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Film Analysis: "Shrek", 2004.
A comprehensive description and analysis of the film "Shrek".
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 115.95
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This paper provides a comprehensive description of DreamWorks Pictures' animated film "Shrek", looking at animation, editing, sound, acting, storyline, and writing. The paper argues that the film challenges the traditional Disney fairy tale-animation conventions.
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""Shrek", released by DreamWorks Pictures has been characterized by critic Todd McCarthy as an instant animated classic that rudely sends up even the most beloved fairy tale traditions while at the same time effectively embodying them. The film is the story of an ogre's odyssey from oblivion to love, thus suggesting elements of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast". Indeed McCarthy believes that one of the key aspects of the film was that it challenges the traditional Disney mode of presenting animated films..."
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"Cinderella" vs. "Shrek", 2005.
A comparative analysis of Grimm's "Cinderella" with the movie "Shrek".
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 69.95
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This paper compares and contrasts Grimm's fairy tale, "Cinderella" with the movie, "Shrek", discussing the similarities and differences and the different societies the two tales emerged from.
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Chaucer as a Source of Creative Inspiration, 2006.
An analysis of the influence of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" down through the years, comparing it to other works by different authors.
2,550 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 112.95
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This paper focuses on the similarities between Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" and later works by other authors. It traces the influence of Chaucer's work down through the years and focuses on works including Edmund Spencer's "The Faerie Queene", William Shakespeare's "The Tempest", the folk tales of Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox and contemporary films such as "Shrek." The paper analyzes the language used in each of these works and compares it to Chaucer's works.
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"It is a well known fact that writers receive inspiration from works that they have read or encountered. As the old adage goes, there is nothing new under the sun and for every piece of fiction there is a creative source. Chaucer's lengthy Canterbury Tales is no exception. It is well known that Chaucer drew on the works of Boccaccio and Petrarch for many of the tales in the work so it comes as no surprise to find traces of the Canterbury Tales in many works that have followed its publication. From Spencer's Faerie Queene to modern films like Shrek (Adamson 2001) traces of Chaucer's monumental work run throughout English literature and film."
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Disney's Female Characters, 2001.
A critique of Walt Disney's representation of female characters
1,721 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 80.95
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This paper looks at several Disney films such as "Cinderella", "Snow White", "Little Mermaid", "Aladdin" and "Shrek" among others. The progression from strict adherence to prescribed gender roles, as in "Cinderella" or "Snow White", to the noticeably different messages about gender in "Shrek" and the films in between that provided a bridge between the differing messages regarding gender norms, are analyzed. Messages regarding sexuality in Disney films and arguably appropriate content are discussed as well. There is an emphasis on the depiction of female characters and the roles they play in Disney films.
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"When looking at female roles in Disney films, it is important to look at the inspiration behind those roles, Walt Disney. Walt Disney was a product of the 1940's and his patriarchal views of femininity most certainly reflect those ideals in the roles and manner in which his female characters are portrayed (O'Brien 157). In many of the Disney films children love to watch, the female characters are marginalized. The females are in unimportant or at least less important positions than are their male counterparts. Henke and others have this to say of Disney's female characters, "These alleged heroines are helpless ornaments in need of protection, and when it comes to the action of the film, they are omitted" (235). We see examples of this in the story of Cinderella when her gentleness and goodness is defined by her lack of resistance to the abuse she receives from her stepfamily (Henke 235). "
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Disney and the First Full-Length Animated Picture, 2002.
This paper discusses the development - aided by technology - of animated films from the 1900s until today, with a focus on Disney films.
2,141 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 6 sources, AU$ 98.95
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Analyzing various Disney films and the concept of animation and its development since the 1900s, this essay focuses on various best-sellers including "Shrek," "Monster, Inc.," "Mulan," "Chicken Run," "Snow White" in the context of Walt Disney's rise to fame. It also discusses others in the business, including the Fleisher Brothers, with Ko-Ko the Clown.
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"Snow White is shown in the traditional role of mother to the Dwarfs as she cleans and cooks for them. But she also is a heroic figure who battled the frightening dark shadows of the forest and found her way into the light. Her indomitable spirit and optimism is inspiring even to the most jaded viewer. Disney utilized multi-plane technology with 250,000 paintings on celluloid cells hand finished by hundreds of men and women artists. Mirth, melody, beauty along with color, music, laughter and romance all combine to make this first feature animated film as vibrant today as it was in 1937 when it premiered."
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