Voiceover In The Nightmare Before Christmas

Around the world, people know of such holidays like St. Patrick’s Day, Valentine’s day, or Christmas. But there is a magical place, where not everyone knows of such things, they just know what’s around them. Screenwriter Caroline Thompson allows for others to see a new look at how the holidays are in their “world.” Thompson describes how a scary skeleton embarks on a journey and learns of another holiday that is completely different from his world. Edward Ivory is the main voiceover of the Thompson’s 2014 20/20 winner The Nightmare Before Christmas (Jon Reeves). Ivory is given the role of Santa, who’s the man to save the day after Jack Skellington, Chris Sarandon, decides to take over Christmas and ruins it all together (Jon Reeves). Jack

The song sets the scene for the whole movies, showing that this town is all about the Halloween holiday, it’s horror, darkness, and ghoulish characters. Jack seems to be happy, but when the townspeople are not around, he shows a different part of himself. The audience becomes aware of his sorrow through a song, sung by Jack, that “Jack, the Pumpkin King, grows tired of his crown,” (Thompson). Sally is a supporting character that, from the beginning of the story, is completely gutless, and everyone around her seems to dominate over her. According to Cameron Cubbison’s “How to Write a Coherent Character Sheet,” both of these characters are ideal because of the backstories built behind them. With Jack being the Skeleton King, and Sally being controlled by others, especially her “father” the Evil Scientist. As Jack is walking away, unknowingly to Sally, she does try to stand up for herself by telling Jack, that she understands what he is going through. She fails to get the attention of Jack, and feels sorrowful. Thompson allows for a clear opening for next scene by showing that Sally picks some Deadly Night Shade, creating suspension and foreshadowing on what she will do with

His grief is now taking him away from the people/things around him, and making Jack into an inattentive mess, who doesn’t see that others are trying to keep him from doing what he thinks is good. Thompson now introduces what the movie is all about, the holiday doors, to which Jack is amazed by. She writes in the description, “He wants to see whatever there is to see,” (Thompson). Thompson gives a very eloquent image in the description, as she does throughout the story, and keeps the attention of the audience (Nic Url). She also plays on letting the reader see their own perspective, allowing the audience to interpret in a way that best fits them (Michael Schilf). As of now Jack is categorized, by Thompson, to be a depressed man, who puts on a joyful face around the townspeople, to keep them from knowing that Halloweenland is the same every year. He does this for their good, because if they thought they were failing him in anyway, they would completely fall apart, as they do later in the