In movies everywhere, shots are seamlessly put together to create something great. Cinematic techniques serve a purpose in every shot of every movie. Tim Burton, a unique and interesting director, knows this better than anyone. Known for his dark and quirky movie style, viewers can almost instantly pick out a Burton film when they see one. Burton was always the one who stood out for being different, so he put this idiosyncrasy into his movies today. The incredible Tim Burton uses close up shots and low key lighting to portray a odd, dark, and almost creepy feeling in his viewers and communicate an overall message of being treated as an outcast. Furthermore, close up shots that are shown in many of Burton’s films help communicate the message …show more content…
For example, Burton uses close up shots in “The Corpse Bride” when the shot is closed in on Victor, the main character. Victor is a boy who is considered weird and improper according to his bride-to-be’s family. This illustrates the message of being an outcast because emphasis is shown on his uncomfortableness and anxious expressions and body language when around other people that are not like him. The way he does not feel like he belongs gives the viewer an understanding of how outcasts get treated differently than those who are considered normal. Additionally, Burton also uses close up shots in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” when showing only Willy Wonka’s face. In these shots, Wonka’s odd and creepy facial expressions can be shown throughout the film. This further demonstrates the message of being an outcast by showing how different his body language is from everyone else’s and how he is not the same as most normal people. The expressions on the characters face help emphasize the creepy and dark feeling Burton was trying to cast on the viewer. Lastly, Burton puts close up shots to …show more content…
With little light shown in the shot, many feelings and emotions can be casted through this cinematic technique, and therefore help to communicate a message towards viewers. For instance, Tim Burton makes use of many shots with low key light in the movie “Edward Scissorhands.” In the mansion where Edward dwells, dark rooms with a creepy feeling can be shown. This shot displays the message of being an outcast by showing the mansion the same way the person who lives in it- different, creepy and strange. The shots also allowed Burton to cast an odd and dark feeling towards the people who are watching. In like manner, this cinematic technique was also used by Burton in “The Corpse Bride,” In the introduction of the movie when showing Victors room, a very slight amount of light can be shown where the character resides. This illustrates a theme of being an outcast because of this spooky type of lighting in the room relates to how the owner of the room is seen. Additionally, this technique can be seen in Burton’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Low key lighting was used while showing Willy Wonka’s face and helped Burton give him a creepy and peculiar vibe, illustrating the message of being viewed as an outcast. By only having this lighting on Wonka’s face, it shows great contrast between the ‘normal’ and the ‘different’. The creepy feeling is set on the reader once again by using
In the movie Edward Scissorhands, a lot of different cinematic techniques are used. This movie mostly focuses on lighting, usually using darker low-key lighting throughout most of the film to create a darker, creepy tone. Low-key lighting is used mostly in scenes with Edward scissorhands in them, not as much with the girl. A good example of these low-key lighting scenes are the beginning ones, when the girl first enters Edward’s castle. The atmosphere inside is dark and creepy, adding to the already mysterious and dark tone of the movie. Another example of a scene with low-key lighting is the very beginning of the credits screen. The words are displayed in white with the rest of the background as a dark and evil setting. This already gives
People are constantly being judged and pressured to change to fit society’s standards. In Tim Burton films, there is always one character that does not fit the mold. These outcast characters in the movies Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands are strange and isolated from the world. Despite the outcast’s difficulties, misfit characters like Edward and Wonka go on to be the hero of the story. Therefore, Burton uses many different cinematic techniques to illustrate that one does not need to conform to society in order to have a happy and successful life.
Halloween is rife with psychological scares that affect its audience greatly. “Symbolism, dreamlike imagery, emotional rather than rational logic” are present in Psychoanalytic criticism. Siskel and Ebert talked about how the movie makes you feel as if you are the protagonist, scared for your life and feeling every bit of suspense (Siskel and Ebert). The movie is purely fueled by emotional responses to what is happening to the characters and focuses itself purely on how the audience will respond. In the clip shown, the main protagonist talks about how she killed the killer but he is shown alive. The movie is not concerned with the logic; otherwise, the killer would have at least been slowed down by the injuries he sustained. Siskel and Ebert laud the movie on its set up of scenes, score, character development, and use of lighting to make the audience feel the terror the characters undergo.
Tim Burton uses similar camera angles in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands. In both movies, Tim Burton uses mostly high angles and low angles in both movies. High angles are shot above the subject. Low angles are shot below the subject. One example of a high angle in Burton’s film is when the Oompa Loompas were swimming in the chocolate river in the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Another example of a high angle in Burton’s film is the high angle shot of the neighborhood in the movie Edward Scissorhands. Low angles are used less than high angles, but it was noticed that Burton does not use eye level angles as much as high or low angles. However, in the film Edward Scissorhands, more examples of eye level angles
Overall, Burton’s creative style is clearly seen in his films Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice. It is most clearly seen through his use of dramatic music and low key lighting. The dramatic music helps to set the mood and the low key lighting creates suspense and leaves the audience asking questions. Through the use of these 2 cinematic techniques, Burton is able to fascinate his audience with mysterious and exciting stories, and that is what makes him a great and unique
This slow zoom creates a suspense because I was unsure what was going happen to Chris. Another example is when the camera zooms in to Georgina (Betty Gabriel) while she stares in the mirror. In your typical horror movie a director would typically choose dark colors to create that creepy feeling for the audience. Peele is not your typical director, I found it brilliant when arriving at the Armitage estate Peele decided to use bright lighting to create a calm and welcoming mood, towards the end of the movie the lighting becomes darker as Chris slowly begins to realize it create this unbalanced feeling and this false sense of security. The use of close-ups in Get Out is another strong cinteampghapic tool that Peele uses.
Tim Burton is an American film producer, artist, writer, and animator. Three of his most popular created movies include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, and The Corpse Bride. In each of these movies, Tim Burton displays elements of stylistic techniques that improve the quality of the movie as a whole. These techniques include lighting, editing, angles, movements, sound, and framing. The angle at which a scene is filmed helps the audience connect with the characters. The lighting of a particular scene helps create the mood and tone by which the audience views the movie. Sounds that can or cannot be heard in the movie foreshadow and show relationships, actions, and characteristics of the characters. The framing and type of shot of a scene can highlight details and make the audience feel that they are with the character. Types of movement can reveal a personal moment about a character and show importance of a certain scene. Finally, the editing techniques used in a movie also give more
The vision Christopher Nolan had for The Prestige (2006) was to add to the outbreak of street magician film, whilst playing a large dramatic subplot equal in grandeur to the magical performances within the film. In the final sequence of the film, I will analyse how the cinematography and sound helps to resolve the plot so that it summarises the themes present in the film, whilst also invoking a response from the audience. Nolan uses close up shots, non-diegetic sound (music) and dialogue collaboratively to convey the dramatic, personal subplot of the characters and their relationships, whilst appealing to the audience bringing forth an emotional response from the audience. The heavy, slow, dramatic atmosphere of the ending sequence uses various
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
This low key lighting film technique creates a sense of scariness and suspense. This was seen when Elliot was moving in the field not sure what he was about to find. We see it again in the scene where E.T. calls home, and we see how the light is restricted to what the blinds allow in. The shadows on the faces and objects within the house are a lot and it adds to the overall suspense of what is happening in the scene. The lighting is what most times tell us what is coming because when it’s bright the characters tend to be more relaxed as opposed to the low lighting which alluded to the fact that something would most likely happen. The lighting in a way kept the movie going as we looked forward to what would occur
...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.
Jean-Luc Godard’s film, Breathless (1960), is a conventional crime movie that is told using unconventional methods. The film tells a tale of a low-level gangster, Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo), who aims to become Humphrey Bogart, a character in American crime films. He steals a car, in turn, shoots and kills a policeman. Michel escapes to Paris where he begins seducing a young, American, blonde named Patricia (Jean Seberg). Patricia does not know of his criminal activities. However, when the police final catch Michel, she tries to hide Michel from the cops. She learns Michel murdered a policeman, has multiple aliases, and is married to another woman. Patricia betrays Michel and allows the police to find him. Michel is then shot and killed in
Most people go their whole lives without ever discovering who they truly are. However, that is not the case for many of the main characters in Tim Burton’s unique films. Burton establishes a theme in his films that young people truly find themselves when they deviate from the path society has carved for them through his uses of misfit protagonists and magical settings in his movies.
Burton uses close-up camera angles to show significant items in his film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Tim Burton uses a close-up camera angle when Charlie finds the golden ticket to show how it is significant to the story. The golden ticket is significant because it is like his ticket to a new and better life. In Edward Scissorhands there is a close-up of the hands his inventor was going to give him which is very significant to the story because if his inventor finished him and
The buildings seemed to move off into the distance forever and it draws your eye into the shot. This is important because it makes you feel as if you are inside the shot looking down upon the city. 3.) In a film without words, how are messages successfully conveyed?