Tim Burton's Cinematic Techniques In Edward Scissorhands

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.

In specific, Burton uses dolly and tracking to see Pegs facial expression of the big and beautiful bushes. The purpose of this shot shows that Edward is not as bad as people make him out to be and that he has the potential to have a caring and heartwarming side. To achieve that effect the dolly and tracking shows a lot of Pegs facial expression but also shows the bushes. This allows the audience to see Pegs astounding expression of her wide eyes and her mouth slightly open. Peg is not the only thing in those shots, during those scenes you get to see Peg and the well kept bushes. This lets the viewers have there own opinion and creates a sense of connection between Peg and the audience as she was looking at all the bushes. The suspenseful, beautiful and angelic mood is accomplished while using the cinematic techniques; dolly and

For example, when Peg has gone into the mansion and yelling to see if anyone was home. In the movie Pegs heels are clicking against the concrete floor creating an echo sound. The effect is to let the audience know that the house is empty and lonely but also that Peg is desperate to sell her Avon products. This effect is achieved by the light and curious music in the back and the heel clicking and how they emphasize it by how loud it is and how much Peg is moving around the room, until she continues up the stairs. Tim Burton effectively uses non-diegetic music along with diegetic music to create a suspenseful mood shown in this scene of this