Tim Burton, a well respected director, made successful movies such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, and Alice in Wonderland because of the specific techniques he uses in the films. One of the keys to Burton’s success includes his mastery use of particular techniques such as lighting or sound at the right moment. This helps create Burton’s intended tone and mood for the audience. Throughout the course of his movies,Tim Burton uses a variety of different lighting, sound, and editing techniques to convey the common theme that taking risks can result in a beneficial change.
When it comes to directing movies, Tim Burton demonstrates his cunning skill to light the set at the perfect level to
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The film Nightmare Before Christmas embodies one of Burton’s best use of editing techniques. Burton uses crosscuts when Jack gets Halloween Town to prepare for Christmas and Christmas Town preparing for Christmas. When Jack discovers Christmas Town, he becomes astonished and wants to turn his home town of Halloween into a replica. While this seems all holly jolly, there is a classic Tim Burton twist. Since Halloween Town revolves around Halloween, it lacks the spirit of Christmas. So while the elves of Christmas town are wrapping nutcrackers, the goblins of Halloween Town are wrapping dead rats. This gives the audience a sense of uneasiness and foreshadows Jack’s failure. Although Jack did not change Halloween Town the way he thought he would, he did learn the importance of serving his own purpose in life rather than someone else’s. Burton presents another case where he edits the film to reveal an important part of the plot. In Edward Scissorhands, Burton adds a flashback in the scene where Kim asks Edward to hold her. Although Edward loves Kim deeply, he refuses because he fears he will end up hurting her. After the past events that occurred in the film, Edward feels trapped. He cannot be with the one he loves, but he cannot be accepted by the world either. Kim loves him all too much and wraps herself in his arms anyway. While …show more content…
An example of sound that he uses can be found in the movie Edward Scissorhands. After taking Edward home, Peg gives Edward a taste of living in the Boggs household which happens to be in the heart of the newly introduced suburban neighborhoods. She shows Edward different rooms of the house including the kitchen, living room, and a couple bedrooms. When she shows Edward the pictures of her family, the music becomes light and airy when he looks at the photo of Peg’s daughter Kim. This foreshadows that Kim and Edward will have some sort of connection later in the movie. The audience then awaits what happens between the two. Later in the plot Edward takes a risk by trying to fit in a world that rejects him, but Kim helps him accept that there is nothing wrong with being himself. Also, Alice in Wonderland portrays another example of Burton giving the scene the right music. When Alice slays the Jabberwocky, the music crescendos with aggression causing the audience to feel tense. By slaying the Jabberwocky, Alice demonstrates that she accepts who she is and her duty to save
Tim Burton uses Music and sound when you see Edward in trouble it starts to play intense music like in the scene where he went down the hallway and went to the bathroom and cut the bathroom curtains it starts playing intense music every time he gets mad it kinda sounds like
What makes a producer’s style unique? How does a producer’s style distinguish itself from others’ styles? In Tim Burton’s imaginative productions, Alice in Wonderland, Edward Scissorhands, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, one is able to identify Burton’s distinct style when peeling back the layers of his films. Summarizing these films, in Alice in Wonderland, a young woman is transported to the mystical wonderland, where she must defeat the forces of evil along with a journey of self-discovery. Next, in Edward Scissorhands, an unfinished project is discovered and integrated into the everyday lives of people in a nearby suburban town. The film shows how Edward, an unfinished man, tries to live an ordinary life and make deal with his attraction towards Kim. Finally, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a story of a boy from an impoverished family who has come upon the chance to visit Mr. Wonka’s candy factory. In these three films, Burton’s cinematic style can be depicted through his frequent use of front and back lighting and low angles to show the opposing forces between good a...
The story opens with the haunting anthem of “This is Halloween” as Halloween Town serenades an opening procession led by no other than Jack Skellington, the leader of Halloween Town. After the celebration is done, we see Jack wandering woefully by himself and reveals that he has grown weary of the holiday, he yearns for something new and exciting. He finds this when he accidentally stumbles into the world of Christmas. I believe this struggle of growing tired of things and yearning for something new is a feeling we all experience and helps us relate to Jack. The love story between Sally and Jack in the film gives reinvigorating and playful twist on the theme of ‘forbidden love’.
Using the production elements of symbolism; especially hands themselves, and the use of allusion to elements from other genres; particularly those from fairytale and gothic romance/horror films, Tim Burton has directed the film in such a manner to illustrate, emphasise and ridicule the materialism and lack of imagination of society. The film however, is prominently a satire which has certain elements from fairytale, comedy and horror genres. Through the choices made by the director, the audience is invited to become aware of the inhumanity present in the way society functions, especially in its prejudiced treatment towards people who do not conform. The use of allusion in Edward Scissorhands is one of the most important choices in production that has been made by director Tim Burton. In order to fully appreciate and understand the plot, the movie is dependant on the audience being able to recognise certain references and elements emulated from other films.
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (2005), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Big Eyes (2014), and Frankenweenie (2012) are just a few titles out of the many films Tim Burton has directed. Tim Burton is an American director, producer, illustrator, writer and animator. Tim Burton was born on August 25, 1958 in Burbank, California. Growing up, Burton felt quite alone and felt as if he was a misfit. Many of Burton’s childhood thoughts and circumstances pose as the inspiration for certain themes and events portrayed in his films. Within these films, Burton effectively communicates his sinister and uncanny style through many cinematic and stylistic techniques. By utilizing lighting, sound, camera movements and shots, Burton creates compelling and meaningful
Indisputably, Tim Burton has one of the world’s most distinct styles when regarding film directing. His tone, mood, diction, imagery, organization, syntax, and point of view within his films sets him apart from other renowned directors. Burton’s style can be easily depicted in two of his most highly esteemed and critically acclaimed films, Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Burton ingeniously incorporates effective cinematic techniques to convey a poignant underlying message to the audience. Such cinematic techniques are in the lighting and editing technique categories. High key and low key relationships plus editing variations evinces the director’s elaborate style. He utilizes these cinematic techniques to establish tone mood, and imagery in the films.
Statement of intent: This formal report was written with the intent of discussing the mise-en-scene element of film which is used in two of Wes Anderson’s most popular films. Both films The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and Moonrise Kingdom (2012) showcase the limited colour palette and costume aspects of mise-en-scene.
“One person's craziness is another person's reality.” –Tim Burton. A well respected director Tim Burton has always been known for the ability to send a strong universal message. In one of his most widespread movie, Edward Scissor Hands he reveals his true potential as a filmmaker to show how society can treat an outsider. Edward Scissor Hands Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and many more of his creations, Tim Burton uses lighting, and camera movements to depict a unique gothic cinematic experience. The appearance of a person is only an illusion, the inside is the truth of someone.
...arlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Alice in Wonderland. While watching the films, I have come to my own conclusion on why he uses lighting, non-diegetic sound, and camera angles and how he uses it to get a reaction from the audience. When Burton uses low-key lighting, it is usually for creating suspense and mystery and having the audience feel as if something bad will happen. Furthermore, the way he uses non-diegetic sound is to heighten the mood, create intensity, and so the viewers may have a hint of what is going to happen. In addition, he uses camera angles to depict what a character is feeling or the effect it has on making characters appear either inferior or superior. Lighting, sound, camera angles, and all the other cinematic techniques matter because they portray things that authors are not able to do, but directors can.
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.
...successful collaboration of sound, colour, camera positioning and lighting are instrumental in portraying these themes. The techniques used heighten the suspense, drama and mood of each scene and enhance the film in order to convey to the spectator the intended messages.
The Nightmare Before Christmas starts at the Halloween Village run by Jack Skellington. The village, which is mostly colored with achromatic colors, such as black, white and gray is located in the middle of a mysterious and gloomy forest where tombs are spread around, and only dim moonlight sheds on it. People living in this village have eccentric appearances, such as skeletons, witches, and golems. Like the Gothic Literature, scary forests and supernatural objects are the settings, giving the audiences a sense of horror. Since the main audiences of The Nightmare Before Christmas are children, the director may limit brutal descriptions of the Halloween Village.
Jack Skellington or the Pumpkin King is the protagonist in Burton’s Nightmare before Christmas. He lives in Halloween Town where he is the star, the local celebrity. This town is a world that is purely dark in emotion with a murky color palette. (Chambers 18) It is an environment where monstrosities, cruelty, and fear are celebrated. This is evident in the introduction song This is Halloween where we are introduced to some of Halloween land’s terrifying inhabitants,“ I am the one hiding under your bed. Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red/I am the one hiding under your stairs. Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair”. (Thompson) Jack has played the role of the pumpkin king for what seems like forever and he has grown bored at his lack of progress, with living the same way for all of eternity. This stagnation pushes Jack into a state of despair. The colors of his clothes and environment symbolize the emotional struggle of the pumpkin king. When he faces the vivid color schemes they motivate him to take action and take back his life, because to Jack vibrant colors represent warmth and contentment. (McMahon
In the film, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, every time there was a close up of Augustus Gloop in the candy room, sinister music would play. This foreshadowed that something bad was going to happen to him in that room. It puts the viewer on edge and creates a mood of suspense because they don’t know what is going to happen. He also uses music to foreshadow events in the movie Edward Scissorhands. Every time Edward saw Kim happy, angelic music would play which foreshadowed that something would happen between them and also gave you a hint about his feelings towards her. Burton used music to show foreshadowing in the movie Dark Shadows as well. When Josette was walking toward the edge of the cliff suspenseful music played create a mood of suspense and fear that Barnabas wouldn’t make it in time and she would fall to her death. One of the many other cinematic techniques Burton often uses in his films is using lighting and color to show
Edward Scissorhands, written by Tim Burton, tells the tale of a young man who is lovable, childlike and sensitive, bewildered by the humanity around him, yet is terrifying- someone who has scissors, the deadly weaponry, for hands. Many viewers may read this film as a “Tim Burton” type of fairytale which includes both an alternative aspect and romance. However, through the presentation of mise-en-scene in this film, Burton drives in a much more serious subject of social criticism by establishing two different understandings of life in the movie.