Tim Burton is a very unique director. In his involvement in cinema he has directed some very unique movies. All of Burton's movies follow a unique style. Tim Burton uses sound, lighting, and camera angles to set this unique mood in his films such as: Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Big Fish.
The Novel Fahrenheit 451 , that is written by Ray Bradbury is a dystopian science fiction, and also the frightening prediction of our future world. In the novel, the main character is Guy Montag who begins as a firefighter, and who starts fires rather than extinguishing them. A corrupt government and society uses its citizens to destroy the past. By burning books and promoting technology and propaganda, citizens become numb to reality around them. Bradbury puts the novel into a frightening, but a very close description setting, in order to show how corrupt our world will be.
Edward Scissorhands (1991), directed by Tim Burton, is about a young man, named Edward Scissorhands who was incomplete, due to the death of his inventor. As so, Edward had to live with scissors as hands, throughout his whole life. Edward Scissorhands tried to fit in with the normal group and suddenly falls in love with a beautiful girl, Kim, who already had a boyfriend and so, this movie has been fallen towards the category of romance. Edward finally thought that he had his very own happiness by being different to others, but a dilemma rushes through as fast as a snip... Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder were the leading actors in this particular movie, and so if you're a fan of them, then this movie would be perfect for you.
Tim burton, renowned for his incorporation of gothic styling into many of his films, throughs characters and themes to establish his noticeable signature in his films. In, Frankenweenie and Edward Scissorhands, the use of socially incompatible characters, unique identity traits, and contrasting a life of one that has conformed gives the both film a gothic identity with a sense of german expressionism tim burton autuer. Burton does this in order to communicate his thoughts on conformity and to
Another technique that Burton uses in most his films is lighting. The effect he tries to use in his films are suspiciousness and also evilness. He does this by including mainly two types of lighting, low key lighting and also bottom lighting. For example when Edward comes out of the shadows he uses low key lighting to show that he’s scary and also suspicious Burton also uses bottom lighting in a Nightmare before Christmas to do the same when Jack walked up the cliff. He uses these types of techniques to express his dark style which is found in every one of his
The novel Frankenstein and the movie Edward Scissorhands is a mix between monstrosity, sadness, rejection, loneliness, and the want of having someone. I will thematically be comparing and contrasting the novel Frankenstein to the movie Edward Scissorhands. Similar themes between the two are creation and isolation from society. The two monsters are the same in the aspect of being created by man. The two creatures are isolated from society for the first part of their existence.
Teenage issues played a major role in Tim Burton’s film, Edward Scissorhands. As many teenagers go through the hardships of being a teenage, the film showed an understanding to teenagers going through difficult situation such as peer pressure, bulling and fitting in. The life lessons present by Burton helps the audience to relate and feel empathy for Edward. Film Techniques such as colouring, characterizing and costuming were used to exaggerate the idea of Edward being different, this is to create a feeling of understanding for Edward. Burton explores the extent to which teenagers are willing to sacrifice their morals to fit into society.
Tim Burton uses his mysterious and creepy characteristics and expressed it through his film Edward Scissorhands Burton uses his unique style of editing that helps understand the main character’s, Edward’s, background. In comparison with the editing the sound helps understand the meaning of certain part such as the suspense of what would happen to Edward in the end. The costuming was a peculiar choice, it shows how in the town there was a lot of colors, but, Edward wore an all black steam punk like clothing showing how he was different. Therefore Tim Burton’s character, Edward, is a somewhat reflection of himself. Like Burton he has an imagination in order to create “art”, and the style of clothing is alike to that of Burton’s.
What does director Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994), directed by Kenneth Branagh, have in common— a mutual underlying story; but their differences are what makes their tales all the more special. Edward Scissorhands is a retelling of Frankenstein, but with a slight twist. In Edward’s case instead of lacking companionship like Frankenstein’s monster, he lacks hands; and is received rather well by the surrounding community. Ironically, in both tales the characters share the same desire to be love; this ignites the question – why do humans want to be love? Are we only important as we are loved?
The unknown is often associated with danger because of society. Tim Burton would argue that the abnormal could often be the uttermost significant in life. Through color contrast and physically abnormal characters, Burton displays in his films that society wrongly teaches people to fear the unknown. Burton uses color contrast to show the isolation and the unknown of the outcast characters in his films. For instance, in Edward Scissorhands, Edward was introduced when Peg found him sitting in a corner all alone.
First of all, The Princess Bride is a movie about love, vengeance, and companionship. The story focuses on a farm girl, Buttercup, who has been chosen as the prince's bride to Prince Humperdinck. However, Buttercup does not love him, as she mourns the death of her one true love, Westley. She is later on kidnapped by a band of bandits: Vizzini, Fezzik, and Montoya. However, they are chased by Dread Pirate Roberts himself, aka Westley and attempts to rescue Buttercup.
Tim Burton’s style is mysterious, creepy and exciting. In Tim Burton’s movie Edward Scissorhands, the main character Edward, is a mysterious and creepy person. Edward doesn’t understand what it’s like to be around people because all his life he lived alone in a castle, and had no clue idea how to socialize since his creator died and didn’t teach Edward much about the world. Burton uses an invigorating way to express his characters, because they are very diverse, and since they are diverse, it excites people to learn more about these specific characters he creates, such as Edward. The way Burton introduces these characters can intrigue many people to watch his movies.
In conclusion, Tim Burton proceeds taking advantage of the cinematic techniques; lighting, sound, and camera movements creating a certain mood/tone. He uses each technique to reel in his audience. Tim Burton’s style is based on differences between things or people. However, Burton uses many more techniques than just these three, he uses all kinds to appeal to his
The “single effect” is a term made by Edgar Allan Poe. It is the unique emotion that is felt in every element of a short story. “The Young Goodman Brown” by romanticism author Nathaniel Hawthorne is an example of this effect. This author uses descriptions, incidents, and images to contribute to the single effect. The single effect in this is the mysterious, distrustful and the two-sidedness of people.
Tim Burton’s distinct style became evident in his very first films and stayed clear in his later film, while the plot of Burton’s films vary greatly his style stays pronounced. This can be seen across his many movies from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, “Vincent”, and “Frankenweenie”. In all of these films his distinct style is developed through the use of a strong contrast of high and low key lighting to show contrast between characters and circumstances, a recurring motif of mobs antagonizing the antagonist, and the frequent use of shot reverse shots to show the development of the relationship between the outsider and the people on the inside. With the use of a contrast between high and low-key lighting, a recurring mob motif, and the use of shot-reverse-shots Tim Burton develops his hopelessly bleak style. One of the most evident cinematic techniques that Tim Burton uses to develop his hopelessly bleak style is the use of a strong contrast of high and low-key lighting or colors.
