Director Tim Burton has led an interesting life, dealing with fantasy, versus reality. Or, what is normal and abnormal. Burtons very unique style of directing has been put throughout his Hollywood produced movies using cinematic techniques such as sound/music, camera shots, and color. These techniques were used in Burtons popular movies such as “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, “Edward Scissorhands”, and “Alice in Wonderland”, “Nightmare before Christmas”, and many more.
In Tim Burton’s films, shots are greatly contributed to his movies in different scenes or objects. For example in Burtons, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, Burton uses an extravagant amount of unique shots. In the beginning of the movies, Tim is showing you how the chocolate is being made and is showing extreme close ups on the delicious chocolate. He wants to show you how the one scene I subjected to chocolate, and how it has great detail. Another shot in the movie is when little Charlie Bucket is passing through the town and stops to look at the chocolate factory. In this shot he’s showing you from Charlie’s...
In the Movies that Tim burton made charlie and the chocolate factory and the Edward scissorhands Tim Burton use some great film techniques throughout the whole movies he uses great lighting,sound,editing and viewing angles. I believe there are some very good pros and very few cons.
As each character descends into their respective psychoses, it’s important to note that their shot patterns are similar in theory but, because of the nature of the artistic craft, the shots are rhythmically different. For example, when Andrew is practicing his double-time swing, his hands start to bleed from pushing himself through the pain. Many of the shots focus on his hands or are a close shot of Andrew’s face with part of the drum kit taking up two-thirds of the frame, emphasizing the kit as his opponent. These shots are short and have a staccato-like rhythm to replicate the playing of the drums. This is contrasted with the shots of Nina performing her craft. They are similar nature and focus on the juxtaposition of the beauty of the craft
Tim Burton’s films depict his lashing back from a tortured childhood. Somehow, his movies tell his story. His first big budget movie, Batman, was a huge hit. He then chose to make Edward Scissorhands, his most personal film. Despite the fact that Batman was a hit, movie executives were reluctant to give Burton authorization. His use of cinematic techniques displays his unique style.
On August 25, 1958, Timothy Walter Burton was born (“Biography”). Burton had a painful childhood in which the relationship with his parents and brother was nonexistent (Morgenstern). Through his intense feeling of isolation, his visual talent began to develop. The comfort found in hobbies such as writing and drawing led him to attend the California Institute of the Arts which led him to his first job in any artistic field at the Disney Animation Studios (“Biography”). Burton has since been referred to as one of the most visually gifted writers, artists, and filmmakers that America has seen (Hanke). His short stories, poems, and film scripts are centered on an inner darkness which he has been slowly acquiring since his childhood. He throws himself into everything he writes and makes even the simplest characters have a deep, complex meaning. His famous darkness and symbolism is shown in his book The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories. The book contains a collection of his short stories, poems, and illustrations about a variety of fictional characters that can be compared to Burton and his life. Tim Burton’s home life and previous hardships have made a significant impact on his work. In my paper, I will draw parallels to his life and work as well as prove that there is reasoning and beauty in the way he is.
Tim Burton is a Very Famous director of many Awesome well made movies and stories. He uses Music, Camera angles and Framing to make his audience feel like they are part of the story. His style is Gloomy and suspenseful, He uses Camera angles to make a character seem small or large compared to another object. One technique Tim Burton uses in most of his films is long shot. He uses this in his films such as Edward Scissorhands when Peg enters the giant room on the top floor of the Mansion.
Tim Burton and many other directors use cinematic techniques to make their movies stand out from all of the rest. Without these, the movies would be lackluster with the audience and the critics. Cinematic techniques in movies help convey the feeling of fright and horridness. For example, Tim Burton, in Edward Scissorhands, uses low key lighting to show mystery and make the scene frightening.
“...Everything in this room is eatable, even I’m eatable! But that is called "cannibalism," my dear children, and is in fact frowned upon in most societies.” This quote from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory does not only unveil Tim Burton’s dark side, but exhibits his kind of filming style. Tim Burton is known for being a famed director, a screenwriter, and a producer. He is influenced by Roald Dahl, Edgar Allan Poe, and many other people. Burton is best known for his use of dark and delightful elements in films like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands. Burton’s film, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, is about a poor young boy, named Charlie Bucket, who gets the last golden ticket out of five other winners that Willy Wonka had sent out for the children; to tour the questionably yet outstanding candy maker’s unbelievable factory. In the film Edward Scissorhands, it is about an invention who became incomplete after its inventor had died, leaving him with scissors for hands. Some cinematic techniques Tim Burton harnesses to form
Despite the hundreds of thousands of legendary and adventurous books, many movie directors fail to recreate these pieces in a cinematic style. Director of: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Big Fish (2003), and Edward Scissorhands (1990)—along with many other movies,— Tim Burton produces his films with an eerie elegance. With influences from Edgar Allen Poe, Roald Dahl, and Dr. Seuss, Burton finds his own way to make his productions unique and original, while still staying true to the plot of the story. Tim Burton’s creative and original thinking helps him manipulate certain stylistic techniques to enhance the suspensefulness and creepiness of his productions. Burton’s use of sound/music, lighting, and camera angles is what separates
In order for Burton, or any other director for that matter, to create such masterpieces they have to make a series of decisions involving a wide variety of cinematic techniques.
Overall, Burton’s creative style is clearly seen in his films Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice. It is most clearly seen through his use of dramatic music and low key lighting. The dramatic music helps to set the mood and the low key lighting creates suspense and leaves the audience asking questions. Through the use of these 2 cinematic techniques, Burton is able to fascinate his audience with mysterious and exciting stories, and that is what makes him a great and unique
...has come an extraordinary way from being an avid film viewer to establishing and making films himself. He ornately uses dark, gothic themes across the majority of his works that distinguish him from others in the industry. It is to Burton’s huge advantage that nobody “can see any of [his] films and not know immediately that it’s [his],” (Weinstock, 217). His recurring ability to introduce characters that are an obvious extension of himself, allows viewers to connect with Burton as an individual as well as find comfort in their own imperfections. He excels in developing characters that adopt the role as the anti-hero and protest against the conventional hero. Together, the themes intertwined into Tim Burton’s works function to push the boundaries of film away from the ordinary, and to allow him to exclusively remain an outsider working in a mainstream business.
Mere parts of a whole, contrast and theme are glued together with many other elements to form Burton’s style: a paradox of misery and utter joy. Burton’s soul resides inside his movies, and we can use that connection to understand him. Famous and popular yet an outcast, Burton is a contradiction himself, which oddly resembles Burton’s style. Through our link with him, we can gain insight into life that few will ever give.
Tim Burton is an American film producer, artist, writer, and animator. Three of his most popular created movies include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, and The Corpse Bride. In each of these movies, Tim Burton displays elements of stylistic techniques that improve the quality of the movie as a whole. These techniques include lighting, editing, angles, movements, sound, and framing. The angle at which a scene is filmed helps the audience connect with the characters. The lighting of a particular scene helps create the mood and tone by which the audience views the movie. Sounds that can or cannot be heard in the movie foreshadow and show relationships, actions, and characteristics of the characters. The framing and type of shot of a scene can highlight details and make the audience feel that they are with the character. Types of movement can reveal a personal moment about a character and show importance of a certain scene. Finally, the editing techniques used in a movie also give more
Director Tim Burton has directed many films. He started out working at Disney, but shortly after he decided to make his own films. He split away from Disney because they wouldn’t let him add the scariness and darkness he has in his films. After he left he created many great films and also developed his own style. He uses many cinematic techniques in his films for example he uses close-up camera angles on symbolic items, he uses music to show foreshadowing, and he uses lighting and color to show mood
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