Have you ever seen Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, or Sleepy Hollows? If you have seen those, you should know, Tim Burton loves to keep his audience on their feet. Tim Burton has an impressive list of dark-themed and mysterious movies that are fans’ favorite. He uses many cinematic techniques to keep his audience thrilled with bone-chilling vibes. The creative use of his cinematic techniques are shown in movies such us Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands. One of the techniques that Tim Burton creatively put to use is lighting, which he used in order to set a mood or atmosphere. He uses lighting to create the eerie and mysterious atmosphere that have always kept his audience thrilled. Another …show more content…
He usually uses these shots in order to deliver emotions of the main character to the audience and feelings that are unsaid. An example of his medium shot is in the film, Edward Scissorhands. When Edward was tucked into bed by Peg, he laid there while the camera only showed the upper half of his body, which is a medium shot. He laid there in his pajamas with darting eyes and hands rested in an uncomfortable position. The medium shot was used to show how Edward felt being in a new environment. Since he is a quiet character and doesn’t speak much, Tim Burton used medium shots to show how uncomfortable Edward felt being in an unfamiliar environment. Another example of Tim Burton’s use of medium shot is Edward’s first meeting with Peg. He emerged from the shadows and the camera filmed him from his waist up as he approached Peg. Without a lot of words, the audience could feel Edward’s fear and uncertainty. He was shown taking hesitant and careful steps towards Peg, showing his fear for the unusual. The cinematic techniques used in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands are prime examples of Tim Burton’s artistry. The genius behind our all-time favorite mysterious and eerie movie, cinematic techniques, play a big part in Tim Burton’s success. The way he uses cinematic techniques in order to create his award-winning horror films is how he keep his audience thrilled with horror. Tim Burton remains one of our greatest film director and a master of gothic and eccentric
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 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.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Fish, and Edward Scissorhands are all flooded with the magical elements of camera angles, lighting, and non-diegetic sound to create various moods, allowing the audience to enter life in the eyes of Tim Burton. The films would not be able to achieve the desired effect on the audience without Burton’s delivery of these powerful techniques. Burton’s mastery in the art of storytelling through film definitely rewards him the the title, “Burton the Wonder Wizard of
For example, in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Burton implements dim lighting during meaningful moments and bright lighting during more vibrant moments. This effectively conveys the tone set for the scene and maintains a clear balance in the scene. This helps the audience clearly understand the scene’s characteristics and its meaning to the film. Similarly, in Edward Scissorhands (1990) Burton utilizes lighting to set contrast between the characters. The superficial town is set in a bright, sunny setting, however, the lives the characters lead are quite the opposite of bright. These individuals spend their free time judging others and have no individuality whatsoever. Furthermore, Edward, one of the only characters who is kindhearted, is portrayed in dull, dark lighting. The lighting contrasts with his sweet personality to emphasize who is accepted and who is not. This contrast helps the audience understand the contradicting worlds of Edward and the frivolous town. In addition, in Big Eyes (2014) Burton implements lighting to show the slow transition of Margaret Keane’s life. The lighting depicts the dulling of her life as she faces troubles in her life. The use of lighting here helps the audience see the clear transition in Margaret Keane's life and clearly understand the conflict in her life. Similarly, Burton utilizes lighting in his films
wealthy Hollywood director. Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland are examples of Burton movies that the characters have to go through challenging obstacles to find their triumph. Burton uses low angles and high key lighting in Charlie and the Chocolate factory and in Alice in Wonderland to emphasize that positive attitude affects a person’s fortune.
An advocate of individuality, director Tim Burton says, “One person’s craziness is another person’s reality.” Growing up rather socially inept, the director has always found joy in movies and animation. After graduating from the California Institute of the Arts, he worked for Disney for a year, then left and created his own film production company. Although critics tend to label him as grotesque, his creations often comfort today’s recluses. In his films Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Alice in Wonderland, Director Tim Burton portrays the idea that one’s mind-set, not the circumstances, determine their happiness. This notion develops through style characteristics such as protagonists who use their disabilities to
Tim Burton, a director of numerous successful films, takes you through many stories of unique characters. Although, despite their differences, one still could point out similarities throughout each movie. This is caused by Tim Burton’s cinematic style. This specific style is influenced by his favorite childhood author, Dr. Seuss. Tim Burton uses lighting, camera movements, and editing to build a suspenseful but also calming mood all at once. Burton attempts to convey the contrasting message of darkness mixed within innocence throughout each of his films.
The sharp gleam of light slicing through the air as it reflects from an array of smooth blades. A whiplash of a tail and the shimmer of iridescent scales before it slither into the murky waters. A bony hand threading delicate buttons onto a little doll’s eyes. Hundreds of dark, macabre, bittersweet chocolate wrapped with shiny and thin foil paper. These are the distinctive representative objects showing Tim Burton’s dark style. He is a Hollywood outsider-director who grew up under the influences of darkness. Tim Burton, the director of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Fish, and Edward Scissorhands, and various other movies, uses exaggeration in cinematic techniques and repetitive themes to show his unique and avant-garde style.
Tim Burton is noted for many of his mysterious, suspenseful, and thrilling movies. His childhood has influenced the way he writes, screens and portrays movies to his public audience and fans. Four of these outstanding films are Edward Scissorhands, Frankenweenie, Corpse Bride, and Coraline. In these movies, and many of his others, Tim Burton uses a variety of cinematic techniques to portray and express feelings felt by the characters, set the moods, scenes, and the story. Tim Burton uses lighting, sound, and camera angles in order to create a coherent movie with amusing, suspenseful and tragic scenes.
On August 25, 1958, Timothy Walter Burton was born (“Biography”). Burton had a painful childhood in which the relationship with his parents and brother was nonexistent (Morgenstern). Through his intense feeling of isolation, his visual talent began to develop. The comfort found in hobbies such as writing and drawing led him to attend the California Institute of the Arts which led him to his first job in any artistic field at the Disney Animation Studios (“Biography”). Burton has since been referred to as one of the most visually gifted writers, artists, and filmmakers that America has seen (Hanke). His short stories, poems, and film scripts are centered on an inner darkness which he has been slowly acquiring since his childhood. He throws himself into everything he writes and makes even the simplest characters have a deep, complex meaning. His famous darkness and symbolism is shown in his book The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories. The book contains a collection of his short stories, poems, and illustrations about a variety of fictional characters that can be compared to Burton and his life. Tim Burton’s home life and previous hardships have made a significant impact on his work. In my paper, I will draw parallels to his life and work as well as prove that there is reasoning and beauty in the way he is.
Tim Burton said in an interview that when he was a kid he would watch all kind of monster movies. “My parents said I started watching those movies before I could even walk.”As a kid he loved horror movies and he liked drawing pictures. He said he did not care what people thought of his drawings and just drew them his own way. His drawings also show his love for horror because they are all unique and creepy looking. Some of his pictures are based on the movies he directed. He started directing at twenty years old. He was very interested in animation. One of his first films was Batman. Most of the films he directed have a gothic horror aspect. I believe since his childhood was all about horror movies, he gained an appreciation for those films and applied his passion in the films he directed. "Vincent Price, Edgar Allan Poe, those monster movies, those spoke to me. You see somebody going through that anguish and that torture –things you identify with –and it acts as a kind of therapy, a release. (Tim Burton 17).”Besides the fact that he watched horror movies, the place where he lived influenced him as well. The dark and light aspects of life have always fascinated Tim Burton, consistently arguing that one cannot exist without the other: ‘life is an incredible jumble of being funny and sad and dramatic and melodramatic and goofy and everything’. During his childhood in suburban Burbank, Burton found the
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 once said, “Anybody with artistic ambitions is always trying to reconnect with the way they saw things as a child.” He values various cinematic techniques such as lighting, sound, and camera angles conceive mood, tone, and fantasy in his movies. If he wanted a happy scene, he would make the lighting and music more upbeat, on the other hand, for a dark, gloomy scene, he would have dreary and obscure music. I will further explain how he creates his own world.
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