style In Burton s Eyes
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Brishawn Thompson
Professor Walburen
English 101 Honors
February 9,2015
Style,In Burton's Eyes
Tim Burton has more opportunities as a director rather than an author to show shots/framing,lighting,camera movement,and music/sounds.In some of his past movies such as "Edward Scissorhands" and "The Corpse Bride" he used various of technique to demonstrate moods and tones. The tone of his movies are almost always dark because of his childhood experiences. Tim Burton uses lighting,Sound and camera to depict a unique gothic cinematic experience. Lighting is crucial to indicate the mood of a movie. High key lighting shows cheer and happiness. On the other hand,Burton displays sinister and spooky images with low-key lighting.Mr Burton's lighting techniques are completely his own.In "Edward Scissorhands" he mixes up the lighting.The town that Peg lives in is bright and cheerful looking.In fact on the outside it seems perfect.In reality though,the town is hateful and does not accept others well.The women gossip and are rude.Edward's mansion is dark and dreary,Edward himself is frightful to look at,but he is sweet and gentle man. Mr.Tim Burton enjoys a unique reverse lighting technique as part of his style. Sound plays a considerable part in gothic movies.The non-diegetic sound creates the mood of each scene.During the opening credits of "Edward Scissorhands" creepy music.The ghastly music and images gives the sense that something is wrong. Something has happened and now the inventor is dead. The music gives a heads up that there is a problem of some kind. Another key element of Tim Burton's is his use of camera movement. Burton uses a lot of high angles to make characters seem small helpless.When he does this,the mood gets more suspenseful.In Edward Scissorhands ,when Edward gets trapped in side Jim's house there is a high angle as he is panicking and doesn't know what to do.High angle also makes him seem alone.Tim Burton
Brishawn Thompson
Professor Walburen
English 101 Honors
February 9,2015
Style,In Burton's Eyes
Tim Burton has more opportunities as a director rather than an author to show shots/framing,lighting,camera movement,and music/sounds.In some of his past movies such as "Edward Scissorhands" and "The Corpse Bride" he used various of technique to demonstrate moods and tones. The tone of his movies are almost always dark because of his childhood experiences. Tim Burton uses lighting,Sound and camera to depict a unique gothic cinematic experience. Lighting is crucial to indicate the mood of a movie. High key lighting shows cheer and happiness. On the other hand,Burton displays sinister and spooky images with low-key lighting.Mr Burton's lighting techniques are completely his own.In "Edward Scissorhands" he mixes up the lighting.The town that Peg lives in is bright and cheerful looking.In fact on the outside it seems perfect.In reality though,the town is hateful and does not accept others well.The women gossip and are rude.Edward's mansion is dark and dreary,Edward himself is frightful to look at,but he is sweet and gentle man. Mr.Tim Burton enjoys a unique reverse lighting technique as part of his style. Sound plays a considerable part in gothic movies.The non-diegetic sound creates the mood of each scene.During the opening credits of "Edward Scissorhands" creepy music.The ghastly music and images gives the sense that something is wrong. Something has happened and now the inventor is dead. The music gives a heads up that there is a problem of some kind. Another key element of Tim Burton's is his use of camera movement. Burton uses a lot of high angles to make characters seem small helpless.When he does this,the mood gets more suspenseful.In Edward Scissorhands ,when Edward gets trapped in side Jim's house there is a high angle as he is panicking and doesn't know what to do.High angle also makes him seem alone.Tim Burton