Tim Burton's Cinematic Techniques In Edward Scissorhands

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Many movie directors make films to appeal to their audiences. That’s their job in the film industry. However, a director named Tim Burton stands out above all by his unique style of filmmaking. He gives off a bowl of mixed emotions that gets easily manipulated by his cinematic techniques. In any of Tim Burton’s films, he uses three cinematic techniques such as lighting, camera angles, and music and sound to create a darkness and gothic-like style that helps interfere with what the audience feels.

Lighting is very essential for creating the scenery of a movie. It can give off many moods of how the audience should feel at times. Burton uses lighting to his advantage as he twists the emotions of the setting in Edward Scissorhands. During the …show more content…

Tim Burton uses music to express the mood of the movie. It helps convey the way you feel in it. Burton uses both diegetic and non-diegetic to set the tone of a scene in a movie. In Edward Scissorhands, non-diegetic sound is used when Peg goes up the stairs of Edward’s castle. The music was dramatic and sinister. However, it is not heard by the characters but heard by the audience instead. This tone of music makes the audience feel worried for Peg as if she was going to be attacked by what she sees upstairs. Sometimes Burton’s sounds can give confused looks to some people. For example, in Alice in Wonderland; Alice is introduced to the Cheshire Cat. In this scene, Burton uses diegetic sounds to have the cat whoosh around Alice. This can be heard by the characters too. The whooshing sound that the Cheshire makes, makes the mood feel mysterious. This can make the audience feel confused since cats aren’t usually portrayed as a something creepy. Cats on screen can often get a fun vibe but instead, Burton uses the cat’s movement and voice to have the audience feel uneasy and uncomfortable. It helps support his way in making the film feel gothic-like. Music and sound are what makes Tim Burton’s movies full of enjoyment as he messes around with the music and how we

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