avant-garde and expressionistic‚ and are more commonly described as ‘dark’ or ‘gothic’‚ all owing to Burton’s romanticism and fascination with the macabre. Burton has affected his films by approaching uncomfortable topics to most with great wit and humour‚ simply as if he were laughing at the world for taking itself too seriously‚ which oftentimes‚ he does. Burton uses satire‚ irony and the ‘anti-hero’ as tools for social commentary‚ which is magnified by his juxtaposition of the absurd and the cliche. He is
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your life making someone else’s dreams?”‚ 20 award winning male director‚ producer‚ artist‚ writer‚ and animator‚ Tim Burton has turned his passion of the “abnormal” into an extraordinary career. A “hero” can find many influences in their lifetime that help shape them into who they are today‚ from it being their parents‚ childhood teachers‚ professors‚ events in their life‚ etc. Burton found his influences in many different people. One of his influences was the school science fair‚ which played a
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Tim Burton Style Analysis Tim Burton has achieved much fame for his imaginative movies and his quirky remakes of old classics such as Alice‚ Batman‚ and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It is in Edward Scissorhands though‚ a heartfelt story about an outsider looking in‚ that Burton shows off his true skills as a director. Using point of view‚ setting‚ and motifs his film becomes not just a good movie‚ but an amazing classic. Burton uses point of view to show the characters perspective and
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From a young age Burton has directed unique films. A great example of this is his 1982 Hansel and Gretel‚ which aired only once due to the strangeness in its entirety. Burton uses non-diegetic sounds‚ low key lighting‚ and long shots in his work to display how one who overcomes his fear of being different has the potential for success. Tim Burton‚ in Hansel and Gretel‚ uses non-diegetic sounds to grow an uneasy feeling upon the audience. Throughout the duration of the film‚ Burton developed an evil
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tim burton- cinematic techniques ’’Burton’s masterful storytelling skills intertwined with his artistically unique style make this a stylised vision of the ’’outsider’’ story. Using a similar idea to Frankenstein‚ taking the ’’outsider’’ into a new community and creating havoc‚ director Tim Burton creates a new outlook on this story by adding his own style and vision. This film can be classified as a fantasy‚ yet it is also a comedy‚ and a drama‚ and a romance. Many threads are thrown into this
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Aaron Taylor’s article on “How to See Things Differently: Tim Burton’s Reimaginings” in Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock’s The Works of Tim Burton: Margins to Mainstream describes how Burton uses his own authorial signature in reproductions of pre-existing texts in order to create a “reimagining” of these works that is both profitable and popular. Throughout most of his text‚ Taylor explains the marketing strategy and reasons behind the use of the term “reimagining”. According to him it allows Hollywood
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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
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imaginative chocolatiers to a man with scissors for hands‚ Tim Burton’s use of unique and outcast characters make his films some of the most recognized in the world. Burton’s style is as distinctive as his characters by creating fantastical but mysterious worlds. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands are some of his most popular films and both illustrate characters who are outcasts onto the society around them. Burton uses the contrast of lifestyles in the characters‚ low key
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Some people say Tim Burton is crazy; however‚ I think he is a genius. The way he chooses different cinematic techniques to express the feelings in the scene is just brilliant. Two of Burton’s trademarks are bottom lighting‚ and low angles. Tim Burton uses these cinematic techniques in order to enhance the fact that his characters are dark in many scenes and also to make the viewer feel scared of them. Tim Burton in Edward Scissorshands uses low angles in order to create suspense. For example
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Tim Burton is an amazing director he uses so many different cinematic techniques to create mood and tone in some of his past movies like “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”‚ “Edward Scissorhands”‚ and “Big Fish”. In each of those movies he uses cinematic techniques to create a different mood and tone. The three that stood out to me on all movies by Tim Burton were sound‚ lighting‚ and editing. Sound is a crucial part in a Tim Burton movie he uses sound in so many different ways for example in “Edward
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