“One person’s craziness is another person’s reality.” (Tim Burton). Tim Burton has been directing movies for 38 years and is mostly known for his fantasy films; they include Alice in Wonderland, Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He is eccentric and dark yet, childlike and playful. Burton frequently works with Johnny Depp as their similar personas compliment each other, creating whimsical and mysterious films. Throughout his movies, Tim Burton’s dark yet playful style is conveyed through his use of editing, sound, and lighting; creating cheerful and apprehensive atmospheres. To begin, Tim Burton uses various editing techniques achieve certain effects, including characterization or mood. For instance, in film Charlie and the Charlie Factory, when Willy Wonka is explaining where …show more content…
For example, in Edward Scissorhands, when Peg first enters Edward’s mansion and is walking up the stairs, diegetic sound- long, moaning creaks and thumping footsteps are heard. During this scene, Peg repeats the word “Hello” which echoes through the mansion(Edward). The use of this technique creates a suspenseful mood with long creaking and echoed footsteps that create a sense of uncertainty and suspicion. The echoing of hello shows the enormity of the mansion and also makes Peg look isolated and vulnerable, making viewers wonder what will happen to her. Furthermore, in the movie Alice in Wonderland, when Alice first obtains the Vorpal sword from the chest and lifts it up, loud brass music plays in the background(Alice). The non-diegetic sound, sound only the viewer can hear, makes Alice and the sword seem heavenly and important with its loud brass and long notes. Burton’s use of non-diegetic sound also foreshadows that the sword will only be used for good in the events to come. To conclude, Burton’s style is shown through his use of sound to create
The well-known director Tim Burton has been appealing audiences all around the world by creating creepy and mysterious feelings while also satisfying his audiences with fun childlike plot lines. Burtons style is shown throughout his many movies such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands and Corpse Bride. These movies and many more show the directors style as being creepy and mysterious, but also makes it enjoyable for children and families to watch. With the use of cinematic technique Tim Burton is able to create his spooky and addicting style. In the movies above, cinematic techniques are used through and through to portray that creepy, mysterious and dark style that Burton has conveyed through his many movies and Claymation's.
“Things like 'mad as a hatter' or 'grinning like a Cheshire cat', are so powerful that music and songs incorporate the imagery. Writers, artists, illustrators, a lot of them have incorporated that.” This quote by Tim Burton perfectly sums up his own Cinematic style in one quote. He uses many cinematic elements to make his movies, especially music, lighting and color, and camera angles, all to tell us more than the dialogue does. Burton made his first movie in 1985 and has made upwards of 40 films since then.
There are many things that make Tim Burton the great man he is today. A big part of this is his movies and use of stylistic techniques. Tim Burton uses the stylistic techniques of lighting, music and camera angles to create mood. In the movie, “Edward Scissorhands” he uses lighting to create a dark mysterious mood, in the movie “Charlie and the Chocolate factory”, he uses lighting and music to create a creepy and childish mood at the same time, and finally in the movie “Big fish” he uses camera angles to show a bigger and better view of the town Spectre. In this essay I will go in more depth of how Tim Burton uses cinematic techniques to create mood in his movies.
Dark, Surreal, Humorous and Mysterious. These are a few words that people have used to describe Tim Burton’s Films. Making kid movies and adding a dark twist seems to have that kind of affect on a film. This essay will explain how director Tim Burton tends to use irregular characters, low key lighting and symbols to create films that are dark and funny.
Burton uses shots and framing, camera movement, and contrasting lighting to give a gloomy and dark mood. Tim Burton was influenced by fairy tales, working at Walt Disney Studios, and Dr. Seuss books. His films are characterized by childlike innocence and playfulness coupled with dark and somewhat grotesque sensibility.
Tim Burton, a well-known film director has created a diverse amount of movies with a dark twist to further enhance its storyline. Tim Burton’s films use many stylistic devices to portray its unique stories, but his exceptional use of shots and framing, music and lighting are what avail him to achieve the effects of mood and tone, causing viewers to stay glued to the screen. To start, color is the most beneficial and powerful element that a director can manipulate to develop a story or a motion-picture. Whether it is the costumes, props, sets or even if the entire setting or shot is tinted in the editing process, the lighting plays or attributes to how viewers see and interpret those colors. A few examples include the following films, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands.
Tim Burton is a famous director who puts a lot of originality into his work. Burton uses editing techniques, music and sound, as well as shots and framing and camera movements to determine the mood of the scene. Editing is one of the techniques Burton uses to create emotion and suspense in the audience. One way Burton does this is by using fade in Big Fish, Edward crosses paths with Karl who was waiting for him on the longer road.
Tim Burton claims to be one of the greatest directors of all time. Tim Burton has won six awards in total, four of them being for his films Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and Beetlejuice. His other two awards were for the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2007, and the Empire Legend Award in 2012. Tim Burton’s movies often have a dark and twisted setting, but he also finds a way to implement a bright, happy, and kid-friendly side. Tim Burton has a distinct way of storytelling by making movies dark and terrifying, but also childish at the same time.
Have you ever been dragged into a magical world? The strange and mysterious mind of Tim Burton's allows him to use cinematic techniques to make his films fun yet frightening. Tim Burton uses certain cinematic techniques, such as low key lighting, diegetic sounds, and low camera angles to create a gothic fun style. In his films he also creates a theme about outsiders and how they somehow fit in crazy mixed up ways. Tim Burton’s films “Charlie and the chocolate factory”, “Edward Scissorhands”, and “Bigfish” all show this.
Tim Burton uses many different cinematic techniques to achieve very specific effects in his movies. The most important cinematic techniques that he uses to create his unique style are Non-Diegetic sound, lighting, eye level, and zoom. These techniques that can be seen in the films Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, and Corpse Bride, create the effects of sadness, dark moments, express the feeling of other without telling. He uses Non-Diegetic sound when he puts a song, he uses sad songs, happy songs, and more to show the feeling of the character, to give us like a hint of something that is going to happen, if it’s going to be bad or sad. He uses lighting to make the moment or scene sad or mysterious.
Throughout his life in making films, Tim Burton has shown his unique talent and vision. He proceeds taking advantage of the cinematic techniques; lighting, sound, and camera movements creating a certain mood/tone. These three techniques are used numerous of times for the duration of each film. Although, many various emotions are constructed, there are feelings that anyone may connect to. Tim Burton is a successful filmmaker and has inspired many with the use of his cinematic techniques.
The final film technique Tim Burton uses is sounds he uses. The most popular type of sound techniques is the non-diegetic sounds. In the 1989 Batman film, Tim Burton uses a ton of non-diegetic music. In multiple scenes in the movie, often combat scenes, there is dramatic music playing in the background to enhance the tension in the audience. During the scene in Charlie and the chocolate Factory when Charlie won the last golden ticket and he was running home there was non-diegetic happy and exciting music playing in the background.
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.
Tim Burton used music/sound, lighting, and editing to give the viewers a full dark and gothic experience. In some of his movies such as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Corpse Bride", and "Edward Scissorhands", he used many different types of cinematic techniques to portray the different types of mood and tones. This essay will discuss how Tim Burton used various techniques to set the mood and tone. First of all, Burton uses music and sound to set the mood. In the movie "Edward Scissorhands",
The plot of a story is only half of the battle. The other half is grabbing the viewers attention and making them interested and anxious about what happens next. Burton does that by using his skills and technique. A great example of this is shown at the beginning of the movie, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” when the