Analysis Of Tim Burton's Cinematic Techniques
Cinematic Techniques Writing The main idea or ideas of this paper is to show how Tim Burton used all of the cinematic techniques to create mood and tone. He uses all of these techniques to show fear or other feeling towards the subject that is happening. We watched three of his movies and he had shown many different angles of the camera and lighting. In the movie Bigfish Burton used close, medium, and long shots. Long shots were when he was jumping out of that plane or when he was fishing ing the river for the big fish. Medium shots were when he was fighting the Chinese guy at the play, or when he was talking to the girls with one set of legs and two upper bodies to sneak him out safely and get him back to his wife. and close up shots were
when he was talking to his Dad when he was in the bed. This was important because in the bed where his Dad was the close up shot showed the expressions on their faces to show the tone of the scene. Medium shots your still able to see there faces but there upper body or from the waist up this can shot the movements they having and this also contributes to the tone. Long shots like the bank robbery to show the fear or excitement of the adrenaline rush from being inside the bank to driving away in the red car. Another cinematic technique Burton used was lighting the movie shows example of lighting to. Lighting can create tone say for example low light could mean that something bad is about to happen low lighting can be used in horror movies. High key lighting shows that good things or happy people are around and nothing bad will happen. Burton used lighting in the movie Edward Scissor Hands he used low key lighting at Edwards house on top of the mountain. The dark eerie feeling that he gave in the house came from the low lighting. Also in the neighborhood he show that bright colors and elaborate lawns on a bright day can bring out happiness. These techniques light low lighting and close up shots showed me that something bad was going to happen like when Edward came out of the dark made it feel like the women was going to be killed. Or when in Bigfish The dad was laying on the hospital bed in low light with the close up shots made it feel like he was going to die. In Edward Scissor Hands The long shot and the High key lighting made it feel like a happy places and nothing would ever go wrong. Burton uses these effects because his movies give an ominous feeling and the cinematic techniques contribute to this.
when he was talking to his Dad when he was in the bed. This was important because in the bed where his Dad was the close up shot showed the expressions on their faces to show the tone of the scene. Medium shots your still able to see there faces but there upper body or from the waist up this can shot the movements they having and this also contributes to the tone. Long shots like the bank robbery to show the fear or excitement of the adrenaline rush from being inside the bank to driving away in the red car. Another cinematic technique Burton used was lighting the movie shows example of lighting to. Lighting can create tone say for example low light could mean that something bad is about to happen low lighting can be used in horror movies. High key lighting shows that good things or happy people are around and nothing bad will happen. Burton used lighting in the movie Edward Scissor Hands he used low key lighting at Edwards house on top of the mountain. The dark eerie feeling that he gave in the house came from the low lighting. Also in the neighborhood he show that bright colors and elaborate lawns on a bright day can bring out happiness. These techniques light low lighting and close up shots showed me that something bad was going to happen like when Edward came out of the dark made it feel like the women was going to be killed. Or when in Bigfish The dad was laying on the hospital bed in low light with the close up shots made it feel like he was going to die. In Edward Scissor Hands The long shot and the High key lighting made it feel like a happy places and nothing would ever go wrong. Burton uses these effects because his movies give an ominous feeling and the cinematic techniques contribute to this.