Tim Burton Style Analysis

Tim Burton's style as shown through his works, "Edward Scissorhands", "Big Fish", and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", tend to portray an image of a fairy tale with the playful touch of childhood innocence and fantasy. Burton enjoys digging deep into a story, focusing on key details and character development. He achieves this by using the effects of flashbacks, bottom lighting, and overhead shots in ways that get a reaction out of the audience.
In Tim Burton's, "Big Fish", the use of flashback is witnessed extensively. Most of the film is viewing Edward Bloom's life as a young man, only being occasionally interrupted by what is going on in the present.The audience witnesses the father's (Edward Bloom) life which goes back to him as a young man and journeys to his current
Overhead shots are present in the three films. He uses the shot to show how small or vulnerable something might seem. In "Edward Scissorhands", Edward is observed fleeing down the street from the cops showing how vulnerable and fragile he is. In another scene the audience gazes at the pair of normal hands Edward is supposed to have put on, torn and destroyed on the floor, showing how useless and small his chances of having them are. "Big Fish" uses this effect when the character Edward Bloom visits the town of Spectre. Spectre is a tiny and rural town. The shot from above shows the dinky size of the town. In "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", the effect is used when showing the melting castle of the prince in India. The overhead shot is displayed to show how small and destroyed it is becoming.
Within "Edward Scissorhands" bottom lighting is in use to portray Edward as eerie and dangerous. When Peg meets him in the abandoned house, he given the effect to seem evil. When Edward Bloom is spotted being attacked by the wolf in "Big Fish", the wolf gives a sinister look in a dark area of woods to bring out that it is a dark