Tim Burton is dark when he directs whimsical movies. In the movies Edward Scissorhands, and Alice in Wonderland, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Tim Burton uses camera movements, sound, and lighting. He uses the elements of sensitivity, romanticism, and a touch of horror to keep the audience's mood continuously changing and craving more.
In the movie Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton uses camera movements to shift the view or perspective of his viewers, caused by the up and down movement of the camera. Some examples of this movement are tilt, dolly/tracking, and zoom. Tilt, the up and down motion of the camera to make you feel uneasy, is used in this movie when going up the stairs of the castle. This technique causes the atmosphere to be suspenseful and leads the audience into feeling that something is going to happen. During the movie Alice in Wonderland when Alice is falling down the hole chasing after the rabbit, dolly/tracking is used to make the audience hold their breath and feel like their briskly falling right along with her. It also builds suspense, especially since while she's falling, the camera tracks random objects flying everywhere making you wonder where exactly she's going. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, one of the camera movements used is zoom. For instance, when Willy Wonka is reminded of something of his childhood, right before he has a flashback, the camera zooms in on his face. This shows how deep in thought he is and sets the mood for the audience in wonder of what he is remembering.
Tim Burton also uses sound to achieve foreshadowing on what's about to happen based on the style of audio and effects for the audience to perceive. Another key point, in Edward Scissorhands he uses non-diegetic so...
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...ottom or side lighting to make the subject appear evil or dangerous, and in this case it portrays that very well. The audience feels powerless and feeble while she comes across ass powerful and authoritative. Lastly, in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory during the scene in which Charlie is just gazing up at the stars from his room through the whole in his roof, front or back lighting is used. This is used to make Charlie seem innocent and happy, despite how poor he is and how tough times are. It also makes the viewer feel empathy for Charlie by how innocent he's portraying.
Each element or faint effect comes through with Tim Burton's style and personality of dark and also a bit mysterious in the ways he leaves you guessing . Every technique adds it's own touch, but combined the way it is, it creates a very unique twist on Tim Burton's own gothic literature style.
Tim Burton for his movie charlie and the chocolate factory also uses a lot of the same techniques like for the music and sound they use creepy Oompa loompa music.and they use digitized sounds in the parts like form the waterfall that made it so there's more sounds, than the kids and the part where the UFO with the chocolate makes the beam
Tim Burton uses shots and framing to show emotions, establish settings, and to show interactions between two people. Tim Burton, in the movie Edward Scissorhands, uses shots and framing, in order to show emotions, establish settings, and to show interactions between two people. For example, he uses a establishing shot. An establishing shot is a shot used to establish a setting, and to show transitions between settings. He uses this shot when Peg was driving around her neighborhood, this shoot showed the setting of the movie. He also uses a shot reverse shot, this shot is used to show Edwards emotion when he was looking at the photo An establishing shot is a shot used...
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.
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.
For example, in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) many scenes cut back and forth during conversation. Long shots are used during important scenes. High angle shots and low angle shots are used to portray inferiority and superiority. Also, truck is used to follow the contestants in the factory. Similarly, in Edward Scissorhands (1990) black and white images during the opening scenes, and long shots are used to emphasize important conversations. Also, movement is very transitioned in the beginning, but gets choppier as the end nears. Zoom is also used to emphasize expressions and truck is used when Edward walks or runs. In addition, in Big Eyes (2014) the camera focuses on characters and their expressions. Also, Truck is used when Margaret walks down the streets of San Francisco. When artwork is being shown, the eyes are emphasized, then the reactions are depicted. High angle shots are used to depict Margaret's inferiority to Walter ,whereas, low angle shots are used to to depict Walter’s superiority to Margaret. In all these films, camera movements and shots are used to distance the audience or bring them closer to the characters of the film. Also, camera movements and shots can be used to emphasize a character’s position, status, rank, etc…This helps the audience understand the character and their role
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.
From Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, to Big Fish, master storyteller Tim Burton accomplished the act of significantly connecting with the modern day audience. Burton obtains fantastical elements of magic to cast his audience under a spell from the ongoing theme of contrasting reality and fantasy. Tim Burton uses camera angles, non- diegetic sound, and lighting as gates for the audience to enter the eyes of Tim Burton's view on life.
Tim Burton, a director of numerous successful films, takes you through many stories of unique characters. Although, despite their differences, one still could point out similarities throughout each movie. This is caused by Tim Burton’s cinematic style. This specific style is influenced by his favorite childhood author, Dr. Seuss. Tim Burton uses lighting, camera movements, and editing to build a suspenseful but also calming mood all at once. Burton attempts to convey the contrasting message of darkness mixed within innocence throughout each of his films.
“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.
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 said in an interview that when he was a kid he would watch all kind of monster movies. “My parents said I started watching those movies before I could even walk.”As a kid he loved horror movies and he liked drawing pictures. He said he did not care what people thought of his drawings and just drew them his own way. His drawings also show his love for horror because they are all unique and creepy looking. Some of his pictures are based on the movies he directed. He started directing at twenty years old. He was very interested in animation. One of his first films was Batman. Most of the films he directed have a gothic horror aspect. I believe since his childhood was all about horror movies, he gained an appreciation for those films and applied his passion in the films he directed. "Vincent Price, Edgar Allan Poe, those monster movies, those spoke to me. You see somebody going through that anguish and that torture –things you identify with –and it acts as a kind of therapy, a release. (Tim Burton 17).”Besides the fact that he watched horror movies, the place where he lived influenced him as well. The dark and light aspects of life have always fascinated Tim Burton, consistently arguing that one cannot exist without the other: ‘life is an incredible jumble of being funny and sad and dramatic and melodramatic and goofy and everything’. During his childhood in suburban Burbank, Burton found the
Tim Burton once said, “Anybody with artistic ambitions is always trying to reconnect with the way they saw things as a child.” He values various cinematic techniques such as lighting, sound, and camera angles conceive mood, tone, and fantasy in his movies. If he wanted a happy scene, he would make the lighting and music more upbeat, on the other hand, for a dark, gloomy scene, he would have dreary and obscure music. I will further explain how he creates his own world.
However, they have also put him in an artistic cage according to his viewers. They hear his name and they immediately associate his work with only the Gothic, only the creepy and dark. They see his twisted figures, his gloomy color schemes, his emphasis on death and then label him as an artist only able of applying the Gothic. In a way they are correct; he does employ dark and creepy details, however, he is a multifaceted artist capable of much more than the macabre. As he stresses the Gothic characteristics, he likewise applies modernistic techniques and an array of vivid colors. All of which contrasts sharply with features of the Gothic genre. Burton’s iconic dark palettes and color schemes allow him to give color meaning. In the Nightmare before Christmas he does this by creating a juxtaposition between the kaleidoscope colors of Christmas land and the Grayscale Halloween land. Both holiday realms, containing a leader and their own niche, embrace their own color palette. These contrasting hues coincide with the beliefs and tone of the holiday. Bright reds and greens highlight the joy of gift giving and being around those you love. In contrast murky blacks, cold dark colors, and the occasional orange emphasize the rapturous glee of fear and
Burton uses close-up camera angles to show significant items in his film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Tim Burton uses a close-up camera angle when Charlie finds the golden ticket to show how it is significant to the story. The golden ticket is significant because it is like his ticket to a new and better life. In Edward Scissorhands there is a close-up of the hands his inventor was going to give him which is very significant to the story because if his inventor finished him and
Hitchcock flourished on the elements of German Expressionism. He was influenced by Fritz Lang and many other German Expressionist directors through their uses of abstract sets, oblique camera angles, and stark shadows to convey exaggerated psychological states. German expressionism is very apparent in Dracula. The count has a terrifying sense of the demonic traits about himself with supernatural themes, suggested superficially by his appearance with the help of lighting and theatrical effects. Yet religious artefacts such as the cross affect the count showing religious motifs.