In our society today, it’s sad to know that people tend to stick to status quo and try their best to be “normal” instead of being themselves. They treat this as an unsavory concept to our society. Tim Burton, however, takes an entirely different approach on his view of life and how we should live in it. Through the uses of color contrast and fantastical settings, he communicates the idea that this should be the status quo in our society.
In the movies Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Corpse Bride, Tim Burton uses color contrast to state how the abnormal is the new status quo. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the main character Charlie lives in a plain, old, and nasty town. Tim Burton presents the town with sad grayish colors and …show more content…
Entering the factory, you can tell that the colors are vibrant and different that it seems like it’s going to pop out of your screen. This sudden contrast in colors emphasizes the difference between the real world Charlie is living in and the imaginative world that he just walked into. He uses the same strategy in Corpse Bride when Victor, the main character, travels into the land of the dead. Similar to Charlie’s town, the town where Victor traveled to was also gloomy and the whole color scheme was just unappealing. The mood then drastically changes when Victor was unwillingly thrust onto the underworld, where the shades become brighter and the tinge of colors became more diverse and dynamic. It brings out a fun, dynamic mood for the audience. As I said, Tim Burton uses color schemes to highlight the best atmosphere of the irregular and unnatural to regular, natural world. Both of the …show more content…
The movies that would be a great example along with this theme are Alice in Wonderland, and Big Fish. In Alice in Wonderland, the story begins with Alice joining a party where all of the characters are very genuine. Overall, the setting is unusually boring in a sense of a party, and is trying to avoid the imaginative and fun, exciting details. It all changes when Alice went through the rabbit hole. She had no idea at first that she was headed straight to Wonderland. Right then, the setting becomes mystical and imaginative. The characters at wonderland were sort of quirky, the surrounding trees were weird, and the landscape was just unique in an imaginative way. This setting is more appealing than the first one. Similarly, the film Big Fish, Edward tells a story of Spectre being a perfect town with all of the amazing people. He describes the houses as neat, and the looks of the grass makes you feel soft inside to the point where you don’t think you need shoes anymore. This is, as you can tell, is imaginative and spectacular. The viewer is in for quite a surprise, when Edward’s son, William, travels into the amazing town of Spectre, he then finds that it is nothing like his dad said it was. He strolls around the town and even the welcome sign on houses were faded and the words seemed to be blurry to the human eye. The land was swampy and filled with
In the movies Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Corpse Bride, Tim Burton uses color contrast to state how the abnormal is the new status quo. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the main character Charlie lives in a plain, old, and nasty town. Tim Burton presents the town with sad grayish colors and …show more content…
Entering the factory, you can tell that the colors are vibrant and different that it seems like it’s going to pop out of your screen. This sudden contrast in colors emphasizes the difference between the real world Charlie is living in and the imaginative world that he just walked into. He uses the same strategy in Corpse Bride when Victor, the main character, travels into the land of the dead. Similar to Charlie’s town, the town where Victor traveled to was also gloomy and the whole color scheme was just unappealing. The mood then drastically changes when Victor was unwillingly thrust onto the underworld, where the shades become brighter and the tinge of colors became more diverse and dynamic. It brings out a fun, dynamic mood for the audience. As I said, Tim Burton uses color schemes to highlight the best atmosphere of the irregular and unnatural to regular, natural world. Both of the …show more content…
The movies that would be a great example along with this theme are Alice in Wonderland, and Big Fish. In Alice in Wonderland, the story begins with Alice joining a party where all of the characters are very genuine. Overall, the setting is unusually boring in a sense of a party, and is trying to avoid the imaginative and fun, exciting details. It all changes when Alice went through the rabbit hole. She had no idea at first that she was headed straight to Wonderland. Right then, the setting becomes mystical and imaginative. The characters at wonderland were sort of quirky, the surrounding trees were weird, and the landscape was just unique in an imaginative way. This setting is more appealing than the first one. Similarly, the film Big Fish, Edward tells a story of Spectre being a perfect town with all of the amazing people. He describes the houses as neat, and the looks of the grass makes you feel soft inside to the point where you don’t think you need shoes anymore. This is, as you can tell, is imaginative and spectacular. The viewer is in for quite a surprise, when Edward’s son, William, travels into the amazing town of Spectre, he then finds that it is nothing like his dad said it was. He strolls around the town and even the welcome sign on houses were faded and the words seemed to be blurry to the human eye. The land was swampy and filled with