkey has come out the picture shreks good side has came out more. Donkey is very important he is a good influence on shrek. Donkey also persuades shrek to go after his true love.
In conclusion I think this film was more then just some more then just some kind of fairy story it has hidden message like people aren’t always as they seem, never judge a book by its cover. The real beauty is with that is the real message because at the end of the film. Fiona is disappointed because she is not beautiful but shrek likes her for who she is.
