Tim Burton has more opportunities as a director than an author to convey mood and tone. In one of his most popular movies, Edward Scissorhands, he creates a sinister mood by creating a character with scissor hands. This gives us a feeling that this character is dangerous and may be harmful. Tim Burton uses exaggerated features and contrasting color to create unique characters that don’t fall in society’s norms. Lighting is key in a movie, if a film as high-key lighting it establishes an illusion
Director Tim Burton, has created a multitude of successful titles, including both The Corpse Bride and Edward Scissorhands; however, with their similar gothic undertones and countless appearances from Burton's favorites: Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp, his films are often predictable and hard to distinguish from one another. His new biopic, “Big Eyes”, starring Amy Adams and Christopher Waltz (without a hint of Johnny Depp) is a breath of fresh air. In a stark contrast between Burton's typical
Tim Burton Style Analysis ITim Burton, did as any skillful director would; preferring complexity over simplicity in the creation of his works. Utilizing the two main elements of cinema to their fullest, Burton’s movies would always contain a theme within their music and corresponding visuals. One such movie was Edward Scissorhands, a movie that is multiple genres on its own. Below, a short analysis of Scissorhands will create a basic summary of the techniques used in Burton’s creation. The movie
Tim Burton’s Style Analysis Essay It’s snowing on a cold winter night. Inside a warm comfy house, with a cozy fireplace on. As she looks out the window, she sees the big, old mansion on the top of the hill. As she looks at it, it reminds her about someone. Her granddaughter asks her if anyone lives at the top of that house. She says that there is story behind that big mansion. Her granddaughter asks her what the story is. Tim Burton, the director, of Edward Scissorhands has a sick, crazy, almost
Title: Style Analysis Essay There are many misunderstandings about people, particularly about those who are reclusive and a little odd. As a child, Tim Burton possessed such characteristics as mentioned above, and still maintains a certain erratic persona. These aforementioned personality traits are displayed in his films Sleepy Hollow and Edward Scissorhands; Burton uses several editing techniques as well as diegetic sound to suggest the idea that misconceptions are often made about those who
key lighting, diegetic sound, and close-ups Tim Burton’s dark style is conveyed through his use of his hints at danger and low key lighting, this is used in Edward Scissorhands, when Edward is hiding from the cops the neighborhood is cast with shadows, the low key lighting as Edward is hiding it hints at danger for the audience because Edward could be caught by the police. This effect is also used in Vincent, Vincent is sent to his room and there are a lot of shadows and his
The Style Characteristics of Tim Burton Imagination is a key part of Tim Burton’s films. Tim Burton uses a very dark and unique style for his films. All of his films include a misfit and characters with distinct personalities. In Edward Scissorhands and Alice in Wonderland director Tim Burton uses a characters that are misfits and characters that have distinct personalities to convey that one’s imagination is unique from the rest of society. In Tim Burton’s films, the misfit develops the theme by
discovers Edward, from Tim Burton’s film Edward Scissor Hands, and is frightened by the appearance that he was walking towards her with weapons, but little did she know that it was just his hands. From then on she takes in Edward and treats him like he’s part of the family. Creepy scenes and weird characters often appear in Burtons Movies. These help to develop his style. Tim Burton’s mysterious, twisted style is conveyed through low key lighting, close ups, and intense music in his movies Edward Scissor
mansion she heads to the second and third floor. She sees that there is a man in the corner hiding in the dark. Peg sees that Edward from director Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands, has scissor hands and wants to take him home. Mysterious situations like this appear quite frequently. Tim Burton's mysterious and morbid style is best conveyed through
“Step out of the dark and into the light”, the proverb says. This quote portrays society’s idea to surround yourself in promising environments. Director Tim Burton places a twist on this concept by creating unique and extraordinary films. In Tim Burton’s films, he emphasizes low key lighting, high key lighting, and a contrast in color to indicate a shift of perspective from a gloomy to energetic setting. In Burton’s film, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, he stresses the importance of low and high