Shrek

Title:Shrek
Genre: Comedy
Directors: Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jonson
Setting: USA, 2001

• Beam of light, panning shot, follows the light down to the book, instant , link to a fairytale
• Non- diagetic music playing in the background
• Diagetic souns e.g Shrek talking, toilet flushing
• Non-diagetic music starts again when Shrek enters the scene
• Director surprises you when Shrek reads the book in a heavenly, dreamy voice as if the book was a real story- then a huge green hand and booming voice and laugh breaks the silence- and links it back to the genre comedy
• The lighting on Shrek's house, suggests happy peaceful atmosphere, although it contrasts with what it actually is- an ugly huge tree stump with moss around it
• Switching shots of Shrek giving the spectator and idea of whats sort of character he is
• When people of the village are planning in the sand you can see straight away he's seen as an enemy to them
• Tracking shot when the men come to kill him, as he's sneaking up behind them
• Beofre that they have a blatant disregard to his privacy and have no respect of him
• Close up facial shot when he's walking to towards the hunters then cuts to his back and then follows him forward
• Sarcastic facial shot when the hunter threatens him with the torch and then Shrek calmly puts out the flame
• Point of view shot of the Hunters when Shrek is yelling at them
• Hunters keep screaming even after Shrek has stopped and shows facial shots of terrified faces
• When Shrek whispers the line "this is the part where you run away" links back again to the genre- comedy