Tim Burton Film Techniques Essay

Tim Burton uses film techniques such as camera movement, and sound effects to create certain effects to help make a creepy and mysterious mood. One example where he uses film techniques such a camera movement a sound to create a mysterious mood in in the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which was based on the book by Roald Dahl. He uses film techniques to help create a mysterious mood around Willy Wonka and his chocolate factory. Some specific film techniques Tim Burton uses in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory are tilt, high angle shots, and non-diegetic sound. Tim Burton uses film techniques to create effects in his film and one example is Tilt. Tilt is a camera movement where the camera is stationary and only moves up and down. In the film, Burton uses tilt in the beginning to show the size difference between the chocolate factory and other buildings in the town. One effect that tilt has in a film is, tilt can help show size of objects or people which helps the viewer predict which object or person has more or less power. Tilt is one of many techniques that helps create effects in a film, another

High angle shots are angled shots that are taken from above the subject and the camera faces and a downward angle to focus on the subject. One example of a high angle shot in the film is when we see an overview of the town from the top of the factory. This high angle shot used in the film helps show us how the town is so small compared to the building. The effect that this shot has is when are now starting to figure out that the main focus of this town is all on the chocolate factory. This also helps give the factory a higher sense of power. High angle shots are used to show the amount of power a subject has compared to another subject. Images are involved in film techniques, but sound can also be involved in certain techniques such as non-diegetic