Realism in Shrek

Realism defined in The Creative Spirit is a theatrical style that creates an illusion of daily life through the presentation of a detailed environment, natural actions, and language that sounds as if it were overheard in ordinary circumstances. Therefore, realism uses realistic elements from daily life that help draw a connection that alludes to people’s everyday life. Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson directed the computer-animated movie Shrek in which realistic elements are used to make the movie appealing not only to kids but adults as well. Even though the characters and the story line are not very realistic considering we don’t ogres traveling with donkeys to go save princesses, we do have the witty and charming characterizations that make the movie realistic. All the characters are personified and given human emotions and they, like us, have issues with love, family and bonds of friendship. The animation itself connects with the younger audience, however the substance and witty humor is enough for younger audiences to understand the surface, but witty enough for more mature audiences to appreciate. Music in the movie is a technique not only used to tell parts of the story, but also to entertain with popular pop culture. The movie integrates storylines that everyone is familiar with like the gingerbread man story and the writers and directors manipulate it the storylines into comedy. They use childhood fairytales and take their own spin on them, for example in Shrek II, we have the evil fairy lady, the frog that is supposed to turn into the prince, the big bad wolf, and the three little pigs. I think the thing that makes the movie very realistic is the humor in the movie and they poke fun of things that we all find amusing.