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Tim Burton
THE CINEMATIC STYLE OF TIM BURTON

Edward Scissor hands and Charlie and the chocolate factory are both great movies. Tim Burton makes intriguing and all around great movies. The costuming, colors, and setting structure are all very creative, also very unusual and the same time. Charlie and the chocolate factory, and Edward Scissor hands are the most intriguing in my opinion. First the costuming in Charlie and the chocolate factory is very dark. Charlie and his family wore black, brown, and grey raggedy clothing. How his family wore raggedy, dirty, brown, gray clothing represented how poor they were, and how they couldn’t afford very much. In Edward Scissor hands, everyone wore bright, colorful clothes. The citizens were happy and also kept in touch. It also made the town perfect, a little too perfected at that. On the other hand, Edward wore black clothing, that seemed to be old, in rough shape, and was black. Edward also lived independently in a mansion, and never saw very many people, making him lonely.
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All houses and buildings looked dark and dreary, almost like theres no hope in advancing the town. In Edward Scissor hands the people and their houses had bright, exciting colors. Also, they had everything perfect, even the grass was brighter green than an apple. This town was, a bit concerning as to how perfect everything seemed to be, a little over exaggerated in

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