Moral Issues
The suffering of the Gingerbread man
How is torture represented in the movie Shrek?
The part that your eyes are first drawn to in the visual. Colour, image and layout determine what the salient image is.
What is saliance?
What was an unethical decision regarding the population?
... the representation of Shrek could have been better
What is low modality?
The recreation of a mob tracking and attacking Shrek
Was is an ACCURATE representation of a lynch mob?
Magical creatures driven away and left without a home and not being welcomed on Shrek's lands
Consider which objects have been placed in the foreground, middle ground or background?
What is positioning?
The decision to enter into an agreement to get rid of refugee's from ones land
What is an example of an UNETHICAL DECISION?
I think that the representation of racism was....
What is an example of low modality
.... the cartoonish characters means that the movie isn't a a fair portrayal of issues
What is an UNRELIABLE example?
.... the portrayal of females are more than vunerable, helpless women in dispair who need a man to save them, but are able to stand up for themselves
How is the role of women questioned?
is an element strongly tied to our emotions. Depending on the context, it can have symbolic, associative or evocative meanings.
What is colour?
The decision to bribe and offer cash rewards for humans to capture and imprision anyone different
What is an example of an unethical law>
... Disney princess's are usually portrayed as vunerable, weak damsels in distress who need a strong, masculine hero to save the....
What is an example of medium modality?
The fact the movie is a cartoon and not a documentary
What is unreliability?
Princess Fiona's dual personality
How is self-pride represented?
Relates to framing and angle: is the responder positioned above the image (looking down), below or at eye level?
What is Orientation?
Saving a damsel in distress from a Dragon's lair
What is an ethical decision?
What is an example of strong modality?
The filmmaker's image use of cartoon characters
What is an example of INACCURATE representations
Shrek's treatment by villagers, being unwelcomed by human, hunted by lynch mobs, feared by society
How is racism and intolerance represented?
The camera shots and angles relevant to film. Close ups, extreme close ups, medium shots, long shots, tilted up or down shots etc.
What is Framing?
.... The decision seize the crown after marrying the Princess
What is an unethical decision regarding marriage?
What is an example of strong modality
Shrek's existence and feeling towards the world after years of mistreatment
What is an ACCURATE depiction of mistreated individuals