Tim Burton is an American director, artist, producer, animator and writer, born in California in 1958. As a child, Burton had an interest in horror films and would often go to watch them at his local theatre. Burton's favourites of these films are 'Scream Blacula Scream', 'Destroy All Monsters' and 'Jason and the Argonauts' (fig4). Fig 4: a still from the film 'Jason and the Argonauts' directed by Don Chaffey, 1963. Burton also lists actor Vincent Price as one of his childhood idols, and has created several works inspired by Price such as his animated short, 'Vincent' which Price also narrated. Price also plays the part of the inventor in 'Edward Scissorhands'. It is often said, that the character of Edward is based of Burton himself, from
Imagining the similarities between one of the most famous Shakespearean plays and a new animated Disney movie is difficult, until you look deeply into the characters. From the Shakespearean play Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is extremely similar to Mother Gothel from the Disney movie Tangled. Lady Macbeth is Macbeth’s wife that has strong desires and personality. The movie Tangled created a similar character with Mother Gothel, she is Rapunzel's mother and believes in going after what you want. The two characters are not the exact same, they differ in their desires and in their ending demise. They are much more similar in their motives and their actions which reveal their shared character traits.
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, it is 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. His views of individuality are evident through the work of his film 'Edward Scissorhands' and short film 'Vincent'.
Tim Burton: Exuberant, unique, witty, with his movies bring smiles to faces all around, young and old. The talents this man has are numerous; the films directed flawlessly.
When I was little, I used to stay up late at night, watching old movies with my father. He worked at night, so on his nights off, he often could not sleep. Our dad-daughter bond was, no doubt, forged by our love of old black and white and even cheesy films. It was on one of these late nights that I first saw a huge snake coiled next to a tree, draped in a glittery sheep’s fur. I am sure that my eyes were big with awe the whole time, for to this day, when I watch or even read mythological stories, I feel the same childhood awe. The movie Jason and the Argonauts, directed by Nick Willing in 2000, is certainly not as campy as the old black and white, but it is just as awe-inspiring as is Peter Green’s translation of Apollonius of Rhodes’ version of Jason’s story: “Argonautika: The Story of Jason and the
Tim Burton is a creative director when he directs gothic movies. This essay talks about the cinematic techniques that Burton uses in the movies, Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Alice in Wonderland. Tim Burton uses shots and framing, sound, and lighting, to make a dark and gothic movies. He tries to make you feel a special way, in a certain scene, in his movies, by his different techniques.
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.
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.
Tim Burton is popular film director for all of his amazing movies he has made with techniques in his films like lighting, camera angle, and zooming. Two of the well-known films Tim Burton has created is Edward Scissorhands which he had came up with the story in 1990, and he also came up with Big Fish which was created by Tim Burton in 2003.
To begin, Tim Burton uses lighting to send the mixed emotions of child like with darkness. Examples of lighting come from the two movies Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In the movie Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton uses a mix of lighting on Edward. At happier times,when Edward is performing haircuts, the lighting is high key and has a front lighting the face of Edward. This portrays Edward is good although Tim Burton contradicted this decision later showing that Edward is somewhat of an criminal. For example, low key and bottom lighting were used when Edward is walking towards the police as if to seem that he is a criminal. This shows how Tim Burton uses his mixed emotions to make the audience not know what to think of Edward. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the outside
Tim Burton has many style elements that almost always show up in his movies or artwork. His work can be easily recognized from the use of curlicues and stripes or the dark scenes. Maybe you recognize him by the distorted proportions of a character like the parents in The Corpse Bride. A lot of his characters also have crazy hairstyles and overshadowed eyes like Edward Scissorhands in the movie Edward Scissorhands. In Edward Scissorhands Edward has very crazy hair and also wears an all black leather suit. His mansion is extremely dark which is one of Tim Burton’s main styles. Out of these two movies Tim’s style can even be seen on the movies cover art.
Director Tim Burton has led an interesting life, dealing with fantasy, versus reality. Or, what is normal and abnormal. Burtons very unique style of directing has been put throughout his Hollywood produced movies using cinematic techniques such as sound/music, camera shots, and color. These techniques were used in Burtons popular movies such as “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, “Edward Scissorhands”, and “Alice in Wonderland”, “Nightmare before Christmas”, and many more.
While other kids read books like “Go Jane Go”, Vincent’s favorite author is Edgar Allen Poe - Vincent Malloy. Similar to his character, Vincent Malloy, Tim Burton was quite the unusual child; Burton viewed distinctive people such as Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Edgar Allen Poe, and Chris Lee as role models. As a film director, influences like these have molded some of his productions such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, and The Corpse Bride into masterpieces with mysterious settings which contain vibrant plots and characters. Moreover, in his films, Burton uses diegetic-sound and low-key lighting in order to convey a feeling of fear to his viewers and communicate the overall
They’re a few similarities and differences between the myth, and the movie Jason and the Argonauts. Some similarities would include Jason wanting to find the golden fleece, him navigating through the rocks, his ship names stays “Argo” in both the myth and the movie. Hera only helps him five times in both the movie and myth. Some differences would be, Jason and his men in the story fought and killed Harpies, but in the movie they just put them into the prison. The clashing rocks scene, In the movie they called magic rocks “Clashing Rocks”, but in the story they called them “Clashing Cliffs” In the story the teeth turned to warriors, but in the movie the teeth turned into the skeletons. And the relationship of Medea and Jason. Medea has the most differences.
Director Tim Burton has directed many films. He started out working at Disney, but shortly after he decided to make his own films. He split away from Disney because they wouldn’t let him add the scariness and darkness he has in his films. After he left he created many great films and also developed his own style. He uses many cinematic techniques in his films for example he uses close-up camera angles on symbolic items, he uses music to show foreshadowing, and he uses lighting and color to show mood
The widely popular film Shrek, produced and distributed by DreamWorks in 2001, grossed a total of $484,409,218 in worldwide sales (Box Office Mojo). The success of the film has led DreamWorks to create several shorts, companion films, and sequels. From its memorable characters to its whimsical, edgy humor, Shrek was an amazing, highly successful animation that would pave the way for DreamWorks to make billions off the franchise. Shrek’s success can be attributed to three main factors: the range of ages it appeals to, its creative use of intertextuality, and its ability to cover a wide range of the fairy tale functions proposed by Vladimir Propp.