Similarities Between Charlie And The Chocolate Factory And Edward Scissorhands

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You probably have heard of the Tim Burton films, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands. So, you might know something about Tim Burton’s directing style. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is about an indigent boy named, Charlie that finds a golden ticket, that allows him to take a tour to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. In Edward Scissorhands, a woman named Peg meets Edward, someone who isn’t a real human, but looks very humanoid, this is however apart from his hands being scissors, and she takes him home with her. Tim Burton’s style of directing is very evident in both movies, and some cinematic techniques he uses are non-diegetic sound, flashbacks, and low-key lighting. Tim Burton utilizes many non-diegetic sound to keep the viewer guessing what is going to happen …show more content…

In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Willy Wonka has a flashback into his childhood, to the time when his father said he didn’t want to him being a candy maker, therefore he says he’ll run away. Then, when he couldn’t run away because the train station was closed, he tried to come back home, but his home was gone, because the building has disappeared. This flashback helps the reader understand why Willy Wonka is the way he is and why he hesitates and doesn’t say the word “parents.” This makes the mood mournful and resentful because Willy Wonka’s father left him alone and never was supportive of him. Another example, is in Edward Scissorhands. While, Edward and Kim was hugging, Edward has a flashback to his inventor, or father dying. His inventor had finally made hands for Edward, however he dies of a heart attack, before being able to replace the scissors Edward has for hands. This flashblack happens to make the mood sorrowful and depressed because Edward was so close to getting hands but was never able to. For the most part, Tim Burton uses flashback to help the viewer understand and feel for the characters in the

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