How Does Tim Burton Use Cinematic Techniques

Cinematic Techniques vs. Stylistic Devices
Little to no lights and creepy music can scare the audience. Full of light and happy music can make the audience feel happy. Both of these effects (different lighting and sound) can make an audience feel a specific way. Tim Burton and print texts uses cinematic techniques/stylistic devices to achieve a reaction from the audience/readers. Tim Burton uses sound in his films to achieve a specific reaction from the audience. In the movie, The Nightmare before Christmas, Tim Burton uses Non-Diegetic sound and plays a very suspicious sounding piece of music in the background. This gives the audience a feeling of something is going to happen. A feeling that keeps the viewers on the “edge of their seats.” Also, in the movie, Edward Scissorhands, he uses Non-Diegetic sound in the beginning of the movie. The music is a mix of different moods; happy, mysterious, and suspicious. This effect can give the audience a bunch of feelings, but the most important that Tim burton is trying to get is scared, or at least spooked. Another example is in the movie The Nightmare before Christmas. In this movie, all the characters sing. This is Diegetic sound. An example is when “the monster under your bed” sings with a raspy voice. He uses this

In The Nightmare before Christmas, Burton uses Low key lighting to create a scarier effect. This technique is used in the beginning scene, when the camera is walking around the cemetery. The limited light creates an eerie effect. Another example is in Edward Scissorhands, in the beginning of the film. The film shows the mansion, with back lighting. Back lighting is used to create the appearance of innocence, but in this film, it’s the opposite. Another example is in the film Pee-Wees Big Adventure. It shows a semi-truck driving up to Pee-Wee, in almost complete darkness. The darkness tells me that something bad is about to