Society is a hard thing to live in if originality is the strongest part about a person. Tim Burton’s movies show that originality will always win in the end. His films portray the main character as a very eccentric person that eventually is in a situation where he or she sees realizes their originality is not going to have them accepted in society. They take that realization and sculpt their actions to fit the rest of their society. Later they notice that the way they were before is what they need in order to make their society a better place. Thinking that to be accepted in society a change needs to happen is a hard thing to grasp, but with some thinking being original will make society better is the best thing about being different. Society …show more content…
can try to tame originality, but originality will always beat society in the end. The color palette used in Alice in Wonderland helped the viewer see the way Alice’s mind worked.
Alice’s father died at a very young age and while he was still alive he helped her cope with the haunting dreams of Wonderland when she was younger. At her surprise engagement party the whole scene looked as if it were tinted blue. She wasn’t very happy to be getting engaged to a person that she just met after all she was thinking of her father. The scene was blue to reflect on how her mood was and that she didn’t want to be like the rest of her family and get married at a young age. Alice wants to be her own person and does not want to form to society. She isn’t like her mother, she doesn’t like corsets and doesn’t wear the prober foot attire. Her originality and imagination is the only thing that is keeping her father, also an eccentric person, in her spirits. She doesn’t want to be like the rest of society and she is okay in her own skin. Tim Burton also uses lighting and music to reflect on his character’s mental stability. In Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland the Red Queen was a ruthless ruler and the lighting in her castle was very dark. When the Mad Hatter had flashback to the day the Red Queen took over his village the instant her soldiers invaded the lighting changed. The lighting and color are a representation of how society made the character feel. The Mad Hatter, for example, loses himself in his thoughts sometimes and when he does his eyes turn from bright green to a …show more content…
deeper orange. The color change in his eyes represents the change in his mental stability. The new society made by the Red Queen when she took over the kingdom from the White Queen changes the way everyone thinks around her. The Mad Hatter is a symbol for how keeping individuality will help the sanity of the citizens in a crumbling society. The scenery of in Tim Burton films is very theatrical, but in a way it is a lens for his main characters. The way the scenery looks matches to personality of the main character. In Alice in Wonderland while she was falling down the rabbit hole there were lamps, picture frames, and other items stuck on the walls. Alice could have just have fallen down a regular dark hole, but she was falling into something deeper than that. In a way she was falling into her own mind. She is very imaginative and the items stuck to the wall could have been memories or things she looked up, but couldn’t express because she would have been frowned upon for. On the outside of the hole it looked regular, much like Alice, and when she fell into it there was more to it than what could be seen on the outside. Alice’s position in her community made her look a certain way and she didn’t have a lot of ways to express herself, only in her mind. Her community tried to strip her of her originality. The costumes used in Tim Burton’s films are like no other.
They are quirky and original, but in Alice in Wonderland they are a source of social ranking. The Red Queen does wear a lot a black, but she wears more red than the rest of the people in her kingdom. They are like the lower people in society and aren’t worthy of wearing a color she is named after. When Alice sneaks into her castle and meets the Red Queen, she instantly likes Alice. When Alice is given clothes they have a decent amount of red and she sits next to the queen. The people that are chosen to serve the Red Queen also wearing a decent amount of red. They are more important than the rest of her citizens because they do serve her. The rankings in society are clear and the Red Queen is trying to take away to originality of the people in her kingdom. Society can sometimes take the originality out of the outside, but the people in society have to be ready to take their personalities
back. Lighting in Tim Burton movies is very important to the structure of the movie. When there is a villain they aren’t just dark they are totally dark. The Red Queen’s castle was dark almost the entire time you saw it. Everything about her kingdom was dark. Having the dark lighting really reflected on the scenery around the castle. The trees and grass around the castle were dead and grey, the moat had grey floating around it. Getting closer to the castle the sky went from grey to black. He doesn’t want there to just be darkness, Tim Burton wants to darkness to carry along the kingdom and make the mood very dark. The citizens were always scared of their queen and the dark lighting didn’t help. The society she sculpted went so far that it changed the atmosphere around it. The people who chose to follow behind the Red Queen chose to give up their originality. They were brainwashed with the idea that they would be able to be themselves in the society when really they were just going to drown in fear against their ruler.
Many people everyday worry how they’ll be seen in the world. You will either be loved for being the ideal person, or live a life of shame and sorrow because you chose or have to be different than others. I believe that the theme of the story is best represented as, Don’t conform to society, allow society to conform to you. In the tragedy genre short story “The Scarlet Ibis” written by James Hurst we receive a first hand account of how cruel a society can be. Doodle died only because someone tried too hard to change someone who didn’t want as much to be changed. The opinions of society can completely alter how one’s life will play out.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Vs. Dead Poets Society "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." (Robert Frost) In today's world there is no tolerance for the individual thinker. It is not acceptable to modify or bend the rules of society.
Not a single individual is able to watch a Burton film without noticing the lighting effects and how it significantly contributes to the tone and mood of the entire film. In the movie Edward Scissorhands, one might be overwhelmed with the burst of extravagant colors in the scenery. Indeed this cinematic technique, high key, wholly influences the viewers perception and impression of the town. One can conclude that even though flamboyancy pervades the town, iniquity lurks in all directions and hypocrisy governs the minds of its inhabitants. Irony is harnessed in this film. How can an effulgent town harbor wickedness and Edward with a chilling and gothic complexion radiate innocence and righteousness? Burton uses these opposing conceptions brought about by the contrast of lighting to convey the message that materialism has been ingrained in the mentality of society (at least in the neighborhood in which Burton lived in the past), thus yearning for th...
In conclusion, by using the production elements of both allusion and symbolism; director Tim Burton has created the film in such a manner by making deliberate choices in order to invite a certain response. The film is constructed and given greater depth through the allusion to elements from other genres and ridicules the suburbia’s materialism and lack of imagination, which in turn enhances the invited response.
Alice has many arguments because many of the creatures in Wonderland think of her as silly. She has to stand up for herself which helps her to mature and progress through Wonderland. When she stands up for herself against someone who is really important like the Queen of Hearts, she awakens back into the real world. This represents that she has overcome her challenge.
Everyone has that one friend who is a complete goofball: the one who is just different from the rest and can be a little abstract. The misfit may be easy to spot in a crowd and be judged; however, Tim Burton accepts the oddball and takes the concept of character dramatization one step further. Through his movies, Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the outcast tries to break through the social barrier by reaching out to the community and trying to fit in. With Burton’s imaginative characters, Burton shows how being an outcast gives a person the potential for success.
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.
According to the Oxford Student’s Dictionary, adulthood is associated with being “grown to full size or strength, mature” (Seuss.14). Then why is it presented in underlying ways, in works that are considered to be children’s texts? The assumption is that children’s texts are supposedly “childish” which means “ unsuitable for a grown person, silly and immature” (pg.172). However, while studying Dr. Seuss’ The Cat In The Hat, Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, “The Story of Grandmother”, Charles Perrault’s “Little Red Riding Hood” and Brothers Grimm “Little Red Cap” and “Snow White”, it was evident that adulthood was both reinforced and subverted through the use of literary and narrative techniques.
Oftentimes, in the public, people have to be “normal” to be successful and accepted. Author William Saroyan believes that society steers people to be conform and fit in, but he disagrees. In the short story “Gaston,” Saroyan shows that carving a unique path can turn out to be erroneous. Through symbolism and contrast, Saroyan conveys the theme that society does not always accept people’s differences.
Tim Burton's style compared to others is quite unique. His many films do not give off the same mood and feeling that audiences are used to with child films. With some of his role models being Edgar Allen Poe and Ronald Dahl, it's no surprise that his films mix children ideas with a sense of darkness, and even at times creepiness. Tim Burton combines these feelings of child movies and darkness through the way he uses lighting, shots and framing, and to spread his message.
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.
Although, it is proven difficult to completely change your point of view from the society you are brought up in. The characters in this film go through a lot of self-reevaluation to find their place in society, as well as a reevaluation of their initial prejudicial
She decides to follow this Rabbit down the rabbit hole into the enchanting realm of Wonderland. The White Rabbit is also our first instance of what would be considered an adult in Wonderland. “It was the White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a pair of white kid gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other: he came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came, 'Oh! the Duchess, the Duchess! Oh! won 't she be savage if I 've kept her waiting! '” (Carroll, 24) Alice is ignorant to the Rabbit’s predicament, and thought it odd how pressing the matter of time could be on a creature. Alice demonstrates the qualities of a child here, as well as Carroll’s portrayal of adults. From a child’s viewpoint, adults are the White Rabbit. They mumble nonsense to themselves as well as having places that they need to be. All of the adults that are shown throughout the story are literally insane. Another example of madness comes from the mad Hatter. After stumbling upon the Mad Tea Party, Alice quickly learns that everyone she meets is more than a little bit bonkers. “The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he said was, 'Why is a raven like
This concept becomes apparent as the Red Queen tells an important message to Alice saying, “At the next peg the Queen turned again, and this time she said "Speak in French when you can't think of the English for a thing--turn out your toes as you walk--and remember who you are!" (176.) The Red Queen is helping Alice understand the game they are currently in and making sure she comprehends all the steps she has to go through to become a queen in the end. This multiple meaning quote that the Red Queen just stated means to keep hold of ones (Alice’s) identity and just helpful in the game of chess. As the Red Queen states “speak in French when you can’t think of the English for a thing” she is assisting Alice through the many steps of the game as well, especially through the forest which she forgets her name and everything of sorts. The Red Queen is the archetype of the Oracle, the all-knowing mentor who helps the innocent child on their way, exactly how she is helping Alice now. When she says “and remember who you are!” the Red Queen is making sure Alice continues to recognize herself and to stay firm to who she is what and what she believes. As she goes through the story, her identity is challenged, but stays true to herself. The Red Queen is also warning Alice metaphorically, against all these many influences that may cross her path. In addition
Alice in Wonderland belongs to the nonsense genre, and even if most of what happens to Alice is quite illogical, the main character is not. “The Alice books are, above all, about growing up” (Kincaid, page 93); indeed, Alice starts her journey as a scared little girl, however, at the end of what we discover to be just a dream, she has entered the adolescence phase with a new way to approach the mentally exhausting and queer Wonderland. It is important to consider the whole story when analyzing the growth of the character, because the meaning of an event or a sentence is more likely to mean what it truly looks like rather than an explanation regarding subconscious and Freudian interpretations. Morton states “that the books should possess any unity of purpose seems on the surface unlikely” (Morton, page 509), but it’s better to consider the disconnected narrative and the main character separately, since the girl doesn’t belong to Wonderland, which is, as Morton says, with no intrinsic unity. Whereas, there are a few key turning points where it is possible to see how Alice is changing, something that is visible throughout her journey. Carroll wants to tell the story of a girl who has to become braver in order to contend with challenges like the pool made by her own tears, or assertive characters, like the Queen.