Analysis Of Corpse Bride By Tim Burton

A repressed individual as a young teen, Tim Burton has now blossomed with age and has created some of the most influential and revolutionary films in history. As a child growing up in Burbank, Burton was recluse from society he didn 't fit into and hid his creative capabilities. His work is highly influenced by his past; Alice and Wonderland and Corpse Bride are no exception, reflecting his views on society from his past and present. Throughout Corpse Bride we see connections with Burtons love for horror films and gothic, german expressionism.

Set in the Victorian Era, Burton plays on the views of society through colour, costuming, sound and lighting in his stop motion film, Corpse Bride. In the opening scene, we are introduced to Victor

Through these exaggerated features and monochrome colour pallet, audiences are introduced to Tim Burtons style and influences; gothic imagination, horror films and german expressionism. Along with these stylistic features, Burton’s character designs are influenced and enhanced in coherence with the Mise-en-scène. Victor is shown, sketching in his dark room, little furniture and his only form of self expression can be seen in the few drawings and images he has on his wall. This is a clear connection with Tim Burton’s gothic imagination and love for horror style films. Sunken, blackened eyes, pale white skin, victorian style monotone clothing, and exaggerated features contribute to the eerie and mysterious setting of Corpse

Mrs Everglott’s (voiced by Joanna Lumley) exaggerated design focuses on the length of certain features, mainly the chin, hair, and height of the character. This design for the character reflects her traits as a posh, upper class lady. Opposing her, Mr Everglott’s (enter actors name ?) design, emphasis the glutinous, conceitedness and sternness of his character with his large round, stumpy figure, big mouth and furrowed brow. In contrast with the Everglott 's, the Van Dort 's designs the counterparts are inverted in order to show the connection and the separation between the two families. The connection between the two couples is through the similar design focus on each character and the use of the emphasised features to relate to the characters personality. In the Van Dort’s case, Mrs Van Dort is designed having a rounder figure and a large face, similar to Mr Everglott, whilst Mr Van Dort (voiced by Paul Whitehouse) relates to Mrs Everglott with his long slender body yet his character unlike her is caring and compassionate similarly to Victor. This is highly effective as it creates a connection between the families and their