How Does Tim Burton Use Establishing Shot In Alice In Wonderland

Roman Polanski says,”Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.” That is exactly what Tim Burton does in his films. He makes you feel this way by using cinematic techniques, which are used multiple times in movies for innumerable reasons. Tim Burton, in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and Alice In Wonderland, uses establishing shot, shot-reverse-shot, and non-diegetic sound to verify the setting, present the characteristics of every individual character, and present a mood of the story. Tim Burton uses establishing shot to establish the setting of the scene. In Alice In Wonderland, Burton uses establishing shot when Alice and her mother arrive at the party. The shot gives the audience an idea on how many people are at the party and how big it is which shows the family throwing the party is rich. This establishing shot displays the setting of the party. In Alice in Wonderland, establishing shot is useful to Burton when Alice unlocks the small door which leads her into the wonderland and she proceeded to walk around the forests. Burton displays an establishing shot to express why the movie is called Alice in Wonderland. To show why the film is called that, Burton uses weirdly shaped and colored plants/animals to make the
Like Roman Polanski says, “Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.” In conclusion, Tim Burton’s films make you forget where you are by displaying establishing shot, shot-reverse-shot, and non-diegetic sound in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wonderland, and other films. By understanding how cinematic techniques are used, it will relate to when you open a book and wonder what the book story would be like if it was turned into a movie. In the next few months/years, this topic will give you more knowledge on how movies are filmed and why they make you feel like you aren’t even in the theater