Style Analysis of Tim Burton A huge meadow bristling with flowers and animals. A house engulfed in flames. A couple having a conversation. What do they all have in common? They all provoke a feeling in the audience. Whether it's anger, sympathy, or joy, they all create feeling in one way or another. It is this feeling, called mood, that Tim Burton uses to convey his messages. He uses many cinematic techniques to accomplish this. Sometimes they are subtle, but at other times they are pivotal to a scene. Throughout his movies, Tim Burton uses the techniques of lighting, camera angles, and framing to convey the message that when people take risks, they may fail, but will learn in the process.
Lighting is very important in Tim Burton’s movies.
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For example, when Jack is singing in the graveyard, most of the shots are either close up or medium. The audience can see his facial expressions in much better detail and see his emotions as well. They can see how torn he is between the two sides of himself and who he is supposed to be. He has tried to make things better, but the evil in him did not make that possible. It is when he realizes this that he decides to go back to his town and be the best skeleton he can be. Edward Scissorhands has a good example of framing in it as well. Edward has just been caught breaking into Jim’s house. The police have shown up and are ordering him to come outside. He walks outside slowly, raising his hands into the air. With the close up shot used in this scene, you can see the sheer terror and confusion on Edward's’ face. He is already new to this town and everything is still unfamiliar to him. Now he has been caught stealing, and he does not know what to do. Nothing makes any sense to him. He is scared and nothing like the others. All of this eventually leads to Edward being chased out of the town by police. However, he then knows that his place is on the hill where he can live his peaceful life, and even create snow in the town from his ice
Individuality is rejection, whether it be a rejection of society or a rejection by society. Burton explores the consequences that can derive from rejection and how appearances may differ from reality. The work of Tim Burton consists of a unique style unlike any other. Not only do his films convey his ideas of individuality to the audience, they are done in a distinctive Burton way. Burton’s style of the formal elements of German Expressionism, gothic horror, and unique characters allow him to convey his ideas.
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...
In this image, a sewage worker is seen cleaning the drainage system, with his bear hands, without the use of either any equipment’s or protection. On the first glace, the image depicts the idea of health risk, because the man is exposed to such contaminants, which for him is work. He is looking up from a dirty drain, covered in filth, which shows that he is clearly used as the subject of this image, whom we are engaged to more as he is making eye contact with its viewers. This picture only includes one person into the frame, as the other man’s face isn’t available to see in this picture, which is man that is holding the bucket. Holding a bucket either emphasise the idea that he is helping the sewage worker, either to get the dirt out or to put the dirt in the drainage system.
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.
An example of juxtaposition in Edward Scissorhands was the dark, evil mansion and the colorful neighborhood. Another is Kim’s white dress and Ed’s Black outfit. Jim was the opposite of Ed because he was evil and cunning and Ed is nice and innocent. All these examples show how Tim Burton used Juxtaposition to show the differences of people and
“Often fear of one evil leads us into a worse”(Despreaux). Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux is saying that fear consumes oneself and often times results in a worse fate. William Golding shares a similar viewpoint in his novel Lord of the Flies. A group of boys devastatingly land on a deserted island. Ralph and his friend Piggy form a group. Slowly, they become increasingly fearful. Then a boy named Jack rebels and forms his own tribe with a few boys such as Roger and Bill. Many things such as their environment, personalities and their own minds contribute to their change. Eventually, many of the boys revert to their inherently evil nature and become savage and only two boys remain civilized. The boys deal with many trials, including each other, and true colors show. In the end they are being rescued, but too much is lost. Their innocence is forever lost along with the lives Simon, a peaceful boy, and an intelligent boy, Piggy. Throughout the novel, Golding uses symbolism and characterization to show that savagery and evil are a direct effect of fear.
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.
Director Burton uses exaggeration in cinematic techniques such as music to convey a certain theme to the audience, showing his unique style. For example, in the film Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton purposely exaggerates the color of the townhouses contrasting with the dark castle to show how light and frivolous the town is. This is also shown through the apparent exaggeration of the housewives’ personalities. Throughout the entire story, the colors of the town are so stark that the audience winces as the camera pans over the town. This achieves the effect of grabbing the audience’s attention, enlightening them of the fact that Burton wants to convey: This town is simply shiny and pretty on the outside, with the nosy, despicable personalities of the housewives’ within. These cinematic techniques and characters reflect the cruel truth of society, where people only treat you well when they wish to take advantage of you. Tim Burton incorporates his own personal feelings about the world into this movie, ...
The film Of Mice and Men used many technical elements to establish the mood and atmosphere of the film. The three main elements used to establish mood and atmosphere were lighting, sets, and music. In the film, lighting is used very strategically to differentiate between the good and bad scenes, as did the novel. For example, when Lennie is shot by George, it is a dark scene which creates a mood because a person’s mind naturally knows that dark is bad and light is good. Therefore, by using dark lighting in the scenes where bad actions are committed, the persons mind makes them feel a certain way. Secondly, the sets were used to create mood and atmosphere. In the movie, sets were used to create mood and atmosphere by the way they were set up. For instance, the bunkhouse created a sympathetic mood because it shows how hard the men have it and makes the viewer feel bad about the life they are living. Furthermore, the music, one of the biggest components of creating mood, is used very well throughout the movie. Music is used to create mood because music can very easily change a person’s state of mind. For instance, when George is going to kill Lennie, the music switched to a depressing sound, in order to trigger one’s mind that it is a sad scene; therefore creating a mood.
Thematic analysis is espoused to be the foundational approach to qualitative analysis and methods (Saunders et al., 2016 as stated in Braun and Clarke, 2006: 78) and it is a useful method used to identify and analyse the order and patterns of qualitative data (Attride-Stirling, 2001). Qualitative research method depicts the correlation that exists between data and events, creating the pictorial representation of what one thinks a given data says (Saunders et al., 2016). They also opined that, qualitative data analysis is cogent, interactive and iterative. Also, Joana and Jill (2011) and Saunders et al (2016) postulate that, qualitative research brings meanings from words and images as opposed to numbers. However, despite its robustness and rigour of its application, it is skewed more to the interpretivist ideologies since researchers draw conclusion from participants and the hypothesis being forecasted (Joana and Jill, 2011; Saunders et al., 2016).
Poverty and homelessness are often, intertwined with the idea of gross mentality. illness and innate evil. In urban areas all across the United States, just like that of Seattle. in Sherman Alexie’s New Yorker piece, What You Pawn I Will Redeem, the downtrodden. are stereotyped as vicious addicts who would rob a child of its last penny if it meant a bottle of whiskey.
A good example is the use of letters to show how time has passed. Ford also uses the technique called framing such as at the end when Ethan leaves. It provides focus and brings in the audiences’ attention. Dramatic effects are added to the film through silence and the soundtrack
Setting and mood are methods of direction that can change a film’s ambiance and bring on an adundance of intelligent thoughts. Hawke and Branagh both reproduced Hamlet with a setting and mood that were both appealing for an audience. For instance, Hawke created a film much unlike Shakespeare’s play with a modern day setting. At the start of the film, the mood was set using modern visuals and melodies. Then a soliloquy of Hamlet was seen stating his troubling inner emotions. These scenes created a mood of youth and despair which eventually would become very effective in the plot of the film and the development of Hamlet’s character. Branagh’s version created a setting and a mood similar to Shakespeare’s original play. The beginning of the play opened with two guards waiting for the appearance of a ghost. Traditional music and dark visuals like a statue of Hamlet’s father created a mood of darkness and anxiety. This gave the film suspense which was much needed for the story. Clearly, both directors used the setting and the mood to play with particular emotions of the audience. However, Hawke was more creative in his methods and he created a non-traditional setting and mood that related more to a modern day audience. For example, Hawke focused on the mood by choosing camera shots during Hamlet’s soliloquy that...
Tim Burton's style can show the character's emotion, for example, in the movie Edward Scissorhands, when Ed first saw Kim in one of the pictures, Ed had a huge smile in his face, making him happy because he thinks that Kim looks beautiful. The audience thinks that's loving and it that it's kind-hearted. Another time Tim uses a close-up is in the movie Corpse Bride, he uses the close-up when a man was running away from a monster that was chasing him in a dark and scary forest. While the man was running there was always a close-up on his face to show his expression of the ghost girl that was chasing him. Now I
...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.